Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Cessation and the ‘temporary turn’ in asylum law and practice," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Changing tracks in the map of migration and asylum law: an analysis of (im)mobility across multiple legal statuses within the ‘transit migration’ phenomenon," International Journal of Law in Context, FirstView, 17 June 2026 [open access]

"Countries Are Pushing Borders Outward to Expand Deterrence and Protection Alike," Migration Information Source, 18 June 2026 [text]

"Credibility as a fuzzy concept in refugee law: a systematic literature review," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 11 (2026) [free full-text]

"A Duty from a Bygone Era? On UNHCR’s Promotion of New Accessions to the Refugee Convention," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 6 June 2026 [open access]

"Solidarity and Accountability: Can the Global Compact on Refugees Enforce Refugee Protection Obligations?," Journal of African Law, FirstView, 28 May 2026 [open access]

"'Standing on the shoulders of giants': the relationship between the African and global refugee conventions," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (3 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

At 75, the Refugee Convention is under attack, Ghezelbash warns (UNSW, June 2026) [text]

From territorial to transnational asylum: new directions in the quest for refugee protection (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Shifting the Epistemological Compass: The Decolonial Mandate for Refugee Law (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Symposium on the 1951 Refugee Convention at 75: Introduction (OpinioJuris, June 2026) [access]

- Provides background on the refugee convention and introduces/links to the nine contributions to the symposium. 

New open access book:

Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access] 

- "The first part focuses on the visa as an instrument for migration control, contextualizing the rationale behind its invention and the legal challenges it raises. The second part focuses on the visa as a tool for asylum, examining its use for humanitarian purposes, including resettlement schemes and emergency-related evacuation initiatives put in place in different legal systems." Part 1 focuses on the EU, while Part 2 examines visa regimes in other countries.

Reports:

Criminalisation and Constraint of Humanitarian Action at Sea, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 48 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Non-State Actors of Protection and Refugee Status: Interpreting Articles 1A(2) and 1C of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 47 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

[Note: The complete set of papers in the a/m series can be accessed on both UNHCR's and Refworld's websites.]

Refugee Definitions in National Laws: A global compilation based on UNHCR’s Refugee Treaty and Legislation Dashboard and Refworld (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- "This compilation of refugee definitions in national laws is published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to bring together the definition of a refugee as reflected in national legislation across 130 countries and territories, as well as the European Union. It is intended to provide a practical and authoritative reference point for understanding how international and regional standards have been incorporated, adapted and applied in domestic legal systems."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (26 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (26 May 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Asylum and Forced Displacement in the EU Enlargement Process: Contributions to inform the European Commission 2026 Enlargement Package in the area of asylum (ECRE, June 2026) [text]

A common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the European Union (European Parliament, June 2026) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, June-July 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Romania.

Criminalising Asylum in Ireland: Prosecuting Asylum-Seekers without a Valid Passport or Equivalent Document (Irish Refugee Council & Maynooth University, May 2026) [text via Refworld]

UNHCR recommendations to the Dutch Government (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"'Access Gaps as Drivers of Vulnerability'—Access to social services for refugees through the lens of vulnerability: An intersectional analysis in Türkiye," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Alternatives to Return: An Ideal-Typical Categorization of State Responses to Non-Repatriated Irregular Migrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Rebuilding home on 'hot ground': spiritual obligation and the decision to return to Srebrenica," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"The role of medical evidence certifying PTSD for legal outcomes in Swedish asylum cases 2016–2020," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 404 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"A spatial analysis of secondary movements and desertification in EU asylum governance," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 25 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Chișinău Declaration in the Data: Non-Refoulement and States’ Insatiable Appetite for a Restrained Court (EJIL: Talk Blog, June 2026) [text]

Commission proposes to extend temporary protection of people fleeing Ukraine for an additional year (European Commission, June 2026) [text]

Externalising Return: The Austria–Uzbekistan Migration Agreement and the Future of EU Return Governance (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

*The Future of Reintegration Is a Key Missing Piece in Europe’s Focus on Returns (MPI, June 2026) [text]

IOM-UNHCR: EU Pact offers hope for better migration management and fairer asylum systems (June 2026) [text]

Myths & Realities about Return Hubs under the Return Regulation (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, June 2026) [text]

New migration and asylum rules enter into application: what is changing? (European Commission, June 2026) [text]

Refugee Protection in the unique context of Northern Ireland: an introduction (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

- New blog series.

UN Human Rights Chief concerned about new EU returns law, urges consistency with human rights and refugee law (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

Why public attitudes to immigration don't respond to falling migration (LSE British Politics Blog, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

New open access books:

Fragmented Lives in Times of War: Displacement within and from Ukraine (transcript Publishing, June 2026) [open access]

- "What are the challenges faced by forced migrants within and from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion? The interdisciplinary contributors shed light on the lives of displaced persons, which are divided ‒ in terms of time, space, and social context ‒ into a 'before' and 'after' the war. They analyse the uncertainties faced by war migrants and those who have decided to remain in Ukraine, and how people navigate these uncertainties in everyday life. The volume presents case studies from various European countries that make an important contribution to the growing literature on forced migration from Ukraine and provides new insights into the under-researched areas of internal displacement and voluntary immobility in Ukraine."

Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access] 

- "This book explores and discusses the different perspectives stemming from the visa as a tool of international mobility. A visa has a multifaced nature. It is a 'key' which allows foreign nationals to reach the door of the State. It is also a tool for the State to govern migration and border control. In humanitarian and international protection terms, it is also a tool for human rights protection. Against this background, this book assesses the legal and socio-political implications arising from the multipurpose nature and scope of visas. It is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the visa as an instrument for migration control, contextualizing the rationale behind its invention and the legal challenges it raises. The second part focuses on the visa as a tool for asylum, examining its use for humanitarian purposes, including resettlement schemes and emergency-related evacuation initiatives put in place in different legal systems." Part 1 focuses particularly on the EU.

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (9 June 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (9 June 2026)

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Refugee law-making, state sovereignty and the paradox of non-independent territories [abstract]
• The changing landscape of immigration detention in Australia: preventive ‘crimmigration’ and the legislative response to NZYQ [open access]
• A more just social group test for the US [abstract]
• The removal of international protection as a process of administrative rebordering [abstract]

In addition, readers will find freely available case law summaries; two book reviews; and the following items from the 76th session of UNHCR's Executive Committee meeting: 1) Opening remarks by the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection; 2) the High Commissioner's opening statement; and 3) the text of the Note on International Protection.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Issue of JRS & Opportunity

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 2, June 2026 include:

• Waiting out the crisis: a strategy for resisting displacement in Burundi [open access]
• The role of collective hypervisibility in everyday lives of refugees: the Syrian refugee hubs in metropolitan areas of Turkey [abstract]
• ‘I needed this journey’: home visits in wartime as transformative events [open access]
• Jonathan, a refugee who wants to be a Black Korean [abstract]
• Refuge by ‘technical’ means: humanitarianism, bureaucratic asylum, and the politics of refracted mandates in postcolonial India (1947–1981) [open access]
• ‘Uganda likes refugees too much’: domestic narratives on refugee protection [abstract]
• Reproductive health injustice in internally displaced persons camps in Nigeria [abstract]
• Telling the gendered story: the construction of migrant subjectivities in UNHCR’s animated information campaign [open access]
• Ambivalent intersectional solidarity: Berlin’s LGBTIQ+ civil society alliances during the war in Ukraine [open access]
• Art, agency, and access: refugee experiences and resistance in the context of EU’s migration management [open access]
• Field reflections from training Finnish asylum officials [open access]

Two reviews are also included.

Separately, JRS has announced a call for contributions to a special issue on "Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 July 2026.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for a two-part posting of new book titles. Part 1 highlights new books due out in July 2026, while Part 2 lists additional June 2026 titles as well as new open access books.

Admin: Summer Break

This blog will be quiet for a couple of weeks or so.

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Event report: Assessing the Implications of Uganda's Shift from Group Status Refugee Recognition (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, June 2026) [text]

The long horizon of displacement in Eastern and Southern Africa (UNHCR Data Insight, June 2026) [text]

- "Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for a median period of almost 16 years... ." See also related press release.

Migration: why this policy field is emerging as a priority in Liberia (African Arguments, June 2026) [text]

Migration in Somalia: People on the Move ( Blog On the Move, May 2026) [text]

Research Findings Verification Workshop: Legal Frameworks for Refugees/Asylum Seekers and Children on the Move in Malawi (Blog On the Move, May 2026) [text]

Statement by the Regional Women-Led Organizations Support Platform for the Sudan Situation (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

US-Africa migrant deals ramp up as government transparency fails (ISS Today, May 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Economies of Care: Return Migration from South Africa to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Berghahn Books, June 2026) [open access]

- "Crises and displacement have shaped practices and relations of care among Zimbabwean migrants and their families upon their return from South African urban areas. Through ethnographic research primarily in Bulawayo, Economies of Care addresses the intersection of kinship, state functions and migration in sustaining livelihoods amidst Zimbabwe's economic and political instability. It offers an in-depth analysis of how bureaucratic and intimate care structures intertwine, making it an essential resource for scholars of migration, anthropology and African studies."

Reports & journal articles:

The African Review, vol. 53, no. 3 (June 2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugees, Displacement and the Politics of Belonging in Tanzania." The editorial is freely available.

"Care and Politics in Action: The Humanitarian Relief by Somali Businesswomen in Zambia to Puntland," Africa Spectrum, OnlineFirst, 4 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Regional Trends: Forced Displacement in West and Central Africa (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

"'Standing on the shoulders of giants': the relationship between the African and global refugee conventions," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (27 May 2026)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (27 May 2026)

New Issues of African Rev., Diasporas, IMR, Intl. Migr., J. Intercult. Stud., JEMS, Melbourne Asia Rev., Migr. Stud., REMHU, Torture J.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

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*The African Review, vol. 53, no. 3 (June 2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugees, Displacement and the Politics of Belonging in Tanzania." The editorial is freely available.

Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 45 (2026) [open access]

- Thematic dossier on "Chercher refuge au-delà de l’Europe: Réfugiés, migrants et exilés européens au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (xixe-xxe siècles) = Seeking Refuge Beyond Europe. European Refugees, Migrants and Exilees in the Middle East and North Africa, 19th and 20th centuries."

International Migration (2026) [access]

- Special collection on "Digitised Migration: Entangled and Uneven Landscapes." The introduction is freely available and six articles are open access.

International Migration (2026) [access]

- Special collection on "Imagining Migratory Futures: The Transnational Chain of Actors in Migration Information Campaigns Between Africa and Europe.” The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

International Migration, vol. 64, no. 3 (May 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with five that are open access.

*International Migration Review, vol. 60, no. 2 (June 2026) [contents]

- Features a special collection on "The Rippling Effects of European Migration Governance in Africa," and sub-sections on "Migrant Education and Human Capital" and "Migration Research Across the Asian Continent."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 11 (2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is freely available and eight that are open access.

Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 47, no. 2 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Borderscapes: The de/construction of borders as an everyday practice." The introduction is freely available and three articles are open access.

Melbourne Asia Review, no. 26 (2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "Statelessness in Asia."

Migration Studies (2025-26) [access]

- Special collection on "Mobile Temporalities and Political Possibilities." Two articles are open access. See also this related Boston University post.

Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 12 that are open access.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 34 (2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles in either English, Portuguese or Spanish.

Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 36, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

The Invisible Tide: Why Climate Policy Must Address the Unspoken Losses of Coastal Youth (RID Blog, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on India.

Refugees innovating for inclusive climate action (UNHCR Innovation, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Zimbabwe.

Reports & journal articles:

"Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration – Implications on Poverty and Household Food Security in Southern Africa," Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 61, no. 2 (March 2026) [ResearchGate]

"Climate-Induced Exile in Latin America: Intersectionality, Refugee Women, and the Dynamics of Conflict and Negotiation," Histories, vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Constrained agency of island and coastal communities facing climate displacement," Forced Migration Review, no. 76 Plus (June 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Indonesia and the Philippines.

"From conflict to climate crisis: How wars shape the future environment," Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 408 (May 2026) [open access]

"From Temporary Climate-Induced Displacement to Permanent Urban Settlement in Pakistan," Migration Information Source, 4 June 2026 [text]

Readiness Assessment of UNHCR’s Focus Area Strategic Plan for Climate Action, EVO/2026/03 (UNHCR, April 2026) [access]

- Follow link for text and summary.

Resource:

Practical Toolkit on Climate Change and Disaster Displacement: Training Materials for Decision-makers and Practitioners (Kaldor Centre, May 2026) [access]

- "These training materials are for decision-makers and practitioners working on international protection claims involving the impacts of climate change and disasters. They accompany the Practical Toolkit on International Protection in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters. The short training video and additional training materials below are intended for use by individuals and organizations seeking to better understand when, and how, international refugee and human rights law apply to people displaced in this context."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (22 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for participants: #IAW2026: Why Humanitarian Archives Matter—and Why They Are at Risk [info]

- Links to the Humanitarian Archives Emergency survey.

Workshops: Participatory Sense-Making Workshop on Humanitarian Archives, Records & Datasets, Amman/Bangkok/Bogota/Dakar/Nairobi, July-September 2026 [info]

- Apply by 15 June 2026.

Webinar: The politics of selective visibility: Narratives, knowledge production, and entrenched biases of migration stories, 24 June 2026 [info]

CFP: Journal of Refugee Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on “Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement.” Submit abstracts by 31 July 2026.

Short pieces:

"Cash-strapped UN refugee agency to cut more jobs, even as crises mount," Reuters, 18 May 2026 [text]

UNHCR welcomes new appointments to senior leadership team (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Alert 2026! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding (Escola de Cultura de Pau, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Also available in Spanish.

Conflict trends: A global overview, 1946–2025 (PRIO, June 2026) [text]

Global Peace Index 2026 (Institute for Economics and Peace, June 2026) [access via ReliefWeb]

*Global Report 2025 (UNHCR, June 2026) [access]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Children and Families’ Experiences with Document Portability, Security and Verification During Forced Migration," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Afghans, Syrians and Ukrainians in Türkiye, Poland, and Canada.

"Displacement-affectedness: a moral economy lens to examine protracted displacement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Lebanon, and Pakistan.

Handbook on International Migration and Social Networks (Edward Elgar, May 2026) 

- The introduction and final chapter are freely avaialable.

"Resilience and coping behavior among war refugees from diverse ethnic backgrounds," Discover Psychology, 6:137 (May 2026) [open access]

"Time in refugee studies: a conceptual literature review and prospects from a social theory lens," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:16 (June 2026) [open access]

Resource:

Protection and Assistance Services Along Mixed and Onward Movement Routes (UNHCR, IOM & ICVA) [access]

- "The tool provides a cross-regional overview of available services and urgent gaps. It aims to strengthen programme design and coordination, and to support referrals and improve planning and resource mobilization, while helping refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants access relevant, timely and tailored information, protection and assistance where they are. The plan is to gradually expand the product to other major mixed movements routes." Learn more in the joint press release.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (21 May 2026)

News: 2025 Global Trends Report Published

UNHCR launched its flagship annual Global Trends report, in advance of World Refugee Day. From the press release:

"In 2025, 5.4 million people escaped violence and persecution by fleeing to other countries. But the report showed that returns are also gathering pace; 14.7 million displaced people returned to their areas or countries of origin in 2025 (4.4 million refugees and 10.3 million internally displaced people), with a sharp increase in Afghanistan, Sudan and Syria. Refugee returns were the second highest since records began 60 years ago, though many occurred under pressure and to precarious conditions at home. Overall, the data showed that global refugee numbers declined in 2025 by 3 per cent to 41.6 million. In a positive development, nearly 46,000 stateless people acquired citizenship across 24 countries last year. ...The Global Trends report showed that more than 70 per cent of refugees and others in need of international protection originated from Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. The largest hosts of refugees and other people in need of international protection in 2025 were: Colombia (2.8 million), Germany (2.7 million), Türkiye (2.4 million), Uganda (1.9 million), Islamic Republic of Iran (1.7 million), Chad (1.5 million) and Pakistan (1.3 million). In total, data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre shows 68.6 million people were estimated as internally displaced due to conflict or violence as of end-2025, a 7 per cent decrease from end-2024... ."

This page provides additional highlights, in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, as well as access to the annexes and data set. In addition, several years of previous editions of the Global Trends report can be retrieved at the bottom of the page.

The complete text of the 2025 report is provided in English and Spanish. Moreover, a report on regional trends in West and Central Africa was also launched today.

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

The administration has detained 400,000 immigrants: What do we know about their children? (Brookings Institution, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

A Changing World: Time and the Impact of Aid Reduction on IDP Children (RID Blog, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the Philippines.

Legal Gaps in Protecting Children's Mental Health in Armed Conflicts (OpinioJuris, June 2026) [text]

What do Home Office reforms mean for refugee children growing up in poverty? (LSE British Politics Blog, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Reports:

The Office of Refugee Resettlement Needs to Improve Its Monitoring of Unlicensed Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Care Providers’ Compliance with Background Check Requirements (U.S. DHS Office of Inspector General, June 2026) [text]

When Aid Disappears, Childhoods Disappear Too - Fifteen Years of Lessons in Somalia: Why Global Solidarity Must Return in 2026 to Protect Children (Save the Children, 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Coping among Afghan Former Unaccompanied Refugee Children in the UK: A Qualitative Study Exploring Barriers and Influences Over Time," Transcultural Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 13 May 2026 [open access]

"Eroding Protections, Expanding Enforcement: Transformations in the Policies and Practices Governing the Treatment of Unaccompanied Children in the United States under the Second Trump Administration," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 4 June 2026 [full-text]

"Exposure to intimate partner violence against women and its association with experiences and perpetration of violence among children and youth in refugee camps in Ethiopia," Conflict and Health, 12 May 2026 [open access]

"'The Glucksman is like home': young asylum-seekers, belonging and the right to the city," Journal of Youth Studies, Latest Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Ireland.

"Refugee rights, family reunification, and the protection of child refugees under the Refugee Convention at 75," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

"The role of family dynamics in (return) migration aspirations among Ukrainian protection holders in Germany," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:32 (May 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (8 May 2026) 

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Event Report: National Seminar – From Vulnerability to Resilience: Assessing Security Risks and the Role of Livelihoods in Rohingya Camps (Sasakawa Peace Foundation, May 2026) [text]

"Immigration Policy or the Politics of Fear Against Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants?," Salient Magazine, 25 May 2026 [text]

- Focuses on New Zealand.

Pakistan: Mass Detention and Forced Returns of Afghans Amid Escalating Crackdown (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

Tensions in Australia's migration system: a missed opportunity for the Coalition (Pearls and Irritations, May 2026) [text]

Türk: States must halt involuntary returns to Afghanistan (OHCHR, May 2026) [text]

UNHCR, humanitarian partners ask the world not to forget Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Assessing the viability of carbon-credit-financed LED adoption in refugee camps," Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 91 (July 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.

"Cross-country analysis of negative attitudes towards immigrants and immigration in Southeast Asia: A case of Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand," Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 35, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"From hospitality to hostility: the evolutionary securitisation of Rohingya migration in Bangladesh," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 3 June 2026 [open access]

"Healthcare Access Experiences of Syrian Refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Qualitative Focus Group Study," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Latest Articles, 4 June 2026 [open access]

"Reintegrating home: economic, social and cultural challenges of return migration in South Punjab, Pakistan," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 7 May 2026 [open access]

"Targetability as Credibility: The Judiciary and Refugee Status Determination in South Korea," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 9 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (20 May 2026)

Addendum to Europe Post

I just posted a round-up of Europe-related resources yesterday (see Pt. 1 and Pt. 2), but didn't learn about the following items until today:

Handbook on European Law relating to Asylum, Borders and Immigration, 4th ed. (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, June 2026) [access]

- "This handbook provides an overview of the European legal standards relevant to asylum, borders and immigration, explaining both applicable Council of Europe and EU measures. The handbook is intended for lawyers, judges, prosecutors, border guards, immigration officials and others working with national authorities, and for national human rights institutions, non-governmental organisations and other bodies that may be confronted with legal questions in the areas covered." This new edition incorporates developments since 2020 (when the third edition was published) in EU legislation and case law from the ECtHR and EU Court of Justice.

Questions and Answers: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (Human Rights Watch, June 2026) [access]