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America Beyond Detention: Taking Shelter

Gus Bova

January 30, 2017 |

Texas Observer |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Three Part Series, "America Beyond Detention": For decades, immigrant advocates have argued that the federal government should increase the use of residential shelters - like Casa Marianella in Austin - as an alternative to detention. The shelters are generally less expensive, treat immigrants more humanely, and are better equipped to integrate people into their new communities.

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Years with no nation, 90 days to become a Minnesotan

Mila Koumpilova

December 31, 2016 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thousands of refugees are navigating hurdles of integration in the United States. Organizations like the Minnesota Council of Churches provide comprehensive support in a number of areas - from housing to job applications to health insurance paperwork - but all with the end goal of helping the relocated families towards independence and sustainability in their new life.

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Cities for all: towards a new paradigm for integration

Liza Ramrayka

December 15, 2016 |

Open Migration |

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Response Location: United States

In the midst of the international refugee crisis, immigrants and refugees often struggle in new countries, and they have trouble finding employment, housing, and education. The UN’s 2016 Summit for Refugees and Migrants encouraged host countries to find new ways to help migrants. Many creative solutions have resulted, including the Welcoming Cities & Counties Network, which provides resources to migrants in American cities; Salusbury World, which supports social enterprises such as Spice Caravan to train refugees in the UK; and Germany’s With Migrants for Migrants, which helps migrants’ access healthcare.

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2 immigrant journeys of hope, spanning a border and a century

Rosie Hughes

December 05, 2016 |

Maine Focus |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Population decline is on the rise in many rural communities. Canada allows communities to sponsor refugees, allowing communities to grow their numbers through refugee resettlement. Sponsoring entails providing some or all of the initial expenses and practical support for refugee families for their first year. Some in the communities express anti-immigrant ideologies and are against these programs. However, immigration has allowed for community revitalization in several communities, including filling essential jobs.

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Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

Sahar Zand

November 20, 2016 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Lebanon, Beqaa Valley

In a creative twist, Syrian refugees are being given cash cards to spend as they wish rather than being given food boxes or in-kind donations. Agencies and refugees themselves say that it gives them dignity and choice, which are important in the survival process. It was also much more efficient and cheaper to distribute money than buying food. This podcast cites a study done to prove its efficacy, talks to a couple refugee families, and notes that results could vary from country to country.

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Between Opportunity and Frustration As a Refugee In Uganda

Anna Patton

November 16, 2016 |

Vice |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Uganda's open policy allows refugees to start a new life – and even a new business. But not all of them thrive due to governmental restrictions and limited cash flow.

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A Program That Gives Undocumented Grandmas Childcare Credentials

Ann Schimke

November 09, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Providers Advancing Student Outcomes, or PASO, is run by Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition and helps early childcare providers learn critical skills to enhance children's socio-emotional skills. Many of the participants are undocumented and therefore work under the radar without special training.

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A helping hand for migrant students

Lyndsey Gilpin

October 09, 2016 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Center, Colorado

The Migrant Education Program, which offers educational and social services to migrant worker families in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, is growing in popularity among the valley’s migrant worker population, and has recently begun to focus on getting migrant students geared up for college .

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What does it take to come to Ithaca as a refugee?

Melissa Whitworth

August 20, 2016 |

The Ithaca Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

In Ithaca, New York, Catholic churches are teaming up with local collaborators to utilize the services they already provide through a new role - that of a resettlement agency.

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The surprisingly simple economic case for giving refugees cash, not stuff

Elizabeth MacBride

August 07, 2016 |

Quartz |

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Response Location: Jordan, Amman

In the Middle East, refugee camps are expensive to run-- particularly because shipping food aid is expensive, and the refugees feel victimized in an environment where they have no agency or purchasing power. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has moved refugees in Jordan out of camps and has given cash instead of in-kind aid, and new possibilities emerge with mobile money by the aid of new technology. The results have shown that refugees feel more empowered and the costs associated with their aid are reduced.

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