Forced Migration and State Security: An Examination of Refugees and Conflict in Africa

Over the last twenty-five years, the world has seen an increase in refugees not witnessed since World War II. Countries in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa are the leading contributors to this phenomenon. Many countries believe these refugees have directly influenced the higher levels of violence many host nations are experiencing, resulting in adjustments to refugee receiving policies, which runs counter to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The dissertation finds that refugees have a strong role in contributing to higher levels of violent events within a receiving country, as well as inciting more political strife. In this study, an empirical examination is conducted on fifty-four African states over a twenty-two year time span in order to statistically determine if refugees are indeed a contributor to violence within a hosting state. These results will influence the development of a material small unmanned aerial system solution to aid in addressing this challenge.

Author

• Hathaway, Jonathon

• Conflict
• Migration
• Refugee

Identifier

hdl:1920/14834

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:MARS:1920/14834