This chapter considers how comics have asserted their presence as a vehicle for advocacy and representation in the context of the contemporary 'refugee crisis'. It adopts a survey approach in order to recognize both patterns and differences. Such a sweeping glance will inevitably lead to omissions, and even those comics mentioned will arguably not be afforded the full attention they deserve. Yet, taking into account a greater number of examples is necessary in order to answer the question underpinning this chapter: if such a category is a tenable proposition, what constitutes 'refugee comics'?The first concern raised by this categorization relates to the political dimensions of language, and the need for careful attention to expressions and terminology. The ongoing global 'crisis' of forced migration and displacement of people is undeniably a crisis for nation-states politically, in terms of infrastructural support, social and public services, and so on. The commonplace framing of the consequences thereof as a humanitarian crisis presents a necessary call to action, then, but tends to obscure specific
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