Conceptualising Obstacles to Local Integration of Refugees in Ghana

Agblorti, Samuel K. M.; Grant, Miriam

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“…Agblorti & Grant articulated common shelter-related integration barriers, describing South Sudanese refugees in Ghana ( Agblorti and Grant, 2019 ). First, land acquisition negotiations for refugee camps - in four of five camps - were fraught with mistrust and host nationals saying appropriate compensation was not paid.…”

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“…To be equitable and effective, refugee assistance must also support host populations. Third, host-refugee interactions cut across many unacknowledged dimensions ( Agblorti and Grant, 2019 ).…”

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“…For example, high staff turnover can undermine implementation, geographical spread of camps and settlements may challenge services provision or relations with host communities, while infrastructure damage may disrupt communication and services provision to both displaced and host communities ( Magloire et al . , 2010 ; Carrillo, 2010 ; Agblorti and Grant, 2019 ; Parkinson and Behrouzan, 2015 ; Ensign, 2016 ). Other challenges are particularly relevant to displacement, including camp conditions, insecurity, constrained employment opportunities, and uncertainties about the future ( Schön et al .…”

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Lessons from humanitarian clusters to strengthen health system responses to mass displacement in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review

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Salman

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Omar

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“…It is thus extremely unlikely that people will return to their country of origin or resettle in a third country soon [5], which is also proven by the vanishingly small rates of repatriation and resettlement [1]. However, as scholars note [4,5,[9][10][11][12] and recent United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN-HCR) policy shift reflects [1], the local integration of refugees into host societies represents a durable solution and an increasingly popular strategy.…”

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“…However, Dempster and Hargrave's [18] comprehensive review on public attitudes towards refugees highlights that encouraging contact between local and immigrant populations is essential. More contact might have the benefit of fostering greater community openness towards refugees [19], which promotes local integration [9].…”

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What Makes Me Want You Here? Refugee Integration in a Zambian Settlement Setting

Gronau

Ruesink

2021

Sustainability

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Many of the world's refugees remain in Africa, where they stay long-term, mainly in neighboring countries. The present directions point to integration, in which the host society and the political surroundings play a key role. This paper aims to investigate the ways in which public opinion towards and contact with refugees support integration processes. We apply this research to a settlement setting in rural Zambia, a recent dataset of 275 households from 2018, and an econometric analysis. This is the first study dealing with a set of factors that affect the hosts’ opinion towards and contact with refugees in an African settlement context, and with respect to the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework produced by the United Nations. Our results show, particularly, the religiosity, group membership, life satisfaction, food insecurity, agricultural ownership and natural resource uses of the host society to be the main factors that need policy consideration for the promotion of refugee integration. Stakeholders dealing in host–refugee settings and seeking for durable solutions should roll out community programs to address threat perceptions and interaction improvements.

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‘Hanging in the Air’: The Experiences of Liberian Refugees in Ghana

Crawley

Bruey

2022

IMISCOE Research Series

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The civil wars that devastated Liberia between 1989 and 2003 displaced an estimated 800,000 people internally, with more than a million people travelling to neighbouring countries in West Africa in search of protection and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. More than 15 years after the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed, tens of thousands of Liberians continue to be displaced in Liberia, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire. Whilst some have been resettled – primarily to Canada, the US, Australia, and European countries – most have been left ‘hanging in the air’, living in extreme poverty, marginalised from mainstream development policies and planning, and unable to either contribute to, or benefit from, efforts to rebuild peace and security in their home country. Their needs, interests and aspirations have been largely ignored by academics and policymakers in the Global North whose focus, particularly over recent years, has been primarily on the drivers of migration from West Africa across the Mediterranean to Europe. At a regional level, there have been efforts by the Economic Committee of West African States (ECOWAS) to provide alternative models of integration, particularly since the United Nations High Commissioner Refugees (UNHCR) announced the cessation of refugee status for Liberian refugees in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in June 2012. However, significant barriers to both local integration and safe-third country resettlement remain. This chapter examines the experiences of Liberian refugees living in Ghana and their struggles to secure national and international protection in a context where returning to Liberia remains impossible for many.

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Conceptualising Obstacles to Local Integration of Refugees in Ghana

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Lessons from humanitarian clusters to strengthen health system responses to mass displacement in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review

Lessons from humanitarian clusters to strengthen health system responses to mass displacement in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review

What Makes Me Want You Here? Refugee Integration in a Zambian Settlement Setting

‘Hanging in the Air’: The Experiences of Liberian Refugees in Ghana

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