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Local Integration
Abstract
In official policy terms, local integration—one of the three ‘durable solutions’ along with repatriation and resettlement—is a means to ending exile by allowing refugees to become full members of their host community in their first country of asylum. It is often the most viable of the three solutions, yet suffers from official neglect. This chapter examines the importance of refugees’ autonomy and of centring solutions around belonging—both at a local level and through citizenship—and argues that local integration is not so much the ‘forgotten’ solution but the official ‘forbidden’ solution. It compares two recognized categories of local integration, namely de facto and de jure local integration, and considers refugee situations in Africa. It also places local integration in a historical context and discusses obstacles to local integration.
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“Ideally, integration should extend beyond legal citizenship rights but also encompass being able to live free of discrimination by the host community or government (Crisp, 2004;Hovil, 2014).”
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“It is a process encompassing legal, economic, and socio-cultural dimensions (Androff, 2022;Ferris, 2019;Hovil, 2014).”
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Sexual and gender-based violence against South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: a mixed-methods study
Michaelsen, S. (2025) · Université de Montréal · doi:10.71781/1596
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- Authors
- Hovil, L.
- Affiliations
- International Refugee Rights Intiative
- Corresponding author
- Hovil, Lucy
- Venue
- The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2014-08-04
- Pages
- 488-498
- OpenAlex
- W4242033274
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 4.15
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Law › Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
- Keywords
- local integration, refugees, durable solutions, sense of belonging, citizenship, refugee policy, Africa, exile, host communities
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