Abstract

This research aims to study the strategies of refugees when they face structural challenges and barriers that hinder them from accessing their rights. The research shall analyze the relationship between the structure and agency of refugees and migrants in order to see how they act in the countries of asylum. The strategies and efforts of refugees will be analyzed in hosting communities that fill in the structural gap that refugees face. The study will focus on the Syrian population in Egypt and how they navigate their daily lives in the Egyptian context despite the lack of an asylum policy in the Egyptian framework and recent restraints and challenges for refugees to access rights and services. This research will analyze the efforts and strategies of the Syrian refugees in Egypt to navigate the Egyptian context in their daily and long-term lives, using theories such as human agency and autonomy of migration. The aim of this research is to look at the structural challenges that refugees and migrants face through the lens of human agency and analyze the solutions refugees and migrants create to deal with such barriers. This research will also look at the recent practices of the Egyptian government in enforcing residency regulations, how these practices relate to the integration of Syrian refugees and migrants, and how it impacts the strategies of Syrian refugees to navigate their daily lives in Egypt.

School

School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Department

Center for Migration and Refugee Studies

Degree Name

MA in Migration & Refugee Studies

Graduation Date

Fall 2-19-2025

Submission Date

1-28-2025

First Advisor

Gerda Heck

Committee Member 1

Maysa Ayoub

Committee Member 2

Amira Ahmed

Extent

88 p.

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval

Approval has been obtained for this item

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