Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

*183 Organizations Send Letter to Trump and Pompeo Asking for a PD of 95,000 (Refugee Council USA, Aug. 2020) [text]

Americans' Attitudes Towards Refugees are Becoming Increasingly Open (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Burundian Refugees Face Uncertain Future after Years in Rwanda," DW, 28 Aug. 2020 [text]

*Congress Must Demand Robust Refugee Consultation Amid Record Low Admissions and COVID-19 (Niskanen Center Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Eleven Refugees Flown from Papua New Guinea to Resettle in US Despite Covid-19 Pandemic," The Guardian, 26 Aug. 2020 [text]

*"Locked Out by COVID, Refugees' Lives on Hold," Reuters, 31 Aug. 2020 [text]

Separate Reports Find That the Integration of Migrants in Germany is Proceeding 'Well' (InfoMigrants, Aug. 2020) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

"The U.S. Hired Me to Protect Refugees. Now It Tells Me to Abandon Them," Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Continuing Welcome: A Progress Report on A Half Welcome (Citizens for Public Justice, June 2020) [access]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Coronavirus, Refugees, and Government Policy: The State of U.S. Refugee Resettlement during the Coronavirus Pandemic," World Medical & Health Policy, Early View, 9 Aug. 2020 [free full-text]

"Cultivating Civic Belonging for Resettled Refugees," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 34, no. 3 (2020) [full-text]
- Focuses on both the US and Canada.

"The Dilemma of Ghana-Based Liberian Refugees and the Challenges of Repatriation and Integration," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 May 2020 [ResearchGate]

"The Impacts of Refugee Repatriation on Receiving Communities," Journal of Economic Geography, Advance Articles, 2 April 2020 [abstract]
- Focuses on Burundi. See also related COMPAS blog post.

"Is Voluntary Repatriation the Preferred Durable Solution? The View of Refugees in South Africa," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 6, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2020) [open access]

"The Legal Abyss of Discretion in the Resettlement of Refugees: Cherry-Picking and the Lack of Due Process in the EU," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 32, no. 1 (March 2020) [preprint]

"Legal Pathways for Refugees to Europe: Developments and Challenges," European Insights, no. 4 (Aug. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for a brief, news articles, and interviews.

*Private Sponsorship in Refugee Admission: Standard in Canada, Trend in Germany?, Research Brief, no. 1 (Ryerson Univ., July 2020) [text]

*"Problematique de l’Integration des Réfugiés Ghanéens dans la Région Centrale au Togo: De 1994 a 2015," Journal de la Recherche Scientifique de l’Université de Lomé, vol. 21, no. 2 (2019) [abstract]

Using Innovative Finance to Increase Refugee Resettlement (Center for Global Development, Aug. 2020) [text]
- See also related blog post.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (9 Aug. 2020)