forced migration in syria case study

This case study, “Forced Migration and Transitional Justice in Syria: The Case of Idlib and Internal Displacement,” is part of GIJTR’s project on Forced Migration and Transitional Justice conducted by Consortium partners, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

While existing scholarship uncovered many important aspects of refugee migration, this literature is still relatively new. Much of the initial research has approached the multifaceted determinants and consequences of forced migration via cross-national analyses or examination of individual case studies of notable post-Cold War civil conflicts.

These three cases are examples for different forced migration governance approaches, ranging from open-supportive (Algeria), to restrictive-selective (Syria) and laissez-faire (Libya). We identify three key drivers of forced migration governance to explain variation in governance outcome: domestic, geopolitical, and international-normative drivers.