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This introductory chapter provides an overview to the general context of forced migration and its relationship to resilience research and links this context with the objectives of this volume and the different contributions to this volume. By marking basic directions of resilience research in the context of forced displacement, the overall interdisciplinary objective of this volume and selection of papers is located within current processes of resilience research.
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Internally displaced people were forced to migrate to other areas within their home countries, UNHCR refugees are registered under UNHCR mandate, while UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East) refer to Palestine refugees and asylum seekers are individuals whose asylum application had not yet been adjudicated (UNHCR 2019).
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A typical example for this approach is the strategy of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which explicitly strives for “building host countries’ resilience” by investing in Jordan and Turkey (EBRD 2019).
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Fingerle, M., Wink, R. (2020). Forced Migration and Resilience: Introduction. In: Fingerle, M., Wink, R. (eds) Forced Migration and Resilience. Studien zur Resilienzforschung. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27926-4_1
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