Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity: 

CFP: Social Sciences [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on the "Integration and Resettlement of Refugees and Forced Migrants." This is an open access journal. Submit manuscripts by 15 April 2019.

Publications:

Bench-marking the Resettlement Process of New Zealand against Melbourne and Sydney, Australia (Community Matters, May 2018) [text]

Europe Resettlement, January-June 2018 (UNHCR, Aug. 2018) [text]

"Fixing NZ's 'Dismal' Refugee Figures," The Australian, 26 Aug. 2018 [text]

Global Refugee Resettlement: What Do the Statistics Tell Us? (Migration Data Portal Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

The Integration Compact: A Strategy for Maximising the Benefits of Immigration (IPPR, Aug. 2018) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

International Refugee Research: Evidence for Smart Policy, Policy Brief, no. 1 (Virginia Tech, Sept. 2018) [text]

New Book on Refugee Resettlement (PRIO, Aug. 2018) [text]

"A New Deal for Refugees: Global Policies That Aim to Resettle and Integrate Displaced Populations into Local Societies are Providing a Way Forward," New York Times, 21 Aug. 2018 [text]

*"New Zealand to Raise Refugee Quota in 2020," The Guardian, 19 Sept. 2018 [text]

"Refugee Integration: Research and Policy," Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, vol. 24, no. 3 (Aug. 2018) [open access]
- Introduction to special issue.

Refugee Resettlement Hits 10-year Low (IRIN, Sept. 2018) [text]

Refugees in Towns: Supporting Integration of Refugees and Host Communities (Feinstein International Center, 2018) [access]
- More case reports are available from this project, including for various towns in the U.S. and for Cape Town. See also related CFP above.

"Refugees on Nauru Plead for Resettlement as Regional Leaders Meet," Reuters, 5 Sept. 2018 [text]

"The Structural and Institutional Exclusion of Refugees in Australia," Chapter 6 in Refugee Resettlement: Power, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance (Berghahn Books, Aug. 2018) [preprint]

*Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada, RRSC Project Report, no. 9 (Univ. of Vermont, Aug. 2018) [text]

Working Together for Local Integration of Migrants and Refugees in ... (OECD, July 2018)
- See case studies for Athens, Barcelona and Vienna. The main report and other case studies were published earlier and can be accessed here.

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Resettlement to the United States (18 Sept. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (20 Aug. 2018)

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