Refugee Migration as a “Wicked Problem”: American Controlling, Palliative, and Governance Policies in Global Context

Jos C. N. Raadschelders, Jennica Larrison and Aditi V. Thapar

World Affairs, 2019, vol. 182, issue 3, 228-255

Abstract: Refugee migration is a very visible and growing wicked problem. In this conceptual article, we outline a framework that identifies types of policies, levels of government (in refugee receiving countries), and causes for refugee migration as factors that create this wicked problem. Many refugee migration policies in Northern countries are mainly limited to being controlling at the national level and palliative at the local level. We further highlight a serious lack of true governing policies that address the push factors that drive people away from unpalatable political and/or economic circumstances in their home countries. Focusing solely on refugee policies may be practical but is not productive when the larger environmental context that prompts refugee migration is ignored in the longer term. La migración de refugiados es un “problema retorcido” muy visible y creciente. Describimos un marco que identifica los tipos de políticas, los niveles de gobierno (en los países que reciben refugiados), y las causas de la migración de refugiados como factores que crean este problema retorcido. Muchas políticas de migración de refugiados en los países del norte se limitan principalmente a controlar a nivel nacional y paliativo a nivel local. Destacamos una grave falta de verdaderas políticas de gobierno que abordan los factores de empuje que alejan a las personas de circunstancias políticas y/o económicas desagradables en sus países de origen. Centrarse únicamente en las políticas de refugiados puede ser práctico, pero no es productivo cuando el contexto ambiental más amplio que incita a la migración de refugiados se ignora a largo plazo. 难民迁移是一个可见的、不断加大的”棘手问题”。笔者在这篇概念性文章中概述了一项框架, 用于识别政策类型、政府层级（针对难民接收国）、以及难民迁移的起因，这些因素共同创造了该棘手问题。北部国家的许多难民迁移政策都主要限于国家层面的控制和地方层面的缓解。笔者进一步强调, 严重缺少真正的治理政策, 以应对驱使人们离开国内不良政治环境和/或经济环境的推动因素。仅聚焦于难民政策可能是实际的, 但当长期忽视推动难民迁移的大环境背景时, 这种聚焦便不会富有成效。

Date: 2019
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