| Description |
1 online resource (55 pages) : illustrations |
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CRU report |
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CRU report.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- 1. Objective, approach and methodology. -- 2. Syrian Armenian displacement within the context of Armenian diaspora. The "Mother of all Diasporas". The emptying country. -- 3. The shoestring response. Protection. Aid or integration? Interventions. Reach of the response. -- 4. The state of the Armenian economy. Sectoral economic development. Remittances. Challenges to economic growth. The Soviet economic legacy. -- 5. Effects of economic integration. Economic profile of the Syrian Armenian population. Quantitative host community impact. Quantitative sector assessment. Qualitative impact. -- 6. Challenges to economic integration. Universal challenges. Specific challenges per social layer. -- 7. Conclusions. -- 8. Recommendations |
| Summary |
In the course of the past seven years, the Republic of Armenia has offered protection to an estimated 22,000 Syrian Armenians eeing one of Middle East's most brutal recent con icts. Armenia's response to displacement from Syria has been exceptional in many important ways: it focused almost exclusively on ethnic kin, it enjoyed wide popular support, and while small in terms of funding it was model in terms of the extent of protection offered to the displaced population. Unlike any other displaced group, Syrian Armenians were able to obtain nationality prior to their arrival to Armenia, and also to opt for a variety of other protection statuses. Armenia's openness to Syrian Armenian refugees is based on ethnic kinship and represents an exception to the trends of border closure, denial of legal stay or highly limited access to livelihood opportunities that characterise much of the region. Nonetheless, Armenia's case offers unique insights into potential benefits that come with granting refugee populations civic, political and socio-economic rights -- and by assisting them in achieving self-reliance, even within the limitations of an unfavourable economic climate. We hope this study will shed light on some of those benefits and assist other countries facing refugee influxes to adjust their policies to serve the interests of both host and displaced populations |
| Notes |
"Conflict Research Unit (CRU), Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' in cooperation with International Center for Human Development (ICHD) Armenia." |
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"February 2018." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
"This study was commissioned and funded within the framework of the "Private Sector Development South Caucasus" regional programme and the sector project "Forced Displacement" implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)." |
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Online resource; title from PDF cover page (Clingendael, viewed June 12, 2018) |
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Refugees -- Syria
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Refugees -- Services for -- Armenia
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Social integration -- Armenia
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Refugees -- Armenia -- Economic conditions
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Refugees -- Government policy -- Armenia
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Economic history.
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Refugees.
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Refugees -- Economic conditions.
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Refugees -- Government policy.
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Refugees -- Services for.
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Social integration.
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| SUBJECT |
Armenia -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Armenia.
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Syria.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meeste, Joe, author
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International Center for Human Development (Armenia (Republic))
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Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen "Clingendael", publisher.
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