Refugee protection in the region

A survey and evaluation of current trends

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ID9953464
AuthorsSimona Vezzoli (0000-0001-9682-8264, Institute for History Leiden University and LDE Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity Leiden Netherlands, corresponding author), D Hilhorst (0000-0003-2280-6833, International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam Netherlands), Lhamo Meyer (Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences and LDE Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam Netherlands), Jorrit J Rijpma (0000-0001-6427-6864, University of Applied Sciences Leiden), Jorrit Rijpma (Leiden Law School and LDE Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity Leiden University Leiden Netherlands)
Year2022
Volume61
Issue3
Pages196-209
Publication date2022-06-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.13031
OpenAlexW4283075628
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

Protection in the region has rapidly become a favoured durable solution to refugee situations and the hallmark of all current policies. These initiatives reflect changes in humanitarian approaches that have taken place over the past decades as the focus has shifted towards the resilience of crisis‐affected communities and the need to enable their self‐reliance. Despite the strong logic that this change will bring about more dignified solutions, the approach is easily instrumentalized. This instrumentalization is particularly evident where resilience humanitarianism meets security‐migration politics. This paper focuses on the efforts of the European Union and a number of its member states to advance so‐called protection in the region. The paper reviews the characteristics of these policies, highlights a number of risks and defines some known and lesser known implications of this approach

Business · Development economics · Economics · European union · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological resilience · Refugee · Resilience (materials science · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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