Categories, Refugee Camps, and the Governance of De-Territorialized Bodies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2309507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Jaji (0000-0003-0266-8541, German Institute of Development and Sustainability, corresponding author), Tanja Kleibl (0000-0001-6103-3381, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 2202-2214 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00219096241283665 |
| OpenAlex | W4403569075 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
Many countries that lack the resources and/or political will to settle and integrate refugees among citizens pursue refugee encampment. At the heart of encampment is the categorization of populations according to the sedentarist dictates of the nation-state governance framework. As people who are categorized as de-territorialized bodies, refugees are subject to a peculiar form of governance which is sustained by ubiquity of refugee encampment around the world. This is the case whether in the Global South, where encampment has featured in refugee hosting for decades or in the Global North, where growing numbers of refugees in recent years have led to re-introduction of camps epitomized by anchor facilities, among others. This article argues that refugee encampment is underpinned by categorization, which separates refugees from other migrants as well as the displaced from the emplaced. Despite encampment's separation of refugees from citizens in line with the sedentarist inclinations of the nation-state, encampment in protracted situations has morphed into permanent settlements leading to informal and unofficial re-territorialization through refugee activities that challenge the logic of encampment. This and refugees' self-initiated relocation to spaces outside the camps have blurred the line between the displaced and the emplaced, thus demonstrating how refugees mediate the intended outcomes of migration categorizations
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |