Forced to Flee as a Search for a Better Life: Philosophical-Theological Reflections to a Global Policy of Justice
At the end of the year 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHR) counted 68.5 million people worldwide who were forcibly driven from their home (Heimat) (‘forcibly displaced population’).¹ About 25.4 million of them count as refugees, who fled from wars, civil wars and terro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ATF Press
2020
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| In: |
Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Year: 2020, Pages: 115-134 |
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| Summary: | At the end of the year 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHR) counted 68.5 million people worldwide who were forcibly driven from their home (Heimat) (‘forcibly displaced population’).¹ About 25.4 million of them count as refugees, who fled from wars, civil wars and terror, violent conflicts and persecution of minorities or severe human rights violations. Half of those fleeing worldwide are children under eighteen years old; more than fifty per cent of the adults are women. Just over thee million people among the 68.5 are asylum seekers. They are fleeing from hunger or violence and hope... |
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| ISBN: | 1925679438 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv16t6ms2.12 |