Forced Migration Review: Socio-Economic Integration: Towards Solutions for Displaced People and Host Communities
06.02.23: According to the United Nations, the number of people forced to flee from their homes surpassed 100 million for the first time in 2022. Rising conflict and higher frequency of disasters means that forced displacement is on the rise across the world. The quest for socio-economic integration, for both forcibly displaced people and host communities, raises fundamental questions about how displaced people can live with autonomy and dignity.
Our approach to ensuring protection and socio-economic integration is centred on the lived experiences of refugees in all contexts. Encouraging this narrative, Samuel Hall’s Nassim Majidi and Camilla Fogli have contributed to the launch of Forced Migration Review’s 71st issue: ‘Socio-economic integration: towards solutions for displaced people’.
With evidence from Afghanistan and Kenya, our contribution focuses on public-private initiatives for local integration. The article explores ways in which such partnerships are laying the foundations for sustainable and ethical value chain approaches that can be used in displacement-affected communities.