People Forced to Flee - History, Change and Challenge

This volume is an authoritative contribution to scholarly and policy debates surrounding forced displacement, as well as to practice.

About the author

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

UNHCR is the United Nations Refugee Agency. Created in 1950 to provide international protection to refugees and assist in finding solutions for them, it has grown into one of the largest international humanitarian agencies. UNHCR has twice been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work. Today UNHCR has more than 17,000 employees working in over 132 countries and territories around the world working to save lives, protect rights and support a better future for refugees, returnees, internally displaced persons and stateless people.

Summary

This volume is an authoritative contribution to scholarly and policy debates surrounding forced displacement, as well as to practice.

Additional text

This extensively researched volume published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees marks the 70th anniversary of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951),...The text also utilizes art, photography, and images to evoke movement and emotion.

Product details

• Authors: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Uni, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR))
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2022
• EAN: 9780198786450
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878645-0
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, International Relations, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human rights, civil rights, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples