20 September 2023

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Asylum Seekers in Costa Rica Struggle to Survive as New Decree Restricts Access to Work (RI Commentary, Aug. 2023) [text]

Fortune 500 Companies with Immigrant Roots Generated More Money Than the GDP of Most Western Nations (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Government enhances support for refugees to find jobs (UK Home Office, Sept. 2023) [text]

"Refugees overqualified and underpaid in Germany," DW, 12 Aug. 2023 [text]

UNHCR: advancing opportunities for Syrian refugee employment in Jordan’s private sector (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text]

What do trade agreements have to do with migration policy? (MPC Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

"With European countries hungry for workers, more Ukrainians are choosing Germany over Poland," AP News, 12 Sept. 2023 [text]

Reports:

Labor Inclusion Study for Venezuelan migrants and refugees in the cities of Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta and Machala (USAID & World Council of Credit Unions, Aug. 2023) [access]
- Follow link for Spanish-language report.

Refugee Entrepreneurship in Rwanda, RSC Research in Brief, no. 20 (Refugee Studies Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

Turning Policy into Reality: Refugees’ Access to Work in Rwanda (Refugees International, Sept. 2023) [text]

Vida migrante: Economic inclusion of Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador (WFP, April 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Corporate sector engagement in contemporary ‘crises’: the case of refugee integration in Germany," Disasters, vol. 47, no. 4 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Do Work Permits Work? The Impacts of Formal Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 17 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Experiences of Egypt as a destination and transit country for Syrian refugee healthcare workers: a qualitative study," BMC Health Services Research, 23:872 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

"Migrant Entrepreneurs as Agents of Development? Geopolitical Context and Transmobility Strategies of Colombian Migrants Returning from Venezuela," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 24, suppl. no. 2 (March 2023) [open access]

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