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Accepted Paper:
“Uganda likes refugees too much”: the politics of refugee hosting
Kalyango Sebba
(Makerere University)
Franzisca Zanker
(Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute)
Paper short abstract:
States are fundamental to protecting refugees, yet especially in the African setting we know very little about what choices are made and what stakes play a role. This presentation will discuss the ways refugee hosting has been used as a political instrument Uganda.
Paper long abstract:
States are fundamental to protecting refugees, yet especially in the African setting we know very little about what choices are made and what stakes play a role. This presentation will discuss the ways refugee hosting has been used as a political instrument Uganda. The country deals with one of the largest refugee population in the world, and applies a development approach, largely relying on external donors. On the basis of expert interviews and focus group discussion with refugee and host populations, the paper will consider the political stakes of refugee hosting by discerning domestic interests versus external pressures- including regional ones - as well as how political interest groups see things differently.