Free Download Anne Irfan, "Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System "
English | ISBN: 0231202857 | 2023 | 328 pages | PDF | 10 MB
In the decades after World War II, the United Nations established a global refugee regime that became central to the lives of displaced people around the world. This regime has exerted particular authority over Palestinian refugees, who are served by a specialized UN body, the Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Formed shortly after the 1948 war, UNRWA continues to provide quasi-state services such as education and health care to Palestinian refugee communities in the Middle East today.
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