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Refugees : a very short introduction / Gil Loescher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 673.Publication details: United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: xxiv, 123 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780198811787
  • 0198811780
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.906914 23 L826r
Contents:
Who are refugees and other forced migrants? -- Refugees : a short history -- Causes of refugee movements -- Responding to refugee movements -- Perceptions and misperceptions about refugees -- Civil society, NGOs, and refugees -- The challenge ahead
Summary: Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting. Throughout the world people leave their home countries to escape war, natural disasters, and cultural and political oppression. Unfortunately, even today, the international community struggles to provide an adequate response to this vast population in need. a.
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Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Law 305.906914 L826r (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2021 01 Not For Loan 028745
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index.

Who are refugees and other forced migrants? -- Refugees : a short history -- Causes of refugee movements -- Responding to refugee movements -- Perceptions and misperceptions about refugees -- Civil society, NGOs, and refugees -- The challenge ahead

Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting. Throughout the world people leave their home countries to escape war, natural disasters, and cultural and political oppression. Unfortunately, even today, the international community struggles to provide an adequate response to this vast population in need. a.

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