Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Assessing shelter sustainability in refugee camps in the Middle East: Towards adequate, safe and affordable housing," Cities, vol. 168 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon.

"'The Child That I Left Behind': Memory, Trauma, and the Reconstruction of Childhood in Nakba Narratives," Frontiers in Psychology, 4 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"'I don’t like them to know I’m Syrian': family language policy amongst Syrian refugees in Türkiye," International Journal of Multilingualism, Latest Articles, 21 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"The Impact of Occupational Status on Public Attitudes Toward Syrians Under Temporary Protection in Turkey," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 28 Oct. 2025 [full-text]

"Production and Perception of the EU Border Regime in Lebanon: A Case Study of the EUfunded Qudra Programme and its Impact on Syrian Refugees and the Lebanese Host Community," Berlin Geographical Papers, vol. 56 (2025) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 77.

"Transportation in refugee camps: A path towards sustainable development and inclusive communities," City, Culture and Society, vol. 42 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (6 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The EU and Colonial Continuities: The Externalisation of Migration to Lebanon and Its Impact on Syrian Refugees (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Gaza: Food access improves in the south but food convoys fail to reach north directly," UN News, 3 Nov. 2025 [text]

- See also related joint statement signed by 41 NGOs.

"ICJ says Israel must allow aid into blockaded Gaza, provide ‘basic needs’," Al Jazeera, 22 Oct. 2025 [text]

- See also related OHCHR press release and analyses of the advisory opinion on Just Security and EJIL: Talk blog (here and here).

"'It’s like another Nakba': Notes from the West Bank," The New Humanitarian, 4 Nov. 2025 [text]

MSF ordered to leave Libya within a month (MSF, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Episodes of violence by the so-called Libyan coastguard and other Libyan militias at sea: 2016- September 2025 (Sea-Watch, Oct. 2025) [access]

Fortress in the Sand: EU Externalisation Policies and Trans-Saharan Migration Routes (Médecins Sans Frontières, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on cooperation agreements the EU has made with Libya, Niger, Sudan, Egypt, and Tunisia.

‘Nobody Hears You When You Scream’: Dangerous Shift in Tunisia’s Migration Policy (Amnesty International, Nov. 2025) [access]

- Also available in French.

Palestinian population in Lebanon: Findings from UNRWA’s digital identity verification (UNRWA, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (16 Oct. 2025)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (16 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

"AI visuals: A problem, a solution, or more of the same?," The New Humanitarian, 28 Oct. 2025 [text]

The Human in the Loop: How Oversight Turns AI into a Humanitarian Ally (Data Friendly Space, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

It’s not digital platforms that hire refugees – it’s people (LSE Inequalities Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Reddit Migration Trajectories – Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Migration Research (nccr on the move blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Two more immigration lawyers facing potential disciplinary proceedings for misuse of AI (Free Movement Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. Note: See also related guidance on AI that was recently issued by the judiciary.

UK: Defense Ministry data breach could have led to the deaths of at least 49 Afghans (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Judicial Guidelines for the Analysis of Social Media Evidence in Refugee, Protection and Migration appeals (International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Sept. 2025) [text]

Palestinian population in Lebanon: Findings from UNRWA’s digital identity verification (UNRWA, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Algorithms for group recognition? Ensuring lawful and rights-based use of new technologies in group refugee recognition," Computer Law & Security Review, vol. 59 (Nov. 2025) [abstract]

- Note: Free access to the full-text of this article is provided for 50 days via the link in this post.

"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) [open access]

"Examining the Potential Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Statelessness Determination from a Human Rights Perspective," International Human Rights Law Review, Advance Articles, 10 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"The Human in the Feedback Loop: Predictive Analytics in Refugee Status Determination," Law, Technology and Humans, vol. 6, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

- See also related Lawyers Weekly article.

"Scripted to fail: delayed discrimination in biometric asylum systems," Information, Communication & Society, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil.

"Using generative AI to investigate the multimodal representation of refugees and migrants," Discourse & Society, OnlineFirst, 31 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (10 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

News: US sets level for FY 2026 refugee admissions at record low of 7,500

For the US, a 180-Degree Turn on Refugees - Looming Reversal in Who and How Many Get Resettled (HRW, Oct. 2025) [text]

How America's Retreat from Refugee Protection Undermines Global Stability (Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Oct. 2025) [text]

Strong Majority of U.S. Voters Support Refugee Resettlement as Administration Plans to Slash Program by Nearly 95 Percent (Refugees International, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People," New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025 [text]

- See also related Time Magazine article and statements from IRAP, Refugees International & USCRI.

Short pieces:

"Refugees to face longer route to UK settlement rights," BBC News, 2 Oct. 2025 [text]

Securing solutions together: reflections from the 2025 Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Solving the Rohingya crisis could provide a new Refugee Repatriation Model (Global Policy Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Reports:

The Integration of Migrants in Egypt: Lessons from Research, Stakeholders and International Experiences (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Draws on case studies from Morocco and Jordan.

Is return always a durable solution? Examining the relevance, reality and durability of voluntary repatriation in 2025 (ICVA, Oct. 2025) [text]

The role of physical leisure activities in refugees’ structural integration, Discussion Paper, no. 15 (Institute for Employment Research, 2025) [access]

- Focuses on Germany.

Journal articles:

"Belonging beyond Borders: The Cultural Integration of Yemeni Refugees in Jeju," Anthropology of the Middle East, vol. 20, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Challenges regarding integration and well-being of African Ukrainian war refugees in Germany: a qualitative exploration," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 16 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Complementary Pathways at the Crossroads Between Migration and Asylum: Enhancing or Diluting the International Refugee Regime?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 27 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- This article "takes three examples of pathways to Spain to illustrate this nexus: a labour mobility pathway, a combined resettlement and labour mobility pathway and an education mobility pathway."

"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) [open access]

"Successful Refugee Cohabitation with Host Families: A Concept Analysis and Model Development," Journal of Holistic Nursing, vol. 43, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"'They Can’t Do That; This Is MY Iowa': Refugees and Belonging in the Midwest," Genealogy, vol. 9, no. 4 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (13 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (13 Oct. 2025)

News: 20th Anniversary of FMCA!

Forced Migration Current Awareness was launched on 1 November 2005! Twenty years and 9100+ posts later, I have decided that it is time to start winding things down. My original objective was fairly simple -- to keep researchers updated on freely-available resources online -- and at the time, this was a manageable task. I even wrote an article for Refugee Survey Quarterly in 2007 that documented my tips and strategies for doing so. Since that time, however, the forced migration information corpus has grown exponentially and many of the tools described in that article no longer exist. 

The reality is that the information discovery landscape has also dramatically changed, and I have not been able to keep up with it. The end result is that as a solo operator, it is no longer feasible for me to provide this service in an efficient and useful way. What was once a more or less part-time activity has become all-consuming enough that I can no longer meet my original objective nor can I devote attention to other projects. 

So over the course of the next 12 months, my plan is to slowly wind down my main blog by dropping certain types of references (news, reports, events, etc.) from my thematic and regional listings and suggesting other sources to replace them. I will also share my info-gathering tips and strategies (for what they're worth!) as well as begin experimenting with AI's information discovery abilities. And we'll see where we end up!

This has been a labor of love for me over the years - my small attempt to contribute to a better understanding of, and a search for solutions to, the challenges of human displacement in the world today. I hope it has been a useful resource for you, and please know that I will continue to be involved in forced migration-related endeavors that promote and support the essential work of researchers in this field.

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Covert Borderwork: Managing Borders and Migration through Secrecy," Antipode, Early View, 26 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Credible fictions: how states stage refugee governance for geopolitical gain," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Double-layer deterrence: cascading externalization for irregular migration control," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:82 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Türkiye and Mexico.

"'A Façade for Inaction'? Governmental Actors, the Bermuda Conference and the Non-Rescue of Jewish Refugees," Journal of Contemporary History, OnlineFirst, 28 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Solidarity as a Verb: Engaging in Pro-migrant Actions in Localised Contexts," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 31 Oct. 2025 [free full-text]

- Editorial for special collection on "Making solidarity in migration contexts: from the self, the local to the transnational."

"Why Migration Researchers Often Struggle to Impact Policy," Migration Information Source, 22 Oct. 2025 [text]

Multimedia:

2025 New York Reception: Fireside Chat, 29 Oct. 2025 [access]

- "A conversation exploring the state of global refugee and humanitarian issues."

Power, Trust and Change: Refugee Leaders in Dialogue with UNHCR Candidates [access]

- Two dialogues have been held with candidates for the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Follow the link for both video recordings.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (4 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Event:

Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025, Geneva, 15-17 December 2025 [info]

- "This event will build on stocktaking efforts at the country, regional, and global levels, to maintain momentum and assess progress against the implementation of the pledges made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) towards the advancement of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and also outline next steps in the lead up to the GRF in 2027." Follow the a/m link for the agenda, an FAQ, key documents and info on previously-held preparatory meetings. The Global Compact on Refugees website provides supplementary information as well as access to a dedicated digital space.

Short pieces:

Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised? (The Conversation, Oct. 2025) [text]

Migration Crisis Management Revisited: Perspectives from EUrope and Latin America (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Language Policies for Forced Migrants (RLI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Mid-Year Trends 2025 (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

- Follow the link to access the report, annexes and raw data, as well as an overview of the trends.

Reframing Return and Reintegration: Origin-Country Priorities and Strategies for Cooperation (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2025) [text]

Report of the Executive Committee of the High-Commissioner’s Programme, Seventy-sixth session (6-10 October 2025), UN Doc. No. A/80/12/Add.1 (UN General Assembly, Oct. 2025) [text]

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Annual report pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 428 (V), UN Doc. No. A/80/12 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2025) [text]

Rooted in the City: A New Vision for Refugees and Humanitarian Action (Refugees International, Oct. 2025) [text]

Working with Organizations Led by Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons: A How-to Guide for UNHCR Operations (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (14 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (14 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

Leaving No One Behind: Statelessness and the Sustainable Development Goals (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statelessness Determination and Protection in Europe: Good practice, challenges and risks (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statelessness in Europe: Insights, evidence needs and engagement (European University Institute, Oct. 2025) [text]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Germany (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 9 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"A comparative analysis between the Rohingyas and Urdu-speaking population in Bangladesh: Repatriation or Statelessness?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"A Crisis in the Shadows: Public Health Outcomes and Barriers to Care for Children of North Korean Defectors in China," Frontiers in Public Health, 13 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Examining the Potential Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Statelessness Determination from a Human Rights Perspective," International Human Rights Law Review, Advance Articles, 10 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

-  Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (3 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"After statehood recognition, Palestinians stuck in limbo in Norway," Context News, 10 Oct. 2025 [text]

Breaking the cycle of statelessness among Roma in Albania (ENS Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

The Resurgence of Large-scale Deprivation of Nationality: The Case of Kuwait (OpinioJuris, Oct. 2025) [text]

Session on Statelessness in the European Parliament (Apatride Network, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statelessness in Norway: 10 Facts (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

States Party to the Statelessness Conventions (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [access]

 - Note: The infographic is current as of 21 October 2025.

Trump’s Citizenship Revocation Initiative: Resurrecting Cold War Mechanisms in Contemporary Context (RLI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

UNHCR Convenes Private Sector to support Thailand’s Journey Toward Making Statelessness History (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Who makes belonging possible? Community-led action to end Roma statelessness in Montenegro (ENS Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Protecting the rights of stateless Palestinians in the UK, 23 Oct. 2025 [access]

Will Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness?, 29 Oct. 2025 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (9 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (9 Oct. 2025)

Opportunities: More Nov. 2025 & New Dec. 2025

Course: March 2026 Intake of MA Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, Univ. of London [info]

- The application process for the next group of online students is now open.

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2025: Migration and displacement: My grandmother, Lausanne, and some lessons for the present, Oxford, 5 November 2025 [info]

CFP: Target journal is Migration Studies or similar [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Rethinking (Arab) Diasporas and Critical Mobilities after 2011." Submit abstracts by 12 November 2025.

RSC seminar series: Michaelmas Term 2025, Oxford, 12 November 2025-3 December 2025 [info]

- The series continues with the next seminar scheduled for 12 November 2025 on "Cities of refuge in an age of displacements."

Seminar: The Politics of Education and Hope in Forced Migration: Journeys of Syrian Young People Across the World, Oxford, 13 November 2025 [info]

Call for registration: 14th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Nairobi, 17-21 November 2025 [info]

- This year's theme is "Protecting the Integrity of the Refugee and Migration Systems."

Seminar: Law unbound? Asylum and migration law in the UK post-Brexit, Oxford, 18 November 2025 [info]

CFP: Anti-Trafficking Review [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Care Work, Intimate Labour, Migration, and Exploitation." The submission deadline is 1 December 2025.

Call for posters: Center on Forced Displacement Annual Conference 2026, Boston, 13-14 April 2026 [info]

- The submission deadline is 1 December 2025.

Seminar: Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime, London, 9 December 2025 [info]

CFP: The Refugee Convention at 75: Perspectives Within and Beyond, Oslo, 22-23 June 2026 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 15 December 2025.

High-level meeting: Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025, Geneva, 15-17 December 2025 [info]

- Additional details are provided here.

Webinar: Breaking down barriers: Lifelong learning for diverse groups of refugees and migrants in cities, 17 December 2025 [info]

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics/Frontiers in Political Science [info]

- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Exploring Participatory and Creative Methodologies in Migration Research." Submit manuscripts by 28 December 2025.

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More Oct. & Nov. 2025

FYI: Email Newsletter Excluded a Post

My latest "Round-up of OA Articles Published by Global South Authors" did not end up being included in Friday's email newsletter. You can view it here, however, so please check it out!

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 November 2025, while Part 2 lists additional October 2025 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

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

"The Reality of Migration and Asylum in the Maghreb Countries: Trying to Understand through Statistical Data," Journal of El-Hikma for Philosophical Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Algeria

Diamond OA:

"Amazon, Humanitarian Crisis and Logistics: The Military Intervention of Venezuelan Migration in Brazil as a War of Conquest," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025)

- Author = Brazil

"Análisis cuantitativo del autoempleo entre refugiados reasentados en Canadá," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025)

- Author = Mexico

"Borders without Belonging: Statelessness, Displacement, and Human Insecurity in Post-Handover Bakassi," Brazilian Journal of African Studies = Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos, vol. 10, no. 19 (Jan.-June 2025)

- Author = Nigeria

"Does the Parent’s Country of Origin Have Any Responsibility for an Undocumented Child? Case Study: Undocumented Children of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Malaysia," Innovation in the Social Sciences, Advance Articles, 2 Sept. 2025

- Authors (4) = Indonesia

"Immunisation Coverage among Refugee Afghan Children in Islamic Republic of Iran," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 31, no. 8 (2025)

- Authors (5) = Iran

"Refuse to Let Die: Humanitarian Pastoral Powers and Biopolitical Resistance on the U.S.-Mexico Border," Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2024)

- Author = Lebanon

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.

"Associations of Psychological Distress, Alcohol and Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviour in Forcibly Displaced Persons and Migrants in Nigeria," Conflict and Health, 19:65 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (17) = Nigeria 

- APC = USD 3290

"Barriers and Facilitators to Mental Health Service Utilisation among Refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda: A Qualitative Study," BMC Psychiatry, 25:925 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (18) = Uganda (17, incl. lead), Somalia (1)

- APC = USD 3290

"Characterization of International Migration Movements Toward Chile: A Scoping Review of Scientific Articles and Official Reports," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025)

- Authors (9) = Chile (7, incl. lead), Spain (2)

- APC = USD 3040

"The Climate Exodus: A Multivariate Analysis of Migration Drivers in Northern Bangladesh," Environmental Research: Climate, vol. 4, no. 4 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 675 (for Group B: lower middle-income countries)

- Note: The publisher of this journal has exceptionally waived APCs for articles published before the end of 2025.

"Climate Induced Migration and Internal Displacement in Rural India," Discover Environment, 3:169 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (3) = India

- APC = USD 1390

"Climate-induced Migration and Climate Immobility in Ghana: A Socio-ecological Mixed Method Study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025)

- Author = Ghana

- APC = USD 3040

"A Comparative Analysis Between the Rohingyas and Urdu-speaking Population in Bangladesh: Repatriation or Statelessness?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 Sept. 2025

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

- APC = CHF 725 (conceptual analysis article)

"Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Syrian Refugee Women and Girls in Lebanon: Knowledge, Symptoms, and Health-seeking Behaviors," BMC Women's Health, 25:477 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (11) = Lebanon (8, incl. lead), Lebanon/Saudi Arabia (1), Lebanon/Ireland (1), UK/Lebanon (1)

- APC = USD 2890

"Determinants of Health Information Seeking Behavior among People at Risk of Statelessness in Ghana," Scientific Reports, 15: 33532 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Ghana (2, incl. lead), Hong Kong (1)

- APC = USD 2690

"Economic Factors Influencing Utilization of World Health Organization Recommended ANC Visits among Women in Jordan: An Analysis of Jordan Population and Family Health Survey 2023," Archives of Public Health, 83:251 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (10) = Sierra Leone (lead), US (1), Uganda (7), Sudan (1)

- APC = USD 2990

"Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Depression Severity among Women in Informal Settlements of Uganda," BMC Psychology, 13:1054 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (8) = US (4, incl. lead), Uganda (4)

- APC = USD 1990

"From Displacement to Hunger: How Migration Due to Conflict Affects Food Security in Yemen," PLoS One 20(10): e0333830 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Bangladesh

- ACP = USD 2382

"A G-local Call for Culturally Responsive Prevention and Care of Gender-Based Violence against Women Migrants and Refugees," Frontiers in Sociology, 29 Sept. 2025

- Author = Morocco

- APC = CHF 450 (opinion article)

"Healthcare Access among Sub-Saharan Migrants and Refugees in Tunisia: An Interpretative Qualitative Study," BMC Medicine, 23:547 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (12) = Tunisia/Spain (2, incl. lead), Tunisia (4), Morocco (1), UK (3), Spain/Sweden/Tunisia (1), Spain (1)

- APC = USD 4190

"Regular vs. Irregular Migration from Indian Punjab: Evaluating Socio-economic Contexts, Economic Gains and Developmental Effects," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:79 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (4) = India

- APC = USD 1490

"The Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects," Discover Global Society, 3:103 (Sept. 2025)

 Authors (3) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 1390

"Vulnerabilities of Climate Change-induced Displacement and Migration in South Asia," Discover Global Society, 3:115 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 1390

"'Where will we find them?' They are just like droppings: Perceptions of Health Care Workers Regarding Access to Health Promotion among Urban Migrants in Botswana," BMC Health Services Research, 25:1232 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Botswana

- APC = USD 3290

Hybrid OA:

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

"Intent Versus Impact: Is the Choice Between Encampment and Out-of-Camp a Factual Hard Policy Dilemma?," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 24 Oct. 2025

- Authors (3) = Ethiopia (2, incl. lead), Netherlands (1)

- APC = USD 3400

"Interconnected Experiences of Violence: Exploring the Nexus of Sexual Violence, Migration, and Asylum Plans for People on the Move (PoM) in Latin America," Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, vol. 6, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (11) = Mexico (8, incl. lead), Geneva (2), Brazil (1)

- APC = not provided

"The Polysemy of Solidarity in Migrant Transnational Engagements: Synergies of In-Kind and Social Remittances from Uruguayans in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2025

- Author = Argentina

- APC = USD 4390

Books/Book chapters:

"Acceding to the Refugee Convention: Indonesia’s Persistent Reluctance," Chapter in Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law (Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025)

- Author = Indonesia

"Migration, Security, and the State: A Critical Review of the Securitisation of Migration in Africa," Chapter in Security-Development Nexus in Africa: Progress Towards the Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals (UJ Press, Oct. 2025)

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

"Universities and UNHCR: Teaching International Refugee Law in Pakistan," Chapter in Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law (Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Norway (lead), Pakistan (1)

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 28 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Asylum Interviews in the UK: The Problem of Evidence and the Possibility of Applied Anthropology," Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale, vol. 33, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Between Solidarity and Anxiety: Populist Radical Right Narratives on Ukrainian Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe," Government and Opposition, FirstView, 6 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Blocking Migration: The Underside of European Politics," Populations, vol. 1, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Differences by gender and origin in the representation of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in the Spanish press (2002–2022)," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 12, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Law enforcement agents at European borders: perceptions of migration, and the networked and relational exercise of discretion in policy implementation," Political Research Exchange: An ECPR Journal, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"The polysemy of solidarity in migrant transnational engagements: synergies of in-Kind and social remittances from Uruguayans in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Proposal of the European Commission for a Return Regulation: balancing effective return policy and fundamental rights protection of the migrant," ERA Forum, Latest Articles, 24 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"The ties that bind and break: a natural experiment on the role of (in)stability in local and transnational social ties for loneliness among refugees," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (31 Oct. 2025) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Aid workers who support migrants on trial in Italy and Tunisia (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

Displacement, Emplacement, and Reintegration: IDP Experiences in Ukraine, 2014-2021 (RID Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"European Commission delays decision on asylum seeker quotas," Euronews, 14 Oct. 2025 [text]

- Note: The European Annual Asylum and Migration Report (EAAMR) referenced in the article was supposed to have been issued on 15 October 2025. See also related EC's description of "Implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum."

Forgotten Displacement: The Struggles of Internally Displaced Persons in Serbia (RID Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"German media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners," DW, 20 Oct. 2025 [text]

Legal Walls, Silent Violations: How Germany and Greece Are Quietly Redefining EU Asylum Norms (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Netherlands to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

"The Pact for the Mediterranean," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 23 Oct. 2025 [text]

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

Reports:

All Packed-Up and Ready? Assessment of the State of Play on Pact Implementation, Policy Note, no. 49 (ECRE, Oct. 2025) [text]

EU Migration and Asylum at a Crossroads: Planning for Uncertainty (European Policy Centre, Oct. 2025) [text]

Fortress in the Sand: EU Externalisation Policies and Trans-Saharan Migration Routes (Médecins Sans Frontières, Oct. 2025) [text]

The importance of refugees and their descendants for understanding population heterogeneity, Stockholm Research Reports in Demography, no. 24 (Stockholm Univ., Oct. 2025) [text]

Protracted Displacement and Precarious Housing: Access to Adequate and Affordable Accommodation in Ukraine (IOM, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Synthesis of evaluative evidence on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine (IASC et al., Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Comments on the European Commission’s Proposal to Amend the Safe Third Country Concept (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (10 Oct. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (10 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Applying the HDP Nexus Approach to better respond to Forced Displacement (GIZ & UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- "Field missions and follow-ups were conducted in Mexico, Mauritania, and Mozambique. Desk-based research covered Niger, Ethiopia, and Uganda."

Coordination in Transition: How NGOs are Navigating and Adapting beyond the IASC (ICVA, Oct. 20250 [text]

Global Protection Update: Protection in a Prioritised Humanitarian Response (Global Protection Cluster, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Complementarity: Rebalancing Power for a People-Centred System – “As local as possible, as international as necessary” (ICVA, Oct. 20250 [text]

A lifeline at risk: food assistance at a breaking point (WFP, Sept. 2025) [text]

UNHCR Guidelines on Localization: Engaging and Partnering with Local and National Actors (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

- See also related executive summary.

Journal articles:

Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, including five contributions to a debate on "Future of humanitarian and development aid" which are all either freely available or open access. Note: These articles are also part of the virtual issue on "Critical perspectives on the future of aid."  

Voice Out Loud, no. 39 (Sept. 2025) [full-text] 

- Issue theme is "The Challenge of Humanitarian Communication: Bridging Principles and Public Perception."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (31 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1

Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel:

A year-long Australian-led endeavor came to fruition at the UN when a global declaration to protect aid workers was launched on 22 September 2025 with 100+ states signing on. Learn more from this post on The Conversation and SBS News podcast interview with the Australian Red Cross.

Short pieces:

A critical step toward saving lives: helping humanitarian workers respond to substance use with empathy and care (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

False economies: why underfunding local humanitarian actors puts everyone at risk (ODI Insights, Oct. 2025) [text]

Global Fragility Act 2.0? Amid a Possible Bipartisan Revival, a Chance to Make U.S. Peace Efforts More Effective (Just Security, Oct. 2025) [text]

The legal reform needed to match Australia’s global humanitarian promises (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Resets, Grand Bargains, and what they say about humanitarian reform," Inklings Newsletter (27 Oct. 2025) [text]

"Three humanitarian takeaways from UN80 reform plans," Inklings Newsletter (3 Oct. 2025) [text]

Why Humanitarian Evidence Summaries are Essential in Turbulent Times (K4DD Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Remaking humanitarianism: Dispatches from the future, 25 Sept. 2025 [access]

Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series (The New Humanitarian, Sept. & Oct. 2025)

- Two recent episodes focus on "Rethinking UNGA" and "How to make people care? Emergency aid’s marketing problem." 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (24 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

"Belize signs ‘safe third country’ agreement as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown," PBS Newshour, 21 Oct. 2025 [text]

Displacement in Haiti Reaches Record High as 1.4 Million People Flee Violence (IOM, Oct. 2025) [text]

Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Tapachula: Once a transit hub, now a dead-end border town (MSF, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Mexico.

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports:

Canadian public opinion about immigration and refugees (Environics Institute & Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Oct. 2025) [access]

Internal Displacement in Ecuador: Establishing a Baseline on the Impact of Violence and Internal Displacement in Ecuador (2022–2024) - Executive Summary (Defensoría del Pueblo de Ecuador & UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Migración extracontinental en tránsito por las Américas: caracterización, necesidades y retos (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Amazon, humanitarian crisis and logistics: the military intervention of Venezuelan migration in Brazil as a war of conquest," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025) [open access]

"Beyond Cooperation: The Role of Origin Countries in Deportation Efforts, Evidence from Mexico (1942 to 1964)," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission, 14 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Characterization of international migration movements toward Chile: A scoping review of scientific articles and official reports," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025) [open access]

"Proving Fear: the corporeal witness and its role in asylum seeking," Journal of Somaesthetics, vol. 11, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on "Central American asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border."

"Refuse to Let Die: Humanitarian Pastoral Powers and Biopolitical Resistance on the U.S.-Mexico Border," Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (13 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2

Reports:

Bangladesh Migration Snapshot Report 2024 (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Crisis Compounded: Afghanistan’s Returnees Face an Escalating Water Emergency (Mercy Corps, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Displaced (NTU Singapore, Oct. 2025) [access]

- "A collection of feature stories and three documentaries capturing the courage, loss, and resilience of Myanmar refugees along the Thai-Myanmar border. The students’ work reflects the realities they witnessed during their 12-day trip to Mae Sot, a Thai border town that shelters tens of thousands of displaced people from Myanmar." On this page, scroll to view text of book, photos and videos.

Displacement, democracy and development: an alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation (United Against Inhumanity & United Nations Association – UK, Sept. 2025) [text]

Kazakhstan: Migration Data Mapping Report (International Organization for Migration, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mapping Social Cohesion 2025 (Scanlon Foundation Research Institute, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Australia. See also recording of related webinar.

The Responsibility of Host Countries to Protect Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution: Examples from South and Southeast Asia (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Oct. 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

"A comparative analysis between the Rohingyas and Urdu-speaking population in Bangladesh: Repatriation or Statelessness?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"The Curious Case of Bhasan Char: Island Relocation and the Politics of Refugee Containment in the 'Global South': The Case of Bangladesh," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission, 14 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"The Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh: challenges and prospects," Discover Global Society, 3:103 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (30 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began," The Guardian, 1 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Australia deports first foreign detainees to Nauru in controversial deal," BBC News, 28 Oct. 2025 [text]

- See also related RCOA media release.

Between Recognition and Repatriation: Why the Rohingya Crisis Remains Unsettled (RLI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

China: No Letup in Forced Returns to North Korea (HRW, Oct. 2025) [text]

Fleeing Necessity: Rethinking Criminal Exemptions for Refugees Under Thai Jurisprudence (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Rohingya Refugees and Their Crises in Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Conference on Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

- See also related NGO statement.

UNHCR in the Philippines: Five Decades of Protection, Hope and Humanity (UN, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (4 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"Aid cuts and elections: How the humanitarian rollback has caused 'chaos' in Cameroon," The New Humanitarian, 13 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Around four million people displaced across Africa’s Sahel, UN warns," Al Jazeera, 10 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Burkina Faso rejects proposal to accept deportees from the US," AP News, 10 Oct. 2025 [text]

Crisis in eastern DRC: The Congolese government and M23 rebels in a standoff over migration (African Arguments, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Dadaab refugees decry divisive and unfair food aid cuts," The New Humanitarian, 22 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Liberia agrees to accept wrongly deported migrant Abrego, US says," Reuters, 24 Oct. 2025 [text]

Making a Case for Aid: Less Donor-Curated Visibility, More Redistribution of Narrative Power (African Arguments, Oct. 2025) [text]

"'Remember we exist', refugees in Malawi say as aid is slashed," The New Humanitarian, 20 Oct. 2025 [text]

Rethinking Refugee Differentiated Assistance Model: Refugees’ Struggle for Survival in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, Turkana County, Kenya (RLI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Sudan’s displaced are in homes, not just camps – and aid keeps missing them," The New Humanitarian, 15 Oct. 2025 [text]

UNHCR announces closure of its Southern Africa Bureau as part of realignment review (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Basic Service Assessment and Socio-Economic Profiling in Kebribeyah, Somali Region, Ethiopia - Final Report (UNHCR, June 2025) [text]

"Credibility and/or anxiety: The moderators of political information on migration," Social Science Research, vol. 132 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on a European migration information campaign that was aimed at Nigerians.

"Intent Versus Impact: Is the Choice Between Encampment and Out-of-Camp a Factual Hard Policy Dilemma?," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 24 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Ethiopia.

"Migration, Security, and the State: A Critical Review of the Securitisation of Migration in Africa," Chapter in Security-Development Nexus in Africa: Progress Towards the Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals (UJ Press, Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Mission Impossible? Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the 'Congo Crisis', 1960–1964," Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Emergency Media Briefing on the Dire Situation in El Fasher, North Darfur, 28 Oct. 2025 [access]

- See also related statement and UNHCR briefing note.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (8 Oct. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (8 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Reports & book chapters:

Jurisprudence on LGBTIQ Applicants in International Protection, Fact Sheet, no. 39 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2025) [text]

LGBTIQ Applicants in Asylum and Reception Systems, Fact Sheet, no. 38 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Nature-Based Social Prescribing with LGBTQIA+ Asylum Seekers and Refugees: A Feasibility Study Using ‘Friends in Nature’," Chapter in Social Connection in Everyday Spaces (Bristol Univ. Press, Oct. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Journal articles:

"Decoding Sexual Orientation in Refugee Status Determination: The Influence of Accounts of Emotions on Decision-Making in Sweden," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"The (dis)advantages of (in)visibility: an analysis of the role of sexual orientation and gender identity in recent flows of forced migrants to Brazil," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:67 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Feeling Queer in Translation: Credibility and (dis)order in the Asylum Process," Social Text (Forthcoming) [postprint]

- Focuses on Greece.

"'Forced' Refugees versus 'Voluntary' Migrants: Deconstructing a Binary through SOGIESC Claims of Asylum," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 37, no. 2 (June 2025) [postprint]

- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 23 July 2026.

"‘How would you define your sexuality?’ analyzing the questions asked in official asylum interviews with sexual minorities," Psychology, Crime & Law, Latest Articles, 18 Sept. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Queer Iranians in Iran and in exile: Negotiating identity following forced migration," Routed Magazine (July 2025) [text]

"Seeing it first-hand: interpreters’ insights from working with LGBTIQA+ individuals settling in Australia," Frontiers in Communication, 23 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Multimedia:

The aid sector’s LGBTQI+ blindspot (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, 2 Oct. 2025) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (30 Aug. 2025)