Resettlement (Forced Migration Review 54)
44 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago -This issue of FMR looks at some of the modalities and challenges of resettlement in order to shed light on debates such as how – and how well – resettlement is managed, whether it is a good use of the funds and energy it uses, and whether it is a good solution for refugees. It contains 33 articles on Resettlement, plus a mini-feature on Post-deportation risks and monitoring and four articles on other forced migration topics. The mini-feature on Post-deportation risks and monitoring is available as a stand-alone 12-page pdf but is not available in print; please feel free to print it yourself. See more at www.fmreview.org/resettlement.
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FMR 54 - From the Editors
March 23, 2017 11:48 - 3 minutes - 5.03 MBThis issue of FMR looks at some of the modalities and challenges of resettlement in order to shed light on debates such as how - and how well – resettlement is managed. Resettlement is receiving greater prominence in the context of the recent surge in numbers of refugees. This traditional ‘durable solution’ – the managed movement of refugees to a safe third country – already affects many thousands of refugees every year, the communities they move into, the people they leave behind and the age...
FMR 54 - Practical considerations for effective resettlement
March 23, 2017 11:46 - 3 minutes - 4.67 MBThere are certain essential elements of resettlement programming benefit both refugees and the states undertaking to receive them.
FMR 54 - The resettlement of Hungarian refugees in 1956
March 23, 2017 11:45 - 10 minutes - 11.6 MBAround the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising it is worth looking back on the efforts to resettle refugees to see that debates about how to help are timeless.
FMR 54 - The internationalisation of resettlement: lessons from Syria and Bhutan
March 23, 2017 11:43 - 11 minutes - 13.3 MBThere is clearly political will to engage more on refugee issues through resettlement. A defining feature of this effort is its internationalisation.
FMR 54 - Surge and selection: power in the refugee resettlement regime
March 23, 2017 11:42 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBThere is an imbalance of power - and a resulting lack of agency for refugees - in the structure of the current resettlement regime. The top-down process of selection also poses ethical dilemmas, as recent surges in resettlement operations show.
FMR 54 - A successful refugee resettlement programme: the case of Nepal
March 23, 2017 11:40 - 8 minutes - 11 MBMore than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees have been found homes in third countries. The other side to the story of this successful resettlement programme, however, is the failure to tackle the impact it has had on the remaining camp populations.
FMR 54 - Putting refugees at the centre of resettlement in the UK
March 23, 2017 11:29 - 14 minutes - 17 MBThere are growing numbers of refugees in the UK who have been through a resettlement programme. New research in four UK cities highlights opportunities to incorporate the refugees' expertise into programme design.
FMR 54 - Resettlement and humanitarian admission programmes in Europe - what works?
March 23, 2017 11:28 - 3 minutes - 4.48 MBThe European Migration Network has published a study on resettlement, humanitarian admission and private sponsorship programmes in the Member States of the European Union (EU) and Norway.
FMR 54 - Southeast Asia and the disenchantment with resettlement
March 23, 2017 11:25 - 11 minutes - 13.1 MBWhile resettlement is nowadays considered as a solution to be resorted to only in exceptional circumstances, in Southeast Asia resettlement has always been, and remains, the most important durable solution for refugees.
FMR 54 - Portugal's position on resettlement: a view from the periphery of the EU
March 23, 2017 11:24 - 5 minutes - 6.47 MBThe evolution of European policy in recent years has shown how policy can be used to actively restrict the movement of people and as a mechanism for choosing what kind of refugee a particular country receives.
FMR 54 - Pre-resettlement experiences: Iranians in Vienna
March 23, 2017 11:22 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBRefugees' resettlement experiences may be shaped in the stages leading up to their arrival.
FMR 54 - LiechtensteinLanguages project
March 23, 2017 11:20 - 3 minutes - 4.16 MBIn February 2016 Liechtenstein introduced the LiechtensteinLanguages project (LieLa) to help asylum seekers and refugees integrate more quickly in their new country.
FMR 54 - Matching refugees
March 23, 2017 11:17 - 2 minutes - 4.06 MBThere is a lot of empirical evidence that the initial location in which refugees are resettled matters a great deal in terms of how they succeed in areas such as education and employment.
FMR 54 - The secondary migration of refugees resettled in the US
March 23, 2017 11:15 - 12 minutes - 14.3 MBMore and more refugees are resettled in communities where they have no intention of living and then move on.
FMR 54 - The importance of legal counsel
March 23, 2017 11:13 - 3 minutes - 8.45 MBAt each stage of the resettlement process, the presence of counsel - legal advocates - can help refugees to present their complete cases efficiently and avoid unnecessary rejections. This provides benefits to decision makers as well.
FMR 54 - Who will resettle single Syrian men?
March 23, 2017 11:11 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBResettlement programmes for Syrian refugees severely restrict access to resettlement for single Syrian men, despite the conditions of vulnerability, insecurity and danger in which they live.
FMR 54 - How NGOs have helped shape resettlement
March 23, 2017 11:09 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBNGOs have a rich history of involvement in case identification and referral for resettlement, and have helped to increase numbers, improve processes and make resettlement more equitable, and accountable, for refugees.
FMR 54 - Expanding the role of NGOs in resettlement
March 23, 2017 11:05 - 16 minutes - 18.5 MBWith global resettlement needs growing and more refugees living outside camps, NGOs are uniquely positioned to identify and interview vulnerable refugees and to play a larger role in refugee resettlement.
FMR 54 - Resettlement as a protection tool for refugee children
March 22, 2017 13:50 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBHere is a need to ensure that new and existing initiatives to resettle refugee children at risk, including unaccompanied children, are better able to serve their unique protection needs in today's global context.
FMR 54 - An unequal partnership: resettlement service providers in Australia
March 22, 2017 13:48 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBThe relationship between government and government-contracted refugee resettlement service providers in Australia needs to be based more on autonomy and trust.
FMR 54 - Refugee resettlement and activism in New Zealand
March 22, 2017 13:44 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MBFrom 2013 the Doing Our Bit campaign has been calling for New Zealand to double its refugee quota from 750 places to 1,500.
FMR 54 - Differential treatment of refugees in Ireland
March 22, 2017 13:42 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MBThe Irish government makes considerable efforts to resettle Syrian refugees arriving through the UNHCR resettlement process but offers no support to those refugees - some of whom are also from Syria - who individually seek asylum.
FMR 54 - Towards a new framework for integration in the US
March 22, 2017 13:38 - 10 minutes - 12.5 MBThe view of integration in US resettlement policy is currently disconnected from the views of integration held by refugees themselves.
FMR 54 - How refugee community groups support resettlement
March 22, 2017 13:36 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBRefugee community groups often fill in service gaps after resettlement but remain unrecognised and not fully incorporated in formal resettlement processes.
FMR 54 - US refugee exclusion practices
March 22, 2017 13:33 - 5 minutes - 8.12 MBThe issue of 'material support' provided to an organisation deemed to be involved in terrorism has been fraught with contention in US immigration law circles, most often over the issue of support provided under duress.
FMR 54 - Security practices and resettlement
March 22, 2017 13:29 - 2 minutes - 3.41 MBA widely held misconception about the terrorist threat is particularly evident in refugee resettlement practices, where refugees are placed on a security continuum alongside transnational criminals and terrorists.
FMR 54 - The Solidarity Resettlement Programme, and alternatives, in Latin America
March 22, 2017 13:25 - 16 minutes - 18.6 MBFor more than a decade, the countries in the Southern Cone of South America have had a regional Solidarity Resettlement Programme.
FMR 54 - Private refugee sponsorship in Canada
March 22, 2017 11:54 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBFor almost four decades, groups of Canadian private citizens have sponsored refugees for resettlement in addition to federal government resettlement programmes.
FMR 54 - The story of a small Canadian congregation sponsoring a refugee family
March 22, 2017 11:51 - 7 minutes - 10.2 MBSteps for private refugee sponsorship in Canada are not clearly spelled out for those seeking to be sponsors. While the process is rewarding, it is also challenging and sometimes frustrating.
FMR 54 - Rethinking how success is measured
March 22, 2017 11:49 - 5 minutes - 7.76 MBDespite the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program being praised for integrating refugees into the job market faster than government-assisted refugees, there may be limited cause for celebration.
FMR 54 - Expectations of vulnerability in Australia
March 22, 2017 11:47 - 11 minutes - 12.6 MBThe ability of refugees to gain admission to Australia is increasingly based on perceptions of helplessness, suffering and 'deservingness'. One consequence is that men in particular are marginalised following resettlement.
FMR 54 - Resettlement of refugee youth in Australia: experiences and outcomes over time
March 22, 2017 11:42 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBFindings from a longitudinal study of long-term resettlement experiences of refugee youth living in Melbourne. The results show that refugee experiences - both pre- and post-resettlement - continue to influence opportunities and outcomes many years after arrival.
FMR 54 - Rejecting resettlement: the case of the Palestinians
March 22, 2017 11:40 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBPalestinian rejection of resettlement was driven by political concerns. This case study shows the importance of engaging directly with refugees when devising durable solutions
FMR 54 - The resettlement of Polish refugees after the second world war
March 22, 2017 11:37 - 7 minutes - 8.41 MBThe passing of the Polish Resettlement Act and the creation of the different agencies related to it undoubtedly represented an unprecedented response to the challenge of mass migration in the UK.
FMR 54 - Iraqi refugees in Spanish-speaking Californian communities
March 22, 2017 11:35 - 4 minutes - 6.57 MBCultural orientation is necessary but needs to be appropriate for the realities of the place where refugees are resettled.
FMR 54 - Resettlement: where's the evidence, what's the strategy?
March 22, 2017 11:31 - 12 minutesThe aims and objectives of resettlement are poorly specified and the outcomes are poorly measured. For resettlement to be effective, it needs a much stronger evidence base and it needs improved coordination at the international level.
FMR 54 General - Ensuring the rights of climate-displaced people in Bangladesh
March 22, 2017 11:26 - 14 minutes - 16.6 MBFive critical areas require urgent action with the threat of internal displacement as a result of climate change already severe and growing in Bangladesh.
FMR 54 General - When money speaks: behind asylum seekers' consumption patterns
March 22, 2017 11:20 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBAsylum seekers' consumption patterns. The goods and services purchased by asylum seekers who were given an unconditional cash transfer demonstrate how their consumer behaviour extends beyond the fulfilment of immediate needs to addressing broader desires for community and belonging.
FMR 54 General - Migrant, refugee or minor? It matters for children in Europe.
March 22, 2017 11:08 - 13 minutes - 14.9 MBThe capacity of child-rights institutions and children’s services in many European countries needs to be strengthened considerably if governments are to meet their commitments to refugee and migrant children.
FMR 54 General - Statelessness determination: the Swiss experience
March 22, 2017 10:59 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBWhile a detailed law on statelessness determination is recommended by UNHCR and others, Swiss practice in statelessness determination has evolved without one.
FMR 54 Post-deportation mini-feature - Post-deportation risks for failed asylum seekers
March 22, 2017 10:57 - 13 minutes - 15.6 MBWhat happens to people who are deported after their asylum applications have failed? Many who are deported are at risk of harm when they return to their country of origin but there is little monitoring done of deportation outcomes.
FMR 54 Post-deportation mini-feature - Risks encountered after forced removal: the return experiences of young Afghans
March 16, 2017 13:55 - 11 minutes - 13.3 MBNew research has documented the outcomes for young asylum seekers forcibly removed from the UK to Afghanistan.
FMR 54 Post-deportation mini-feature - A grim return: post-deportation risks in Uganda
March 16, 2017 13:47 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBNeither the UK nor Uganda monitors what happens during and after deportation by the UK of failed Ugandan asylum seekers, despite evidence of violence and grave abuses of individuals' human rights.
FMR 54 Post-deportation mini-feature - The EU-Turkey deal: what happens to people who return to Turkey?
March 16, 2017 13:37 - 22 minutes - 25.3 MBPeople who return to Turkey under the EU-Turkey deal are detained and many risk onward deportation without access to legal aid and international protection.