The US was a world leader in refugee resettlement. Trump stopped all that with one executive order. What does the end of refugee resettlement look like in practice?
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More than 6 million Syrians fled the country after it descended into civil war in 2011.
Research shows that health care plus opportunities create the best environment for refugee success in Canada. Not only does that benefit refugees, but society as a whole.
Immigration may be concentrated on America’s coasts, but newcomers are putting down roots in Midwestern communities as well.
Citizens are helping refugees get settled in the US, but the lack of standard federal rules makes the process tricky for both refugees and citizens to navigate.
If the Canadian government sticks to its new plans for refugee resettlement, the next three years could have significant implications for refugees and refugee policy beyond Canada’s borders.
Managers can play a key role in helping refugee employees thrive in their new workplaces, instead of robbing them of their autonomy.
The European Union is once again faced with the danger of destabilization. Putin’s cyberwar on free societies using the migration crisis went well in 2015. He must not succeed now in Poland or beyond.
Nine agencies, most of them faith-based, are resettling Afghan evacuees in the US. But the system is under strain.
Refugees have waited in limbo for almost two years for Australia’s borders to reopen. So, why hasn’t Australia done more to ramp up its resettlement program, like Canada and the US?
The Conservative pledge to replace government-assisted refugee places with more private sponsorship focuses on the integration potential of refugees rather than their protection needs. That’s wrong.
Faith-based organizations have been central partners in resettling refugees in the United States. But there are signs that support may be waning.
Favourable public opinion helps create political will to increase resettlement and alleviate the global refugee crisis. A new tool could help build supportive social networks for refugees.
The home affairs minister says Australia is exploring resettlement overseas for ‘broad cohorts’ of people. But such deals do not get Australia off the hook.
Joe Biden’s efforts to increase refugee resettlement could boost the number of stakeholders actively involved. But Canada’s experiences with private sponsorship contain lessons for the U.S.
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.
Québec’s partial suspension of refugee sponsorship by private organizations in the province highlights the challenges of Canada’s reliance on resettlement to welcome refugees.
It’s the simple, everyday encounters and experiences – a friendly wave, a helping hand – that refugees say makes them feel part of the Australian community.
The overall outcomes of Syrian refugees’ resettlement experiences are positive, but challenges remain.
Some refugees have been waiting to be resettled for almost a decade, and their broken trust is visceral.
Top contributors
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Executive Director, Global College, University of Winnipeg
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Professeure titulaire, Département de géographie, Université Laval
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Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor, Canadian Forces College
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Reader (Associate Professor), School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo
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Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy Science, University of Twente
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Journalism, Adelaide University
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Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of International Health, Curtin University
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Research Associate Professor, Old Dominion University
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Associate Professor of International Business, University of Victoria
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Co-founder, Wonder Labs, University of Wollongong