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A Preliminary Exploration of the Linkages between Refugees and Small Arms

by Edward Mogire

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. The small arms problem
   2.1. Framework for analysing small arms proliferation and diffusion
   2.1.1. Supply-side analysis
   2.1.2 Demand-side analysis
   2.1.3 Towards an integrated framework for refugee/small arms analysis
3. The refugee problem
   3.1 The refugee definition revisited
   3.1.1 Victims (situational refugees)
   3.1.2 Targets (persecuted refugees)
   3.1.3 Activists (state-in-exile refugees)
4. Refugees and small arms
   4.1 Refugees as victims of small arms misuse
   4.2 Refugees as perpetrators of small arms misuse
   4.2.1 Refugee militarisation and small arms diffusion
   4.2.2 Refugees, armed conflict and small arms proliferation and diffusion
   4.2.3 Refugees and armed conflict
   4.3 Refugee violence and local arms races
5. Refugees and the financing of arms purchases
   5.1 Direct contributions by refugees and the Diaspora
   5.1.1 Funding for arms procurement by the Tamil Diaspora
   5.2 Refugee aid and war economies
6. Refugees and cross-border movement of small arms
7. Sources of refugees’ small arms
   7.1 Government transfers
   7.2 International markets
   7.3 Thefts and seizures from governments
   7.4 Arms production in refugee camps
8. Factors affecting refugee armaments and policy interventions
9. Conclusions

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