What Makes Me Want You Here? Refugee Integration in a Zambian Settlement Setting

Many of the world’s refugees remain in Africa, where they stay long-term, mainly neighboring countries. The present directions point to integration, which host society and political surroundings play a key role. This paper aims investigate ways public opinion towards contact with support integration processes. We apply this research settlement setting rural Zambia, recent dataset 275 households from 2018, an econometric analysis. is first study dealing set factors that affect hosts’ African context, respect Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework produced by United Nations. Our results show, particularly, religiosity, group membership, life satisfaction, food insecurity, agricultural ownership natural resource uses be main need policy consideration for promotion refugee integration. Stakeholders host–refugee settings seeking durable solutions should roll out community programs address threat perceptions interaction improvements.