Refugees as Labor: Post World War II Displaced Persons in Australia, Canada, and the USA
Journal: Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale
Year: 2025

Abstract The resettlement of approximately one million European displaced persons (DPs) after the Second World War was a major milestone in humanitarian resettlement. It was also a major milestone in the expansion of immigration in Australia, Canada, and the USA. The humanitarian and immigration expansion aspects of DP resettlement were the result of formal government policy as well as humanitarian organizations, interest groups concerned about the need for labor, and individuals linked to DPs b