Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Funding opportunity:

Tent Challenge: Employment (Tent Foundation) [info]
- The Tent Foundation "will consider grants of $50,000 to implementing organizations that benefit displaced people" in the area of employment. Apply by 1 July 2017.

Resources:

The Economic Integration of Refugees in Canada: A Mixed Record? (Migration Policy Institute, April 2017) [text]

The Global Refugee Crisis in Urban Settings: Improving Self-reliance and Reducing Aid Dependence, Washington, DC, 6 April 2017 [info]

The Impact of Hosting Refugees on the Intra-household Allocation of Tasks: A Gender Perspective, Working Paper, no. 66/2017 (UNU-WIDER, 2017) [text]

Labor Migration as an Alternative Pathway for Refugees (Forced Migration Forum, April 2017) [text]

Nearly 1,500 Economists Say Immigration Strengthens American Economy in Letter to White House, Congress (ImmigrationProf Blog, April 2017) [text]

"'People just want a chance': The Australian Network Connecting Refugees with Jobs," The Guradian, 11 April 2017 [text]

"Student Comment: Syrian Refugees - Economic Benefit or Substantial Burden on States of the European Union," University of Baltimore Journal of International Law, vol. 5, no. 1 (2016) [full-text]

The Work Permit Maze (Jordan INGO Forum, Dec. 2016) [access via UNHCR]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (6 April 2017)

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