Refugees and Forced Displacement

<p>In 2009 conflict violence and the fear of governmental persecution caused over forty-three million people worldwide equivalent to the population of Canada to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere. Twenty-seven million displaced within their countries'; borders. The remaining fifteen million were refugees. They crossed international borders and entered a new country in order to seek safety. The conditions that produce refugees inter and intra-state conflict violence and persecution have always existed and will continue into the future. Events within the last twenty years have shown that humanitarian measures alone are seldom enough to stabilize the environment end the violence and reverse the conditions that produce large numbers of refugees. Where wide spread conflict violence and persecution exist more severe interventions such as military action may be necessary to stop the violence. For this reason planners within the United States Department of Defense can expect to be involved with refugees. It is nothing new. Since the Second World War American forces have assisted many groups: Hmong from Vietnam (1970s) Cuban asylum seekers (1980s) Haitian boat people (1990s) Iraqis after Desert Storm and refugees from the Balkan conflicts (1990s). It should be obvious that American military officers especially those in the military police and civil affairs field should expect to help plan and administer such efforts in the future. Therefore what are the critical factors planners should consider when directed to conduct operations in response to a refugee crisis? The list of tasks and considerations is long. Often they cross physical jurisdictional and intellectual boundaries. This monograph will focus on six of the most important considerations that affect refugee situations. They include the role of refugee law specifically the Geneva Convention the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees the 1967 Protocol Relating to</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>