06 July 2023

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

As Canada welcomes historic numbers of immigrants, how can communities be more welcoming? (The Conversation, June 2023) [text]

First Anniversary of Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

UNHCR, DR Congo, and Rwanda discuss voluntary repatriation, and durable solutions for returning refugees (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

U.S. cities share why they welcome refugees to their communities (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]
- See also related story on Boston.

Reports:

Building the Welcome Corps, an Alternative Pathway for Refugees: A Conversation with Craig Damian Smith (Rice Univ., June 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Creating Accessible Regional Pathways for Migrant Women and Families: Lessons from the Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (Women's Refugee Commission, June 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Durable Solutions for IDPs: Normative Anchors in International Human Rights Law (Researching Internal Displacement, June 2023) [text]

Immigrants’ sense of belonging to Canada by province of residence (Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada, June 2023) [text]

Improving Stakeholder Coordination in Refugee Resettlement: A Path to More Effective, Inclusive Programs (Migration Policy Institute, June 2023) [text]
- "The analysis draws on interviews with local, regional, national, and international stakeholders, primarily from Argentina, Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United States."

Safe Pathways for Refugees III: OECD-UNHCR Study on Pathways Used by Refugees Linked to Family Reunification, Study Programmes and Labour Mobility between 2010 and 2021 (OECD & UNHCR, June 2023) [access]
- Follow link for press release, text of the report and access to an interactive dashboard.

Journal articles:

"Attitudes of Refugees Towards Integration: The Experience of South Sudanese Refugees in Adjumani District in Uganda," Society, vol. 60, no. 2 (2023) [free full-text]

"The coloniality of migration and integration: continuing the discussion," Comparative Migration Studies, 11:19 (July 2023) [open access]

"Dyadic relations between refugees and volunteers: Support exchange and reciprocity experienced in buddy projects in Flanders, Belgium," Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, vol. 5 (2023) [open access]

"Trajectories of psychological distress and social integration in newly resettled refugees: findings from the Building a New Life in Australia longitudinal study," Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Latest Articles, 1 July 2023 [open access]

Resource:

UNHCR Resettlement Handbook (completely revised & updated May 2023) [access]
- Now an online version that can be more easily kept current. Previously revised in July 2011, with more frequent updates issued for country chapters. 

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