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Issue 54 February 2017 Resettlement Plus: a mini-feature on post-deportation risks and monitoring and a selection of articles on other aspects of forced migration FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION ONLY Forced Migration Review (FMR) provides a forum for the regular exchange of practical From the editors experience, information and ideas between researchers, refugees esettlement is receiving greater prominence in the context of the recent and internally displaced people, Rsurge in numbers of refugees. This traditional ‘durable solution’ – the and those who work with them. managed movement of refugees to a safe third country – already affects many It is published in English, Arabic, thousands of refugees every year, the communities they move into, the people Spanish and French by the they leave behind and the agencies that work with them. With the prospect that Refugee Studies Centre of the numbers will continue to rise, this is an opportunity both to try new approaches Oxford Department of International and to re-examine old ones. Development, University of Oxford. This issue of FMR looks at some of the modalities and challenges of resettlement Staff in order to shed light on debates such as how – and how well – resettlement is Marion Couldrey & managed, whether it is a good use of the funds and energy it uses, and whether Maurice Herson (Editors) it is a good solution for refugees. Case-studies draw in particular on some of the Maureen Schoenfeld (Finance countries that resettle the largest numbers of refugees. and Promotion Assistant) While this issue of FMR was going to press, US President Donald Trump signed an Sharon Ellis (Assistant) executive order indefinitely banning all Syrian refugees from entering the US and Forced Migration Review suspending the country’s broader refugee programme for 120 days. After this the Refugee Studies Centre programme would be much smaller, with the total number of refugees resettled Oxford Department of International in the US in 2017 more than halved – to 50,000 from 110,000. As the US has Development, University of Oxford, the largest refugee resettlement programme in the world by far, this would have 3 Mansfield Road, a significant impact on global resettlement. Oxford OX1 3TB, UK This issue of FMR also contains a mini-feature on Post-deportation risks and [email protected] monitoring and a selection of articles on other forced migration topics. 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We would like to thank Michael Collyer of Sussex University and Jeff Crisp of the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University for their assistance as advisors on the feature theme of this issue. We are also grateful to Immigration, Refugees ISSN 1460-9819 and Citizenship Canada, RefugePoint, the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and UNHCR’s Designed by: Division of International Protection for their financial support of this issue. All Art24 www.art24.co.uk FMR donors are listed on page 99. Printed by: Forthcoming issues and feature themes: Oxuniprint www.oxuniprint.co.uk • FMR 55: Shelter in displacement (due out June 2017) • FMR 56: Latin America and the Caribbean (due out October 2017) • FMR 57: Non-signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention Front cover image: (due out February 2018) This 15-year-old Syrian boy’s family is hoping to be resettled in Canada and For details about forthcoming issues, including article submission deadlines, see is in the final stages of assessment. www.fmreview.org/forthcoming. They live in a two-room shelter in an informal refugee settlement in Join us on Facebook or Twitter or sign up for email alerts at Lebanon. He keeps his suitcase www.fmreview.org/request/alerts. packed. UNHCR/Sebastian Rich Marion Couldrey and Maurice Herson Why have we pixellated his face? Editors, Forced Migration Review See www.fmreview.org/photo-policy Forced Migration Review issue 54 • www.fmreview.org/resettlement Resettlement 54 The Solidarity Resettlement Programme, and alternatives, in Latin America 4 Practical considerations for effective María José Marcogliese resettlement William Lacy Swing 56 Private refugee sponsorship in Canada Jennifer Hyndman, William Payne and Shauna Jimenez 6 The resettlement of Hungarian refugees in 1956 Amanda Cellini 60 The story of a small Canadian congregation sponsoring a refugee family 9 The internationalisation of resettlement: lessons Shannon Tito and Sharolyn Cochand from Syria and Bhutan Carol Batchelor and Edwina O’Shea 61 Rethinking how success is measured Chloe Marshall-Denton 11 Surge and selection: power in the refugee resettlement regime 63 Expectations of vulnerability in Australia Annelisa Lindsay Alice M Neikirk 14 A ‘successful’ refugee resettlement programme: 66 Resettlement of refugee youth in Australia: the case of Nepal experiences and outcomes over time Bipin Ghimire Celia McMichael, Caitlin Nunn, Ignacio Correa-Velez and Sandra M Gifford 16 Putting refugees at the centre of resettlement in the UK 68 Rejecting resettlement: the case of the Michael Collyer, Rupert Brown, Linda Morrice and Palestinians Linda Tip Anne Irfan 20 Southeast Asia and the disenchantment with 71 The resettlement of Polish refugees after the resettlement second world war Sébastien Moretti Agata Blaszczyk 22 Portugal’s position on resettlement: a view from 73 Resettlement: where’s the evidence, what’s the periphery of the EU the strategy? Lúcio Sousa and Paulo Manuel Costa Alexander Betts 23 Pre-resettlement experiences: Iranians in Vienna Post-deportation risks and monitoring Molly Fee 76 Post-deportation risks for failed asylum seekers 25 ‘Matching’ refugees Jill Alpes, Charlotte Blondel, Nausicaa Preiss and Will Jones and Alexander Teytelboym Meritxell Sayos Monras 26 The secondary migration of refugees resettled in the US 78 Risks encountered after forced removal: the return experiences of young Afghans Jeffrey Bloem and Scott Loveridge Emily Bowerman 28 The importance of legal counsel 81 A grim return: post-deportation risks in Uganda Betsy Fisher Charity Ahumuza Onyoin 29 Who will resettle single Syrian men? 84 The EU-Turkey deal: what happens to people who Lewis Turner return to Turkey? 32 How NGOs have helped shape resettlement Sevda Tunaboylu and Jill Alpes Amy Slaughter 34 Expanding the role of NGOs in resettlement General articles Melonee Douglas, Rachel Levitan and Lucy W Kiama 88 Ensuring the rights of climate-displaced people 38 Resettlement as a protection tool for in Bangladesh refugee children Prabal Barua, Mohammad Shahjahan, Susanna Davies and Carol Batchelor Mohammed Arifur Rahman, Syed Hafizur Rahman 41 An unequal partnership: resettlement service and Morshed Hossan Molla providers in Australia 91 When money speaks: behind asylum seekers’ Niro Kandasamy consumption patterns 43 Refugee resettlement and activism in New Jonathan Goh, Sophie Kurschner, Tina Esmail and Zealand Jonathan van Arneman Murdoch Stephens 94 Migrant, refugee or minor? It matters for children 45 Differential treatment of refugees in Ireland in Europe. Natalya Pestova Kevin Byrne 48 Towards a new framework for integration 96 Statelessness determination: the Swiss in the US experience Catherine Tyson Karen Hamann 50 How refugee community groups support resettlement G Odessa Gonzalez Benson 99 News from the Refugee Studies Centre 52 US refugee exclusion practices 100 Iraqi refugees in Spanish-speaking Californian Katherine Knight communities 53 Security practices and resettlement Ken Crane and Lisa Fernandez Shoshana Fine 4 Resettlement FMR 54 www.fmreview.org/resettlement February 2017 Practical considerations for effective resettlement William Lacy Swing Certain essential elements of resettlement programming benefit both refugees and the states undertaking to receive them. IOM believes that this holds true regardless of the type of resettlement scheme, the destination country or the profile of the refugees being assisted. Resettlement is a vital tool for international Refugee-centric programming protection and a durable solution for Successful resettlement programmes are some of the most vulnerable people in the refugee-centric and have protection as their world. Though not an option for the vast main driver. Resettlement programming majority of refugees, resettlement gives real should include a range of pre-departure hope and a chance to begin life anew to and post-arrival services, and be designed many who would otherwise have neither and implemented to support refugees home nor country to call their own. and counterparts at every phase of the The number of persons resettled annually resettlement process. This means ensuring is on the rise, yet the number of places being that refugees move in