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Award: Seeking Asylum

Alison Mountz's book wins the AAG's Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography

How human smuggling illuminates the complexities of immigration policies and laws

May 13, 2011

Seeking Asylum: Human Smuggling and Bureaucracy at the Border by Alison Mountz has received the 2010 Association of American Geographers Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography.

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Award: Seeking Asylum

Alison Mountz's book wins the AAG's Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography