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Death of the Refugee: The Silence of Numbers

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Since the early 1990s, the concept of human security has occupied a significant place in the global discourses of peace, development, and human rights , despite criticisms concerning its conceptual ambiguity.

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  1. Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Administration (Law Stream), York University, Toronto, Canada

    Nergis Canefe

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  1. Department of History, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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  2. Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Kenneth Christie

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Canefe, N. (2018). Death of the Refugee: The Silence of Numbers. In: Boulby, M., Christie, K. (eds) Migration, Refugees and Human Security in the Mediterranean and MENA. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70775-4_2

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