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September 4 2024 Hosted by UNHCR in Geneva, Switzerland
In 2021, the Private Refugee Sponsor Network (PRSN) was founded to empower private sponsors, addressing...
This study focuses on resettled Syrian refugees in rural areas of Nova Scotia and explores their employment...
Event Host/Institute: Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)Event date and time: September 5,...
The "Safe Pathways for Refugees Report IV" examines refugee admissions to OECD countries and Brazil between...
The July 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared...
Research on refugee sponsorship has focused on newcomers' settlement outcomes, sponsor profiles, motivations,...
This article analyzes the context of "dwelling" in homesharing programs in Bologna, Florence and Turin...
The Commission on the Integration of Refugees published its flagship report calling for a new deal for...
This article is about the U.S. refugee resettlement program and how it has declined due to high costs,...
June 24, 2024 Hybrid event hosted in Geneva, Switzerland
June 19-20 2024 Hosted by UNHCR and GAIN in Bogota, Colombia
The June 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared...
The Ukrainian crisis led to large-scale private hosting initiatives for refugee housing, with 27% of...
This article examines policy approaches that can assist refugees in transitioning from relying on volunteer...
This article reviews and analyzes existing literature and studies on immigration and refugee resettlement...
This article discusses who qualifies as a "climate migrant", why there is not category for "climate refugee"...
The May 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared...
The April 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared...
The March 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared...
This report looks into potential pathways for legal protection of those who are displaced by climate...
This article explored why some people choose or are forced to stay in place, although they are affected...
April 25, 2024 Hosted virtually by Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
March 26 2024 Hosted online by UNHCR in Geneva, Switzerland
In 2019, UNHCR and its partners set the 15by30 goal, aiming at securing 15% enrollment of refugee youth...
May 16-17 2024 Hosted by UNHCR and GAIN in Brasilia, Brazil
During the week of February 20-26 2024, UNHCR co-organized a series of online consultations with NGOs...
While climate-induced displacements are rapidly increasing, the international legal protection framework...
April 4-5 2024 Hosted by UNHCR and GAIN in Mexico City
January 17, 2024 from 1:30 PM EST-4:00 PM EST Hybrid event hosted by TMU and CERC
This article defines climate migration and describes challenges associated with having an overbroad definition....
The article provides an overview of these programs, both completed and ongoing, categorizing their goals...
On April 17, 2024, the US Department of State announced the launch of the Welcome Corps at Work program...
IRCC has announced this new temporary public policy that, through the identification and facilitation...
This digest contains a factual summary of the relevant law and policy to date (April 2024) on Family...
Climate change is increasingly a source of migration, and those numbers are predicted to grow as global...
The ability to name refugees for private sponsorship has largely transformed Canada’s Private Sponsorship...
The authors compare he EU Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) and the Canadian Canada-Ukraine Authorization...
The University of Ottawa is delighted to launch the uOttawa Refugee Hub Fellowships for Refugee Leaders....
The February 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was...
This report provides a comparative study of Canada’s and the United Kingdom’s (UK) responses to Ukrainian...
The report tracks the lifeline of public support for refugees in Turkey, Columbia, and Europe where solidarity...
This report examines responses by host governments in Turkey, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European...
This report evaluates the editions of the University Corridor for Refugees (UNICORE) program from 2019-2023....
March 4, 2024; 3:00PM CET / 9:00AM ET; online webinar hosted by Migration Policy Institute Europe.
Drawn upon interviews with stakeholders from five countries, this study explores the multilevel partnership...
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) hosted a two-day gathering with legal scholars, practitioners,...
UPDATE: event notes added. November 14, 2023; 4:00PM CET / 10:00AM ET; online webinar hosted by Migration...
12-13 February 2024, hybrid event, in person in Manila, Philippines; regional meeting hosted by De La...
Despite the emergence of complementary education pathways and their positive results, there are a number...