In sharp contrast to the orthodox understanding of refugees as resourceless and disadvantaged victims, this article examines the impact that business operations of Istanbul-based Syrian refugee businesspeople have on their host economy, as well as determining which factors contribute to overcoming the social and legal challenges that prevent them from building their livelihoods. Since the impact of refugees on host countries is one of the main factors in a two-way process of integration between hosts and migrants, the analysis also takes into account the Turkish businesspeople's perspectives on Syrians. I argue that a reinvestigation of the diverse socio-economic make-up of refugees is crucial for examining refugees’ impact on host countries and for the planning of refugee policies, since the strategies refugees apply for overcoming (or alleviating) the challenges they encounter in the host countries are closely related to their pre-refuged capital and can be transferred to the host countries.

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经济富裕的难民：以伊斯坦布尔为基地的叙利亚难民商人的商业运作案例研究

与将难民视为资源匮乏和处境不利的受害者的正统理解形成鲜明对比，本文研究了总部位于伊斯坦布尔的叙利亚难民商人的商业运营对其东道国经济的影响，并确定哪些因素有助于克服社会和法律挑战阻碍他们建立生计。由于难民对东道国的影响是东道国和移民双向融合过程中的主要因素之一，因此该分析还考虑了土耳其商人对叙利亚人的看法。我认为，重新调查难民的不同社会经济构成对于审查难民对东道国的影响和规划难民政策至关重要，