This report comes at a crucial time whenthe unprecedented global refugee crisis, most notably inEurope and the Mediterranean, has not only focused theworld’s attention on the plight of refugees, but has alsoled to the politicization of refugee influxes. With anaverage of 24 people worldwide being displaced from theirhomes every minute of every day (UNHCR 2016), the debatesurrounding the refugee crises is on the minds of many,ranging from governments and policy-makers to citizens,refugees, and host communities alike. Worldwide displacementis currently at an all-time high as war and persecutionincrease; one in every 113 people is now either a refugee,internally displaced, or seeking asylum (UNHCR 2016). In thepast five years, at least 15 conflicts have erupted orreignited, and while protracted and harrowing wars havebroken out in the Middle East, eight of these conflicts havebeen in Africa (Cote d’Ivoire, Central African Republic,Libya, Mali, Northeastern Nigeria, Democratic Republic ofCongo, South Sudan, and Burundi) (UNHCR 2015). To compoundmatters, developing countries such as Lebanon, Jordan,Ethiopia, and Kenya are now hosting the largest share ofrefugees: they are home to nearly 90 percent of the world’srefugees (UNHCR 2016). This report, which provides anoriginal analysis of the economic and social impact ofrefugees in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp on their Turkanahosts, therefore comes at an opportune time and couldresonate with governments and policy makers beyond Kenya’sborders. In particular, the methodology authors havedeveloped enables us to run policy scenarios in a rigorousmanner, ranging from encampment to decampment (i.e. campclosure) scenarios, and the potential to apply thismethodology in other refugee situations around the world isparticularly advantageous.
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