Forced Migration & Mortality

In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migrate against their will. These forced migrants create a stream of new challenges for relief workers and policy makers. A better understanding of the characteristics of refugee populations and of the population dynamics of these situations is vital. Improved research and insights can enhance disaster management, refugee camp administration, and repatriation or resettlement programs.

Forced Migration and Mortality examines mortality patterns in complex human- itarian emergencies, reviewing the state of knowledge, as well as how patterns may change in the new century. It contains four case studies of mortality in recent emergencies: Rwanda, North Korea, Kosovo, and Cambodia. Because refugees and internally displaced persons are likely to continue to be a significant humanitarian concern for many years, research in this field is critical. This is the first book to comprehensively explore forced migration and mortality and it provides useful material for researchers, policy makers, and relief workers.

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Explores the mortality patterns in humanitarian emergencies of forced migration, by examining four recent case studies: Rwanda, North Korea, Kosovo and Cambodia. The text highlights the need for research in this field.

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• Authors: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced M, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration
• Assisted by: Charles B Keely (Editor), Charles B. Keely (Editor), Holly E Reed (Editor), Holly E. Reed (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2001
• EAN: 9780309073349
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07334-9
• No. of pages: 159
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 226 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries