Introduction: people in need of protection = 1
1. Safeguarding human security
1.1 Population displacement in the Great Lakes region = 20
1.2 Environment and migration: the case of Central Asia = 28
1.3 The CIS conference: objectives and achievements = 36
1.4 Humanitarian codes of conduct = 46
2. Defending refugee rights = 51
2.1 Urban refugees = 59
2.2 Refugees from the Horn of Africa = 74
2.3 Refugee protection and resettlement = 86
2.4 Local integration in Mexico = 94
3. Internal conflict and displacement = 99
3.1 Development-induced displacement = 100
3.2 Internal displacement in Colombia = 109
3.3 Organizational responsibility for internally displaced people = 116
3.4 Operation Lifeline in Sudan = 132
4. Return and reintegration = 143
4.1 The Tuareg repatriation = 151
4.2 The scourge of light weapons = 156
4.3 Women in war-torn societies = 160
4.4 Return and reconstruction in Bosnia = 170
5. The asylum dilemma = 183
5.1 Carrier sanctions = 192
5.2 Gender related persecution = 196
5.3 Asylum seekers in the Russian Federation = 200
5.4 Cuban and Haitian asylum seekers = 218
6. Statelessness and citizenship = 225
6.1 Forcibly transferred populations in the CIS = 234
6.2 The Roma of Central and Eastern Europe = 242
6.3 The problem of Palestinian nationality = 249
6.4 Stateless and unregistered children = 254
Conclusion : an agenda for action = 263
Endnotes = 278
Statistics = 286
Further reading = 293
1. Safeguarding human security
1.1 Population displacement in the Great Lakes region = 20
1.2 Environment and migration: the case of Central Asia = 28
1.3 The CIS conference: objectives and achievements = 36
1.4 Humanitarian codes of conduct = 46
2. Defending refugee rights = 51
2.1 Urban refugees = 59
2.2 Refugees from the Horn of Africa = 74
2.3 Refugee protection and resettlement = 86
2.4 Local integration in Mexico = 94
3. Internal conflict and displacement = 99
3.1 Development-induced displacement = 100
3.2 Internal displacement in Colombia = 109
3.3 Organizational responsibility for internally displaced people = 116
3.4 Operation Lifeline in Sudan = 132
4. Return and reintegration = 143
4.1 The Tuareg repatriation = 151
4.2 The scourge of light weapons = 156
4.3 Women in war-torn societies = 160
4.4 Return and reconstruction in Bosnia = 170
5. The asylum dilemma = 183
5.1 Carrier sanctions = 192
5.2 Gender related persecution = 196
5.3 Asylum seekers in the Russian Federation = 200
5.4 Cuban and Haitian asylum seekers = 218
6. Statelessness and citizenship = 225
6.1 Forcibly transferred populations in the CIS = 234
6.2 The Roma of Central and Eastern Europe = 242
6.3 The problem of Palestinian nationality = 249
6.4 Stateless and unregistered children = 254
Conclusion : an agenda for action = 263
Endnotes = 278
Statistics = 286
Further reading = 293