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Recent events across the Arab world, often called the Arab Spring, Arab Revolution, or Arab Uprising, have raised serious issues for the rights, safety, and identity (RSI) of refugees in the region. While many countries in the MENA region had already hosted millions of refugees, these drastic political changes generated even more new refugees. Many refugees were displaced for a second time, becoming refugees again as they were displaced from their first country of asylum. Reasons for this secondary displacement were numerous. Some migrated at the onset of the uprisings due to lack of RSI, while others left because they found themselves caught between political factions and were unsure which side they should show allegiance to — government or protesters. This chapter considers the impacts of the Arab uprisings on the life of refugee and migrant communities in the region.

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Ullah, A.A. (2014). Arab Uprisings and New Dimensions of Refugee Crises. In: Refugee Politics in the Middle East and North Africa. Global Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137356536_6

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