A Record 65.3 Million People were Displaced Last Year: What Does That Number Actually Mean?
A Record 65.3 Million People were Displaced Last Year: What Does That Number Actually Mean?
Author(s): Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ibrahim Sirkeci
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: witness violent; attacks; bombings; murders; France; Germany; Turkey; Afghanistan; Iraq; fighting; South Sudan; civil war; Syria; conflicts; global refugee crisis; UNHRC;
Summary/Abstract: We continue to witness violent attacks – bombings and murders in France, Germany, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iraq; fighting in South Sudan and the continued civil war in Syria. These conflicts have renewed interest in the global refugee crisis and the movements of displaced persons around the globe.
Book: Fundamentals of International Migration
- Page Range: 5-7
- Page Count: 3
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: English
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