A01=Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
A01=Committee on Population
A01=National Research Council
A01=Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration
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Author_Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration
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Product details
- ISBN 9780309073349
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Apr 2001
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migrate against their will. These forced migrants create a stream of new challenges for relief workers and policy makers. A better understanding of the characteristics of refugee populations and of the population dynamics of these situations is vital. Improved research and insights can enhance disaster management, refugee camp administration, and repatriation or resettlement programs. Forced Migration and Mortality examines mortality patterns in complex human- itarian emergencies, reviewing the state of knowledge, as well as how patterns may change in the new century. It contains four case studies of mortality in recent emergencies: Rwanda, North Korea, Kosovo, and Cambodia. Because refugees and internally displaced persons are likely to continue to be a significant humanitarian concern for many years, research in this field is critical.
This is the first book to comprehensively explore forced migration and mortality and it provides useful material for researchers, policy makers, and relief workers.
Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Committee on Population, Holly E. Reed and Charles B. Keely, Editors, National Research Council
