When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq

When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq

This paper provides an empirical analysis of refugee returns to the Syrian Arab Republic. Since 2011, about 5.6 million Syrians—more than a quarter of the country’s pre-conflict population—have been registered as refugees. By mid-2018, only about 1...

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Main Authors: Beaman, Lori, Onder, Harun, Onder, Stefanie
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
RETURN MIGRATION
REFUGEE
CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337921622814018264/When-Do-Refugees-Return-Home-Evidence-from-Syrian-Displacement-in-Mashreq
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spelling okr-10986-357252021-06-11T05:11:30Z When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq Beaman, Lori Onder, Harun Onder, Stefanie FORCED DISPLACEMENT RETURN MIGRATION REFUGEE CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES This paper provides an empirical analysis of refugee returns to the Syrian Arab Republic. Since 2011, about 5.6 million Syrians—more than a quarter of the country’s pre-conflict population—have been registered as refugees. By mid-2018, only about 1.8 percent of them had returned to Syria voluntarily. This paper compiles a novel data set with administrative data for 2.16 million refugees, existing and new household surveys, a new conflict-events database, and nightlights data for Syria to analyze the correlates of these returns. A reduction in conflict intensity and an increase in luminosity in Syria strongly increase the likelihood of refugees’ return. Differential return rates are observed along key demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, and family status between high and low conflict intensity areas. Interestingly, improvements in the conditions faced by refugees in exile can also increase the likelihood of return. 2021-06-10T13:58:32Z 2021-06-10T13:58:32Z 2021-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337921622814018264/When-Do-Refugees-Return-Home-Evidence-from-Syrian-Displacement-in-Mashreq http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35725 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9688 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Syrian Arab Republic
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topic FORCED DISPLACEMENT
RETURN MIGRATION
REFUGEE
CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES
spellingShingle FORCED DISPLACEMENT
RETURN MIGRATION
REFUGEE
CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES
Beaman, Lori
Onder, Harun
Onder, Stefanie
When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Syrian Arab Republic
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9688
description This paper provides an empirical analysis of refugee returns to the Syrian Arab Republic. Since 2011, about 5.6 million Syrians—more than a quarter of the country’s pre-conflict population—have been registered as refugees. By mid-2018, only about 1.8 percent of them had returned to Syria voluntarily. This paper compiles a novel data set with administrative data for 2.16 million refugees, existing and new household surveys, a new conflict-events database, and nightlights data for Syria to analyze the correlates of these returns. A reduction in conflict intensity and an increase in luminosity in Syria strongly increase the likelihood of refugees’ return. Differential return rates are observed along key demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, and family status between high and low conflict intensity areas. Interestingly, improvements in the conditions faced by refugees in exile can also increase the likelihood of return.
format Working Paper
author Beaman, Lori
Onder, Harun
Onder, Stefanie
author_facet Beaman, Lori
Onder, Harun
Onder, Stefanie
author_sort Beaman, Lori
title When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq
title_short When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq
title_full When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq
title_fullStr When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq
title_full_unstemmed When do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq
title_sort when do refugees return home? evidence from syrian displacement in mashreq
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337921622814018264/When-Do-Refugees-Return-Home-Evidence-from-Syrian-Displacement-in-Mashreq
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35725
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