Asylum seekers/patron seekers: Interpreting Iraqi Kurdish migration

Human Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-326

  King, Diane E ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clientage; Iraq; Kurds; Migration; Patronage

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POLITICAL PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 29244433483     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: 00187259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.64.4.3dm0ng5c5eg9mg94     Document Type: Article

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