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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why Do People Flee? Revisiting Forced Migration in Post-Saddam Baghdad |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12134-019-00674-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00674-z |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Refugees, Forced migration intentions, Internally displaced, Forced displacement |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197589 |
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