Legal and Policy Framework of Migration Governance

Publisher(s): 
RESPOND
Publishing Year: 
2018
Author(s): 
Lebanon Support
Amreesha Jagarnathsingh
Dossier: 
Migration, Mobility and Circulation, Conflict Analysis Project
Theme: 
Refugees, Legal Issues
Resource Type: 
Report

This report aims to provide a contextual understanding of migration governance in the Lebanese context, as well as its implications for refugees and migrants. Towards this end, this report provides an overview of the legal and policy framework in Lebanon, notably within the context of the Syrian refugee crisis erupting in 2011. Moreover, the report critically evaluates the legal statuses – if any – pertaining to ‘asylum seekers’, ‘refugees’, and ‘migrants’ on the one hand, and the role of state and non-state actors on the other. Lasly, the report highlights a tendency to increased securitization of migration in the country. This report is part of RESPOND, a Horizon 2020 project studying multi-level migration governance from 2011-2017 through cross-country comparative research in source, transit, and destination countries in 11 different countries. It is the first in a series of five in the Lebanese context.

Keywords: 
Migration, Legal Status, Palestinian Refugees, Human Rights, Migration Governance
Edition: 
2018
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