Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Call for applications: "Climate Migration Futures: Shaping The Research Agenda for 2050," 2025 CRS Summer Course on Refugee Issues, Toronto, 2-6 June 2025 [info]

- Early bird application deadline is 15 April 2025; final deadline is 25 April 2025.

Short pieces:

4 ways to prevent and manage climate migration (World Economic Forum, March 2025) [text]

How the Global Migration Crackdown Affects Climate Finance (Carnegie Endowment for Intl. Peace, March 2025) [text]

Just Security’s Climate Archive [access]

- There are categories for "Migration and Displacement," "Disasters" and "Humanitarianism."

Supporting states with displacement indicators for disaster risk reduction (IDMC Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reports:

Funding Climate Mobility Projects: Key Players and Strategies for Growth (Migration Policy Institute, March 2025) [text]

Guide for Planning Mass Evacuations in Disasters (CCCM Cluster, 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related checklist.

Oral update on ExCom Conclusions (2025 theme: Climate action as relevant to the

activities of UNHCR) - NGO Collective Statement/Written Statement (ICVA, March 2025) [text]

"There’s Just No More Land": Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands (Human Rights Watch, March 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 28 (March 2025)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "The Crisis of the Humanitarian Action in the Age of Climate Change."

"Behavioral savings sessions increase the pursuit of solar products among refugees in Uganda," npj Climate Action, 4:32 (March 2025) [open access]

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 86 (March 2025) [full-text]

- Issue theme is "Climate change adaptations in humanitarian programming."

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Climate Change and Environmental Displacement."

"Prioritizing involuntary immobility in climate policy and disaster planning," Nature Communications, 16:2581 (March 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Climate Change, Migration & Conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 18 March 2025 [access]

Climate Refugees: The Fabrication of a Migration Threat, 26 March 2025 [access]

International Protection in the Context of Climate Change in Africa, 27 Feb. 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (10 March 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"An RSF atrocity, a mass evacuation, and another side to mutual aid in Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2025 [text]

UNHCR: DR Congo crisis deepens as funding cuts hit critical humanitarian aid (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

UNHCR’s Grandi hails launch of Kenya’s landmark refugee inclusion plan (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

- See also related statement.

Reports:

Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement, Sudan Brief, no. 1 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

Food insecurity among internally displaced people in Somalia: Trends analysis over time (2017–2024) (FAO & IDMC, March 2025) [text]

Lessons Learned: Anticipating displacement in South Sudan and Burkina Faso (Danish Refugee Council, Dec. 2024; posted March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Risking Their Lives to Survive: Ituri, Land of Violence and Displacement (Médecins Sans Frontières, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Also available in French.

The Shirika Plan: Kenya's bold approach for refugee integration (International Center for Humanitarian Affairs, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Speaking up against EU externalisation: Activist-led migration information campaigns in Senegal, CMI Brief, no. 1 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"The importance of city services to internally displaced persons, returnees, and host residents in Juba, South Sudan," Journal of Urban Affairs, Latest Articles, 17 March 2025 [open access]

"Knowledge, attitude, and perception on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: cross-sectional study among Eritrean refugees in Kampala," Pan African Medical Journal, 49:103 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Local Engagement of Nigerians with Neocolonial EU Humanitarian Return Policies: Civic Policing and Awareness-Raising Activities," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 30 March 2025 [open access]

"A mixed-methods nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey of IDPs, returnees, and host community members in four counties of Jonglei state, South Sudan," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44:48 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (14 March 2025)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (14 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

Cuts in US development assistance (EPRS, March 2025) [text]

"Decolonise How? To change humanitarian aid, we need to change media coverage too," The New Humanitarian, 25 March 2025 [text]

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Europe compounding Trump aid vandalism – Australia must take a different path (The Interpreter Blog, March 2025) [text]

"HNPWhat next?," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2025 [text]

The Humanitarian Reset, ERC letter to IASC Principals (March 2025) [text]

How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save? (CGD Blog, March 2025) [text]

- See also related NYT article. 

"Humanitarian data drought: The deeper damage wrought by US aid cuts," The New Humanitarian, 25 March 2025 [text]

[Posts relating to the US Agency for International Development (USAID)] (Center for Global Development Blog, 2025) [access]

Statement by UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on the impact of global aid cuts on refugees (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

- See also related InfoMigrants interview and UN News article.

TNH Inklings Newsletter (March 2025)

- What’s your humanitarian exit plan?

- HNPWhat next?

US aid cuts are a soft power surrender to China (The Interpreter Blog, March 2025) [text]

US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

[ACAPS Reports on Implications of USAID Cuts and Funding Freeze]

- Afghanistan

- Ukraine

"Between Moscow and Geneva: The Soviet Red Cross and the International Red Cross Movement," Journal of Global History, FirstView, 24 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Intermediary models to advance locally led humanitarian action (ALNAP, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring," Big Data & Society, 21 March 2025 [open access]

What crisis affected communities need from a humanitarian reset: A guide based on two years of conversations with people on the front lines of crisis (Ground Truth Solutions, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"You Already Know Enough: Certainty and Ignorance in Data-Driven Humanitarianism," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 13 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Resources:

The future of aid (ODI) [access]

US Foreign Aid Funding Cuts & Suspensions: Resources & Updates (ICVA) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (13 March 2025)

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for references to new books due out in April 2025, as well as additional titles published in March 2025 and new open access texts.

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 March 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 March 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: 

"Climate Change: Different Human Mobility Implications, Different Responses," Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025)

- Scroll to p. 6.

- Authors (2) = Costa Rica

"Climate Displacement and Land Access: Lessons from Bangladesh," Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025)

- Scroll to p. 11.

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

"Climate-related Human Mobility in Adaptation Frameworks," Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025)

- Scroll to p. 10.

- Authors (2) = Sri Lanka (lead), Germany (1)

"Intersections of Climate Change, Migration, and Modern Slavery: A Cycle of Debt Traps, Distress, and Despair," Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025)

- Scroll to p. 7.

- Author = Bangladesh

"Let the Displaced Lead: Displacement in the Context of Climate Change," Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025)

- Scroll to p. 27.

- Author = India

Diamond OA:

"Agencia comunicativa de mujeres migrantes centroamericanas en su tránsito por territorio mexicano = Central American Migrant Women Communicative Agency in Their Transit through Mexican Territory," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Analysing the Implementation of Refugee Laws and Policies in Relation to Women and Girls: A Case of Kampala, Uganda," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 2 (2024)

- Author = Uganda

"Certificate of Open Studies – Education in Emergencies: Leveraging African Orality in a Freiran Approach," Journal of Interactive Media in Education, vol. 2025, no. 1 (March 2025)

- Authors (9) = Switzerland (4, incl. lead), Niger (5)

"Climate Change and Environmental Displacement: A Call for Comprehensive Action," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Canada (lead), Lebanon (1), India (1)

"Critical Perspectives on the Use of Technology with Refugees and Displaced Communities: The Case of Dadaab," Journal of Interactive Media in Education, vol. 2025, no. 1 (March 2025)

- Author = Kenya

"Fluid Borders, Temporary Refuge: The Cyclical Nature of Displacement between Lebanon and Syria," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (2025)

- Author = Lebanon

"'Operation Welcome': Humanitarian Pathway and Admission Applied to the Reception of Venezuelan Migrants in Brazil," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 64, no. 1 (2025)

- Author = Brazil

"Privacy in Displacement: Data Protection for Refugees in Sudan," Journal of Intellectual Property and Information Technology, vol. 4, no. 1 (2024) 

- Author = Kenya

"Refugee Volunteering and Responses to Displacement in Uganda: Navigating Service-Delivery, Work and Precarity," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1 (2025) 

- Authors (4) = UK (2, incl. lead), Uganda/Belgium (1), Uganda (1)

"Reimagining Humanitarianism and Refugee Research: Decolonisation or Symbolic Gesture?," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1 (2025) 

- Authors (2) = UK (lead), South Sudan (1)

"The Right to Adequate Housing under African Regional Human Rights Law: Exploring the Extent of Protection Accorded to Refugees," African Human Rights Yearbook, vol. 8 (2024)

- Author = South Africa

"Sumud as Connected Learning: Towards a Collective Digital Commons in Palestine," Journal of Interactive Media in Education, vol. 2025, no. 1 (March 2025)

- Authors (4) = UK (lead), Palestinian Territories (3) 

"Teacher Trainees’ Perspectives on the Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning in Forced Displacement Contexts," Journal of Interactive Media in Education, vol. 2025, no. 1 (March 2025)

- Author = Kenya

"Temporary Protection in the EU: A Legal Analysis of Labor Market Impact," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 64, no. 1 (2025)

- Author = Ukraine

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.

"Barriers to Social Service Access for Ukrainian Refugees with Disabilities in Georgia: Outreach and Communication," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 2 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Ukraine (lead), Georgia (1)

- APC = CHF 1800

"A Comparative View of the South African and Canadian Framework for Issuing Work Visas to Skilled Refugees and Asylum Seekers," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 28 (2024)

- Authors (2) = South Africa

- APC = This journal does not require payment of an APC, but it does levy page fees of ZAR 400 per page.

"The Contemporary Role of the Global Refugee Regime: Analysis of Equal Protection Under South Africa’s National Refugee Regime," Obiter, vol. 45, no. 4 (Dec. 2024)

- Author = South Africa

- APC =  This journal does not require payment of an APC, but it does levy page fees of ZAR 180 per page.

"Feasibility, Challenges and Lessons Learned: Photovoice Implementation Among Young Women in the Urban Slums in Kampala, Uganda," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 4 March 2025

- Authors (4) = US (2, incl. lead), Uganda (2)

- APC = USD 2800

"Healthcare Accessibility, Utilization, and Quality of Life among Internally Displaced People during the Sudan War: A Cross-sectional Study," Conflict and Health, 9:11 (March 2025)

- Authors (13) = Sudan

- APC = USD 3290

"A Healthy Environment for a Healthy Mind: Mental Health Risks Attached to Poor Housing among Congolese Refugees Living in Yeoville, Johannesburg," Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 22, no. 2 (Oct. 2024)

- Author = South Africa

- APC = USD 500

"The Impact of Nationality Status and Place of Residency on Health-related Social Needs and Quality of Life among Palestinian Refugees in Jordan," Heliyon, vol. 11, no. 4 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (9) = Jordan 

"The Impact of Sudan Armed Conflict and Coping Strategies on the Mental Health of the Older Adult Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur Camps," BMC Psychology, 13:97 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Sudan (lead), UAE (1)

- APC = USD 1790

"Patron-client Relationship in the Rohingya Camps: Recent Trends and Impact on Refugee Governance," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:5 (March 2025)

- Authors (3) = Bangladesh (lead), Bangladesh/US (1), Bangladesh/Germany (1)

- APC = USD 1390

"Practices of Congolese Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Providers: A Qualitative Study on Gaps and Obstacles," Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 22, no. 2 (Oct. 2024)

- Authors (2) = Netherlands (lead), Democratic Rep. of Congo (1)

- APC = USD 500

"'The Problem is a Lack of Firewood': Charcoal Briquettes for Cooking Energy in Refugee and Host Communities," Social Sciences & Humanities Open, vol. 9 (2024)

- Authors (7) = Kenya (3, incl. lead), Japan (1), China (1), Rwanda (1), US (1)

- APC = USD 1030

"Response to Challenges Regarding the Provision of Early Intervention Services During the Conflict in Ukraine," Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 22, no. 2 (Oct. 2024)

- Authors (2) = Ukraine

- APC = USD 250

"Role of Resilience in General Health and Mental Wellbeing among Syrian and Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: A Mixed Methods Study," Conflict and Health, 19:15 (March 2025)

- Authors (6) = Lebanon (3, incl. lead), US (3)

- APC = USD 3290

"Social Media, Digital Resilience, and Knowledge Sustainability: Syrian Refugees' Perspectives," Journal of Intercultural Communication, vol. 25, no. 1 (2025)

- Author = Jordan

- APC = GBP 1150

"'They Steal Our Food': Food Insecurity as a Barrier to Social Cohesion Between Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 2 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (9) = Uganda

- APC = CHF 1800

"War in Ukraine vs. Motherhood: Mental Health Self-perceptions of Relocated Pregnant Women and New Mothers," BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25:253 (March 2025)

- Authors (7) = Ukraine (4, incl. lead), Poland (1), Albania (1), Spain (1)

- APC = USD 3290

"'Your behavior is not welcome here…': Forced Internal Displacement of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Kenya," Frontiers in Sociology, 27 Feb. 2025

- Authors (4) = Kenya (2, incl. lead), Canada (1), US (1)

- APC = CHF 1175

Hybrid OA:

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

"Age Determination of Unaccompanied Migrant Children: An Appraisal of the Jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child," Nordic Journal of Human Rights, vol. 43, no. 1 (2025)

- Authors (2) = South Africa (lead), Netherlands/South Africa (1)

- APC = USD 3300

"Determinants of Refugee Children’s Language Comprehension Difficulties: Evidence from Lebanon, Türkiye and Australia," International Review of Education, Latest Articles, 27 Feb. 2025

- Authors (4) = Lebanon/UK/Netherlands (lead), Lebanon (1), Lebanon/UK (1), Netherlands (1)

- APC = USD 3190

"Displacement and the Reframing of Reproductive Autonomy: A Case of Rohingya Women in India," Journal of Asian and African Studies, OnlineFirst, 18 Feb. 2025

- Author = India

- APC = USD 3650

"Employment as a Strategic Pathway for Refugee and Host Youth Integration in Uganda," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 24 March 2025

- Authors (2) = UK (lead), Uganda (1)

- APC = USD 3190

"Mapping the 'Middle-spaces' of Migration: Towards a Linked Ecology Approach to Migration Industry, Migration Infrastructure, and Migration Brokerage," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 1 (March 2025)

- Authors (2) = French Polynesia/Thailand/Singapore (lead), Singapore (1)

- APC =  EUR 3952

"The 'Not Yet' and 'Never' Resettled: Individual and Communal Waiting Strategies among Refugees in Kenyan Camps," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 13 March 2025

- Authors (6) = Canada (lead), Kenya (5)

- APC = USD 4390

"Participatory Action Research in Partnership with Young People with Disability: A Case from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)," Disability & Society, Latest Articles, 23 Feb. 2025

- Authors (6) = Palestine (5, incl. lead), UK (1)

- APC = USD 4390

"Refugees Educational Challenges and Opportunities: A Case Study of Afghan Refugees in Tajikistan," Intercultural Education, Latest Articles, 28 Feb. 2025

- Authors (3) = Iraq (lead), US (1), Afghanistan (1)

- APC = USD 3300

Periodical issues:

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 31, no. 2 (2025) 

- Thematic issue on "A roadmap for healing Gaza’s battered health system"; first of a 2-part series. Published by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, based in Egypt.

Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025) 

- Thematic issue on "Towards COP30: Key Action Areas for Displacement in the Context of Climate Change." Published by the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, based in India.

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (28 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"A comparative view of the South African and Canadian framework for issuing work visas to skilled refugees and asylum seekers," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 28 (2024) [open access]

"Employability among refugees and how it is affected by public integration programmes," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Denmark.

"Employment as a Strategic Pathway for Refugee and Host Youth Integration in Uganda," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 24 March 2025 [open access]

"Forced or voluntary migrants? Daily and labour market challenges for new Israeli citizens from Ukraine since 2014," Mobilities, Latest Articles, 8 March 2025 [open access]

"Refugees' Settlement in Greece: Employment in Agriculture as a Criterion for an Alternative Dispersal Plan," Growth and Change, vol. 56, no. 2 (June 2025) [open access]

"State-sanctioned uncertainty: governing the labour market participation of Syrian refugees in Adana, Irbid and Gothenburg," Review of International Political Economy, Latest Articles, 25 March 2025 [open access]

"Temporary Protection in the EU: A Legal Analysis of Labor Market Impact," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 64, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (28 March 2025) 

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration," Los Angeles Times, 12 March 2025 [text]

Easing the shortage of skilled labour through higher education for refugees (Govt. of Switzerland, March 2025) [text]

"The fiscal hit from the IRS sharing immigration information," Axios, 25 March 2025 [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Just Taxes blog post.

"How Trump’s immigration crackdown could backfire," CNN, 2 March 2025 [text]

States with Healthcare Shortages Turn to Foreign-Trained Doctors, Showing Bipartisan Immigration Policies Benefit All (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Niskanen Center study.

TBB and IOM Launch Pioneering Initiative to Expand Labour Mobility Pathways from Latin America to Canada and Other Countries of Destination (IOM, Feb. 2025) [text]

We’re Better Together: the private sector is stepping up for refugee inclusion (UNHCR Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reports:

Immigration and Credit in America, Kilts Center for Marketing Data Research Working Paper (Univ. of Chicago, March 2025) [text]

Social Entrepreneurship of Refugee-Owned Businesses in Türkiye (Building Markets, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Syrians.

Unlocking Talent: A Toolkit for Supporting Refugee Employability (IKEA: Ingka Group, 2025) [access]

Resources:

New Data: Immigrants Keep Economy Strong, as Congress Considers Wasting Billions on Mass Deportation (American Immigration Council, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Follow link to access an interactive map that allows users to search for "data showcasing immigrant contributions by state, county, metro area, and district."    

Refugee Employment Platforms (UNHCR) [access]

- "[I]t’s not always easy to connect companies with refugee talent. To address that, UNHCR and partners, have developed refugee employment platforms in eight countries in Europe to connect businesses with refugees and stateless people. The platforms streamline the job placement process, provide information and support services to companies and refugees, connect integration stakeholders, enhance data on refugee profiles and market needs, build trust and give recognition to employers." See the press release for more info.

Related posts:

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

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

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Bypassing former blunders: grassroot testimonies from Syria’s aid ecosystem prior to al-Assad’s escape (HPN, March 2025) [text]

"Can trauma from violence be genetically inherited? Scientists debate Syria refugee study," Nature, 28 March 2025 [text]

Funding cuts threaten the lives of Sudanese refugees in Egypt (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

Gaza and Israel’s Renewed Policy of Deprivation (Just Security Blog, March 2025) [text]

- See also related UN News article and OHCHR press release, as well asa  BBC News update on death toll and CNN article on aid workers. 

The Media’s Role in Escalating Hate Speech and Racism Toward Syrian Refugees in Türkiye: A Video Analysis (Refugee Watch Online, March 2025) [access]

Palestinians in the West Bank are facing urgent needs amid mass displacement (MSF, March 2025) [text]

- See also related NPR story.

"Sudan's refugees face deadly game of 'snakes and ladders' in Libya," Context News, 13 March 2025 [text]

Syria after Assad: why many Syrian refugees aren’t returning home (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Humanitarian Fiction: Examining the ‘Host’ in Refugee-Receiving Contexts," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Draws on "in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations with refugees, Jordanians and humanitarian and government officials in Jordan."

Palestine: End of ceasefire and blockade in Gaza (ACAPS, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Ramifications of the Assad Regime's Destruction and Expropriation of Private Properties in Daraa Governorate with Regard to the Return of Refugees and IDPs (Syrian Network for Human Rights, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Refugee Influx from Syria and Sudan in Cairo: An Analysis of the Dynamics of Resilience, Hospitality and Hostility (Queen Mary Univ. of London, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report and short film.

"Refugees as ‘Projects’: Humanitarian Responses to Displacement and Refugee-Led Organisations in Southern Turkey," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians.

"Repair work, resistance and the invisible data labour of Lebanon's digital humanitarian infrastructures," Big Data & Society, 18 March 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians.

"Shades of humanity: state sovereignty and humanitarian principles in the Syrian civil war," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:6 (March 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (17 March 2025)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunities:

Call for registration: The Dual Role of Immigration & Citizenship Law: Exploring Inclusion, Exclusion and Reform for 2025 and Beyond, Newark, NJ, 3-4 April 2025 [info]

Webinar: Immigration Actions in First 100 Days of Trump Second Term, 24 April 2025 [info]

Call for registration: 2025 AILA Annual Conference and Webcast on Immigration Law, Denver/Online, 18-21 June 2025 [info]

- Early bird deadline is 21 May 2025.

Short pieces:

4 Ways Trump is Going after Legal Immigrants (Intelligencer, March 2025) [text]

Executive Order: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2025) [text]

- Monitor the ImmigrationProf Blog for more updates on this unfolding story. The Just Security Blog also has extensive analysis of this new action and other relevant posts can be found on AILA's Featured Issue, AP News, The Conversation, and Immigration Impact.

The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers (The Asylumist Blog, March 2025) [text]

Green Card Applications for Refugees and Asylees Suspended by Trump Administration (Documented NY, March 2025) [text]

How worried should legal immigrants be about Trump’s deportations? (Vox, March 2025) [text]

- See also related Intelligencer post.

International Law Under Pressure: An Analysis of the First Six Weeks of the 2025 Trump US Administration (Verfassungsblog, March 2025) [text]

- See esp. subsection 9, "Defunding the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)" and subsections 13-15, under "Immigration and Refugee Policies."

The Khalil Case and the Difference Lawful Permanent Resident Status Makes (Lawfare Blog, March 2025) [text]

The Missing Due Process for Gang Allegations (Just Security Blog, March 2025) [text]

Naturalized Immigrants Probably Voted Republican in 2024 (Cato At Liberty Blog, March 2025) [text]

Shifting Priorities: How the Official English Executive Order Could Affect Language Access Efforts (MPI, March 2025) [text]

Trump Administration Terminates Lawful Status of Nearly 500,000 Foreign Nationals, Throwing Families, Employers, and Communities into Turmoil (AILA, March 2025) [text]

Trump Administration to Asylum Officers and IJs: Go Faster (The Asylumist Blog, March 2025) [text]

With Liberty and Justice for All: The Importance of “Know Your Rights” Education (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2025) [text]

For more info on these and other developments, check out TRAC News and this post on keeping up.

Reports & journal articles:

Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: February 2025 (Strauss Center, March 2025) [text]

- See also related Newsweek article.

Immigrant Families Express Worry as They Prepare for Policy Changes (Urban Institute, March 2025) [text]

"Lighten the Load: Why the Government Should Bear the Burden of Proving the Validity of an Alien's Appellate Waiver During a Removal Order Collateral Attack," William & Mary Law Review, vol. 66, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

"Tapping Ancient Wartime and Security Laws, Trump Administration Dramatically Expands Immigration Powers," Migration Information Source, 21 March 2025 [text]

Multimedia:

Best Practices: How to Respond to Mass Deportation Tactics, 13 March 2025 [access]

Catholic Social Teaching and Work with Migrants and Refugees at a Time of Uncertainty, 24 March 2025 [access]

- Here's the program. Additional videos are available via the playlist on the right.

The State of Play: An Update on Immigration Policy Changes, 18 March 2025 [access]

- Note: This older article was referenced during the webinar.

Resources:

Navigating Trump's Second Term (IRAP) [access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (14 March 2025)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (14 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities: 

High-Level Officials Meeting: Lessons Learned from the GRF on Meaningful Refugee Participation, Online, 3 April 2025 [info]

Call for registration: Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration, 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Toronto, 26-29 May 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

2024 is Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants, New IOM Data Reveals (IOM, March 2025) [text]

Update on IOM Operations Amid Budget Cuts (IOM, March 2025) [text]

- See also related AP News article.

Reports:

91st meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 12-13 September 2024 [access]

- Follow link for documents, presentations and oral updates. Note that some documents have not yet been posted.

92nd meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 11-13 March 2025 [access]

- Follow link for documents, presentations and oral updates. Note that some documents have not yet been posted. Forthcoming EXCOM Conclusions will focus on climate action, education and an update on refugees with disabilities. See also ICVA's page providing access to the texts of NGO statements delivered at the SC meeting. 

Global Displacement Forecast Report 2025 (Danish Refugee Council, March 2025) [access]

- "The world faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as wars and attacks on civilians are expected to drive 6.7 million people from their homes over the next two years, according to a new forecast by the Danish Refugee Council."

NGO statements at UNHCR Executive and Standing Committee Meetings (ICVA, Jan. 2025) [text]

- "This document is an updated and consolidated version of previous ICVA guidelines and drafting procedures for NGO statements and UNHCR committee meetings."

Refugees and Forced Displacement: A Policy Brief (VoxDev, March 2025) [access]

- "This VoxDevLit synthesises quantitative research conducted between 2010 and 2024, focusing on studies that use experimental or quasi-experimental methods to examine (1) the impacts of forced displacement on host communities and (2) the effectiveness of policies designed to support both forcibly displaced populations and their hosts." Follow link for text and video of launch event.

Standard Operating Procedures: Determining the Legal Identity of Migrants Without Proof of Legal Identity (IOM, 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Housing inequalities and health outcomes among migrant and refugee populations in high-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review," BMC Public Health, 25:1098 (March 2025) [open access]

"'Managing' the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 March 2025 [open access]

"Mapping the 'middle-spaces' of migration: towards a linked ecology approach to migration industry, migration infrastructure, and migration brokerage," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 1 (March 2025) [open access]

Routed Magazine, no. 26 (Feb. 2025) [text]

- Themed issue on "Remnants of Covid-19 in a mobile world."

Multimedia:

"Freedom to Choose Whether to Migrate or Stay," Panel at Catholic Social Teaching and Work with Migrants and Refugees at a Time of Uncertainty, 24 March 2025 [Part 1] [Part 2]

The Politics of Immigration and the Politics of Identity, Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2025, 5 March 2025 [access]

'Wicked' Challenges in Migration Management: Weaponization, Politicization, and Hostile Influence Operations, 12 March 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (10 March 2025)

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 36, no. 4, Dec. 2024 include:

• Fleeing Deprivation: Deducing Non-Refoulement Obligations from Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [open access]
• A Matter of Individual Discretion: Facilitating Performative Credibility in Asylum Interviews [abstract]
• Pakistan’s Judicial Engagement with International Refugee Law [open access]
• The Turkish Council of State’s Engagement with International Refugee Law in Cases Involving ‘Non-European’ Refugees [open access]

In addition, readers will find case law summaries; the texts of "Climate Change Impacts and Cross-Border Displacement: International Refugee Law and UNHCR’s Mandate" and "Opening Remarks to the 90th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme"; and two book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.

Opportunities: More March/April 2025 & New May 2025

Webinar: Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Displacement: Global South Perspectives, 27 March 2025 [info]

CFP: ARC-UNHCR Conference on Refugee Studies and Forced Displacement, Kuala Lumpur, June 2025 [info]

- Submission deadline *extended* to 31 March 2025.

Call for applications: Summer School on EU migration policies, Salzburg, Austria, 7-11 July 2025 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 31 March 2025.

CFP: Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]

- Contributions sought for an upcoming issue. Submit abstracts by 1 April 2025.

High-Level Officials Meeting: Lessons Learned from the GRF on Meaningful Refugee Participation, Online, 3 April 2025 [info]

Webinar: Forced into Transit: Global Perspectives on Refugees Fleeing Nazi Persecution, 9 April 2025 [info]

CFP: Symposium on Gender, Displacement, and Islamic Philanthropy: Advancing Humanitarian Innovation, Birmingham, UK, 8-9 September 2025 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 10 April 2025.

Regional NGO dialogue: Mainstreaming Mental Health and Psychosocial Support across refugee responses in Europe, Online, 11 April 2025 [info]

Call for applications: Climate Migration Futures: Shaping The Research Agenda for 2050, 2025 CRS Summer Course on Refugee Issues, Toronto, 2-6 June 2025 [info]

- Early bird deadline is 15 April 2025; final deadline is 25 April 2025.

Webinar: Rethinking Mobility in a Changing Climate, 7 May 2025 [info]

Call for registration: 2025 AILA Annual Conference and Webcast on Immigration Law, Denver/Online, 18-21 June 2025 [info]

- Early bird deadline is 21 May 2025.

Call for registration: Refugee Law and Forced Migration Studies: Debates, Interactions and Futures, 15th Annual RLI Anniversary Conference, 2-4 June 2025 [info]

- Registration closes 25 May 2025.

Call for registration: Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration, 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Toronto, 26-29 May 2025 [info]

Related post:

- Opportunities: More March 2025 & New April 2025