Thematic Focus: Solutions

United States

Administration Should Increase, Not Decrease, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Refugee Ceiling: New CMS Report Shows Refugees Successfully Integrate and Strongly Contribute to United States (Center for Migration Studies, Aug. 2018) [text]

"Crystalline Empowerment: Negotiating Tensions in Refugee Resettlement," Organization Studies, OnlineFirst, 24 Jan. 2018 [free full-text]

"Donald Trump isn't Just Slashing the Refugee Quota, He's Dismantling the Entire Resettlement System," The Intercept, 15 Aug. 2018 [text]

"Eisenhower Signs Refugee Relief Act, Aug. 7, 1953," Politico, 7 Aug. 2018 [text]

*"Exclusive: Pentagon Raises Alarm about Sharp Drop in Iraqi Refugees Coming to U.S.," Reuters, 20 Aug. 2018 [text]

"From TripAdvisor, a Program to Help Refugees Get to Know the U.S.," New York Times, 31 July 2018 [text]

"Fulfilling U.S. Commitment to Refugee Resettlement: Protecting Refugees, Preserving National Security & Building the U.S. Economy Through Refugee Admissions," Texas A&M Law Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (2018) [full-text]

"'Miller is not deterred': Top Immigration Aide Pushing Cuts in Refugee Numbers," Politico, 2 Aug. 2018 [text]
- See also related NYT article.

"'My World Is Upside Down': Transnational Iraqi Youth and Parent Perspectives on Resettlement in the United States," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 16, no. 4 (2018) [ResearchGate]

“'There won't even be a paper trail': Has Stephen Miller Become a Shadow Master at the State Department?", Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2018 [text]

"Trump's Refugee Crackdown Plans Put Pompeo on the Spot," Politico, 8 Aug. 2018 [text]

*"US Elected Officials Call for More Refugees," VOA News, 15 Aug. 2018 [text]

The US Must Not Turn Its Back on Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2018) [text]

What a National Decline in Refugee Resettlement Looks Like for Wisconsin (WisCONTEXT, July 2018) [text]

Elsewhere

Event: Special Presentation by Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen on Refugees, Migrants and Integration, Sydney, 31 August 2018 [info]

Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 50, no. 2 (2018) [contents]
- Special issue on "Canada's Syrian Refugee Program, Intergroup Relationships and Identities."

Community-led Refugee Sponsorship: What Can Australia Learn from the UK Experience?, Sydney, 26 June 2018 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

How Refugees’ Trauma Became ‘Currency’ in Resettlement (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2018) [text]

"Introduction: Refugee Resettlement as Humanitarian Governance - Power Dynamics," Chapter in Refugee Resettlement: Power, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance (Berghahn Books, Aug. 2018) [free full-text]

Protecting Families and Facilitating Their Integration (Center for Migration Studies, July 2018) [text]

Refugees are Integrating Just Fine in Regional Australia (The Conversation, Aug. 2018) [text]

Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada (York University, Aug. 2018) [access]
- See also related news release.

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (27 July 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (United States) (27 July 2018)

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