Afghan Refugees: Is International Support Draining Away after Two Decades in Exile?
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https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21975Keywords:
Afghanistan, refugees, forced migration, international response, international assistance, politics, gender, repatriationAbstract
Afghanistan holds all the refugee records, both good and bad. However, as the remaining refugees enter their twentieth year in exile, international support for finding a solution to their predicament appears to be dwindling as the Taliban consolidate their hold on Afghanistan while simultaneously alienating much of the outside world. Because of insufficient funding, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has had to curtail voluntary repatriation programs in 1998 and reports a bleak outlook for 1999.Metrics
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1998-10-01
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Colville, R. (1998). Afghan Refugees: Is International Support Draining Away after Two Decades in Exile?. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 17(4), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21975
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Copyright (c) 1998 Rupert Colville
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