scholarly journals Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Masterson ◽  
Vasil Yasenov
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
County Level ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Discernible Effect ◽  
The Us ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Many countries have reduced refugee admissions in recent years, in part due to fears that refugees and asylum seekers increase crime rates and pose a national security risk. Existing research presents ambiguous expectations about the consequences of refugee resettlement on crime. We leverage a natural experiment in the US, where an Executive Order by the president in January 2017 halted refugee resettlement. This policy change was sudden and significant – it resulted in the lowest number of refugees resettled on US soil since 1977 and a 66% drop in resettlement from 2016 to 2017. In this letter we find that there is no discernible effect on county-level property or violent crime rates.

scholarly journals Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
DANIEL MASTERSON ◽  
VASIL YASENOV
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Discernible Effect ◽  
The Us ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Many countries have reduced refugee admissions in recent years, in part due to fears that refugees and asylum seekers increase crime rates and pose a national security risk. Existing research presents ambiguous expectations about the consequences of refugee resettlement on crime. We leverage a natural experiment in the United States, where an Executive Order by the president in January 2017 halted refugee resettlement. This policy change was sudden and significant—it resulted in the lowest number of refugees resettled on US soil since 1977 and a 66% drop in resettlement from 2016 to 2017. In this article, we find that there is no discernible effect on county-level property or violent crime rates.

scholarly journals Limited Resettlement and Ongoing Uncertainty: responses to and experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia and Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. i-iv
Author(s):  
Caroline Fleay ◽  
Lisa Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Civil Societies

In the wake of the Coalition Government’s narrow victory in the first Australian election since the adoption of policies known as Operation Sovereign Borders, this special edition of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies focuses its attention on the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers . It explores some of the experiences of people both in Australia and Indonesia who are seeking a life of safety, as well as the responses of civil society groups and governments, following the commencement of policies that have vastly reduced the opportunities for refugee resettlement in Australia.

scholarly journals THE GUISE OF U.S. NATIONAL REFERRAL AUTHORITY TO “OTHERING” REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS: A TWAIL APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Alifa Salsabila
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Law ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
National Interests ◽  
International Protection ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
International Refugee Regime

President Trump’s issuance of Executive Order 13769 titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” restricts and even bans access to refugees and asylum seekers from seeking international protection in and from the United States. It is done by creating narratives that refugees and asylum seekers are capable of committing “potential threats” under the umbrella of terrorism. This study aims to dismantle the paradoxes the Executive Order conveys. It focuses on the international refugee regime under the ambit of international law and a broader context of immigration debates—socially, economically, and culturally. This study uses theThird World Approach to International Law (TWAIL),making it possible for academic legal discussionto correspond in cultural context. The findings show that Trump’s Executive Order 13769 functions as the tool for the United States to “othering” refugees and asylum seekers as foreign terrorists in order to wage its national interests while ruling out humanity and the regime.

scholarly journals The experiences of an African woman seeking refuge in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Holita
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Favorable Outcome ◽  
African Woman ◽  
The West ◽  
Refugee Convention ◽  
The Us ◽  
Free Movement Of Goods ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Insight Into

This research paper provides insight into the experiences and challenges that asylum seekers go through in their quest to obtain legal status in countries in the West. Even though countries like Canada, the US, UK and Australia are signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention, this paper attempts to show that these countries are not adhering to the principles of the Convention when it comes to the issues of those labelled as asylum seekers or refugees. My paper focuses specifically on the challenges and the experiences that those with these labels go through, from the ways employed into the attempts to negotiate borders to ways that will provide a favorable outcome from the Immigration and Refugee Board. Further, the study strives to highlight that governments of the West are violating the mobility rights of refugees and asylum seekers in favor of corporations and the free movement of goods.

scholarly journals The experiences of an African woman seeking refuge in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Holita
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Favorable Outcome ◽  
African Woman ◽  
The West ◽  
Refugee Convention ◽  
The Us ◽  
Free Movement Of Goods ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Insight Into

This research paper provides insight into the experiences and challenges that asylum seekers go through in their quest to obtain legal status in countries in the West. Even though countries like Canada, the US, UK and Australia are signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention, this paper attempts to show that these countries are not adhering to the principles of the Convention when it comes to the issues of those labelled as asylum seekers or refugees. My paper focuses specifically on the challenges and the experiences that those with these labels go through, from the ways employed into the attempts to negotiate borders to ways that will provide a favorable outcome from the Immigration and Refugee Board. Further, the study strives to highlight that governments of the West are violating the mobility rights of refugees and asylum seekers in favor of corporations and the free movement of goods.

scholarly journals Public perception does not accurately reflect resources available to survivors of torture in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Burke
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
Perceived Burden ◽  
The Us ◽  
Survivors Of Torture ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

There is a great deal of misinformation regarding resources available to and obstacles faced by survivors of torture (SOTs) in the United States. A key reason for this is the fact that much of the dialogue centers on the perceived burden of immigration. This rhetoric does not accurately communicate the resources available to refugees and asylum seekers in the US. Since public opinion has, historically, played an influential role in shaping immigration law, creating more effective public policy requires discourse to be rooted in fact.

Europe’s Migration Crisis: An American Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
American Perspective ◽  
The Us ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
Migration Crisis

The European Union’s 28 member nations received over 1.2 million asylum seekers in 2015, including 1.1 million in Germany[1] and over 150,000 in Sweden. The US, by comparison, has been receiving 75,000 asylum applications a year. One reason for the upsurge in asylum applicants is that German Chancellor Angela Merkel in August 2015 announced that Syrians could apply for asylum in Germany even if they passed through safe countries en route. The challenges of integrating asylum seekers are becoming clearer, prompting talk of reducing the influx, reforming EU institutions, and integrating migrants.[1] Some 1.1 million foreigners were registered in Germany’s EASY system in 2015, but only 476,500 were able to complete asylum applications because of backlogs in asylum offices.

Overcoming the deficiency of refugee mental health research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Kalfic ◽  
Glenn Mitchell ◽  
Lezanne Ooi ◽  
Sibylle Schwab ◽  
Natalie Matosin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

The growing number of refugees and asylum seekers are one of the most significant global challenges of this generation. We are currently witnessing the highest level of displacement in history, with over 65 million displaced people in the world. Refugees and asylum seekers are at higher risk to develop mental illness due to their trauma and chronic stress exposures, and particularly post-migration stressors. Yet global and Australian psychiatric research in this area is greatly lacking, particularly with respect to our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of risk and resilience to mental illness in traumatised populations. In this Viewpoint, we explore the reasons behind the lack of refugee mental health research and use this context to propose new ways forward. We believe that scientific discovery performed with a multidisciplinary approach will provide the broad evidence-base required to improve refugee mental health. This will also allow us to work towards the removal of damaging policies that prolong and potentiate mental health deterioration among refugees and asylum seekers, which impacts not only on the individuals but also host countries’ social, economic and healthcare systems.

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