Integration of Refugees in Urban Settings of Developing Countries

Cairo hosts tens of thousands of refugees from all§over Africa. Many of them make their way to the§mega-city in hope for resettlement in a western§country. Although Ethiopians and Eritreans are one of§the largest groups among these migrants, they are§hardly researched. The author Hanno Terbeck spent six§months in the Egyptian capital to study their level§of integration into Cairene society. By using a mix§of quantitative empirical as well as qualitative§research methods, he identifies three sets of factors§that have a big impact on the refugees' successful§integration: the Ethiopians' and Eritreans' legal§status including their treatment by the Egyptian§authorities, the refugees' position towards their§integration, and the Egyptians' perceptions of the§Ethiopians and Eritreans living in Cairo.§This book addresses policy makers and researchers who§want to learn more about Ethiopian and Eritrean§migrants in Egypt, as well as everyone else who is§interested in refugee integration in urban centers of§developing countries.