Global Migration

Welcome to today’s episode, “On the Corner of Homelessness AND Global Migration”. 

Homelessness is a complex issue. We don’t claim to explore every part of this intersection, but hope that each conversation brings new clarity to the reality as a whole. Please keep an open, curious mindset as you listen, and seek to learn, just as we are. 

Hosts Emma Hughes and Joe Ader of Family Promise of Spokane.

Special Guest Dr. Mark Finney is the Executive Director of Thrive International. 

Produced by Cheree LaPierre and Gwyn Griffith

Intern: Emberly Jurgens

Recorded at Central Spokane Public Library

Terms:

Immigrant: a person who transitions across a foreign border to stay for an extended period of time.

Refugee: A subset of immigrants who are crossing a border for humanitarian reasons (often times due to persecution)

Internally Displaced Person: someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders.

Asylum Seeker: a person who has left their home country as a refugee and is seeking admission in a port of entry in another.

Links to referenced articles and additional reading:

Who is a refugee, a migrant or an asylum seeker?

Refugees and Asylum | USCIS

Office of Refugee Resettlement

Profile of the Unauthorized Population - County Data (48141)

Immigration Has Been a Defining, Often Contentious, Element Throughout U.S. History

Immigration and adult transitions - PubMed

Refugees in U.S. Have Contributed Nearly $124B to U.S. Government Budget, New HHS Study Reveals

https://budget.house.gov/imo/media/doc/the_baseline_and_the_border_crisis.pdf

Migrant surge makes U.S. housing crisis worse

Migration, cultural bereavement and cultural identity

Thrive International hosts women's-only pool party as an inclusive event for international residents

https://www.ohchr.org/en/migration/reframing-narratives-migration

'Never underestimate the power of coming together': Unity in the Community brings different cultures together in Riverfront Park for 29th year

"Home" by Warsan Shire

Thrive International