Internal displacement in South Asia : the relevance of the UN's guiding principles

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Internal displacement in South Asia : the relevance of the UN's guiding principles

edited by Paula Banerjee, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, Samir Kumar Das

Sage Publications, 2005

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This book deals with the situation of internally displaced people - those who have been forcibly displaced by natural disasters or development projects. Each chapter is a case study authored by specialists from seven countries - India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mayanmar and Afghanistan. The latter two countries have been included for their shared ethnic continuities with people of the neighbouring countries. The authors provide recommendations on how to minimize the insecurity of the displaced, as well as suggesting early warning systems as preventive measures to forestall displacement at the outset.

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Foreword - Roberta Cohen and Francis Deng Introduction - Paula Banerjee, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury and Samir Kumar Das Afghanistan - Mossarat Qadeem The Long Way Home Pakistan - Atta ur Rehman Sheikh Development and Disaster India - Samir Kumar Das Homelessness at Home India's Northeast - Subir Bhaumik Nobody's People in No Man's Land Bangladesh - Meghna Guhathakurta and Suraiya Begum Displaced and Dispossessed Burma - Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Escape To Ordeal Nepal - Manesh Shreshtha and Bishnu Adhikari A Problem Unprepared For Sri Lanka - Joe William A Profile of Vulnerability Resisting Erasure - Paula Banerjee Women IDPs in South Asia Epilogue - David Fisher International Law on the Internally Displaced Persons

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