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creators_name: Ozaltin, Duygu
creators_name: Shakir, Farah
creators_name: Loizides, Neophytos
title: Why Do People Flee? Revisiting Forced Migration in Post-Saddam Baghdad
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F30
keywords: Refugees, Forced migration intentions, Internally displaced,  Forced displacement
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abstract: When faced with political violence, why do some people choose to leave their homes while others stay? This article looks for motivations, particularly socioeconomic factors, behind decisions to stay or go. Drawing on new survey data from post-Saddam Baghdad, it confirms the general axiom that violent conflicts cause people to flee. However, the results are inconclusive in terms of the effect of socioeconomic circumstances as a major push or pull factor. Patriotism does not have an impact on migration intentions, and optimism about Iraq’s future does not suffice as a pull factor. Interestingly, people who intend to flee Iraq are better educated, contrary to the general far right media portrayal of refugees.
date: 2020-06
date_type: published
publisher: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00674-z
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2321707
doi: 10.1007/s12134-019-00674-z
lyricists_name: Ozaltin, Duygu
lyricists_id: OZALT40
actors_name: Ozaltin, Duygu
actors_id: OZALT40
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: MD140005 [British Academy]; MD140005 [British Academy]
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of International Migration and Integration
volume: 21
number: 2
pagerange: 587-610
pages: 24
issn: 1488-3473
citation:        Ozaltin, Duygu;    Shakir, Farah;    Loizides, Neophytos;      (2020)    Why Do People Flee? Revisiting Forced Migration in Post-Saddam Baghdad.                   Journal of International Migration and Integration , 21  (2)   pp. 587-610.    10.1007/s12134-019-00674-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00674-z>.       Green open access   
 
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