Refugees and Political Stability in Lebanon

This article compares the Palestinian and Syrian refugee crises on political stability in Lebanon. Debates over the “implantation” (tawteen) of the Palestinian refugee community, alongside the increasing militarization of the community after 1970 were key factors in the outbreak of civil war in Leba...

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Published inOrtadoğu Etütleri Vol. 6; no. 1
Main Author Baxter,Benjamin MacQueen-Kylie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ortadoğu Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi (ORSAM) 2014
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Siyasal Bilimler
Tarih
Ankara
Lebanon
Civil Conflict
Refugees
Syria
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Summary:This article compares the Palestinian and Syrian refugee crises on political stability in Lebanon. Debates over the “implantation” (tawteen) of the Palestinian refugee community, alongside the increasing militarization of the community after 1970 were key factors in the outbreak of civil war in Lebanon in 1975. The arrival of over 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon since 2011 has raised similar concerns of whether Lebanon will again witness political collapse and civil conflict. However, it is argued that whilst the current refugee crisis in Lebanon is broadly comparative to the events of the early 1970s, the scale of the current refugee crisis alongside the different profile of the refugee community has created different dynamics.Specifically, the blurring of lines between the host bcommunity and the refugee community through familial, personal, and other links makes the dynamics of refugee politics in Lebanon today markedly different from that of the early 1970s.
ISSN:1309-1557