Conference Report:International Conference on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: issues and shifting paradigms, 5-7 December, 2017 (Tuesday-Thursday) 17-19 Rabi al-Awwal 1439

Hossain, Ishtiaq (2017) Conference Report:International Conference on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: issues and shifting paradigms, 5-7 December, 2017 (Tuesday-Thursday) 17-19 Rabi al-Awwal 1439. Intellectual Discourse, 25 (2). pp. 447-449. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639

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Abstract

The world is currently facing its biggest refugee crisis since the end of Wold War II. According to the UN refugee agency a record 65.6 million people are either refugees, asylum seekers or Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The world witnessed an unending stream of refugees fl eeing the violence in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan to Europe. In the meantime, thousands of illegal migrants, mostly from the West African region, continue to try to reach the shores of Europe. Many of these migrants, while trying to reach Europe, have drowned in the Mediterranean. Recently videos have appeared in the international media showing auction of human beings as slaves.

Item Type:	Article (other)
Additional Information:	3957/57868
Uncontrolled Keywords:	conference report, International Conference on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Political Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Ishtiaq Hossain
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2017 09:24
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2018 17:04
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/57868

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