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Pre-resettlement experiences: Iranians in Vienna

For refugees going to the United States (US), resettlement begins long before they step off the airplane in their final destination. Those selected for resettlement must first undergo pre-departure processing, which typically includes cultural orientation, official government interviews and long…

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LiechtensteinLanguages project

www.liela.li In February 2016 Liechtenstein introduced the LiechtensteinLanguages project (LieLa) to help asylum seekers and refugees integrate more quickly in their new country. Based on the New Learning Method developed in Liechtenstein in the 1990s, this language teaching method focuses…

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‘Matching’ refugees

In 2016, we published an article in Forced Migration Review called ‘Choices, preferences and priorities in a matching system for refugees’[1] in which we argued that refugees to be resettled should be allocated to countries through a centralised matching system,…

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The importance of legal counsel

Legal advocates are particularly well suited to compile a refugee’s narrative and explain why the facts of the individual’s case demonstrate that the individual should be considered for resettlement. At each step of the resettlement process, legal advocates can assist…

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Who will resettle single Syrian men?

Resettlement opportunities for Syrian refugees are allocated to those who are deemed to be particularly vulnerable, and thousands of Syrian men, women and children have now been resettled. However, single Syrian men (‘unattached’ or ‘unaccompanied’ adult males) living in Middle…

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