Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends

Simona Vezzoli; Thea Hilhorst; Lhamo Meyer; Jorrit Rijpma

doi:10.1111/imig.13031

Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends

Simona Vezzoli^*, Thea Hilhorst, Lhamo Meyer, Jorrit Rijpma

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Protection in the region has rapidly become a favoured durable solution to refugee situations and the hallmark of all current policies. These initiatives reflect changes in humanitarian approaches that have taken place over the past decades as the focus has shifted towards the resilience of crisis-affected communities and the need to enable their self-reliance. Despite the strong logic that this change will bring about more dignified solutions, the approach is easily instrumentalized. This instrumentalization is particularly
evident where resilience humanitarianism meets securitymigration politics. This paper focuses on the efforts of the European Union and a number of its member states to advance so-called protection in the region. The paper reviews the characteristics of these policies, highlights a number of risks and defines some known and lesser known implications of this approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	196-209
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Migration
Volume	61
Issue number	3
Early online date	17 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13031
Publication status	Published - 2022

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This article is based on insights gained during research carried out for the Parliamentary Committee of the Dutch House of Representatives for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The contribution of Dorothea Hilhorst was enabled by funding from the European Research Council (ERC) grant agreement No 884139.

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© 2022 The Authors. International Migration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Organization for Migration.

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