Blurring boundaries: Refugee resettlement in Kampala-between the formal, the informal, and the illegal

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-32

  Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

International organizations; Refugees; Resettlement; Soft law; Uganda; UNHCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861783984     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2011.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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