This article investigates the impact of de jure refugee rights on the risk of civil conflict and violent attacks against refugees by the local population. The de jure rights examined include the right to work, freedom of movement, the right to own property and land, and the right to education.
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Estimating stillbirth and neonatal mortality rate among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, September 2017 to December 2018: a prospective surveillance
This article investigates neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. An estimated 882,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar were forcibly displaced to Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh in 2017 and 2018.
Associations among past trauma, post-displacement stressors, and mental health outcomes in Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: A secondary cross-sectional analysis
This paper examines the association between post-displacement stressors and mental health outcomes among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Do rights violations deter refugees?
This paper examines the effect of asylum policies on the number of asylum applications and refugee arrivals. Specifically, the author tests the “deterrence hypothesis” that enacting punitive measures reduces the number of asylum applications and refugee arrivals.
Context Matters: The Implications of the Mode of Service Provision for Structural and Relational Integration of Refugees in Ghana and Ethiopia
This article examines how variations in the form of service provision to refugees and host communities in Ethiopia and Ghana affects access and quality of services, the integration outcomes of refugees, and social cohesion.
Socio-demographic, migratory and health-related determinants of food insecurity among Venezuelan migrants in Peru
This article evaluates the factors associated with food insecurity among Venezuelan migrants in Peru. The analysis is based on data from the 2022 Venezuelan Population Residing in Peru Survey (ENPOVE-2022). The survey covered households in eight cities most populated by Venezuelan migrants in Peru (Lima and Callao, Arequipa, Chiclayo, Chimbote, Ica, Piura, Tumbes, and Trujillo). The survey included questions on housing, household and individual characteristics, migration status, health, education, employment, discrimination, gender, and victimization.
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization, cases, and deaths of citizens and displaced Venezuelans in Colombia: Complementary comprehensive and safety-net systems under Colombia’s constitutional commitment
This article assesses the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization and health outcomes of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, compared to Colombian citizens. Colombia hosts an estimated 1.8 million displaced Venezuelans, mostly located in large cities such as Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cúcuta, and Medellín.
Least Protected, Most Affected: Impacts of Migration Regularization Programs on Pandemic Resilience
This article examines the effect of regularization of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia on their resilience during the COVID pandemic. Colombia hosts 2.5 million migrants who fled the economic, political, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
More Benefits, Fewer Children: How Regularization Affects Immigrant Fertility
This paper examines how a Colombian regularization program for Venezuelan migrants affected their fertility decisions. Since 2016, more than 2.5 million Venezuelan migrants have settled in Colombia.
Coping with the Influx: Service Delivery to Syrian Refugees and Hosts in Jordan, Lebanon and Kurdistan, Iraq
This paper characterizes rates of access to infrastructure and social services among host communities and refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and related perceptions of quality of service delivery. In all three contexts, public service...