Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press: 

Afghans Steered to States with ‘Help Wanted’ Signs, Pro-Immigrant Bent (Pew Stateline Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

High-Level Forum on providing protection to Afghans at risk (European Commission, Oct. 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post and tweet from the HCR.

"‘Moral imperative’ to help behind Canada’s pledge to resettle 40,000 Afghan refugees," Global and Mail, 28 Sept. 2021 [text]

"Refugee admissions hit record low, despite Biden’s reversal," AP News, 4 Oct. 2021 [text]

US, Canada and NZ support needed as Australia abandons refugees in PNG (Refugee Council of Australia, Oct. 2021) [text]

Why Joe Biden should emulate Canada and go big on private refugee resettlement (The Conversation, Oct. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Community Sponsorship Scheme: Supporting refugees and volunteers during the Covid-19 pandemic (Univ. of Birmingham, ) [access]

- Focuses on the UK. Follow link for full report, a toolkit and three evaluation reports.

Does Refugee Resettlement Impact State and Local Finances? The Fiscal Effects of the Refugee Resettlement Program (UC San Diego, Sept. 2021) [text]

Housing, Land and Property Rights in Iraq: An Assessment of Progress Towards Durable Solutions in Line with the Pinheiro Principles (IOM, Sept. 2021) [text]

Irresolvable Dilemmas? The Prospects for Repatriation for Syrian Refugees, MidEast Policy Brief, no. 3 (PRIO, Oct. 2021) [text]

Local Peacebuilders Pave the Way for Dignified Refugee Resettlement (Peace Direct, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Afghans.

Report to Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2022 (U.S. State Dept., Sept. 2021) [text]

- See also advance copy of the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2022, related Twitter thread, and UNHCR briefing note.

Journal articles:

"Integration as Making Place," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Oct. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Ireland.

"Palestinians in France: Integration Versus Community Integration," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 29 Sept. 2021 [free full-text]

"Treading a Fine Line: 'Voluntary Repatriation' between being a durable solution for refugees in theory and a way to circumvent non-refoulement in practice," International Journal of Doctrine, Judiciary and Legislation, vol. 2, no. 2 (Autumn 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion (SI4RI): Sowing Innovation in the Cracks of Crisis, 4 Oct. 2021 [access]

Resource:

Refugee-background and ethnic migrant communities (Community Research) [access]

- "In this research collection, we identify, highlight, and nurture community-based research on topical issues affecting refugee-background and ethnic migrants communities living in Aotearoa New Zealand." See also related Voxy article.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (16 Sept. 2021)