REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

• 10 Facts about Refugee Resettlement  (Migration Policy Institute)

• Migrant v. Refugee Status  (The UN Refugee Agency)

• Steps in the Security Screen Process  (United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants)

• The Process of Refugee Resettlement - Overseas and in North Dakota (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota)

• Correcting Resettlement Misconceptions  (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota)

DEFINITIONS AND PROCESS

• US HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement. Definitions can be found in the “eligible populations” section

• Explainer on Legal Immigration (Migration Policy Institute)

EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMICS

• ND Job Service Labor Market Information site

• Find a ND County-specific area profile that provides labor market information

• How Does Immigration Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market?

• Immigration and the U.S. Labor Market: A Look Ahead

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CRIME AND IMMIGRANT STATUS

• Immigrant Status and Criminality: Is There a Correlation?  (A panel from Building Bridges 2016 Conference)

• The Criminalization of Immigration int he United States  (American Immigration Council)

INTEGRATION SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES

• Integration Outcomes of U.S Refugees  (Migration Policy Institute)

• Refugee Integration in the United States  (Center for American Progress)

• Refugee Integration Survey and Evaluation (RISE): Refugee Integration in Colorado  (Colorado Office of Economic Security)

• Second Generation Immigrants  (PEW)

• The Integration of Immigrants into American Society  (The National Academies Press)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

• ELL in America: Fact Sheet  (Migration Policy Institute)

• ELL Languages Spoken: Fact Sheet  (Migration Policy Institute)

• Work Focused Language Instruction  (Migration Policy Institute)

COUNTRY BACKGROUNDERS

• ​Afghanistan 1

• Afghanistan 2  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Bhutan 1  (Cultural Orientation Resource Center)

• Bhutan 2  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Bosnia  (Center for Applied Lingustics)

• Congo 1  (Cultural Orientation Resource Center)

• Congo 2   (The UN Refugee Agency)

• Congo 3  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Darfuri  (Cultural Orientation Resource Center)

• Eritrea 1  (Cultural Orientation Resource Center)

• Eritrea 2  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Iraq 1  (Cultural Orientation Resource Center)

• Iraq 2  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Iraq 3  (The UN Refugee Agency)

• Iraqi Kurds  (Center for Applied Linguistics)

• Liberia  (Center for Applied Linguistics)

• Somali Bantu  (Center for Applied Linguistics)

• Somalia 1  (Center for Applied Linguistics)

• Somalia 2  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• South Sudan  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Sudan  (National Partnership for Community Training)

• Syria 1  (Cultural Orientation Resource Center)

• Syria 2  (National Partnership for Community Training)

STATISTICS RELATED TO REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND IMMIGRATION

• Arrival Statistics: 1997 - 2019 (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota)

• Arrivals Chart FY19  (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota)

• Arrivals Chart FY18 (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota)

• 2018 Human Services Committee Refugee Resettlement Information (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota)

• Immigration: Data Matters  (Migration Policy Institute)

• United States Travel and Tourism Fast Facts  (International Trade Administration)

• Immigration Stats Yearbook  2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (Office of Immigration Statistics)

• Global Trends 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (The UN Refugee Agency)

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