Beyond rights-based social protection for forcibly displaced people

Analysis of policy approaches to social protection has become detailed and sophisticated, but does not typically extend beyond the formal rights-based policy provision. The authors investigate how this can be extended to contextualise provision within the wider social and economic context in which displaced people make choices. Rights are often exclusionary and can be time limited. However in some cases, these other forms of provision appear to be preferred and offer an important supplement to state and international humanitarian provision. How these protection options are evaluated and how refugees strategize to maximise their access to social protection are questions that deserve further attention.