Argumentative Essay On Somali Refugees

The analysis of Somali refugees through the lens of prospect theory allows scholars, international and humanitarian organizations, as well as host governments to make predictions of the future choices of those who currently reside in the Somali refugee camps of Kenya, Yemen, and Ethiopia. As host countries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees encourage and incentivize more and more refugees to return to Somalia, the categorization of Somali refugees residing in the camps of neighboring country provides insights as to which refugees are most likely to volunteer to repatriate. Those who choose to voluntarily return will most likely be those raised in Somalia pre-governmental collapse. Somali refugees raised in Somalia post-governmental collapse and in the refugee camps will be the minority of those who volunteer to repatriate. Efforts to advertise repatriation should be directed at those who were raised in Somalia pre-governmental collapse because they are most predisposed to make the risky decision to return. Another

First, the categorization and subsequent analysis of refugees does not extend to urban refugees, which limits the generalizability of this analysis. This is significant considering that 60 percent of the world’s refugees reside in urban areas (“Global Trends” 53). Urban refugees have different choices, experiences, and risks than refugees that reside in refugee camps (“Global Trends” 52). Second, Somali refugees who were raised in the camps may have incentive to repatriate. For example, some refugees report in interviews that they desire to return to Somalia since they had never been to their home country (Valentine 238). Therefore, refugees who were raised in the camps may be more inclined to repatriation than my analysis acknowledges. Of course, this would only be the case if such desires translate to the action of