The ''Journal of Refugee Studies'' is a quarterly

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publishing research on

forced migration Forced displacement (also forced migration) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region. The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' as follows: displaced "as a result of persecution, conflict, g ...

. It was established in 1988 by the

Refugee Studies Centre The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was established in 1982, as part of the University of Oxford's Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), in order to promote the understanding of the causes and consequences of forced migrati ...

at the

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, with its first issue published that May. It is published by

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in association with the Refugee Studies Centre. The

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are Simon Turner and Megan Bradley. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 2.966, ranking it 10th out of 20 journals in the category "Ethnic Studies" and 16th out of 29 in the category "Demography". The journal provides a forum for exploration of the complex issue of forced migration and local, national, regional and international responses.

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