21 June 2022

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for registration: 19th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), Online, 1-5 August 2022 [info]
- Registration is ongoing. The theme is "Global Issues, Regional Approaches: contexts, challenges, dialogues and solutions."

Job announcement: Policy Coordinator,  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre [info]
- Apply by 4 July 2022.

High-level learning event: Refugee rights and protection during COVID-19: hard lessons & concrete actions, Online, 8 July 2022 [info]

Call for registration: 9th Online Course on Internal Displacement, 29 August-23 September 2022 [info]
- Registration deadline is 29 July 2022.

Call for book review essays: International Migration Review [info]
- Submission deadline is 30 July 2022.

Blog posts & press:

6 things you didn't know about refugees and migration (World Economic Forum Blog, June 2022) [text]

"Besides Britain, which nations send asylum seekers overseas?," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 20 June 2022 [text]

"Refugee leaders call for inclusion at Geneva talks," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2022 [text]

*Seeking Safety is a Human Rights. We Must Uphold It for Refugees (UN Foundation Blog, June 2022) [text]

UNHCR agrees to change problematic language around refugees (Act for Peace, June 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Cities and the Contentious Politics of Migration," Globalizations, Latest Articles, 13 June 2022 [free full-text]
- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Ethical Limits of Pandemic Governance: Populations on the Move and the Law," Amicus Curiae, vol. 3, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Government Targeting of Refugees in the Midst of Epidemics," Perspectives on Politics, vol. 20, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

Resources:

Global Repository of Good Practices (IDMC) [access]
- "Provides a platform to compile, share and evaluate policies and programmatic approaches to support better solutions for internally displaced people worldwide."

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." All 12 reports are now available.

Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (Wilson Center) [access]
- "With an ever-increasing number of people around the world displaced from their homes by protracted conflicts and persecution, a new approach to this insistent problem is urgently needed. The Wilson Center Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI) will help policymakers and practitioners meet this challenge by expanding the space for new perspectives, constructive dialogue and sustainable solutions."

*UPDATED

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