Protracted refugee situations and state and regional insecurity

Authors: Loescher G.; Milner J.

Source: Conflict, Security and Development, Volume 4, Number 1, April 2004 , pp. 3-20(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article examines the long-stating importance of refugee issues in international politics and underlines the changing emphasis given to these issues by policy makers and academic researchers, both in the immediate post-Cold War and post-9/11 periods. The authors then address the manner in which the relationship between forced migration and state security has been addressed in the past decade. The article highlights how this area of research continues to over-emphasize the migration-related security of Western states and the presence of armed elements in refugee movements in the Third World. In contrast, the literature largely neglects the security concerns of states hosting protracted refugee populations. Ironically, chronic refugee situations in regions of refugee origin constitute the overwhelming majority of the world's refugee population.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1467880042000206831

Publication date: 2004-04-01