Asylum seekers, Refugees and Social Safety Nets: Opportunities and Challenges at Tongogara Refugee Camp, Chipinge, Zimbabwe

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK
Witness Chikoko, Johanne Mhlanga, Petronella C. J. Matavire, Kudzai Mwapaura
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The study examines the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in accessing social safety nets at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC). A qualitative literature review complemented by six key-informant interviews generated data for the article. The study used a social development approach to understand and analyse the existing opportunities and challenges for asylum seekers and refugees at Tongogara Refugee Camp. Research findings suggest that there are a number of social safety nets for refugees and asylum seekers at Tongogara Refugee Camp. Some of them include school fee waivers, free medical care, cash transfers, rotational schemes and financial remittances among others. However, several challenges affect the provision of the social safety nets among asylum seekers and refugees. Some of them include the welfare approach to social protection programs, lack of access to banking facilities, lack of weaning approaches from the social assistance programs, and inadequate funding to cater for all refugee needs. The study concludes that the social safety nets for refugees and asylum seekers at Tongogara Refugee Camp are not of a developmental nature. The duty bearers should embrace the social development approach in the provision of social safety nets for refugees and asylum seekers at TRC.

寻求庇护者、难民和社会安全网:津巴布韦 Chipinge Tongogara 难民营的机遇与挑战
本研究探讨了寻求庇护者和难民在 Tongogara 难民营(TRC)获得社会安全网的经验。文章以定性文献综述为基础,辅以六次关键知情人访谈,得出了相关数据。研究采用社会发展的方法来了解和分析 Tongogara 难民营寻求庇护者和难民的现有机遇和挑战。研究结果表明,为 Tongogara 难民营的难民和寻求庇护者提供了许多社会安全网。其中包括学费减免、免费医疗、现金转移、轮换计划和汇款等。然而,一些挑战影响了为寻求庇护者和难民提供社会安全网。其中包括社会保护计划的福利方式、缺乏使用银行设施的机会、缺乏从社会援助计划中断奶的方法,以及资金不足,无法满足所有难民的需求。研究得出结论,汤戈加拉难民营为难民和寻求庇护者提供的社会安全网不具有发展性质。责任承担者在为汤戈加拉难民营的难民和寻求庇护者提供社会安全网时,应采用社会发展方法。
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期刊介绍: This journal offers an outlet for articles that support social work as a human rights profession. It brings together knowledge about addressing human rights in practice, research, policy, and advocacy as well as teaching about human rights from around the globe. Articles explore the history of social work as a human rights profession; familiarize participants on how to advance human rights using the human rights documents from the United Nations; present the types of monitoring and assessment that takes place internationally and within the U.S.; demonstrate rights-based practice approaches and techniques; and facilitate discussion of the implications of human rights tools and the framework for social work practice.
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