Using Sponsorship as an Emergency Response Tool
September 2023 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, resettlement, and pathways to protection prepared by Sezgi Karacan and Caitlin Thomas for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. The theme of this literature roundup is Using Sponsorship as an Emergency Response Tool.
Summary of Safe Pathways for Refugees III: OECD-UNHCR study on pathways used by refugees linked to family reunification, study programmes and labour mobility between 2010 and 2021
The “Safe Pathways for Refugees” report series is a publication on complementary pathways data which allows for the more effective assessment of the impact of pathways programmes. The project began in 2018 and studies data collected from 37 OECD countries and Brazil between 2010 and 2021. This report includes updates for 2020-2021 numbers.
Summary of Artificial Intelligence and Resettlement of Refugees: Implications for the Fundamental Rights
The use of AI tools has the potential to streamline and improve various aspects of resettlement. However, its use should be approached with caution, as there is potential for human rights violations to occur.
Summary of Homestay Accommodation for Refugees (in Europe). A Literature Review
This article is a review of literature on homestay accommodations for refugees. ‘Homestay accommodations’ are when locals offer to share their living space with refugees they have no personal connection to as an act of solidarity. Homestay accommodations are different from community-based sponsorship due to the fact that sponsors do not usually envisage sharing their personal space with refugees; however, both sponsors and homestay hosts seek to support refugees’ social inclusion.
Summary of Refugees as Skilled Migrants: Insights from Australia’s 2018 Employer-Sponsored Refugee Migration Pilot
This article examines the outcomes of a pilot program introduced by Talent Beyond Boundaries, a non-profit organization, in 2018 to help employers sponsor skilled refugees to fill labour shortages in Australia.
Lessons Learned from Responses to Displacement
July 2023 roundup of literature on Complementary Pathways, Legal Aspects, and Mapping, prepared by Tasha Stansbury for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. The theme of this literature roundup is Lessons Learned from Responses to Displacement.
Summary of Whose Pathways are They? The Top-down/Bottom-up conundrum of Complementary Pathways for Refugees
This article questions whether the bottom-up aspect of complementary pathways lend them any greater chance of success. It considers the perspective of four interested ‘actors’: communities, national authorities, the international refugee protection regime, and refugees.
Summary of Addressing the Legal Quagmire of Complementary Legal Pathways
The article addresses the nuances surrounding the concept of legal/complementary pathways through distinguishing it from other means of “protection,” and assessing its implications on entry and stay.
Summary of Tapping displaced talent: Policy options for EU complementary pathways
This brief shares policy options identified as part of the EU-funded and ICMPD-implemented project “Making refugee talent visible and accessible to EU labour markets – tapping into the potential of skills-based complementary pathways”, financed through the Migration Partnership Facility.
Summary of How Operation Syrian Refugees Informs Canada’s Responses to Current and Future Refugee Crises
The authors discuss several lessons from this large resettlement effort that can inform our response to current refugee crises. They question Canada’s focus on ‘signal’ refugee movements – events of forcible displacement that garner international media attention – rather than endemic situations.
Summary of Protecting skilled Afghan women: Brain save and the politics of vulnerability
Considering the Afghan evacuation of 2021 and its aftermath, this article suggests the term ‘brain save’ to characterise emerging protection discourses and practices concerning the resettlement of skilled women refugees.
Complementary Pathways, Legal Aspects, and Mapping – June 2023
June 2023 roundup of literature on Complementary Pathways, Legal Aspects, and Mapping, prepared by Sezgi Karacan for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. The theme of this literature roundup is complementary pathways, legal aspects, and mapping.