Open AccessRefuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World
Author(s) -
Wesley Snedeker
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v36i1.685
Subject(s) - refugee , internally displaced person , displaced person , forced migration , political science , world war ii , development economics , economic growth , geography , law , economics
The world is facing a crisis of displaced people more devastating than any it has seen since the Second World War. 65 million people, about 45 million of whom are internally displaced, have been forced to flee from their homes because of disaster and violence. 20 million have crossed an international border to find safety (1). Upon doing so, they become, under the Western world’s definition, refugees.