The Syrian Humanitarian Disaster: Understanding Perceptions and Aspirations in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey

Chatty, Dawn

doi:10.1111/1758-5899.12390

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“…However, it is reported that labor market pressures and working permits to Syrians refugees increased to the vulnerability of Egyptian migrant workers (Hartnett, 2018). Chatty (2017) argues that Jordanian policy maker are aware of the fact that Syrians contribute to the Jordanian economy in a greater fashion than is written in the media and circulated in the society framing Syrians as a "burden" on Jordanian economy.…”

Section: The Perspectives Of Jordanian Host Societymentioning

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Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Mencütek

Nashwan

2020

Int. Migration & Integration

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This article focuses on the refugees' labor market integration in the immediate host countries. Drawing from the experience of Syrian refugees in Jordan, it describes how the integration in labor market depends on the alignment of four perspectives: (1) host state perspective, materialized through legal regulations about refugee employment; (2) refugee perspective that refers to refugees' access to labor market and challenges they face; (3) host community perspective that implies to the recognition, approval, or reactions of host communities to the refugee employment; and (4) donor perspective that appears with the intervention of international actors through development aid or general support to refugees' working rights. To explore these diverging perspectives and their implications about the labor market integration of Syrian refugees in Jordan, the data is gathered from ethnographic policy analysis and stakeholder interviews in urban areas and camps. We argue that the refugees' legal right to work is one of the most contentious policy issues not only for Jordanian state but also for its relations with Jordanian citizens, refugees, and donors. From the perspective of donors, ensuring Syrians' legal access to labor market in the immediate host countries, like Jordan, is a policy tool for keeping refugees in the origin region. At the host community level, the issue appears as a source of dilemma; because refugee employment is a critical domain for refugees' self-reliance and local integration on the one hand, it is perceived as the source of competition for already scarce job opportunities on the other hand. For refugees themselves, an access to labor market and getting support are ways of gaining sustainable livelihood opportunities, self-reliance, and dignity. However, this access is marked by severe conditions of exploitation, vulnerability, and discrimination in working places as well as the anti-refugee rhetoric of local host communities. Programming in refugee employment necessitates taking all these four perspectives into account.

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Section: The Perspectives Of Jordanian Host Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Mencütek

Nashwan

2020

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…The main countries of origin are Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar [ 1 ]. In fact, the case of Syria represents the largest exodus that has taken place since World War II [ 3 ].…”

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Prejudice and Feeling of Threat towards Syrian Refugees: The Moderating Effects of Precarious Employment and Perceived Low Outgroup Morality

Vallejo-Martín

Canto

García

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Refugees frequently experience traumatic situations that result in the deterioration of their psychological well-being. In addition, perceived prejudice and discrimination against them by the host society can worsen their mental health. In this research study, using a Spanish sample, prejudice towards Syrian refugees is analyzed taking into account feeling of threat (realistic or symbolic), precarious employment, and perceived outgroup morality. Using a total of 365 participants, our results reveal that individuals feel more prejudice towards refugees when the former scored higher in realistic threat and symbolic threat, were in a highly precarious situation of employment and perceived refugees as being more immoral. Furthermore, it was found that persons who scored high in realistic threat and at the same time were in a situation of precarious employment, were those who displayed greater prejudice. The results likewise pointed to individuals who scored high in symbolic threat and in outgroup morality as being those who felt greater rejection towards the refugees. Accordingly, our results confirm the importance of feeling of threat in relation to prejudice, and highlight two important moderating factors: precarious employment and perceived outgroup morality.

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“…Although many Jordanians responded with great kindness and generosity, tensions grew with the rising refugee numbers. Municipal councils voiced concerns that the open border policy was putting a strain on local civic infrastructure and driving up rental prices (Chatty, ). Businesses also raised concerns of destabilisation of the already struggling Jordanian economy through an influx of informal Syrian labour (Turner, ).…”

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“…The camp was built on a previously uninhabited 5.3‐km 2 plot of desert near the Syrian border. Unlike the open Syrian refugee camps in Turkey (Chatty, ), rules were set in place prohibiting Za'atari refugees from exiting the camp, thus isolating them from Jordanians in the closest urban centre in Mafraq town, located some 10 km to the west of the camp. An economic protectionist logic informed the early Za'atari setup (Turner, ).…”

Section: The Early Containment Campmentioning

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Developmental Humanitarianism, Resilience and (Dis)empowerment in a Syrian Refugee Camp

Pasha¹

2019

J of Intl Development

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Through a case study on Za'atari camp in Jordan, this paper joins a growing body of critical studies highlighting discrepancies between developmental humanitarian policies promoting the resilience and empowerment of refugees vis‐à‐vis realities inside camps. It shows how camp authorities incrementally unwound and stifled refugee self‐governance structures and informal entrepreneurialism. It also highlights the influence of Jordanian state priorities over the aid operation and the supportive role played by the UN Refugee Agency in affirming state priorities. The paper argues that even if well‐intentioned developmental humanitarianism can ultimately diminish the scope for meaningful refugee empowerment. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The Syrian Humanitarian Disaster: Understanding Perceptions and Aspirations in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Prejudice and Feeling of Threat towards Syrian Refugees: The Moderating Effects of Precarious Employment and Perceived Low Outgroup Morality

Developmental Humanitarianism, Resilience and (Dis)empowerment in a Syrian Refugee Camp

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