Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

The Afrikaner Exception: Race and Strategic Dismantling of U.S. Refugee Protection under the Trump Administration (Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, May 2025) [text]

- See also related articles from The Conversation, The Guardian, Politico and Vox.

"Germany orders halt on UN refugee resettlement program," DW, 8 April 2025 [text]

- See also related Reuters article.

Inclusive Policies: The Path for Promoting Refugee Rights and Enhancing Social Cohesion in Kabribayah, Somali Region (RLI Blog, May 2025) [text]

Resettlement in Europe means thousands of refugees have found safety and a new start (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

"Seattle judge rescinds order directing Trump administration to admit 12,000 refugees," AP News, 15 May 2025 [text]

- See also earlier related article.

UNHCR welcomes arrival of first Afghan refugee families under Brazil’s pioneering Community Sponsorship Programme (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Reports:

Afghan Evacuation Crisis: Three Years of Legal Response (International Rescue Committee, May 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Social cohesion in the context of the Venezuelan displacement to Colombia, Discussion Paper, no. 14 (German Inst. of Development and Sustainability, 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Insecurity and the Repatriation of Cameroonian Anglophone Refugees in Nigeria Back to Cameroon," Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research, Early View, 25 April 2025 [open access] 

"Instrumentalising refugees: organisational networks and the precarity of US refugee resettlement," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 May 2025 [open access]

"The housing integration of refugees and asylum seekers in Germany," Housing Studies, Latest Articles, 15 May 2025 [open access]

"Linguistic integration improves refugee physical and mental health," Scientific Reports, 15:16129 (May 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"On Arrival: Challenges and Opportunities Around Early-Stage Resettlement of Refugees in Australia," Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 9, no. 2 (May 2025) [open access]

"Undifferentiated Integration for Asylum Seekers: The Normative Relevance of Non-asylum Grounding Vulnerabilities," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 3 May 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Norway.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (29 April 2025)