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The United States Refugee Admissions Program: Reforms for a New Era of Refugee Resettlement
After a steep post-9/11 decline, the U.S. refugee resettlement program is at a crossroads, needing structural reforms to build a more flexible, responsive system.
Drop in Asylum Numbers Shows Changes in Demand and Supply
Asylum applications across industrialized countries reached a 16-year low in 2004, as conflicts stabilized and restrictions tightened.
Presidential Budget, State of the Union Address Immigration Issues
President George W. Bush proposed major immigration enforcement increases in his FY 2006 budget.
U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers and Human Rights
U.S. detention of asylum seekers expanded after 2001, causing tension with international standards that treat detention as a last resort.
The Hague Program Reflects New European Realities
Adopted in November 2004, the EU's Hague Program set a five-year migration and asylum agenda, but left legal immigration and integration largely to individual Member States.
Confronting the Realities of Forced Migration
Despite political rhetoric about a migration crisis, forced migrants are relatively few in number and concentrated in the world's poorest countries.
Educating Refugees in Countries of First Asylum: The Case of Uganda
Uganda's 1999 Self-Reliance Strategy sought to fold refugee education into national systems, but security gaps and movement restrictions undercut results.
The Enlargement of an 'Area of Freedom, Security and Justice': Managing Migration in a European Union of 25 Members
EU enlargement to 25 members tested free movement principles, with transition restrictions and sovereignty disputes complicating a coherent common EU-wide migration policy.
EU Sees Sharp Drop in Asylum Applications
EU asylum applications fell 22 percent in 2003 to the lowest since 1995, led by drops from Iraq and Afghanistan, while applications rose in the ten acceding states.
The EU as a Global Player in the Refugee Protection Regime
Lack of consensus among EU Member States as to what constitutes refugee protection stalled creation of a common asylum system in the early 2000s.