Ghosn, F;
Chu, TS;
Simon, M;
Braithwaite, A;
Frith, M;
Jandali, J;
(2021)
The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return.
American Political Science Review
10.1017/S0003055421000344.
(In press).
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Abstract
While the UNHCR promotes voluntary repatriation as the preferred solution to refugee situations, there is little understanding of variation in refugees' preferences regarding return. We develop a theoretical framework suggesting two mechanisms influencing refugees' preferences. First, refugees' lived experiences in their country of origin prior to displacement and in their new host country create a trade-off in feelings of being anchored to their origin or host country. Second, firsthand exposure to traumas of war provides some refugees with a sense of competency and self-efficacy, leading them to prefer to return home. We test these relationships with data from a survey among Syrian refugees hosted in Lebanon. We find refugees exposed to violence during the war have a sense of attachment to Syria and are most likely to prefer return. Refugees who have developed a detachment from Syria or an attachment to Lebanon are less likely to prefer return.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0003055421000344 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000344 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128917 |
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