At this webinar, The Institute for Social Research, in cooperation with Norce and PRIO, launches a report titled “Selection Criteria in Refugee Resettlement - Balancing vulnerability and future integration in eight resettlement countries”.
Hear researchers and practitioners, including the UNHCR, discuss the UNHCR resettlement program in Norway and seven other countries (Canada, Germany, Australia, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands).
The topics covered include:
- National differences in selection criteria and practices
- Resettlement as a durable solution
- Resettlement vs. asylum
- Strategic use of resettlement
Program
- Welcome : Jan-Paul Brekke, Institute for Social Research
- Opening: State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
- Findings: Researchers Erlend Paasche and Jan-Paul Brekke, Institute for Social Research
Comments:
- Michelle Alfaro, Head of Resettlement Services, UNHCR Headquarters
- Frode Forfang, Director General of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)
- Jeff Crisp, Chatham House, expert on refugee, migration and humanitarian issues
- Susan Fratzke, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute
- QA
