{"id":7532,"date":"2020-10-07T19:19:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T02:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/?page_id=7532"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:29:41","slug":"hum-geog-12-refugees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/hum-geog-12-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Geography 12 &#8211; Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated February 11, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/mla-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citation Makers<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; use the information from this page to help you create your bibliography<\/p>\n<p><strong>Databases\/Online Encyclopedias (login required)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/refugee\/63038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Background info on refugees &#8211; Britannica School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.gale.com\/ps\/start.do?p=GPS&amp;u=41bsss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gale Databases<\/a> &#8211; search your topic to get a list of results (magazine\/news\/journal articles, websites, videos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/refugee-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refugee Data Finder &#8211; UNHCR Refugee Agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/grapher\/refugee-population-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refugees by Country of Asylum &#8211; Our World in Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.ca\/in-canada\/refugee-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refugee Statistics &#8211; UNHCR Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/refugee-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee Statistics &#8211; UNHCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/refugees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugees and Asylum &#8211; Government of Canada\u00a0<\/a> &#8211; in addition to how Canada handles refguee cases, it also has a section on Syrian refugees<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/what-we-do\/refugees-asylum-seekers-and-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Mirgrants &#8211; Amnesty International<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccrweb.ca\/en\/information-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Background information about refugees &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Canadian Council for Refugees<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; gives stats &amp; figures on refugees<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/refugee\/63038\/related#nodeId=websites&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refugees Results List &#8211; Britannica School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/refugees\/afghanistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome Afghans &#8211; Government of Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Afghanistan<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/where-we-work\/countries\/afghanistan?dataset=POP&amp;yearsMode=range&amp;selectedYears=%5B2012%2C2026%5D&amp;level=OPR&amp;category=PTY&amp;fundingSource=ALS&amp;compareBy=%5B%22category%22%5D&amp;levelCompare=%5B%5B%22OAFG_ABC%22%5D%5D&amp;viewType=chart&amp;chartType=bar&amp;contextualDataset=BUD&amp;tableDataView=absolute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan &#8211; UNHCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrefugees.org\/news\/afghanistan-refugee-crisis-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan Refugee Crisis Explained &#8211; U.S. UNHCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.ca\/our-work\/emergencies\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan Situation &#8211; UNHCR Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kurdish Refugees<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/Kurd\/46466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurds &#8211; Britannica School\u00a0<\/a> &#8211; start here to get an overview of the Kurds and their history<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/Kurd\/46466\/related#nodeId=websites&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web sources on Kurds from Britannica School &#8211; including history, people facts, tribes, struggle\u00a0 with statelessness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutkurde.org\/en\/institute\/who_are_the_kurds.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A brief history of the Kurds &#8211; Kurd Institute de Paris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.gale.com\/ps\/i.do?dblist=CIC_GIC_SCIC_GRNR_GVRL_BIC_WHIC_OVIC&amp;lm=AC~y&amp;qt=OQE~kurdish+refugees~~RB~366+5&amp;sw=w&amp;ty=bs&amp;it=search&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;p=GPS&amp;u=41bsss&amp;v=2.1&amp;asid=edf83e4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurdish Refugees results list &#8211; Gale databases<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jrs\/article\/37\/2\/518\/7668384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multi-scalar and diasporic integration: Kurdish populations in Europe between state, diaspora and geopolitics &#8211; Oxford Academic\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Palestine<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pier21.ca\/research\/immigration-history\/canadas-resettlement-of-palestinian-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada&#8217;s Resettlement of Palestinian Refugees &#8211; Canadian Museum of Immigration<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/2025\/08\/canada-extends-temporary-measures-for-palestinians-in-canada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Extends Temporary Measures for Palestinians in Canada &#8211; Government of Canada<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/search?search=palestinian%20refugee&amp;sm_site_name%5B%5D=Global%20site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian Refugees &#8211; UNHCR<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/palestine-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestine Refugees &#8211; UNRWA<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imeu.org\/resources\/resources\/quick-facts-palestinian-refugees\/149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quick Facts: Palestinian Refugees &#8211; Institute for Middle East Understanding<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/Palestine\/108522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestine: History &#8211; Britannica School<\/a> &#8211; scroll down to &#8220;History&#8221; section where it&#8217;s divided by periods<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rohingya Refugees<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/refugees-news-stories\/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rohingya refugee crisis: facts, FAQs and how to help &#8211; World Vision<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounder\/rohingya-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Rohingya crisis backgrounder &#8211; Council on Foreign Relations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/Rohingya\/630165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohingya &#8211; Britannica School<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/school.eb.com\/levels\/high\/article\/The-Rohingya-Muslims-in-Myanmar\/624195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Th Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar &#8211; Britannica School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Sudan<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.ca\/our-work\/emergencies\/south-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Sudan Refugee Crisis &#8211; USA UNHCR<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.ca\/our-work\/emergencies\/south-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Sudan Emergency &#8211; Canada UNHCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Somalia<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.ca\/our-work\/emergencies\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Somalia &#8211; Refugees International<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.no\/shorthand\/stories\/voices-of-the-displaced-in-somalia\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voices o f the Displaced in Somalia &#8211; Norwegian Refugee Council<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu\/news-stories\/stories\/fleeing-somalias-catastrophic-drought_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleeing Somalia&#8217;s Catastrophic Drought\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; European Commission<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syrian Refugees<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/refugees-news-stories\/syrian-refugee-crisis-facts#:~:text=About%205.6%20million%20Syrians%20are,Syrian%20refugee%20crisis%20are%20children.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syrian Refugee Crisis &#8211; Word Vision<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrefugees.org\/news\/syria-refugee-crisis-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syria Refugee Crisis Explained &#8211; USA for UNHCR<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/refugees\/welcome-syrian-refugees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada Resettled Syrian Refugees &#8211; Government of Canada<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/syria\/publication\/the-mobility-of-displaced-syrians-an-economic-and-social-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The mobility of displaced Syrians: an economic and social analysis &#8211; World Bank<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Uighur Refugees<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/search?search=uighur%20refugee&amp;sm_site_name%5B%5D=Global%20site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uighur Refugees &#8211; UNHCR<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-22278037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?\u00a0 &#8211; BBC<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/search.open.canada.ca\/qpnotes\/record\/cic%2CIRCC%20-%202023-QP-00032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Question Period Note: Uyghurs\u00a0 Government of Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"wb-cont\">Question Period Note: Uyghurs<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated February 11, 2026 Citation Makers &#8211; use the information from this page to help you create your bibliography Databases\/Online Encyclopedias (login required) Background info on refugees &#8211; Britannica School Gale Databases &#8211; search your topic to get a list of results (magazine\/news\/journal articles, websites, videos Google Scholar Refugee Data Finder &#8211; UNHCR Refugee Agency &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/hum-geog-12-refugees\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Human Geography 12 &#8211; Refugees&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10377,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7532\/revisions\/10377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/south-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}