title: The impact of this involuntary mass "return" to Jordan in the wake of the Gulf crisis.
abstract: "This article investigates the impact of the involuntary movement to Jordan of about 300,000 Palestinians in the wake of the Gulf crisis of 1990-91.  It explores the character of the population that arrived en masse in Jordan and whether their arrival burdened or benefitted that country.... The involuntary migration compounded other effects of the Gulf crisis on Jordan and exacerbated the country's already serious economic problems. Integration of the returnees was painful.  But contrary to initial expectations, the mass arrival did not result in unmitigated disaster and may have contributed to an economic recovery in Jordan, suggesting that there may be potentially beneficial windfall effects of sudden population influxes, even when they are involuntary and disorderly."
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007597:Jordan; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Acculturation; Arab Countries; Asia; Cost Benefit Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Evaluation; Gaza Strip (palestine); Immigrants; International Migration; Jordan; Migrants; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Quantitative Evaluation; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Change; Western Asia