23 October 2020

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Senior Policy and Project Officer, Rural Integration, ICMC [info]
- Apply by 28 October 2020.
 
Blog posts & press:

"Australia to Reduce Refugee Intake under COVID-19 Budget Cuts," VOA News, 10 Oct. 2020 [text]

*Canada’s response to the Global Compact on Refugees: Are we doing enough? (Protection Project Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

*"Donald Trump’s Refugee Policy Is Bureaucratic Sadism," The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2020 [text]

International Refugee Sponsorship Programs: The Current State of Play (Niskanen Center Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

The Refugee Consultation Process Has Failed. Here’s How Congress Can Reassert Authority (Niskanen Center Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon are Misled on Their Chances of Coming to Canada (The Conversation, Oct. 2020) [text]

US, Australia Hit New Lows on Refugee Resettlement (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2020) [text]

When Refugees Become Migrants: State ‘Cherry-picking’ for Refugee Protection (RLI Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on resettlement.

Reports & journal articles:

AMIF: Incentivising Resettlement, Relocation and Integration, Not Dublin Returns (ECRE, Oct. 2020) [text]

Burundi: Urgent Funding Requirements - Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees Returning from Rwanda and Tanzania (September - December 2020) (UNHCR, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Debunking “Extreme Vetting”: Recommendations to Build Back the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (International Refugee Assistance Project, Oct. 2020) [text]

"Failed Promise of Equality: Iranian Women’s Integration in the Netherlands," International Migration, Early View, 15 Oct. 2020 [open access]

The Future of Refugee Resettlement & Complementary Pathways: Strengthening Sustainable and Strategic Humanitarian Solutions for Refugees (Church World Service, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Kinship between Refugee and Family Sponsorship, Working Paper, no. 4 (Ryerson Univ., Aug. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Linking Migration Aspirations to Integration Prospects: The Experience of Syrian Refugees in Sweden," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Oct, 2020 [open access]

Literature Review on Best Practices in Government-funded Services Supporting the Resettlement and Integration of Government-Assisted Refugees, CSLS Research Report, no. 9 (Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Oct. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Canada. See also related appendix.

"Transition in Occupations of Refugees During Resettlement," Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 8, no. 4 (2020) [open access]
- Focuses on the US. 

Multimedia:

Republicans Make The Case for Refugees, Expert Panel, 20 Oct. 2020 [access]
- Focuses on the US. Follow link for video recording. 

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