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The Greater Horn of Africa: Geopolitical Aspects of the “Refugee Crisis”

In: Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa

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  • Bjørn Møller

    (Aalborg University)

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Møller offers an account of the refugee flows in and out of the Greater Horn of Africa with a special emphasis on the (classical or critical) geopolitical aspects thereof. Distances still matter, both with regard to the causes of displacement and the destination. The main cause of refugee flows is armed conflict, which mainly takes place within countries or between neighbouring countries, and the first (and often final) destination of refugee flows is likewise neighbouring countries. The latter tendency is further strengthened by the efforts by the European Union to externalise its border controls, e.g. by means of “carrier sanctions” as a result of which it becomes almost impossible to reach a place where an application for asylum may be handed in and processed.

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  • Bjørn Møller, 2019. "The Greater Horn of Africa: Geopolitical Aspects of the “Refugee Crisis”," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt & Leah Kimathi & Michael Omondi Owiso (ed.), Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa, pages 33-62, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-030-03721-5_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03721-5_3
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