Refugee Crises, 1945-2000 Jansen Lässig Hardback Cambridge University Press

Refugee Crises, 1945-2000Political and Societal Responses in International Comparison\nAuthor(s): Jan C. Jansen, Simone Lssig\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108835138, 978-1108835138\nSynopsis\nThis timely study examines responses to mass refugee movements by a range of actors, from local communities to supranational organizations. Bringing together ten case studies from around the world, encompassing the global North and South alike, Refugee Crises [tel] explores a broad spectrum of types of migration and of international and domestic contexts. Whilst the driving forces and numbers of people involved, and the backgrounds (national, religious, social) of the migrants, vary considerably, this book highlights a common factor: that each receiving country was confronted with the crucial question of how to deal with the arrival of a large number of people seeking refuge. They could not simply be s.