Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

$100 Million to Improve Access to Jobs and Create Better Work Conditions for Jordanians and Syrian Refugees (World Bank, June 2020) [text]

Asylum Seeker Set to Challenge “Illusory” Right to Work Rules (Free Movement Blog, June 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Canada Continues to Explore Innovative Solutions for Refugees (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, June 2020) [text]

The Italian Plan for Regularisation: Real Progress for Migrants’ Rights? (MPC Blog, June 2020) [text]

Refugees: The Entrepreneurs That Society must Support (World Economic Forum Blog, June 2020) [text]

Syrian Refugees in Jordan: How a Focus on Human Rights can Help Secure Economic Livelihoods (RLI Blog, May 2020) [text]

UNHCR: Businesses Have a Vital Role to Play in Helping Refugees through COVID-19 (World Economic Forum Blog, June 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

COVID-19 Derails Canadian Immigration (Royal Bank of Canada, May 2020) [text]

[Employers' Guides to Hiring Refugees and Asylum Seekers] (TENT)
- Now available for Brazil and Italy.

Jobs Interventions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Working Paper, no. 47 (World Bank, June 2020) [text]

Protecting the Rights at Work of Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Policy-makers and Constituents (ILO, June 2020) [text via Refworld]
- See also Spanish version.

"Temporary Migrant Work and the Bonds of Citizenship," UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, vol. 23 (2019) [SSRN]

"Voluntary Work as a New Frontier in the Precarisation of Migrant Workers: The Case of Asylum Seekers in Italy," Vergentis Journal, vol. 1, no. 10 (2020) [open access]

Multimedia:

Refugees and COVID-19: What can Businesses do?, Webinar, 14 April 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video.

Refugees and COVID-19: How Companies are Stepping Up, Webinar, 13 May 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video.

Refugees and COVID-19: The Economic Impact on Refugees, 24 June 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (6 June 2020)