Download or read book The International Refugee Regime and the Refugee Problem in Interwar Europe written by Claudena M. Skan and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the European refugee problem during the interwar period of 1919-1939, together with the response of the international community to this problem. After a general introduction dealing with the forces that gave rise to refugee movements, such as the formation of new nation-states and the breaking up of the empires, the author discusses specific topics actually linked with the refugee problems in Interwar Europe. This includes refugee movements in the Balkans and Turkey; refugees in Russia, Italy, Spain and the Third Reich. This is followed by an examination of the response of the League of Nations to this problem. Settlements, and the importance of Nansen as High Commissioner, are described. The stages by which the refugee problem in Europe expanded to become an international problem, and how it called for some form of legal protection are traced, culminating in the involvement of the ILO and what legal steps were actually taken. The final section of the study is on non-governmental organizations such as the Red Cross, the Near East Relief, Jewish Organization, and the work of private organizations. In conclusion, the author discusses the refugee problem “vis-à-vis” the political interests of powerful nations, and considers the extent to which aid to refugees came to be governed by political rather than humanitarian considerations. At the end are tables giving the statistics of refugees from some countries, and budgets of assistance programmes. There is a selected bibliography.