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Roberts-Schweitzer, Eluned, and Patricia Maloof. "Crossing Cultural Barriers Through In-service Training." Practicing Anthropology 18, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.18.1.l4vtu2p4626779q0.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees puts out a series of posters entitled "Who is a Refugee?" Utilizing lego figures differentiated by dress, but identical in face and form, it points to the difficulty of identifying refugees within the general population. The message of this poster—that refugees are similar to other people, that they are good citizens, your neighbors—highlights one of the many problems of resettlement. The overt publicity over refugee displacement, such as the devastating pictures of Rwanda or Bosnia in the press and on television, contrasts with invisibility in the resettlement phase of the refugee experience.
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Ryan, Angela Shen, and Irwin Epstein. "Mental health training for Southeast Asian refugee resettlement workers." International Social Work 30, no. 2 (April 1987): 185–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002087288703000209.
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Vu, Anna N., and Vic Satzewich. "The Vietnamese Refugee Crisis of the 1970s and 1980s: A Retrospective View from NGO Resettlement Workers." Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees 32, no. 2 (September 2, 2016): 30–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.40245.
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This article examines the role of NGO resettlement workers in refugee camps in Southeast Asia during the late 1970s and 1980s. The workers offered psychological support to refugees whose lives were in turmoil, but they also helped them present themselves in ways that would be most attractive to Western host countries. This process involves both commission and omission. NGO resettlement workers sometimes actively guided refugees by giving them specific advice and training. At other times, they facilitated this endeavour by observing how refugees fit themselves into the selection categories of various states, but chose to remain silent in order to avoid jeopardizing the refugees’ chances for resettlement.
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Browne, Barbara. "Learning Through Internships: A Refugee Resettlement Program." Practicing Anthropology 9, no. 2 (April 1, 1987): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.9.2.06115m47j2pj8gj1.
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Training and researching outside the United States can be very rewarding and an opportunity to work internationally can be exciting. Realistically, however, many students of applied anthropology do not have the freedom to live outside the United States. Therefore, they must look for employment closer to home which can be just as satisfying, both professionally and personally. This paper will briefly discuss my work as an intern for the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Region IV, located. in Atlanta, Georgia, and my subsequent employment with the Refugee Health Care Program for the State of Georgia. Pros and cons of both interning and working for federal and state agencies will be examined.
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Guo, Shijie, Guichang Liu, Qi Zhang, Fang Zhao, and Guomin Ding. "Improvement in the Poverty Status of Ecological Migrants under the Urban Resettlement Model: An Empirical Study in China." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (March 8, 2020): 2084. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12052084.
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As a major measure of ecological environment protection, ecological migration addresses the conflict between humans and the ecological environment. The Urban Resettlement Model is a prevalent resettlement model used by the Chinese government to try to alleviate poverty brought about by the ecological environment by promoting migration. This study initially explored the mechanism of influencing the livelihoods of relocated households in the Urban Resettlement Model by analyzing questionnaire data obtained from farmers in the resettlement area of Nangqian County. The coarsened exact matching (CEM) model was used to control the influence of confounding factors in the observation data. Next, a disordered multinomial logistic regression model was used to analyze the impact and effect of the Urban Resettlement Model on the livelihoods of the relocated non-agricultural farmers and poor relocated households. The results show that the Urban Resettlement Model has a significant promotion effect on the non-agricultural livelihoods of the relocated farmers. For all relocated households, the presence of medical facilities exhibited a significant promotion effect on the non-agricultural livelihoods of the relocated farmers. For poor relocated households, convenient transportation facilities facilitated the pursuit of non-agricultural livelihoods such as migrant work. However, industrial support, employment support, or training had no statistically significant effects on all relocated households or poor relocated households. The number of family laborers and communication costs were significant promoting influences for all relocated households and poor relocated households to engage in part-time and non-agricultural livelihoods. There was a certain impact of relocation time on livelihood choice for the relocated farmers, but there was no significant impact for poor relocated households. Based on these findings, the following suggestions are proposed. Supporting industries should be provided and industrial transformation and upgrading efforts should be strengthened during the application of the Urban Resettlement Model to create job opportunities for relocated people. Additionally, enhanced construction of basic infrastructure, including transportation, medical care, and communication systems is required. The results of this work should facilitate the effective improvement of administration of the ecological resettlement environmental protection policy system.
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Somayaji, Sakarama, and Vimal Khawas. "Capacity Building for Resettlement Management: A Note on the CSD Training Programme." Social Change 36, no. 1 (March 2006): 191–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004908570603600111.
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Raska, Jan. "'Small Gold Mine of Talent': Integrating Prague Spring Refugee Professionals in Canada, 1968-1969." Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees 37, no. 1 (April 18, 2021): 50–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.40660.
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Following the August 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, 11,200 Prague Spring refugees were resettled in Canada. This movement included many experienced professionals and skilled tradespeople. This article examines how these refugees navigated language training and barriers to employment, including professional accreditation, and examines how this experience shaped bureaucratic and public views of refugee integration. The focus of this article is primarily on resettlement and integration efforts in Ontario, since roughly half of the Prague Spring refugees were permanently resettled in the province. The article outlines how, as part of its efforts to help the refu- gees with their economic and social integration, Canadian officials provided assisted passage, initial accommodations, help with securing Canadian employment, and English- or French-language training. Prague Spring refugees navigated professional obstacles, including securing accreditation of their foreign credentials and underemployment in their respective fields. Their successful resettlement and integration depended on intergovernmental cooperation between Canada and its provinces, and the assistance provided by local Czech and Slovak communities across the country.
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Watkins, Paula G., Husna Razee, and Juliet Richters. "‘I'm Telling You … The Language Barrier is the Most, the Biggest Challenge’: Barriers to Education among Karen Refugee Women in Australia." Australian Journal of Education 56, no. 2 (August 2012): 126–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000494411205600203.
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This article examines factors influencing English language education, participation and achievement among Karen refugee women in Australia. Data were drawn from ethnographic observations and interviews with 67 participants between 2009 and 2011, collected as part of a larger qualitative study exploring the well-being of Karen refugee women in Sydney. Participants unanimously described difficulty with English language proficiency and communication as the ‘number one’ problem affecting their well-being. Gendered, cultural and socio-political factors act as barriers to education. We argue that greater sensitivity to refugees' backgrounds, culture and gender is necessary in education. Research is needed into the combined relationships between culture and gender across pre-displacement, displacement and resettlement and the impact of these factors on post-immigration educational opportunities. Training is needed to sensitise educators to the complex issues of refugee resettlement. The paper concludes with recommendations for service provision and policy.
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Jorgenson, Katherine C., and Johanna E. Nilsson. "The Relationship Among Trauma, Acculturation, and Mental Health Symptoms in Somali Refugees." Counseling Psychologist 49, no. 2 (January 7, 2021): 196–232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011000020968548.
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More than 100,000 Somali refugees have resettled in the United States, creating a need for additional research about mental health needs and premigration experiences that precede resettlement. The purpose of this study was to learn more about premigration traumatic experiences, the process of acculturation following resettlement, and the relationship between premigration trauma, acculturation, and mental health. Eighty Somali refugees from two mid-sized Midwestern cities participated. It was hypothesized that acculturation would mediate the relationship between premigration trauma and mental health symptoms. The results partially supported this hypothesis, dependent upon the dimension of acculturation included in the path analysis. Unexpected relationships among the various acculturation dimensions in the model (American cultural identity, English language competency, and American cultural competency) occurred with traumatic experiences, mental health symptoms, and time in the United States. We discuss implications and directions for future research, practice, advocacy, and training.
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Jamshed, Ali, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Joanna M. McMillan, and Joern Birkmann. "Building community resilience in post-disaster resettlement in Pakistan." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 10, no. 4 (August 29, 2019): 301–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-06-2019-0039.
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Purpose The extreme flood event of 2010 in Pakistan led to extensive internal displacement of rural communities, resulting in initiatives to resettle the displaced population in model villages (MVs). The MV concept is quite new in the context of post-disaster resettlement and its role in building community resilience and well-being has not been explored. This study aims to assess the role of MVs in building the resilience of relocated communities, particularly looking at the differences between those developed by governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Design/methodology/approach Four MVs, two developed by government and two by NGOs, were selected as case studies in the severely flood-affected province of Punjab, Pakistan. A sample of 145 households from the four MVs was collected using a structured questionnaire to measure improvements in social, economic, physical and environmental domains and to form a final resilience index. Supplementary tools including expert interviews and personal observations were also used. Findings The analysis suggests that NGOs are more successful in improving the overall situation of relocated households than government. Core factors that increase the resilience of communities resettled by NGOs are provision of livelihood opportunities, livelihood skill development based on local market demand, training on maintenance and operation of different facilities of the MV and provision of extensive education opportunities, especially for women. Practical implications The results of this study can guide policymakers and development planners to overcome existing deficiencies by including the private sector and considerations of socioeconomic development whenever resettling communities. Originality/value In resilience discourse, resettlement of communities has been extensively debated based on qualitative arguments. This paper demonstrates an approach to quantify community resilience in a post-disaster resettlement context.
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Boek, Walter. "Action and Research from Field Methods." Practicing Anthropology 24, no. 2 (April 1, 2002): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.24.2.c126x10j7lvj9581.
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For many anthropologists, utilization of their store of knowledge and skills by others has been an accepted part of their functions. For me, this has included participation in a variety of institutions with action missions, that is, they were designed to accomplish some task, to change or cause to be changed some behavior or physical form. These included appointments by three governors in a state health department, a people of Indian ancestry project in Manitoba, a resettlement project in the Mackenzie Delta of Canada, a research and training organization, a mental health center, a university college of education, joint venture development in China and a college of democracy special training in a University.
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Simmelink, Jennifer Anne, and Patricia Shannon. "Evaluating the Mental Health Training Needs of Community-based Organizations Serving Refugees." Advances in Social Work 13, no. 2 (August 9, 2012): 325–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/1963.
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This exploratory study examines the mental health knowledge and training needs of refugee-serving community based organizations in a Midwestern state. A survey was administered to 31 staff members at 27 community based organizations (CBOs) to assess the ability of staff to recognize and screen for mental health symptoms that may interfere with successful resettlement. Of the 31 respondents 93.5% (n=29) see refugees with mental health issues and 48.4% (n=15) assess refugees for mental health symptoms – primarily through informal assessment. Mainstream organizations were more likely than ethnic organizations to have received training related to the mental health needs of refugees. Results indicate that while refugee led CBOs recognize mental health symptoms of refugees they may be less likely to assess mental health symptoms and refer for treatment. Policy recommendations for improving CBO services to refugees are offered.
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McAllum, Kirstie. "Committing to refugee resettlement volunteering: Attaching, detaching and displacing organizational ties." Human Relations 71, no. 7 (October 3, 2017): 951–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726717729209.
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As members of local host communities, volunteers play an important role in effective long-term refugee resettlement. This study investigated the nature of volunteer commitment by organizational volunteers who were assigned a front-line role in organizing material assistance and providing information about cultural practices for newly arrived refugees. Using interview data from volunteers, organizational representatives, and organizational recruitment and training documents, the study found that volunteers’ commitment was structured by the presence and absence of volunteer coordinators, the organization’s clients and volunteers’ significant others. While insufficient ties to the organization or strong, competing ties from significant others led volunteers to detach themselves from the organization, overly strong affective ties with refugees displaced organizational ties, leading to volunteers’ organizational exit. This study problematizes an individual-centric, psychological notion of commitment; instead, it situates commitment as a collective communicative process whereby relevant stakeholders negotiate the relationships that tie them together. It thus expands the range of voices present in decisions about commitment and provides new data on how organizational and relational others impact sustainable volunteer management.
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Tiwari, R. K. "Developing Training Programme for Resettlement Functionaries of River Valley Project : A Study of Lower Narmada Basin." Indian Journal of Public Administration 33, no. 1 (January 1987): 114–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556119870108.
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Shchankina, L. N. "Mordvins in Western Siberia in the Late 19th to Early 20th Century: Certain Issues in the Migration and Settlement." Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 47, no. 3 (September 21, 2019): 119–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2019.47.3.119-126.
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This study addresses the main aspects of the Mordvin peasant relocation to Western Siberia from the mid-1800s to Stolypin’s agrarian reform, with a focus on resettlement and relationships with old residents, successful and failed unauthorized and reverse migration, and the displacement level. The sources are archival data, specifi cally E.I. Krivyakov’s and V.B. Rusyaikin’s manuscripts owned by the archives of the Government of Mordovia Institute for the Humanities. Causes of migration were mostly economical, and the process was triggered by the abolishment of serfdom in 1861 and then by the Stolypin’s reform, meant to defuse the imminent agrarian crisis in central Russia. On the basis of archival and published evidence, it is demonstrated that the main problems faced by the authorities were their unpreparedness for arranging the relocation of large numbers of peasants, insuffi cient funding, small size of land plots allotted to new settlers, diffi culties with obtaining documents, the fact that governmental help was insuffi cient and provided not to all those in need (land plots were not allotted to unauthorized settlers), administration’s laissez faire in the resettlement process, failure to limit admission fees paid to old settlers, and other factors caused by poor organizational training.
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Bowdoin, Natalia Taylor, Chris Hagar, Joyce Monsees, Trishanjit Kaur, Trae Middlebrooks, Leatha Miles-Edmonson, Ashanti White, et al. "Academic libraries serving refugees and asylum seekers." College & Research Libraries News 78, no. 6 (June 6, 2017): 298. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.78.6.298.
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Refugees and asylum seekers are very much in the news today, and libraries work to identify information resources, services, skills, training and/or research in order to support the resettlement and integration of these groups. ALA has passed resolutions and gathered information about how libraries respond to and empower immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Public libraries have often been leaders in these activities providing library cards; computers with Internet access; free wifi; books, movies, and materials in a number of languages; English classes; electronic resources; programs on topics, such as job searching; and library staff to assist with questions.
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Bowpitt, Graham, and Rachel Harding. "Not Going It Alone: Social Integration and Tenancy Sustainability for Formerly Homeless Substance Users." Social Policy and Society 8, no. 1 (January 2009): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746408004533.
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This article draws on findings from a study of a specialised tenancy support service for homeless substance users in a Midlands city, and contributes to debates about what makes solutions to homelessness sustainable. Two approaches to tenancy support are examined: first, a resettlement model based on risk management; and, second, a restorative model which prioritises support that enables people to rebuild their lives in a more holistic sense. Conclusions point to a need for a broader training for tenancy support workers and a funding level that enables them to stay with their clients long enough to facilitate this fuller restoration.
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Hunter, Rosemarie, and Kara Mileski. "Emerging Leaders Project: Connecting University Resources to Community-Based Organizations Supporting Refugee Resettlement." Advances in Social Work 14, no. 2 (July 31, 2013): 613–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/2514.
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In recent decades, populations seeking refuge have underscored the limitations of what have been standard approaches to resettlement. Shrinking resources, post-9/11 increase in security measures, and the diverse needs and assets of new arriving populations have exacerbated existing weaknesses in U.S. social service delivery systems and challenged neighborhoods inexperienced in these areas with complex issues of integration (Kerwin, 2011). In response to these issues, the University of Utah, the Utah State Refugee Services Office, and Salt Lake City Community College started an initiative to support the development of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and provide leadership and organizational training to existing leaders within these communities. The project created a shared space for community capacity building and integration as a two-way process. This paper will describe the formation and impact of the Emerging Leaders Project, a community-based participatory action research (CBPR) project focused on capacity building with new arriving communities in Salt Lake City.
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Kerwin, Donald, and Mike Nicholson. "Charting a Course to Rebuild and Strengthen the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP): Findings and Recommendations from the Center for Migration Studies Refugee Resettlement Survey: 2020." Journal on Migration and Human Security 9, no. 1 (February 16, 2021): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2331502420985043.
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Executive Summary 1 This report analyzes the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), leveraging data from a national survey of resettlement stakeholders conducted in 2020. 2 The survey examined USRAP from the time that refugees arrive in the United States. Its design and questionnaire were informed by three community gatherings organized by Refugee Council USA in the fall and winter of 2019, extensive input from an expert advisory group, and a literature review. This study finds that USRAP serves important purposes, enjoys extensive community support, and offers a variety of effective services. Overall, the survey finds a high degree of consensus on the US resettlement program’s strengths and objectives, and close alignment between its services and the needs of refugees at different stages of their settlement and integration. Because its infrastructure and community-based resettlement networks have been decimated in recent years, the main challenges of subsequent administrations, Congresses, and USRAP stakeholders will be to rebuild, revitalize, and regain broad and bipartisan support for the program. This article also recommends specific ways that USRAP’s programs and services can be strengthened. Among the study’s findings: 3 Most refugee respondents identified USRAP’s main purpose(s) as giving refugees new opportunities, helping them to integrate, offering hope to refugees living in difficult circumstances abroad, and saving lives. High percentages of refugees reported that the program allowed them to support themselves soon after arrival (92 percent), helped them to integrate (77 percent), and has a positive economic impact on local communities (71 percent). Refugee respondents also reported that the program encourages them to work in jobs that do not match their skills and credentials (56 percent), does not provide enough integration support after three months (54 percent), does not offer sufficient financial help during their first three months (49 percent), and reunites families too slowly (47 percent). Respondents identified the following main false ideas about the program: refugees pose a security risk (84 percent), use too many benefits and drain public finances (83 percent), and take the jobs of the native-born (74 percent). Refugee respondents reported using public benefits to meet basic needs, such as medical care, food, and housing. Non-refugee survey respondents believed at high rates that former refugees (69 percent) and refugee community advocate groups (64 percent) should be afforded a voice in the resettlement process. Non-refugee respondents indicated at high rates that the program’s employment requirements limit the time needed for refugees to learn English (65 percent) and limit their ability to pursue higher education (59 percent). Eighty-six percent of non-refugee respondents indicated that the Reception and Placement program is much too short (56 percent) or a little too short (30 percent). Respondents identified a wide range of persons and institutions as being very helpful to refugees in settling into their new communities: these included resettlement staff, friends, and acquaintances from refugees’ country of origin, members of places of worship, community organizations led by refugees or former refugees, and family members. Refugee respondents identified finding medical care (61 percent), housing (52 percent), and a job (49 percent) as the most helpful services in their first three months in the country. Refugees reported that the biggest challenge in their first year was to find employment that matched their educational or skill levels or backgrounds. The needs of refugees and the main obstacles to their successful integration differ by gender, reflecting at least in part the greater childcare responsibilities borne by refugee women. Refugee men reported needing assistance during their first three months in finding employment (68 percent), English Language Learning (ELL) courses (59 percent), and orientation services (56 percent), while refugee women reported needing orientation services (81 percent) and assistance in securing childcare (64 percent), finding ELL courses (53 percent), and enrolling children in school (49 percent). To open-response questions, non-refugee respondents identified as obstacles to the integration of men: digital literacy, (lack of) anti–domestic violence training, the need for more training to improve their jobs, the new public benefit rule, transportation to work, low wages, the need for more mental health services, cultural role adjustment, and lack of motivation. Non-refugee respondents identified as obstacles to the integration of women: lack of childcare and affordable housing, the different cultural roles of women in the United States, lack of affordable driver’s education classes, a shortage of ELL classes for those with low literacy or the illiterate, digital literacy challenges, difficulty navigating their children’s education and school systems, transportation problems, poorly paying jobs, and lack of friendships with US residents. Non-refugee respondents report that refugee children also face unique obstacles to integration, including limited funding or capacity to engage refugee parents in their children’s education, difficulties communicating with refugee families, and the unfamiliarity of teachers and school staff with the cultures and backgrounds of refugee children and families. LGBTQ refugees have many of the same basic needs as other refugees — education, housing, employment, transportation, psychosocial, and others — but face unique challenges in meeting these needs due to possible rejection by refugees and immigrants from their own countries and by other residents of their new communities. Since 2017, the number of resettlement agencies has fallen sharply, and large numbers of staff at the remaining agencies have been laid off. As a result, the program has suffered a loss in expertise, institutional knowledge, language diversity, and resettlement capacity. Resettlement agencies and community-based organizations (CBOs) reported at high rates that to accommodate pre-2017 numbers of refugees, they would need higher staffing levels in employment services (66 percent), general integration and adjustment services (62 percent), mental health care (44 percent) and medical case management (44 percent). Resettlement agencies indicated that they face immense operational and financial challenges, some of them longstanding (like per capita funding and secondary migration), and some related to the Trump administration’s hostility to the program. Section I introduces the article and provides historic context on the US refugee program. Section II outlines the resettlement process and its constituent programs. Section III describes the CMS Refugee Resettlement Survey: 2020. Section IV sets forth the study’s main findings, with subsections covering USRAP’s purpose and overall strengths and weaknesses; critiques of the program; the importance of receiving communities to resettlement and integration; the effectiveness of select USRAP programs and services; integration metrics; and obstacles to integration. The article ends with a series of recommendations to rebuild and strengthen this program.
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MacDonald, Jeffery. "Crossing the Minefield: Politics of Refugee Research and Service." Practicing Anthropology 18, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.18.1.h0307t0058525361.
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For the past seven years I have worked in dual roles as an ethnographic researcher and an applied anthropologist/social worker in the Southeast Asian refugee community in Portland, Oregon. I began doing research within a single ethnic community of Iu-Mien (Yao) refugees from Laos. Like many refugee researchers, I soon became an applied anthropologist, first providing services for the Iu-Mien. Later, I took a position in a refugee resettlement social service agency where I began to work with other Southeast Asian ethnic communities, providing direct client services and training, doing needs assessment research, and managing and designing culturally specific programs for Southeast Asians.
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Banerjee, Sayantan. "Adolescent Boys Workshops: Creating Awareness on Various Boys Issues in a Slum and Resettlement Colony in Delhi." Indian Journal of Youth & Adolescent Health 06, no. 04 (June 24, 2020): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2349.2880.201915.
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Background: Adolescence is the period of growing-up, this phase is characterized by marked and rapid changes: physical, psychological, sexual, socio-economical. There are many workshops and training sessions held for adolescent girls, while the boys in this age group are overlooked. The present study focuses on a series of workshops that were held exclusively for adolescent boys in an urban resettlement colony in Delhi. Method: This retrospective study was conducted from 15th February 2020 to 15th May 2020, in a slum community of Delhi, for 131 adolescent boys, who had attended Adolescent Boys Workshops from February to August 2019. The study was aimed to find out the increase in the awareness and knowledge of adolescent boys who attended these workshops, on various adolescence related topics. Statistical analysis was done in order to obtain mean, median and mode of the test scores. The student T test was applied to find the statistically significant p value. A p-value <0.05 was taken as significant. Result: There was increase in the mean knowledge score from 5.3 to 7.0; t-5.36748, p-value < .00001 in pre and post-tests. 85.5% of the boys had access to mobile phones. It was found that 93 (70.9%) of the participants were underweight. Thirty four (25.9%) were anaemic. Conclusion: The present study has shown that workshops through effective module for adolescent boys are helpful in creating awareness amongst them. Therefore there is a need to address more and more adolescent boys with such kind of workshops.
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Ngamal, Aminatu Zahriah Mohd, Ruslin Amir, Faridah Mydin Kutty, Khairul Anwar Mastor, Raja Rizal Iskandar Raja Hisham, Zaizul Ab Rahman, and Harisson Harun. "Personality as predictor of life satisfaction at middle-age retirement among army veterans post-resettlement training in Malaysia." Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 9, no. 11 (2018): 1269. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01631.5.
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Im, Hyojin, and Laura E. T. Swan. "Capacity Building for Refugee Mental Health in Resettlement: Implementation and Evaluation of Cross-Cultural Trauma-Informed Care Training." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 22, no. 5 (February 22, 2020): 923–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-00992-w.
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Robertshaw, Luke, Surindar Dhesi, and Laura L. Jones. "Challenges and facilitators for health professionals providing primary healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in high-income countries: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research." BMJ Open 7, no. 8 (August 2017): e015981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015981.
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ObjectivesTo thematically synthesise primary qualitative studies that explore challenges and facilitators for health professionals providing primary healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in high-income countries.DesignSystematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis.MethodsSearches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Web of Science. Search terms were combined for qualitative research, primary healthcare professionals, refugees and asylum seekers, and were supplemented by searches of reference lists and citations. Study selection was conducted by two researchers using prespecified selection criteria. Data extraction and quality assessment using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool was conducted by the first author. A thematic synthesis was undertaken to develop descriptive themes and analytical constructs.ResultsTwenty-six articles reporting on 21 studies and involving 357 participants were included. Eleven descriptive themes were interpreted, embedded within three analytical constructs: healthcare encounter (trusting relationship, communication, cultural understanding, health and social conditions, time); healthcare system (training and guidance, professional support, connecting with other services, organisation, resources and capacity); asylum and resettlement. Challenges and facilitators were described within these themes.ConclusionsA range of challenges and facilitators have been identified for health professionals providing primary healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers that are experienced in the dimensions of the healthcare encounter, the healthcare system and wider asylum and resettlement situation. Comprehensive understanding of these challenges and facilitators is important to shape policy, improve the quality of services and provide more equitable health services for this vulnerable group.
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Obradović-Ratković, Snežana, Vera Woloshyn, and Bharati Sethi. "Reflections on Migration, Resilience, and Graduate Education." Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education 12, Winter (December 8, 2020): 81–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v12iwinter.2014.
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In response to the refugee crisis, it is important to invest in and support refugee education especially at the tertiary level. As displaced individuals rebuild their life upon resettlement, education opportunities are vital to equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to gain meaningful employment, especially since displacement often puts refugee’s education and careers on hold. Displaced girls and women, who might be unaccompanied, pregnant, or disabled, are especially vulnerable in the process of forced migration, education, and resettlement. In this chapter, we explore our personal and pedagogical narratives of migration and resilience as they relate to learning, teaching and mentoring in graduate education. Consistent with the principles of reflexive ethnography and cultural humility, we examine our experiences, beliefs, and cultural identities using semi-structured reflective processes to share and deconstruct our individual and familial experiences as displaced persons, graduate students, instructors, and mentors in the era of heightened economic and political uncertainty, global environmental crises, and the worldwide forced displacement of people. We highlight the importance of honouring the strengths and capacities of female graduate students with refugee backgrounds while creating safe spaces for listening to the women’s learning needs and desires. Finally, we discuss our engagements in labour intensive and time consuming mentorship that afforded academic coaching, skill training, and professional capacity building while supporting women’s sense of agency and socialization into academia and Canada.
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Bulk, Jac D. "Hmong on the Move: Understanding Secondary Migration." Ethnic Studies Review 19, no. 1 (February 1, 1996): 7–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/esr.1996.19.1.7.
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Between the time of first arrival of the Hmong refugees in 1975 and the mid-1990s, there has been much geographic movement of these new Americans. An initial pattern of Hmong residential dispersal throughout the American states has gradually transformed into a predominantly tri-state concentration (California, Wisconsin, and Minnesota). This highly distinctive resettlement pattern is the result of delicately balancing the most essential substance of Hmong tradition with pragmatic considerations such as job prospects (especially farming work), access to language and job training programs, extended family and clan obligations, changing federal policies for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), changing welfare eligibility regulations between the states (especially as it relates to AFDC-UP), climate and topographical considerations, and the like.
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Ho, Shirley, Dena Javadi, Sara Causevic, Etienne V. Langlois, Peter Friberg, and Göran Tomson. "Intersectoral and integrated approaches in achieving the right to health for refugees on resettlement: a scoping review." BMJ Open 9, no. 7 (July 2019): e029407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029407.
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BackgroundBetter understanding, documentation and evaluation of different refugee health interventions and their means of health system integration and intersectoral collaboration are needed.ObjectivesExplore the barriers and facilitators to the integration of health services for refugees; the processes involved and the different stakeholders engaged in levaraging intersectoral approaches to protect refugees’ right to health on resettlement.DesignScoping review.MethodsA search of articles from 2000 onward was done in MEDLINE, Web of Science, Global Health and PsycINFO, Embase. Two frameworks were applied in our analysis, the ‘framework for analysing integration of targeted health interventions in systems’ and ‘Health in All Policies’ framework for country action. A comprehensive description of the methods is included in our published protocol.Results6117 papers were identified, only 18 studies met the inclusion criteria. Facilitators in implementation included: training for providers, colocation of services, transportation services to enhance access, clear role definitions and appropriate budget allocation and financing. Barriers included: lack of a participatory approach, insufficient resources for providers, absence of financing, unclear roles and insufficient coordination of interprofessional teams; low availability and use of data, and turf wars across governance stakeholders. Successful strategies to address refugee health included: networks of service delivery combining existing public and private services; system navigators; host community engagement to reduce stigma; translation services; legislative support and alternative models of care for women and children.ConclusionLimited evidence was found overall. Further research on intersectoral approaches is needed. Key policy insights gained from barriers and facilitators reported in available studies include: improving coordination between existing programmes; supporting colocation of services; establishing formal system navigator roles that connect relevant programmes; establishing formal translation services to improve access and establishing training and resources for providers.
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Liu, Wei, Jie Xu, and Jie Li. "The Influence of Poverty Alleviation Resettlement on Rural Household Livelihood Vulnerability in the Western Mountainous Areas, China." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (August 7, 2018): 2793. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082793.
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Poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) is China’s largest-ever resettlement program and one of China’s flagship poverty alleviation initiatives. Resorting to this state-led conversation and development program, the central and provincial governments aim to lift the poor out of the poverty trap and into sustainable livelihoods, by delivering improvements in housing conditions, infrastructure services, public amenities, and living standards. Taking Ankang as an example, this study examines the PAR from the perspective of vulnerability through a household survey conducted in Ankang prefecture of Shaanxi province, China. A total of six townships in Ankang are covered, with 657 valid questionnaires collected. This study shows that there is a difference in exposure, sensitivity, and the adaptive capacity of rural households with different relocation characteristics, hence generating different livelihood vulnerabilities. The PAR generally achieves the target of livelihood vulnerability reduction. Specifically, the project-induced relocation has a significant positive effect on vulnerability, but there is a significant negative correlation between livelihood vulnerability and relocation region, relocation time, and relocation subsidy. Challenges and problems remain to be addressed for the next phases of the PAR, including diminishing the financial burden on those relocated and providing free public transportation services, carrying out community-building programs and updating the household registration institution, balancing the redistribution and sharing of farmland, furnishing assistance measures for employment searches and training in specific skills, and creating an impartial project to safeguard the non-movers from the significant negative impacts on their physical and spiritual dimensions.
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Bosworth, Mary. "Penal Humanitarianism? Sovereign Power in an Era of Mass Migration." New Criminal Law Review 20, no. 1 (2017): 39–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2017.20.1.39.
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Since creating the Returns and Reintegration Fund in 2008, the British government has financed a variety of initiatives around the world under the rubric of “managing migration,” blurring the boundaries between migration control and punishment. This article documents and explores a series of overlapping case studies undertaken in Nigeria and Jamaica where the United Kingdom has funded prison building programs, mandatory prisoner transfer agreements, prison training programs, and resettlement assistance for deportees. These initiatives demonstrate in quite concrete ways a series of interconnections between criminal justice and migration control that are both novel and, in their postcolonial location, familiar. In their ties to international development and foreign policy, they also illuminate how humanitarianism allows penal power to move beyond the nation state, raising important questions about our understanding of punishment and its application.
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Harding, Catherine, Alexa Seal, Geraldine Duncan, and Alison Gilmour. "General practitioner and registrar involvement in refugee health: exploring needs and perceptions." Australian Health Review 43, no. 1 (2019): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah17093.
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Objective Despite the recognition that refugees should have equitable access to healthcare services, this presents considerable challenges, particularly in rural and regional areas. Because general practitioners (GPs) are critical to resettlement for refugees and play a crucial role in understanding their specific health and social issues, it is important to know more about the needs of GPs. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 GPs and GP registrars who trained with a New South Wales regional training provider with the aim of assessing the needs and attitudes of GPs in treating refugees and the perceived effect that refugees have on their practice. Results The interviews, while acknowledging well-recognised issues such as language and culture, also highlighted particular issues for rural and regional areas, such as employment and community support. International medical graduates identified with resettlement problems faced by refugees and are a potential resource for these patients. A need for greater information for GPs regarding services available to help manage refugees in rural and regional areas and greater access to those services was demonstrated. Conclusions Issues such as time, costs, language and culture were recognised as challenges in providing services for refugees. GPs highlighted particular issues for rural and regional areas in addressing refugee health, such as finding jobs, problems with isolation and the effect of lack of anonymity in such communities. These social factors have implications for the health of the refugees, especially psychological health, which is also challenged by poor resources. What is known about the topic? Providing refugees equitable access to healthcare services presents considerable challenges, particularly in rural and regional areas. Time, language and culture are commonly reported barriers in providing services for this population group. What does this paper add? There are particular issues for rural and regional areas in addressing refugee health, including finding jobs, problems with isolation and the effect of lack of anonymity in rural communities. These social factors have implications for the health of refugees, especially psychological health, which is also challenged by a paucity of services. The findings of this study suggest that international medical graduate doctors identified with resettlement problems faced by refugees and may be an important resource for these patients. This study highlights the awareness, empathy and positive attitudes of GPs in regional and rural areas in their approach to treating patients with a refugee background. What are the implications for practitioners? International medical graduates often identify with resettlement problems faced by refugees and are an important resource for these patients. A need for greater information for GPs regarding services available to help manage refugees in rural and regional areas and greater access to those services was demonstrated.
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Dharod, Jigna M., Huaibo Xin, Sharon D. Morrison, Andrew Young, and Maura Nsonwu. "Lifestyle and Food-Related Challenges Refugee Groups Face Upon Resettlement: Do we Have to Move Beyond Job and Language Training Programs?" Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 8, no. 2 (April 3, 2013): 187–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2012.761574.
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Melinda Noer, Suardi Tarumun, Tince Sofyani Syafruddin Karimi. "Livelihood Study of the Second-Generation Households of Resettlement in Koto Panjang Hydropower Region, Riau Province." International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2, no. 2 (December 3, 2018): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/ijasc.2.2.54-59.2018.
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The construction of dams in many cases has led to forced displacement and resettlement of about 40-80 million people worldwide. Several studies have reported that Development Induced Displacement and Ressettlement (DIDR) cause negative impacts on living standards and livelihood outcomes of the resettled communities. Koto Panjang Dam has been in operation for 20 years. The impact of settlement movement due to the construction of a long Koto Panjang dam is also experienced by second generation resettlers. The objectives of this study were: a) to assess the profile access and control on household farming livelihood of second generation of resettlers, and b) to assess the level of household welfare of the second generation in Koto Panjang hydropower region, Riau Province. All second-generation households in Koto Mesjid and Pongkai Istiqamah were taken for samples (92 households). Profile access and control on households farming at the site of this study showed that men still dominated in access and control on farm management such as: land, working, credit, means of production, breeding, pest and disease control, education, training, and agricultural extension. Women were more dominant in processing and selling the yields. The poverty experienced by households in Koto Masjid village was largely due to limited land ownership, while that experienced by households in Pongkai Istiqomah village was due to the dependence of livelihoods on the rubber plantation, in addition to the limited field of other businesses in the village.
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Hepburn, Shamette. "‘It’s Like You Are Trapped in a Small Place’: Language Skill Acquisition and Settlement Outcomes of Ageing Cambodian Refugees." International Journal of Social Work 7, no. 2 (August 19, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijsw.v7i2.17422.
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Language skill acquisition is one of the main challenges encountered by refugees and immigrants entering and transitioning to a new society. In Canada, adult newcomers’ language education is primarily tasked to English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. These programs aim to provide English language training, preparation for the labour market and integration into Canadian society. This paper presents findings of a larger qualitative study that explored the experiences of 15 community-dwelling Cambodian Canadians (aged 55 and older) in northwest Toronto. Drawing on critical transnationalism and postcolonialism, it examines Cambodian Canadians’ reflections on their language skill acquisition and integration vis-à-vis the education and migration regimes which form part of the resettlement bureaucracy supporting these activities and processes. Decades after participating in language education programs, ageing Cambodian Canadians’ narratives reveal that inadequate resources and support have resulted in lower than desired language skill acquisition and differential inclusion within their communities.
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Phami, Phouvong, Jianhua He, Dianfeng Liu, Su Ding, Patrik Silva, Chun Li, and Zhijiao Qin. "Exploring the Determinants of Food Security in the Areas of the Nam Theun2 Hydropower Project in Khammuan, Laos." Sustainability 12, no. 2 (January 10, 2020): 520. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12020520.
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This article examines the driving forces of food security in the areas of the Nam Theun2 Hydropower Project (NT2) in Khamuan, Laos. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from 100 NT2 resettlement households based on the random sampling technique. A linear regression technique was used to identify the influence of household food insecurity. The result showed that household size, food price, drought, shock, household income per month, number of laborers, gender of the household head, and farmland areas are important factors for household food insecurity. Policies should focus on irrigation that will permit yearlong cultivation. This will in turn become the stimulus for a concatenation of events in the process of development. People will resettle to practice agriculture while also expanding non-agricultural employment. Businesses in skills training, fish processing, textile, services, and crafts will be created, boosting household income. With inevitable population expansion, education in family planning will also be necessary to control population in relation to available resources.
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Ostrander, Jason, Alysse Melville, and S. Megan Berthold. "Working With Refugees in the U.S.: Trauma-Informed and Structurally Competent Social Work Approaches." Advances in Social Work 18, no. 1 (September 24, 2017): 66–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/21282.
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Social workers, government, and non-governmental organizations in the United States have been inadequately prepared to address the impact of trauma faced by refugees fleeing persecution. Compounding their initial trauma experiences, refugees often undergo further traumatic migration experiences and challenges after resettlement that can have long-lasting effects on their health and mental health. Micro and macro social work practitioners must understand the impact of these experiences in order to promote policies, social work training, and clinical practice that further the health and well-being of refugees and society. Social workers are in a unique position to provide multi-dimensional, structurally competent care and advocacy for diverse refugee populations. The experiences of Cambodian refugees will be used to examine these issues. We will explore the benefits of an ecological perspective in guiding interventions that support refugees, and will apply the framework of structural competence to highlight multidimensional implications for social work with refugee populations.
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Luong, Pham Trong. "The stimulants and obstacles with regard to social resources for M’nong people in resettlement area and affected area by Buon Tua Srah hydroelectric power plant, Lak district, Dak Lak province." Hue University Journal of Science: Social Sciences and Humanities 128, no. 6B (July 29, 2019): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.26459/hueuni-jssh.v128i6b.5014.
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<p>While human resources are considered as key factors, social resources are breakthroughs for sustainable poverty reduction and famine elimination. For the M'nong in the area of Buon Tua Srah hydropower plant, Lak district, the establishment of a social network is very important, from which they have the opportunities and benefits to stick together in pursuit of developing sustainable livelihoods and improving the quality of life. Although there are significant signs of the motivating factors such as the good family relationships and clans; the limitation of out-of-date traditional customs; the good relationship between the people and the government, M'nong people are facing the obstacles such as the lack of knowledge and working skills; the unclear and ineffective activities of social organizations; the low training courses, etc.</p>This study identifies stimulants and obstacles regarding social resources in the livelihood development for M'nong people in resettlement and affected area at Buon Tua Srah hydropower plant.
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Khoreva, Ol’ga, Roman Konchakov, Carol Scott Leonard, Aleksandr Tamitskiy, and Konstantin Zaikov. "Attracting skilled labour to the North: Migration loss and policy implications across Russia’s diverse Arctic regions." Polar Record 54, no. 5-6 (September 2018): 324–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247419000019.
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AbstractThis paper identifies education, skills training and improved social infrastructure as key development issues to address population decline in regions of steady out-migration from the Russian Arctic. Migration flows have mostly stabilised after the sharp and unexpectedly large population decline in the Arctic in the 1990s, during the transition to a market economy. However, the trends set in motion during that collapse, including falling general levels of education, declining size of all but the largest cities, and ageing of the populace, are becoming more serious for some regions, even where government resettlement programmes exist. As young professionals continue to leave, resettling compatriots and hiring shift labour may contribute to the vitality of more resilient regions, for example, Krasnoyarsk and Yamalo-Nenets. However, the European part of the Russian Arctic, despite its critical importance to commerce and to military security, and despite assistance programmes and subsidies, is conforming more to the ageing, less productive contours of neighbouring Arctic states on the periphery of Europe.
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Orlova, Keemya V. "Сотрудничество Калмыкии и Монголии в 20-х годах XX в." Oriental Studies 13, no. 3 (December 24, 2020): 546–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2020-49-3-546-559.
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Introduction. The issue of Kalmykia-Mongolia cooperation in the 1920s still remains understudied both in Kalmyk and Mongolian historiography. Ever since the Kalmyks migrated to Russia-controlled territories, relations with Mongolia became irregular enough and were largely reduced to pilgrimage contacts en route to Tibet. But the 1920s witnessed an intensification therein. The period proved extremely harsh and definitely dramatic to both the nations: Kalmyk Steppe became an operational theater of the Russian Civil War, and Outer Mongolia sank into the ‘pot’ of social transformations and struggle for independence. And it is in those tough times that Kalmyks arrived in Mongolia as military instructors to arrange the formation and training of troop units for the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Army. On the other hand, Mongolia delivered humanitarian aid to Kalmykia during the famine. Moreover, the Mongolian Government initiated a resettlement of starving Kalmyks to the country, with significant allowances to be funded. The military and humanitarian aspects have been examined by a number of Kalmyk and Mongolian researchers. Goals. The paper aims to provide additional data on the mentioned and other realms of cooperation during the period under consideration. Materials. The study analyzes new sources, archival materials, and scholarly works, including documents stored at the Central Archive of Russia’s Federal Security Service and ones introduced in Russia-Mongolia Military Cooperation. Results. The attachment of Kalmyks officers to Mongolian military units attests to that the Soviet Government recognized the exnomads should aptly adapt themselves to familiar conditions and cultural environment. Their primary objective was to help commanders of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Army create efficient military forces. And Mongolia did its best to support Kalmykia during the famine of 1921. In January of 1923, the Government of Mongolia initiated a resettlement of starving Kalmyks. Chronicles of relations show the key landmarks for the Soviet Government therein were ethnogenetic ties between the populations, linguistic and cultural affinities. Religious identity also proved an important unifying element.
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M. Ang’anyo, Onyango, and Letangule S. Leiro. "Politics of Land and Agrarian Reforms in Africa: Examining the Challenges and Solutions." Advances in Politics and Economics 3, no. 3 (August 29, 2020): p46. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ape.v3n3p46.
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Land reforms fell out of favour with donors from the early 1970s—nonetheless, sporadic efforts to redistribute land continue. These reforms stemmed from shifts in the domestic balance of power between landowners and landless workers and peasants, which were quite independent of donor policies. Whereas the geographical context and individual country strategies may be new, the range of land reforms measures being adopted and the implementation problems encountered are not. The standard argument for tenure reforms centres on the role of uncertainty in discouraging investment on land that is held without long-term security. Land title that enhances such security may induce investment and productivity increases both from the demand side, as farmers become more certain of reaping the benefits of investment in the future; and from the supply side, by affording farmers better access to credit. The paper recommends that solutions to land and agrarian reforms in Africa should seek to achieve, in their broadest sense, reforms that entail a wide spectrum of options such as land claims, acquisition and distribution of land, access to land for certain purposes, land use planning, infrastructure development, farming and commercial support, resettlement programmes, security of tenure and training.
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Zielke, Luisa, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig, and Jürgen Müller. "Development and Assessment of a Body Condition Score Scheme for European Bison (Bison bonasus)." Animals 8, no. 10 (September 26, 2018): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani8100163.
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Resettlement projects of the strongly threatened European bison (Bison bonasus) require a monitoring phase to assess both population status and habitat quality. Schemes of animal body condition scores (BCS) are robust tools to meet this requirement in practice. However, so far, no BCS scheme has been designed for European bison. Here, we suggest a body condition score scheme based on the extent of soft tissue around bony structures. The scoring system was developed with scores ranging from 1 (emaciated) to 5 (obese). Condition scores can be deduced after visually assessing the European bison both from the side and behind. Robustness of the scheme was evaluated: Unbiased people from different professional backgrounds were asked to assess the BCS of photographed semiwild European bison under field conditions and results were compared. Results demonstrate the suitability of the method. Nevertheless, variability of the results among assessors illustrates the necessity for training as well as for further research to validate the scheme as a true measure of physiological condition. We discuss the prospects and limits of a broad use of this scheme within the European bison community, and recommend the BCS scheme as a management tool.
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Findlay, A. M., F. L. N. Li, A. J. Jowett, M. Brown, and R. Skeldon. "Doctors Diagnose Their Destination: An Analysis of the Length of Employment Abroad for Hong Kong Doctors." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 26, no. 10 (October 1994): 1605–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a261605.
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Much contemporary skilled international migration involves the transient movement of skills between a migrant's country of origin and the destination. This paper shows that international circulation amongst Hong Kong doctors is neither new nor random. A survey of Hong Kong doctors with overseas work experience was undertaken by the authors to examine the factors influencing the length of employment overseas and the propensity to return. Statistical analysis of the results indicates that holding a foreign passport, previous overseas training, and the country of destination were key factors in detennining the length of residence abroad and propensity to return to Hong Kong. In the light of the changing importance for Hong Kong professionals of obtaining residency rights abroad, and given the widely varying immigration policies of the main destination countries in relation to issues such as recognition of Hong Kong qualifications, it is suggested that professional groups such as doctors choose their migration destinations in line with a predetermined migration strategy for either temporary emigration or for longer-term resettlement overseas. The survey results are of wider significance in the understanding of changing patterns of skill exchange involving the upper echelons of the populations of newly industrialising countries.
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Tỵ, Phạm Hữu, Phạm Minh Hiếu, and Trần Trọng Tấn. "THỰC TRẠNG SỬ DỤNG ĐẤT VÀ SINH KẾ CỦA NGƯỜI DÂN SAU KHI TÁI ĐỊNH CƯ ĐỂ XÂY DỰNG THỦY ĐIỆN BÌNH ĐIỀN TẠI THỪA THIÊN HUẾ." Tạp chí Khoa học và công nghệ nông nghiệp, Trường Đại học Nông Lâm Huế 4, no. 2 (August 17, 2020): 1981–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.46826/huaf-jasat.v4n2y2020.456.
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Đề tài nghiên cứu nhằm làm rõ được thực trạng sử dụng đất và sinh kế của người dân tái định cư để có cơ sở đề xuất giải pháp bố trí đất đai hợp lý cho việc phát triển sinh kế của người dân tái định cư thủy điện Bình Điền. Các phương pháp nghiên cứu đã sử dụng bao gồm: điều tra thu thập số liệu thứ cấp, sơ cấp; phỏng vấn chuyên gia và người am hiểu thông tin; phỏng vấn hộ gia đình; phỏng vấn sâu và phương pháp xử lý số liệu. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thầy việc di dân, tái định cư trong xây dựng thủy điện vừa đem lại những tác động tích cực như người dân tiếp cận cơ sở hạ tầng tốt và dịch vụ tốt hơn, nhưng khó khăn lớn nhất của đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số bị di dời là khôi phục và phát triển sản xuất thời kỳ hậu tái định cư khi mà đất đai mà người dân có thể tiếp cận rất ít hơn rất nhiều so với nơi ở cũ, đặc biệt là đất sản xuất nông nghiệp. Theo ý kiến của người dân tái định cư, ckhông phù hợp với các loại cây trồng truyền thống như sắn địa phương, lúa nương, ngô địa phương, và cây ăn quả có múi. Bài học kinh nghiệm là cần phải tính toán giao quỹ đất sản xuất trước khi di dời nếu không sau khi tái định cư hầu hết các hộ gia đình không được giao thêm đất sản xuất do quỹ đất này hiện nay đã giao ổn định cho cá nhân, tổ chức khác. Cần có chương trình đào tạo nghề và chuyển đổi nghề nghiệp cho thanh niên để thích ứng với điều kiện sống khi về nơi ở mới tại khu tái định cư tập trung.
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The research project aims to clarify the current land use and livelihoods of resettled people for proposing reasonable land allocation solutions to the livelihood development of resettled people for the construction of Binh Dien hydropower. The research methods used the secondary and primary data collection survey; interviews of experts and key information people; household interviews; In-depth interviews and data processing methods. Research results showed that the displacement and resettlement in hydroelectricity construction have brought about positive impacts such as people have better access to infrastructure and better services, but the biggest difficulty of the displaced ethnic minorities is to restore and develop agricultural production in the post-resettlement period when the land that people can access is much less than the old place, especially agricultural land. The soil quality is not compatible with traditional crops such as local cassava, upland rice, local maize, and citrus. Lesson learned is that it is necessary to calculate the allocation of productive land fund before relocating otherwise after relocation most of the households are not allocated an additional productive land because this land fund is now being allocated stably to other individuals and companies. It is necessary for young people to have vocational transition training programs to adapt to living conditions at the new places in concentrated resettlement areas.
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Garain, Swapan. "Business Sharing its Progress with Villagers Towards Developing Model Villages." GIS Business 1, no. 6 (December 20, 2006): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/gis.v1i6.5141.
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In a developing country like India, village-centric development is very critical for improving Human Development Index of the country. In this direction, corporate contribution assumes significance for rehabilitation and resettlement of project affected people and overall intervention under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. Since India is a country of villages, CSR has to be more sensitive towards the economic, social and cultural needs of rural society of the country. In this paper, it is proposed to gear all interventions for promoting model villages. Model village presents a credible vehicle for bringing about sustainability of a village community unit. A model village must have three significant components of infrastructure development, livelihood promotion and provision of services. Infrastructure development must cater to creating basic physical as well as social infrastructure like approach road, school building, community centre and social capital. Promotion of livelihood includes skill training, self-employment, employment opportunities and village enterprise development, while provision for services for the villagers includes health care, education, sanitation, recreational and other community services. Model village plan envisages a self-contained village community at the apex of all the pillars of sustainability, namely, livelihood, infrastructure and services. The future of Indian economy and the prospect of industry are going to depend largely on building sustainable and self-maintained smallest self-governing units called model villages.
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Potocky, Miriam, and Kristen L. Guskovict. "Enhancing empathy among humanitarian workers through Project MIRACLE: Development and initial validation of the Helpful Responses to Refugees Questionnaire." Torture Journal 26, no. 3 (September 20, 2018): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/torture.v26i3.109383.
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Background: Empathy is an important tool needed for service providers working with people who have experienced trauma, such as refugees and torture survivors. However, the high caseloads, rigorous deadlines, and overwhelming circumstances under which humanitarian workers typically operate often make it challenging to employ empathy. The Helpful Responses to Refugees Questionnaire (HRRQ) was developed to measure empathetic responsiveness, a core skill of Motivational Interviewing, among service providers working with refugees, including torture survivors.
Methods: The HRRQ was adapted specifically for measuring empathy in refugee contexts, including among asylum-seekers and torture survivors. Face validity and content validity were established by a panel of refugee resettlement experts prior to administration. The instrument was then administered via an online survey to a national sample of refugee service providers (valid N=90).
Findings: The HRRQ demonstrated good psychometric properties.
Interpretation: The HRRQ has several potential applications for work with refugees, including torture survivors. It could be used as a supervisory tool to assess service providers’ skills in this area and provide feedback for improvement if needed. It could also be used as a screening tool for hiring new staff as part of a comprehensive screening and selection process. Finally, it may be used as a pretest-posttest to evaluate the impact of staff training in motivational interviewing. Limitations of this study and implications for future research are discussed.
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Cohen, Flora, and Lauren Yaeger. "Task-shifting for refugee mental health and psychosocial support: A scoping review of services in humanitarian settings through the lens of RE-AIM." Implementation Research and Practice 2 (January 2021): 263348952199879. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2633489521998790.
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Background: Decades of war, famines, natural disasters, and political upheaval have led to the largest number of displaced persons in human history. The refugee experience is fraught with obstacles from preflight to resettlement, leading to high rates of mental distress including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. However, there is a paucity of mental health services for refugees in transit. To meet the needs of this vulnerable population, researchers are experimenting with teaching lay community members basic tools for the delivery of mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS). However, there are research gaps about the use of implementation science to inform the delivery of applicable interventions, especially within low resource settings, and even less in the humanitarian context. Methods: This review utilizes an implementation science framework (RE-AIM) to assess the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of these interventions. Studies included varying interventions and modes of delivery within refugee camp and urban settings. A comprehensive search strategy led to the inclusion and analysis of 11 unique studies. Results: While current research documents adaptation strategies, feasibility, and fidelity checks through routine monitoring, there is still a dearth of evidence regarding capacity building of lay providers in humanitarian settings. Barriers to this data collection include a lack of homogeneity in outcomes across studies, and a lack of comprehensive adaptation strategies which account for culture norms in the implementation of interventions. Furthermore, current funding prioritizes short-term solutions for individuals who meet criteria for mental illnesses and therefore leaves gaps in sustainability, and more inclusive programming for psychosocial services for individuals who do not meet threshold criteria. Conclusion: Findings contribute to the literature about task-shifting for MHPSS in humanitarian contexts, especially illuminating gaps in knowledge about the lay counselor experiences of these interventions. Plain language summary: There is a growing number of refugees forced to make homes in temporary camps or urban centers as they await resettlement, a process that can last decades. These refugees are at risk of serious mental health outcomes due to ongoing stress and trauma. One strategy commonly used in global mental health is the training of lay providers to deliver basic mental health and psychosocial programming to communities. While this tactic is currently being tested in refugee settings, there is limited evidence about the implementation of this strategy. The following scoping review aims to assess the implementation of task-shifting interventions within refugee settings, through the use of a robust implementation science framework.
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Silove, Derrick. "The Challenges Facing Mental Health Programs for Post-Conflict and Refugee Communities." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 19, no. 1 (March 2004): 90–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00001539.
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AbstractThe majority of refugees and communities exposed to warfare and oppression live in low-income countries with few resources or special skills. Yet, epidemiological studies have identified high levels of traumatic stress reactions in such populations. These stress reactions can be intensified by harsh policies aimed at deterring survivors from seeking refuge in technologically advanced societies. The scale of the problem of mass violence and displacement creates formidable challenges for mental health professionals in their efforts to develop practical frameworks for responding to the extensive needs of displaced persons. In this article, a model is proposed for low-income, post-conflict countries, based on a two-tiered formulation. At the eco-social level, mental health professionals can play a supportive, but not a lead, role in facilitating recovery of core adaptive systems that hasten natural recovery from stress for the majority of the population. Where small-scale, community mental health services are established, the emphasis should be on assisting persons and their families who are at greatest survival and adaptive risk. Training and promotion of local workers to assume leadership in such programs are essential. In technologically advanced societies in which refugees are in a minority, torture and trauma services can focus more specifically on traumatic stress reactions, acculturation, and resettlement. In a historical epoch in which displaced persons are facing particularly harsh treatment, there is a pressing need for consensus amongst mental health professionals in advocating for their needs.
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Kisinger, Chakma, and Kenichi Matsui. "Responding to Climate-Induced Displacement in Bangladesh: A Governance Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 12, 2021): 7788. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147788.
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Population displacement by extreme weather events have long plagued Bangladesh, a low-lying disaster-prone river delta. The country experiences yearly displacement of approximately one million people and losses of about 1% of its gross domestic product due to cyclones, floods, and riverbank erosion. This study examines how the Bangladesh government has managed climate-induced displacement with a particular focus on socioeconomic development policies. We analyzed the country’s 1984 Land Reform Ordinance, the 2009 climate change strategy and action plan, the 1997 agricultural Khasland settlement policy, perspective plan for 2010–2021, poverty reduction strategy paper, and five-year plans to understand governance changes for displaced communities. We found that, overall, the central government implemented four main strategies. In the first strategy, Bangladesh resettled displaced people in cluster villages on public lands. Then, it provided life skills training (e.g., leadership, disaster preparedness, income generation) to rehabilitate the residents. The third strategy was to align resettlement efforts with local-level climate change adaptation and poverty reduction activities. Here, the central government and its seventeen departments collaborated with local councils to support resettled households under the social safety program. The fourth strategy was to diversify financial resources by obtaining more fund from donors and establishing its own financial mechanism. However, we also found that the decision-making and implementation process remained top-down without need assessment and community participation. This paper intends to offer insights on how similar challenged countries and regions may respond to climate displacement in the future.
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Maltman, Lisa Joanne, and Emma Lucy Turner. "Women at the centre – using formulation to enhance partnership-working: a case study." Journal of Forensic Practice 19, no. 4 (November 13, 2017): 278–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfp-02-2016-0013.
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Purpose The 2011 Offender Personality Disorder Strategy promoted formulation-led approaches to offender management. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how formulation can inform partnership-working with women offenders, specifically those with complex needs including personality difficulties. Design/methodology/approach Learning from partnership case-work is shared to highlight a psychological understanding of the needs of one female offender, and the organisational system operating around her. Findings The paper describes the development of a “volcano metaphor” as a conceptual framework to assist workers, without psychological training, to better understand the complexity of a client’s intense emotional world. It also reflects the impact of an individualised formulation for through-the-gate working. Practical implications The challenges and advantages of “joined-up” inter-agency working are highlighted, including some ideas on how to promote consistency. These include the use of formulation as the basis for decision making and to help “contain” strong emotions attached to working with complex women offenders. Importance is attached to stable and appropriate housing for such women by anticipating their resettlement needs prior to points of transition, and coordinating provision through multi-agency public protection arrangements. Originality/value The paper’s originality lies with the development of the volcano diagram as an accessible format for considering individualised formulation and risk assessment. The paper also offers detailed reflections on wider systemic processes attached to working with complex women offenders. It is particularly relevant to psychological practitioners working within probation and prisons, and also to offender managers.
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Sviashchenko, Zinaida. "Migration Policy of the European Union on the Countries of Northern Africa." European Historical Studies, no. 13 (2019): 67–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2524-048x.2019.13.67-83.
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The article is devoted to the actual issues of the European Union migration policy with regard to the countries of North Africa. Indeed, the intensive migration movement that has recently taken place in Europe has forced the EU to develop a new, adequate migration policy that would be able to effectively address the problems encountered in this area. The reasons and the current state of migration processes are investigated. The main directions and areas of regulation of migration processes in the European Union concerning the countries of North Africa are highlighted. In particular, attention is drawn to such an important direction of the EU migration policy as the fight against illegal migration. The main problems of regulation of migration processes, in particular, labor migrants and refugees, are outlined. The substantial quantitative and qualitative changes that have taken place in the migration processes from the countries of North Africa to Europe have been analyzed. The general economic consequences of migration from the countries of North Africa for donor countries and recipient countries are described. Attention is drawn to the issue of professional training of Africans for further employment in the EU. It is concluded that migration in the EU countries plays a special role due to the aging of the population in European countries and the need to attract labor from third countries. Migration flows between the countries of North Africa and the EU are particularly intense. This is due to the geographical proximity of these regions, as well as close economic, political and cultural ties. Among the priority areas of the EU migration policy, such as border management and the return of illegal migrants to their homeland, convergence of Member States practice in strengthening the common European regime, sharing responsibilities and ensuring the acceptance of refugees with their further resettlement among EU member states.
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Gitis, V., M. Margieva, S. Drigo, and A. Yurkin. "Research of the Possibility of Increasing Level of Em-ployment in Ukraine Based on the Results of the Analysis of Unemployment Problems." Economic Herald of the Donbas, no. 3 (61) (2020): 198–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.12958/1817-3772-2020-3(61)-198-204.
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The article examines the state of unemployment in Ukraine, in particular, it is established that the financial and economic crisis associated with hostilities within the country, and coronavirus infection have significantly exacerbated this problem. This manifested itself primarily in a decrease in the share of economically active population of working age in the population as a whole and an increase in the number of unemployed population of working age. It is also established that internal resettlement and growth due to this level of unemployment, as well as the streng-thening of emigration intentions among internally displaced persons against the background of a fairly high number of workers abroad. As well as the crisis caused by coronavirus infection, without exaggeration, made significant adjustments to the Ukrainian labor market. In the field of employment, there was a significant decrease in the number of vacancies along with an increase in the number of unemployed citizens. First of all, those who worked informally in industries whose activities were suspended during quarantine lost their jobs. They were joined by migrant workers who returned to Ukraine after losing their jobs abroad. Today, all these people are at a crossroads. Possible ways to reduce unemployment in the country are suggested. Reducing unemployment will contribute to Ukraine's economic development. But overcoming this problem requires the implementation of a set of solutions, ranging from adequate distribution of public procurement in the training of specialists in educational institutions and ending with economic reforms and investment. The real situation that has happened now in Ukraine can be seen without statistics. Given the demographic situation in different regions of Ukraine, as well as quarantine, we can predict that at the current level of job creation and natural population growth, unemployment in the regions in the future will become even more acute.