Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

"How Biden Plans to Undo Trump’s Nativist Agenda," Slate, 29 June 2020 [text]
- See also Joe Biden's statement on World Refugee Day.

Two Worlds Apart? Comparing Local Integration Politics in Urban and Rural Municipalities in Germany (FAU, July 2020) [text]

"What Happened to Tasmania's Intake of Australia's 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi Refugees?," SBS News, 27 June 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Closed Doors: Persecuted Christians and the U.S. Refugee Resettlement and Asylum Processes (World Relief & Open Doors USA, July 2020) [text]

"Does Community Size Matter in the Settlement Process? The Experience of Syrian Refugees in Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 4 July 2020 [free full-text]

Economic and Social Integration of Syrian Refugees and Their Intention to Stay in Germany, Paper presented at the ERF 26th Annual Conference, 23 June 2020 [text]

*End Line Evaluation of Durable Solutions for Returnees and IDPs in Somalia (DSRIS) Project (CARE et al., March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Evaluation of Canadian Refugee Resettlement Programs in the Assimilation of Refugees," Western Undergraduate Economics Review, vol. 19 (2020) [full-text]

Knowledge Matters, no. 27 (May 2020) [access]
- Special issue on "Durable Solutions in Somalia." Follow link for versions in English, Somali and French.

Listening to Displacement-affected Communities over Time: Understanding Intentions and Aspirations in Support of Durable Solutions - Baidoa, Dollow, Kismayo and Mogadish 2019 (Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugee Naturalization and Integration," Chapter in Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law (Oxford Univ. Press, Forthcoming 2021) [preprint]

Resettlement and Complementary Pathways, 78th Meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/71/SC/CRP.10 (EXCOM, July 2020) [text]

"The Shifting Landscape of International Resettlement: Canada, the US and Syrian Refugees," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 30 June 2020 [free full-text]

Update on Voluntary Repatriation, 78th Meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/71/SC/CRP.11 (EXCOM, July 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Pressing ‘Reset’ on Resettlement: How a Lifeline can Survive COVID-19, 2 July 2020 [info]
- Follow link for podcast and video recording.

Web site:

Sustainable Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Initiative (CRISP) [access]
- "[A] UNHCR-IOM led initiative that aims to support States and key stakeholders to establish, expand or renew resettlement programmes and advance complementary pathways of admission."

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (26 June 2020)