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Bureaucracy and Identification

September 11, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1029 Views 0 Comment Barriers, DRC, Financial Health, Friends and Networks, Humanitarian Aid, Identity and Documents, Jordan, Kenya, Livelihoods, Money and Finance, Syria

In this issue of Fresh FINDings we feature research from Kenya, led by Julie Zollmann in collaboration with Cate Wanjala.

Middle East-North Africa Newsletter

Financial Journeys and COVID-19

August 18, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1310 Views 0 Comment Barriers, COVID-19, Friends and Networks, Humanitarian Aid, Identity and Documents, Jordan, Livelihoods, Money and Finance

Mapping the financial journeys of refugees and asylum seekers in Jordan, and the impact of COVID-19 on the economic lives

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Economic Integration

July 22, 2020April 9, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 861 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, Financial Health, Friends and Networks, Gender, Humanitarian Aid, Identity and Documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods, Lodging and Food, Money and Finance, Religion, Rwanda, Saving and Lending, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

This video draws on a case study of Uganda, where refugees move from their early arrival phase to coping long term with economic opportunities and set-backs. The information draws on Fletcher research in Uganda.

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Shifting Roles in Refugee Livelihoods

March 31, 2020June 30, 2022 Lori Zimmermann 745 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Bribery and Corruption, Congo, Coping and Thriving, Family, 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.

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You and I Are Not Friends: The Challenges of Ethnographic Study in the Migration Field

April 30, 2019April 9, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 1309 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Cameroon, Colombia, Dangers and trouble, Fletcher students’ research experience, Gender, Identity and Documents, India, Language, Nepal, Venezuela

By Padmini Baruah, under the supervision of Kim Wilson. Transnational migration has been one of the most talked-about phenomena of the past decade. With prolonged armed conflict, economic crises, and climate change affecting different parts of the world adversely, it is not a surprise that an estimated 258 million people live in a country that is not the country of their birth.1 Much news has been generated on this subject, and multiple studies have focused on the macro aspects of this issue. However, equally vital is not losing sight of the fact that while broad patterns and theories can explain the macrophenomenon of transnational migration, each migrant’s story is ultimately a subjective and entirely personal lived experience. The powerful contribution of the individual narrative as well as of ethnographic observations to academic studies in this field cannot be overlooked.

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Language Isolation on the Migrant Trail

March 31, 2019January 15, 2022 Ellysse V. Dick 939 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Cameroon, Colombia, Dangers and trouble, Fletcher students’ research experience, Ghana, Language

By Charlie Bentley, under the supervision of Kim Wilson. I connected to most migrants I interviewed using the same first casual topic: “I’m struggling to get around without Spanish. What about you?” Despite having the help of two Spanish-speaking colleagues, I still found that traveling through Colombia without Spanish language skills was an immense challenge.

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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.