POLS 3560 Lecture Notes - Convention Relating To The Status Of Refugees, Balkan Wars, Ananya (Actress)

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3560
• Professor: all

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Pols 3560 fall/winter 2011/2012 ananya mukherjee-reed. Lecture 2 understanding the global south: the refugees" sept 27. At the end of 2010, 43. 7 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced by conflict and persecution. Unhcr provides protection or assistance to 25. 2 million people. Statelessness is estimated to have affected up to 12 million people by the end of. 2 million people displaced by natural disasters and under the care of the. Developing countries host four-fifth of the world"s refugees. The 49 least developed countries provided asylum to almost 2 million refugees. Pakistan, iran, and syria were the top 3 refugee hosting countries in 2010. The movement of refugees and internally displaced people by conflicts, natural or environmental disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, famine or development projects. Conflict induced displacement: is caused by armed conflict, including civil war; generalized violence; and persecution based on nationality, race, religion, political opinion or social group.