FORCED MIGRATION IN SOUTH ASIA: A CRITICAL REVIEW

This article discusses forced migration by governmental development in South Asia, discussing differences between flight from violence or human rights violations & flight from government expansion & development. The problem of internally displaced persons in South Asia is highlighted & t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Refugee survey quarterly 2000-01, Vol.19 (2), p.48-57
Hauptverfasser: Das, Samir, Cahudhury, Sabyasachi Basu Roy, Bose, Tapan K.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article discusses forced migration by governmental development in South Asia, discussing differences between flight from violence or human rights violations & flight from government expansion & development. The problem of internally displaced persons in South Asia is highlighted & the UN policy toward this problem is discussed. The article analyzes various reasons internally displaced persons were forced to move. The author also includes ethnic & gender related issues. The article concludes with attempts at regulating internal displacement & the inadequacies of the legal system to control it. E. Miller
ISSN:1020-4067
1471-695X
DOI:10.1093/rsq/19.2.48