Recent Migrations and Refugees in the MENA Region
Recent Migrations and Refugees in the MENA Region
Contributor(s): Rania M. Rafik Khalil (Editor), Froilan T. Malit (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Security and defense, State/Government and Education, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: MENA region; Turkey; Hatay; Syria; refugees; education; politics; socioeconomic aspects; student migration; labor migrations; youth refugees; UNHCR; security;
Summary/Abstract: While numerous studies have investigated the multifaceted nature of the Syrian refugee crisis across the Middle East, Europe and beyond, further academic studies are necessary to unpack the complex and multilevel narratives of the Syrian refugee crisis, particularly the roles and effects of national and domestic politics, labour market and social integration, and future policy discourses related to the Syrian refugees in the refugee-hosting countries. With this edited book, we seek to fill this particular gap by contributing to the current empirical, theoretical, and policy discourses on migration and refugee studies using evidenced-based political, economic, and social insights that have policy consequences on the Syrian refugee crisis across geographic refugee-hosting communities in the Middle East. Content INTRODUCTION Rania M. Rafik Khalil and Froilan T. Malit Jr. CHAPTER 1 - The Syrian Youth Refugees’ Social and Economic Engagement in Lebanon Suzanne Menhem CHAPTER 2 - Attitudes of Social Work Students towards Syrian Refugees in Turkey Burcu Özdemir Ocaklı, Ezgi Arslan Özdemir, Münevver Eryalçın, Tuba Yüceer Kardeş, Fulya Akgül Gök, Veli Duyan CHAPTER 3 - Opportunities for Building Teacher Capacity in the MENA Region for Syrian Refugee Education Louisa Visconti and Diane Gal CHAPTER 4 - Mobilities from the Exile: the Sahrawi student migrations Rita Reis CHAPTER 5 - Lebanon’s Political Discourse and the Role of the UNHCR in the “safe and secure return” of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon into the so-called “secure” zones in Syria Laura El Chemali CHAPTER 6 - Politics of Hosting Syrian refugees: Cases from Jordan and Lebanon Nur Köprülü CHAPTER 7 - Conflict Responsive Patterns of Labour Migration from Hatay, Turkey to the MENA Countries Selver Özözen Kahraman, Berrin Gültay, Ibrahim Sirkeci and Vedat Çalışkan.
Series: Migration Series
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-1-912997-17-6
- Page Count: 137
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
The Syrian Youth Refugees’ Social and Economic Engagement in Lebanon
The Syrian Youth Refugees’ Social and Economic Engagement in Lebanon
(The Syrian Youth Refugees’ Social and Economic Engagement in Lebanon)
- Author(s):Suzanne Menhem
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Studies in violence and power, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:11-31
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Lebanon; migration; refugees; Syrian youth; social and economic engagement; forced migration;
- Summary/Abstract:Lebanon is recognized as a country with a uniquely deep experience of emigration and immigration, under which I include the mass inflows of refugees characteristic of the twentieth century in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Attitudes of Social Work Students towards Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Attitudes of Social Work Students towards Syrian Refugees in Turkey
(Attitudes of Social Work Students towards Syrian Refugees in Turkey)
- Author(s):Veli Duyan, Fulya Akgül Gök, Burcu Özdemir Ocaklı, Ezgi Arslan Özdemir, Münevver Eryalçın, Tuba Yüceer Kardeş
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Geography, Regional studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Welfare systems, Higher Education , Demography and human biology, Migration Studies
- Page Range:33-48
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Turkey; migration; Syrian refugees; social work students; attitudes;
- Summary/Abstract:The conflict in Syria has forced many Syrians to leave their country and seek asylum mainly in other neighbouring countries including Turkey. Starting with 2011, Turkey has been a host for many Syrian refugees and the number is still continuing to increase. According to the most up-to-date statistics released by the Directorate General of Migration Management, as of December 2017, there are 3,400,195 Syrian refugees are registered in Turkey (DGMM, 2017). This huge influx of Syrian refugees has created some social discomfort and unrest among local Turkish people and many professions have been affected by these negative connotations associated with Syrian refugees. Social workers, who closely work with the Syrian refugee population are also amongst those who are negatively affected.
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Opportunities for Building Teacher Capacity in the MENA Region for Syrian Refugee Education
Opportunities for Building Teacher Capacity in the MENA Region for Syrian Refugee Education
(Opportunities for Building Teacher Capacity in the MENA Region for Syrian Refugee Education)
- Author(s):Louisa Visconti, Diane Gal
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Geography, Regional studies, State/Government and Education, Migration Studies, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
- Page Range:49-64
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:migration; Syrian refugees; education; MENA region; building teacher capacity; Turkey; Jordan; Lebanon; Iraq; Egypt; NLG;
- Summary/Abstract:Crisis-driven demographic changes have presented new challenges to educate both refugees and nationals in the MENA region. In particular, Syria’s eight-year war has displaced or made refugees of almost half of its 22 million pre-war population. Approximately 5.65 million Syrians are now in neighbouring countries of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt (3RP, 2017). Nearly two million are school-age children and youth. However, this does not include thousands of young Syrian adults through age 30 who may also need formal and/or TVET education (UNICEF, 2018).
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Mobilities from the Exile: the Sahrawi student migrations
Mobilities from the Exile: the Sahrawi student migrations
(Mobilities from the Exile: the Sahrawi student migrations)
- Author(s):Rita Reis
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Geography, Regional studies, Higher Education , Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:65-80
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:migration; exile; Sahrawi; student migration; MENA region;
- Summary/Abstract:Historically, the Sahrawi population has been involved in various mobility processes, associated with different socio-economic contexts, shaped by strong political implications (Caro Baroja, 2008; Pazzanita, 2006). Colony of Spain, from 1884 - 1976, and then so-called Spanish Sahara, the Western Sahara is included in the list of “non-autonomous territories” of the United Nations and is monitored by the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) since 1963.
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Lebanon’s Political Discourse and the Role of the UNHCR in the “safe and secure return” of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon into the so-called “secure” zones in Syria
Lebanon’s Political Discourse and the Role of the UNHCR in the “safe and secure return” of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon into the so-called “secure” zones in Syria
(Lebanon’s Political Discourse and the Role of the UNHCR in the “safe and secure return” of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon into the so-called “secure” zones in Syria)
- Author(s):Laura El Chemali
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Education, Geography, Regional studies, Security and defense, Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:81-97
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Lebanon; Syria; political discourse; UNHCR; Syrian refugees; secure zones; migration;
- Summary/Abstract:The conflict in Syria began in March 2011, after that 15 young boys were kidnapped and tortured in the town of Daraa in the South of the country. The group of young boys were captured because they supported with graffiti the Arab revolutions. One of the boys, Hamza al-Khateeb, died due to his injuries in the age of 13 years in the Syrian village of Daraa (Tomass, 2016). The social unrests in Syria took first the shape of peaceful protests – as in Tunisia and Egypt - the discontent of the Syrian people was related to limited freedoms of opinion, raising unemployment rates and limited professional opportunities especially for the younger generation (Mostafiz, 2014).
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Politics of Hosting Syrian refugees: Cases from Jordan and Lebanon
Politics of Hosting Syrian refugees: Cases from Jordan and Lebanon
(Politics of Hosting Syrian refugees: Cases from Jordan and Lebanon)
- Author(s):Nur Köprülü
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Education, Geography, Regional studies, Security and defense, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:99-112
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Jordan; Lebanon; Syrian refugees; politics; Turkey;
- Summary/Abstract:The 2011 Arab uprisings which has engulfed most of the Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa had produced dramatic results for the Syrian people. The Syrian uprisings have just entered its eighth year and many Syrian refugees remain in exile as their country continues to face a proxy war. The total number of registered refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) is 5,657,439 (UNCHR, 2019a). The Syrian crisis is mostly characterized as a protracted conflict among the regional as well as global actors having divergent interests pertaining the future of the country, i.e. with Syria under Bashar Assad rule or without Syria. More than 13,5 million people require humanitarian assistance (AUB, 2018) and about 6 million Syrian refugees worldwide are hosted in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Another 6 million are also internally displaced in Syria. The overwhelming majority of Syrian refugees fled to neighbouring states, primarily to Turkey (3,630,767) (UNCHR, 2019b), Lebanon (944,613c), and Jordan (660,393d).
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Conflict Responsive Patterns of Labour Migration from Hatay, Turkey to the MENA Countries
Conflict Responsive Patterns of Labour Migration from Hatay, Turkey to the MENA Countries
(Conflict Responsive Patterns of Labour Migration from Hatay, Turkey to the MENA Countries)
- Author(s):Ibrahim Sirkeci, Selver Özözen Kahraman, Berrin Gültay, Ibrahim Sirkeci, Vedat Çalışkan
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Geography, Regional studies, Labor relations, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:113-137
- No. of Pages:25
- Keywords:MENA region; migration; labor migration; Hatay; Turkey; conflict responsive patterns;
- Summary/Abstract:The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region comprising 21 countries has been through crises and drastic political changes since 2010 along with having had a protracted history of armed conflict. These crises, including civil wars and international military interventions, have caused disruption in terms of the demographic structure and processes (see Yucesahin and Sirkeci, 2017). Turkey has not only become one of the largest immigration countries mainly because of conflicts in the MENA region, but also has been one of the largest labour exporting countries to these countries.
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