When
#resettlement is unattainable, how do displaced individuals whose
#refugee status has been revoked sustain hope, contest exclusion, and navigate the uncertainties of protracted displacement?
In my new article, “Waithood and Creativity in the Absence of Resettlement: Evidence from ‘Residual’ Liberian Refugees in Nigeria,” published in
@ERSjournal as part of the Special Issue on “Refugee Resettlement as an Institution,” I analyse how resettlement, rather than being a purely bureaucratic process, endures as a deeply embedded aspiration, a site of resistance, and a contested terrain where post-cessation populations negotiate futures that remain structurally foreclosed to them.
Full text here:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Many thanks to the guest editors
@RawanArar @molly_fee @hebagowayed @blair_sackett and reviewers for their invaluable feedback and support in shaping this piece.