05 November 2025

Thematic Focus: Solutions

News: US sets level for FY 2026 refugee admissions at record low of 7,500

For the US, a 180-Degree Turn on Refugees - Looming Reversal in Who and How Many Get Resettled (HRW, Oct. 2025) [text]

How America's Retreat from Refugee Protection Undermines Global Stability (Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Oct. 2025) [text]

Strong Majority of U.S. Voters Support Refugee Resettlement as Administration Plans to Slash Program by Nearly 95 Percent (Refugees International, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People," New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025 [text]
- See also related Time Magazine article and statements from IRAP, Refugees International & USCRI.

Short pieces:

"Refugees to face longer route to UK settlement rights," BBC News, 2 Oct. 2025 [text]

Securing solutions together: reflections from the 2025 Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Solving the Rohingya crisis could provide a new Refugee Repatriation Model (Global Policy Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Reports:

The Integration of Migrants in Egypt: Lessons from Research, Stakeholders and International Experiences (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Draws on case studies from Morocco and Jordan.

Is return always a durable solution? Examining the relevance, reality and durability of voluntary repatriation in 2025 (ICVA, Oct. 2025) [text]

The role of physical leisure activities in refugees’ structural integration, Discussion Paper, no. 15 (Institute for Employment Research, 2025) [access]
- Focuses on Germany.

Journal articles:

"Belonging beyond Borders: The Cultural Integration of Yemeni Refugees in Jeju," Anthropology of the Middle East, vol. 20, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Challenges regarding integration and well-being of African Ukrainian war refugees in Germany: a qualitative exploration," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 16 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Complementary Pathways at the Crossroads Between Migration and Asylum: Enhancing or Diluting the International Refugee Regime?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 27 Oct. 2025 [open access]
- This article "takes three examples of pathways to Spain to illustrate this nexus: a labour mobility pathway, a combined resettlement and labour mobility pathway and an education mobility pathway."

"The impact of the absence of cross-border pension portability (CBPP) scheme between developed and developing countries on migrant experiences and return decisions: evidence from Ghanaians in the US," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:80 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Successful Refugee Cohabitation with Host Families: A Concept Analysis and Model Development," Journal of Holistic Nursing, vol. 43, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"'They Can’t Do That; This Is MY Iowa': Refugees and Belonging in the Midwest," Genealogy, vol. 9, no. 4 (Nov. 2025) [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

No comments: