The International Refugee Crisis

The International Refugee Crisis
Author: Vaughan Robinson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1349120545

There may be 20 million refugees around the world today. For many, their search for freedom ends in camps in countries of first asylum. There they wait for offers of permanent resettlement in the West. This book explores how two countries traditionally noted for their humanitarian treatment of refugees have responded to the refugee crisis of the 1980s and 90s, how they have recast their admission criteria, developed reception policies and constructed resettlement programmes.

Refugee Resettlement in the United States

Refugee Resettlement in the United States
Author: Emily M. Feuerherm
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2015-12-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1783094591

This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what ‘refugee’ and ‘resettlement’ mean. The main themes of the chapters highlight: the intersections of language education and refugee resettlement from community-based adult programs to elementary school classrooms; the language (of) resettlement policies and politics in the United States at both the national level and at the local level focusing on the agencies and organizations that support refugees; the discursive constructions of refugee-hood that are promulgated through the media, resettlement agencies, and even the refugees themselves. This volume is highly relevant to current political debates of immigration, human rights, and education, and will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, and cultural studies.

U.S. Refugee Resettlement Assistance

U.S. Refugee Resettlement Assistance
Author: Andorra Bruno
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 1437980341

In recent years, the United States has admitted an increasingly diverse group of refugees and other humanitarian cases with a diverse set of needs. There seems to be broad consensus that the U.S. refugee resettlement assistance system is not adequately meeting the needs of these new arrivals and is ripe for reform. The National Security Council is leading an interagency review of refugee resettlement, the forthcoming results of which may further energize reform efforts. To help inform possible future efforts to reform the refugee resettlement assistance system, this report discusses existing resettlement assistance programs, key challenges and issues in providing effective assistance, and policy options to reform the current system.