Gerver, M (2017) Paying Refuges to Leave. Political Studies, 65 (3). pp. 631-645. ISSN 0032-3217
Abstract
States are increasingly paying refugees to repatriate, hoping to decrease the number of refugees residing within their borders. Drawing on in-depth interviews from East Africa and data from Israeli Labour Statistics, I provide a description of such payment schemes and consider whether they are morally permissible. In doing so, I address two types of cases. In the first type of case, governments pay refugees to repatriate to high-risk countries, never coercing them into returning. I argue that such payments are permissible if refugees’ choices are voluntary and if states allow refugees to return to the host country in the event of an emergency. I then describe cases where states detain refugees, and non-governmental organisations provide their own payments to refugees wishing to repatriate. In such cases, non-governmental organisations are only permitted to provide payments if the funds are sufficient to ensure post-return safety and if providing payments does not reinforce the government’s detention policy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Political Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | immigration ethics, refugees, repatriation, consent, migration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2017 10:36 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2018 14:15 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321716677607 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0032321716677607 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112659 |