Argues that refugee migration has not only resulted from the social reconstruction of the state as a territorial sovereign entity, but also from the reconstruction of the international state system with all its injustices, inequalities, exploitation and uneven development. The refugee is an integral part of state and identity construction. Thus, in order to understand the refugee crisis better it is imperative to understand the process of modern statecraft and the role it plays in the production of refugees - and vice versa.
