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The Negative Effects Of Forced Migration

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Victims of forced migration could either be refugees who have fled their home countries and sought refuge in other countries or IDPs who are forced to flee their homes but live within their countries’ borders. Victims of forced migration flee their homes due to armed conflicts, violence, and fear of persecution or natural disasters. They are therefore in need of protection and shelter, they also want to be assisted in meeting their basic needs.
In their vulnerable state, IDPs and refugees become beneficiaries of humanitarian aid in order to be able to move on with their lives.
Prolonged presence of the large numbers of victims of forced migrants may however have a negative impact on the development of the host communities due to pressure on …show more content…

This paper therefore seeks to discuss the negative effects and some of the positive effects of forced migration on sustainable development and democratization of the host communities especially in Africa.
The presence of refugees causes unnecessary insecurity on the area they settle on. The insecurity is usually brought about when the refugees and the local communities have conflicts over the limited resources. Hosting refugees has also been a source of political conflicts between the host country and the country home country of the refugees. A good example would be political conflict between DRC and Rwanda that was created by the presence of the Rwandan refugees who had fled Rwanda and sought refuge in DRC after the 1994 genocide. The political conflict between the two countries is still on till today. Since 1996, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been embroiled in violence that has caused the death of 5.4 million people. It is believed that the conflict has been the world’s bloodiest since World War II. Some of the fighting has been political, it resulted from unrest caused by Hutu refugees who fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide and now live in DRC. The presence of Hutu refugees in …show more content…

A good example is the impact the refugees who live the Eastleigh area of Nairobi have on the Kenyan economy. Since the 1990s, Somali refugees have transformed Eastleigh from a not- so developed residential area into vibrant commercial and business centre. They have opened up shopping malls, hotels, real estate agencies, international money transfer and foreign exchange services, café and restaurants. The economic transformation of Eastleigh has brought ‘tremendous competition to the marketplace, pushing out many Asian retailers who had hitherto controlled the businesses’ (Campbell, 2006: 402). The Somali refugees in Eastleigh have also provided employment to many Kenyans living in and around Eastleigh and hence improved their living standards. Other small-scale traders across Kenya are also able to get cheap and affordable goods such as clothes, electronics, furniture and other items from the Somali refugees-turned businessmen in Eastleigh. Refugees also contribute to the economy of Kenya through cattle trade, especially the cross-border trade with Somalia. Cattle traders from Somalia bring their livestock from Somalia for sale in markets in northern Kenya such as Garissa and also

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