Political and humanitarian responses to Syrian displacement / Sarah Deardorff Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deardorff Miller, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Syria.

Refugees.

Refugees--International cooperation.

Humanitarian assistance--Syria.

Humanitarian assistance.

History.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Refugees.

Syria.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 146 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Situating this book amidst other works on Syrian displacement 3

Overview of the conflict 4

Scope and scale of displacement 5

Context 10

Syria's internally displaced 11

Relevant principles and guiding legal regime 12

Trajectory of the chapters 15

Notes 16

2 Host states in the region: Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon 19

Turkey 21

Context/history 22

Laws and policies toward Syrian refugees in Turkey 23

International actors 25

Challenges faced by Syrian refugees in Turkey 26

Paths for improvement 27

Jordan 29

Overview of Syrian refugees in Jordan 29

Historical context 30

Policy, laws and the human rights of refugees 31

Trajectory of response: originally open, now scaled back 33

Greater calls for international responsibility-sharing, leveraging international aid 34

Lebanon 36

Overview 36

Historical context 36

Laws and policies 39

Human rights of Syrian refugees in Lebanon 40

Assessing Lebanon's response to Syrian refugees 42

Comparing and contrasting between the three cases 43

Conclusions 45

Notes 46

3 The international humanitarian response 55

Who is doing what on Syrian refugees? The "cluster approach" and other coordination 56

Responding to IDPs: who is doing what inside Syria? 63

A "firewall" between aid actors operating in government-controlled areas versus opposition-controlled areas inside Syria 65

Whole of Syria approach 66

Funding 68

Gaps/issues/tensions 70

Successes/new ideas/technology 71

Conclusion 72

Notes 73

4 Syrian displacement and the European Union 78

A brief overview of seeking asylum in Europe 79

Current context of Syrians traveling to Europe 80

Why so many now? 80

Demographics of Syrians coming to Europe 84

The main routes 85

Analysis by country 89

Greece 89

Austria 90

Germany 91

Hungary 92

Other states 93

Attempted EU-wide solutions 94

Questionable practices: interdiction, detention, rhetoric 96

Conclusions 99

Notes 101

5 Syrian refugee resettlement and US politics 107

Resettlement: what is it? 107

Why is resettlement important? 108

Understanding refugee resettlement in the US context 109

The technical process 111

How well it works 112

Shifts in US rhetoric and public perceptions of Syrian refugees 113

Securitization 113

Reality check 115

Economic benefits of Syrian refugees to the US 116

Conclusions and moving forward 118

Notes 120

Appendix 5.1 124

6 Conclusions, policy guidance and ongoing debates 126

Recapping the chapters 126

Relating Syrian displacement to broader themes and debates 127

Responsibility to Protect 127

International cooperation and responsibility-sharing 128

The durable solutions 129

The need for creative thinking 130

Recognition of displacement as a strategy, not just a byproduct 130

Other areas for further research 131

Policy proposals 132

Final reflections 135

Notes 136.

Notes:

"Routledge Focus".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138209800

1138209805

OCLC:

959200382