Book Review for “Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises” Special Issue of Nonprofit Policy Forum

While many factors are driving contemporary migration and refugee crises, conflict remains an important cause.Since the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine in 2022, an estimated 3.7 million people have been internally displaced; approximately 6.3 million have fled to Poland, Hungary, and other countries (USA for UNHCR 2024a).Meanwhile, the war in Syria rages on and has displaced more than one-half of the total population.6.8 million people are still inside the country, and 5.3 million refugees live in neighboring states (USA for UNHCR 2024b).The magnitude of these disasters and the ongoing crises in Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, the Sahel, Gaza, and additional conflict zones is difficult to grasp.How do citizens make sense of the massive scale of displacement across the globe?How are they interacting with refugees who have been resettled in their local communities?Do they respond differently when their own government's foreign policies are responsible for causing refugee and migration crises?Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States: War, Refuge, Belonging, Participation, and Protest addresses these questions.Keyel's important and timely book sheds light on the more than 172,000 Iraqis who resettled in the US between 2003 and 2017.At the outset, the author states unequivocally that militarism and conflict caused their displacement and implores all Americans to consider our moral responsibilities to the people who were harmed by this militarized violence.Scholars interested in refugee resettlement, immigrant integration, and citizenship will appreciate the wealth of information that the author provides.Written in accessible language, the book should also appeal to both graduate and advanced undergraduate students.In addition, its findings are relevant to a larger, nonacademic audience that includes members of nonprofits, NGOs, and immigrants' rights advocacy organizations.The analysis centers on refugees' participation in American society and political life following their resettlement.The author is especially interested in their efforts to create and enlarge spaces of belonging through interactions with native-born Americans.The main sources of data are interviews that Keyel conducted between September 2017 and February 2018 with 15 subjects residing in different parts of the country.He recruited participants using personal and professional contacts in nonprofits serving immigrants and refugees in the