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International Humanitarian Response and Militarization of Refugee and IDP Camps in Kenya and Sudan
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- Issue Date
- 2012-06
- Citation
- Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.19 No.1, pp. 115-136
- Keywords
- Refugee ; Internally displaced persons (IDPs) ; Camp militarization ; Humanitarian assistance ; Securitization
- Abstract
- This comparative case study examines to what extent governments attitudes toward forced
migrants and the levels of international humanitarian field operations and protection services have
affected the likelihood that the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and the internally displaced persons
(IDP) camps in Darfur, Sudan, are militarized. The main findings of this study are as follows. First, the
level of militarization is affected by the response of the host government, as each government in Kenya
and Sudan tries to securitize refugees and IDPs. Second, protracted refugee situations have not been
factored into the militarization in the Dadaab area, although it made government and armed groups
target the camps in Darfur to decrease the influence of armed groups or increase the negotiation
leverage of armed groups. Third, humanitarian assistance and protection contribute to maintaining the
humanitarian character of the Dadaab refugee camps while in Darfur, the international presence has
been effective in the government-controlled area and it has been limited in the rebel-controlled area
due to the restrictions imposed by the government and armed groups.
- ISSN
- 1226-8550
- Language
- English
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