Effects of Returnees Re-Integration on the Livelihoods of Host Communities in Leer County, South Sudan

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dc.contributor.authorBarasa, M.
dc.contributor.authorWaswa, F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-19T08:28:56Z
dc.date.available2016-02-19T08:28:56Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough international press has covered the conflicts in the Sudan region extensively, the effects of returnees’ reintegration on sustainable livelihoods of host communities have not received much attention. Findings from Leer in South Sudan indicated that contrary to expectation, host communities play a leading role in the returnees to socio-economic reintegration than government, the international community and civil society organisations. Immediate support provided by host communities centred on the provision of basic needs like food, water, shelter, productive assets and start-off money, all of which are hinged on established traditional kinship ties and relationships of trust and reciprocity. Nevertheless, the influx of returnees resulted into competition for various scarce resources creating conflicts and tensions that threatened the realization of durable peaceful co-existence between the returnees and their hosts. Although a burden in the short term, reintegrated returnees collectively participate in community activities and make their contribution to the improvement of their conditions and general development of the area using diverse skills that they possess and or acquire over time in the displacement and or refugee camps. National and international effort on sustainable returnee re-integration should focus on strengthening the participation of host communities, provision of critical basic needs and services, accelerated access to land, and decisive internal political stabilization.en_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of African and Asian Studies Vol.13, 2015en_US
dc.identifier.issn2409-6938
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/14214
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIISTEen_US
dc.subjectReturneesen_US
dc.subjectHost Communitiesen_US
dc.subjectRe-integrationen_US
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Sudanen_US
dc.titleEffects of Returnees Re-Integration on the Livelihoods of Host Communities in Leer County, South Sudanen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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