Why the UN Policy on Refugees in Urban Areas is not good enough.
The UNHCR Policy on Refugee Protection and Solutions in Urban Areas (2009) came after many changing circumstances in the world of refugees. The original (1997) policy addressed concerns of security and vulnerability of the refugee population, but almost ten years later the refugee experience looks very different due to rapid urbanization. Today, “almost half of the world’s 10.5 million refugees now reside in cities and towns.” The previous policy did not account for the chang
