Abstract
Refugees are individuals who hold a well-founded fear of persecution based upon their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group and who have resultingly been forced to flee their country. Public awareness of refugee resettlement has grown exponentially in the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis, raising questions about the risks and costs that arise from providing refuge and resettling foreigners. This article takes a look at the most frequently cited risks of the resettlement process and analyzes how they are weighted by the public and regulatory bodies. It compares the approach of the United States to strategies adopted in Europe and Australia for recognizing refugees and implementing resettlement programs.
Citation
Kelsey Glover,
Risk Analysis in Refugee Resettlement,
29 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
307-334
(2019)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/djcil/vol29/iss2/5