Legal Status of Refugees
Legal Status of Refugees

Author(s): Çağla Arslan Bozkuş, Volkan Bozkuş
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Legal Status; refugees; war; migration; Second World War; Balkan Wars; World War;
Summary/Abstract: It is possible to see the asylum seekers and refugees at 2000s BC at human history. This shows us the importance of this subject once more. The first example of this period is the 30 Years War and forming mass movements; but the basis for today's developments prepared for the forced migration of large masses at the beginning of the 20th century. It begins with the Balkan Wars that gave rise to it. World War I then, with the collapse of the Austro Hungarian Empire millions of people have to take shelter in various parts of Europe. This dynamism, in the period until the Second World War it continued increasingly, especially with the policies of different regimes. The process reached its peak during and after the Second World War.

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