The State of the World's Refugees 1997-98: A Humanitarian Agenda

by Office of the United Nations High Commis and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

During the last few years millions of people fleeing from communal violence, political persecution, and other human rights abuses have been forced to abandon their homes. In a disturbing number of situations, mass expulsions and population relocations have been explicitly used by states and other actors as a means of exerting political and territorial control.

While the plight of uprooted populations continues to be a matter of pressing humanitarian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198293097
• ISBN13: 9780198293095
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.7"