Literature Review

The focus of the Huyck & Bouvier (1983) article “The Global Refugee Problem: U.S. and World Response” was the number of refugees at that time, their reason for movement from sending countries to the receiving countries and how each receiving country dealt with the refugees once they were in their country. It also gives us a brief history of the phenomenon of the unrelenting flow of refugees and their characteristics in predicting future refugee movement especially in the United States. With this information the authors hope to give the United States government time to prepare for future refugees’; such as what types of assistance programs are needed and what types of refugees they may or may not want to accept into the country. The “Social Social Integration and Employment of Central American Refugees” article by Marmora (1988) covers many of the same things that the Hyuck and Bouvier (1983) covers but is focused on Latin American refugees. It covers how the economics of Latin America leads to people their countries. They discuss how the demographics of the refugees and the characteristics of the community that receive them are tied to the successful integration of the refugees. They also discuss how the role of the private nonprofit institutional support groups can be a positive aspect in the refugee’s inclusion into their new society and how the government institutions plan and administer resources and provide safety and employment resources for the refugees. The article suggests some strategies for providing employment; agencies can be a broker and place refugees where there is a lack of labor or they could plan and generate employment for the refugees. In the authors’ conclusion they state, “...any proposal for the int...

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Huyck, E. E., & Bouvier, L. F. (1983). The Global Refugee Problem: U.S. and World Response, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 467(5), 39-61. Retrieved from http://jstor.org/stable/1044927

Khan, A. (2002). Afghan Refugee Women’s Experience of Conflict and Disintegration. Meridians, 3(1), 89-121. Retrieved from http:/www.jstor.org/stable/40338545

Marmora, L. (1988), Social Integration and Employment of Central American Refugees. Center for Migration Studies special issues, 6:142-155. doi:10.1111/j.2050411X.1988.tb00560.x

Schultz, C.M. (1994). Promoting Economic Self-Reliance: A Case Study of Afghan Refugee Women in Pakistan. Journal of International Affairs, 47(2), 557-579. Retrieved from https://login.proxylib.csueastbay.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?di rect=true&db=aph&AN=8951966&site=ehost-live&scope=site