Refugees, forced resettlers and 'other forced migrants': towards a unitary study of forced migration

David Turton,

Refugees, forced resettlers and 'other forced migrants': towards a unitary study of forced migration

Author: David Turton
Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
September 2003

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The author argues in this paper that the academic study of forced migration is less likely to be ‘relevant’ to policy and practice, the more slavishly it follows policy related categories in defining its subject matter.

Author

David Turton

Title

Refugees, forced resettlers and 'other forced migrants': towards a unitary study of forced migration

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

September 2003

Document number

Working Paper No.94

Document type

Research

Collection

Research & Reports

Keywords

Housing, land and property rights (HLP)

Migrant rights

Population transfers

Resettlement

Protected persons

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Refugees

Comments:

Working Paper No.94. As a part of Policy Development and Evaluation Service's New Issues in Refugee Research Series. Author: David Turton

Refugees, forced resettlers and 'other forced migrants': towards a unitary study of forced migration

Refugees, forced resettlers and 'other forced migrants': towards a unitary study of forced migration

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