Thematic Focus: Solutions

Canada’s Refugee Success Story: Private Sponsors Ease Refugees into New Lives (IRIN, July 2016) [text]

Enhancing Legal Channels: Commission Proposes to Create Common EU Resettlement Framework (European Commission, July 2016) [access]
- See also related Progress Report on Relocation and Resettlement and Refugees Deeply commentary.

The Integration of Syrian Asylum Seekers in Austria in Light of Catholic Social Teaching (Refugee Outreach & Research Network Blog, July 2016) [text]

L'orpheline des solutions durables: L'intégration locale des réfugiés au Burundi et en RDC (Danish Refugee Council, April 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

On the Strategic Significance of Recent EU Initiatives on Migrant Integration Policy and Highly Skilled Migration (Global Policy Journal Blog, June 2016) [text]

*Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "Integration of Refugees in the EU" (EESC, April 2016) [access]

Redesigning Integration: Access to Government Records is Necessary for Researchers to Identify Policy Effects (Impact of Social Sciences Blog, July 2016) [text]

The Resettlement of Refugees in Australia: A Bibliography, 8th rev. ed. (Swinburne Institute for Social Research, July 2016) [text via APO]

Review of Durable Solutions Initiatives in East and Horn of Africa: Good Practices, Challenges and Opportunities in the Search of Durable Solutions (Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat, June 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Slow Pace of Resettlement Leaves World’s Refugees without Answers (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2016) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (17 June 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Durable Solutions

Opportunity:

CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]
- Articles sought for upcoming issue with theme of "Thinking Ahead: Displacement, Transition and Solutions." Submission deadline is 11 January 2016.

Publications:

"Changing How We Measure Success in Resettlement," Forced Migration Review, no. 50 (Sept. 2015) [open access]

Durable Solutions for Refugees Prove Elusive (IRIN, July 2015) [text]

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Engagement and Programming in Promoting Local Integration of Refugees in Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon (Development & Training Services, Inc.) (U.S. Dept. of State, Dec. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for summary and further links to an action plan and four evaluation reports.

Intentions Survey on Durable Solutions: Voices of Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia (UNHCR, June 2015) [text]

"Launch of a Voluntary Repatriation Program of Refugees from Kenya to Somalia," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 62 (Sept. 2015) [full-text]

Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration (PRIO, 2015) [text]
- Information about the final conference held for this project is available here.

Repatriation as a Controversial Concept: The Case of Somali Refugees in Kenya, Research Paper (Univ. of Ottawa, July 2015) [text]

Resettlement Fact Sheet 2014 (UNHCR, June 2015) [text]

"Return to Exile: Critical Continuities of Displacement Following Refugee Resettlement to a Third Country," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 5, no. 1 (2015) [full-text]

Solution Strategies, 63rd Meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/66/SC/CRP.15 (EXCOM, June 2015) [text]

"Two Sides of the Same Coin: Factors that Support and Challenge the Wellbeing of Refugees Resettled in a Small Urban Centre," Health & Place, vol. 35 (2015) [full-text via Academa.edu]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Durable Solutions (7 July 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Africa

"Cessation of Rwandan Refugee Status: Two Years On," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 62 (Sept. 2015) [full-text]

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Engagement and Programming in Promoting Local Integration of Refugees in Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon (Development & Training Services, Inc.) (U.S. Dept. of State, Dec. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for summary and further links to an action plan and four evaluation reports.

A Review of the Normative Framework in Kenya relating to the Protection of IDPs - In the Context of the Kampala Convention and Other Supranational Frameworks  (IDMC, Aug. 2015) [text]

"The State of Freedom of Movement for Refugees in Tanzania: An Overview," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 62 (Sept. 2015) [full-text]

Strategies for Adopting the National Policy on IDPs and Domesticating in Nigeria the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of IDPs in Africa (SSRN, Aug. 2015) [text]

Towards a Comprehensive Response to Internal Displacement in Kenya: A Roadmap for Action (IDMC, Aug. 2015) [text]

The True Human Rights Situation in Eritrea: The New UK Home Office Guidance as a Political Instrument for the Prevention of Migration, Working Paper, no. 14 (Refugee Law Initiative, July 2015) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Signing of South Sudan Peace Deal as Refugee and IDP Numbers Surpass 2.6 Million Mark (UNHCR, Aug. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (18 Aug. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Durable Solutions

Event:

Integration Working Group in Norway, Oslo, 20-21 May 2015 [info]
- Meeting held in advance of the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR). This year's chair is Norway and the NGO focal point is the Norwegian Red Cross.

Publications:

"Challenges to Rwandan Former Refugees’ Integration in Zambia," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 58 (April 2015) [full-text]  

"'Durable Solutions,' Transnationalism, and Homemaking among Croatian and Bosnian Former Refugees," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 31, no. 1 (2015) [open access]

"From Surviving to Thriving? An Investigation of Asylee Integration in the United States," New York University Review of Law & Social Change, vol. 40, no. 2 (Forthcoming 2016) [eprint via SSRN]

Is Australia Pulling Its Weight When It Comes to the Resettlement of Syrian Refugees? (FlagPost Blog, April 2015) [text]

Más allá de las fronteras: La población colombiana en su proceso de integración urbana en la ciudad de Quito (ACNUR, Nov. 2014) [text]

Meaningful Avenues for Resettlement Needed (Oppenheimer Chair, March 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Durable Solutions (26 March 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Africa

Burundi: Guarded Optimism that Long-term IDPs May Achieve Durable Solutions (IDMC, March 2015) [text]

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Engagement and Programming in Promoting Local Integration of Refugees in Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon (Development & Training Services, Inc., Dec. 2014) [access]
- Follow link for the final report and three field evaluations of Central African refugees in Cameroon, and former refugees in Tanzania and Zambia.

The Expected Well-being of Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Johannesburg, Working Paper, no. 507 (ERSA, March 2015) [text]

Hosts and Guests: A Historical Interpretation of Land Conflicts in Southern and Central Somalia, Research Paper, no. 2 (Rift Valley Institute, 2015) [text via Refworld]

Migration and Asylum Challenges in Eastern Africa: Mixed Migration Flows Require Dual Policy Approaches, Policy Brief, no. 2015/04 (Migration Policy Centre, March 2015) [text]

Reinforcing the Responsibility to Protect in the Central African Republic (Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, March 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (3 March 2015)

Tagged Publications. 

New Issues of African Hum. Mob. Rev., Brit. J. Social Work, Confl. & Health, Dis. Prev. & Mgmt., Intl. Migr., Rts. in Exile, Terra Cognita, WAN

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 2015) [full-text]
- Articles in this new journal include "Upholding Refugee Rights: Cessation, Transnationalism and Law’s Limitations in the Rwandan Case" and "Local Integration and Congolese Forced Migrants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania."

British Journal of Social Work, vol. 44, Suppl. 1 (June 2014) [contents]
- Special issue on "'A World on the Move': Migration, Mobilities and Social Work." Includes free editorial, "Ethics of Care in Supporting Disabled Forced Migrants: Interactions with Professionals and Ethical Dilemmas in Health and Social Care in the South-East of England" and "Returning ‘Home’: Experiences of Reintegration for Asylum Seekers and Refugees."

Conflict and Health, vol. 9, Suppl. 1 (Feb. 2015) [open access]
- Focus is "Taking Stock of Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings: 2012-2014 Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises' Global Review."

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, vol. 24, no. 2 (2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

International Migration, vol. 53, no. 2 (April 2015) [contents]
- Two sub-sections focus on 1) "Economic Integration of Migrants," which includes "Working for a Better Life: Longitudinal Evidence on the Predictors of Employment among Recently Arrived Refugee Migrant Men Living in Australia" and 2) "Observations on Policy," including "Impugning the Humanitarian Defence."

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 57 (March 2015) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Terra Cognita, no. 25 (Aut. 2014) [full-text]
- Theme is “En Fuite.” For overview of articles, read the editorial entitled "Pour une politique d’asile et de protection prévoyante."

Women's Asylum News, no. 129 (Jan./Feb. 2015 [full-text]
- Lead article is "Set Her Free: Ending the Detention of Women who Seek Asylum."

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Asia

Opportunity:

CFP: Workshop on Forced Migration Studies, Kolkata, 16-21 March 2015 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 26 December 2014.

*Putting People First: Lessons on Accountability to Affected Populations from Typhoon Haiyan, London, 20 January 2015 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Publications:

"Fragmentation of the International Humanitarian Order? Understanding 'Cultures of Humanitarianism' in East Asia," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2014) [free full-text]

Learning from Crisis: Strengthening Humanitarian Response since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (CARE, Dec. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

MSF and North Korea 1995-1998 (MSF, Nov. 2014) [text]
- Part of the "Speaking Out" series.

Not Taking Chances: The Philippines Weathers Typhoon Hagupit (UpFront Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Philippines: Displaced and Forgotten in Zamboanga (Refugees International, Dec. 2014) [text]

Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Humanitarian Needs in Afghanistan, Paper prepared for the London Conference on Afghanistan, 4 Dec. 2014 [text]

A Report on the Local Integration of Indo-Chinese Refugees and Displaced Persons in Japan (UNHCR, Dec. 2014) [text]

Strengthening Displaced Women's Housing, Land and Property Rights in Afghanistan (NRC, Nov. 2014) [text via Refworld]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (5 Dec. 2014)

*updated

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Africa

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Engagement and Programming in Promoting Local Integration of Refugees in Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon (Development of Training Services, Oct. 2014) [access]

Food Cuts, Political Pressure Create Perfect Storm for Somali Refugees (RI Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Horn of Africa: The Linkages between Food Insecurity, Migration and Conflict (Insight on Conflict Blog, Nov. 2014) [text]

The Kampala Convention Two Years on: Time to Turn Theory into Practice (IDMC, Dec. 2014) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Nigeria: Multiple Displacement Crises Overshadowed by Boko Haram (IDMC, Dec. 2014) [text]

A Review of the Legal Framework in Zimbabwe Relating to the Protection of IDPs: In the Context of the Kampala Convention and Other Supranational Normative Frameworks (IDMC, Dec. 2014) [text]

The Secret Urban Refugees of Dar es Salaam (RI Blog, Nov. 2014) [text]

Uprooted by Conflict: South Sudan’s Displacement Crisis (IRC, Nov. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (11 Nov. 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Africa

"The Current Situation Facing Malian Refugees in the Sahel: Some Operational Ideas for a Prolonged Emergency Situation," Humanitarian Aid on the Move, no. 14 (Oct. 2014) [full-text via ReliefWeb]

The Darfur Refugees’ Plight: Repatriation Challenges for Post-Doha Sudan, eCahiers de l’Institut (Graduate Institute, 2014) [text]

Forced Returns to South and Central Somalia, including to al-Shabaab Areas: A Blatant Violation of International Law (Amnesty International, Oct. 2014) [text]
- Briefing on Dutch returns policy.

"Lessons from Introducing a Livelihood Project for Unaccompanied Children into an Existing Child Protection Programme in the Dadaab Refugee Camps in Kenya," Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, 8 Oct. 2014 [free full-text]

Local Integration: Thumbs Up for Tanzania (RI Blog, Oct. 2014) [text]

"Nous Souffrons": Examining the Problems Facing Urban Refugees in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Independent Study Project Collection Paper, no. 1868 (SIT Graduate Institute, Spring 2014) [text]

Sound of Torture (Trabelsi Productions) [info]
- Documentary that focuses on the plight of Eritrean refugees kidnapped in the Sinai.

UNHCR and WFP Joint Assessment Mission Report: Tongogara Refugee Camp, Zimbabwe (UNHCR & WFP, Oct. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (6 Oct. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

Publications:

Assistance to Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Africa: Report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A.68/341 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2013) [text]

Forced Displacement and Behavioral Change: An Empirical Study of Returnee Households in the Nuba Mountains, HiCN Working Paper 157 (Institute of Development Studies, Oct. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Northeastern Nigeria (the States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) (UNHCR, Oct. 2013) [text]

Local Integration and Congolese Forced Migrants in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (Peking University School of Transnational Law, Aug. 2013) [text]

Resilience, Food Security Dynamics, and Poverty Traps in Northern Ethiopia: Analysis of a Biannual Panel Dataset, 2011-2013 (Feinstein International Center, Oct. 2013) [text]

Web site:

Humanitarian Response: Eastern Africa [access]
- "Provides a platform for sharing operational information between clusters and IASC members operating within a crisis."

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Americas

CCR Welcomes Ezokola Decision Clarifying Refugee Exclusion (Canadian Council for Refugees, July 2013) [text]

Migrant Smuggling: Canada's Response to a Global Criminal Enterprise (SSRN, July 2013) [text]

"Recognizing the Feminization of Displacement: A Proposal for a Gender-focused Approach to Local Integration in Ecuador," Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (March 2013) [full-text]

Searching for Control: Redefining Asylum-Seeking in the Security Era (Univ. of Ottawa, Aug. 2012) [text]

Sovereignty and Irregular Migration: The Dynamics of Irregular Movement through Colombia and Ecuador, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 256 (UNHCR, July 2013) [text]

The United States and R2P: From Words to Action (U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum & Brookings Institution, July 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

New Issue of RSQ

A new issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents for vol. 32, no. 1, March 2013 include:

• Borders in Motion: Concept and Policy Nexus [abstract]
• Poverty and Livelihoods among UNHCR Registered Refugees in Lebanon [abstract]
• Should I Stay or Should I Go? National Identity and Attitudes Towards Local Integration among Liberian Refugees in Ghana [abstract]
• Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons in Burundi within Reach [abstract]
• The Reinvention of Tradition: New Configurations of Gender Identity and Economic Strategies within Roma Communities in Italy [abstract]
• Problematizing the Protection of 'War Refugees': A Rejoinder to Hugo Storey and Jean-François Durieux [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

New UNHCR Publications on Detention Alternatives, Exclusion, Gangs, Local Integration, Protection and Reception in Europe

The Benefits of Belonging: Local Integration Options and Opportunities for Host Countries, Communities and Refugees (2011) [text]

Exclusion at a Crossroads: The Interplay between International Criminal Law and Refugee Law in the Area of Extended Liability, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series (June 2011) [text]

Global Roundtable on Alternatives to Detention of Asylum-Seekers, Refugees, Migrants and Stateless Persons: Summary Conclusions (July 2011) [text]

Living in a World of Violence: An Introduction to the Gang Phenomenon, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series (July 2011) [text]

Safe at Last? Law and Practice in Selected EU Member States with Respect to Asylum-Seekers Fleeing Indiscriminate Violence (July 2011) [text]

UNHCR Statement on the Reception Conditions of Asylum-seekers under the Dublin Procedure (August 2011) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Events after the fact

(updated)

Conference on Asylum Related Questions Regarding Afghanistan, Vienna, 31 March-1 April 2011 [info]

- Scroll down for a link to the Conference Reader and various PowerPoint presentations.

Conference on Displacement and Reconciliation, Ottawa, 9-10 June 2011 [info]

- Two summaries of the conference are provided on the PRRN Blog: Day 1, Day 2

Final Conference of the Project "Transnational advisory and assistance network for asylum seekers under a Dublin process," Brussels, 26 May 2011 [final report]

IDPs in Protracted Displacement: Is Local Integration a Solution? [seminar report]
- Report from the Second Expert Seminar on Protracted Internal Displacement, 19-20 January 2011, Geneva. See also the report containing six case studies commissioned for the seminar, entitled "Resolving internal displacement: Prospects for local integration."

Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge, London, 6-9 April 2011 [info]

- Video and audio are available via the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM); browse the programme for relevant presentations (e.g., Session D14: Forced Migration), then check here for available papers.

Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century, Oslo, 5-7 June 2011 [info]

- A number of presentations are available via the above link; see also a summary report from IISD.

NIU Law Review Symposium on Human Trafficking, Dekalb, IL, 14-15 April 2011 [info]

- Here is a paper from one of the presenters entitled "On Making Persons: Legal Constructions of Personhood and Their Nexus with Human Trafficking." Other presentations will be published in a future issue of the Northern Illinois University Law Review.

Resettlement as a Durable Solution and Strategic Tool in Protracted Displacement Situations: Transatlantic Views and Visions, Experts Meeting, Washington, DC, 6 June 2011 [summary of proceedings]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Research/Policy Papers: Displacement/DRC, IDPs/Sri Lanka, International Migration, Local Integration

Globalization, poverty and mobility: an introduction to the developmental dimensions of international migration, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper, no. 164 (UNHCR, Sept. 2008) [text]

National Legal Framework for IDPs in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis, IPCS Research Papers (Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Sept. 2008) [text via Human Security Gateway]

Negotiating Rights: The Politics of Local Integration, Migration Studies Working Paper Series #41 (Forced Migration Studies Programme, Sept. 2008) [text]

Out of Site: Building better responses to displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by helping host families, Oxfam Research Report (Sept. 2008) [text]

Posted in Publications.

Publications: Climate, Employment, EU Asylum Policy, Human Trafficking, Literature Review, Local Integration, Sri Lankan Refugees

Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy (Oxfam, Aug. 2008) [text]

Employment Issues for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK (ICAR, Sept. 2008) [text]

FMO Research Guide: Local Integration (FMO, Aug. 2008) [text]

The French Presidency’s European Pact on Immigration and Asylum: Intergovernmentalism vs Europeanisation? Security vs Rights? (Centre for European Policy Studies, Sept. 2008) [access]

Globalisation, Transnationalism and Diaspora: A policy and literature review prepared as part of ICAR’s Refugee Rights and Responsibilities project (ICAR, Aug. 2008) [text]

"Millions Uprooted: Saving Refugees and the Displaced," Foreign Affairs, Sept./Oct. 2008 [preview]

Trafficking in women and girls: report of the Secretary-General, A/63/215 (Aug. 2008) [text via Refworld]

Travails of Sri Lankan Refugees (South Asia Analysis Group, Sept. 2008) [text]

Posted in Publications.

Research/Policy Papers: Afghans/Pakistan, Local Integration, Palestinian Refugees, Racism, Stranded Migrants

Brynen, Rex, "The Past as Prelude? Negotiating the Palestinian Refugee Issue," Briefing Paper, The Regional Dimension of the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, June 2008) [text]

Burnett, Jon, "Racism, Destitution and Asylum," PAFRAS Briefing Paper, no. 6 (PAFRAS, June 2008) [text]

Dowd, Rebecca, "Trapped in Transit: The Plight and Human Rights of Stranded Migrants," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 156 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]

Fielden, Alexandra, "Local Integration: An Under-reported Solution to Protracted Refugee Situations," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 158 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]

Gal, Orit, "Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue," Briefing Paper, The Regional Dimension of the Palestinian Refugee Issue (Chatham House, June 2008) [text]

Schöch, Rüdiger, "Afghan Refugees in Pakistan during the 1980s: Cold War Politics and Registration Practice," New Issues in Refugee Research Paper, no. 157 (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]

Posted in Publications.