Global Refugee Crisis: A Reference Handbook

by Mark Gibney

Book Overview

This book documents the current global refugee crisis and examines the interrelated factors of immigration enforcement, international human rights law, political violence, and refugee protection.

There are two disparate components to the global refugee crisis: first, there are about 46 million refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), most of whom are struggling to survive in the poorest and most violent countries in the world,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598844555
• ISBN13: 9781598844559
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"