Final report : Refugee research synthesis 2009-2013

The knowledge and research priorities include the following components: 1) understanding outcomes of resettled refugees; 2) understanding the motivation of refugee claimants and outcomes of refugees landed in Canada; 3) secondary migration of refugees; 4) Canada’s refugee protection systems in the international context; and 5) irregular migration and refugee protection. [...] The economic outcomes of resettled refugees are less a reflection of their human capital or integration potential and more a result of the age cohort and of support provided upon arrival. [...] Understanding refugees’ outcomes is important for at least three reasons: 1) to ensure optimal social cohesion in the context of nation-building; 2) to optimize the social and economic prosperity of both new arrivals to Canada and of Canadian society; and 3) to gauge the fiscal realities of cost and benefit given diminishing resources. [...] The comparison is noted on page 13 (bullet point 2) of the 13 Evaluation: “The high initial SA rates recorded are due to the presence of the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) – which is captured in the IMDB as a social assistance payment usually during the initial 12 months after landing for GARs.” However, it remains incorrect to attribute high social assistance rates to the presence of a pro [...] In their study of the experiences of refugee parents and their children, Morantz (2011) found that despite the obstacles that parents faced in the labour force, children had a positive experience accessing proper education in Montreal.