Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement

by Francis Mading Deng, Roberta Cohen, Francis M. Deng

Book Overview

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Since the end of the Cold War, increasing numbers of people have been forced to leave their homes as a result of armed conflict, internal strife, and systematic violations of human rights. Whereas refugees crossing national borders benefit from an established system of international protection and assistance, those who are displaced internally suffer from an absence of legal or institutional bases for their protection and assistance from the international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815715110
• ISBN13: 9780815715115
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"