Refugee livelihoods in Egypt and Lebanon
(2018) World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies 2018- Abstract
- 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... (More) - 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 services, poor quality of education and poverty, Syrians had started small businesses, and functioned openly as a community. Also here, however, longer term perspectives were lacking.
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- author
- Avery, Helen LU ; Barhoum, Rafah LU ; Shalabi, Samir and Halimeh, Nihal
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- livelihoods, refugees, Lebanon, Egypt, mobility, refugee economies
- conference name
- World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies 2018
- conference location
- Seville, Spain
- conference dates
- 2018-07-16 - 2018-07-22
- project
- Refugee livelihoods
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 79b34027-b298-44c4-99d0-80a77286c272
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- 2018-05-13 16:10:51
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abstract = {{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.<br/>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 services, poor quality of education and poverty, Syrians had started small businesses, and functioned openly as a community. Also here, however, longer term perspectives were lacking.<br/>}},
author = {{Avery, Helen and Barhoum, Rafah and Shalabi, Samir and Halimeh, Nihal}},
keywords = {{livelihoods; refugees; Lebanon; Egypt; mobility; refugee economies}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{Refugee livelihoods in Egypt and Lebanon}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/46931788/Refugee_livelihoods_in_Egypt_and_Lebanon.pdf}},
year = {{2018}},
}