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The Refugee Mentorship Toolkit provides practical guidance for organizations seeking to create meaningful...
Research on refugee sponsorship in rural communities explores how community-led initiatives can strengthen...
As a Pathways International-uOttawa Refugee Hub Fellow, Omer Malikyar attended the International Institute...
The UNHCR webinar on the 2027 Projected Global Resettlement Needs and Safe Pathways Update examined global...
The CARFMS webinar on UNHCR's Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2025 Report explored the growing scale...
The Research Matters event on refugee resettlement and the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement explored...
Research on private refugee sponsorship in Canada examines the complex power dynamics that shape relationships...
New research on refugee co-sponsorship in the United States explores how volunteer-based sponsorship...
The virtual launch of Canada in the Global Refugee Regime examined Canada’s evolving role in international...
Through the Global Pathways to Refugee Protection course at the University of Ottawa, Refugee Hub Fellow...
The recent briefing on refugee resettlement underscored its vital role as a life-saving protection mechanism...
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At the release of PRSN’s Spring 2025 survey report, “Building Better Relationships,” author William Croson...
At the Global Sponsorship Summit in Rome, Refugee Hub Fellows Shirley Tarazona and Omer Malikyar were...
This Special Issue provides a global overview of Community Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways outside...
This article applies a Multiple Streams Framework to analyze the emergence of Australia’s complementary...
This article critically examines how Community Sponsorship programmes redistribute responsibility for...
This article examines the negotiation processes that enabled faith-based organizations to establish Humanitarian...
This reflective essay examines Italy’s University Corridors for Refugees (UNICORE) through the lived...
This article examines the relational dynamics shaping the success of Germany’s NesT community sponsorship...
This article examines the Homes for Ukraine scheme to show that community-led welcome complements rather...
This article analyzes Spain’s first community sponsorship programme, Auzolana II, implemented in the...
This paper examines the emergence and expansion of community sponsorship in Europe between 2013 and 2023,...
October 23 2025 Hosted by UNSW Sydney and UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
October 23 2025 Hosted by UNSW Sydney and UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
October 23 2025 Hosted by UNSW Sydney and UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
October 23 2025 Hosted by UNSW Sydney and UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
October 23 2025 Hosted by UNSW Sydney and UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
October 23 2025 Hosted by UNSW Sydney and UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
September 25 2025 Podcast Summary - The Rest is Politics
October 2 2025 Podcast Summary - The Rest is Politics
The report analyzes the Biden administration’s approach to migration management, highlighting the balance...
The article examines the often-overlooked contributions of diaspora communities as co-sponsors in refugee...
This policy brief discusses the need for migration policies beyond deterrence, emphasizing flexibility,...
The article examines how private sponsorship impacts Syrian refugee resettlement compared to government...
At the Global Sponsorship Summit in Dublin, Pathways International Fellow Valeria Gomez was reminded...
September 4 2024 Hosted by UNHCR in Geneva, Switzerland
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...