15 January 2021

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts:

Court Blocks One of Trump’s Final Efforts to Keep Out Refugees (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Record Low Refugee Resettlement calls for more Complementary Resettlement Pathways (Refugee Pathways, Nov. 2020) [text]

Reports:

Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement 2021: Concept Note (Govt. of Switzerland, Swiss Refugee Council & UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [access]
- Note: The 2021 ATCR is tentatively scheduled for 28-29 June 2021 in Geneva.

Cities as Home: Understanding Belonging and Acceptance among IDPs and Host Communities in Iraq (IOM, Oct. 2020) [access]
- Follow link for texts in English and Arabic. See also related 1) report on local regulations relating to COVID-19 and their impact on local integration, and 2) set of factsheets and case studies on local integration.

"Gender and the Resettlement of Yazidis in Calgary: A Deep Dive in the Resettlement, Health, Carework and Education Processes," Chapter in Metropolis Canada Conference (22nd): Selected Presentations (2020) [full-text]

Articles:

"Faith and Mental Health Help Shape the Integration of Muslim Refugees in Germany," Migration Information Source, 7 Jan. 2021 [text]

"Housing and health for people with refugee- and asylum-seeking backgrounds: a photovoice study in Australia," Housing Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Dec. 2020 [open access]

"Local elected officials’ receptivity to refugee resettlement in the United States," PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 117, no. 50 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

"People and places: Bridging the information gaps in refugee integration," Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 72, no. 1 (Jan. 2021) [open access]
- Focuses on the UK.

"Syrian Refugees in Canada and Transculturalism: Relationship between Media, Integration and Identity," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 March 2020 [Academia]

*"A Tale of Two Cities: IDPs Plan for Their Durable Solutions in Darfur," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [free full-text]

"Triple Nexus Implementation and Implications for Durable Solutions for Internal Displacement: On Paper and in Practice," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

"The Upward Spiral Towards Local Integration of IDPs: Agency and Economics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

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