Refugees have rarely been studied by economists. Despite some pioneering research on
the economic lives of refugees, there remains a lack of theory and empirical data through …

This report argues that there is a need for a paradigmatic shift in international approaches to
durable solutions for refugees. Human mobility should be fully integrated into the durable …

Remittances are an important strand in the relationship between migration and socio-
economic change in migrants' countries of origin and there is growing interest in their role in …

In the last twenty years, the term diaspora has moved out of its specialist corner, where it
referred to a select set of peoples. Today it often appears to be used to refer to any group of …

Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary
migration of Africans, both within the continent and to various destinations in Europe and …

Trade Makes States highlights how trade and the circulation of goods are central to Somali
societies, economies and politics. Drawing on multi-site research from across East Africa's …

The experiences of Rohingya living in Malaysia reveal the symbolic and affective
significance of remittance practices for maintaining family ties across borders. Among these …

The Refugee Studies Centre Working Paper Series is intended to aid the rapid distribution of
work in progress, research findings and special lectures by researchers and associates of …

In this research I examine social ordering processes in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. I
view the camp as an accidental city, by which I challenge the image of the camp as a …

This study explores the role of mobile phones in livelihood creation among Syrian refugees
in informal tented settlements in Akkar Governorate and the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon …