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Driven from Home

Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants

Christopher Llanos
Barcode 9781589016460
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Release Date: 19/04/2010

Genre: Law & Politics
Sub-Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Label: Georgetown University Press
Contributors: J. Bryan Hehir (Contributions by), Daniel Kanstroom (Contributions by), Thomas G. Weiss (Contributions by), M. Brinton Lykes (Contributions by), Arash Abizadeh (Contributions by), Susan F. Martin (Contributions by), David Hollenbach (Edited by), David Hollenbach (Contributions by), Mary DeLorey (Contributions by), Maryanne Loughry (Contributions by), Christopher Llanos (Contributions by), Silvano Tomasi (Contributions by), Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator (Contributions by), Frank Brennan (Contributions by)
Language: English
Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants. Advances the discussion on how best to protect and assist the growing number of persons who have been forced from their homes and proposes a human rights framework to guide political and policy responses to forced migration. This title brings together contributors from several disciplines. Throughout human history people have been driven from their homes by wars, unjust treatment, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The reality of forced migration is not new, nor is awareness of the suffering of the displaced a recent discovery. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that at the end of 2007 there were 67 million persons in the world who had been forcibly displaced from their homes-including more than 16 million people who had to flee across an international border for fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. "Driven from Home" advances the discussion on how best to protect and assist the growing number of persons who have been forced from their homes and proposes a human rights framework to guide political and policy responses to forced migration. This thought-provoking volume brings together contributors from several disciplines, including international affairs, law, ethics, economics, and theology, to advocate for better responses to protect the global community's most vulnerable citizens.