Back to turmoil: refugee and IDP return to and within South Sudan

Abstract: This Working Paper investigates the challenges South Sudanese returnees and displaced persons face from their very own perspective. Building on field research in the autumn and winter of 2015 , it analyses the patterns of return and coping strategies of returnees, as well as any assistance that aid agencies can provide. The findings indicate that return is neither a simple, linear nor necessarily durable solution. From the viewpoint of the returnees, the main challenges of return are the lack of physical security, food, water, education and jobs. As resources in South Sudan are very scarce overall because of a collapsing economy and continued fighting, competition over resources between returnees and local communities, as well among returnees, is common. The easy access to small arms, ethnic divisions and mistrust between groups further exacerbate these tensions. The sustainability of return seems to depend largely on how well returnees can access resources at their return location

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 37 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: BICC Working Paper ; Bd. 7/2016

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2016
• Urheber: Bohnet, Heidrun
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-61659-4
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:51 MEZ