Forced migration & mortality / Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Committee on Population ; Holly E. Reed and Charles B. Keely, editors ; Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reed, Holly.

Keely, Charles B.

Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Mortality--Congresses.

Refugees.

Forced migration--Congresses.

Forced migration.

Physical Description:

xiv, 145 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Forced migration and mortality

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migrate against their will. These forced migrants create a stream of new challenges for relief workers and policy makers. A better understanding of the characteristics of refugee populations and of the population dynamics of these situations is vital. Improved research and insights can enhance disaster management, refugee camp administration, and repatriation or resettlement programs. Forced Migration and Mortality examines mortality patterns in complex human- itarian emergencies, reviewing the state of knowledge, as well as how patterns may change in the new century. It contains four case studies of mortality in recent emergencies: Rwanda, North Korea, Kosovo, and Cambodia. Because refugees and internally displaced persons are likely to continue to be a significant humanitarian concern for many years, research in this field is critical. This is the first book to comprehensively explore forced migration and mortality and it provides useful material for researchers, policy makers, and relief workers.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Preface

Contents

1 Understanding Mortality Patterns in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

APPENDIX: FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY: MORTALITY IN AFGHANISTAN, BOSNIA, NORTH KOREA, RWANDA, AND SIERRA LEONE

2 The Evolution of Mortality Among Rwandan Refugees in Zaire Between 1994 and 1997

3 Famine, Mortality, and Migration: A Study of North Korean Migrants in China

4 Methods of Determining Mortality in the Mass Displacement and Return of Emergency-Affected Populations in Kosovo, 1998-1999

5 The Demographic Analysis of Mortality Crises: The Case of Cambodia, 1970-1979

6 Reflections

Index.

Notes:

Chiefly papers presented at a workshop organized by the Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, held in Nov. 1999 in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780309171083

0309171083

9780309502665

0309502667

OCLC:

923256783