Escaping humanitarian aid in camps? Rethinking the links between refugees’ encampment, urban self-settlement, coping and peace

Krause, Ulrike; Gato, Joshua

doi:10.35998/fw-2019-0005

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“…This has surely given refugees a sense of peace: in the FGDs, they reported that they saw armed security in Uganda as promoting peace, not as threatening attack. Prioritizing security can be associated with good PWB among refugees and in host communities around refugee settlements [21].…”

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Basic psychological needs satisfaction and psychological well-being of refugees in Africa

Kalyegira

2022

Discov Psychol

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Using a qualitative approach, this study sought to identify the factors that influence the psychological well-being or frustration of refugees to Uganda (mainly from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], Rwanda and other nearby countries) and Ugandan nationals (as host community). Data were collected through nine focus group discussions with 54 participants. The interview guide asked questions about issues that frustrated or encouraged their psychological well-being and the ways they would describe their current psychological well-being. After conducting thematic analysis, 10 themes emerged that contribute to refugee and host community psychological well-being or frustration: food availability, family separation and death, good security in the refugee camp, provision of health services, access to free education, the role of mental health and psychosocial support, unfavourable farmland, availability of employment and income-generating activities, collaboration and peer support, and delayed resettlement within or outside Uganda. Based on participant responses, several recommendations emerge to guide community-based psychological interventions, which may increase the psychological well-being of refugees and host community members. Conclusions show the negative and positive factors that contribute to the psychological well-being or frustration of both refugees and Ugandans.

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Basic psychological needs satisfaction and psychological well-being of refugees in Africa

Kalyegira

2022

Discov Psychol

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“…This has surely given refugees a sense of peace, they have also reported in the FGD that they see the armed security in Uganda as a promoter of peace but not to attack them. Prioritizing security can be associated with good psychological well-being among refugees and host communities in refugee settlements [14].…”

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Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Psychological Wellbeing of Refugees in Africa.

Kalyegira

2022

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There is limited psychological literature about refugees in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a qualitative study approach, this study sought to answer the question “What factors influence the psychological well-being/frustration of refugees, and Ugandan nationals/host community?” Data was collected through 9 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with N = 54 participants (5 FGDs refugees and 4 FGDs Ugandans), with 6 participants in each FGD. They included males and females with Adults, youth, and school-going adolescents. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data. The FGDs, frequently reported on what contributed to their psychological well-being/frustration. These included food availability, family separations and death, good security in the refugee camp, provision of health services, access to free education, the role of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), unfavorable farmland, availability of employment and income-generating activities, collaboration and peer support and delayed resettlement within or outside Uganda. Recommendations are made to provide community-based psychological interventions to increase self-reliance and reduce dependence on the few highly skilled MHPSS providers, setting up more youth collaboration activities to strengthen peaceful co-existence among refugees themselves and also between refugees and host community, designing and implementing sensitization programs regarding resettlement to overcome the aspect of over expectations and anxieties due to delay or failure in successful resettlement. This study contributes to the literature on refugees’ specific current concerns as well as those of the host community., which may require specific interventions to refugees’/nationals’ challenges.

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“…Studies suggest that the transition from shelter to housing is difficult even for refugees who receive some support because of limited financial means, shortages in housing supply in the cities (Adam et al, 2021) and discrimination and lack of social networks (Wyckaert et al, 2020). In the Middle East and Africa, refugees are generally allowed to live in the cities without any formal accommodation support (Bakewell, 2014; Kihato & Landau, 2017; Krause & Gato, 2017), or end up self‐settling because of the state's non‐encampment policies such as the case in Lebanon (Kikano et al, 2021) or Jordan (Turner, 2015) without receiving sufficient assistance from the host state (Kibreab, 2007). Without any housing support, refugees move into or construct informal settlements such as squatted housing, or shelter units (UN‐Habitat, 2015).…”

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Residing without settling: Housing market and tactics of Syrian forced migrants in Turkey

Kurfali

Özçürümez

2023

Population Space and Place

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How do forced migrants from Syria cope with structural barriers to housing in urban centres in Turkey? More than 3.6 million Syrian refugees have lived in different cities in Turkey since the closing of the temporary accommodation centres in 2018. This study examines the agency of Syrians and their housing pathways in securing accommodation in a neoliberal housing market amidst increasing unwelcoming attitudes by the local population, no social housing, high dependence on rental housing prone to price hikes, and “temporary protection” legal status. Based on analysis of data from 34 semi‐structured interviews with forced migrant Syrians and 20 expert interviews in Gaziantep, a city close to the Turkey‐Syria border with a substantial Syrian population, the research identifies four tactics that characterise housing pathways of Syrian forced migrants: (1) acting through local community members, (2) working with a Syrian mediator, (3) settling down in Syrian‐only buildings or informal settlements, and (4) purchasing a house through circumventing the legal ban on property ownership. The study concludes by highlighting that while these tactics are necessary for meeting forced migrants’ immediate housing needs, they are far from sufficient in preventing exclusion in the Turkish housing market.

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Escaping humanitarian aid in camps? Rethinking the links between refugees’ encampment, urban self-settlement, coping and peace

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Basic psychological needs satisfaction and psychological well-being of refugees in Africa

Basic psychological needs satisfaction and psychological well-being of refugees in Africa

Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Psychological Wellbeing of Refugees in Africa.

Residing without settling: Housing market and tactics of Syrian forced migrants in Turkey

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