Lewis Turner
Explaining the (Non-)Encampment of Syrian Refugees: Security, Class and the Labour Market in Lebanon and Jordan
Turner, Lewis
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Abstract
In Lebanon and Jordan the (non-)encampment of Syrian refugees is serving states’ labour market goals. The Lebanese economy ‘requires’ large numbers of non-encamped low-wage Syrian workers, but the Jordanian regime assists its Transjordanian support base by restricting poor Syrians’ access to the labour market through encampment. While acknowledging the importance of both states’ differing historical experiences hosting refugees, and the security and budgetary motivations for policies of (non-)encampment, this article uses a critical political economy analysis of economic and labour market statistics to dislodge the centrality of the security discourses that increasingly inform discussions of refugee populations and the policies directed towards them. It demonstrates that the camp is not only a space of humanitarianism or a fertile ground for armed militancy, but a tool through which states spatially segregate those refugees, of certain socio-economic classes, whom they deem surplus to labour market requirements.
Citation
Turner, L. Explaining the (Non-)Encampment of Syrian Refugees: Security, Class and the Labour Market in Lebanon and Jordan. Mediterranean Politics, 20(3), 386-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2015.1078125
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Sep 15, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Apr 7, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 7, 2017 |
Journal | Mediterranean Politics |
Print ISSN | 1362-9395 |
Electronic ISSN | 1743-9418 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 386-404 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2015.1078125 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : Accepted version of an article published by Taylor & Francis. |
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