An improved understanding of recurrent refugee migration requires more comparative research on the causes and outcomes of involuntary migration. As a contribution to the construction of a comprehensive model of forced migration useful for cross-case studies, this research project provides a general framework of home, displacement, and host-related migration factors and resettlement outcomes, along with insights gained from a preliminary field test to fine-tune the model. The general refugee migration model is applied in an analysis of qualitative data obtained from interviews with a strategic sample of thirty Somali refugees during resettlement in Ottawa. The explanatory value of the model is assessed, and its usefulness as a tool to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of forced migrations is evaluated. Results of the analysis are also reported to contribute to an understanding of links between factors of migration and outcomes of resettlement for Somali refugees in Ottawa.iii
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