Policy and Practice | December 2022

Interdisciplinary

Response Humani tarian

Equitably Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Families

By Amaya Alexandra Ramos

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ver the past few decades, systems worldwide have been reevaluating mechanisms for responding to complex humanitarian emergencies, with the aim of ensuring that approaches are humane and that the desired outcomes lead to sustainable well-being. An essen tial aspect of this effort has been maintaining beneficiaries and their input central to all aspects of design, in addition to ensuring that the requisite disciplinary expertise is integrated into comprehensive planning. The United States has historically been among the world’s leading recipients of resettled refugees, and criti cally, has been a primary stakeholder in shaping the current global system for the management of displacement crises. 1 Nevertheless, it is not immune to the strains arising from the fallouts of these emergencies. Crises of mass displacement equaling the magnitude of the humanitarian emergency fol lowing the 2021 U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan can have political implications for relations between strategic global partners, 2 and furthermore, they can also pose serious infrastructural challenges for the countries receiving persons in flight.

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