News re. recent US action on resettlement:
President Biden has signed an Executive Order that re-commits to supporting and expanding refugee resettlement in the US, effectively reversing the steps taken over the last four years by the Trump administration to decimate the program. The new refugee admissions cap will be set at 125,000. Here is the accompanying State Dept. press statement. UNHCR applauded the move, pointing to the low numbers of refugees resettled in 2020 globally. See this Vox article for more info.
Blog posts & press:
Could the Biden administration pressure Australia to adopt more humane refugee policies? (The Conversation, Jan. 2021) [text]
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum and the recommendations of the EU Commission on legal pathways to protection in the European Union (Human Rights Here Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]
"The long road to sorting out US refugee resettlement," The New Humanitarian, 26 Jan. 2021 [text]
"The pandemic is no excuse to shut the door on refugee resettlement," The New Humanitarian, 25 Jan. 2021 [text]
Refugees in new locations and destinations: lifelines and backlashes (COMPAS Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on the US.
"Small groups of refugee families to be allowed into New Zealand," RNZ, 5 Feb. 2021 [text]
With refugee resettlement at a record low in 2020, UNHCR calls on States to offer places and save lives (UNHCR, Jan. 2021) [text]
- Note: Includes a link to a factsheet summarizing resettlement data for 2020.
Journal articles:
"Co-production Through Volunteerism in Emergency Management: Drawing Lessons from Canada’s Syrian Refugee Resettlement Initiative," Canadian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 1, no. 1 (2020) [open access]
"The Impact of Syrian Refugee Arrivals on Local Systems of Support in Canada," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 4 Jan. 2021 [free full-text]
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 80 (in progress) (Jan. 2021) [access]
- Focuses on integration, adaptation and social challenges for refugees and immigrants. The texts of all articles can be accessed for free; three of them are open access.
Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee Resettlement in Early Twenty-First Century New Zealand."
"Special Section: Return, Remixing and Reconciliation after Conflict," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 5 Feb. 2021 [open access]
- Note: The three articles referenced in this overview are not yet available.
Resource:
Migration and the Law Database: A new global benchmark on integration policies (KNOMAD) [access]
- "KNOMAD has compiled a global database of national legal frameworks affecting the integration of economic migrants and refugees. ...Data is provided for 20 qualitative indicators across four dimensions: economic opportunities, health care, housing, and political integration." More info is provided in this blog post.
Multimedia:
Local Integration of Refugees: The Southern African Experience, 19 Jan. 2021 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.
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