The authors look into the characteristics of the refugees and the conditions affecting their decisions to return. This overview is followed by an analysis of the possible political settlement scenarios and reconstructions’ potentials, with a focus on the possible role of the international community. The authors then analyse the economic costs of conflicts as well as post-conflict growth scenarios. The report concludes by highlighting the main findings and providing policy insights into how to address this issue to ensure a safe, sustainable and dignified return of refugees to their home countries.
Presentation of the FEMISE-ERF Euromed Report on – Repatriation of Refugees from Arab Conflicts: Conditions, Costs and Scenarios for Reconstruction
FromNov 21, 2019 To Nov 21, 2019
Cairo, Egypt
The prospects for early repatriation of refugees who have fled conflicts in Arab countries in recent years do not yet look promising. Nevertheless, not only have discussions about repatriation started at both national and international, but there is also a steady, though still limited, stream of refugees in neighbouring countries trickling back to their war-ravaged homes. With the doors of naturalization and resettlement all but closed and the socio-economic situation in host countries weakening, the refugees have found themselves caught in very difficult circumstances.
While mass repatriation at this stage remains premature for all war-torn countries, the current situation dictates that we recognize and unpack the issue of repatriation in all its dimensions, so that if and when the time comes, informed actions can be taken. This would help to support the most positive outcomes – primarily for the refugees, but also for other stakeholders, such as host communities and those left behind in the conflict countries.
This is what this year’s FEMISE-ERF Euromed Report on Repatriation of Refugees from Arab Conflicts: Conditions, Costs and Scenarios for Reconstruction is addressing in its four chapters. Read the report.
A special session will be held during the ERF Workshop on Conflict, National Peace Building and Post Conflict Economic Reconstruction Agenda scheduled to take place in Cairo 20-21 November, 2019 to present the main findings of the report.
Date & Place: 21 November 2019 – Cairo Egypt
Special Session: FEMISE-ERF Euromed Report on Repatriation of Refugees from Arab Conflicts: Conditions, Costs and Scenarios for Reconstruction
Moderator: Samir Makdisi; American University of Beirut & ERF
Speakers: Belal Fallah (MSA); Semih Tumen (TED University); Maryse Louis (FEMISE and ERF); Roger Albinyana (IEMED); Alma Boustati by Skype (University of London)
Contributors to the report: Ibrahim Elbadawi, Belal Fallah, Jala Youssef, Maryse Louis, Roger Albinyana, Samir Makdisi, Semih Tumen
* This report received financial support from the European Union through the FEMISE project on “Support to Economic Research, studies and dialogues of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership”. Any views expressed in this report are the sole responsibility of the authors.