Iraqis in Egypt A Statistical Survey in 2008

2018

Beyond conventional relief efforts, gaining a more detailed picture of constraints, resources and risks encountered by refugees as well as of the meaning differing circumstances have for the concerned individuals may serve as a basis for developing more organised and collective responses to ensure social security in conditions of forced displacement and migration.Syrian refugees live very diverse situations, depending on access to social, financial and educational capital, as well as on their religion. Nevertheless, findings suggest that macro-scales policies have driven a large proportion of the interviewed Syrians into informality, and into situations of great personal insecurity. Particularly in Lebanon, policies primarily aim to restrict movement, control the refugees, and avoid permanent settlement by restrictive regulations concerning work. The Syrian community that was studied in Egypt appeared to be in a somewhat better situation. Despite restrictions on movement, lack of se...

2005

The discourse about the climate induced displacement has been sidelined by the fact that the existing international Agreements and/or Treaties do not recognize climate refugees. It is unlikely either that an immediate action will be undertaken to address this evolving issue. It is important to recognize that the international and national recognition of environmental migration is a burgeoning need-the reinforcement and adaptation of infrastructure in countries at risk, and the development of infrastructure to manage migrants once they move, both in local and urban areas, and in destination countries, in the case of international movement. Redefinition of refugees is important to immediately address this issue, and countries prone to climate change such as Egypt merit serious consideration.

This paper looks at the impact of economics growth across most Syrian refugees host countries after the civil war in Syria in March 2011. Based on the figures by UNHCR, as of September 2017, there are 3168757 Syrian refugees living in Turkey, 122203 in Egypt, 244235 in Iraq, 654582 Jordan and 1011366 in Lebanon. (http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=122 ,01.09.2017). It is inevitable that the massive influx of Syrian refuges into those countries provides cheap informal labour. Not to mention, there are high volume of funding flowing into host countries with the largest $556.765.964,00 to Lebanon, second largest $ 431.185.844,00 to Jordan and finally the third largest $300.505.418,00 to Turkey based on the figures by UNHCR (September 2017). This paper compares whether there is any sensible link between the percentage change in the number of Syrian refugees and some of the main macroeconomic variables such as GDP, CPI, import, export and unemployment in the host country. Findings support that the percentage change in the number of Syrian refugees and macroeconomic variables move along the same direction.

Respond Working Paper Series, 2020

This report is a study of the conditions of asylum seekers and refugees in Iraq, as well as covering data and scenarios on internally displaced persons, with regard to international protection and other types of protection, and knowledge of the extent of its adaptation to regional and international agreements, instruments and treaties related to the protection of refugees and everything related to human rights and protecting it.

2011

Refugees in Egypt have endured roughly five years of protection crisis. But as the High Commissioner for Refugees recently said, there is today an opportunity for “a new beginning for refugee protection in Egypt.” The best way forward is for UNHCR to ask the ...

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford was contracted by the Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department of the Department for International Development (DFID), UK to conduct a broad-ranging study to assist DFID in defining a coherent policy position to inform its dealings with and on behalf of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and asylum seekers.