Refugee economic self-sufficiency in the US Resettlement Program

Thesis

Globally, twenty-seven countries have resettlement programs associated with UNHCR - representing commitments to the international refugee framework and domestic commitments to those refugees resettled. Since 1975, the US has resettled over three million refugees, including over 75,000 Bhutanese refugees since 2008 - more than all other countries combined on both accounts. The US Office of Refugee Resettlement has the mandate to 'make available sufficient resources for employment training a...

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Authors: Ott, EM

• Publication date: 2015
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-nzpkep8gw
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Bhutanese; refugees; social intervention; economic self-sufficiency; evidence-based; resettlement
• Subjects: Social policy & social work; Evaluation of social policies,programmes and practice; Psychosocial issues (refugees); Livelihoods (refugees); Employment; Poverty; Integration; Social services; associations; Ethnic minorities and ethnicity; Social Sciences; Health (refugees); Social disadvantage; Development and Refugees (see also Sociology)