18 May 2023

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

*Global Lessons for Kenya to Improve Refugees’ Access to Work Permits (RI Blog, May 2023) [text]

How to better integrate refugees into the labour market (World Economic Forum Blog, April 2023) [text]

South Africa is scrapping special work permits for Zimbabweans - migrants will be left exposed (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

Reports:

Displaced Ukrainians in European Labor Markets: Leveraging Innovations for More Inclusive Integration (Migration Policy Institute, May 2023) [text]

Employing People from a Refugee Background (Univ. of Sydney & Crescent Foundation, May 2023) [access]
- Follow link for two reports: "Bridging the Gap between Intention and Action: Policy Insights" and "How to Bridge the Gap between Intention and Action: Employer Insights." Focuses on Australia.

Guía práctica para la inclusión financiera de población refugiada y migrante (Govt. of Peru, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

How Companies in the U.S. Can Mentor Refugee Women: A Step-by-step Guide (TENT Partnership & LIRS, May 2023) [text]

The humanitarian development nexus in action: A review and mapping of market-led approaches in forced displacement contexts (ILO & UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

Migration and Decent Work: Challenges for the Global South (UNU, May 2023) [text]

Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice in Uganda: A baseline study on the right to work and rights at work for refugees (ILO, Jan. 2023) [text]

*Using the Self-Reliance Index to adapt organizational processes and programming (Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, May 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Countering Indeterminate Temporariness: Sheltering work in refugee camps," Organization Studies, vol. 44, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Lebanon.

"How Do Migrants Fare in the Irish Labor Market? Country of Origin, Gender, Asylum and Ethnicity Effects," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 26 April 2023 [open access]

*"Negotiating In(security): Agency and Adaptation Among Zimbabwean Migrant Women Working in the Informal Sector in South Africa," The Oriental Anthropologist, OnlineFirst, 16 May 2023 [open access]

"Penalties and payoffs: The short-term economic consequences of human capital acquisition for resettled refugees in the United States," International Migration, Early View, 15 April 2023 [open access]

*"Refugees as Skilled Migrants: Insights from Australia’s 2018 Employer-Sponsored Refugee Migration Pilot," Social Indicators Research, Latest Articles, 13 May 2023 [open access]

"Taking high-stakes venture to make ends meet? Determinants and impacts of international migration of Ethiopians to the Middle East," Comparative Migration Studies, 11:12 (May 2023) [open access]

Resource:

Why You Should Hire Refugees (Univ. of Sydney) [access]
- This page highlights resources to help employers access the refugee talent pool.

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