Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

All Eyes Must Be on America’s Offshore Processing Centers (RLI Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

IGAD and EAC Member States Sign Munyonyo Declaration on Durable Solutions for Refugees in the East and Horn of Africa (IGAD, June 2023) [text]

- Follow link to access the text of the declaration in English and French. See also related multimedia below.

Towards two-way integration: A comparative review of refugee integration strategies (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2023) [text]

- "We compare the policy approaches taken by five governments: England, Scotland, Finland, Malta and Berlin."

"Ukraine's war refugees feel increasingly at home in Germany," DW, 14 July 2023 [text]

Reports:

Australia Takes on Leadership of Resettlement Dialogue as UNHCR Appeals for More Support: Report on Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement, 26-28 June 2023 (RCOA, July 2023) [text]

Examining the durable solutions capacities in Kismayo and Afgoye (Research and Evidence Facility & Somali Public Agenda, June 2023) [text]

Finding Durable Solutions: Refugees' Access to Citizenship and Permanent Residence in Kenya (Refugee-led Research Hub, April 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report and policy brief.

Forced Migration and Social Cohesion: Evidence from the 2015/16 Mass Inflow in Germany, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, no. 1183 (DIW Berlin, 2023) [text]

How Do Migrants Fare in Latin America and the Caribbean? Mapping Socio-Economic Integration (IDB, OECD & UNDP, July 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish.

Journal articles:

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, vol. 36, no. 2 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Integrating Refugees in Society and Labour Market through Social Innovation: Needs and Challenges," with a freely available introduction and six articles, four of which are open access.

"No man is an island: trust, trustworthiness, and social networks among refugees in Germany," Journal of Population Economics, Latest Articles, 20 July 2023 [open access]

"Rethinking solutions for protracted refugee situation: A case study of the Buduburam refugee camp closure in Ghana," Scientific African, vol. 21 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Towards a ‘low ambition equilibrium’: managing refugee aspirations during the integration process in Switzerland," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 20 July 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

IGAD-EAC High-level Ministerial Conference on Durable Solutions for Refugees, Kampala, 13-16 June 2023 [access]

- Follow link for six recordings of the proceedings. See also related agenda booklet.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (6 July 2023)