This paper characterizes the displacement and welfare of Syrian refugees living in Jordan (Amman governorate, Za’atari and Azraq camps, and areas surrounding these camps in Mafraq and Zarqa governorates), the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and Lebanon. The analysis...
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Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2020
The 2020 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) presents global figures for internal displacement in 2019. The report includes the following key statistics on internal displacement due to conflict and violence: An estimated 45.7 million people were internally...
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019
The report presents data compiled by UNHCR on forced displacement in 2019 due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order. This year’s report includes analysis of displacement trends over the past decade. Key...
Prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms, risk factors, and health behaviors in host and refugee
This paper examines the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms and associated risk factors in Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The analysis draws on a phone‐based survey conducted in April 2020 with a sample of 899 households. The...
COVID-19 and the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: The Challenges and Recommendations
This short article describes the current challenges facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and suggests possible prevention measures to avoid COVID-19 outbreaks in these vulnerable areas. The authors identify the following challenges: (a) the difficulty of...
Refugee camps and COVID-19: Can we prevent a humanitarian crisis?
In this brief article, the authors argue that refugee camps pose a serious threat to the health of their residents, especially during a pandemic. For example, the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, currently Europe’s largest refugee camp, suffers from...
Jobs Interventions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
This literature review summarizes: (a) evidence on the impact of forced displacement on economic outcomes for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs); and (b) existing knowledge on jobs interventions for refugees and IDPs. The authors include both...
Estimating Poverty among Refugee Populations: A CrossSurvey Imputation Exercise for Chad
Household consumption surveys do not typically cover refugee populations, and consequently poverty estimates for refugees are rare. This paper examines the performance of cross-survey imputation methods to estimate poverty for a sample of refugees in Chad, by...
Blessing or burden? Impacts of refugees on businesses and the informal economy
The authors examine the impact of the sudden arrival of more than three million Syrian refugees on the behavior of firms in Turkey. This case is useful to investigate causal effects because: (a) the timing and scale of the refugee inflow were exogenous to economic...
Migration in Libya: A Spatial Network Analysis
Libya is both a transit hub for legal and illegal migration as well as a destination country for international migrants, including refugees. This paper provides an empirical assessment of migration patterns to, within, and from Libya during 2017 and 2018. The analysis...