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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Afghan refugees"”.
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Cultural Consensus Model of Depression Beliefs Among Afghan Refugees
… gender-specific beliefs about depression among Afghan refugees, a population shown to be highly distressed. A 73-item questionnaire covering causes, symptoms, and treatments of depression, developed through free-listing techniques and supplemented with items from existing scales, was …
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Health of Afghan Refugees in Iran and Germany – Population and Health Systems Perspectives
… worldwide, of whom more than 36 million were refugees including over 6 million refugees from Afghanistan. Iran and Germany are the primary host countries for Afghan refugees in the Middle Eastern and European regions, respectively. Globally, host countries encounter major impediments in …
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Education in places of temporary asylum : the case of Afghan refugees living in Peshawar
This is an exploratory case study that documents Afghan refugees' educational experiences in Peshawar, Pakistan. The central question of this thesis asks: how Afghans educational needs are met through the educational/training institutions available to them? In the absence of theoretical studies on …
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Settlements of Afghan refugees in Pakistan : an evaluation of conditions and identification of problems
… This thesis is a study of the settlements of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. It mainly focuses on the conditions and problems of the physical environment in the refugee camps. Although its primary objective is to identify and evaluate settlement issues in the physical context, an attempt is made …
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Perceptions of Transportation Mobility Among Afghan Refugee Women
Already home to an established Afghan American community, the Washington D.C. metropolitan region has seen a further increase in the number of Afghan refugees since the Fall of Kabul in 2021. This study explores the perceptions of mobility among Afghan refugee women as they resettle in their new …
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The Lived Experience of Afghan Women Refugees in Three Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern US: A Phenomenological Study
… from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2016) reported that in 2015 a record 65.3 million people worldwide, or 39,976 people per day, were displaced, either within their native countries or as asylees and refugees. Afghanistan, from 1980-2014, was the country with the …
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Catalysts of conflict : how refugee crises lead to the spread of civil war
… refugee crises, the sending state pursues the refugees, subjecting them to military attack. In other cases, militant exiles use the refugee camps as rear bases in their attacks on the sending state. As the cross-border attacks escalate, the risk of international war grows. The refugee crisis …
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Taming the "Wild West" integrating the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan
… dating back to the British Empire. The influx of Afghan refugees following the Soviet invasion has likewise provided fertile soil for religious extremism. Extremists continue to be educated, trained, and sheltered in madrassas operating in tribal areas. Extreme poverty in the FATA lands …
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Understanding the Afghan Diaspora: Exploring the Factors Driving Migration and the Impact of Migration Policies on Recent Afghan Evacuees Resettling in the United States
<p>Afghanistan has been at war with the West since the late 1900’s, remaining in a state of constant turmoil. During the Cold War (1979), Afghanistan had fought a war with the Soviet Union, known as the Soviet- Afghan War. During this time, Afghanistan was invaded by both the Soviet and US, …