The Refugee Crises

A Study of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Bibliographic Data

ID6343648
AuthorsAlex Cunliffe (University of Plymouth, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume43
Issue2
Pages278-290
Publication date1995-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.1995.tb01712.x
OpenAlexW1980989414
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

Recent events in international relations have raised the prospect of the United Nations organization attempting to provide a much more positive role in world affairs. This is also true for the constituent parts of the United Nations, in particular the United Nations High Commission for Refugees whose responsibilities have grown in recent years as the world's refugee population has multiplied and changed in character. The paper analyses the general development of the UNHCR from its establishment in 1951 and assesses its contemporary role as an actor in a post-Cold War environment. The claims of both critics and supporters of the UNHCR are considered on the light of the contemporary, political and financial pressures facing the organization. The paper also considers the character of UNHCR policy and durable solutions to the problem of a rising refugee population. The general analysis is illustrated by the changing role of the UNHCR in dealing with the arrival of the Vietnamese Boat People into Hong Kong from 1979

Character (mathematics · Cold war · Commission · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Vietnamese · World War II · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration

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