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.
Summary of Brokering immigrant transnationalism: Remittances, family reunification, and private refugee sponsorship in Canada
Using the case study of Canada’s private refugee sponsorship program, the authors show how neoliberalization heightens the power of non-immigrant civilians to broker immigrants’ transnationalism.
Summary of Same but different: Strategies in the global race for talent
In the global race for talent, the EU is struggling to keep up with frontrunners like Canada and Australia. Canada and Australia provide examples of how to attract global talent and address labour shortages. Despite their differences, the EU and its Member States could turn to leading nations for inspiration on attracting and retaining global talent.
Summary of The effect of social capital on migrant labor market success: evidence from refugee sponsorship in Canada
This research considers the role of migrants’ social networks and the effect of “bridging social capital” on employment outcomes by systematically comparing GAR, PSR and BVOR employment outcomes and controlling for background characteristics.
Past and future sponsorship programs from around the world – May 2023
May 2023 roundup of literature on pathways to protection, prepared by Sezgi Karacan and Caitlin Thomas for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. The theme of this literature roundup is past and future sponsorship programs around the world.
Summary of Private Assistance for Ukrainian refugees and attitudes towards refugee sponsorship in Poland
This study surveys Poland’s response to the Ukrainian refugees in May and December 2022, particularly Poles’ actions and attitudes towards helping Ukrainians, to determine the potential for long-term solutions to refugee responses in Poland that take into account the potential of civic society. The study looks at how social attitudes to assist Ukrainians change overtime in Poland by focusing on Poles’ willingness to help and how and their perceptions of the possible application of refugee sponsorship in Poland.