"Beyond "Temporary Shelter

A Case Study of Karen Refugee Resettlement in St. Paul, Minnesota

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5711246
AutoresBenjamin Harkin
Año2012
Volumen10
Número2
Páginas184-203
Fecha de publicación2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15562948.2012.674326
OpenAlexW2023262032
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas1

Since 2005, refugees from Burma residing in the nine camps on the Thai–Burma border have been eligible for third country resettlement. Approximately 75% of the refugees who have departed from the border camps have been resettled in the United States, including the majority of the largest ethnic group among the refugees, the Karen. This case study of the Karen refugee community in St. Paul, Minnesota supported the conclusion that although resettlement has yet to prove its effectiveness in resolving the refugee situation in Thailand in the absence of other durable solutions, it has succeeded in providing a viable alternative to life in the camps for thousands of refugee families from Burma. However, it was found that there were also lessons to be learned from the Karen in St. Paul about limiting the detrimental impacts of the program, better supporting the integration process, and broadening participation in resettlement

Criminology · Economic growth · Ethnic group · Limiting · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Engineering · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Gender Studies · Law