Recruiting, Developing, and Sustaining Sponsor Groups
Marisol Reyes-Soto summarizes the global state of knowledge on recruiting, developing, and sustaining sponsor groups in this knowledge brief. The Knowledge Brief Series on topics related to community-based refugee sponsorship is produced by the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub.
Sponsorship in the Context of Complementary Pathways
Michelle Manks, Mehrangiz Monsef and Dana Wagner summarize the global state of knowledge on sponsorship in the context of complementary pathways in this knowledge brief. The Knowledge Brief Series on topics related to community-based refugee sponsorship is produced by the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub.
Summary of Alternative Protection Pathways in the Americas
Protection needs for displaced populations from Northern Central America (NCA) greatly exceed available protection opportunities via existing pathways. This paper provides recommendations to expand and improve on protection pathways in the NCA region, accounting for realities which impact the design and operation of such protection.
Global Literature Synthesis Report: Refugee Sponsorship and Integration Outcomes
This Report by Tasha Stansbury, Graduate Fellow, investigates, collects, and synthesizes available evidence indicating potential links between refugee sponsorship and integration trajectories across a range of settlement areas.
Summary of Feasibility Study on the Potential of Community-based Sponsorship in Finland
This study analyses the potential to develop a model of community-based sponsorship in Finland through cooperation between the state, municipalities, and civil society organizations. The study aims to (1) discover how these models would fit in with Finland’s resettlement programme and tradition; (2) clarify the practical feasibility of the programme; and (3) evaluate the potential of the programme, including identifying challenges and value-added.
Summary of Refugee-Integration-Opportunity Structures: Shifting the Focus from Refugees to Context
The article offers a counterpoint to integration discourses that emphasise the responsibilities and integration outcomes of refugees: by focusing on how the receiving society context is critical to shaping refugee-integration opportunities. The article offers an analytical framework to analyze refugees’ normative integration outcomes by introducing five sets of host society “opportunity structures”: locality, discourse, relations, structure and initiatives, and support.
Summary of The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
This chapter addresses the role played by the Office of the UNHCR in making and implementing of international refugee law.
Summary of OECD-UNHCR Study on Third-country Solutions for Refugees: Admissions for Family Reunification, Education, and Employment Purposes between 2010-2019
This study offers an indicative picture of (1) the type and magnitude of admission pathways used by specific refugee populations and (2) the data-collection challenges and gaps associated with complementary pathways for admission. This report builds on the data and findings presented in the 2018 OECD-UNHCR joint report.
Summary of Resettlement
This chapter in The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law critiques resettlement as a ‘durable solution’ to forced displacement, focusing on the tension between asylum and resettlement in Global North States. This critique does not attack the value of resettlement, to both refugees and receiving States, but rather seeks to encourage States to do better in how they govern resettlement and asylum.
Summary of OECD-UNHCR Study on Third-country Solutions for Refugees: Admissions for Family Reunification, Education, and Employment Purposes between 2010-2019
Between 2010-2019, 1.5 million people arrived in OECD countries and Brazil through family, work, and study permits. This study offers an indicative picture of (1) the type and magnitude of admission pathways used by specific refugee populations and (2) the data-collection challenges and gaps associated with complementary pathways for admission.
Summary of the Impact of Education and Employment Quality on Self-rated Mental Health Among Syrian Refugees in Canada
This study looked at employment rates and job quality across a sample size of 1805 Syrian refugees resettled in Canada and considered how this related to their mental and physical health. This paper explores three questions: (1) Does education level among Syrian refugees predict the quality of their current employment, 2-3 years after resettlement? (2) Is there a relationship between job quality and the psychological variables of stress and perceived control? (3) Do education levels, employment quality and psychological variables impact Syrian refugees’ general mental health?
Summary of The Impact of Syrian Refugee Arrivals on Local Systems of Support in Canada
The influx of 40,000 Syrian refugees in Canada between November 2014 and January posed several challenges for Canada's local refugee support system. This 10-month study explored the disruptive impact that the period had on the way local communities support newcomers and how communities can improve their support to bring about transformative change in their vision, structure and processes.