TY - JOUR AU - Bond, Jennifer AU - Kwadrans, Ania PY - 2019/06/05 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Resettling Refugees through Community Sponsorship: A Revolutionary Operational Approach Built on Traditional Legal Infrastructure JF - Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees JA - Refuge VL - 35 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.7202/1064822ar UR - https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40612 SP - 87-109 AB - <p>Abstract<br>More than a dozen states are exploring the potential of introducing community sponsorship programs as a way of contributing to the global refugee protection regime. This article provides a comparative analysis of the legal and administrative frameworks that have underpinned the introduction of community sponsorship in four diverse countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Argentina. We also briefly examine the introduction of co-sponsorship in the United States, a country without any formal national program. We conclude that while community sponsorship programs have the potential to revolutionize refugee resettlement, their operationalization is not contingent on revolutionary legal infrastructure.</p> ER -