The social and cultural impact of internally displaced persons, IDPs’ camps on the host community in Nigeria: a sociological evaluation
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description: The global displacement of persons through armed conflict, organised crime, ecological degradation from climate change, food shortages and developmental projects has become a common occurrence throughout the world of today. Displaced persons end up either as migrants across borders, refugees seeking asylum or resettlement as internally displaced persons (IDPs) within their own country of origin. Such people cannot easily return to their homes largely because of impending threats to their lives. Most of these IDPs have no choice other than to reside in displaced persons camps that are often ad hoc in nature. These camps are frequently little more than makeshift tents or basic government facilities such as abandoned schools or uncompleted housing estates that cannot satisfactorily provide for them or give them hope for a better future. The primary concern of the international community, governments and international aid agencies typically is the humanitarian needs of those displaced, as well as how best to resolve the major sources of threat that drive displacement on an ongoing basis. Resolving these and attendant issues can be a challenging and arduous task, resolve issues of management, community accommodation and service provision can take several years. Prolonged settlement can lead to the creation of new forms of interaction between host communities and the displaced. Using qualitative in-depth interviews, participant observations and biographical research interviews, this thesis examines the various social and cultural impacts that IDP camps make on host communities in Nigeria. By exploring how such interaction can foster new economies, as well as new patterns of social interaction and cultural understanding between host communities and displaced people, this study highlights the role of IDP camps and exchanges with host communities in Nigeria in advancing the super diversification and cosmopolitanisation of local Nigerian communities. Such processes of change …
abstract: The global displacement of persons through armed conflict, organised crime, ecological degradation from climate change, food shortages and developmental projects has become a common occurrence throughout the world of today. Displaced persons end up either as migrants across borders, refugees seeking asylum or resettlement as internally displaced persons (IDPs) within their own country of origin. Such people cannot easily return to their homes largely because of impending threats to their lives. Most of these IDPs have no choice other than to reside in displaced persons camps that are often ad hoc in nature. These camps are frequently little more than makeshift tents or basic government facilities such as abandoned schools or uncompleted housing estates that cannot satisfactorily provide for them or give them hope for a better future. The primary concern of the international community, governments and international aid agencies typically is the humanitarian needs of those displaced, as well as how best to resolve the major sources of threat that drive displacement on an ongoing basis. Resolving these and attendant issues can be a challenging and arduous task, resolve issues of management, community accommodation and service provision can take several years. Prolonged settlement can lead to the creation of new forms of interaction between host communities and the displaced. Using qualitative in-depth interviews, participant observations and biographical research interviews, this thesis examines the various social and cultural impacts that IDP camps make on host communities in Nigeria. By exploring how such interaction can foster new economies, as well as new patterns of social interaction and cultural understanding between host communities and displaced people, this study highlights the role of IDP camps and exchanges with host communities in Nigeria in advancing the super diversification and cosmopolitanisation of local Nigerian communities. Such processes of change …
author: Vitalis, Jafla Pontianus
language: en
keywords: Migration, Displacement, Forced migration, Internally displaced persons (IDP), Postcolonialism, Boko Haram, Biographical research, IDP camp, Host community, Lived experience
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
date published: 2024
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:48:18Z
provider: University College Cork
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University College Cork

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