05 December 2025

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies," AP News, 5 Dec. 2025 [text]

As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again (The Conversation, Nov. 2025) [text]

"As the US suspends visas, an in-depth look at the global Afghan refugee crisis," The New Humanitarian, 28 Nov. 2025 [text]

Commission proposes a Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan for 2026-2027 (European Commission, Nov. 2025) [text]

Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes (The Conversation, Dec. 2025) [text]

Syria’s return dilemma: What will durable solutions really take? (RLI Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Trump administration orders review of Biden-era refugees, memo shows," Reuters, 24 Nov. 2025 [text]
- See also related statement from Refugees International. 

"Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees. Experts say many are already in place," AP News, 28 Nov. 2025 [text]

New open access book:

Beyond the Cities: The Dynamics of Migrant Settlement in Regional Australia (Springer, Nov. 2025) [open access]
- "This open access book examines migrant settlement in regional Australia, offering policy recommendations and conceptual frameworks for sustainable integration. With a focus on key areas such as socio-political contexts, employment, education, health, and family challenges, this book provides a holistic approach to understanding and addressing the complexities of migrant settlement."

Reports:  

2026 State Policy Guide (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Community Sponsorship or Community Support for Refugees? The Case of Norway (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

The Dismantling of US Refugee Resettlement and Its Impacts (Rice Univ., Dec. 2025) [text]

Executive Orders Suspending Refugee Resettlement: Legal Challenges Under the Trump (SSRN, Aug. 2025) [text]

The Importance of Social Networks amongst Refugees Resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme and the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (Open University, Nov. 2025) 
- Two policy briefs present findings from this research project: "Building belonging: Strengthening CS for refugee integration in the UK" and "From assistance to agency: Enhancing the UK resettlement scheme for lasting integration."

Reshaping Durable Solutions: Return, Retrenchment, and Refugee Agency in Lebanon, IMS Policy and Working Paper, no. 1 (Lebanese American University, 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Syrians.

Journal articles:

"Afghan refugees, humanitarian interventionism and the global cold war in the 1980s," Cold War History, Latest Articles, 1 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Cities, Asylum Reception and Legal Uncertainty: National Integration Framework and the Limits of Local Authorities," International Migration, vol. 53, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]
- Focuses on Italy.

Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 44 (2025) [open access]
- Special issue on "Retour à la normale? Déplacés et réfugiés face aux normes de la sortie de guerre (1945-1951) = A Return to the Normal? Displaced Persons, Refugees and Postwar Norms (1945-1951)."

"Executive Overreach and Fear: An Analysis of U.S. Refugee Resettlement Under Trump’s Authoritarianism," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 11 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

Nordisk välfärdsforskning = Nordic Welfare Research, vol. 10, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]
- Special issue on "Nordic Street-Level Integration Work."

"Population Displacement and State Building: The Legacies of Pashtun Resettlement in Afghanistan," International Organization, First View, 26 Nov. 2025 [open access]

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