This article examines the effect of refugee camp openings on deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa. Previous research has suggested that refugee camps lead to increased deforestation in surrounding areas due to land clearing for cultivation and demand for fuelwood. The...
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Supporting rebels and hosting refugees: Explaining the variation in refugee flows in civil conflicts
This paper examines whether a host country’s support for rebel groups affects the number of refugees that it hosts. The author argues that hosting refugees can be the continuation of a country’s support to rebel groups. The author analyzes refugee flows from countries...
Self-reliance and Social Networks: Explaining Refugees’ Reluctance to Relocate from Kakuma to Kalobeyei
The authors investigate the reasons why refugees have been consistently reluctant to relocate from the Kakuma refugee camp in north-east Kenya to the newer Kalobeyei refugee settlement, 3.5 km away. This reluctance is confounding since Kalobeyei offers a range of...
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Child and Adolescent Refugees and Asylum Seekers
This systematic review aims to establish estimates for the prevalence of mental illness in child and adolescent refugee populations. The review identified a limited number of high-quality studies measuring prevalence estimates of mental illness, despite the...
Conflict-related violence and mental health among self-settled Democratic Republic of Congo female refugees in Kampala, Uganda – a respondent driven sampling survey
This paper evaluates rates of PTSD and depression symptoms among female refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) living in Kampala, Uganda, and how mental health issues are associated with traumatic experiences, including rape. There were an estimated 48,000...
Intimate partner violence against women on the Colombia Ecuador border: a mixed-methods analysis of the liminal migrant experience
Research has shown that women who experience conflict and displacement are at higher risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). This paper investigates the experiences of displaced Colombian women living in the border regions in Ecuador, and explores how their social,...
Infectious disease outbreaks among forcibly displaced persons: an analysis of ProMED reports 1996–2016
This paper examines the relationship between forced migration and infectious disease outbreaks. The analysis is based on a review of reports published in ProMED, a digital monitoring and reporting system for infectious diseases, to identify outbreak events involving...
Are Refugee Children Learning? Early Grade Literacy in a Refugee Camp in Kenya
This study assesses literacy outcomes for refugee children in lower primary schools in Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana County, Kenya. The authors also examine how the literacy outcomes for refugee children in Kakuma compare with those of Kenyan nationals outside the...
Reexamining the Effect of Refugees on Civil Conflict: A Global Subnational Analysis
This paper examines whether the presence of refugees increases the likelihood of civil conflict in host countries. The analysis exploits global data on geocoded sites of refugee communities (including both formal camps and informal settlements), which are combined...
Migration shocks and housing: Short-run impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan
This paper evaluates the impact of inflows of Syrian refugees into Jordan on housing conditions and rental incomes for Jordanian nationals. By the end of 2019, when this paper was written, Jordan hosted 660,000 registered Syrian refugees, of whom 80 percent lived...