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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 6(7), pp. 214–218, October, 2018. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2018.047 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
Security Impacts of South Sudanese Refugees on the Host Communities of Gambella Region of Ethiopia
Endalkachew Girma
Lecturer at Mettu University, College of Social Science and Humanities,Mettu, Ethiopia Address: phone: +251912822873, E-mail:doniya.2005@gmail.com
Accepted 18 September 2018
This paper
examines the security impacts of south Sudanese refugees on the host
communities’ Gambella region of Ethiopia. The findings are more
emphasized and analyzed qualitatively in light of primary sources
gathered by interviewing of informants from refugees, host communities
and officials from the camp and field observation. On the other hand,
secondary sources were used in order to address the basic objectives of
the research. To this end, the study used snowball sampling technique
for collecting data from the study area. The refugee population in
Gambella is significantly matches the size of the local host community
which has brought many impacts on the host communities. The findings of
this study indicate that the presence of refugees in the region has both
negative and positive impacts. As the findings show, the presence of
South Sudanese refugees are having negative environmental, health,
sanitation, socio-cultural and security impacts on the host community.
On the other hand, economic impacts have been positive such as new job
opportunity, small business activity and availability of market for
local farmers around the refugee camp. Finally, the study comes up with
the conclusion that the negative impacts of refugees are found to be
greater than its positive impacts and this put the region in unstable
situation, and potential threat for the people of Gambella region of
Ethiopia. Cite This Article As: Endalkachew G (2018). Security Impacts of South Sudanese Refugees on the Host Communities of Gambella Region of Ethiopia. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 6(7) 214-218
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