The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Short Orientation

Tyyskä, Vappu; Blower, Jenna; DeBoer, Samantha; Kawai, Shunya; Walcott, Ashley

doi:10.32920/ryerson.14669196.v1

“…The adolescent girls had come from Syria. March 2011 saw the beginning of demonstrations against President Bashar Al-Assad, marking the start of civil war (Tyyska et al 2017). This was inspired by the Arab Spring, and was a reflection of resentment from unemployment, corruption and an absence of political freedom (Wieland 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Substantive equality of refugee children in Education Acts of Finland and Norway

Riekkinen¹,

Hanssen²

2022

Perspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education

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“…The adolescent girls had come from Syria. March 2011 saw the beginning of demonstrations against President Bashar Al-Assad, marking the start of civil war (Tyyska et al 2017). This was inspired by the Arab Spring, and was a reflection of resentment from unemployment, corruption and an absence of political freedom (Wieland 2012).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education

2022

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“…From 2015 onwards, Europe is facing massive refugee and migrant flows from its southeastern borders, mainly due to the Syrian crisis. They go in primarily through Greece, and eventually pass through the western Balkans (Tyysk€ a et al, 2017). Refugees, including asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection, are persons mainly fleeing armed conflict or persecution.…”

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Siting refugee camps in mainland Greece using geographic information systems-based multi-criteria decision-making

Denekos

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Koutsoukis

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Fakiolas

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PurposeRefugee camps are not easily welcomed by local communities. The purpose of this paper is to outline a structured approach to support the decision-making process for siting refugee camps in mainland Greece using multiple criteria, including local opposition. A suitability analysis generates a list of potential sites and a multiple criteria evaluation is applied. The motivation is the development of a methodology that can support choices and policies regarding the refugee camps siting problem, incorporating the need to address local opposition.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed methodology combines geographic information systems (GIS) with multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. These are used to develop a location classification and ranking model based on related criteria and subcriteria, attributes and weights. The region of Peloponnese in Greece is selected as a case study to validate the approach.FindingsThe lack of predefined candidate sites for refugee camps necessitates, initially, tackling a site search problem to generate a pool of potential sites through a suitability analysis. Subsequently, using the GIS the pool yields a subset of potential sites, satisfying all the criteria to setup a refugee camp. Through the current analysis the suitability of the single existing refugee camp site in Peloponnese can be evaluated. Finally, a “with and without” analysis, excluding the social criterion, depicts the changes in the candidate sites pool and their scores.Research limitations/implicationsThere is a lack of relevant literature taking into account the local opposition or sociopolitical implications as decision criteria. The selection of the appropriate criteria is a complex process that involves the cooperation of many experts. The main criteria, subcriteria and their attributes were determined according to existing literature and authors' informed judgment.Originality/valueThe proposed methodology can help decision-makers to setup a decision-making system and process for identifying refugee camps' sites using multiple criteria, including local opposition.

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Short Orientation

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Substantive equality of refugee children in Education Acts of Finland and Norway

Substantive equality of refugee children in Education Acts of Finland and Norway

Perspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education

Siting refugee camps in mainland Greece using geographic information systems-based multi-criteria decision-making

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