The protection and security of vulnerable populations in complex emergencies using the Dadaab refugee camps in the north eastern province of Kenya as a case study

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dc.contributor.advisorCottey, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorMcSweeney, Damien Patrick John
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-14T13:53:38Z
dc.date.available2015-05-14T04:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2012-02
dc.date.submitted2012-05-09
dc.description.abstractThe past two decades has seen a dramatic upheaval in the international world order: the end of the Cold War, the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent 'War on Terror', increased Jihadist activities, the accelerated pace of globalization, climate change and the 2008 global financial crisis have contributed to fear, uncertainty, poverty, conflict, massive displacements of populations of asylum seekers and refugees globally and a proliferation of Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS), defined as situations in which refugees have been in exile 'for 5 years or more after their initial displacement, without immediate prospects for implementation of durable solutions. In the past two decades there has been a huge proliferation of these with more than 7.2 million refugees now trapped in these PRS, with a further 16 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) trapped in camps within their own countries. The Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya, which of as March 2012, holds over 463,000 refugees, is the most significant and extreme example in recent times of a PRS. It was established in 1991 following the collapse of the Somali Government of Dictator Siad Barre, and the disintegration of Somalia into the chaos that still exists today. PRS such as Dadaab raise particular issues about humanitarianism in terms of aid, protection, security, human rights and the actions (or inaction) of the various stakeholders on an international, national and local level. This thesis investigates these issues by the use of a case study methodology on Dadaab as a PRS, framed in the context of humanitarianism and in particular the issues that arise in terms of how the international community, the UN system and individual states provide assistance and protection to vulnerable populations. Although the refugee camps have been in existence (as of 2012) for over 20 years, there has never been such a detailed study of Dadaab (or any other PRS) undertaken to date and would be of interest to academics in the areas of international relations, refugee/migration studies and global Governance as well as practitioners in both humanitarian response and developmenten
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMcSweeney, D. P. J. 2012. The protection and security of vulnerable populations in complex emergencies using the Dadaab refugee camps in the north eastern province of Kenya as a case study. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/584
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2012, Damien McSweeneyen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectProtracted refugee situationen
dc.subjectHumanitariansim and complex emergenciesen
dc.subjectHuman rights and complex emergenciesen
dc.subjectProtection of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)en
dc.subject.lcshHumanitarianismen
dc.subject.lcshHumanitarian assistanceen
dc.subject.lcshInternational relationsen
dc.subject.lcshRefugees--Kenyaen
dc.subject.lcshRefugees and human rightsen
dc.subject.lcshMigration, Internalen
dc.titleThe protection and security of vulnerable populations in complex emergencies using the Dadaab refugee camps in the north eastern province of Kenya as a case studyen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD (Government)en
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