27 April 2022

Thematic Focus: General

Blog posts:

Co-Creating a New Fund Alongside the People It Will Assist (UNHCR Innovation Service, April 2022) [text]

'Development-oriented' Durable Solutions: (Re-)Entry Point for a Human Rights-based Approach? (RID Blog, April 2022) [text]

Rising role of impact evaluations in evidence-based programming for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (UNHCR Blog, April 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Editorial: Realising the cross-cutting potential of sport in situations of forced displacement," BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2021 (European Commission, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Floating sanctuaries: The ethics of search and rescue at sea," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 8 April 2022 [open access]

Going to town: A mapping of city-to-city and urban initiatives focusing on the protection of people on the move along the Central and Western Mediterranean Routes (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2022) [text]

"Left Behind: The Multiple Impacts of Covid-19 on Forcibly Displaced People," IDS Bulletin, vol. 53, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Localising Refugee Assistance: Examining Refugee-Led Organisations and the Localisation Agenda During the Covid-19 Pandemic," IDS Bulletin, vol. 53, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

Migration & Society, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]
- Features a special section on "The Role of 'Voluntariness' in the Governance of Migration," with articles that focus on issues such as voluntary return and volunteers. Also includes several articles on migration research and knowledge production.

NGO feedback on the UN Secretary-General "Draft Action Agenda on Internal Displacement" (InterAction & ICVA, March 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Partnerships with City Governments Are Key To Better Data on Urban Mixed Migration (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2022) [text]

"Persistent COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Has Significant Implications for Refugees and Other Vulnerable Migrants," Migration Information Source, 19 April 2022 [text]

*"Trends and Patterns of Global Refugee Migration," Population and Development Review, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 2022) [open access]

Where is the Policy in Refugee Studies? Enhancing the Role of Policy Studies in the Study of Refugee Policy, Paper presented at the International Conference on Public Policy, Barcelona, 5-9 July 2021 [text]

Multimedia:

Changing the Structures of Forced Migration Research, 31 March 2022 [access]

Reading Refugees Reading Migration: Lectures from the (Online) Orientation Course for College and University Teachers [access]
- Collection includes 14 videos.

Resource:

The Refuge Reports (LAU Institute for Migration Studies) [access]
- "For twelve weeks, the IMS at LAU will partner with organizations around the world to shed light on twelve refugee communities’ experiences of refuge and displacement, with the aim of shifting the focus back to the conflicts that no longer make the headlines." Four reports are currently available.

*UPDATED

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- Note: See also related opportunities in this recent posting.

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