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Financial Integration of Refugees in Dallas, Texas

February 28, 2019January 15, 2022 Lori Zimmermann 1053 Views 0 Comment Afghanistan, Barriers, DRC, Financial Health, Friends and Networks, Humanitarian Aid, Integration, Iraq, Language, Livelihoods, Money and Finance, Syria, Technology, USA

By Julie Zollmann, Airokhsh Faiz-Qaisary, Kenza Ben-Azouz, Kim Wilson, and Radha Rajkotia. Refugees resettled in the United States are typically supported quite closely early in their transition as support agencies help them settle into new homes, open bank accounts, get their first jobs, and register their children in school. Agencies monitor whether refugees are “self-sufficient,” meaning that their incomes cover their most essential expenses as quickly as possible. However, little is known about the next stage of refugees’ financial and economic transitions, once refugees are no longer interacting regularly with resettlement agencies. In July 2018, we interviewed 29 refugees who had been resettled two to three years earlier to understand the phases of their financial transition and identify possible opportunities to accelerate refugees’ financial gains.

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The Financial Journey of Refugees: Evidence from Greece, Jordan, and Turkey

September 30, 2017June 30, 2022 Ellysse V. Dick 1392 Views 0 Comment Afghanistan, Algeria, Barriers, Before The Journey, Bribery and Corruption, Burundi, Dangers and trouble, Destinations, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Family, Friends and Networks, Gender, Greece, Humanitarian Aid, Identity and Documents, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Language, Lodging and Food, Money and Finance, Palestine, Saving and Lending, Senegal, Smuggling, Syria, Technology, The Journey, Turkey

A full report, executive summary, and a compendium of field notes, by Kim Wilson and Roxanne Krystalli. The Financial Journeys of Refugees investigates what money and financial transactions can reveal about the journeys and experiences of forced migration. We examine money as a key node of the displacement experience: fueling transactions among formal and informal actors along the way; determining livelihood options; shaping or restructuring kinship networks; and coloring risks, vulnerabilities, or protective forces available to refugees. Our inquiry highlights these transactions and the power dynamics that unfold among refugees as well as between refugees and formal or informal authorities.