People Forced to Flee: History, Change and Challenge

by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Book Overview

People in danger have received protection in communities beyond their own from the earliest times of recorded history. The causes -- war, conflict, violence, persecution, natural disasters, and climate change -- are as familiar to readers of the news as to students of the past.

It is 70 years since nations in the wake of World War II drew up the landmark 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. People Forced to Flee marks this milestone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198786468
• ISBN13: 9780198786467
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.6" x 9.7"