Impacts of forced migrants on host community
Forced migrants are believed to have both negative and positive effects on both the forced migrants and the host community. These impacts can be economic, social, political, demographical and environmental which affect the migrants and their hosts in short and long term, especially if the staying of the forced migrants have protracted. When they arrive in the host place, they immediately start to compete for scarce resources such as water, food, housing, and health services. Their existence in the society increases the demands for public services such as education and health services, as well as transportation, and water supply. Natural resources also may be affected by their existence in some cases. …show more content…
Moreover, Chambers (1986) divided the affected categories by refugees into losers and winners and determined them as summarized by Whitaker (1999,2) “refugees are assumed to have a different impact on diverse classes, genders, sectors and regions within the host country, but little empirical evidence has been done on this …show more content…
On the other hand, the presence of forced migrants may carry economic benefits for the locals. Their presence can lead to developing the region and locals may benefit from the aid and assistance projects in the region which may address more employment opportunities for them. In addition, the assistances may include equipment supply, capacity building, and related training components UNHCR (1997). Moreover, the forced migrants may constitute a significant source of skilled and educated people that can benefit the locals. For instance, the business contribution of well-educated Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan (Crisp et al, 2009).
The study of the economic effects of Syrian refugees in Turkey which have been conducted by Öztürkler and Göksel, 2015, and examined their effects on the Turkish cities that have common borders with Syria shows that the existence of refugees in large numbers in these cities has led to many negative impacts on the native locals such as it caused high rates of job loss, increasing the possibility of losing job, increasing the unemployment rate in the informal sector, rising prices of food, and high percentage rise in rent
Forced migrants are believed to have both negative and positive effects on both the forced migrants and the host community. These impacts can be economic, social, political, demographical and environmental which affect the migrants and their hosts in short and long term, especially if the staying of the forced migrants have protracted. When they arrive in the host place, they immediately start to compete for scarce resources such as water, food, housing, and health services. Their existence in the society increases the demands for public services such as education and health services, as well as transportation, and water supply. Natural resources also may be affected by their existence in some cases. …show more content…
Moreover, Chambers (1986) divided the affected categories by refugees into losers and winners and determined them as summarized by Whitaker (1999,2) “refugees are assumed to have a different impact on diverse classes, genders, sectors and regions within the host country, but little empirical evidence has been done on this …show more content…
On the other hand, the presence of forced migrants may carry economic benefits for the locals. Their presence can lead to developing the region and locals may benefit from the aid and assistance projects in the region which may address more employment opportunities for them. In addition, the assistances may include equipment supply, capacity building, and related training components UNHCR (1997). Moreover, the forced migrants may constitute a significant source of skilled and educated people that can benefit the locals. For instance, the business contribution of well-educated Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan (Crisp et al, 2009).
The study of the economic effects of Syrian refugees in Turkey which have been conducted by Öztürkler and Göksel, 2015, and examined their effects on the Turkish cities that have common borders with Syria shows that the existence of refugees in large numbers in these cities has led to many negative impacts on the native locals such as it caused high rates of job loss, increasing the possibility of losing job, increasing the unemployment rate in the informal sector, rising prices of food, and high percentage rise in rent