Thematic Focus: Solutions

News:

Politico reported last night that the Trump administration is considering a virtual elimination of the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Officials have been meeting as part of the annual process of setting the refugee admissions cap. Recommendations must be submitted by 1 August 2019. As this NPR article notes, refugee admissions to the U.S. were already greatly reduced in 2018. (The current cap is 30,000, down from 45,000.) Moreover, this Niskanen Center blog post points to the regional discrepancies reflected in FY2019 admissions to date, while this analysis by the International Rescue Committee highlights the extent to which religious minorities have been particularly impacted by the reduced numbers. See also this comment from the Center for Migration Studies.

Publications:

The Afghanistan Situation: Strengthening International Solidarity & Achieving Solutions (UNHCR, July 2019) [text]

An Analysis of UNHCR’s 2018 Global Refugee Statistics: How Generous is Australia’s Refugee Program Compared to Other Countries? (Refugee Council of Australia, July 2019) [text]

"The Asylum Seekers in Non-Metropolitan Areas in France: Between Temporary Integration and Leading to Autonomy - The Case of the Ambertois Territory," Social Sciences, vol. 8, no. 7 (July 2019) [open access]

BVOR Briefing Note (Centre for Refugee Studies, May 2019) [text]
- Note: BVOR = The Blended Visa Office-Referred Program, which "matches refugees identified for resettlement by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with private sponsors in Canada."

"Five Things You Need to Know About: The Science of Refugee Integration," Horizon, 1 July 2019 [text]

"Integration in the Shadow of Austerity: Refugees in Newcastle upon Tyne," Social Sciences, vol. 8, no. 7 (July 2019) [open access]

"Integration Trends among Syrian Refugees: The Case of Gaziantep City," Üniversitesi Ayıntab Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]

IOM Resettlement: The UN Migration Agency (IOM, 2019) [text]

"A Prospect of Staying? Differentiated Access to Integration for Asylum Seekers in Germany," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 8 July 2019 [preprint]

"Refugee Resettlement Cheaper Than Expected," Iceland Review, 28 June 2019 [text]

*"Solutions," 75th Meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/70/SC/CRP.12 (EXCOM, May 2019) [text]

Tripartite Agreement for the Voluntary Repatriation of Central African Refugees Living in Cameroon Between the Government of the Republic of Cameroon, the Governments of the Central African Republic and UNHCR, Yaounde, 29 June 2019 [text]

UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2020 (UNHCR, July 2019) [text]
- Launched at the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement, Geneva, 1-2 July 2019. According to the report, "more than 1.44 million refugees currently residing in over 60 refugee hosting countries will be in need of resettlement in 2020." See the press release for more info. Also presented a the ATR was the Three-year Strategy (2019-2021) on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways.

What Role Can Refugee Resettlement Play in Addressing the Border Crisis? (Niskanen Center Blog, July 2019) [text]

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (18 June 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (18 June 2019)

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