Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Beyond ‘bad actors’: Why do some employers use irregular migrant workers? (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Disposable, but indispensable: Irregularised migrants in Europe’s labour markets (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How trade unions and employers’ associations react to irregular migrants: Variations in policy preferences across five European countries (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

Labour mobility programmes for refugees: origins, benefits and limitations (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports:

Final report of the evaluation of the implementation of UNHCR’s Southern Africa Regional Stepped-up Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Strategy (2021–2024), EVO/2025/19 (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Unlocking refugee work authorisation in Kenya: a practical framework for economic inclusion, institutional alignment, and national growth (Kenya Coalition for Refugee Economic Inclusion, March 2026) [text via NRC]

Journal articles:

"Entrepreneurial resilience of refugees in the Arctic region," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, EarlyCite, 11 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations: How Multinational Enterprises Can Drive Refugee Employment," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 24 March 2026 [open access]

"Multi-Trillion Dollar and Multi-Million Worker Contributions: An Economic Accounting of Birthright Citizenship," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026 [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Skilled personnel risk management under war-induced forced migration: implications for labor market sustainability," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 21 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

"Why Don’t They Work? Understanding the Complexity of Work Intentions Among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Meeting Labor Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection, 26 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on Europe.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (10 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Opportunity:

Seminar: International Refugee Law and the Global Compact: Where are the Women?, Online, 27 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

From Doubt to Denial: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2026 (RSC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How humanitarian aid agencies approach empowerment for refugee women (LSE Review of Books, March 2026) [text]

Sexual and reproductive healthcare: Are we failing newly-arrived refugee and asylum-seeking women? (Lens Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports:

"No One Came To My Rescue": Gang rape, sexual slavery, and mass displacement of women in Oromia, Ethiopia (Amnesty International, March 2026) [access]

Seeking Safety from War: Violence and rights abuses against women from Ukraine (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"Double immobility: Syrian refugee women navigating the voluntary and forced marriage binary in Egypt," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 9 (2025) [postprint]

- Note: The embargo period for accessing this article has now ended.

"Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Includes a focus section on "Vulnerabilità legate al genere: nuove sfide per la tutela di migranti e richiedenti asilo = Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers"; the introduction is in English, while other contributed articles are in either English, Italian or Spanish.

"Refugee Camps as Contested Gendered Spaces: Afghan Women's Liminality, Inequality, and Agency in Germany," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 2 (March 2026) [open access]

"Social determinants of postpartum depression among refugees and internally displaced women in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study," Scientific Reports, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Understanding barriers for refugees and migrants when accessing abortion care in Europe: a scoping review," BMC Public Health, 21 March 2026 [open access]

"Walking with Afghan women: using mobile methods to understand differentiated embedding within different places across England," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Legal Training and Workshop: Enhancing Asylum Claims on the basis of Gender-Based Violence, 4 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (24 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (24 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Event Report: Regional Organizations, Localized Knowledge and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Global Refugee Regime (LERRN, March 2026) [text]

Refugee research, policy and practice: some frequently asked questions (LERRN Blog, updated March 2026) [text]

The sea as silent witness: Toward a community of care in maritime refugee research (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

95th Standing Committee Meeting, Geneva, 24-26 March 2026 [access]

- Follow link for English- and French-language meeting documents, remarks/oral updates and presentations. See also related NGO statements on ICVA's website.

Beyond Presence: Who Shapes Decisions in Global Refugee Governance? (R-SEAT, March 2026) [access via LERRN]

Into the storm: Ten years of search and rescue amid neglect, solidarity and struggle in the Central Mediterranean (SOS Méditerranée, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugees and Social Protection," Chapter in The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence and New Directions for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (MIT Press, 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Between Shelter and Housing: What Do Liberal Democracies Owe to Asylum Seekers?," Res Publica, Latest Articles, 11 March 2026 [open access]

"Food insecurity among migrants and refugees in high-income countries: a meta-analysis of observational studies," Food Security, Latest Articles, 17 March 2026 [open access]

"Humanitarian complex: the paradoxical tension of migration narrative and mapping," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:19 (March 2026) [open access]

"Norms, not just interests: public support for migrant rights protections in Europe–Africa cooperation on irregular migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [open access]

"The rise of repatriation: Global South refugees and forerunners of the International Organization for Migration in the long 1970s," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Seeking Asylum, Not Looking for Being the Scapegoat: An Ethical Analysis of the Discourse About Humans Seeking Asylum," De Ethica, vol. 9, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees, 4 March 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (6 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"Concerns raised about ‘coercive’ repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania," UN News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

- See also related joint statement and UNHCR appeal.

"US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says," Reuters, 27 Feb. 2026 [text]

- See also related article.

Reports:

Evaluation of the 'Welcome. Working for Refugee Integration' Programme, EvO/2025/10 (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Focuses on Italy. Follow link for report, evaluation brief and management response.

Measuring What Matters: Piloting a Self-Assessment by and for Forcibly Displaced Populations (Refugee Council USA, Refugee Congress & World Relief, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on integration in the US.

Resettlement under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Step Forward or a Setback?, JusGov Research Paper, no. 2026-02 (Research Centre for Justice and Governance, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Toolkit for Refugee Revetting and Adjustment of Status Interview Preparation (IRAP, Feb. 2026) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"The intimate geopolitics of hosting Ukrainian refugees in Lithuanian homes," Critique of Anthropology, vol. 46, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"Named Sponsorship and Newcomer Settlement: Insights from Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 12 March 2026 [open access]

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- "General Issue with Special Focus on Refugee Experiences of Integration in Small Communities in Canada."

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- "Special issue on "Categorization of Vulnerability in Refugee Resettlement: Policies and Practices in Scandinavia."

*"Resettling the displaced: Ottoman strategies, financial policies and social integration of Circassian refugees in Bilād al-Shām," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 13, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"War beyond borders: how military conflict in Ukraine shapes refugees’ settlement intentions abroad," European Sociological Review, Advance Articles, 5 March 2026 [open access]

"Welcome Home: Community Resilience in Hosting Ukrainian Refugees," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Latest Articles, 18 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (23 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (23 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Ali's friend died awaiting a visa. A new pathway offers hope to LGBTQI+ refugees like him," SBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Are all queer asylum-seekers created equal? (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

New open access books:

Decolonizing Queer Migration: Iranian Voices in Exile (Bristol Univ. Press, March 2026) [open access]

- "What happens to sexual and gender identities when crossing borders under duress? This book offers an unprecedented account of how forced migration shapes the lives of queer Iranian individuals. Tracing movements from Iran through transition countries to Western resettlement, the book explores how identities are expressed, negotiated, silenced, and reimagined along the way. Engaging de/postcolonial theory and participatory methods, the authors centre the voices of non-heterosexual and non-cisnormative Iranians in exile."

East African Queer and Trans Displacements (Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026) [open access]

- "Bringing together diverse case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, this open access collection serves as the first in-depth examination of queer and trans displacement in East Africa. ...The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. ...But East Africa cannot be reduced to a site from which LGBTQI+ displacement emanates. Several countries in the region act as either host countries or transit points, even as they produce LGBTQI+ refugees of their own. These complex social, political and legal dynamics make East Africa a productive site for theorising queer and trans displacement. The region offers insights into how, when and why LGBTQI+ Africans move, the social obstacles they face, and the different survival strategies they deploy."

Journal articles:

"'Aquí puedo ser yo': adolescencia migrante LGBT+ y sus procesos de transición en México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

"Archives of affective ambivalence in the governance of queer asylum," Ethnic and Racial Studies, 

Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Presumption of dishonesty: Epistemic injustice towards asylum seekers," Ethical Perspectives (Forthcoming) [postprint]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"Immigration and Deportation Attitudes: Sexuality, Economic Contributions, and Respondents’ Partisanship," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 12 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Protecting Transgender Immigrants in Donald Trump’s America: Ensuring Fair Adjudication and

Maximizing Persuasive Advocacy of Transgender Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and

Convention Against Torture (CAT) Seekers’ Claims," UCLA Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 33 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"'We need a warm hug to remind us that we are loved': a qualitative study of psychosocial health and wellbeing among lesbian forced migrants," BMC Public Health, 26:778 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden. See also related news release.

Multimedia:

Book Launch: The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge, 12 Feb. 2026 [access] 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (16 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Bridging the gap? Rethinking engagement between migration research, policies and practices, Legon, Ghana, 23-24 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

The limits of counting: What Europe misses about African mobility (MPC Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Little by little: How accessible loans are opening the door to clean cooking in Mauritania (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2026) [text]

"South Sudan power-sharing collapse drives violence and mass displacement," The New Humanitarian, 12 March 2026 [text]

State exploitation of regime fragmentation: A case study of Sudan’s weaponisation of an institutional gap in the international protection legal framework (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Ua ndege wawili kwa jiwe moja: The EAC’s Coloniality and the Refugee Question (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Tanzania.

Reports:

Equitable Access to Housing, Land, and Property: A Path to Peace and Durable Solutions in CAR (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2025 & Jan. 2026) [access]

- Follow link for the full report in French, and a briefing note and summary in English.

Evaluation of the emergency transit mechanism project in Niger, EVO/2025/15 (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French, and management response.

From ‘Scarcity to Sustainability’: Strengthening the Regional Food-Water Nexus Amid Migration Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, Research Report, no. 3 (UNU, 2025) [text]

Governing inequality: Kenya's state, aid politics and perpetual humanitarian crisis (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, March 2026) [text]

New Evidence of Starvation Crimes in Darfur (Just Security & Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, March 2026) [access]

Sudan: Hallmarks of Genocide in El-Fasher - Report of the independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/61/77 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

Disasters (2025-2026) [access]

- Special article collection on "Resilience in protracted crises: navigating uncertainty in the drylands" that explores "diverse themes and new evidence from Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia." The Editorial is freely available and five articles are open access.

"The making of a suspicious bureaucrat: role-learning and decision-making at a Schengen visa consulate in West Africa," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [open access]

"Social support coping strategies among sub-Saharan African refugees: A systematic review and meta-synthesis," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"'There is No Fixed time': Epidemic Preparedness and Relational Time Among Acholi Refugees in Uganda," Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, vol. 45, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (25 Feb. 2026)

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends [open access]
• Credible fictions: how states stage refugee governance for geopolitical gain [open access]
• Asylum access adjudication: a multi-level framework for socio-legal research [open access]
• Accountability without accounting: missing and inconsistent labeling of refugee and asylee students in state datasets [abstract]
• Digitalisation of the Finnish asylum procedure: from efficiency to procedural vulnerabilities [open access]
• The racialized, racializer, and anti-racializer: religion and the racialization of refugees in South Korea [abstract]
• Making Rafha: explaining the establishment of Saudi Arabia’s first and only refugee camp [open access]
• Perceived discrimination of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: the empowering role of refugee-led organizations [abstract]
• Forced migration and fertility: disruption and adaptation outcomes of women fleeing to Türkiye from Syria [open access]
• Constrained paths: legal status and mobility governance of Syrian refugees after the 2023 earthquakes [abstract]
• ‘The threat of forced return is the government’s last resort’: structural, cultural, and direct violence towards Syrian refugees in Lebanon [abstract]
• ‘Partial returns:’ displacement, mobility, and translocal connections in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina [open access]
• Land for refugees: sharing and exchanging in Northern Uganda [free full-text]
• ‘Chileans ex Romania’: Resettlement, Containment, and the Limits of UNHCR’s Global Ambitions during the Cold War [abstract]
• Intermediaries and opacity: understanding refugee family reunification through migration infrastructures [abstract] 
• 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 [open access]
• When the best is the enemy of the good: the ironic negotiation process of Japan’s controversial asylum amendment bill [abstract] 

Three reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

"ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it," NPR, 5 March 2026 [text]

Leveraging AI for community-based protection (UNHCR Innovation Service, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

Nothing about us, without us: Reclaiming power in an age of border technology (openDemocracy, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Visit Migration + Tech Monitor to read other openDemocracy articles published under this initiative (scroll down to view).

*What deploying AI in humanitarian response teaches us in practice (HPN, March 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Building a Different World - from the Ground Up! (Migration + Tech Monitor & Refugee Law Lab, Feb. 2026) [text]

Ethical Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Country of Origin Information (COI) (ACCORD, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also earlier related blog post.

Managing Fuzziness: Leveraging LLMs for Discovering Credibility Indicators in Asylum Cases, MOBILE Working Paper Series, no. 81 (Univ. of Copenhagen, Jan. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Deportation Theater: An Analysis of ICE’s Twitter Account," Southwestern Law Review (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"From evidence to testimony: how AI-generated images of refugees can make demands," photographies, vol. 19, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Gaining tolerance of immigrants through simulating migratory experiences: Quasi-experimental evidence from secondary school classrooms," Computers & Education, vol 249 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"The Impact of Digitalization on Asylum System Management in Mexico," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 13 March 2026 [full-text]

"Spatial Information for Border Health System Management in Stateless Persons and Migrant Working Group," Journal of Spatial Innovation Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the Thai–Lao border area.

Multimedia:

The aid sector’s techno-colonialism problem (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, Feb. 2026) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (26 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Discussion panel: Humanitarian aid at a crossroads: how to let go, London/Online, 1 April 2026 [info]

Seminar: Rethinking aid: Lessons from refugee‑led responses, Oslo/Online, 23 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

*The case for prioritising national expertise in humanitarian work (HPN, March 2026) [text]

Country-based pooled funds… the key to unlocking localised funding, or just another blunt instrument? (ODI Comment, March 2026) [text]

Drivers for the humanitarian reset (The Interpreter Blog, March 2026) [text]

Humanitarian aid at the crossroads of legitimacy (ODI Comments, March 2026) [text]

UK Aid Cuts Now Deeper than the US After Congress Pushes Back (CGD Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

**For more updates on developments in this area, sign up for one or more of The New Humanitarian's various newsletter options, as well as IHSA's weekly selection of humanitarian blog posts.

Reports: 

Advocacy Brief: Alternatives to Camp (CCCM Cluster, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Generational Collapse: Tracking the Toll of Trump’s Humanitarian Aid Cuts (Refugees International, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related NYT opinion piece and recording of a related event in the "multimedia" section below.

How underfunding local organisations' overheads undermines humanitarian action (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, March 2026) [text]

Locally-Led Protection Analysis Survey Synthesis Report (Global Protection Cluster et al., March 2026) [access]

- Follow link for multiple language versions.

Navigating Discretion in Refugee Protection: How Humanitarian Organisations Can Make a Positive Impact?, RLI Working Paper, no. 82 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2026) [text]

Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Findings from Crisis-specific Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Covering the Period 2015-2025 (Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group, March 2026) [text]

- See also recording of a related event in the "multimedia" section below.

UNHCR WASH Manual: Practical Guidance for Refugee Settings, 8th ed. (UNHCR, 2026) [text]

Who's in the Driver's Seat? Centering Locally-Led Protection Analysis across Analysis-Informed Planning, Response and Transition (Global Protection Cluster, March 2026) 

- See the concept note and outcome report for an HNPW 2026.

Journal articles:

"Evolving Through Challenges: Reflections from Intervention’s Editorial Board on the Financial Situation in the Humanitarian Sector," Intervention, vol. 23, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"The Role of Livestock in the Nutrition of Refugees and Internally Displaced People: A Scoping Review," Nutrition Research Reviews, 6 March 2026 [postprint]

Multimedia:

Aid Cuts One Year On: Local Solutions to Indefensible Harm, 5 Feb. 2026 [access]

Evidence at a turning point: Key findings from the synthesis of Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations, 4 March 2026 [access]

Humanitarian knowledge in danger: Addressing the digital infrastructure shortfall, 10 March 2026 [access]

Safeguarding humanitarian memory: Challenges and a practical toolkit for digital archives, 2 March 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (20 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Caged Histories: Violence, Resistance, and the Work of Making Detention Visible (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

Cameroon: Another Third-Country Removal Scheme Ending with Detention (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2026) [text]

Canada’s immigration detention system has a racism problem (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

(In)access to legal advice in detention: UK research shows systemic failures (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related post on The Asylumist.

Libya: EU Plans in Eastern Libya Threaten Increased “Pullbacks” and Detentions (Immigration Detention Monitor, March 2026) [text]

Motherhood in Detention (Immigration Lab Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Syria’s Al-Hol Camp is Closed, But Another Remains, as Does International Responsibility (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

Why Australia needs a plan to repatriate citizens detained in Syria (Women's Agenda, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Dignity Not Detention: How States Can Prohibit Immigration Detention Contracts and Why They Should," NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, vol. 28 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Incalculable Harm: Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Immigration Detention in Canada," Ottawa Law Review, vol. 56, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Life in Limbo: Asylum Detention and the Environmental Conditions of Hope," Journal of the American Philosophical Association, FirstView, 28 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Race and Racism in Canada’s Immigration Detention System (Univ. of British Columbia, 2026) [text]

- See also related Border Criminologies blog post.

Words and Bond: Detention Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 226 (Roger Williams Univ., March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (12 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Europe Refugee-led Organization Toolkit 2025 (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Forced displacement from territory of Ukraine occupied by the Russian Federation: Forcible transfer and deportation, barriers to return, and the rights of internally displaced persons (OHCHR, March 2026) [text]

Irregular migrants’ access to work, healthcare and housing in the European Union: is it all about status?, PRIME Research Paper (European University Institute, March 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Navigating new corridors: The evolving route of Bangladeshi migration to Italy through Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2026) [text]

- See also related article.

Operational standards and indicators on the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on the Asylum Border Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on the Solidarity Mechanism (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Pushing Boundaries: Externalisation of Asylum and a Broad-based Reform Initiative (Clingendael, March 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (25 March 2026) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The European Parliament’s vote on deportation rules: Rushed negotiations make dangerous policies (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

"Fresh Claims" for Asylum (RLI Blog, March 2026) 

- This series of posts focuses on the UK and includes: 1) A Procedure Mandated by Law?; 2) What the Stats Tell Us; 3) Afghanistan Shows Why The Procedure Matters; 4) A Safeguard Against Systemic Malaises in the UK Asylum Process.

Ireland’s hidden border violence: restriction and uncertainty for racialised migrants and asylum seekers Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Refugee Status on a Timer: Rethinking the UK’s 30-month Protection Policy (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

What is the Danish immigration model, and does it work? (openDemocracy, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The European Commission’s response to national emergency regimes within the EU’s asylum policy: from rejection to accommodation," Journal of European Public Policy, Latest Articles, 9 March 2026 [open access]

Geopolitics, vol. 31, no. 2 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Questioning the Safe Haven." The introduction and seven articles are open access.

"Normalisation of Exception and Categorisation in Migration Governance: The Legal Production of Deportation Suspension (Duldung)," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 6 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Where the route ends and the new border begins: necropolitical governance and migrant resistance in the Canary Islands," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis, 25 Feb. 2026 [access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 March 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (4 March 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Seminar: The Syrian Refugees in Egypt and Their Return, Cairo, 26 March 2026 [info]

Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Istanbul, 8-9 May 2026 [info]

- *Note that the venue and dates have changed.* Closing date for applications is 10 April 2026.

Short pieces:

"Displaced but uncounted: The people aid is leaving behind in Lebanon’s war," The New Humanitarian, 17 March 2026 [text]

- See also related UNHCR briefing note.

Egypt: UN experts raise alarm over violations against refugees and migrants (OHCHR, March 2026) [text]

Middle East Conflict Spurs New Displacement (Baker Institute, March 2026) [text]

"Syria’s next chapter: Where hopes and concerns meet," JDC Newsletter (March 2026) [text]

- See also the related JDC Digest for March.

UNHCR responds to rising displacement in Middle East emergency (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

- Includes link to the related dashboard. See also related TNH article.

Why Syrian refugee return is driven by push, not pull (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports:

Civil Documentation of Refugees in Jordan: Evolution, Achievements, and Future Priorities (2011-2025) (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Independent evaluation of data systems in MENA: Multi-country evaluation of phone-based contact centres, EVO/2025/06 (UNHCR, July 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic, executive summary and annexes in English, and the management response in English.

Journal articles:

"The burden of hospitality: the role of cultural and economic concerns in attitudes towards Syrian refugees in Türkiye," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 March 2026 [open access]

"Displacing the displaced: the response to the protracted precarious situation of Syrian refugees in Türkiye during the Covid-19 pandemic," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 29, no. 1 (2025) [SSRN]

"Forced migrants’ agency in first countries of asylum: towards a more holistic understanding of decisions about secondary movement by Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon," Comparative Migration Studies, 25 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Logos, refugee advertisement and humanitarian ethics: a case study of Syrian refugees," Journal of Global Ethics, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

"Prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder among Sudanese refugees in Egypt: a pilot study," Population Health Metrics, 8 March 2026 [open access]

"Return or Stay? The Dilemma of Hope and Despair among Syrian Refugees Living in Jordan: An Ecological Perspective," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (25 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Call for submissions: IJRL/ACMRL Workshop for Prospective Authors, Online, June 2026 [info]

- Submission deadline is 12 April 2026.

Seminar: Safe third country concept: A tool for containment and illegalization of mobility, Online, 15 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: 51st Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 18 May–26 June 2026 [info]

- Register by 20 April 2026.

Short pieces:

Rights in danger? How the EU’s new regulation on crisis situations undermines the principle of non-refoulement (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

State exploitation of regime fragmentation: A case study of Sudan’s weaponisation of an institutional gap in the international protection legal framework (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Why Migration Definitions Still Matter for Refugee Protection (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

14th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Nairobi, 17-21 November 2025 [access]

- Follow link for conference documents & report, a selection of papers, and video of the opening ceremony.

Accessible Legal Aid for Asylum Seekers (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Navigating Discretion in Refugee Protection: How Humanitarian Organisations Can Make a Positive Impact?, RLI Working Paper, no. 82 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Credibility as a Fuzzy Concept in Refugee Law: A Systematic Literature Review," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [preprint]

"Le droit d’asile face au droit pénal," Revue des droits de l'Homme, no. 29 (2026) [open access]

"Evolving asylum deterrence practices in Africa: The case of Tunisia and South Africa," Rivista di Diritti Comparati, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"International Refugee Law: From a Self-Contained Regime to an International Protection Framework," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access] 

"Legally Excluded, Structurally Persecuted: Rethinking Asylum Beyond the Refugee–Economic Migrant Divide," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026 [full-text]

"The twice displaced: UNHCR’s role in evacuations," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access] 

Multimedia:

Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees, 10 Feb. 2026 [access]

*Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations, 11 March 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (6 Feb. 2026)

Opportunities: A Few More March & April 2026

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 20-26 June 2026 [info]

- "Applications for the Online Schools...will open approximately three months before the course start date. ...Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and close once capacity (around 50 participants per School) is reached.

Call for registration: Humanrightization in Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences, Giessen, Germany, 7-8 May 2026 [info]

- Registration is now open. Note: A masterclass for PhD students in Migration law, Politics and Ethics, will precede the conference. 

Book launch: A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home following Conflict and Displacement, Online, 25 March 2026 [info]

Seminar: Ukrainian return under conditions of uncertainty, Bergen, Norway/Online, 25 March 2026 [info]

Report launch: How Cruel Migration Policies Hurt People: A Look at the Effects of Externalization in Mexico and Central America, Online, 26 March 2026 [info]

Call for registration: A Research Agenda for Migration Law and Governance, Maastricht, Netherlands/Online, 26-27 March 2026 [info]

- No registration deadline indicated.

CFP: "Asylum in Times of Conflict: Unsettling the Boundaries of Refugee Protection," Side event to the ESIL Annual Conference, Málaga, Spain, 3 September 2026 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 10 April 2026.

Event: Promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees, London/Online, 16 April 2026 [info]

Call for participation: 2026 Conference on Internally Displaced People, Online, 23 April 2026 [info]

Related post:

- Opportunities: More March 2026 & New April 2026

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 45, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• UNHCR–Türkiye Relations Over Time: Fluctuations, Continuities and Strategic Use of Informality [open access]
• Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad [open access]
• Where is the Policy in Refugee Studies? Enhancing the Role of Policy Studies in the Study of Refugee Policy [open access]
• Gender and Forced Displacement in Islam: Advancing a Protection Framework for Women [open access]
• International Protection for Victims of Gang Violence: Central American Asylum Claims in Spanish Jurisprudence [abstract]
• Assessing UNHCR Guidance on FGM-Related Asylum Claims: Implementation Gaps, Reaffirmation Needs, or Substantive Ambiguities? [abstract]
• Agency in Action: Mobilisation Efforts of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia [abstract]
• The Place of Safety in Refugees’ Subjective Well-Being [open access]
• ‘Vulnerability’ in Decisions on International Protection in Austria: A Contribution to Equality? [open access]
• Individual Autonomy or Dispersion in Housing Policy? The Effect of Migrant Networks in Self-Selected Housing on Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden [abstract]

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