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| Author | : Eleanor Ott |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Bhutanese |
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| Author | : Eleanor Ott |
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| Total Pages | : 754 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Bhutanese |
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| Author | : United States. Office of Refugee Resettlement |
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| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Refugees |
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| Author | : SaraJane Renfroe |
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| Release | : 2020 |
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The American refugee resettlement program's stated goal within the 1980 Refugee Act is to help refugees achieve "economic self-sufficiency... as quickly as possible."1 The Act is the genesis and primary policy source of the current resettlement system. Through constructing self-sufficiency along economic terms and limiting the reception and placement program to ninety days, the Act creates a definition of economic self-sufficiency attainable for case workers and refugees along this short timeline, effectively defining the program's main goal to be job placement, rather than career or sustainable employment support.2 This implementation begs the question: What are the effects of this policy goal on the implementation of resettlement in the United States, and how does this impact refugees' social and economic rights? In what follows, I consider this question, as well as its relevant counterpart: Does the resettlement system facilitate refugees' integration into American society? To respond, I interrogate the American refugee resettlement system's ability to protect and fulfill refugees' economic and social rights in the United States.
| Author | : Volkan Deli |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2023-10-30 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3031387937 |
In the literature on forced migration, little is known about the experiences of Iraqi refugees resettled in the United States through the US Refugee Admissions, Reception and Placement Program. As part of its longstanding refugee resettlement policy, the United States has accepted and provided safe haven to thousands of refugees. Focusing primarily on the situation of Iraqis resettled in Arizona since the 1990s, this research uses interview findings and first-hand data to examine various aspects of their post-resettlement experiences through a meta-theoretical approach that includes aspects of humanitarian governance, adaptation, acculturation and integration. Building on this theoretical understanding, this book examines the process from the first moment of resettlement to integration as a multi-layered social reality and reveals the fundamental impact of forced migration on the 'politics of refugee life'. By examining the US resettlement program in relation to the role and functions of resettlement agencies and non-profit organizations in collaboration with the government, this book highlights the fundamental difference between refugee integration and migrant integration, introduces new concepts of integration, discusses the US refugee admissions, reception and placement program and refugee integration in relation to the organization of humanitarian governance globally, and offers recommendations for improving resettlement and integration processes.
| Author | : Chet Savage |
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| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Electronic dissertations |
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The plight of international refugees has been a global concern since the establishment of the UNHCR after World War II. Since the United States accepts more refugees than any other nation, the resettlement process currently in effect has global ramifications. Further, since refugees are often incapable of securing their own passage out of their nation of origin, and getting resettled in the United States requires complicated logistics as well as significant funds, having a support system in place could be a major advantage in terms of getting refugees resettled and economically self- sufficient quickly. In order to assess the available support systems, namely kin and ethnic communities, I interviewed refugees about their traditions and recorded their personal journeys as refugees. I focused on whether they had a kin network already in place in the US and how that affected their ability to maintain traditions that could help them cope with their new life. Subjects such as marriage, religion, and interactions with Americans (especially government, co- workers, and the local aid organization) were especially significant since they are the mechanisms through which social bonds are established and support systems are built. I found that under the current US refugee policy, refugees are resettled in small groups that are scattered across the country. This leads to isolation and makes building a support system very difficult. Since the goal of US refugee policy is to get refugees economically self-sufficient as quickly as possible, and small groups don't aid in that process, I propose that refugees be resettled in communities sufficiently large to enable tradition maintenance and support system building, but not so large as to burden the local economy (since refugees often require public assistance when they arrive) nor to create insulated communities that hinder integration. The exact parameters for how large these communities should be will depend on the capacity of the local community and available resources.
| Author | : Eustache Zúñiga |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Refugees |
| ISBN | : 9781614703389 |
The admission of refugees to the United States and their resettlement here are authorized by the immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the Refugee Act of 1980. The 1980 Act had two basic purposes: to provide a uniform procedure for refugee admissions and to authorize federal assistance to resettle refugees and promote their self-sufficiency. The intent of the legislation was to end an ad hoc approach to refugee admissions and resettlement that had characterized U.S. refugee policy since World War II. Under the INA, a refugee is a person who is outside his or her country and who is unable or unwilling to return because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. This book examines the refugee admissions and assistance process with a focus on resettlement policy; economic self-sufficiency and refugee minors.
| Author | : Christopher M. Partridge |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Refugees |
| ISBN | : 9781369734867 |
The United States Federal Refugee Program measures resettlement success against the economic self-sufficiency of each refugee household's employable adults. For arriving refugees without access to various forms of capital, resettlement success, as measured by the Federal Government, is tantamount to immediate employment. Resettlement researchers and practitioners have long criticized the early employment focus of the refugee program for favoring immediate outcomes over the long-term success of the resettled. This research contributes to evaluating the impact of the resettlement process on refugee aspirations and resettlement success. Participants from two groups arriving in North Carolina's Research Triangle in 2012 and 2015 answered questions about their aspirations at three points in time over a six-month period. The data-collection-points correspond with and reflect the distinct phases of the government funded refugee resettlement process. The aspirations and trends identified during this study indicate that refugees with long-term aspirations perceive their resettlement as more successful than do refugees with immediate or short-term aspirations. Contextualized data analysis shows that the resettlement process can have a leveling impact on the aspirations of employable refugees but access to resources beyond government funded programs mitigates the severity of this impact. My findings suggests that co-ethnic community structures increase the likelihood of retaining long-term aspirations during resettlement and ultimately improve resettlement success. This research highlights how the normalizing ecosystems of healthy community can provide the sustainable and individual support needed for improving both programmatically defined success rates and individual perceptions of success during resettlement.
| Author | : Audrey Lumley-Sapanski |
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| Release | : 2018 |
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To be considered a refugee by international definition, one must be living outside of ones home country and unable or unwilling to return home. Having lost their citizenship, homes, rights, and livelihood, many refugees live in limbo for years following displacement in second (host) nations. There they have few legal rights and no pathway to citizenship. Acceptance for third country resettlement offers refugees a pathway out of this liminality. However, refugees are assigned to third country resettlement sites with limited input over location. Refugees selected for resettlement through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program are brought to the U.S. and placed in housing and jobs by refugee resettlement agencies whose goal is to help them integrate and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Though a fundamentally humanitarian act, resettlement is a difficult and challenging process for refugees who often arrive lacking language or employment skills, knowledge of their new communities, or support structures. In this study, I examine the outcomes of refugees brought to Chicago through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, with particular attention to their spatial and economic trajectories. To do so, I employ a mixed methods, multiscalar, multidimensional approach. I conducted interviews with 62 refugees, predominately Bhutanese, Burmese, and Iraqi, and 55 stakeholders. I combined the findings from those interviews with analysis of individual level address (n=725) and employment data (n=865) for refugees resettled between 2008 and 2012 within Chicago. Additionally, I employ a form of extended case study, incorporating my experiences as a case manager and program director.I observe significant differences in refugee resettlement trajectories by population. These differences can largely be explained by the interaction of pre-arrival characteristics and experiences of displacement, with the local context of resettlement. However, these factors do not fully explain divergent outcomes. I find that groups work to re-configure aspects of their previous lives, intentionally or otherwise through the prioritization of particular values, goals, and desires. These differences shape choices in residential location, type of housing, and employment mobility. Based on findings, I propose a new model of the refugee resettlement process which incorporates the institutional, temporal and physical aspects of resettlement as well as the central factors which explain individual resettlement pathways and outcomes.
| Author | : Rebecca Hamlin |
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| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2021-05-11 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9781503610606 |
The first in-depth exploration of the persistence and pervasiveness of a dangerous legal fiction about people who cross borders: the binary distinction between migrant and refugee. Today, the concept of "the refugee" as distinct from other migrants looms large. Immigration laws have developed to reinforce a conceptual dichotomy between those viewed as voluntary, often economically motivated, migrants who can be legitimately excluded by potential host states, and those viewed as forced, often politically motivated, refugees who should be let in. In Crossing, Rebecca Hamlin argues against advocacy positions that cling to this distinction. Everything we know about people who decide to move suggests that border crossing is far more complicated than any binary, or even a continuum, can encompass. The decision to leave home is almost always multi-causal and often involves many stops and hazards along the way--a reality not captured by a system that categorizes a majority of border-crossers as undeserving, and the rare few as vulnerable and needy. Drawing on cases of various "border crises" across Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East, Hamlin outlines major inconsistencies and faulty assumptions upon which the binary relies, and explains its endurance and appeal by tracing its origins to the birth of the modern state and the rise of colonial empire. The migrant/refugee binary is not just an innocuous shorthand, indeed its power stems from the way in which is it painted as objective, neutral, and apolitical. In truth, the binary is a dangerous legal fiction, politically constructed with the ultimate goal of making harsh border control measures more ethically palatable to the public. This book is a challenge to all those invested in the rights and study of migrants, to interrogate their own assumptions and move towards more equitable advocacy for all border crossers.
