Robert Falconer

Policy & migration researcher | SSHRC Doctoral Fellow @LSESocialPolicy | Fellow @policy_school | Running experiments on policy, trust, and social cohesion.

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

A map of refugee resettlement by US State and Canadian Province/Territory for 2023.

Darker shades correspond to higher numbers in absolute terms.

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

My father is in Kyiv right now and sending Air Alert updates to the family group chat in the same way he shares a cool item he found on Facebook marketplace, like it's nbd.

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@GarnierAdele @SSHRC_CRSH @ShaunaLabman This is wonderful news! Congrats!

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@BrendonBernard_ I can’t speak to the specifics of the current trend, but here’s the long-term one.

https://t.co/5n6Y8TnZF5

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@BrendonBernard_ A lot of “own-account workers” (i.e., smallholders) and unpaid family members are exiting the sector.

[Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs]

Might as well post this one again. https://t.co/yFPIksnNbj

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@GregChubak @GhostsofIRCC Yup, and arguably an example of a sane response to an insane situation in Russia. This is how asylum is supposed to work.

[Lucinda Platt @PlattLucinda]

A date for your diary? 6th June - 6pm, to hear this discussion.

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@mathewi @GK_Fellows ‘Cus let me tell yah, these strong brow ridges of mine are a pretty strong indicator that Homo sapiens had no such aversion to other activities with something that looked like them but wasn’t

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@mathewi @GK_Fellows To the extent there’s some proximate factor, I think the simplest hypothesis is “quit touching the dead body.”

[Deny Sullivan 🇨🇦 @DenySully]

Related - Texas outbuilt every Canadian province in 2022, offering a release valve for NIMBY states that Canada doesn't really have

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@benbawan That isn't to say it's inherently better, and I can get the argument for prioritizing large numbers of asylum seekers. I just think it represents a different sort of activivity and prioritization by governments - resettlement has to be highly intentional vs. responsive.

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

@benbawan But it's also, to a certain extent, a question of "dealing with a situation" that is partly (mostly?) outside a receiving country's control. It's an issue of responsive policy vs. proactive policymaking.

By contrast, resettlement is an active "reaching out" into the world.

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

Just to be clear, I’m not arguing with @AlexNowrasteh.

The point is that you don’t have to host immigrants to be in favour of immigration. The cool part is that even if that were somehow a valid objection, plenty of people do, in fact, want to host immigrants and refugees!

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

The beautiful part regarding the point Alex is rebutting here is the existence of programs like private sponsorship, where thousands of people are, in fact, happy to have house refugees each year.

[The Alex Nowrasteh @AlexNowrasteh]

“You support free trade? Funny, you don’t have an international airport in your living room.”

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

Private sponsors in Alberta resettled more refugees than New York or Pennsylvania combined last year, in a province that is 1/8 their population.

https://t.co/HMw6cq9lOv

[Robert Falconer @RobbFalconer]

A map of refugee resettlement by US State and Canadian Province/Territory for 2023.

Darker shades correspond to higher numbers in absolute terms.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Does the US have "open borders"? In my new paper, I provide the 1st-ever look at total green card requests over time. Since 1922, every year, most applicants didn't receive green cards. In 2024, just 3% will receive a green card, down from 99% in 1890. https://t.co/eRmnCOXQ6c