Exploring potential solutions to issues affecting refugees and migrants around the world https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/solutions/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 Education Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0000 Sunaina Kumar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/04/01/how-rohingya-refugee-children-are-torn-between-languages https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/04/01/how-rohingya-refugee-children-are-torn-between-languages Language is both a means of assimilation and a source of exclusion for young Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh caught between a host country trying to prevent their integration and a home country that may prevent their return, writes Sunaina Kumar. Crises & Conflicts Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:30:00 +0000 Marta Vidal https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/26/in-jordan-some-refugee-fathers-find-a-place-to-be-vulnerable https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/26/in-jordan-some-refugee-fathers-find-a-place-to-be-vulnerable Humanitarian aid organizations tend to view men as more capable of coping with hardship and often overlook them as a vulnerable population of refugees, writes Marta Vidal. One group in Jordan is trying to change that. 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. Economy Innovation & Technology Integration Solutions Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:30:00 +0000 Jennifer Gordon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/18/what-ethiopia-can-learn-from-the-jordan-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/18/what-ethiopia-can-learn-from-the-jordan-compact The Ethiopia Jobs Compact’s commitment to providing formal economic opportunities ignores the likelihood that many refugees will be able to find only informal work, writes law professor Jennifer Gordon. Implementation will be more effective if it considers this reality. 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 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. 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. Solutions Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/13/the-complex-effects-of-development-aid-on-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/13/the-complex-effects-of-development-aid-on-migration Does development aid curb migration? Researchers Mauro Lanati and Rainer Thiele show how aid can deter would-be migrants when it goes to public services, but argue that it would take an unrealistic increase in aid to significantly lower emigration rates. 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. 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. Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Mon, 08 Oct 2018 08:30:00 +0000 Daniela Gerson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/10/08/the-grand-refugee-hotel-the-sequel-to-my-grandfathers-germany https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/10/08/the-grand-refugee-hotel-the-sequel-to-my-grandfathers-germany On a visit to one of Germany’s most radical refugee integration experiments, U.S. migration journalist and academic Daniela Gerson went in search of her family history and found an increasingly uneasy relationship between past and present. 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. 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 Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:02:35 +0000 Eric Karstens https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/14/why-mainstream-migration-journalism-in-italy-and-spain-is-failing https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/14/why-mainstream-migration-journalism-in-italy-and-spain-is-failing A new study reveals a dangerous gap between journalists’ desire to report in a fair and balanced way and the deteriorating media. Political interference in newsrooms is distorting refugee coverage. Crises & Conflicts Solutions Tue, 04 Sep 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Ana Uzelac https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/04/how-anti-refugee-narratives-waste-international-aid-and-human-lives https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/04/how-anti-refugee-narratives-waste-international-aid-and-human-lives The stories we tell are as important as the funding we commit, says Ana Uzelac of the Clingendael Institute. In Lebanon, she explains, erroneous narratives about refugees limit the ability of donor funding to improve refugees’ well-being in the country. Economy Solutions Fri, 31 Aug 2018 03:00:48 +0000 Sophie Cousins, News Deeply Contributor https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/31/will-migrant-domestic-workers-in-the-gulf-ever-be-safe-from-abuse-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/31/will-migrant-domestic-workers-in-the-gulf-ever-be-safe-from-abuse-2 The oil-rich Gulf States depend on the migrant labor of millions of domestic workers to cook, clean and care for children across the region. For those workers, the chance of a better life for their own families comes with the risk of exploitation, abuse, even slavery. Crises & Conflicts Refugee Voices Solutions Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:50:00 +0000 Leymah Gbowee https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/08/29/to-change-the-world-let-refugee-women-lead https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/08/29/to-change-the-world-let-refugee-women-lead Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee highlights the contrast between the resolve and strength of refugee women and their portrayal as helpless victims. Crises & Conflicts Solutions Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Natalie Sikorski https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/22/deeply-talks-lessons-from-venezuelas-refugee-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/22/deeply-talks-lessons-from-venezuelas-refugee-crisis The scale of the exodus from Venezuela is testing the region’s historically progressive approach to displacement and migration. In our latest Deeply Talks, we discuss lessons from Venezuela and the regional response. Crises & Conflicts Innovation & Technology Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:30:00 +0000 Cetta Mainwaring https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/08/20/maltas-history-of-failed-migration-deterrence https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/08/20/maltas-history-of-failed-migration-deterrence Malta’s need to stand up to Italy is preventing it from leading on better E.U. migration policy. Cetta Mainwaring argues for a radical departure from past and present failures. Education Innovation & Technology Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Tonny Onyulo https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/16/school-started-by-refugees-becomes-one-of-ugandas-best https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/16/school-started-by-refugees-becomes-one-of-ugandas-best An education project started by Congolese refugees in Uganda has been hailed a success. This expanding school is now sending students to universities all over the world. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:20:00 +0000 Cristiano D’Orsi https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/08/09/peace-deal-alone-will-not-stem-flow-of-eritrean-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/08/09/peace-deal-alone-will-not-stem-flow-of-eritrean-refugees The detente with Ethiopia has seen Eritrea slash indefinite military conscription. Researcher Cristiano D’Orsi argues that without a breakthrough on human rights, Eritreans will still flee.