Refugee Return and Social Cohesion

Refugee Return and Social Cohesion

This paper explores the impact of refugee return on social cohesion using data from Burundi, a country that experienced high levels of repatriation during the 2000s. It uses a nationwide survey conducted in 2015 and relies on geographic features of...

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Main Authors: Ruiz, Isabel, Vargas-Silva, Carlos
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
REPATRIATION
SOCIAL COHESION
PEACE AND STABILITY
TRAUMA
REFUGEE RETURN IMPACT
POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
DISPLACEMENT
ETHNIC TRAUMA
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099032406232218786/IDU052aadee5089b304b0b0880605a64276a8e34
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spelling okr-10986-375962022-06-25T05:10:39Z Refugee Return and Social Cohesion Ruiz, Isabel Vargas-Silva, Carlos REPATRIATION SOCIAL COHESION PEACE AND STABILITY TRAUMA REFUGEE RETURN IMPACT POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES ACCESS TO EDUCATION DISPLACEMENT ETHNIC TRAUMA This paper explores the impact of refugee return on social cohesion using data from Burundi, a country that experienced high levels of repatriation during the 2000s. It uses a nationwide survey conducted in 2015 and relies on geographic features of the communities for identification purposes. The results suggest varying impacts of refugee return on different aspects of social cohesion. The stronger effects, suggest that refugee return has a negative impact on the feeling that community members help each other, could borrow money for emergencies from non-household members and feeling that the community is peaceful. The estimated impacts on measures of reconciliation, post-conflict justice, trust and participation in community groups are mostly statistically insignificant. The paper also explores how these effects differ across different sub-samples based on ethnic composition, land scarcity and attitudes towards return. The results highlight the possible role of new migration-related societal divisions (i.e. returnees versus stayees) in affecting post-return social cohesion. 2022-06-24T21:07:04Z 2022-06-24T21:07:04Z 2022-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099032406232218786/IDU052aadee5089b304b0b0880605a64276a8e34 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37596 English Policy Research Working Papers;10100 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Burundi
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topic REPATRIATION
SOCIAL COHESION
PEACE AND STABILITY
TRAUMA
REFUGEE RETURN IMPACT
POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
DISPLACEMENT
ETHNIC TRAUMA
spellingShingle REPATRIATION
SOCIAL COHESION
PEACE AND STABILITY
TRAUMA
REFUGEE RETURN IMPACT
POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
DISPLACEMENT
ETHNIC TRAUMA
Ruiz, Isabel
Vargas-Silva, Carlos
Refugee Return and Social Cohesion
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relation Policy Research Working Papers;10100
description This paper explores the impact of refugee return on social cohesion using data from Burundi, a country that experienced high levels of repatriation during the 2000s. It uses a nationwide survey conducted in 2015 and relies on geographic features of the communities for identification purposes. The results suggest varying impacts of refugee return on different aspects of social cohesion. The stronger effects, suggest that refugee return has a negative impact on the feeling that community members help each other, could borrow money for emergencies from non-household members and feeling that the community is peaceful. The estimated impacts on measures of reconciliation, post-conflict justice, trust and participation in community groups are mostly statistically insignificant. The paper also explores how these effects differ across different sub-samples based on ethnic composition, land scarcity and attitudes towards return. The results highlight the possible role of new migration-related societal divisions (i.e. returnees versus stayees) in affecting post-return social cohesion.
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author Ruiz, Isabel
Vargas-Silva, Carlos
author_facet Ruiz, Isabel
Vargas-Silva, Carlos
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title Refugee Return and Social Cohesion
title_short Refugee Return and Social Cohesion
title_full Refugee Return and Social Cohesion
title_fullStr Refugee Return and Social Cohesion
title_full_unstemmed Refugee Return and Social Cohesion
title_sort refugee return and social cohesion
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099032406232218786/IDU052aadee5089b304b0b0880605a64276a8e34
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