TY - BOOK AU - Loescher,Gil TI - Refugees: a very short introduction T2 - Very Short Introductions SN - 9780198811787 U1 - 305.906914 23 PY - 2021/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Refugees KW - fast N1 - 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; SLAS; law N2 - 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 ER -