Subtracting Development through the Production of Il/legality of Young Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon

IF 1.4 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY

Refugee Survey Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI:10.1093/rsq/hdad012

Cathrine Brun

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Abstract

Abstract This article analyses the production of legality and illegality of refugees and how it is experienced, negotiated, and shape young Palestinian and Syrian refugees’ possibilities for development in Jordan and Lebanon. In the two countries, refugees’ legal and illegal statuses are produced in the interaction between national and international security- and economic interests. This article discusses the meanings of development associated with protracted displacement. Despite increased emphasis on moving from a humanitarian approach towards development in long-term refugee situations, the experiences of young refugees in Lebanon and Jordan show that the production of legal status hampers the potential for development. This article analyses young people’s experience of their legal status by addressing the labour of staying legal, the experience of moving in and out of legality and its impact on education and employment. The analysis shows how the production of (il)legality is a subtracting process that leads to debilitation and constrained agency rather than development. In conclusion, this article thus reflects on the problem of using the development discourse with a humanitarian lens and the need for more critical discussion on the meaning of development in protracted displacement.

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通过制作约旦和黎巴嫩境内青年难民的Il/合法性来减法发展

本文分析了难民合法性和非法性的产生，以及它是如何经历、谈判和塑造年轻的巴勒斯坦和叙利亚难民在约旦和黎巴嫩发展的可能性的。在这两个国家，难民的合法和非法地位是在国家和国际安全和经济利益的相互作用中产生的。本文讨论了与长期流离失所相关的发展的意义。尽管越来越强调在长期难民情况下从人道主义办法转向发展，但黎巴嫩和约旦青年难民的经验表明，产生法律地位阻碍了发展的潜力。这篇文章分析了年轻人的经验，他们的法律地位，解决劳动保持合法，经验移动和退出的合法性及其对教育和就业的影响。分析表明，(非)合法性的产生是一个减法过程，导致权力的衰弱和受限，而不是发展。综上所述，本文反思了在人道主义视角下使用发展话语的问题，以及对长期流离失所中发展的意义进行更批判性讨论的必要性。

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Refugee Survey Quarterly Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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2.40

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： The Refugee Survey Quarterly is published four times a year and serves as an authoritative source on current refugee and international protection issues. Each issue contains a selection of articles and documents on a specific theme, as well as book reviews on refugee-related literature. With this distinctive thematic approach, the journal crosses in each issue the entire range of refugee research on a particular key challenge to forced migration. The journal seeks to act as a link between scholars and practitioners by highlighting the evolving nature of refugee protection as reflected in the practice of UNHCR and other major actors in the field.