Thematic Focus: Solutions

Events:

Discussion: The Forgotten Refugee Resettlement Consensus, Washington, DC, 19 September 2019 [info]
*- Note: See related paper below.

Talk: Placement Optimization in Refugee Resettlement, Amherst, MA, 27 September 2019 [info]

Blog posts & media:

Thousands of DR Congo Refugees Head Home to Kasai Region from Angola (UNHCR, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Note: The Tripartite Agreement referenced in the a/m new story is available via ecoi.net.

"Manus and Nauru Refugees in Australia on Medical Grounds Can Apply for US Move," The Guardian, 6 Sept. 2019 [text]
- Note: Refugees have until 20 September to apply for resettlement.

Starting Out in Smaller Communities May be Better for Refugee Populations (Univ. of Alberta, Aug. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Access to Durable Solutions among IDPs in Iraq: Moving in Displacement (IOM & Georgetown Univ., Sept. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Migrant Integration and Cultural Capital in the Context of Sport and Physical Activity: A Systematic Review," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 20, no. 3 (Aug. 2019) [open access]

"Street‐level Bureaucrats, Policy Learning, and Refugee Resettlement: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Saskatoon, Canada," Canadian Public Administration = Administration publique du Canada, vol. 62, no. 3 (Sept. 2019) [free full-text]

Stronger Together: The Impact of Family Separation on Refugees and Humanitarian Migrants in Australia (Oxfam, Aug. 2019) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

Thematic Listing of Forced Migration Review Articles on...Return (FMR, April 2019) [text]

United States:

*The Cost of Outsourcing Refugees (Jeffrey S. Chase Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

*The Forgotten Refugee Resettlement Consensus and Motivation (Niskanen Center, Sept. 2019) [text]

Key Facts about Refugees to the U.S. (Pew Research Fact Tank, Sept. 2019) [text]

Trump Administration Considers Lowering the Refugee Cap to Zero (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

Trump’s Duplicitous Justification for Lowering Refugee Admissions (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

"Trump’s Refugee Cuts Threaten Deep Consequences at Home and Abroad," New York Times, 11 Sept. 2019 [text]
- See also a related NYT explainer on the U.S refugee program.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (18 Aug. 2019)

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