Subject Categories

 

The source for this selection of subject categories is a classification scheme that was first developed by the British Refugee Council in November 1995, and later modified by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC).  The hierarchical listing below displays broad subjects used to classify information resources in this guide.  Clicking on a category will take you to a separate page with a title list of all resources assigned a particular subject.  In this way, readers can easily browse related records.  (Note: Browse the index terms list to locate resources that have been described using much more specific keywords from the International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology.) 

 

 

10                    Country of Origin Conditions

 

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20                    Causes of Flight (not used)

 

            21        Persecution

 

            21.6     Human rights violations

 

22        Armed conflict

 

23.1     Environment

 

23.2     Complex emergencies

 

23.3     Natural disasters

 

24        Early warning

 

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30                    Migration

 

            30.1     Forced migration

 

            31.1     Internal displacement

 

            31.31   Human trafficking/Illegal immigration

 

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40                    Asylum & Legal Protection

 

            41        International law (including international refugee and humanitarian law)

 

            44.2     Refugee status (including human rights)

 

            45.3     Statelessness

 

            46        Repatriation

 

            46.1     Resettlement

 

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50                    Assistance (not used)

 

            50.5     Emergency relief/Humanitarian assistance

 

            53        Housing

 

                        53.2     Refugee placement

                        53.52   Camps

 

            54        Health

 

                        54.3     Disease   

                        54.7     Public health

                        54.9     Reproductive health (new code) 

 

            59.25    Social services 

 

            59.5     Financing

 

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60                    Adaptation & Integration

 

            61        Psychology/Mental health

 

            62.35   Forced migrant experiences

 

            64        Education

 

            65        Economic adaptation (including refugee livelihoods)

 

            65.1     Economic development/Reconstruction

 

            66        Media/Attitudes

 

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80                    Special Groups (not used)

 

            83        Ethnic and national groups

 

            83.5     Palestinians (new code)

 

            85.2     Women

 

            86.1     Elderly

 

            86.2     Youth

 

                        86.21   Unaccompanied minors

                        86.22   Children

 

             87       Family 

 

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90                    Organizations

 

            93        International organizations

 

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