Comprises a collection of papers.

Includes statistics.

Brings to light the experiences of migrants across the world by engaging wide-ranging ideas and theoretical viewpoints of the migration process.

Includes statistics.

The essays in this collection work toward a larger goal of separating "globalization" from strictly economic considerations. The authors instead look at globalization as a force that produces profound social and cultural consequences, including migration, struggles for social change, and the transformations of aesthetic practices.

This fact-filled resource helps readers understand the current turmoil and controversy surrounding the global refugee problem. Here, in one volume, can be found a thorough overview of the refugee crisis—from the early 1900s to the present day. The events that created refugee populations and the efforts of international agencies and governments to deal with the crisis, as well as the financial and legal constraints those organizations face, are all covered in detail. Biographical sketches of refugee activists and notable refugees are also included. A directory of international organizations and resettlement agencies and annotated lists of print and nonprint resources assist readers in further study efforts. The Global Refugee Crisis delivers solid, useful information that can serve as a foundation for decision-making, research, or simply enhanced understanding of this critical subject.

Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Somalia, Chechnya. During the past few years, the world has witnessed a succession of massive refugee movements and humanitarian emergencies. The number of people uprooted by war and persecution now stands at some 50 million, and is increasing every day. Relief agencies are struggling to keep pace with the demands of each new exodus, while governments around the world are becoming increasingly reluctant to offer refuge to these victims of violence. What can be done to resolve the global refugee problem? That is the question posed in this important book from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the international organization responsible for the world's displaced people. The book examines the roots of the current crisis, and assesses the continuing relevance of tradional approaches to the problem of human displacement. While the right of asylum must be scrupulously maintained, the book suggests that greater effors must also be made to tackle refugee problems at their source, by restoring peace and security to countries where large numbers of people have been forced to abandon their homes. To achieve this objective, concerted international action will be required to protect human rights, establish effective peacekeeping operations and promote sustainable development. As well as providing a detailed analysis of these major policy issues, this comprehendive study provides a set of detailed charts, graphs, and maps, describing the state of the world's refugees. The books also profiles many of UNHCR's major relief and repatriation operations, showing how new appoaches to the problem of human displacement are being put into practice.

This book explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows.