Binding: Paperback
Description: Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting. Throughout the world people leave their home countries to escape war natural disasters and cultural and political oppression. Unfortunately even today the international community struggles to provide an adequate response to this vast population in need. This Very Short Introduction covers a broad range of issues around the causes and impact of the contemporary refugee crisis for both receiving states and societies for global order and for refugees and other forced migrants themselves. Gil Loescher discusses the identity of refugees asylum seekers and internally displaced persons and how they differ from other forced migrants. He also investigates the long history of the refugee phenomenon and how refugees became a central concern of the international community during the twentieth and twenty first centuries as well as considering the responses provided by governments and international aid organisations to refugee needs. Loescher concludes by focussing on the necessity of these bodies to understand the realities of the contemporary refugee situation in order to best respond to its current and future challenges. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Refugees: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Loescher Gil (Visiting Professor Refugee Studies Centre Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198811787
Pages: 160 Pages, 10 Black And White Illustrations
Publication Date: 8/3/2021
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: International Relations