Refugee movements - Impacts and consequences

Question 1

What are the economic/social impacts

Answer 1

• Health(mental as well as physical)
• Safety(threats from citizens)
• Loss of educational opportunities
• inability to support themselves/family - may not be allowed to work
• usually informal work which can be in poor conditions and can involve abuse etc
• being separated from friends and family
• Trauma of fleeing
• Response of nationals in host

Question 2

Consequences on lives of refugees

Answer 2

Refugees have to change there lifestyle and adapt to the new change, for example moving to a new house and living in a new area with little knowledge can be overwhelming and can have social consequences

Question 3

Economic Consequences on neighbouring states - National scale

Answer 3

Nationally, the country will gain skills and knowledge. However, this can build pressures to build infrastructure and provide services provision

Question 4

Economic Consequences on neighbouring states - local scale

Answer 4

+ increased demand for goods/ services
+ Remittances from abroad( can also enhance inequalities)
- Pressure on grazing/ firewood
- Drives down labour costs locally (but benefits local entrepreneurs

Question 5

Social consequences on neighbouring states

Answer 5

• -Can exacerbate racial/ cultural tensions
• -Tensions created if refugees believed to be unfairly benefiting at expense of host community - can be reduced of international funding targets both
• -gender based violence
• -gender relations affected; women can take mens job meaning reduced access to employment for men

Question 6

political and security consequences on neighbouring states

Answer 6

Rebel social networks can expand allowing for arms, combatants and ideologies conducive to conflict to spread across international borders

This can lead to the create of bilateral tensions where non- existed before, e.g involvement of Tamil refugees in the assassination of Indian prime minister Rajiv Ghandi in 1991

violence can increase as a result

Question 7

Environmental consequences on neighbouring states

Answer 7

-increased pressure on land, water and natural resources
-growth of slums with poor waste/ sewage treatment
Larger camps can also slow the development of sustainable practices, such as less intensive agriculture or use of water saving techniques

all of these can therefore have vert long-lasting impacts