Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Associations Between Forced Sexual Initiation, Post-exposure Prophylaxis Cascades and Subsequent Violence Experiences among Displaced Young Women in Ugandan Informal Urban Settlements," AIDS and Behavior, vol. 29, no. 12 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"The Elusiveness of Life: Birth Outcomes among Venezuelan Migrant Mothers in Colombia," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 2 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Feminisation as empowerment: migrant solidarity chains and resistance among migrants displaced by political persecution," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Draws on interviews with migrants who left Turkey and applied for asylum in Europe.

"Gender and intimate partner violence considerations for cash transfer programming in South Sudan," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:18 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Intersectional Harm and Motherhood in the British Asylum System," The British Journal of Criminology, Advance Articles, 2 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Openness, Distrust, and the Making of Belonging: How Intimacy and Belonging are Intertwined in Interpretative Processes of Single Male Refugees from Syria," NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Latest Articles, 18 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Precarious employment and gender-based violence against migrant women," PLoS One 20(12): e0337690 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Wellbeing in the First 1000 Days for Syrian and Afghan refugee women living in Australia: a qualitative study," BMC Women's Health, 25:588 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (6 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ – rape and terror sparks mass migration (The Conversation, Nov. 2025) [text]

Immutable Suffering: How the BIA’s Decision in Matter of K-E-S-G- Complicates Asylum for Victims of Gender-based Persecution (Immigration Law Blog at PennState Law, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Where Return Is a Beginning: Female-Headed Households and Gendered Struggles for Recovery in South Lebanon (RID Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Women and girls fleeing El Fasher describe widespread RSF sexual violence," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2025 [text]

Reports: 

East, Horn of Africa and Great Lakes (EHAGL) Region Gender Equality Promising Practices 2024 (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [text]

Migrant Women: Narratives and perceptions (UN Women, Dec. 2025) [text]

Publications focusing on Ukrainians:

New open access book:

Women War Refugees from Ukraine: Two Years Since the Invasion (Peter Lang, Nov. 2025) [open access]

- "Research on Ukrainian war refugees residing in Poland demonstrates the challenges currently faced by most Western countries. It offers insights into the mechanisms of immigrants’ integration processes into a new socio-cultural environment. This publication presents the results of research on the living conditions of Ukrainian forced migrants residing outside their home country. The conducted research aims to show the nature of their adaptation and integration, and to identify the factors facilitating these processes. To this end, longitudinal research was conducted, involving two CAWI surveys. The first survey was carried out in the initial period following the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the second after two years of ongoing conflict. The book is a valuable source of knowledge on the migration of Ukrainians following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. It also shows what life abroad looks like from a two-year perspective and demonstrates the changes taking place within the studied population."

Journal articles:

"Managing migration: Female mayors and the intake of refugees," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 240 (Dec. 2025) [preprint]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Manifestations of (Mis)Recognition amongst Germany-based Refugee Women from Ukraine," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 21 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Negotiating racialised and gendered hierarchies of refugee ‘double deservingness’: uncovering hidden grassroots support for Ukrainian women in England as agentic and vulnerable," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Negotiating Temporariness Through Action, Re-action and Non-action: Ukrainian Women Under TPD in Germany," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 23 Nov. 2025  [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (14 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (14 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies," AP News, 5 Dec. 2025 [text]

As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again (The Conversation, Nov. 2025) [text]

"As the US suspends visas, an in-depth look at the global Afghan refugee crisis," The New Humanitarian, 28 Nov. 2025 [text]

Commission proposes a Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan for 2026-2027 (European Commission, Nov. 2025) [text]

Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes (The Conversation, Dec. 2025) [text]

Syria’s return dilemma: What will durable solutions really take? (RLI Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Trump administration orders review of Biden-era refugees, memo shows," Reuters, 24 Nov. 2025 [text]

- See also related statement from Refugees International. 

"Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees. Experts say many are already in place," AP News, 28 Nov. 2025 [text]

New open access book:

Beyond the Cities: The Dynamics of Migrant Settlement in Regional Australia (Springer, Nov. 2025) [open access]

- "This open access book examines migrant settlement in regional Australia, offering policy recommendations and conceptual frameworks for sustainable integration. With a focus on key areas such as socio-political contexts, employment, education, health, and family challenges, this book provides a holistic approach to understanding and addressing the complexities of migrant settlement."

Reports:  

2026 State Policy Guide (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Community Sponsorship or Community Support for Refugees? The Case of Norway (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

The Dismantling of US Refugee Resettlement and Its Impacts (Rice Univ., Dec. 2025) [text]

Executive Orders Suspending Refugee Resettlement: Legal Challenges Under the Trump (SSRN, Aug. 2025) [text]

The Importance of Social Networks amongst Refugees Resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme and the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (Open University, Nov. 2025) 

- Two policy briefs present findings from this research project: "Building belonging: Strengthening CS for refugee integration in the UK" and "From assistance to agency: Enhancing the UK resettlement scheme for lasting integration."

Reshaping Durable Solutions: Return, Retrenchment, and Refugee Agency in Lebanon, IMS Policy and Working Paper, no. 1 (Lebanese American University, 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians.

Journal articles:

"Afghan refugees, humanitarian interventionism and the global cold war in the 1980s," Cold War History, Latest Articles, 1 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Cities, Asylum Reception and Legal Uncertainty: National Integration Framework and the Limits of Local Authorities," International Migration, vol. 53, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 44 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Retour à la normale? Déplacés et réfugiés face aux normes de la sortie de guerre (1945-1951) = A Return to the Normal? Displaced Persons, Refugees and Postwar Norms (1945-1951)."

"Executive Overreach and Fear: An Analysis of U.S. Refugee Resettlement Under Trump’s Authoritarianism," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 11 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

Nordisk välfärdsforskning = Nordic Welfare Research, vol. 10, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Nordic Street-Level Integration Work."

"Population Displacement and State Building: The Legacies of Pashtun Resettlement in Afghanistan," International Organization, First View, 26 Nov. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (5 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

10 years of EU-funded migration research: shaping the future of Europe through evidence-driven policy (European Commission, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Moldova Shoulders Disproportionately Large Ukrainian Population, in the Shadow of the European Union and Russia," Migration Information Source, 4 Dec. 2025 [text]

On the perils of the ‘Danish model’ (Border Criminologies Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

S.S. and Others V. Italy: When the ECtHR Chose Borders Over Rights (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

The UK government’s latest policy approach to asylum and returns: will it work, and at what expense? (RLI Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

- See also related posts on IPPR and the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog.

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

New open access book:

Humanitarian Mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe: Local, National and International Perspectives (Manchester Univ. Press, Nov. 2025) [open access]

- "This book explores actors, practices and meanings of humanitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe during the twentieth century. It brings together a diverse group of scholars who offer a cutting-edge perspective on how wars and conflict, state-building processes, nationalist activism and policies, socialist politics or regime changes influenced the emergence and trajectories of humanitarian aid. It examines how international ideas and discourses about humanitarian aid have shaped its practices in the region. It also highlights the agency of aid recipients and looks at how policymakers and experts in the region co-produced paths of humanitarian aid giving. Lastly, it analyses the emergence, development and effects of local humanitarian initiatives; thus, it challenges unidirectional narratives of international and Western-centric humanitarianism."

Journal articles:

"Applying Classical Migration Theories to Forced Displacement: The Case of Displaced Ukrainians in Berlin, Warsaw, and Budapest," KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Latest Articles, 28 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Asylum as Artifice: Race, Law and Capital as Regimes of Abstraction in the United Kingdom's Asylum Accommodation System," Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Early View, 19 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Beyond refugee camps: housing solutions for war refugees from Ukraine in Poland," Crime, Law and Social Change, vol. 83, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"The Constitutionality of the Italy–Albania Protocol of November 2023," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Credibility assessment of religion-based asylum claims from a comparative perspective," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Facilitating research participation through a research navigator programme: researchers’ insights from a project with asylum seekers and refugees," Conflict and Health, 19:88 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Intergroup Contact with Refugees Shapes Levels of Social Fear of Crime," European Journal of Social Psychology, Early View, 18 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Let Me Move: A Legal Analysis of Residence Restrictions on Asylum-Seekers in Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands," Social & Legal Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (2025) [postprint]

"Migrant Reception Centres and Coercive Social Control: Rule by Legal Uncertainty?," Social & Legal Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Spain.

"Selective Humanitarianism in Asylum Policies: Yezidi Refugees in Germany and France," Nationalities Papers, FirstView, 26 Nov. 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (23 Nov. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (23 Nov. 2025)

Opportunities: More Dec. 2025 & New Jan. 2026

Short course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Beirut, Beirut, 13-14 March 2026 [info]

- The application process is open and offers are made on a first-come-first-served basis

Launch event: Banished by Bargain—Third Country Deportation Watch, Online, 5 December 2025 [info]

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 8-12 December 2025 [info]

- "Participants will be admitted on a rolling basis and admissions/bookings will close when maximum capacity has been reached."

Presentation: 'The Child That I Left Behind': Memory, Trauma & Reconstruction of Childhood in Nakba Narratives, 17 December 2025 [info]

CFP: Sixth Annual International Seminar in Historical Refugee Studies, Vienna, 28 September–1 October 2026 [info]

- Submit proposals by 20 December 2025.

Call for applications: Refugee Studies Centre Visiting Fellowships & Sally Hogg Prize, Academic Year 2026-27 [info]

- Note: The Sally Hogg prize provides funding to cover costs of the Fellowship. Submit applications for both by 2 January 2026. 

Call for applications: Framing the Narrative: Public Opinion on Migration and Media Influence, CMRS Winter Short Course, Cairo, 11-15 January 2026 [info] [more info]

- Apply by 4 January 2026.

CFP: 4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 27-29 May 2026 [info]

- Submit completed papers or extended abstracts by 5 January 2026. 

CFP: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States." 

- Submit proposals by 7 January 2026.

CFP: Twelfth Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition [info]

- Submit papers by 7 January 2026.

Call for applications: Expert Witness Training Course, London, 16 February 2026 [info]

- Apply by 10 January 2026. 

CFP: Genealogy [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Journeyalogy: Other-stories and counter-mappings of migration." Submit abstracts by 10 January 2026. 

Book launch: Age Discrimination and Migration Policy in Canada: Toward an Equitable Approach, Toronto/Online, 14 January 2026 [info]

Seminar: Human rights law under threat in Europe: Restricting rights in asylum and migration cases, London, 15 January 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Introduction to International Refugee Law, CMRS Winter Short Course, Cairo, 1-5 February 2026 [info] [more info]

- Apply by 25 January 2026.

Seminar: The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, London, 29 January 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Humanitarian Leadership Program [info]

- "A 10-week online learning experience designed for individuals interested in exploring leadership within the humanitarian and social impact sectors."

- Application period ends on 30 January 2026.

Call for input: Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking on the rights of migrant, refugee, asylum-seeking and stateless children who are victims of trafficking or at risk of trafficking in persons [info]

- Submission deadline is 30 January 2026.

CFP: Looking back, moving forward: Migration studies in times of societal transformation, Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) Conference, Ghent, 14-16 September 2026 [info]

- Submit proposals by 31 January 2026.

Related post:

- Opportunities: Even More Nov. 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Building skills and decent work opportunities for migrant women in Italy (MPC Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

"Federal refugee employment program faces 'extremely long, ballooning wait times'," CBC News, 17 Nov. 2025 [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

"From Dependence to Dignity: Policies that are opening doors to self-reliance," JDC Newsletter (Nov.  2025) [text]

The global race for talent: Other nations are outpacing the U.S. on high-skill immigration (Niskanen Center, Nov. 2025) [text]

Small & steady: How migrant remittances from Europe keep families and countries afloat (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2025) [text]

Without Work Permits, Refugee Women in Nairobi Face Exploitation and Hardship (African Arguments, Nov. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Advancing the Jobs Agenda: Toward Self-Reliance in Refugee Situations, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11246 (World Bank, Oct. 2025) [text]

Beyond the Camp: Realizing Ethiopia’s Commitment to Refugee Self-Reliance (Refugees International, Nov. 2025) [text]

Financial Inclusion of People Benefiting from Humanitarian Cash Transfers (Cash Hub, ICRC & PROPARCO, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

From Policy to Practice: Lessons from the Implementation of the Refugee Work Rights Policy in Ethiopia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11254 (World Bank, Nov. 2025) [text]

Immigration and Changes in Labor Force Demographics, FRBSF Economic Letter, no. 28 (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Mapping America’s immigration needs: A county-level model for matching migrants to local economies (Niskanen Center, Nov. 2025) [text]

Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO): Employment from 2015 to 2023 (UK Home Office, Nov. 2025) [access]

Reviewing the Journey of Self-reliance in the Uganda Refugee Response (U-Learn, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

Journal of Fair Trade, vol. 6, no. 2 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Issue focuses on migration and refugees.

"'More Than Sufferers': Digital Boundary‑Making and Belonging Through Work Among Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Finland," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Yemenis in South Korea: Risky Freedom under the Refugee Act and the Employment Permit System," Arabian Humanities, no. 20 (2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (11 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (11 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Key Messages for COP30 from the Platform on Disaster Displacement (Nov. 2025) [text]

Setting Precedents for Protection: The Falepili Treaty and the Future of Climate Refugee Law (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Three COP30 takeaways for humanitarians," The New Humanitarian, 26 Nov. 2025 [text]

New open access book:

Climate Change, Human Rights, and Adaptive Mobility (Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2025) [open access]

- This book "provides a new conceptual and legal approach to human mobility in the context of climate change, one that seeks to compel and shape more proactive, anticipatory action. [It] anchors its arguments in the international climate change regime, turning to obligations on adaptation found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. These obligations, though understudied and underutilized, have the potential to be a powerful legal tool. The book therefore seeks to lend them concrete legal meaning. It draws on international climate change and human rights law to weave together doctrinal analysis that considers treaty interpretation, regime interaction, and principles of environmental law with case studies in Bangladesh, the Pacific Islands, and the Sahel. At its core, the book argues that adaptation obligations require states to take measures to address foreseeable risks and ensure human rights."

Reports:

Climate Change, Human Mobility and Security (SIPRI, Nov. 2025) [text]

Climate Displacement in Pakistan: A Review of Law, Policy, and Comparative Contexts (Refugee Solidarity Network, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

No Escape II – The Way Forward: Bringing Climate Solutions to the Frontlines of Conflict and Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

When a Community Has to Relocate Because the Environmental Risk is Simply Too Great (IDP Protection Expert Group, Nov. 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Climate change and refugee communities in Jordan: Critical reflections on neoliberal resilience-building," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Modeling migration intentions under environmental stress through push pull dynamics and policy effects," Scientific Reports, 15:41699 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on China.

"Reading Climate into the Refugee Convention: Lessons from the Unfinished Business of Gender-Based Asylum," Chapter in Climate Change, Migration, Gender, and the Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming) [preprint]

- "This chapter traces the incomplete evolution of international refugee law with respect to protection claims related to gender. It examines the similarities and differences between such claims and the emerging area of climate-related displacement law and draws out lessons from the ongoing struggle to see gender as central to the notion of international protection."

"Teitiota and Climate Non-Refoulment: The International Law Obligation to Create Domestic Protection Mechanisms," Univ. of San Francisco Law Review, vol. 59, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Vulnerable knowledge: responding to the uncertainties of climate change-related disaster," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

Resource:

Nansen Initiative +10 Blog [access]

- "In 2015, more than 100 governments around the world endorsed the Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda – an Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the context of Disasters and Climate Change. In this commemorative blog, leading experts reflect on subsequent developments in key priority areas identified in the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda, including protection and solutions for people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, and the integration of human mobility within disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies." See also related news release.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (9 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (9 Nov. 2025)

New Issues of Alt. Hum., Arab. Hum., CMS, Hum. Leader, IJMHSC, JEMS, J. Fair Trade, JHA, JIHLS, JMHS, Migr. Pol. Pract., Rev. Antrop., Soc. Incl., USF Law Rev.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

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Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 30 (Nov. 2025)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Aid in danger: after the shock of 2025, the consequences and the response." See also the companion webpage.

Arabian Humanities, no. 20 (2025) [open access]

- Issue theme is "Ce que la guerre fait aux migrations yéménites = What War Does to Yemeni Migration." Articles are in English or French.

Comparative Migration Studies [open access]

- Special collection on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies' 10th anniversary issue." Read the editorial for more information.

The Humanitarian Leader, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 21, no. 4 (Nov. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 20 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Citizenship in a Globalizing World." The editorial is freely available and four articles are open access.

Journal of Fair Trade, vol. 6, no. 2 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Issue focuses on migration and refugees.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, nos. 2-3 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

*Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 16, no. 2 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Special symposium issue on "Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Force." Note: The book reviews are not open access.

*Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIV, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles. Note: This is the final issue!

Revista de Antropologia, vol. 68 (2025) [open access]

- Includes a special issue on "Producing regimes of asylum in Brazil and Italy," with six articles.

Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

- Thematic issue in progress on "Digitalization and Migration: Rethinking Socio-Economic Inclusions and Exclusions." 

Univ. of San Francisco Law Review, vol. 59, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Navigating Legal Perspectives on Migration." Focuses on the US.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for a two-part listing of references to new books. Part 1 highlights new books due out in December 2025, while Part 2 lists additional November 2025 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 Nov. 2025)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. Note that the OA items herein were previously referenced on either this blog or the Forced Migration Library blog as of 1 Nov. 2025.

Authors of the OA materials listed below are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

Bronze OA:

"Evaluating the Impact of the Zero Rupiah Policy Passport (ZRPP) on International Migration as a Coping Mechanism for Climate-Induced Displacement: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) 

Diamond OA:

"Conflict-Induced Migration and Economic Opportunities: The Integration of Yemeni Migrants in Indonesia Amidst the Ongoing Yemeni Crisis," Arabian Humanities, no. 20 (2025)

- Author = Indonesia

"The Digital Journey on Facebook: Ethos and Memories of People in Transit through Mexico," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025)

- Author = Mexico

"Experiences of Flight and Persecution: Individuals with International Protection Needs Trapped in Tijuana," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Factors Determining the Probability for Irregular Central American Migrants to Reside in the United States," Frontera Norte, vol. 37 (2025)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"From Australian Influence to Rohingya Refugees: A Systematic Literature Review of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Indonesia," Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies, vol. 4, no. 2 (2025)

- Author = Netherlands/Indonesia

"La Gouvernance du Déplacement Interne: Quelle Alternative Face aux Disparités entre Normes et Pratiques au nord-Kivu en République Démocratique du Congo?," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Democratic Republic of the Congo

"Migration in a Context of Securitization: Analysis of the 2023 CNDH México Recommendations," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Mexico

"Nodes of (Im)mobility in Southern Mexico: Tapachula as the Epitome of Border Externalization," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Mexico

"Voiceless and Forgotten: The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons Hosted in Dabat IDPs Center, Ethiopia," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct. 2025)

- Author = Ethiopia

Gold OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) and other fees are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.

"Beyond Borders and Blockades: Human Trafficking Risks among Vulnerable Palestinian Populations under Occupation," BMC Public Health, 25:3544 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Palestine (2, incl. lead), Morocco (1)

- APC = USD 3290

"Deployment and Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines for Refugees and Migrants in Ecuador," Frontiers in Public Health, 3 Nov. 2025

- Authors (7) = Ecuador (3, incl. lead), Ecuador/Ireland (1), Norway (1), Switzerland/Australia (1), Switzerland (1)

- APC = CHF 3150

"Digital Humanitarianism and the Politics of Visibility: Algorithmic Borders, Displaced Bodies, and the Digital Agency of Youth in Nigeria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:16 (Oct. 2025)

- Author = Nigeria

- APC = USD 1390

"Examining the Impact of Resettlement Typologies in Post-disaster Social Integration: A Framework of Social and Spatial Isolation," Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Latest Articles, 21 Oct. 2025

- Authors (3) = China/Japan (lead), China (2)

- APC = USD 1270

"Human Mobility under Disasters: A Systematic Review and Framework for Equitable and Resilient Mobility Governance," npj Natural Hazards, 2:99 (Nov. 2025)

- Authors (6) = China (4, incl. lead), UK (1), US (1)

- APC = USD 2090

"The Impact of the Absence of Cross-border Pension Portability (CBPP) Scheme Between Developed and Developing Countries on Migrant Experiences and Return Decisions: Evidence from Ghanaians in the US," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:80 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (2) = China

- APC = USD 1490

"Inequality in Receiving Maternal Health Care among Rohingya Women Living in Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camps and Its Associated Factors," International Journal for Equity in Health, 24:309 (Nov. 2025)

- Authors (7) = US/Bangladesh (3, incl. lead), Bangladesh (2), China (2)

- APC = USD 3690

"Integrated Psychological Capital and Theory of Planned Behavior as Predictors of Entrepreneurial Intentions among Refugees," Discover Psychology, 5:143 (Nov. 2025)

-  Authors (2) = Uganda

- APC = USD 1590

"Investigating the Impact of Syrian Conflict on Women’s Education, Mental Health, and Rights: A Cross-Sectional Study," BMC Women's Health, 25:551 (Nov. 2025)

- Authors (10) = Syrian Arab Rep. (7, incl. lead), UK (3)

- APC = USD 2890

"Materialising Digital Borderscapes: Examining the Effects of Digital Systems on Asylum Seekers and Refugees," Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Switzerland (lead), South Africa (1)

- APC = EUR 1350

"Socioeconomic Impacts and Migration Dynamics of Riverbank Erosion," npj Climate Action, 4:102 (Nov 2025)

- Authors (4) = Bangladesh/Hong Kong (2, incl. lead), Bangladesh/Rep. of Korea (1), Hong Kong (1)

- APC = USD 1340

"Using a Human Security Lens to Examine Experiences of Violence against Women in Long-term Encampment," PLoS One 20(11): e0336028 (Nov. 2025)

- Authors (4) = US (lead), Kenya (2), Netherlands (1)

- APC = USD 2382

"Vulnerability of Irregular Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Foreign Detention Settings," Discover Social Science and Health, 5:153 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 1490

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.

"IDP Perspectives on IDP Participation," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 14 Nov. 2025

- Authors (12) = Colombia (3, incl. lead), Ukraine (3), Honduras (1), Uganda (1) Switzerland (2), Canada (2)

- APC = EUR 4642 

"'My view of the world and my place in it has been shaken': Shifting Political Identities among Young Refugees in Jordan since 7 October 2023," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 15 Nov. 2025

- Authors (3) = Jordan

- APC = USD 4390

"Scripted to Fail: Delayed Discrimination in Biometric Asylum Systems," Information, Communication & Society, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2025)

- Author = Netherlands/Tunisia

- APC = USD 3650

Books/Book chapters:

Handbook on Migration to China (Edward Elgar, Sept. 2025)

- Editors = Norway (lead), China (1)

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