20 December 2025

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Refugees aren’t politically progressive by default – and policy needs to catch up (Pearls & Irritations, Dec. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Historic return of displaced Syrians presents opportunity and urgent challenges (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

[Recent YouGov survey questions relating to refugees] (Dec. 2025) [access]
- Focuses on the US.

Reports:

Ensuring a human rights-compliant end to refugeehood through integration, naturalisation or voluntary repatriation (Council of Europe, Dec. 2025) [text via RSC]

“Every day we live with fear and uncertainty”: Canadian Processing of Resettled Refugees in Africa (Canadian Council for Refugees, Dec. 2025) [access]

PROGRESS 2025: Spotlight on East, Horn and Southern Africa (International Organization for Migration, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Note: This is the 3rd edition of IOM's Periodic Global Report on the State of Solutions to Internal Displacement.

A Year Later, Resettlement of Syrian Refugees Remains an Urgent Priority (IRAP, Dec. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Navigating migration challenges in Uganda’s West Nile borderlands: policy, practice, and governance," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:86 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Refugee Fatigue? How Reports of Increased Numbers of Refugees Affect Public Attitudes About Admission and Overseas Relief," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 18 Dec. 2025 [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Refugee Integration Goes Transnational: Afghans and Ukrainians Prepare for Integration in Canada Before and After Arrival," Global Networks, vol. 26, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Reintegration of War-Fleeing Ukrainians After Their Return to Ukraine," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Understanding housing market challenges and barriers for the integration of forced migrants: a cross-European perspective," Comparative Migration Studies, 6 Dec. 2025 [open access]

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