Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends

Simona Vezzoli; Dorothea Hilhorst; Lhamo Meyer; Jorrit Rijpma

doi:10.1111/imig.13031

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Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends

Simona Vezzoli

Dorothea Hilhorst Lhamo Meyer Jorrit Rijpma

International Migration Vol. 61 No. 3 pp. 196-209 · Wiley

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Protection in the region has rapidly become a favoured durable solution to refugee situations and the hallmark of all current policies. These initiatives reflect changes in humanitarian approaches that have taken place over the past decades as the focus has shifted towards the resilience of crisis‐affected communities and the need to enable their self‐reliance. Despite the strong logic that this change will bring about more dignified solutions, the approach is easily instrumentalized. This instrumentalization is particularly evident where resilience humanitarianism meets security‐migration politics. This paper focuses on the efforts of the European Union and a number of its member states to advance so‐called protection in the region. The paper reviews the characteristics of these policies, highlights a number of risks and defines some known and lesser known implications of this approach.

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Published: Jun 17, 2022
Vol/Issue: 61(3)
Pages: 196-209
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Authors

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Simona Vezzoli

Institute for History Leiden University and LDE Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity Leiden Netherlands

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Dorothea Hilhorst

International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam Netherlands

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Lhamo Meyer

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences and LDE Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam Netherlands

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Jorrit Rijpma

Leiden Law School and LDE Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity Leiden University Leiden Netherlands

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H2020 European Research Council

Cite This Article

Simona Vezzoli, Dorothea Hilhorst, Lhamo Meyer, et al. (2022). Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends. International Migration, 61(3), 196-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13031

Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends

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