Open AccessLes Personnes Deplacees de la Corne de l'Afrique1
Author(s) -
Jean-Pierre Mputu
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.21798
Subject(s) - refugee , french horn , convention , ethnic cleansing , politics , political science , ethnic group , displaced person , ethnology , displacement (psychology) , face (sociological concept) , forced migration , criminology , development economics , sociology , law , social science , psychology , pedagogy , economics , psychotherapist
Human suffering within the Horn has become endemic. The multidimensionalcrisis that has surrounded the region for decades has been exacerbatedby inter- and intra-ethnic violence, conflicts and wars. These conflicts andwars have had disastrous social, economic, political and environmentalconsequences - in particular human displacement within the Horn. Thispaper defines new categories of refugees. The author questions whetherdisplaced people in the Horn are Convention refugees, environmental refugeesor simply economic migrants. The problems that they face in the firstcountry of asylum and the resettlement country are discussed.