23 Citations
REFUGEES, FOOD SECURITY, AND RESILIENCE IN HOST COMMUNITIES TRANSITIONING FROM HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT IN PROTRACTED REFUGEE SITUATIONS
- Political Science
- 2014
An emerging literature shows how the mass arrival of refugees induces both short- and long-term consequences to hosting countries. The main contribution of this paper is to conduct a selective review…
Linkages between Livelihood Opportunities and Refugee–Host Relations: Learning from the Experiences of Liberian Camp-based Refugees in Ghana
- Political Science
- 2008
This paper combines recent livelihoods approaches to refugee studies with a social resilience framework to explore the interlinkages between refugee-host relations and refugee coping strategies in…
Strategies to support the HIV-related needs of refugees and host populations. A joint publication of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- Political Science, Medicine
- 2005
UNHCR and UNAIDS advocate for the implementation of the best practices described below to meet the HIV-related needs in the context of refugee situations which will generate more effective equitable and sustainable frameworks to help countries better address both the needs of refugees and their own citizens.
Human Rights and Refugees: Building a Social Geography of Bare Life in Africa
- Political Science
- 2008
Abstract Refugees navigate complicated legal systems in order to claim protection. This, in addition to xenophobia and violence, can make accommodation within host nations difficult. Nowhere is this…
“Our Power is Weakened by their Presence”: Refugee-Host Relations, Threat Perceptions and Identity Negotiations of South Lebanese Women
- Sociology
- 2018
This research asserts the relevance of applying the feminist theory on collective identity to refugee-host relations. Since women are seen to embody the symbolic dimensions of a nation, host…
Integrating refugee and host health services in West Nile districts, Uganda.
- Political Science, MedicineHealth policy and planning
- 2006
The case study in the West Nile region of Uganda describes how host and refugee services were integrated in an attempt to address the concerns of inequity of access to care for host populations, when reasonably good health services were available to nearby refugee populations.
State resilience in Guinea: Mitigating the 'bad neighbourhood effect' of civil war next door
- Political Science
- 2012
This article addresses the question of how to sustain domestic peace in a regionalized conflict zone, with special reference to the Republic of Guinea. From 1990-2008, Guinea was surrounded by six…
What Are the Barriers to Economic Self-Sufficiency of Congolese Refugees in Abilene, Texas?
- Political Science
- 2016
Economic self-sufficiency of refugees is critical for refugees but also for the host country, given the potentially negative economic impact of refugees not attaining selfsufficiency. This study…
Impacts of Hosting Forced Migrants in Poor Countries
- EconomicsAnnual Review of Resource Economics
- 2019
Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or…
Development Education and the Psychosocial Dynamics of Migration
- Political Science
- 2017
A positive response to migration requires a joint effort from both the migrants and citizens of the host countries. Migration, especially forced migration, engenders negative personal and…
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Effects of a refugee-assistance programme on host population in Guinea as measured by obstetric interventions
- Medicine, Political ScienceThe Lancet
- 1998