Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Vesperi, Maria
Keywords
Refugee Resettlement, United State, Emnography, Climate Refugee
Area of Concentration
Anthropology
Abstract
Each year the United States accepts more than one half of the refugees resettled worldwide; this thesis examines the process of refugee resettlement in the United States. I describe the development of the global refugee resettlement system as well as theoretical concepts and legal definitions of �the refugee.� Through ethnographic fieldwork done in the Atlanta office of the International Rescue Committee, a major refugee resettlement agency, I explore how the process unfolds on the ground. Thirty years after the Refugee Act of 1980, now is a critical time to examine refugee resettlement in the United States
Recommended Citation
Certain, Jessica, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free An Examination of Refugee Resettlement in the United States" (2011). Theses & ETDs. 4494.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4494