People Forced To Flee Av United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (united Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (unhcr))

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. It is the latest in a long line of publications, stretching back to 1993, that were previously entitled The State of the World''s Refugees.The book traces the historic path that led to the 1951 Convention, showing how history was made, by taking the centuries-old ideals of safety and solutions for refugees, to global practice. It maps its progress during which international protection has reached a much broader group of people than initially envisaged.It examines international responses to forced displacement within borders as well as beyond th

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