Administrative Burdens
The May 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared by Sezgi Karacan for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. This roundup brings together recent publications on administrative burdens in the context of sponsorship, resettlement, family reunification of refugees, and special responses.
Syrian Refugees in Canada
The April 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared by Sezgi Karacan for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. This roundup brings together recent publications on Syrian refugees in Canada.
Sponsorship, Settlement, and Integration
The March 2024 roundup of literature on Sponsorship, Resettlement, and Pathways to Protection was prepared by Sezgi Karacan for the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub. This roundup brings together recent publications on sponsorship, settlement, and integration.
Summary of Attracting, Retaining, and Diversifying Sponsors for Refugees in Community Sponsorship Programmes
This report identifies factors that contribute to hindering recruitment and retention of sponsors, offers different ways to promote recruitment and retention, and discusses considerations that can promote growth and sustainability of sponsorship programmes beyond programme design questions, outreach, and tools to support sponsors. Based on original research of sponsorship programmes in Belgium, Germany, and Ireland, the study finds that sponsor recruitment and retention are among the primary obstacles to the growth and sustainability of sponsorship programmes. The report discusses ways to promote sponsor recruitment and retention by diversifying the sponsor network through broadening outreach efforts and redesigning programme structures to reduce tasks imposed on them.
Rural private sponsorship and access to culturally appropriate food in Canada
With resettlement to rural communities comes all the regular challenges of living in rural communities. The context of being a refugee presents additional challenges, one of which is access to culturally appropriate food.
The EUAA Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission (RST&HA) Network
EUAA supports the implementation of EU+ countries’ resettlement efforts in the framework of European resettlement schemes, in cooperation with the European Commission, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) and other relevant actors.
The Refugee Sponsorship Support Program (SSP)
The Refugee Sponsorship Support Program (SSP) is a national program across Canada that trains lawyers to provide free support to individuals and groups seeking to privately sponsor refugees.
The Canadian Council for Refugees Youth Network
The Youth Network gives refugee and newcomer youth a voice to address challenges faced by newcomer youth and a space to share ideas on how to meet these challenges. The Youth Network works within a gender justice and anti-oppression framework.