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Lucy Hovil is a senior research associate at the International Refugee Rights Initiative and managing editor of the International Journal of Transitional Justice.
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The idealization of Uganda’s refugee model is unhelpful for Ugandans and refugees, says Lucy Hovil of the International Refugee Rights Initiative. Ignoring the political context risks undermining the best and obscuring the worst of Ugandan refugee policy.
While the legal distinction between refugees and migrants is vital, these categories often overlap in reality – a fact poorly reflected in aid programs. Lucy Hovil and Melissa Phillips argue that an integrated approach is possible without diluting protection.
Somalis in exile are often tainted by association with al-Shabaab – the very group from which they fled. Lucy Hovil of the International Refugee Rights Initiative explains research into securitized responses to refugees and the impact on Somalis in Kenya, Uganda and the U.S.
Refugees are often marginalized in their new countries, so in response, create local “belonging,” writes Lucy Hovil, senior researcher at the International Refugee Rights Initiative, in an extract from her book on Africa’s Great Lakes region.
The recent crisis in Burundi has reversed a major effort to repatriate Burundian refugees in the past decade. Lucy Hovil outlines her new research for the International Refugee Rights Initiative showing that the roots of the current displacement lie partly in the failure to reintegrate returning refugees.
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