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Our Publications: COR Center Refugee BackgroundersRefugee Backgrounders
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December 2008
This publication provides in-depth information about refugee groups from Iraq, describing the various ethnic and religious communities of Iraqi Arabs (both Sunni and Shi’a), Iraqi Christians, and others. Topics include history, conditions in countries of asylum, characteristics of the refugee population, cultural features of each of the different communities, religion, language, education, and resettlement considerations.
Download Enhanced Backgrounder No. 1 (PDF, 1.22 MB)
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Refugee Backgrounders provide a brief introduction to the history, culture, and resettlement needs of a refugee population. The following Refugee Backgrounders are available: Eritreans in Shimelba Refugee Camp, Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal, The Kunama, The 1972 Burundians, and the Banyamalenge Tutsi.
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June 2011
This PRM-funded Refugee Backgrounder provides information about refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan, particularly those being resettled from Chad, as well as those in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
The backgrounder provides refugee service providers and community members in the United States with basic information about the new arrivals—their recent history in Darfur and the countries of asylum, their cultural and socio-economic characteristics, and their resettlement experiences and needs.
Download Backgrounder No. 6 (PDF, 748 KB)
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December 2010
The United States is currently in the process of resettling approximately 6,500 Eritrean refugees from the Shimelba Refugee Camp in northern Ethiopia. The refugees are mostly ethnic Tigrinya and Kunama who cannot safely return to Eritrea or settle permanently in Ethiopia. Those accepted for U.S. resettlement are joining a group of 700 Kunama refugees from Shimelba who were resettled in the United States in 2007. (A backgrounder on the 2007 cohort of Kunama is available as Refugee Backgrounder No. 3, below.)
This backgrounder provides basic information about the Tigrinya and Kunama refugees from the Shimelba Refugee Camp. It looks at their recent history in Eritrea and Ethiopia and their cultural attributes and socio-economic characteristics. It is intended primarily for Reception and Placement (R&P) agency staff and others assisting the newcomers with their resettlement needs.
Download Backgrounder No. 5 (PDF, 552 KB)
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October 2007
The United States has launched a program to resettle tens of thousands of Bhutanese refugees from refugee camps in Nepal. The refugees, almost all ethnic Nepalis from southern Bhutan, have been living in camps in eastern Nepal since they were expelled from their homes in Bhutan more than 16 years ago.
This Backgrounder provides Reception and Placement (R&P) agency staff and others assisting refugee newcomers with an overview of the Bhutanese refugees to help them prepare for the refugees’ arrival and resettlement needs. The Backgrounder briefly discusses the causes of the refugee problem, explains the need for third-country resettlement, and describes the characteristics of the refugee population.
Download Backgrounder No. 4 (PDF, 80 KB)
Download a supplement to Backgrounder No. 4 with additional information about considerations for the resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. (PDF, 20KB)
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April 2007
The United States has agreed to resettle a group of Kunama refugees who have been living in Ethiopian refugee camps since fleeing their homes in rural Eritrea more than 6 years ago.
The Backgrounder provides Reception and Placement (R&P) agency staff and others assisting refugee newcomers with an overview of the Kunama to help them prepare for the refugees' arrival and resettlement needs. The Backgrounder looks at the experience of the Kunama in Eritrea, their lives in Shimelba Refugee Camp, and their cultural practices and preferences.
Download Backgrounder No. 3 (PDF, 150 KB)
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March 2007
The United States has agreed to resettle a group of Burundian refugees who have lived in Tanzanian refugee camps since 1972.
Who are the 1972 Burundians? Why are they being resettled in the United States? What are their cultural customs and background characteristics? What will their resettlement needs be?
Download Backgrounder No. 2 (PDF, 150 KB)
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February 2007
In February 2007, the United States, through the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration at the U.S. Department of State will begin resettling about 600 Banyamulenge Tutsi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To help U.S. resettlement agency staff better understand and thus better assist the refugee newcomers, this backgrounder provides basic information about the Banyamulenge Tutsi in general and the Gatumba massacre survivors in particular.
Download Backgrounder No. 1 (PDF, 150 KB)
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