Frontier justice: Legal aid and UNHCR refugee status determination in Egypt

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-68

  Kagan, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Egypt; Legal aid; Refugee status determination; UNHCR

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL POLICY; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645154848     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fej002     Document Type: Article

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