Introduction
Refugee situations are traditionally met with three durable solutions (local integration, resettlement and repatriation) in the long-run, or self-settlement and encampment in the interim. In recent years, however, some academics, institutions and policy makers have increasingly highlighted the viability of refugee mobility to refugee situations, and particularly to protracted situations where conventional responses remain elusive or ineffective.
For example, Monsutti advocates multi-directional and transnational mobility as part of a more comprehensive and relevant "Afghan" solution (2004; 2006; 2008). Long highlights the viability of labour migration in reasserting refugees' rights and socioeconomic security, and in promoting durable solutions in the long run (2009; 2010). Horst (2004; 2006a; 2006b) and Van Hear (2003; 2006) stress the significance of transnational mobility respectively for the survival of camp refugees, and as "an enduring if not a durable solution to refugees" (Van Hear, 2006, p. 9). Other academics including Lindley, Stigter, Scalettaris, Jacobsen, Hansen and Adepoju, among others, have also advocated mobile responses and shall be analysed in further detail throughout this paper.
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Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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