Resettlement

Susan Kneebone

Chapter 82 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 479-482 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Resettlement, one of the three ‘durable solutions’ for refugee displacement, as designated by UNHCR, alongside integration in an asylum or host country and voluntary repatriation, has developed historically as a strategic instrument to enable immigration states from the Global North to select refugees from the Global South, where most refugees are hosted. Unlike the other two durable solutions, which are underpinned by the non-refoulement obligation, states can ‘cherry pick’ refugees to be resettled according to national preferences and criteria, including country of origin, religion, and gender. Rather than being a model for responsibility-burden sharing, it has become an instrument for state control and deterrence. Its underlying premise of non-discrimination is challenged by these practices and a recent shift to ‘complementary pathways’ following the Global Compact on Refugees (2018).

Keywords: Resettlement; Durable solutions; Non-discrimination; Responsibility-burden sharing; Global Compact on Refugees; Complementary pathways (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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