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Protracted Refugee Situations - Domestic and International Security Implications (Paperback)
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Protracted Refugee Situations - Domestic and International Security Implications (Paperback)
Series: Adelphi series
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Protracted refugee populations not only constitute over 70 per cent
of the world's refugees but are also a principal source of many of
the irregular movements of people around the world today. The
long-term presence of refugee populations in much of the developing
world has come to be seen by many host states in these regions as a
source of insecurity. In response, host governments have enacted
policies of containing refugees in isolated and insecure camps,
have prevented the arrival of additional refugees and, in extreme
cases, have engaged in forcible repatriation. Not surprisingly,
these refugee populations are also increasingly perceived as
possible sources of insecurity for Western states. Refugee camps
are sometimes breeding grounds for international terrorism and
rebel movements. These groups often exploit the presence of
refugees to engage in activities that destabilise not only host
states but also entire regions.The paper focuses on long-term
refugee populations in Sub-Saharan Africa - including Somalis in
the Horn and East Africa, Liberians in West Africa, Burundians in
the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa - and in South and
Southeast Asia - including the Bhutanese in Nepal and the Burmese
refugees in Thailand. These and other cases demonstrate that
protracted refugee situations can result in both 'direct' security
consequences (resulting from the spill-over of conflicts and the
militarisation of refugee camps) and 'indirect' security
consequences (resulting from ethnic and inter-communal tensions
within the host countries) for host states and countries of origin
in conflict-prone regions. The project will highlight both these
security concerns relating to chronic refugee populations and
propose a framework of possible remedies for resolving and
mitigating at least some aspects of the phenomenon.
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