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According to a 2002 estimate by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 1 out of every 150 people in the world are currently displaced from their homes in some way: as refugees, asylum seekers, returned refugees, or internally displaced persons. Of all the humanitarian impulses in world polities today, one of the most widely recognized is the need to protect these refugees. However, as Problems of Protection explores, the process of refugee protection is one that is complex and controversial, and always more political than humanitarian. Scholars and practitioners come together to offer an intellectual bridge between the study of refugees and human rights, addressing the shortcomings of relying on an international system in which the richest countries often set the agenda, shifting attitudes among affected countries, and the difficulty of rebuilding societies in which the refugee situation continues to intensify. Book jacket.