Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunities:

Call for participation: 6th European Migration Forum, Brussels, 2-3 June 2020 [info]
- The theme of the forum is "Making Integration Work: Towards a More Inclusive European Society." Submission deadline is 3 March 2020.

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees [info]
- The Spring 2020 issue will focus on "Complementary Pathways to Refugees’ Protection." Articles are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Frontiers in Human Dynamics & Frontiers in Political Science [info]
- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Managing Forced Displacement: Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways." Manuscripts can be submitted to either of the a/m journals. Submission deadline is 24 March 2020.

Blog posts & press:

"The Cracks in Our Admired Private Refugee Sponsorship Program," Policy Options Magazine, 30 Jan. 2020 [text]

First Major Group of Ethiopian Refugees Return Home from Kenya (UNHCR, Feb. 2020) [text]

The Future of Refugee Resettlement: Made in Europe? (MPI Commentary, Feb. 2020) [text]

More Resettlement Needed as Only 4.5 Per Cent of Global Resettlement Needs Met in 2019 (UNHCR, Feb. 2020) [text]

Resettlement at a Glance (January-December 2019) (UNHCR, Feb. 2020)
- Follow link for infographic.

Reports & journal articles:

"Despite Trump Invitation to Stop Taking Refugees, Red and Blue States Alike Endorse Resettlement," Migration Information Source, 29 Jan. 2020 [full-text]

Límites y Retos del Estado: Procesos de Integración de la Comunidad Venezolana en Perú (Lutheran World Relief et al., Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Path of Least Resistance? EU Cities and Locally Organised Resettlement," Forced Migration Review, no. 63 (Feb. 2020) [open access]

*"Refuge under Austerity: The UK’s Refugee Settlement Schemes and the Multiplying Practices of Bordering," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 27 Jan. 2020 [Academia]

Rethinking Return: Lessons from Colombia, Liberia and Nigeria (Woodrow Wilson School & Mercy Corps, March 2019; posted Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Somalia: Lessons Learned from the EU RE-INTEG Durable Solutions Consortia (2017-2020) (ReDSS, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

When "Self-Sufficiency" is not Sufficient: How the American Refugee Resettlement System Fails to Protect and Fulfill Refugees' Social and Economic Rights, Thesis (Columbia Univ., 2020) [text]

Watch for:

ECRE/UNHCR Thematic Report Launch: "Follow the Money III" [info]
- On 3 March 2020, UNHCR and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) will launch the “Follow the Money III” report, on the use of AMIF financial incentives (lump sums) provided to EU Member States participating in refugee resettlement and intra-EU relocation. The objectives of the report are to map and assess how the use of AMIF funds incentivises the use of safe and legal routes for those seeking international protection."

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (23 Jan. 2020)

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