The Securitization of the Syrian Refugee Crisis Through Political Party Discourses

Gülmez, Recep

doi:10.1007/s12134-018-0637-2

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“…Based on this teaching of Islam, the current government used the Ansar and Muhajir approach to make the complex process more manageable. The literature on the perception of threat towards Syrians in Turkey supports the empirical findings obtained in this study (Erdogan 2020;Gulmez 2019;Koçak 2021;Kocak et al 2021;Şahin 2016). The fact that religiosity reduces the perception of threat towards refugees in Turkey is a unique model because refugees are seen as a threat in terms of economic, political, and security reasons in the world.…”

Section: Direct Effectssupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Additionally, the current government, a center-right and conservative-democratic party, has consistently maintained a humanitarian and brotherhood-based attitude towards Syrian refugees, viewing them as guests rather than refugees (Lazarev and Sharma 2017). This approach reflects Ansar and Muhajir Islamic discourse from the time of the Prophet Muhammed (Gulmez 2019). Therefore, the current ruling party used Ansar and Muhajir discourse, and in the party manifesto, Syrian refugees were accepted as guests, and the right of temporary protection was given.…”

Section: Hypothesis 3 (H3)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat

Koçak

2021

Religions

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In every society, refugees face social and economic exclusion. In particular, social distance towards refugees may be seen remarkably in cities where host people and refugees live together intensely. This study examined essential predictors of social distance towards refugees: religiosity, socioeconomic status (SES), satisfaction with life, and threat perception towards refugees. A quantitative research strategy was used to collect cross-sectional data from 1453 individuals via an online questionnaire in Turkey. Confirmatory factor, correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were conducted. In this study, the effect of religiosity and socioeconomic status on social distance towards refugees and the serial mediation effects of satisfaction with life and threat perception towards refugees on this relationship were analyzed. Questions related to age, gender, marital status, education level, and having refugee neighbors or not were used as control variables. It was found that religiosity and SES were associated with social distance towards refugees. Furthermore, in the effect of religiosity and SES on social distance towards refugees, the serial mediating roles of satisfaction with life and threat perception towards refugees, respectively, were identified.

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Section: Direct Effectssupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Hypothesis 3 (H3)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat

Koçak

2021

Religions

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“…The case load of Syrians in Turkey — 3.6 million at the time of writing — has overwhelmed the new DGMM’s capacity, and even with the assistance of international organizations and local NGOs, Syrian refugees’ service needs have not been met (Program Officer, UNHCR; Istanbul, Turkey, May 12, 2015). The Syrian population’s size has also been used by political opposition groups during elections to fuel xenophobic sentiments among Turkish voters (Gulmez 2018), leading to increasingly hostile and exclusionary public rhetoric toward Syrians and instances of anti-refugee violence (International Crisis Group 2018). Additionally, the ruling Justice and Development Party’s ( Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AKP) negotiation of an up-to-6 billion Euro aid package, coupled with the reinvigoration of EU accession negotiations and visa liberalization for Turkish citizens, has had a perverse effect on the nascent DGMM and broader asylum system in Turkey (Heck and Hess 2017), with civil-society actors fearing the return to a more securitized approach to migration generally.…”

Section: Implications For Migrants and Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration Diplomacy and Policy Liberalization in Morocco and Turkey

Norman

2020

International Migration Review

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This article examines the 2013 migration policy liberalizations in Morocco and Turkey in order to understand whether predominantly “human rights-centric” or “diplomatic” factors influenced domestic decisions to reform migration policies. It uses original interview data collected in 2015, as well as policy documents, to examine the two reform processes and their initial consequences for migrants and refugees residing in each host state. While the academic literature on migration has focused on human rights-centric factors to understand historic migration policy reforms, Turkey and Morocco’s geopolitical and geographic positions between powerful neighbors to the north and important sending countries to the south mean that diplomatic factors are also key to understanding the incentives behind reform. This article’s findings have important implications for scholars of international migration, demonstrating that while countries like Morocco and Turkey may implement liberal and inclusive policies if there are diplomatic and economic gains to be had from doing so, such policies may have little impact on the everyday lives of individual migrants and refugees residing in these states and may be subject to reversals if such states’ geopolitical calculations change.

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“…Much evidence shows that this option is more like a symbol of solidarity than willingness to accept large number of refugees. Usually, the international community prefers to provide money to support the refugees in the country of asylum than taking the refugees crisis to their backyard [8]. This makes the only available options for the refugee crisis either local integration or "warehousing" refugees in camps for an unknown period.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Syrian Refugees’ Integration Policies in Jordanian Labor Market

Alshwawra

2021

Sustainability

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The Government of Jordan declared that there are more than one million Syrian refugees in Jordan while UNHCR statistics show that the number is about 700,000. Nonetheless, it is still a large problem for Jordan, especially since there is no real solution that seems to be looming on the horizon for the Syrian crisis. Consequently, that means that those refugees’ stay in Jordan is indefinite. This fact requires Jordan to work towards solutions to avoid the warehousing of those refugees in camps and to integrate them in Jordanian community to ease their stay in Jordan. To achieve that integration, Jordan must facilitate the Syrians’ access to the Jordanian labor market so they can achieve self-reliance. In February 2016, donors gathered in London for the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference, known as the London Conference, to mobilize funding for the needs of the people affected by the Syrian crisis. In that conference, Jordan pledged to facilitate Syrian refugees’ access to the labor market. This paper will study the process of Syrian integration in Jordanian society by discussing the policies and the procedures that Jordan has developed to facilitate the Syrians’ access to the labor market. The event study method combined with interviews and desk research were used to evaluate the new policies and procedures developed to facilitate this access. It was found that Jordan succeeded in creating a legal and procedural environment that facilitates Syrians’ access to formal jobs, and the Syrians went a long way toward integration in Jordan. Nonetheless, they are still not fully integrated.

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The Securitization of the Syrian Refugee Crisis Through Political Party Discourses

Cited by 21 publications

References 57 publications

The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat

The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat

Migration Diplomacy and Policy Liberalization in Morocco and Turkey

Syrian Refugees’ Integration Policies in Jordanian Labor Market

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