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17 Int'l Migration Rev. 4 (1983)

handle is hein.journals/imgratv17 and id is 1 raw text is: Refugee Resettlement: Models in Action C. Michael Lanphier York University, Toronto A model of refugee resettlement containing two axes is pro- posed: volume of refugee intake and emphasis on economic or cultural adaptation. The resultant fourfold scheme yields three types of resettlement activities which can be sustained over a protracted period of time: large volume/primacy on economic adaptation; moderate volume/primacy on economic adap- tation; moderate volume/primacy on cultural adaptation. Large volume/emphasis on cultural adaptation, however, is a type which is structurally unstable and in practice would modify into another form. Refugee resettlement practices of three major receiving countries, Canada, France, United States, reflect principles derived from these three stable types. France and Canada exemplify moderate intake with emphasis on economic adaptation, although Quebec uniquely demonstrates moderate intake/emphasis on cultural adaptation. Practices in the United States overwhelmingly correspond to large vol- ume/emphasis on economic adaptation. The experience of resettlement of refugees in Western nations has been a prominent feature of foreign and domestic policies since the conclusion of World War II. The rates of refugee intake have undulated from year to year and across countries as a result of significant movements of population both in Europe and more recently from Southeast Asia: In any event, the number of refugees received by Western nations has been rising to an unprecedented total in the past decade. This paper argues that a limited number of models of resettlement 4 IMR Vol. 17. No. 1