Rejecting “Misfits:” Canada and the Nansen Passport
After 1918, millions of refugees from the former Russian and Ottoman Empires found themselves without citizenship. To facilitate refugee travel and work, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, League of Nations HCR, established an international identity certificate, generally known as the “Nansen passport” This docum...
Published in: | International Migration Review |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
1994
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791839402800203 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/019791839402800203 |