Forced migration and dilemmas of humanitarian assistance: Challenges for applied research

Sultan Barakat, Arne Strand

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Abstract

Researching forced migration issues, in a war or post-war context, poses numerous problems. Defining a forced migrant is not always easy, and there is often a large gap between ideal mandates and realpolitik in terms of humanitarian assistance, providing a challenge to research methodologies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134-136
Number of pages3
JournalNorsk Geografisk Tidsskrift
Volume54
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Applied research
  • Forced migration
  • Humanitarian assistance

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