Sustainable Refugee Migration: A Rethink towards a Positive Capability Approach

Mohammed Al-Husban and Carl Adams
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Mohammed Al-Husban: School of Media Arts and Technology, Southampton Solent Unuviersity, Southampton SO14 0YN, UK
Carl Adams: School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO13HE, UK

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: A major challenge facing many countries around the world is how to sustainably address the issues of increased numbers of refugee migrants. The refugee migrant “issue” is often heavily political as a high density of migrants in local areas impacts communities (e.g., disrupting local employment, service and culture). Different migrants come with different “baggage” and needs which can be a significant draw on the hosting communities’ resources. This paper argues that sustainable long-term solutions to refugee migrants will require a rethink to the existing dominant models of containment and charity. The paper draws upon insights from a study of a large refugee camp in Jordan over a three-and-a-half-year period, and historical cases of refugee migration. The paper presents a sustainable model that develops long-term capability for the various stakeholder groups.

Keywords: sustainable; migration; refugees; positive capability approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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