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Refugee Undesirability and Economic Potentials: Questioning Encampment Policy in Forced Migration

Author : Elias O. Opongo

Published in: Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Refugee undesirability has become more common in many countries. They are often seen as a nuisance, dependent as well as a social and security threat. In many developing countries, encampment of refugees has been considered as a more practical policy for management of refugee influx in forced migration situations. However, this policy approach ignores the positive economic potential of refugees, despite situations of complex humanitarian emergencies. Refugees create a ready market for local goods, bring foreign currency into the country through remittances and donor funding that has to be brought in for purchase of humanitarian supplies, as well as create an intercultural mix that is beneficial to the host country.

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Title: Refugee Undesirability and Economic Potentials: Questioning Encampment Policy in Forced Migration
Author: Elias O. Opongo
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-03720-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-03721-5

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03721-5_7

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