Conflict and Development: Correlation between Refugees, Migration and Role in Conflict

Running head: CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
Conflict and Development
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CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review............................................................................................................................3
Migration.........................................................................................................................................5
Conflicts...........................................................................................................................................7
Discussion........................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10

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CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
Due to the growing globalization there is a market increase in discontent between the
countries and as a result of that there is conflict. Due to the rise in unemployment in the poor and
underdeveloped countries, residents of such poor and underdeveloped countries migrate to
wealthier nations in search of better livelihood and lucrative future prospects. Global migration
can be perceived to be beneficial for both the immigrants and country of origin of such
immigrants as the immigrants gain access to newer opportunities and country of origin of the
immigrants receive money sent back to the relatives of the immigrants. Conflict should be seen
as having detrimental effect on the economy and the societal implications of a state. Conflict
should not be seen as an independent issue and states should not be seen as independent and
isolated units.

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CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Conflict is a result of disagreement, persecution, struggle etc. Around the world, certain
states and regions experience more conflict than others. These regions include the Great Lakes
regions of Africa, South East Asia and Central America which have experienced numerous civil
war whiles in Europe and Southern Cone of Latin America have had internal conflicts but of low
frequency (Gleditsch, 2006). In recent times, the conflict have shifted to the Middle East and
North Africa which includes countries like Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Afghanistan etc.
Literature Review
In the event a conflict erupts in particular state or country, there is a likelihood the
conflict will spread to the neighboring countries or states, thus one country in a conflict becomes
two or three leading to regional clustering of conflict (Gleditsch, 2006). The regularity and
strength of conflict in a particular geographical area creates doubt about the ideal reason of the
conflict itself. Many times, it’s assume conflicts are independent, domestic phenomena and it’s
exclusively the state’s involved. However, recent news and reports indicates, there are
international factors and relationships behind some conflicts and that plays an important part in
shaping the conflict. The clustering of civil wars, however, to a large extent remains an empirical
finding in search of an explanation (Gleditsch, 2006). This essay will therefore try to establish
the correlation between refugees, and migration and the role it plays in conflict.
Refugees
A can be defined as a person who has been placed outside his country due to a fear of being
persecuted for reasons of religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership of a