The State of the World's Refugees, 1997

by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

During the last few years millions of people have been forced to abandon their homes, fleeing from communal violence, political persecution, and other human rights abuses. 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. Whilst the plight of uprooted populations continues to be a matter of pressing humanitarian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198293100
• ISBN13: 9780198293101
• Release Date: November 2099
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages