Exploring the laws and policies that govern how refugees are treated by nations and by the international community. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/law-policy/rss en Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:00 +0000 Martin Ruhs https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/04/01/can-labor-immigration-work-for-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/04/01/can-labor-immigration-work-for-refugees The Global Compact on Refugees recommends that high-income countries take in some refugees as labor migrants. Researcher Martin Ruhs explores how that might work. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:30:00 +0000 Sarah Deardorff Miller https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/21/phasing-down-and-out-the-murky-art-of-leaving-protracted-refugee-crises https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/21/phasing-down-and-out-the-murky-art-of-leaving-protracted-refugee-crises There are endless protocols for scaling up humanitarian responses to deal with new emergencies. But more guidance is still needed on when and how to phase down, writes researcher Sarah Deardorff Miller. Crises & Conflicts Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Provash Budden https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/28/its-time-to-treat-venezuela-like-a-protracted-refugee-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/28/its-time-to-treat-venezuela-like-a-protracted-refugee-crisis Other prolonged refugee crises, such as in Syria, show that short-term aid is only one piece of the puzzle, writes Mercy Corps’ Provash Budden. Now is the time to ensure Venezuela turns out differently. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Isaac Bloch, Anne Dutton https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/22/border-purgatory-trump-administrations-latest-effort-to-deter-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/22/border-purgatory-trump-administrations-latest-effort-to-deter-refugees Asylum seekers who lawfully attempt to enter the U.S. are being forced to wait in Mexico – or made to leave after gaining entry – even after demonstrating they have a credible fear of returning home, write Anne Dutton and Isaac Bloch of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies. Economy Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:30:00 +0000 Steven Davidson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/01/31/israels-deposit-law-is-pushing-asylum-seekers-to-financial-ruin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/01/31/israels-deposit-law-is-pushing-asylum-seekers-to-financial-ruin An Israeli law enacted in mid-2017 amounts to a de facto salary cut for African asylum seekers, plunging the community into a financial crisis, reports Steven Davidson. Laws & Policy Solutions Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:30:00 +0000 Chris Horwood https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/22/its-time-for-a-more-honest-less-partisan-debate-on-mixed-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/22/its-time-for-a-more-honest-less-partisan-debate-on-mixed-migration Mixed migration flows represent a small proportion of human mobility but have seriously disrupted migration and refugee policy as well as politics worldwide. We need a sober, forward-looking discussion of the issues, argues Mixed Migration Centre analyst Chris Horwood. Laws & Policy Solutions Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:00:00 +0000 Claire Higgins https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/18/how-a-visa-for-asylum-seekers-could-grant-safe-passage-to-europe https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/18/how-a-visa-for-asylum-seekers-could-grant-safe-passage-to-europe The move to consider an E.U.-wide humanitarian visa is a chance for member states to take action on a long-debated concept, and to show global leadership with life-saving consequences for people in need of protection, writes researcher Claire Higgins. Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Dirk Willem te Velde, Freddie Carver, Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Eva Ludi, Veronique Barbelet https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/14/how-to-ensure-ethiopias-jobs-compact-works-for-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/14/how-to-ensure-ethiopias-jobs-compact-works-for-refugees Jordan’s ‘jobs-for-refugees’ compact, rolled out in 2016, saw mixed results. Five researchers from the Overseas Development Institute draw on lessons learned to recommend five ways to ensure the Ethiopia compact succeeds. Crises & Conflicts Economy Laws & Policy Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Aviva Shwayder https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/10/false-paradise-caribbean-island-nations-must-respect-venezuelans-rights https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/10/false-paradise-caribbean-island-nations-must-respect-venezuelans-rights With the number of displaced Venezuelans on track to reach 3.6 million this year, small island-nations such as Trinidad and Tobago can’t ignore their responsibility to help, writes Aviva Shwayder of Refugees International. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Nick Megoran https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/09/need-to-solve-a-border-dispute-look-to-ethiopia-or-uzbekistan https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/09/need-to-solve-a-border-dispute-look-to-ethiopia-or-uzbekistan The E.U., U.K. and U.S. like to see themselves as moral standard-bearers in the international community. When it comes to border politics, however, they could do a lot worse than look to Uzbekistan and Ethiopia in 2019, writes political geography researcher Nick Megoran. Crises & Conflicts Economy Education Environment Innovation & Technology Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Solutions Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Tania Karas, Daniel Howden, Charlotte Alfred https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/21/2018-a-year-of-reporting-deeply-on-refugees-and-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/21/2018-a-year-of-reporting-deeply-on-refugees-and-migration As we near the end of another eventful year for refugees and migration policy, our editors select 2018’s best stories and commentary on Refugees Deeply. Integration Laws & Policy Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:30:00 +0000 Izza Leghtas, Jessica Thea https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/20/turkey-must-not-ignore-non-syrian-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/20/turkey-must-not-ignore-non-syrian-refugees As Turkey takes sole responsibility from UNHCR for processing the asylum claims of Afghans and other non-Syrians, it must register them and allow them to access their basic rights, say Refugees International’s Izza Leghtas and Jessica Thea. Crises & Conflicts Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:24:04 +0000 Tamara Wood, Claire Higgins https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact A one-off Australian program that resettled 12,000 Syrians and Iraqis between 2015 and 2017 can be replicated around the world, say researchers Claire Higgins and Tamara Wood. Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:30:00 +0000 Willem Staes https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/12/european-union-must-reconsider-its-role-in-syrian-returns https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/12/european-union-must-reconsider-its-role-in-syrian-returns Syrian refugees in Lebanon are being used as bargaining chips in a power play by Russia and the Syrian regime that could force them back to Syria prematurely. The E.U. must use its leverage to find a durable solution that protects them, says researcher Willem Staes. Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:47:56 +0000 Solon Ardittis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/05/whats-to-fear-in-the-u-n-global-compact-for-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/05/whats-to-fear-in-the-u-n-global-compact-for-migration The forthcoming adoption of the United Nations’ global migration compact has sparked turmoil, particularly among members of the European Union. But the compact itself refutes much of the criticism, says Solon Ardittis, director of Eurasylum. Integration Laws & Policy Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:30:00 +0000 Sarah Deardorff Miller https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/29/why-anti-xenophobia-campaigns-may-backfire https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/29/why-anti-xenophobia-campaigns-may-backfire At best, pro-migrant campaigns raise awareness. At worst, they reinforce tensions. Researcher Sarah Deardorff Miller explains why such efforts must examine the motivations behind xenophobic behavior. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Dr. David Beversluis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/19/what-it-means-for-migrants-when-europe-blocks-sea-rescues https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/19/what-it-means-for-migrants-when-europe-blocks-sea-rescues With no NGO vessels to rescue migrants crossing the central Mediterranean, people are drowning. Dr. David Beversluis, physician onboard one of the last rescue ships in the Mediterranean, looks at what it means when Europe turns its back. Laws & Policy Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +0000 Nicholas Van Hear https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/29/refugia-answering-the-critics https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/29/refugia-answering-the-critics The concept of a transnational polity for refugees has attracted critics, as well as curiosity. Nicholas Van Hear responds to five main criticisms of his proposed Refugia. Economy Innovation & Technology Integration Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:30:00 +0000 Swati Mehta https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/24/how-integration-is-actually-working-in-germany https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/24/how-integration-is-actually-working-in-germany Three years after record numbers of asylum seekers came to Germany, jobs remain the biggest challenge for post-2015 arrivals. Researcher Swati Mehta offers four ways to make financial integration work. Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 22 Oct 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Lucy Hovil https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/22/we-need-a-more-honest-discussion-of-ugandas-model-refugee-policies https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/22/we-need-a-more-honest-discussion-of-ugandas-model-refugee-policies The idealization of Uganda’s refugee model is unhelpful for Ugandans and refugees, says Lucy Hovil of the International Refugee Rights Initiative. Ignoring the political context risks undermining the best and obscuring the worst of Ugandan refugee policy. Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:30:00 +0000 Marvin Rees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/19/how-cities-can-shape-a-fairer-more-humane-immigration-policy https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/19/how-cities-can-shape-a-fairer-more-humane-immigration-policy National governments do not have all the answers on immigration says Bristol mayor Marvin Rees. Ahead of a mayors’ summit he outlines a better city-led response. Economy Education Health Integration Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Dina Baslan, Izza Leghtas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/11/we-need-to-help-jordans-other-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/11/we-need-to-help-jordans-other-refugees Help for refugees in Jordan is focused almost exclusively on Syrians. Researchers Izza Leghtas and Dina Baslan make a plea for Yemenis, Somalis and Sudanese not to be forgotten. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Elizabeth Ferris, Walter Kalin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/04/el-salvador-has-a-historic-opportunity-to-address-internal-displacement https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/04/el-salvador-has-a-historic-opportunity-to-address-internal-displacement Some 300,000 Salvadorans were displaced last year, and many remain on the run from gang violence. Elizabeth Ferris and Walter Kalin explain why a new draft law on internal displacement in El Salvador is a chance to help them and provide a model for other countries. Integration Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:20:00 +0000 Alicia Medina https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/10/01/surviving-denmarks-open-prisons-for-undeportables https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/10/01/surviving-denmarks-open-prisons-for-undeportables Married to a Dane, with a Danish son, Khoshnaw Nameq has been refused asylum in Denmark but cannot be deported to Iraq because Iraq will accept only voluntary returns. Now in Italy, he refuses to give up on a legal future in Europe. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:00:00 +0000 Luisa Feline Freier https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/28/why-latin-america-should-recognize-venezuelans-as-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/28/why-latin-america-should-recognize-venezuelans-as-refugees Latin America has one of the world’s most advanced approaches to refugees, yet it is reluctant to apply it to Venezuelans. Expert Luisa Feline Freier argues that the Venezuelan displacement crisis is a crucial test for the Cartagena Declaration. Innovation & Technology Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:10:00 +0000 Petra Molnar, Samer Muscati https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/27/what-if-an-algorithm-decided-whether-you-could-stay-in-canada-or-not https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/27/what-if-an-algorithm-decided-whether-you-could-stay-in-canada-or-not Canada is rapidly expanding the use of AI in its immigration service. Rights advocates Petra Molnar and Samer Muscati pick apart experiments that will be copied around the world. Innovation & Technology Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Fri, 21 Sep 2018 06:00:00 +0000 Natalie Sikorski https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/21/how-cities-are-demanding-a-greater-voice-on-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/21/how-cities-are-demanding-a-greater-voice-on-migration Cities are developing their own solutions to help fast-growing migrant and refugee populations in urban areas. Cities expert Robert Muggah describes the swell of initiatives by urban leaders and what it will take to overcome the barriers ahead. Crises & Conflicts Economy Laws & Policy Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:39:17 +0000 Jeff Crisp https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/13/as-the-world-abandons-refugees-unhcrs-constraints-are-exposed https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/13/as-the-world-abandons-refugees-unhcrs-constraints-are-exposed The U.N. refugee agency lacks the funding, political clout and independence to protect refugees in the way that it is supposed to, says former UNHCR official and refugee policy expert Jeff Crisp. Crises & Conflicts Integration Laws & Policy Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:30:00 +0000 Maria Hagan https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/07/the-jungle-performance-recreating-a-refugee-camp-on-the-fly https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/07/the-jungle-performance-recreating-a-refugee-camp-on-the-fly Since the Calais Jungle was demolished in 2016, asylum seekers have returned, although any shelter they erect is destroyed. This leaves them performing a shadow camp in an absurd game with the police. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Mon, 27 Aug 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Mat Nashed https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/27/refugees-in-cairo-live-in-fear-of-sudans-wanted-list https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/27/refugees-in-cairo-live-in-fear-of-sudans-wanted-list A Refugees Deeply investigation finds Egyptian security targeting a list of critics of the Khartoum regime. Sudanese refugees, afraid to approach the U.N. and with resettlement abroad out of reach, are left with little international protection.