The securitization of relief assistance to internally displaced populations

The number of forced migrants—recognized refugees, persons in “refugeelike” situations, and internally displaced—is estimated today to exceed 40 million. The changed international climate of the 1990s (a renewed emphasis on human rights; broader concepts of national security; and the profound political changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union) has shifted the focus from the asylum and resettlement countries to the countries of origin: there is today a greater willingness to intervene in other countries’ affairs either to avert the creation of new flows of focused migrants or to assist internally displaced populations, and there is the expectation of large-scale voluntary returns of refugees in asylum. This article discusses these and other policy issues concerning forced migration in this new international environment.

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Access to medicines among internally displaced and non-displaced people in urban areas in Colombia

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2012001400004 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (12) ◽

pp. 2245-2256 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Myriam Ruiz-Rodríguez ◽

Veronika J. Wirtz ◽

Alvaro J. Idrovo ◽

Mary Lupe Angulo

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Household Survey ◽

Access To Medicines ◽

Essential Medicines ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Perceived Severity ◽

Displaced Populations ◽

Displaced People ◽

Improve Access

This study analyzes access to medicines among displaced and non-displaced populations in urban areas in Bucaramanga, Colombia. A household survey was carried out to study access to medicines for self-reported and medically diagnosed health conditions. Multiple Poisson regression with robust variance was used to determine factors associated with access to medicines. Two thousand and sixty individuals from 514 families participated. Only 29.1% (95%CI: 22.04-37.08) of the individuals in the sample with prescriptions and 44.3% (95%CI: 40.42-48.25) with self-reported needs for pharmacotherapy were taking medicines. Greater access was associated with the perceived severity of the illness, higher income, having a health center nearby and not perceiving barriers in accessing services. Social security affiliation and being displaced were not related. Social security coverage alone does not have an effect on access to medicines because it does not include essential medicines that correspond to the health needs of this population. Resolving administrative and geographical barriers is likely to improve access to medicines.

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Forced Displacement and Refugees

International Journal of Middle East Studies ◽

10.1017/s0020743816000398 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 439-440

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Forced Migration ◽

Fourth Generation ◽

Internally Displaced Persons ◽

Displaced Persons ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Palestinian Refugees ◽

Displaced Populations ◽

Syrian Civil War ◽

The World

Forced migration has come to be the defining feature of the contemporary Middle East, a region that is both the source of and host to some of the largest forcibly displaced populations in the world. In 2015, 65 percent of the world's 19.4 million refugees—including the 5.5 million Palestinian refugees—as well as 30 percent of the world's thirty-eight million internally displaced persons were in the Middle East, while one out of every four refugees worldwide was from Syria. Seeking security and stability, millions of people from the region are on the move within and across social spaces that are at once strange and familiar, and in which they themselves are familiar and strange to others. In 2015, Turkey became host to the world's largest refugee population of over two million, while Zaʿatari camp in Jordan has grown rapidly to become one of the world's largest camps since the Syrian civil war began. With 7.6 million people—or 35 percent of the population—internally displaced, Syria now has the highest number of internally displaced persons in the world. Iraq has produced multiple overlapping displacements, resulting in one of the largest refugee resettlement programs of the past decade. Thousands of Syrians, Libyans, and Iraqis have undertaken perilous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to seek asylum in Europe and elsewhere. Palestinian refugees are now in a fourth generation of exile, making their plight the longest running unresolved refugee situation in the world.

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Internally Displaced Populations and Suicide Terrorism

Journal of Conflict Resolution ◽

10.1177/0022002714550086 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (6) ◽

pp. 1008-1040 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Seung-Whan Choi ◽

James A. Piazza

Keyword(s):

Suicide Terrorism ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Displaced Populations

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Internal displacement: global trends in conflict-induced displacement

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s1816383109990373 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 91 (875) ◽

pp. 491-508 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nina M. Birkeland

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Internal Displacement ◽

Human Rights Violations ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Global Trends ◽

Displaced Populations ◽

The World ◽

High Figure ◽

Guiding Principles

AbstractAt the end of 2008, the number of people internally displaced by conflict, generalized violence or human rights violations across the world stood at 26 million, a record high since the IDMC started to monitor internal displacement in 1998. This high figure remains in spite of the growing recognition and implementation of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. This article presents the findings of the latest IDMC survey on trends in internal displacement, challenges faced by displaced populations, and the measures taken to address these.

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Vaccine-preventable diseases in humanitarian emergencies among refugee and internally-displaced populations

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics ◽

10.1080/21645515.2015.1096457 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 2627-2636 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

Eugene Lam ◽

Amanda McCarthy ◽

Muireann Brennan

Keyword(s):

Internally Displaced ◽

Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽

Humanitarian Emergencies ◽

Displaced Populations

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The Global Refugee Crisis: Regional Destabilization & Humanitarian Protection

Daedalus ◽

10.1162/daed_a_00461 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 146 (4) ◽

pp. 85-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sarah Kenyon Lischer

Keyword(s):

Civil Wars ◽

Large Scale ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Refugee Crisis ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Displaced Populations ◽

State Security ◽

Refugee Protection ◽

Syrian Refugee Crisis

In addition to being a tragic output of civil war, large-scale displacement crises often become enmeshed in the politics, security, and economics of the conflict. Refugee and internally displaced populations thus exacerbate concerns about regional destabilization. The Syrian refugee crisis, for example, is deeply entwined with civil and international conflict. Neighboring host states of Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon bear the brunt of the crisis, while European states seek to prevent further encroachment by Middle Eastern asylum seekers. Policy-makers often mistakenly view host state security and refugee security as unrelated–or even opposing–factors. In reality, refugee protection and state stability are linked together; undermining one factor weakens the other. Policies to protect refugees, both physically and legally, reduce potential threats from the crisis and bolster state security. In general, risks of conflict are higher when refugees live in oppressive settings, lack legal income-generation options, and are denied education for their youth. The dangers related to the global refugee crisis interact with many other threats that emanate from civil wars and weak states, such as fragile governments, rebel and terrorist group activity, and religious or ethnic fragmentation.

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