Paper short abstract:

Based on the representation of Liberian refugees on the security situation and the analysis of the UNHCR and State sectoral policy, there is a discrepancy between expectations and actions taken.

Paper long abstract:

Côte d'Ivoire is a high-migration country in sub-Saharan Africa and the Ivorian population has increased since the armed conflicts between 1999 and 2010.

Today, according to the UNHCR Cote d'Ivoire global report in 2015, some 800,000 people are under the assistance of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). These people are mainly urban refugees, Ivorian returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), most of whom live in the large cities in Ivory Coast. The majority of these people intervene and participate in the economic and social development of cities in Ivory Coast. Their contribution to the political plan (active participation, citizenship), economic (growth and urban development), cultural (cultural exchanges) and social (support to basic social services) is part of the process of local long-term integration. The aim of this communication is to show the social determinants that lead to a rethinking of the integration process of urban refugees and Ivorian returnees. In other words, how are the urban cities in Ivory Coast

  are experiencing growth through the active participation of migration actors in Ivory Coast? From a perspective of contributing to issues related to the contribution of migration to the process of urbanization in Ivory Coast, this reflection would involve the social, political and then economic representations that will be made regarding the elaboration of a framework Institutional issues relating to the notions of "citizenship", "regular migration" and "irregular migration".