18 March 2021

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

Discussion panel: Exporting Canada's Resettlement Model? Reflections on the Private Sponsorship Program, 9 April 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

An Evaluation Concerning Local Integration as a Durable Solution in India (RLI Blog, March 2021) [text]

New Poll Reveals Refugee Sponsorship Increases Support, Reduces Opposition to Resettlement (Niskanen Center, March 2021) [text]

"Syria: A Decade of Flight," The New Humanitarian, 17 March 2021 [text]

Universities Should Be the Next Refugee Sponsors (Niskanen Center, March 2021) [text]
- See also related statement.

New open access books:

Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation
, Athabasca University Press, Feb. 2021 [open access]
- "[A] collection of personal narratives about the refugee experience in Canada. It includes critical perspectives from authors from diverse backgrounds, including refugees, advocates, front-line workers, private sponsors, and civil servants. The narratives collected here confront dominant public discourse about refugee identities and histories and provide deep insight into the social, political, and cultural challenges and opportunities that refugees experience in Canada."

Refugee Journeys: Histories of Resettlement, Representation and Resistance (ANU Press, Feb. 2021) [open access]
- This book "presents stories of how governments, the public and the media have responded to the arrival of people seeking asylum, and how these responses have impacted refugees and their lives. Mostly covering the period from 1970 to the present, the chapters provide readers with an understanding of the political, social and historical contexts that have brought us to the current day. This engaging collection of essays also considers possible ways to break existing policy deadlocks, encouraging readers to imagine a future where we carry vastly different ideas about refugees, government policies and national identities."

Reports:

BMRC Research Digest: Assessment of the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Gatineau: The role of the local context and resources (York Univ., March 2021) [text]

Fairness or Control: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?, HBS Working Paper, no. 21-088 (Harvard Univ., Feb. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Greece.

Language Training and Refugees' Integration, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 14145 (Institute of Labor Economics, Feb. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Denmark.

Journal articles:

"The Challenged Sense of Belonging Scale (CSBS)—a validation study in English, Arabic, and Farsi/Dari among refugees and asylum seekers in Germany," Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 3:3 (Feb. 2021) [open access]
- See also related blog post.

"COVID-19 & Immigrants’ Increased Exclusion: The Politics of Immigrant Integration in Chile and Peru," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 10 March 2021 [open access]

"'I just need to be with my family': resettlement experiences of asylum seeker and refugee survivors of torture," Globalization and Health, 17:27 (March 2021) [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Unaccompanied Refugee Minors and Resettlement: Turning Points Towards Integration," European Journal of Social Psychology, Accepted Articles, 26 Feb. 2021 [open access]
- Focuses on Norway.

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