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Forced Migration Research

From Theory to Practice in
Promoting Migrant Well-Being

PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP

Steve Olson and Malay K. Majmundar, Rapporteurs

Committee on Population

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25584.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25584.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25584.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF FORCED MIGRATION AND REFUGEE MOVEMENTS

ELLEN P. KRALY (Cochair), Malmö University and Colgate University

HOLLY E. REED (Cochair), Queens College, City University of New York

SUSAN MCGRATH, York University

PIA ORRENIUS, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

ROMESH SILVA, United Nations Population Fund

PAUL B. SPIEGEL, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

SARAH STAVETEIG, U.S. Department of State

MALAY K. MAJMUNDAR, Study Director

ELLIE GRIMES, Senior Program Assistant

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25584.
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COMMITTEE ON POPULATION

KATHLEEN MULLAN HARRIS (Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

LISA F. BERKMAN, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

NANCY BIRDSALL, Center for Global Development

ANN K. BLANC, The Population Council

VICKI A. FREEDMAN, University of Michigan

DANA A. GLEI, Georgetown University

ROBERT A. HUMMER, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

HILLARD S. KAPLAN, Chapman University

HEDWIG LEE, Washington University

JENNIFER J. MANLY, Columbia University Medical Center

EMILIO A. PARRADO, University of Pennsylvania

ISABEL V. SAWHILL, The Brookings Institution

JOHN R. WILMOTH, United Nations

REBECCA WONG, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

MALAY K. MAJMUNDAR, Director

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25584.
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Acknowledgments

This document summarizes the discussions and presentations at the Workshop on Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being. Held in Washington, DC, May 21–22, 2019, the workshop was convened by the Committee on Population of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and it was sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

This proceedings has been prepared by the workshop rapporteurs as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop. The planning committee’s role was limited to planning and convening the workshop. The views contained in the proceedings are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the planning committee, or the National Academies.

This Proceedings of a Workshop was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings: Jeffrey S. Passel, senior demographer, Pew Research Center; and Holly E. Reed, Department of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York. We also thank staff member Jennifer A. Cohen for reading and providing helpful comments on this manuscript.

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Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by Jeremy Sabloff, external professor emeritus and past president, Santa Fe Institute, and Ellen W. Clayton, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the National Academies.

Malay K. Majmundar, Director

Committee on Population

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In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated 70.8 million people could be considered forced migrants, which is nearly double their estimation just one decade ago. This includes internally displaced persons, refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless people. This drastic increase in forced migrants exacerbates the already urgent need for a systematic policy-related review of the available data and analyses on forced migration and refugee movements.

To explore the causes and impacts of forced migration and population displacement, the National Academies convened a two-day workshop on May 21-22, 2019. The workshop discussed new approaches in social demographic theory, methodology, data collection and analysis, and practice as well as applications to the community of researchers and practitioners who are concerned with better understanding and assisting forced migrant populations. This workshop brought together stakeholders and experts in demography, public health, and policy analysis to review and address some of the domestic implications of international migration and refugee flows for the United States. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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