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In a 2017 UNU-WIDER project, 'Forced migration and inequality', one of us collaborated on a comparison of Afghan and Vietnamese refugee resettlement across four Western countries. In the light of the Taliban return to power in August 2021, we revisit the contributions of the Journal of Ethnic...
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, in particular, had not yet been confronted with non-European refugees. This changed after 1978 with the influx of around … offers a strategic case for understanding factors that shaped the arrival and resettlement experiences of Vietnamese refugees … not be uniformly positive for immigrants and refugees to have an integration experience deemed successful. …
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the experiences of child refugees and asylum seekers, less is documented about the experiences of former unaccompanied …
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context of forced migration to neighbouring countries of a given conflict. For the context of host countries of refugees in a …-term perspectives for refugees. These policies in turn need to be embedded in reliable rules (polity) and negotiation processes …
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How does conflict, displacement, and return shape trust, reconciliation, and community engagement? And what is the relative impact of exposure to violence on these indicators? In this paper we explore these questions by focusing on the legacies of armed conflict and the differences between those...
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This paper examines whether the presence of refugees alters the intra-household allocation of tasks across genders in … arrival of refugees and the additional competition for natural resources such as wood and water. However, the results differ …
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Using 1990 5% Census and American Community Survey data, we examine the economic integration of Afghan refugees to the … US, focusing on employment rates and income levels. First-wave Afghan refugees (those arriving 1980-90) have made …, cost of living, and length of residence in the US, Afghan refugees' incomes are the lowest of seven refugee …
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children are influenced by the presence of a refugee camp in or around their community. Taking the case of Congolese refugees … views regarding the effects of refugees on local education. These results contribute to the body of literature on the … effects of refugees on host communities and inform policies on how refugees need not be a "burden" if long-term investments …
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among Vietnamese refugees using American Community Survey data from 1980 to 2015 and survey data. We examine how this ethnic …, occupation, and income. Third, we seek to explain what enables Vietnamese refugees and their children to overcome initial …
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Welcoming 60,000 Southeast Asian refugees in the 1979-80 period has become a celebrated part of Canada's history, but … the eventual integration of these refugees into Canadian society has received insufficient attention. This study provides … a comprehensive overview of Vietnamese refugees' economic outcomes over the three decades after their arrival. This …
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