Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries

The mainstream literature on skilled diasporas has focused on economically-induced professional migration and free-choice mobility of educational elites. I introduce the concept of conflict-induced displacement of skilled refugees (CIDSR) to study the skilled Syrian refugees as political migrants wh...

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Main Author: Camelia Tigau
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2018-10-01
Series:Norteamérica
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Online Access:https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/359
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description The mainstream literature on skilled diasporas has focused on economically-induced professional migration and free-choice mobility of educational elites. I introduce the concept of conflict-induced displacement of skilled refugees (CIDSR) to study the skilled Syrian refugees as political migrants who flee from violence and conflict in their home countries. I use a cross-case analysis of seven OECD countries (Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S.) to prove that the Syrian CIDSR is a crisis but also an economic and political opportunity. OECD countries take advantage of the skilled refugees in order to maintain growth in their aging economies, solve brain drain caused by internal conflict, as well as to strengthen their status as moral powers.
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spellingShingle Camelia Tigau
Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries
Norteamérica
conflict-induced displacement of the skilled (CIDS)
brain gain
Syrian refugees
OECD
title Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries
title_full Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries
title_fullStr Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries
title_full_unstemmed Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries
title_short Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries
title_sort conflict induced displacement of skilled refugees a cross case analysis of syrian professionals in selected oecd countries
topic conflict-induced displacement of the skilled (CIDS)
brain gain
Syrian refugees
OECD
url https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/359
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