Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

Australia’s special visa program for Ukrainians to end, despite war raging on (The Conversation, July 2022) [text]

"Costa Rica prepares plan to regularize status of 200,000 mostly Nicaraguan migrants," Reuters, 10 Aug. 2022 [text]

Emerging from COVID, the US Refugee Resettlement Program Enters a Critical Phase (CMS, Aug. 2022) [text]

The experiences of forced migrants in the US and Ireland shows the need for more humane and sustainable refugee and asylum policies (USAPP Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

"Homes for Ukraine: Quarter of refugee sponsors do not want to carry on," BBC News, 11 Aug. 2022 [text]

"Is Poland’s smooth reception of Ukrainian refugees heading for trouble?," The New Humanitarian, 4 Aug. 2022 [text]

"Refugee resettlement: Pledges kept and unkept," The New Humanitarian, 5 Aug. 2022 [text]

- Scroll down for the latest on resettlement in the US.

*Time to treat Afghan allies with same respect as those fleeing Ukraine (The Hill, Aug. 2022) [text]

See also ASILE's forum on "EU Temporary Protection Responses to the  Ukraine War and the Future of the EU Asylum System" for additional related posts.

Reports & journal articles:

Canadian Immigration Policy and the Russo-Ukraine War, Research Paper, no. 15:23 (Univ. of Calgary, Aug. 2022) [text]

- See also related CBC News article.

CESifo Forum, vol. 23, no. 4 (2022) [full-text]

- Issue includes a focus on "How Can Europe Handle the Ukrainian Refugee Challenge?"

*Dignity in Repatriation: What does it mean for UNHCR?, RLI Working Paper, no. 63 (Refugee Law Initiative, Aug. 2022) [text]

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Repatriation Programmes and Activities 2015–2021, ES/2022/04 (UNHCR, May 2022) [text]

- "The evaluation conducted in-depth case studies in six countries, including three countries of origin (Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR) and Colombia) and three countries of asylum (Iran, Republic of Congo (RoC) and Tanzania)."

"Public policy towards immigrants in Poland’s shrinking cities: The case study of the city of Lomza," International Migration, Early View, 2 Aug. 2022 [open access]

Social Cohesion in Europe Literature Review (British Council & COMPAS, March 2022) [text]

Social Cohesion in Türkiye: Programming Model and Guide (UNHCR, Aug. 2022) [text]

Solutions, UN Doc. No. EC/73/SC/CRP.13, 84th Meeting of the EXCOM Standing Committee, 24 June 2022 [text]

- See also related remarks.

Voices of Syrians: Resettled Refugees in Ireland (IOM & Govt. of Ireland, Aug. 2022) [text]

- See also related Irish Times article.

Warm Welcomes, Lurking Tensions: Important Lessons from the Global South for Countries Hosting Refugees from Ukraine (World Vision, Aug. 2022) [text]

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (28 July 2022)