Document Type
Policy Points
Publication Date
6-2017
Department
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Abstract
In this issue of Policy Points we provide a vision for scaling up Canada’s Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) model for refugee resettlement abroad. Global refugee resettlement is an issue that needs a coordinated and collaborative approach that includes communities as partners. Canada presents a proactive and responsive solution to this problem. First introduced in Ontario in 2008, LIPs are a community-based collaborative model for newcomer resettlement and integration that has proven successful in many local communities across Canada. Most importantly, LIPs played an important role in the resettlement of Syrian refugees in several communities across Canada in 2015-2016. The recommendation in this brief aims to offer details to scale up LIPs, a Canadian model of local community involvement in refugee resettlement for the international community.
Recommended Citation
A.M. Elmi, M. Ghosh, S. Oliveira, and M. Walton-Roberts (2017). Scaling Canada’s Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) Model for Proactive Refugee Resettlement. Waterloo, ON: International Migration Research Centre. Policy Points, Issue XI.