Ebook: The Urbanization of Forced Displacement: UNHCR, Urban Refugees, and the Dynamics of Policy Change

Investigating how the world’s largest humanitarian organization responded to the global movement of refugees to cities.

UNHCR, the world’s largest humanitarian organization charged with assisting displaced people globally, estimates over 60 per cent of refugees now live in urban areas. This book explores how UNHCR’s approach to urban displacement has changed since the 1990s through an in-depth study of how UNHCR works and conceives its role in global politics today.