This paper describes the experiences of twenty-four Bosnian refugees resettled in the US and explores how achieving integration relates to the US policy contexts and programs. Juxtaposing refugee perspectives and policies, “lived experience” was compared with policies on paper. Central themes included participants’ language and employment struggles, social support networks that included Americans, congregational sponsorship, and participants’ faith in their belief that they could fully belong in American society. Implications included a reevaluation of American resettlement policy regarding language and employment, formal support for sponsorship, and an inclusion of refugee voices in planning and implementing resettlement programs.Cet artic...
This dissertation studies refugee resettlement in the United States utilizing the Integration Indica...
My project, grounded in three months’ work and research with Jewish Resettlement Services (JRS), sho...
Though U.S. refugee resettlement is primarily managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser...
Wealthy countries have responded to the world\u27s refugee crisis by instituting diverse resettlemen...
This article traces the pathways of Bosnian refugee-immigrants from the war-torn former Yugoslavia o...
For Bosnian and Herzegovinians fleeing the conflict in their homeland in the 1990s, the process of f...
From the 1946 to the 1980 Act, more than two million refugees have resettled in the U.S. (Eby, Ivers...
By law, refugees entering the United States must become self-sufficient as quickly as possible. But ...
This article proposes that the UNHCR-supported “durable solution” programs for former refugees from ...
Upheaval causes many people to flee intolerable conditions in their own countries and to seek better...
The migration crisis has posed a number of challenges for European countries, but what lessons can b...
This article presents the process of creation and initial outcomes of a pedagogical tool called Refu...
This paper describes a practical service model based on my field experience and outlines the process...
This paper explores Canada’s response, through our Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, to...
Discussion about resettlement is increasing worldwide. Traditional resettlement countries look to th...
This dissertation studies refugee resettlement in the United States utilizing the Integration Indica...
My project, grounded in three months’ work and research with Jewish Resettlement Services (JRS), sho...
Though U.S. refugee resettlement is primarily managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser...
Wealthy countries have responded to the world\u27s refugee crisis by instituting diverse resettlemen...
This article traces the pathways of Bosnian refugee-immigrants from the war-torn former Yugoslavia o...
For Bosnian and Herzegovinians fleeing the conflict in their homeland in the 1990s, the process of f...
From the 1946 to the 1980 Act, more than two million refugees have resettled in the U.S. (Eby, Ivers...
By law, refugees entering the United States must become self-sufficient as quickly as possible. But ...
This article proposes that the UNHCR-supported “durable solution” programs for former refugees from ...
Upheaval causes many people to flee intolerable conditions in their own countries and to seek better...
The migration crisis has posed a number of challenges for European countries, but what lessons can b...
This article presents the process of creation and initial outcomes of a pedagogical tool called Refu...
This paper describes a practical service model based on my field experience and outlines the process...
This paper explores Canada’s response, through our Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, to...
Discussion about resettlement is increasing worldwide. Traditional resettlement countries look to th...
This dissertation studies refugee resettlement in the United States utilizing the Integration Indica...
My project, grounded in three months’ work and research with Jewish Resettlement Services (JRS), sho...
Though U.S. refugee resettlement is primarily managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser...