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 and AILA Practice Alert.

"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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