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Shifting Roles in Refugee Livelihoods

March 31, 2020April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 235 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Congo, Coping and thriving, Family, Forgery bribery and corruption, Gender, Identity and documents, Livelihoods, Lodging and food, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

By Catherine Wanjala, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
During displacement, families are jolted into new realities. From navigating new foods and new educational opportunities to negotiating a maze of new customs, displaced households struggle to master their unfamiliar surroundings. Opportunities to earn a living also greatly differed from what refugees and migrants had available to them in their countries of origin. Refugees often found these new realities also shifted roles within the family.

Essays & Articles Middle East-North Africa Publications Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa

What Lies Ahead? Navigating New Insecurities in Displacement

March 31, 2020April 9, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 201 Views 0 Comment Burundi, Congo, Dangers and trouble, Ethiopia, Family, Friends and Networks, Gender, Host and transition communities, Integration, Religion, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

By Catherine Wanjala, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
Uganda’s 1.4 million refugees have trekked into the country, fleeing violence and conflict in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, and other regional neighbors. They came to Uganda sometimes intentionally, sometimes merely following the crowd, but all looking for peace. Through in-depth interviews with 30 refugees in Kampala in August 2019, we found that many urban refugees have found only partial peace, continuing to confront insecurity in displacement. Their experiences and fears of violence are limiting their livelihoods opportunities, their interest in integration, and even their willingness to send their children to school.

Essays & Articles Middle East-North Africa Publications Sub-Saharan Africa

Gaps in Policies, Chasms for Refugees

March 31, 2020April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 450 Views 0 Comment Ethiopia, Host and transition communities, Humanitarian aid, Identity and documents, Integration, Somalia

By Devang Shah, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
An open-door policy, free primary education, health care, monthly rations and cash. Sounds like a perfect policy recipe for integration of refugees with their local communities. However, for more than twenty years since Kebri Beyah camp was established, refugees living there are still financially unstable and far from integration. Why are the steps taken by various governmental and non-governmental organisations still proving ineffective? This essay attempts to answer this question by diving into the chasm between policy making and policy implementation for the case of the Somali region in Ethiopia. We will analyze which policies, programs, and initiatives have worked, which have not, and why.

Essays & Articles Middle East-North Africa Publications Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa

The Impact of Volunteer Employment on Migrant Outcomes: Ugandan Perspective

March 31, 2020April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 351 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Congo, Friends and Networks, Language, Livelihoods, South Sudan, Uganda

By Dan Creamer, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
Formal employment opportunities are limited in Uganda’s economy, especially for migrants and refugees. Considering these barriers, “volunteer” jobs represent a crucial vehicle for migrants to gain new skills, build their networks, gain access to future opportunities, and even earn reasonable wages. This essay seeks to show the importance of volunteer positions for migrants, how these opportunities differ between Kampala and the Bidi Bidi Refugee Camp, and whether these volunteer opportunities are privileging specific demographic groups.

Central and South America Central and South America Essays & Articles Publications

Integration in Different Family Structures

March 31, 2020April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 194 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Dangers and trouble, El Salvador, Family, Friends and Networks, Gender, Guatemala, Honduras, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Lodging and food, mexico, Money and finance, The journey

By Maria Teresa Nagel, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
When it comes to migration, broad classifications are abundant. Refugees and migrants are often seen as a monolithic mass, which encourages policy makers to essentialize migration as they search for the single solution to this complex phenomenon. Nowhere is this truer than in Tijuana, Mexico, the location of our study. There and elsewhere, immigrants are thought to be driven by the same motivations, threatened by the same risks, and in need of the same remedies. In this essay, I aim to highlight some key differences in the experiences of Central American migrants in Tijuana, focusing on the impact family structure has on migrants’ experiences living in that city.

Central and South America Central and South America Essays & Articles Publications

Learning to Live in Limbo

March 31, 2020April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 245 Views 0 Comment Destinations, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Integration, Limbo and transition, mexico

By Maria Teresa Nagel, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
Starting in 2018, Central American migrants attempting to enter the United States have encountered a series of obstacles which have forced them to consider a longer stay in Tijuana, a circumstance which presents new and unanticipated challenges. This essay explores the new realities faced by Central American migrants, whose journeys were expected to end in the United States, but who have instead had their own odyssey truncated and paused indefinitely in Tijuana, Mexico.

Central and South America Central and South America Essays & Articles Publications Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa

Reflections on Conducting a Lean Research Field Study

November 30, 2019April 9, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 329 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Burundi, Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fletcher students’ research experience, Gender, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Language, mexico, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

By Sarah Carson, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
Field research is a common and often powerful piece of post-graduate training in international affairs and development. But sending students to the field also comes with risks to both students and study participants. What happens when you send five students abroad to execute Lean Research on their own? What challenges might they encounter, and what innovative solutions could they develop? And what do they learn that could be applied to similar experiences in the future?

Central and South America Central and South Asia East and South-East Asia Essays & Articles North America Publications Putting Down Roots Sub-Saharan Africa

How to Achieve the American Dream on an Immigrant’s Income

April 30, 2019April 9, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 1171 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Family, Financial health, Friends and Networks, Kenya, mexico, Money and finance, Nepal, Saving and Lending, usa

By Jeffrey Ashe, Kim Wilson.
The American Dream—being able to earn a good living, buy a home, send children to school, and build a life in the United States regardless of social stature or place of birth—is an aspiration for most who immigrate to the United States. While new immigrants may be fleeing violence, poverty, and persecution—so called “push factors”—they are also pulled by the prospects of a better life for themselves and their children. Some immigrants arrive in the United States wealthy, educated, and fluent in English. These case studies focus on immigrants who may arrive with a few dollars in their pocket, struggle with English, and sometimes are without legal documents. Our research examines how immigrant households save up in groups to transform income that is irregular, uncertain, and low into regular, predictable, and meaningful sums of cash.

Central and South America Central and South Asia Essays & Articles Long-Distance Journeys Publications

Retaining, Changing, and Surrendering Hegemonic Masculinities

April 30, 2019April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 518 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Dangers and trouble, Destinations, Gender, India, Nepal, Pakistan, The journey

By Subin Mulmi, under the supervision of Kim Wilson. Transatlantic migration from South Asia is a long, arduous, and expensive journey but each year many South Asians risk their lives to reach the supposed dreamland of the United States. A large majority of the South Asians that I met during our re-search in 2018 in Costa Rica were men, prompting a focus on how men experienced long-distance migration.

Central and South America Essays & Articles Long-Distance Journeys North America Publications Sub-Saharan Africa

The Ties that Bind (or Not): Social Networks Among Extra-Continental Migrants

April 30, 2019April 5, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 515 Views 0 Comment angola, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Dangers and trouble, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Forgery bribery and corruption, Friends and Networks, Haiti, Honduras, Smuggling, Somalia, The journey

By Heather Kunin, under the supervision of Kim Wilson. Social networks have long been recognized as playing a pivotal role within migration, with multiple studies examining, among other phenomena, the role of social networks in predicting the decision to migrate and choice of destination, as well as in impacting migrants’ chances for integration. Social network analysis (SNA) is a methodology for visualizing and interrogating relationships among actors and is highly applicable to a field where social networks are considered “one of the fundamentals of the migration process.” Until recently, this discipline has been woefully underutilized within migration studies, although this is beginning to change.

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