Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Societies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Migrant Integration in Europe in the 2020s: Institutions, Discourse, Inequalities and Belonging." The call is now open for submissions.

Short pieces:

Government publishes research on integration issues and migrant housing statistics in France (European Commission, July 2026) [text]

How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling Refugee and Asylum Programs (Brennan Center, July 2026) [text]

Joint Communiqué: Tripartite Meeting High-level Ministerial Meeting between the Govt. of the DRC, the Govt. of Rwanda, and UNHCR on the Voluntary Repatriation of Refugees, 20-22 June 2026, Addis Ababa (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Poland sees new research and changes to policies on migrant integration (European Commission, July 2026) [text]

Resettlement and complementary pathways to Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, July 2026) [text]

"Trump's refugee policy: Only white South Africans welcome?," DW, 23 July 2026 [text]

Reports:

Forced returns, withdrawal of aid and cuts to resettlement leave refugees at greater risk (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2026) [access]

- Provides analyses of resettlement both globally and in Australia.

Voluntary repatriation in the 21st century: a legal and practical review for the voluntary return of refugees under international law, Dissertation (Univ. of Exeter, June 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (10 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Short pieces:

Invisible Twice: The Hidden Challenges of Refugees with Disabilities (The Diplomatic Pouch, Dec. 2025) [text]

Refugee Protection in the Lens of Age: Towards an Age-Sensitive Approach (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Educational attainment and employment among immigrants with disabilities (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada & Statistics Canada, Dec. 2025) [text]

Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement: Syrian Refugees in Canada (Practical Action Publishing, Aug. 2025) [info]

- See also related dissertation.

Journal articles:

"Aging in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Older Syrian Refugees in the Greater Toronto Area," Journal of Ageing and Longevity, vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Ageing in precarity: refugee and asylum seeker experiences of housing and home in later life," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Assessing the impact of disabilities on healthcare access among Sudanese refugees in Egypt during the 2023 crisis: a discriminant analysis approach," Frontiers in Medicine, 11 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Dementia risk among individuals with a migrant background—a scoping review," Frontiers in Dementia, 17 Nov. 2025 [open access]

*"Frailty and disability among older adults residing in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh," PLoS One 21(1): e0341499 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Perceived Social Support Among Older Adults Residing in the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh," Health & Social Care in the Community, 29 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"'Physical rehabilitation without vocational rehabilitation is unfinished business': The IRO’s Rehabilitation Programme for Displaced Persons with Disabilities, 1948‑1952," Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 44 (2025) [open access]

"Psychological adaptation and resilience among elderly refugees: protective and risk factors in confronting trauma and social isolation," Frontiers in Psychology, 9 Dec. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Egypt.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (10 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Joint statement: EU states must not backtrack on refugee resettlement commitments (ECRE et al., Jan. 2026) [text]

USCIS Announces Launch of Refugee Re-Examination Initiative in Minnesota (AILA, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Note: This initiative is called "Operation PARRIS (Post-Admission Refugee Reverification and Integrity Strengthening)"; see also related Practice Alert.

Reports: 

Area-based approach durable solutions toolkit: Operational guidance document (IMPACT Initiatives & Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related event.

What is refugee resettlement? (International Rescue Committee, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Journal articles:

"Drivers of Return Plans Among Ukrainian War Refugees in Czechia: Challenging Common Assumptions and Refining the Theory," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"'I simply cannot live like a guest forever…': the limits of solidarity in the private hosting of Ukrainian refugees in Berlin," Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Latest Articles, 26 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"'The library experience goes far beyond books': Latin American women’s narratives of transcultural embedding and social integration through using public libraries in Helsinki," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"'Partial returns': displacement, mobility, and translocal connections in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Rebuilding Lives Beyond Traditional Destinations: Dispersal Placement and Typologies in U.S. Refugee Resettlement," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 2 Jan. 2026 [abstract]

- A related dissertation will become available as of 28 April 2027.

"Refugee Housing Access Through Urban Studies and Strategic Digital City Context," Urban Science, vol. 10, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil.

"Refugees and Asylees in the United States," Migration Information Source, 8 Jan. 2026 [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (20 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

Abandoned in the desert: the reality of migrant smuggling (UNODC, Oct. 2025) [text]

Not the same crime: Understanding the difference between human trafficking and migrant smuggling (UNODC, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports: 

Climate Chains: Mapping the Relationship between Climate, Trafficking in Persons and Building Resilience (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Ethiopia and the Philippines.

Human Smuggling and Trafficking Ecosystems: North Africa and the Sahel - 2025 Series (Global Initiative) [info]

- Currently, two country reports have been published: Libya (Oct. 2025) & Niger (Nov. 2025)

“They don’t think we are humans”: The Cycle of Human Trafficking for Ransom in Libya (Tilburg Univ. & Langaa Research & Publishing, 2025) [full-text]

- Note: This dissertation is published as vol. 6 of the "Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa" book series.

*Trafficking in human beings - the international dimension (European Migration Network, July 2025) [access]

- Follow link for study and country reports. See also related EMN Inform.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2025 (US Dept. of State, Sept. 2025) [access]

- Note: Under the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act, this annual report must be submitted by the State Dept. to Congress by 30 June. However, according to The Guardian, the release of this year's TIP was delayed due to funding and staff cuts. Moreover, references to LGBTQ victims of human trafficking have been removed. See more info here.

Journal articles & book chapters:

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 25 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Climate Emergency and Work on a Heated Planet."

"Beyond borders and blockades: human trafficking risks among vulnerable Palestinian populations under occupation," BMC Public Health, 25:3544 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Human trafficking risks in countries unaccustomed to migration: Romanian assistance providers’ experiences with conflict-affected migrants from Ukraine," European Journal of Criminology, OnlineFirst, 6 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Labor Trafficking among Migrant Populations: A Scoping Review and Qualitative Interview Study with Stakeholders," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Trafficked Persons as Convention Refugees: Opportunities and Obstacles in Asylum Claims based on a Risk of (Re-)Trafficking," Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 39, no. 1 (2025) [postprint]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Who are human traffickers? Evidence from Romanian prisons," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:81 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Who is the 'Vulnerable' Victim? Trafficked and Smuggled Persons as Victims of Crime Under EU Law," Chapter in Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU (Routledge, Sept. 2025) [postprint]

- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 9 March 2027.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (3 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Social Network Analysis and Resettled Refugees: A BSA Social Network Analysis Study Group (SNAG) Online Symposium, 27 March 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Afghan refugees in 2025: The far-reaching impact of US aid cuts (Raisina Debates, March 2025) [text]

Christians Fleeing Persecution Now Blocked from US Entry by White House (Cato At Liberty Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

I study refugees, and here are the facts on the history and impact of refugee resettlement in the US (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Mexico marks a milestone: 50,000 refugees and asylum-seekers find stability and rebuild their lives (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

"Prefoulement" is still refoulement (OpenGlobalRights, March 2025) [text]

Three years since the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive: from emergency to longer-term solutions - Joint Statement (Oxfam et al., March 2025) [text]

U.S. Dept. of State Ends Historical Agreement with Resettlement Agencies, Putting into Question Promised 90 Day Review (Documented NY, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Policies for Belonging: A Global Comparison of Refugee Resettlement Programs, Dissertation (American Univ., July 2024) [text]

Refugee Integration Policies in Eastern Africa: Local, National and Global Perspectives - Summary Report (ICVA, Jan. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Adaptation models of Ukrainian refugees in Germany," Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, vol. 38, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Beyond shelter: a scoping review of evidence on housing in resettlement countries and refugee mental health and wellbeing," Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Latest Articles, 5 March 2025 [open access]

"Integration as a totalizing institution: a moral economy of street-level knowledge production on immigrant integration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 March 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

"Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe: A Scoping Review of Interventions," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 1 March 2025 [open access]

"Life's trajectory: aid, support and humanitarian efforts for Ukrainian refugees," Policy Studies, Latest Articles, 27 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Slovakia.

Refugee Survey Quarterly,  vol. 44, no. 1 (March 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

"Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:14 (March 2025) [open access]

"Stressors faced by forcibly displaced Ukrainians in England within 6 months of arrival: A qualitative study," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 371 (April 2025) [open access]

"Waithood and creativity in the absence of resettlement: evidence from 'residual' Liberian refugees in Nigeria," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 12 March 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (27 Feb. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians) (27 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces & reports:

Durable Solutions Analysis, Jalalabad/Nangarhar (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform & Samuel Hall, Aug. 2024) [text]

Final Yearly Refugee Resettlement Numbers Show Great Progress (National Immigration Forum, Oct. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Germany’s Federal Admissions Program for People from Afghanistan: The Role of Civil Society in Policy Making and Implementation (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Insights and recommendations from the "The need to belong: pathways towards durable solutions" conference (On the Move Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on South Africa.

Memorandum on the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2025 (White House, Sept. 2024) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

The new EU Resettlement Framework: A flexible harmonization undermining fundamental rights (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Rebuilding the U.S. refugee program: A case study in how to increase state capacity (Niskanen Center, Oct. 2024) [text]

Report to Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2025 (US Dept. of State, US Dept. of Homeland Security & US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Sept. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Comparing Refugee Resettlement Services: A New Global Dataset and Typology," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 9 Oct. 2024 [abstract]

- See also related dissertation, "Policies for Belonging: A Global Comparison of Refugee Resettlement Programs."

"Empowerment and integration of refugee women: a transdisciplinary approach," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11:1277 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Intentions, Strategies, and Actions: How Refugees Exert Agency in the Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Process from Jordan and Turkey to Germany," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Navigating Vulnerability and Integration: Refugee Resettlement from Rwanda to Third Countries under the Medical Needs Category," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 1 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"'Resettlement is worthwhile for our children’s future': reflections from the Stateless Rohingya refugees in Malaysia," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:46 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Where does the future lie? Initial aspirations for return among newly arrived Ukrainian refugees in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2024 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (25 Sept. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Workshop: Medical Evidence in Refugee Status Determination, London/Online, 24 June 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Is the Asylum System Better in France? (The Asylumist Blog, May 2024) [text]

Kaldor Centre joins push to secure refugee participation in international refugee law (UNSW, May 2024) [text]

Nigeria as a Safe Country of Origin? On the Production and (Mis)Use of Country of Origin Information (Verfassungsblog, May 2024) [text]

OCHA on Message: Protection (OCHA, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Reports & book chapters:

"How and Why 'Ideas Travel' in Migration Law and Policy," Chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming) [preprint]

A Route-Based Approach: Strengthening protection and solutions in the context of mixed movements of refugees and migrants (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Terrorism and Exclusion from Refugee Protection, Dissertation (Stockholm Univ., 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (20 May 2024)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

Advancing Gender and Sex Equality in Asylum Protections (Think Immigration Dec. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

"Better Late Than Never? SOGI Asylum Claims and 'Late Disclosure' Through a Foucauldian Lens," UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Beyond the Rainbow? An Intersectional Analysis of the Vulnerabilities faced by LGBTIQ+ Asylum-Seekers," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 25, no. 4 (2023) [open access] 

- Focuses on Italy.

*"COVID-19 pandemic and transgender migrant women in India: Socio-economic vulnerability and vaccine hesitancy," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 8 (2023) [open access]

Deconstructing the binary between “forced” refugees and “voluntary” migrants, Thesis (Univ. of Amsterdam, 2023) [text via Sogica]

"Dignity. Reverence. Desecration," Seton Hall Law Review, vol. 53, no. 4 (2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Fadh, Sharaf and Respectable Passing as New Frameworks for Understanding Transmasculinity in the MENA Region: Case Studies of Transmasculine Refugees in Lebanon," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"Gender Identity as a Barrier to Accessing Adequate and Inclusive Healthcare for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon's Northern Regions," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 3 Jan. 2024 [open access]

Improving the Socio-economic Integration of LGBTIQ+ Refugees in Costa Rica (Refugees International, Dec. 2023) [text]

Monitoreo de protección: Situación de protección de personas con orientación sexual, identidad y expresión de género diversa (OSIEGD) (Danish Refugee Council, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Colombia.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (8 Nov. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Former refugee wins global Nansen award for championing education for displaced children (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Getting degrees recognized helps refugees follow their dreams in Brazil (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports: 

Building inclusive education systems for refugees (UNESCO, UNICEF & UNHCR, 2023) [text]

- See also video recording and slides of related webinar.

Education in Eastern Chad: Needs and Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

Ending Statelessness for Displaced Children: Impact on Early Childhood Education, Working Paper No. 401 (iFo, Aug. 2023) [text]

Enhancing Education Opportunities (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Including Refugee Learners in National Education Systems (UNICEF, Dec. 2023) [text]

Learning is a Lifeline: Access to Education for Refugee Children in Kenya (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Paving pathways for inclusion (UNESCO & UNHCR, 2023) [access]

- "UNESCO and UNHCR have collaborated to identify gaps and highlight enabling and constraining factors for inclusion through a comprehensive analysis of data and policies in the top 35 low- and middle-income refugee-hosting countries and seven in-depth country case studies." Follow link to access two reports, one on evidence-based policy-making for refugee education and the other a global overview of refugee education data. Two databases that formed the basis for these reports can also be accessed via the a/m link. Case studies and background papers for Chad, Colombia, Ecuador, Jordan, Pakistan, Peru and Uganda are also available.

The right to higher education for refugees and forcibly displaced people: Briefing note compendium (UNESCO, 2023) [text]

- Compilation of nine briefing notes.

Journal articles, book chapters & dissertations:

"Humanizing Education for Immigrant & Refugee Youth," Educação & Realidade, vol. 48 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil.

"Introduction: education and migration as a field of research," Chapter in Research Handbook on Migration and Education (Edward Elgar, Dec. 2023) [free full-text]

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2023) [contents]

- Note: This is for information purposes only; the complete text of this open access journal issue has not yet been posted!

Learning to navigate 'unsettlement': young refugees' (re-)engagement with post-15 education in Greece, Dissertation (Univ. of Oxford, 2023) [text]

"Social Emotional Learning with Refugees in East Africa: Understandings, Implementation, and Impact," Current Issues in Comparative Education, vol. 25, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"The Time Politics of Refugee Resettlement and Higher Education in the United States," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (3 Nov. 2023) 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (Culture & Credibility)

Short pieces:

"Book review: Sarah C. Bishop, A Story to Save Your Life: Communication and Culture in Migrants' Search for Asylum," International Journal of Communication, vol. 17 (2023) [open access]

Possible, Probable, Plausible: What is ‘credibility’ in Refugee Status Determination? (COMPAS Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Culture, trauma, and memory in investigative interviews," Psychology, Crime & Law, Latest Articles, 9 May 2023 [open access]

"An Empirical Analysis of Credibility Assessment in German Asylum Cases," German Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 2 (March 2023) [open access]

"An Illustration of Anthropology’s Contribution to Refugee Law Research," German Law Journal, vol. 23, no. 7 (2022) [open access]

- Provides an "analysis of asylum claims in UK courts involving witchcraft-based persecution in the country of origin... ."

"A review of psycho-legal issues in credibility assessments of asylum claims based on religion," Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Latest Articles, 1 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Storied Pasts: Credibility and Evolving Norms in Asylum Narratives 1989–2018," Law & Inequality, vol. 41, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

To Believe or Not to Believe - Is That the Question? A Critical Study of How the Swedish Migration Courts Handle Their Responsibility to Judge in Asylum Cases, Dissertation (Gothenburg Univ., 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (14 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Creating Sickness and Death: The Health-Related Harms of Australia’s Refugee Externalisation Policies  (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2023) [text]

"Rohingya Team Says Will Not Agree to Refugee Return after Myanmar Visit," Barron's, 5 May 2023 [text]

The Rohingya’s Plight in Bangladesh is Not Sustainable (CSIS Commentary, May 2023) [text]

‘We’d be getting it from both sides, which was horrendous’: Australian political players on our brutal refugee policies (The Conversation, May 2023) [text]

Reports:

Australia as a modern migration state: Past and present, Background paper to the World Development Report 2023 (April 2023) [text]

Externalisation and Access to Asylum: An Investigation into Australia’s Migration Control Cooperation with Indonesia, Dissertation (Monash Univ., 2022) [text]

Local Integration for IDPs in Kandahar? Insights from the Field (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform, April 2023) [access]

- Follow link for the briefing note and two related expert commentaries: 1) Afghan refugees in Pakistan – Protracted displacement or protracted settlement? and 2) Rethinking Durable Solutions in Peri-Urban Areas in Pakistan.

Review of the Migration System (Govt. of Australia, March 2023) [access]

- See also a related news article and an outline of the government's migration strategy.

Support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (UK House of Commons Library, April 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"China’s and Japan’s winding path to the Refugee Convention: State identity transformations and the evolving international refugee regime," Modern Asian Studies, First View, 14 April 2023 [open access]

"Indian Judicial Protection to the Victims of Persecution: Is Law Blind? A Critical Analysis," ILI Law Review (Winter 2022) [full-text]

"Main Contents of the Law of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the Red Cross Society and Commentary," European Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 22, no. 1 (2023) [free full-text]

"Organizing for Dignity," Organization Studies, vol. 44, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingyas in Bangladesh.

"Rethinking ‘Regional Processing’ in Europe: Lessons from the Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) for Indochinese Refugees," Australian Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 3 May 2023 [open access]

"Towards a More Human Rights-based Refugee Law Reform in Japan," Yonsei Law Journal, vol. 12, nos. 1&2 (Feb. 2022) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 59.

Multimedia:

Boredom and Excitement at Sea: Jewish Refugees' Experiences on Shanghai-bound Ships, 28 Feb. 2023 [access]

- See also related USC news story.

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis (Insight Myanmar Podcast, April 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (19 April 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Job announcement: Assistant Librarian and Information Manager, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group [info]

- Apply by 15 February 2023.

Lecture: Boredom and Excitement at Sea: Jewish Refugees' Experiences on Ships Bound for Shanghai, 28 February 2023 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"The Asia-Pacific’s Next Refugee Crisis is Coming – Ready or Not," The Diplomat, 7 Feb. 2023 [text]

"Australia’s Nauru Conundrum," The Diplomat, 31 Jan. 2023 [text]

Bangladesh and the 1951 Refugee Convention (RLI Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

"Does Anyone Want to Solve the Rohingya Crisis?," The Diplomat, 2 Feb. 2023 [text]

Increasing Arrivals of Rohingya Boats; IOM Scales Up Support (IOM, Jan. 2023) [text]

"A legal instrument underpinning Australia's offshore processing regime lapsed last year, and for months no-one noticed," ABC News [Australia], 7 Feb. 2023 [text]

"Myanmar’s neglected crisis demands a different response," The New Humanitarian, 1 Feb. 2023 [text]

The Partition of British India, Mass Displacement and Related Legislations in Independent India (RLI Blog, Jan. 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

A Better Plan for Rohingya Refugees (Amnesty International, Feb. 2023) [text]

- See also related press release.

"Coloniality and case law on the Australian asylum offshoring scheme," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 7, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- "This article presents an analysis of case law from Nauru, Australia and Papua New Guinea concerning the Australian offshoring scheme for asylum seekers. Its specific focus is to enquire to what extent and how colonial conceptual and ideological patterns of thought play a role in the reasoning of the courts involved."

"Disadvantaged Economic Conditions and Stricter Border Rules Shape Afghan Refugees’ Ethnobotany: Insights from Kohat District, NW Pakistan," Plants, vol. 12, no. 3 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

"Finding peace journalism: An analysis of Pakistani media discourse on Afghan refugees and their forced repatriation from Pakistan," Media, War & Conflict, OnlineFirst, 28 Jan. 2023 [abstract]

- See also related dissertation.

"Making Sense of Human Advocacy Narrative: Raising Support for People Seeking Asylum Among Diverse Audiences," International Journal of Communication, vol. 17 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Review: A Migration System for Australia’s Future (Govt. of Australia) [info]

- See related submissions from the Australian Red Cross, Refugee Council of Australia, UNHCR, and a coalition of organizations advocating for complementary pathways.

Multimedia:

Addressing the Rohingya Boat Crisis, 6 Feb. 2023 [access]

Governance of Forced Migration in South Asia, 5 April 2022 [access]

Resource:

Hear from us, not about us: The power of refugee-background research (Community Research) [access]

- See also video recording of related launch event and Scoop article.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (23 Jan. 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

"For Syrians in Jordan’s Za’atari camp, aid money doesn’t buy what it used to," The New Humanitarian, 22 Nov. 2022 [text]

Half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years - what they go through (The Conversation, Dec. 2022) [text]

Improving health through retaining livelihoods: why refugee policy cannot ignore animals (MPC Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

"Some return to war-battered hub of Palestinian life in Syria," AP News, 17 Nov. 2022 [text]

UNHCR’s Grandi: We must increase lifesaving support to vulnerable Lebanese and refugees and find solutions for Syrian refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

Workshop at the NIMAR in Rabat: The socio (legal) study of migration in Morocco (Leiden Univ., Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The Distinction Between Refugee Populations in Lebanon: A Look into Lebanon's Treatment of Palestinian Refugees Since 1948 Versus Its Treatment of Syrian Refugees Since 2011," Refugee Law & Migration Studies Brief, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

Egypt: Registration and Refugee Status Determination (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related factsheet on legal aid.

Essential Readings on Forced Displacement: Perspectives from the Arab Region (American Univ. of Beirut, June 2022) [text]

Migration and asylum in Tunisia: Domestic interests, external influences, and policy outcomes (Asile Project, Sept. 2022) [text]

A Protection Analysis Report in South of Libya Operationalized through the Community Protection Approach (CPA) (WeWorld-GVC, Nov. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Relevant Country of Origin Information to Assist with the Application of UNHCR's Country Guidance on Iraq: Ability of Iraqis to Legally Access and Settle Durably in Proposed Areas of Internal Relocation (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Safe with the Neighbours: Legal and Actual Protection of Forced Migrants in the Global South - Perspectives on and from Morocco, Dissertation (Ghent Univ., 2022) [text]

UNHCR Partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS) (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

UNRWA, funding crisis and the way forward, CMI Report, no. 4 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2022) [text]

Vulnerability amidst Compounded Crises in Lebanon: The experience of Syrian and Palestinian Refugees (VULNER Project, Sept. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (14 Nov. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"Alleged sex abuse by aid workers unchecked for years in UN-run South Sudan camp," The New Humanitarian, 22 Sept. 2022 [text]

- See also related analysis. 

Women refugees fleeing violence seek safety in South Africa: but they don’t find it (The Conversation, Aug. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Establishing Women and Girls Safe Spaces in the Rohingya Refugee Response: A Guidance Note and Best Practice from Cox's Bazar (IOM, 2022) [text]

Negotiating sexuality amidst refugee uncertainty: Burundian adolescent refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda and Nakivale settlement in Uganda, Dissertation (Univ. of Amsterdam, 2022) [access]

Protecting women and girls in the asylum procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2022) [text]

UNHCR’s Views on Gender-Based Asylum Claims and Defining “Particular Social Group” to Encompass Gender: Using international law to support claims from women and girls seeking protection in the U.S. (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) 

Unmet Needs of Displaced Women and Girls in Ethiopia, Humanitarian Gender Alert, no. 2 (UN Women, Aug. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (23 Aug. 2022) 

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"An archaeological look at modern refugees," Knowable Magazine, 13 July 2022 [text]

- Focuses on the US-Mexico border.

Haiti: Wave of Violence Deepens Crisis (Human Rights Watch, July 2022) [text]

More assistance urgently needed for people arriving in Mexico’s northern border cities (MSF, July 2022) [text]

Reports: 

Análisis de vacíos de información de protección: Subregión cono sur (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay y Uruguay) (Danish Refugee Council, Aug. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also English version.

El asilo como derecho en disputa en México: la clase y la raza como dispositivos de exclusión, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas Serie Doctrina Jurídica, no. 947 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2022) [text]

Derecho y Migración Forzada: Aportes Desde los Estudios Biopolíticos y Necropolíticos Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, June 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Mexico.

Llenar el vacío: apoyo humanitario y vías alternativas para los migrantes en la periferia de Colombia (Refugees International, July 2022) [text]

Mobilidad Humana en Chile: Coordinación y respuesta de ACNUR, socios y donantes durante 2021 (UNHCR, July 2022) [text]

Transformation in the Dynamics of Internal Displacement in Colombia in Times of Migration, RID Working Paper, no. 29 (Researching Internal Displacement, July 2022) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

Journal articles, ETDs & book chapters:

"Asylum Law in North America," Entry in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Constitutionalism (Springer, 2021) [preprint]

"Institutional Discrimination and the Politicization of Migration: The Case of the Colombia–Venezuela Border," Two Homelands, no. 56 (2022) [open access]

"Migrar en pandemia y con fronteras cerradas: Trayectos de familias migrantes y solicitantes de asilo hasta Argentina," Cuestión Urbana, no. 11 (2022) [open access]

Understanding the tide: a comparative analysis of policy responses to refugee inflows, Dissertation (London School of Economics, Aug. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Latin America.

Multimedia:

En Busqueda de Seguridad: Opciones de protección regional para personas de Centroamérica, 24 May 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (15 July 2022)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Request for quotations: Consultancy, Climate change and mobility in Khartoum Process countries, Mixed Migration Centre [info]

- Submit quotations by 30 June 2022.

Blog posts & press:

The First International Migration Review Forum: Progress on Climate Migration? (RI Blog, June 2022) [text]

"From Dhaka to Freetown, climate migration puts cities on alert," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 9 June 2022 [text]

"Most aid funds go to just a few disasters. What about the rest?," The New Humanitarian, 7 June 2022 [text]

"Ukraine Migration Maps 'What's Possible' for Climate Displaced," Bloomberg, 6 June 2022 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

*"An Alternative Introduction: An Interview with the Editors, Which Never Took Place," Chapter 1 in Climate Refugees: Global, Local and Critical Approaches (Cambridge Univ. Press, April 2022) [free full-text]

Anticipatory Action in Refugee and IDP Camps: Challenges, Opportunities, and Considerations (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, May 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Central American migrant caravans and the US: investigating the consequences of overlooking the climate-displacement nexus," Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD, vol. 10, no. 19 (2021) [open access]

"Climate Change and Displacement: Towards a Pluralist Approach," European Journal of Political Theory, OnlineFirst, 3 May 2022 [open access]

"Climate change displacement in Fiji: Legal landscapes in the face of rising tides," Journal of South Pacific Law, vol. 22 (2020; publ. Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Cross-border migration on a warming planet: A policy framework," WIREs Climate Change, vol. 13, no. 2 (March/April 2022) [abstract]

- See also related press release.

"Decolonising disasters," Disasters, Early View, 14 June 2022 [free full-text]

- Introduction to a forthcoming virtual issue.

The Participation and Contribution of Local Non-Governmental Organisations from the Global Southern States of the Middle East North Africa Region, to Global Governance on Climate Change Displacement: Exploring Change Through the Global Compact on Migration and Refugees, Bachelor's thesis (Malmo Univ., 2022) [text]

"Resilience Unfiltered: Local Understandings of Resilience after Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City, Philippines," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 4, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"What Lies Ahead: How Aid for Climate Refugees Must Focus on Human Rights and Human Health," Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, vol. 64, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Exploring Policy Options on the Spectrum of Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, Side event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, 14 June 2022 [access]

*The Next Great Wave: Human Migration and Climate Change, 13 June 2022 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (26 May 2022)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2 (Marriage & Reproduction)

Blog posts:

The Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Have Harmful Ripple Effects for Immigrants (Immigration Impact, May 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports & theses:

Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Synthesis Report on Findings from Ethiopia, Lebanon, and Myanmar (Women's Refugee Commission, May 2022) [text]

Experiences of early pregnancy among displaced female youth in South Sudan (Save the Children & Tufts Univ., May 2022) [text]

Life after marriage: an analysis of the experiences of conflict-affected female youth who are married under age 18 in South Sudan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Save the Children & Tufts Univ., May 2022) [text]

Marriage for Refuge? Syrian Refugee Womens' Resettlement Experiences in Egypt, Dissertation (York Univ., March 2022) [text]

Perceptions of Rohingya Refugees: Marriage and Social Justice after Cross-border Displacement, (Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac Univ. & Asia Foundation, March 2021 [text]

Perspectives on early marriage: the voices of female youth in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan who married under age 18 (Save the Children & Tufts Univ., May 2022) [text]

Temporary Marriage as a Vehicle for Human Trafficking: A Study of the Practice of Temporary Marriage among Syrian Refugees, Thesis (Harvard Univ., May 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"The ‘Demand Side’ of Child Marriage: Expanding Gender Norms to Marriage Drivers Facing Boys and Men in South Sudan," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 4, no. 1 (May 2022) [open access]

"Intersecting Disadvantages for Married Adolescents: Life After Marriage Pre- and Post-COVID-19 in Contexts of Displacement," Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 70, no. 3 (suppl.) (March 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Bangladesh and Jordan.

"Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States," Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, vol. 89 (July 2022) [open access]

"'This is not my decision; I have no alternative': Perceptions and experiences of marriage age and family planning among Syrian women and men: a primary care study," Primary Health Care Research & Development, vol. 22 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Turkey.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (29 May 2022)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Call for applications: 2nd Online Course on Advocacy for Protection, 13 June –1 July 2022 [info]

- Apply by 13 May 2022.

Job announcement: Departmental Lecturer in Human Rights and International Refugee Law, Refugee Studies Centre [info]

- Apply by 20 May 2022.

Call for applications: 21st Online Course on International Refugee Law, 4-29 July 2022 [info]

- Apply by 3 June 2022.

Launch: RLI Declaration on Externalisation and Access to Asylum, 29 June 2022 [info]

- See registration details below.

Call for registration: Improving the Global Refugee Regime: From Theory to Practice?, RLI 6th Annual Conference, Online, 29 June-1 July 2022 [info]

- Registration for this conference is ongoing and a draft programme is now available. No deadline is indicated.

Blog posts & press:

Rights in Exile’s digital platform now located on AMERA International’s website (AMERA, April 2022) [text]

What Ukraine, Afghanistan and Syria Have Taught Us about the Political Will Behind International Refugee Law (RLI Blog, May 2022) [text]

Free book content:

A Network Society Communicative Model for Optimising the Refugee Status Determination System (Editora da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 2022) [open access]

- "The refugee status determination (RSD) system is very complex. It includes the roles of and interaction among some implementing partners, such as the UNHCR, sovereign states, local and international NGOs, as well as refugees and asylum seekers. Not all of them are thoroughly regulated by the international regime and the sphere of their legal competences sometimes  clash. A proposed solution is a network society formed by all above-mentioned implementing partners and based on a dialogical model inspired by a communicative action."

Refugee Law (Bristol Univ. Press, April 2022) [info]

- "This concise and engaging book follows the structure of the Convention to explore international refugee law. Including an introduction to the historical and legal context, Colin Yeo draws on his experience as an immigration barrister to explain the present-day legal framework for global refugee protection." Note: The first three chapters can be read for free. More details about the book provided in this blog post.

"Solidarity as Normative Rationale for Differential Treatment: Common but Differentiated Responsibilities from International Environmental to EU Asylum Law?," Chapter 11 in Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2020: Global Solidarity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (Springer, Forthcoming 2022) [preprint]

Reports & journal articles:

"Crossing Borders: The Overlap and Conflict of International and Domestic Laws Regarding Refugees and Asylum Seekers," Brigham Young University Prelaw Review, vol. 36 (2022) [full-text]

Customary International Law and the Shifting Patterns of Refugee Migration (SSRN, April 2022) [text]

Ending Exclusion under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention and Advancing International Justice, Working Paper, CARFMS Working Paper, no. 1 (Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, April 2022) [text]

Internally displaced persons and international humanitarian law (ICRC, April 2022) [text]

Keynote Speech, 1st Annual Conference of the Global Strategic Litigation Council on Refugee Rights, 12 April 2022 [text]

- Note: A video recording is also available via the link.

Managing Mixed Migration, Yale Journal of International Law Symposium, 18 April 2022 [access]

- "The essays collected in this Symposium survey the law, politics, and history of mixed migration. They reveal how states have interpreted the term and showcase the promise and perils of migrant categorization. Above all, they tell a story about how governments rely on the mixed character of migrant flows and the mixed motives of people on the move to draw categories, force emigration, and constrain immigration."

Of Course, but Maybe: The Absolute Prohibition of Refoulement and Threats to National Security and Public Safety - Legal and Practical Effects of Undesirable but Unreturnable Refugees, Thesis (Uppsala University, 2022) [text]

"Unpacking Temporary Protection of Refugees: Failure of Durable Solutions and Uncertainties," Inonu University Law Review, vol. 13, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

From the Geneva Convention to the Future: What are Main Challenges Refugee Protection Faces in the Coming Decades?, 17 Feb. 2022 [access]

- Final session in the lecture series on "70 years of Geneva Convention – a reason to celebrate?" Video recordings for all sessions can be accessed here.

The Global Spread of Safe Country Policies: Political Science and Legal Perspective, 23 March 2022 [access]

Refugee and Asylum Law: Towards the Centrality of Human Rights = Derecho de refugiados y asilo: hacia la centralidad de los derechos humanos (Audiovisual Library of International Law) [access]

- Audio and video recordings of this lecture are available in English and Spanish.

Resource:

Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) [Twitter]

- "The Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) is a network of senior and early career scholars, practitioners, policy-makers & asylum seeking and refugee women."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (30 March 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (30 March 2022)

Regional Focus: Asia

Blog posts & press:

Afghanistan: Beyond humanitarian relief (NCHS Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Afghanistan: The Humanitarian Catastrophe is the Security Threat (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Aspirations to Action: Making the Refugee Compact Work for the Rohingya (CSIS Commentary, Dec. 2021) [text]

Displaced families in Kabul caught in downward spiral (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Forced Displacement under the Taliban, also a Legacy of the Past (?) (FluchtforschungsBlog, Dec. 2021) [text]

*"Thousands of Rohingya shops demolished in Bangladesh, leaving refugees desperate," The Guardian, 4 Jan. 2022 [info]

"Uneven Refugee Protections Across Southeast Asia Put Migrants at Risk," The Diplomat, 30 Dec. 2021 [text]

"Unsettled: Searching for home after escaping the Taliban," Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021 [access]

- "No international organization appears to be keeping track of the people in this abrupt and vast diaspora — or coordinating their care. ...The Post contacted 194 governments around the world (hearing back from 41 of them), conducted dozens of interviews and collected government statements to find out where Afghans have fled. The analysis found that they have ended up in more than 40 countries."

Reports & books/book chapters:

India’s Relationship to the Global Refugee Regime: a legal and historical analysis of the conceptualization of refugeehood, Dissertation (Carleton Univ., 2021) [text] 

Migration, Food Security and Nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic (IOM & WFP, Dec. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for English and Russian versions.

Political-Legal Considerations of the Rohingya Refugee Situation: Seeking Accountability, Relief, and Solutions (SSRN, Dec. 2021) [text]

Property Rights of Kashmiri Pandits: A Critical Evaluation of Legal and Policy Measures taken by the Indian Government, RID Working Paper, no. 13 (Researching Internal Displacement, ) [text]

"Strategic Refugee Rights Litigation in Hong Kong: Impact and Backlash," Chapter in Refugee Law in Asia (Forthcoming 2022) [preprint]

Journal articles:

"The effect of social identity on integration of social minorities: The case of North Korean refugees in South Korea," International Area Studies Review, OnlineFirst, 6 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"Implications of the Rohingya Relocation from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char, Bangladesh," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"A Literature Review of Refugees in Malaysia and the Legislations Governing the Refugees in Malaysia," Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, vol. 9, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Recycling European Narratives in South Korea’s ‘Refugee Crisis’: Islamophobia, #MeToo, and Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island," Asiascape: Digital Asia, vol. 8, no. 3 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Rohingya Refugee Movement in Bangladesh: Insiders and Outsiders in Strengthening and Weakening of Borders," Borders in Globalization Review, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"The Rohingya refugees: a conceptual framework of their psychosocial adversities, cultural idioms of distress and social suffering," Global Mental Health, vol. 8 (2021) [open access]

"Rohingya Refugees in South Asia: An Exploration of Social Borders and the Margins," Borders in Globalization Review, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia (7 Dec. 2021)