Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunities:

Webinar: Innovative Finance to Increase Refugee Resettlement, 19 August 2020 [info]

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics/Frontiers in Political Science [info]
- Contributions sought for research topic on "Managing Forced Displacement: Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways." Submission deadline is 28 September 2020.

Call for participants: Public Consultation on the Integration and Inclusion of Migrants and People with a Migrant Background (European Commission) [info]

- Submit feedback by 21 October 2020.

Blog posts & press:

"Australia’s Borders are Shut, So Where Does That Leave Refugees?," Pro Bono Australia, 28 July 2020 [text]

"Life at Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre during Covid-19," Radio New Zealand, 21 July 2020 [text]

"Refugee Resettlement is Close to Collapse. That Was Trump’s Plan," New York Times, 28 July 2020 [text]
- Note: The author of this op-ed recently published this book: After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America (Viking, Aug. 2020).

Reports & journal articles:

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 690, no. 1 (July 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee and Immigrant Integration: Unpacking the Research, Translating It into Policy."

"Does Social Cohesion Solve Forced Migration Riddles? Troubled Concepts and Constrained Practices in Turkey," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 11 April 2020 [preprint]

"The End of Resettlement? U.S. Refugee Policy in the Age of Trump," Social Sciences, vol. 9, no. 8 (July 2020) [open access]

"Has There Been a 'Refugee Crisis'? New Insights on the Recent Refugee Arrivals in Germany and Their Integration Prospects," Soziale Welt, vol. 71, nos. 1-2 (2020) [open access]

“In Search of Opportunity and Community: Internal Migration of Refugees in the United States,” Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 32 (Aug. 2020) [free full-text]

"Integration of Displaced Syrians in Saudi Arabia," Border Crossing, vol. 10, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences Working Paper Series (RESPOND Project) [access]
- Follow link to access reports on Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.

Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027: An Opportunity to Enhance the Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greece (Solidarity Now et al., July 2020) [text via ECRE]

"Navigating Patchwork Governance: Somalis in Kenya, National Security, and Refugee Resettlement," African Studies Review, vol. 63, no. 1 (March 2020) [Academia]

*What Facilitates Refugee Integration? Refugees in Towns Project 2020 Report (Tufts Univ., July 2020) [text]
- See also related executive summary.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (16 July 2020)