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The governance of Syrian refugees in the Middle East: Lessons from the Jordan and Lebanon Compacts
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Abstract Fleeing war, repression, and economic breakdown in their home country, Syrians have become the largest group of refugees in the Middle East. Relative to their own populations, neighboring Jordan and Lebanon have hosted the most Syrians per capita. While both are small, middle-income, and resource-po... view more
Fleeing war, repression, and economic breakdown in their home country, Syrians have become the largest group of refugees in the Middle East. Relative to their own populations, neighboring Jordan and Lebanon have hosted the most Syrians per capita. While both are small, middle-income, and resource-poor countries, the perception of their respective governance of Syrian refugees has been diametrically different: While the 2016 Jordan Compact has been hailed as a success story of innovative refugee governance, the Lebanon Compact has never achieved similar recognition. Instead, Lebanon has been criticized for applying a largely laissez-faire, non-policy approach to the Syrian crisis. The main objective of this short intervention is to evaluate both compacts 5 years after their signing and to outline a more reflective potential EU policy approach.... view less
Keywords
Syria; Jordan; Lebanon; flight; refugee; world refugee problem; policy on refugees; migration; migration policy; war; economic crisis; Middle East; Arab countries
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 256-261
Journal
Digest of Middle East Studies, 30 (2021) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/dome.12247
ISSN
1949-3606
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0