This introduction to this special issue of the Journal on Migration and Human Security discusses the background and focus of two meetings precursory to this collection, considers refugee resettlement and integration in the United States within the broader framework of the literature on migrant integration, and reflects on the role that population research can play in promoting successful and healthy refugee resettlement in the United States. Other contributions to the special issue are based on five of the presentations at a scientific workshop held in May 2019 in Washington, DC, entitled, “Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being.” A sixth article evolved from a virtual stakeholder meeting held as a follow-up activity in December 2020, entitled, “Refugee Resettlement in the United States: The Role of Migration Research in Promoting Migrant Well-being in a Post-Pandemic Era.” Both the workshop and the virtual meeting were hosted by the Committee on Population of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with dedicated support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AlbaRichardNeeVictor. 2003. Remaking the American Mainstream. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
2.
BernsteinHamutalDuBoisNicole. 2018. Bringing Evidence to the Refugee Integration Debate. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
3.
BloemraadIrene. 2006. Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Eurostat. 2018. Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics—International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
GreenDavid. 2016. “The Trump Hypothesis: Testing Immigrant Populations as a Determinant of Violent and Drug-Related Crime in the United States.” Social Science Quarterly97(3):506–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12300.
8.
HugoGraemeAbbasi-ShavaziMohammad JalalKralyEllen Percy, eds. 2019. Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration, vol. 13. Cham: Springer.
9.
KerwinDonald. 2018. “The US Refugee Resettlement Program—A Return to First Principles: How Refugees Help to Define, Strengthen, and Revitalize the United States.” Journal on Migration and Human Security6(3):205–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331502418787787.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. The Integration of Immigrants into American Society. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/21746.
13.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25584.
14.
National Research Council. 1998. The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/6187.
15.
National Research Council. 2001. Forced Migration and Mortality. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10086.
16.
National Research Council. 2006a. Child Health in Complex Emergencies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11527.
17.
National Research Council. 2002a. Demographic Assessment Techniques in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10482.
18.
National Research Council. 2004a. Fertility of Malian Tamasheq Repatriated Refugees: The Impact of Forced Migration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11006.
19.
National Research Council. 2003a. Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10702.
20.
National Research Council. 2003b. Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10539.
21.
National Research Council. 2003c. Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children: A Review of the Concepts and Related Literature. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10698.
22.
National Research Council. 2002b. Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10481.
23.
National Research Council. 2006b. Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11513.
24.
National Research Council. 2004b. War, Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement, and Fertility: A Review of Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11005.
25.
NawynStephanie J. 2011. “‘I Have So Many Successful Stories’: Framing Social Citizenship for Refugees.” Citizenship Studies15(6–7): 679–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2011.600072.
26.
PortesAlejandroRumbautRuben G.. 2001. Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation. Berkeley: University of California Press.
27.
PortesAlejandroRumbautRuben G.. 2006. Immigrant America. Berkeley: University of California Press.
28.
ReedHolly E.BarbosaGuillermo Yrizar. 2017. “Investigating the Refugee Health Disadvantage among the U.S. Immigrant Population.” Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies15(1): 53–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2016.1165329.
UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2021. Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2020. Statistics and Demographics Section, UNHCR Global Data Service. Copenhagen, Denmark: UNHCR. https://www.unhcr.org/60b638e37/unhcr-global-trends-2020.
USGAO (US Government Accountability Office). 2012. Immigrant Integration: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Could Better Assess Its Grant Program. GAO-12-274. Washington, DC: US GAO.
