Baseflow Trend Analysis: The Case of Kulfo and Bilate Catchments, Rift Valley Lakes Basin, Ethiopia

Abdi, Dawit Midagsa; Dugassa, Demiso Daba; Kebebew, Abdisa Sime; Edamo, Muluneh Legesse; Ukumo, Tigistu Yisihak

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“…They settled in areas close to the border with Somalia and continued to trade with their relatives who remained in Somalia. The refugees maintained social ties with their Somali host communities after repatriation (Abdi 2021).…”

Section: The Nation-state Somalis and Refugee Hosting In Ethiopia And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Much of the trade in livestock occurs through informal channels between traders from the Somali region and Somaliland. In fact, this informal trade surpasses the volume of formal trade (Abdi and Hagmann 2019; Abdi 2021). The Somali diasporas in the different territories (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somaliland, and Somalia) have invested in the major cities of the region.…”

Section: The Nation-state Somalis and Refugee Hosting In Ethiopia And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya

Muhumad

Jaji

2023

Journal on Migration and Human Security

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As the number of refugees has continued to grow in post-independence Africa, host governments across the continent have developed stringent refugee policies that are detached from historical transborder relationships in which refugees and host communities interact. The stringent policies are underpinned by the assumption that host communities view refugees from the state-centric perspective of non-citizens as undesirable foreigners or outsiders. Host governments’ insistence that the solution lies in refugees eventually repatriating to their countries of origin drives refugee policies that undermine solutions instead of building and capitalizing on solutions generated at the level of host communities. The exclusion of local histories and social dynamics in host regions has led to policies that neither hold up to humanitarian standards nor serve their intended non-integration objectives. Some host governments are reluctant to implement local integration and have maintained exclusionary policies for a long period of time when the realities in the host communities show that refugees are included and participate in various community activities. Host governments perpetuate this disjuncture between policy and local practice by assuming or pretending that refugees will wait for repatriation instead of finding solutions in the host countries where some of them have lived for decades. Contrary to the non-integration objectives of official encampment policies and scholarship that assumes that the absence of official integration policies deters integration, many refugees have defied the stereotypical portrayal of refugees as “bare life” which denotes prioritization of mere survival as opposed to the quality of life. They have managed to find solutions and live their lives as active and productive members of their host countries. This article specifically addresses the situation of Somali refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya. It argues that the absence of local integration policies or reluctance by host governments to implement them where they exist does not automatically mean that refugees are unable to integrate in their host countries. Host government policies against integration are mediated by refugees’ self-initiative and resourcefulness. These characteristics are facilitated by host communities whose ties and mutual dependence with refugees, cultivated pre- and post-flight, play an important role in engendering solidarity and circumventing policies that hamper refugees’ quest for long-term solutions. Based on the research findings, the paper recommends that host governments pursue policies that are informed by the shared needs and interests between refugee and host communities and that build on the social dynamics and relationships in refugee-hosting regions.

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Section: The Nation-state Somalis and Refugee Hosting In Ethiopia And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Nation-state Somalis and Refugee Hosting In Ethiopia And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya

Muhumad

Jaji

2023

Journal on Migration and Human Security

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Baseflow Trend Analysis: The Case of Kulfo and Bilate Catchments, Rift Valley Lakes Basin, Ethiopia

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