Internal displacement and external migration in a post-conflict economy: Perceptions of institutions among migrant entrepreneurs

From the outset of the Northern Ireland conflict, the internal displacement of civilians from across the sectarian divide became a familiar phenomenon for those seeking to escape inter-communal conflict. In 2018, the legacy of this displacement remains pronounced, with segregation and division a feature of the ‘post-conflict’ landscape. Despite the far-reaching consequence of displacement during the Troubles, there has been little or no consideration of the long-term impact of displacement, with the need for restitution for those who were forced to leave their homes absent from the literature on dealing with the past. It can be argued that as a result, those who were displaced will remain hidden or forgotten victims. In 2016, in response to the growing migration crisis emanating from the Syrian conflict, European countries, including Ireland north and south, were asked to open up borders and provide sanctuary for civilians who had been displaced as a result of violence. The crisis has, in turn, sharpened the potential for those interested in legacy issues surrounding ‘the Troubles’ to begin to reflect more critically on the issue of historical displacement during the Northern Irish conflict. This article will, through reference to the response to the Syrian refugee crisis, critique why the issue of restitution for displaced people during ‘the Troubles’ has not found prominence in the voluminous literature on dealing with the past.

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Resettlement post conflict: Risk and protective factors and resilience among women in northern Uganda

International Social Work ◽

10.1177/0020872818755863 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 62 (2) ◽

pp. 918-932 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joanne N Corbin ◽

J Camille Hall

Keyword(s):

Protective Factors ◽

Social Relationships ◽

Risk And Protective Factors ◽

Internal Displacement ◽

Northern Uganda ◽

Risk And Resilience ◽

Post Conflict ◽

System Risk ◽

Multiple Levels ◽

Conflict Risk

Approximately 1.8 million people were displaced in northern Uganda as a result of the LRA conflict. This paper explores risk and protective factors as well as examples of resilience among women in northern Uganda resettling after armed conflict and internal displacement. The risk and resilience ecological framework is used to identify and understand these factors along the multiple levels of the ecological social system. Risk factors included poor health, loss of instrumental and emotional support networks, and land vulnerability. Protective factors included engagement in livelihood and sociocultural activities with others. Resilience was located in the women’s coping and maintenance of family and social relationships.

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(P1-109) Violence, Health and Human Rights: Analysis of the Right to Health for Conflict Displaced Persons Living In IDP Camps in Northern Sri Lanka

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x11004420 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S1) ◽

pp. s134-s134

Author(s):

K. Wickramage ◽

A. Zwi

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Health Sector ◽

Civil Conflict ◽

Right To Health ◽

Peace Building ◽

Internal Displacement ◽

Health And Human Rights ◽

Post Conflict ◽

The Right

This presentation explores the nexus between collective violence (in the form of violent civil conflict) and health and human rights in Sri Lanka, focusing specifically on persons displaced during the most recent conflict in Northern Sri Lanka beginning in November 2008. After exploring the normative framework in relation to the right to health, the local legal framework governing internal displacement, and the related component on healthcare access, service provision, and standards will be described. By examining health cluster reports, health surveys, and case-studies, this presentation describes how the health sector responded in providing healthcare services to those war displaced living in internally displaced people (IDP) camps in Vavuniya District. The “rights based approach to health” is examined in relation to the health sector response, and key issues and challenges in meeting health protection needs are highlighted. A conceptual framework on the right to health for IDPs in Northern Sri Lanka is presented. This presentation also explores how some health interventions in the post-conflict Sri Lankan context may have acted as a bridge for peace building and reconciliation.

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Innovative Forms of Realization of Regional Social Policy by Organizing Public Dialogue and Communication in Conditions of Post-conflict Transformation in Eastern Ukraine

European Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n2p391 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 391-404

Author(s):

Ruslan Halhash ◽

Inna Semenenko ◽

Ievgen Ovcharenko ◽

Ganna Borova

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Organizational Support ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Conflict Transformation ◽

Internal Displacement ◽

Geoinformation System ◽

Public Dialogue ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Post Conflict

The current socio-economic situation in Eastern Ukraine, complex processes of economic recovery, internal displacement cause numerous conflicts between local and displaced population and institutions. In these circumstances the issues of implementation of effective regional social policy instruments, integration of internally displaced persons into local communities, strengthening social cohesion and peacebuilding become important. The purpose of the article is to substantiate innovative forms of implementation of regional social policy by organizing public dialogue and communication in conditions of post-conflict transformation in Eastern Ukraine, which would ensure sustainability of conflict resolution. The article shows the experience of implementing the results of experimental studies on organizational support for interaction of institutions on conflict prevention and resolution in the project "Geoinformation system for monitoring, analysis, assessment and resolution of conflicts in communities". The essence, basic principles, components and tasks of the geoinformation system, which is realized through creation of the online resource and the network of regional experts working under support of the international community, were presented. Keywords: conflict, regional social policy, organization, dialogue, communication, interaction, institution, geoinformation system, network of mediators.

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The Impact of Internal Displacement and External Migration on Institutional Trust

The Diaspora and Returnee Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190911874.003.0007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104-119

Author(s):

Nick Williams

Keyword(s):

Institutional Environment ◽

Internal Displacement ◽

Institutional Trust ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Trust In Institutions ◽

Internal Migrants ◽

The Impact ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Different Levels ◽

External Migration

Chapter 7 analyses distinctions between internally displaced versus externally displaced entrepreneurs. The chapter draws on a survey of internally displaced and external migrants, as well as in-depth interviews with returnee entrepreneurs, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The chapter shows that internal and external migrants have different levels of trust in home institutions, and that this is related to their exposure to institutional environments abroad. Those migrants who moved abroad are able to compare the home environment to the relative stability they experienced in their host country, meaning that perceptions will be more negative. Internal migrants are more philosophical about the institutional environment, accepting that it is weak and not expecting it to change either. The chapter also shows that individuals with more diverse ethnic networks, caused either by exposure to different groups abroad or by moving into and/or working with different groups at home, will have lower trust in institutions.

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