Consequences of Refugee Flow and Mixed Migration
Consequences of Refugee Flow and Mixed Migration
ABSTRACT
There are 214 million estimated numbers of international migrants worldwide. In 2010, there were 15.2 million refugees around the world (IOM, 2010). There are as many factors responsible for this large number as there are impacts. The impacts can be viewed as it relates to the migrants and the refugees themselves as well as it relates to transit communities, host communities in particular and Host countries in general. The dominant hypothesis in literature that studies refugee flow and mixed migration is that there is always an attendant negative impact following in the wake of refugee flow and mixed migration. For this reason, many countries have put up restrictive measures against refugee flows and mixed migration in their territories. This paper examines these consequences and also points out that the consequences are not always negative. This paper will attempt both to examine the consequences and the fact that the impact may not always turn out negative.
INTRODUCTION
The United Nations Geneva Convention of 1951 and its 1967 protocol defines Refugees as persons forced out of their country of nationality on account of well founded fear of persecution on the basis of race, nationality, religion and membership of a particular social group or political opinion. The movement of such people usually in large numbers brings about a shift in the demography of both the country of origin and destination is what is referred to as Refugee Flow. Migration is a general term, covering all forms of movement taking place voluntarily or involuntarily across or within national borders. IOM defines Migration more specifically as the movement of a person or a group of persons, either across an international border, or within a State. It is a population movement, encompassing any kind of movement of people, whatever its length, composition and causes; it includes migration of refugees, displaced persons, economic
ABSTRACT
There are 214 million estimated numbers of international migrants worldwide. In 2010, there were 15.2 million refugees around the world (IOM, 2010). There are as many factors responsible for this large number as there are impacts. The impacts can be viewed as it relates to the migrants and the refugees themselves as well as it relates to transit communities, host communities in particular and Host countries in general. The dominant hypothesis in literature that studies refugee flow and mixed migration is that there is always an attendant negative impact following in the wake of refugee flow and mixed migration. For this reason, many countries have put up restrictive measures against refugee flows and mixed migration in their territories. This paper examines these consequences and also points out that the consequences are not always negative. This paper will attempt both to examine the consequences and the fact that the impact may not always turn out negative.
INTRODUCTION
The United Nations Geneva Convention of 1951 and its 1967 protocol defines Refugees as persons forced out of their country of nationality on account of well founded fear of persecution on the basis of race, nationality, religion and membership of a particular social group or political opinion. The movement of such people usually in large numbers brings about a shift in the demography of both the country of origin and destination is what is referred to as Refugee Flow. Migration is a general term, covering all forms of movement taking place voluntarily or involuntarily across or within national borders. IOM defines Migration more specifically as the movement of a person or a group of persons, either across an international border, or within a State. It is a population movement, encompassing any kind of movement of people, whatever its length, composition and causes; it includes migration of refugees, displaced persons, economic
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