The Global Refugee Crisis: Fleeing Conflict and Violence

by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

According to a UN tally, more than 1 million people fled violence and persecution in 2015. Of these, more than half were children. Thousands died along the way. The Syrian civil war as well as armed conflicts in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African Republic contributed to the continuing exodus of people into Europe and North America. Learn more about these modern mass exoduses, what is fueling them in the 21st century,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541528115
• ISBN13: 9781541528116
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary