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Scholarly sources and summaries[edit]

Third Country Resettlement[edit]

International Rescue Committee[edit]

Summarizing and Synthesizing[edit]

  • Third country resettlement
    • I am aiming to get information that would help update the current wiki cite and/or get information on how effective refugee resettlement agencies are. I also am looking into steps on that refugee resettlement agencies take with their cliental.
  • International Rescue Committee
    • I am looking for information that would help update the facts that the wiki page has, because many of them are outdated. I am also looking for things post 2,000 to add to that historical section. The wiki page also had a need for an intro page so I have obtained a couple of sources that could help me frame this.

Summarizing and Synthesizing expanded[edit]

Third country resettlement[edit]

There are 65.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide but only 1% of them are able to resettle in a third country[1]. Of this 1%, the United States resettles half of them. In order to resettle, you must first go through the UNHCR, where it is decided if third country resettlement is absolutely needed. This is due to the strenuous selection process that is required to enter a new country as a refugee. First, a refugee has to fit the definition defined by Article 1A of the 1951 convention[2]. Next, various departments determine if this person accurately fits this definition by conducting multiple interviews and even medical checks. In the U.S. no other travelers undergo such rigorous security screening compared to refugees trying to enter the country and they have to be screened by different 6 federal agencies[3]. The average processing time for a refugee to be referred to the U.S. is 18 to 24 months[3].  Once a refugee is resettled in a third country the main focus is to help them become self-sufficient in hopes that they one day will be able to a naturalized citizen of their new country.[4]

The amount of refugees that are able to choose third country resettlement is also based on an annual ceiling that the president determines each fiscal year(FY). There is usually around 60,000 to 90,000 refugees resettled each fiscal year[5]. This year (FY 2018) the number is set at 45,000 which is the lowest it has been in history after the brief period after 9/11[5]. 

International Rescue Committee:

  • The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster. The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries and 28 U.S. cities where it resettles refugees and helps them become self-sufficient. It focuses mainly on health, education, economic wellbeing, power, and safety. The IRC’s funding comes mostly from the federal government and from private donors. Last year the IRC received $681 million, with $454 million coming from the federal government and $228 million coming from private donors. According to Charity Navigator, the IRC is in the top 1% of the most trustworthy charities, with more than 90₵ of every $1 going to programs and services that directly affect their clientele.The current President of the International Rescue Committee is former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband(2013 - present). Consisting of first responders, humanitarian relief workers, international development experts, health care providers, and educators, the IRC has assisted millions of people around the world since its founding in 1933. The UNHCR is the global actor in the refugee crisis. Within the U.S., there are nine national resettlement agencies(the IRC being one of them).
  • The International Rescue Committee was the American branch of the International Relief Association (which later combined with another relief organization), which was founded by Albert Einstein in 1931. It was initially an organization that helped those who were fleeing Nazi Germany and as need arose the IRC expanded its clientele.
  1. ^ "Figures at a Glance". UNHCR. 2016.
  2. ^ "A New Beginning in a Third Country" (PDF). UNHCR. 2013.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Refugee Admissions FAQ". state.gov. 2017.
  4. ^ Nuri, R. (November 2016). "Information on UNHCR Resettlement". UNHCR.
  5. ^ a b Frej, Willa (September 27, 2017). "Trump Caps Refugee Resettlement At 45,000, Marking All-Time Low". huffpost.com.

My Contributions[edit]

International Rescue Committee

  • I removed the hyperlink from “relief” because it was a type of sculpture technique. 
  • I removed the hyperlink from “development” because it was the same as that of “international development.”
  • I added all of the citations in the introduction. 
  • I updated the amount of U.S. cities that the IRC works in. 
  • I added the main focuses as well as the funding and how it is broken down. 
  • I added the part about Charity Navigator and added a hyperlink to it. 
  • I removed the hyperlink to humanitarian relief because it was the same as humanitarian aid. 
  • I added a hyperlink to refugees.

Use of sources: 

[1] = This source is from the International Rescue Committee website and I use it to describe what kind of an organization the IRC is (a global humanitarian aid, relief, and developmental nongovernmental organization). 

[2] = This source is from ReliefWeb which is a site created by OCHA that shows the information on humanitarian aid organizations. I used this to update the current amount of U.S. cities that the IRC is working on. This source was last updated on September 27, 2017 so it was the most recent source I was able to find. 

[3] = This source was from Forbes magazine and I used it to find the most current breakdown of IRC’s funding (which was in 2016). 

[4] = I used CharityNavigator because it is a reliable source to see how much money is actually being used effectively within organizations. It also had very recent data (being in 2016). 

[5] = I used this source by the International Rescue Committee to confirm that David Miliband was still the President (because in the talk page someone said it was a new person). 

Third Country Resettlement

  • I completely redid this whole section that was originally titled “usefulness of third country resettlement”

Use of sources: 

[1] = I used this source because it was the most current data that I could find and it was from the UNHCR which is a valid source. 

[2] = This source was used in order to provide support to how a refugee is admitted to another country, specifically based on the definition. 

[3] = I used this source in order to show an example of how hard it is to take part in third country resettlement, specifically for the US in this case. I also included U.S. as the specific example because 1/2 of third country resettlement takes place here. 

[4] = I used this to show the actual numbers of the amount of refugees that are pursuing third county resettlement and also to emphasize that the refugee ceiling is the lowest it has been in history. 

[5] = This source was used to show what the ultimate goal of third country resettlement is.

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