Reprint

Integration and Resettlement of Refugees and Forced Migrants

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February 2020
110 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03928-130-5 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03928-131-2 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Integration and Resettlement of Refugees and Forced Migrants that was published in

Business & Economics
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
Since 2017, the United States and Europe—among many other refugee-hosting countries—have made significant changes in their refugee policies. New visa restrictions, travel bans, and other regulations were imposed by national governments. At the local level, towns and cities responded in different ways: some resisted national policy by declaring themselves “sanctuary cities”, while others supported exclusionary policies. These different responses influenced refugees’ ability to settle and become integrated. The Refugees in Towns (RIT) project at Tufts University explores local urban integration experiences, drawing on the knowledge and perspectives of refugees and citizens in towns around the world. Since 2017, more than 30 RIT case studies have deepened our local knowledge about the factors that enable or obstruct integration, and the ways in which migrants and hosts co-exist, adapt, and struggle with integration. In this Special Issue, seven articles explore urban integration in towns in Europe (Frankfurt-Rödelheim, Germany; Newcastle, UK; Ambertois, France; Italy’s cities; and Belgrade, Serbia) and in North America: Bhutanese refugee-hosting US cities, and Antigonish, Canada. The papers explore how refugees and citizens interact; the role of officials and politicians in enabling or obstructing integration; the social, economic, and cultural impact of migration; and the ways—inclusive or exclusive—locals have responded.
Format
  • Paperback
License and Copyright
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
forced migration; local refugee reception; refugee accommodation; municipalities; neighborhood activism; Germany; Frankfurt am Main; participatory action research (PAR); refugee; youth; newcomer; physical activity; sport; recreation; social ecological; ecological systems; physical literacy; two-way integration; resettled refugees; Bhutanese; resettlement policy; asylum seekers; non-metropolitan areas; fragile spaces; temporary integration; autonomy; dispersal policy; France; inclusion; intercultural; education; asylum seeker; difficulty; diversity; integration; refugees; austerity; community relations; employment; local politics; North East of England; refugees; integration; Italy; Italian; education; language

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