Refugees and Refugee Reintegration
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives
Refugees and Refugee Reintegration
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n550
Subject: Conflict Studies
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A refugee is a person who has been forced to flee his or her country due to persecution, war, violence, or environmental disasters. Human conflicts and other life-threatening incidents force people into becoming refugees. In the chaos of war, including contemporary conflicts, violations of human rights are common: civilians are often the targets of mass displacement, sexual violence, abduction, ethnic cleansing, or genocide, carried out by both state and nonstate actors. Once displaced to a host country, they are often powerless to control the conditions in which they live. This entry focuses on several areas of concern regarding the displacement of persons during times of crisis and reintegration and on support provided by the international community.
An International Refugee CrisisAsylum for refugees is an international ...
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