08 November 2021

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunities: 

Virtual Town Hall for Afghanistan Resettlement Stakeholders, 9 November 2021 [info]
- Focuses on the US. See related blog post below.

Webinar: Resettlement, Complementary Pathways and the Global Compact on Refugees, 23 November 2021 [info]
- This event will launch a special issue of Frontiers in Human Dynamics that focused on "Managing Forced Displacement: Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways in light of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (GCR)."

Blog posts & press:

Here’s How Americans Can Sponsor Afghan Refugees as They Resettle in US Communities (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]
- See also related ABC News article.

Housing First transformed homelessness in the USA, could it do the same for refugee resettlement? (MPC Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

More than 60,000 Burundian refugees voluntarily return home this year (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]
- See also related news story.

UNHCR restarts operation to help return of refugees from the Central African Republic (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

*"Analysing the Effect of the Global Compact on Refugees and Complementary Pathways on Attaining Durable Solutions: Reconciling Permanence and Flexibility," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 45 (2021) [full-text]

*"Conceptually Different, Practically the Same? Impact of the Global Compact on Refugees and Complementary Pathways on Expanding Durable Solutions," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 42 (2021) [full-text]

"Debunking integration: ‘Methodological nationalism’ in migration research," Routed Magazine, no. 17 (Oct. 2021) [text]

"Defining Adjustment to Address the Missing Link between Refugees and Their Resettlement Communities," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 18 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Information Spotlighting in Americans’ Decisions Surrounding Refugee Resettlement Policy," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [free full-text]

"Integration Experiences of Former Afghan Refugees in Australia: What Challenges Still Remain after Becoming Citizens?," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 18 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

"Local Integration as a Durable Solution? Negotiating Socioeconomic Spaces between Refugees and Host Communities in Rural Northern Uganda," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 19 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"The Mental Health of Refugees during a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Resettled Bhutanese Refugees," Asian Bioethics Review, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [free full-text
- "This paper is the first of two in a series."

"The Mental Health of Refugees during a Pandemic: Striving toward Social Justice through Social Determinants of Health and Human Rights," Asian Bioethics Review, Latest Articles, 13 Sept. 2021 [free full-text]

"Migrants in Brazil's biggest city: How São Paulo reduced crime, encouraged integration and supported enterprising migrants," Routed Magazine, no. 17 (Oct. 2021) [text]

"The Resettlement Gap: A Record Number of Global Refugees, but Few Are Resettled," Migration Information Source, 22 Oct. 2021 [text]

"The Role of Place Attachment in Promoting Refugees’ Well-Being and Resettlement: A Literature Review," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 21 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

"'We Are from Nowhere': A Qualitative Assessment of the Impact of Collective Trauma from the Perspective of Resettled Bhutanese Refugees," Health Equity, vol. 5, no. 1 (2021) [open access]
- Focuses on the US. 

Multimedia:

Bienvenida a los Migrantes Venezolanos, Innovaciones en las Políticas de Integración en Colombia, 14 Oct. 2021 [access]

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