Refugees, Foreign Nationals, and<i>Wageni</i>: Comparing African Responses to Somali Migration

Whitaker, Beth

doi:10.1017/asr.2019.52

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“…Host citizens in both countries generally hold negative stigmatized views of refugees. For example, in Kenya, security concerns surrounding refugees are pervasive, with many associating them with terrorism and conflict (Audette et al, 2020; Aukot, 2003; Whitaker, 2020). Likewise, Tanzania has enacted increasingly repressive policies such as forced repatriation and even state-sanctioned torture citing security fears.…”

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Team and Nation: Sports, Nationalism, and Attitudes Toward Refugees

Rosenzweig

Zhou

2021

Comparative Political Studies

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How do major national events influence attitudes toward non-nationals? Recent research suggests that national sports team wins help foster national pride, weaken ethnic attachments, and build trust among conational out-group members. This paper asks a related question: By heightening nationalism, do these victories also affect attitudes toward foreign out-groups, specifically refugees? We examine this question using the 2019 Africa Cup football match between Kenya and Tanzania, which Kenya narrowly won, coupled with an online survey experiment conducted with a panel of 2,647 respondents recruited through Facebook. We find that winning increases national pride and preferences for resource allocation toward conationals, but it also leads to negative views of refugees’ contribution to the country’s diversity. However, we present experimental evidence that reframing national sports victories as a product of cooperation among diverse players and highlighting shared superordinate identities can offset these views and help foster positive attitudes toward refugees.

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Section: Case Selection Of Kenya and Tanzaniamentioning

confidence: 99%

Team and Nation: Sports, Nationalism, and Attitudes Toward Refugees

Rosenzweig

Zhou

2021

Comparative Political Studies

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“…These traditions influence where and when people migrate in response to natural environmental change, conflict, or changing economic opportunity. Hauer et al (2020) found that victims fleeing the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 followed “the pre‐existing migration system.” Whitaker (2020) describes Somali Bantus seeking political asylum in Tanzania due to historical and cultural connections that smoothed paths to citizenship.…”

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confidence: 99%

Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and amongAgro‐Pastoralpeoples

Griffith

Muneepeerakul

Guerry

et al. 2023

International Migration

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Research on migration has become more challenging due to at least four factors: (1) more complex migration traditions; (2) the development of migration economies that engage many types of migrants from ever more social and cultural backgrounds; (3) increasing likelihood of climate change‐driven environmental migration; and (4) increasing likelihood of conflict‐based migration in some contexts. These developments have shaken economic theories of migration and have encouraged interdisciplinary, methodologically mixed, qualitative and quantitative research and analysis. From a review of the literature, we have gleaned 11 common themes about environmental, economic and conflict migration that we differentiate by process (migration behaviours that are still evolving) and patterns (migration behaviours that have become customary). We then consider how positive and negative dimensions of migration can be captured and represented with close attention to livelihood constellations (multiple economic activities combined by individuals, households and families). Finally, focusing on Somalia and agro‐pastoral peoples generally, where recent environmental and conflict migration have been added to decades of economic migration and centuries of seasonal, environmental migration associated with pastoralism, we combine historical and qualitative work to demonstrate the value of a livelihood constellation perspective.

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“…Kenny and Miller (2020) noted that individuals who leave their country of origin for various reasons are processed in their host country, where their details are captured on a national database and they are given temporary residence permits that are renewed periodically while awaiting adjudication of their asylum status. Once their application for asylum has been approved, they are recognised as refugees and receive documentation that enables them to live and work in the country (Whitaker, 2020). South Africa's history of migration dates back to the mid-19th century.…”

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COVID-19, migration and inclusive cities through e-governance: strategies to manage asylum seekers in Durban, South Africa

Kariuki

Goyayi²,

Ofusori

2021

DPRG

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of electronic governance (e-governance) in enabling asylum seekers’ access to public services in the city of Durban, South Africa. Because of COVID-19, the government scaled down its operations, limiting access to public services, including among migrants. Design/methodology/approach Because of COVID-19-related restrictions, a systematic review was conducted of the relevant academic literature as well as the information portals of relevant government departments, municipalities and research reports on migration and refugees in South Africa. A total of 320 peer-reviewed research articles were identified. These were filtered and 68 relevant articles were selected. Findings The study found that asylum seekers have limited access to public services via information communication technology-enabled mechanisms. Whilst the city government has embraced e-governance, it is still in its nascent stages. Research limitations/implications This study was limited to a desktop one because of COVID-19 restrictions and it focused exclusively on asylum seekers. Therefore, its findings can only be generalised to this category of people. Practical implications Future studies on this subject should gather data from all categories of migrants to gain in-depth perspectives. Social implications All spheres of governance in South Africa should recognise asylum seekers as a constituency that deserves access to public services. E-governance can facilitate easier access to these services, and policies need to be aligned with this reality. Originality/value This study examined the efficacy of e-governance in enabling access to government services by asylum seekers during COVID-19. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no other study on this subject was conducted during this period.

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Refugees, Foreign Nationals, andWageni: Comparing African Responses to Somali Migration

Cited by 13 publications

References 61 publications

Team and Nation: Sports, Nationalism, and Attitudes Toward Refugees

Team and Nation: Sports, Nationalism, and Attitudes Toward Refugees

Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and amongAgro‐Pastoralpeoples

COVID-19, migration and inclusive cities through e-governance: strategies to manage asylum seekers in Durban, South Africa

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