Africa and the Refugee Crisis: A Socio-Legal Inquiry

Letlhokwa George Mpedi

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-24538-2_4

Africa and the Refugee Crisis: A Socio-Legal Inquiry

Letlhokwa George Mpedi

Mercantile Law

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This chapter critically discusses the refugee crisis on the African continent from a socio-legal perspective. It commences by outlining, in accordance with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (hereinafter the UNHCR), the refugee situation in numbers and related to regions (i.e., Central Africa and Great Lakes, East and Horn of Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa) on the African continent. The numbers given refer to refugees as well as persons in refugee-like situations as of end of 2016. Secondly, this chapter provides a conceptual clarification of the concepts of ‘refugee’ and ‘asylum seeker’.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU
Subtitle of host publication	Comparative and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges and Solutions
Publisher	Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Pages	69-94
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9783658245382
ISBN (Print)	9783658245375
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24538-2_4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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UN SDGs

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