15 September 2026

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Australia has spent 25 years ‘stopping the boats’, but that’s not the same as controlling migration (The Conversation, Aug. 2026) [text]

Between Protection and Precarity: Progress, Limits and Deficiencies of Asylum Governance in Taiwan (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

From Military Rule to Arakan Army: The Dilemma of Rohingya Repatriation (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026)[text]

Government recycles past failed policy with plan for time limit on asylum claims (RCOA, Sept. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Nepal Floods: UN And Partners Launch $49.6 Million Emergency Appeal (OCHA, Sept. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide: The Case of the Rohingya (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]
- "While the mass atrocities against the Rohingya are well-documented, this book shows how recognition and accountability continue to be constrained by state denial, geopolitical diplomacy, and legal thresholds. Drawing on transdisciplinary backgrounds, the contributors reveal how the Rohingya have been systematically rendered stateless through denationalisation and state-sponsored narratives, which continue to shape the search for justice, including through the ongoing International Court of Justice case. The book’s distinctive contribution is to combine survivor-centred evidence with broader legal analysis. Organised in three parts, the chapters combine socio-legal analysis with empirical evidence from refugee camps, addressing structural violence, water insecurity, gender-based violence, domicide, media-framing, and the governance of protracted displacement.  In doing so, the book goes beyond familiar accounts of displacement to show how genocide operates before, during, and after 2017 through genocidal denial. It connects Rohingya survivor testimony, grounded field evidence, and contemporary debates on genocidal intent, non-legal definitions, and post-atrocity governance."

Journal articles:

"Existential Refugees: An Insider Ethnography of the Being of Refugeehood among Malayaga Tamils in India," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Good Faith at Sea: Non-Refoulement, Maritime Interdiction and Malaysian Practice Under International Law," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

"Irregular maritime migration and legal protections: the Rohingya refugee crisis," SN Social Sciences, Latest Articles, 6 Aug. 2026 [ResearchGate]

"Locating the 'local' in aid localisation: the case of humanitarian response in Myanmar," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 10 Aug. 2026 [open access]

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14 September 2026

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course 2027, Online, 10-16 February 2027 [info]
- Early bird submission deadline is 30 September 2026. Otherwise, the overall deadline for applications and scholarship requests is 21 October 2026.

CFP: Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Citizenship, Statelessness and Emerging Technologies." Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

Short pieces:

The right to belong: Ukraine's progress in reducing statelessness and the new challenges of war (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

Stripped There, Held Here: Iraq’s Burden in the Global Failure to Repatriate ISIS Foreign Terrorist Fighters (OpinioJuris, Sept. 2026) [text]

Walls of paper, walls of stone: the architectures of Palestinian statelessness (ENS Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

**See also ISI's Monthly Bulletin for more news, information, articles, & resources.

Reports & journal articles:

"Assessing the impact of the Global Statelessness Fund on resourcing and decision-making power for affected communities in the Asia-Pacific," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 87 (Aug. 2026) [full-text]

"Citizenship Revoked, Humanity Denied: The Existential Cost of Statelessness," Howard Law Journal, vol. 69, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]
- Includes a focus on the US.

"Competing Faces of Citizenship Beyond Naturalization: Hmong Refugees and the Politics of Recognition in the United States After the Vietnam War," Genealogy, vol. 10, no. 4 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Members Only," Brown Political Review, 13 Sept. 2026 [text]
- Focuses on the Bidoon in Kuwait.

Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]
- Mix of articles, commentary, case notes and book reviews.

Statelessness as a Barrier to Self-Determination: The Rohingya Experience, Refugee-Led Governance, and the Politics of Belonging, Working Paper, no. 6 (Harvard Univ., Sept. 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

65th Anniversary Event of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 2 Sept. 2026 [access]
- See also related summary of the discussions that took place.

Resources:

Statelessness: A Web Research Guide (updated Aug. 2026) [access]
- "The aim of this guide is to introduce readers to the concept of statelessness and point them to key information sources... ."

Statelessness Encyclopedia Asia Pacific (SEAP) (Nationality For All) [access]
- See this news release for information about SEAP's latest update, which incorporates research on the intersection of digital ID systems and statelessness in the Asia Pacific region.

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12 September 2026

Opportunities: A Few More September & New October 2026

Discussion panel: Pushbacks Against Migrant Rights in Europe and the United States, Boston, 17 September 2026 [info]

Seminar: What Europeans think about immigration and why it matters, Florence, Italy/Online, 28 September 2026 [info]

Seminar: A world of climate refugees? Climate change, mobility and conflict, Copenhagen, 29 September 2026 [info]

Short-term work: Professor Anker Hiring Research Assistants for Law of Asylum 2027 [info]
- Apply by 30 September 2026.

CFP: Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Citizenship, Statelessness and Emerging Technologies." Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

CFP: "The Unravelling of Refuge: Resettlement, Peacebuilding, and Safety in a World of Uncertainty," 17th Biannual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Manitoba, 12-14 May 2027 [info]
- Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

Seminar: Labour’s legacy and current approach to asylum, refugees and migration, London, 7 October 2026 [info]

Webinar: After Chișinău and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration: Human Rights, the ECHR and Migration, 7 October 2026 [info]

Book discussion: Refugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics, Oxford, 14 October 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Demetrios G. Papademetriou Young Scholars Program, Migration Policy Institute [info]
- Interns sought for the Spring semester (Jan.-April 2027). Note: "Internships are available both in person and remotely, as well as to those residing outside the United States." Apply by 15 October 2026.

CFP: Workshop on the "Climate-mobility nexus in North and West Africa," Agadir, Morocco, 23-24 March 2027 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 16 October 2026.

Seminar: The relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention in a fragmented world, Oxford, 21 October 2026 [info]
- During this discussion, "a double special issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (volume 38, issues 3 and 4) commemorating the anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention" will also be introduced.

Call for registration: 55th Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 23 November- 18 December 2026 [info]
- Register by 26 October 2026.

Lecture: Barham Salih, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Oxford, 26 October 2026 [info]

Webinar: The Refugee Convention at 75 – Fatally limited or vitally focused?, 28 October 2026 [info]

CFP: Design for Humanity Journal [info]
- New diamond open access journal published by Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA). The theme of the first issue is "Designing for Displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 October 2026.

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11 September 2026

CFPs/New Issues of Esp. Pop. Soc., Global Justice, Hum. Exchange, JEMS, J. Org. Change Mgmt., Mashriq & Mahjar, Migraciones, Periplos, SCR, Terr. Pol. Gov.

*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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CFPs: 

Comparative Migration Studies [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Durable Solutions in Motion: Rethinking Return and Belonging from a South-South Perspective." Submission deadline is 30 September 2026.

Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Citizenship, Statelessness and Emerging Technologies." Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

Design for Humanity Journal [info]
- New diamond open access journal published by Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA). The theme of the first issue is "Designing for Displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 October 2026.

New issues: 

Espace populations sociétés, vol. 2025/3-2026/1 (2026) [open access]
- Features a dossier on "Trajectoires de mobilités et parcours de vie."

Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]
- Special issue on "Ubuntu and Migration: Reflections from African Perspectives."

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 87 (Aug. 2026) [full-text]
- Thematic issue on "Local leadership in a changing humanitarian architecture."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 15 (2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with nine that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 16 (2026) [contents]
- Special issue on "International Norm Dynamics in Return and Readmission: A Research Agenda." The introduction is freely available and five articles are open access.

*Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 39, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [contents]
- Special issue on "Past, Present and Future Changes in Migrant Entrepreneurship Landscape." The editorial is freely available and two articles are open access.

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2026) [open access]
- Special issue on “Marriage across Different Migratory Movements: Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa.” 

Migraciones, no. 66 (March 2026) [open access]
- Special issue on "For a Political Ecology of Migration: Understanding Mobility, Immobility and Resistances in the Socioecological Transformation."

Migraciones, no. 67 (July 2026) [open access]
- Mix of articles.

PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Estudios sobre Migraciones, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026) [open access]
- Special issue on "Discursos de odio y resistencias migrantes."

Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]
- Mix of articles.

Territory, Politics, Governance, vol. 14, no. 8 (2026) [contents]
- Special issue on "Nudging protection seekers elsewhere within Fortress Europe." The introduction is freely available and six articles are open access.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

Performing Truth: The Epistemic Paradox of Queer Asylum (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Jurisprudence related to LGBTIQ Applicants in International Protection, Fact Sheet, no. 47 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2026) [text]

Trump Administration Immigration Policies Endanger Persecuted LGBTQI+ People (Human Rights First, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Faire face aux persécutions et partir : les ressorts de la migration d’exilé·es LGBT+ ayant demandé l’asile en France," Espace populations sociétés, vol. 2025/3-2026/1 (2026) [open access]

"How precariously employed gay, bisexual, and queer immigrant and refugee men in Toronto make meaning of work, health, and wellbeing," Scientific Reports, 29 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"'Manufacturing Vulnerability' in UK Asylum: Shifting Standards of Proof and Sexual Diversity," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

"Same-sex marriage and migration: politics of belonging, state regulations, and new ways of doing family across borders," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 31 Aug. 2026 [free full-text]
- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Theorizing Queer Kinship and the Normative Family in the Canadian Sponsorship of Syrian Refugees," ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, Forthcoming, 13 July 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians.

"Transforming Destinations: The Impact of Integration Interventions on the Mobility Decisions of Displaced LGBTIQ+ Persons in Mexico," Migraciones, vol. 67 (July 2026) [open access]

"Undoing intimacy, redrawing borders. Dealing with sexual violence in queer asylum support organizations," Emotion, Space and Society, vol. 60 (Aug. 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on France.

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10 September 2026

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

One year on, Thailand’s decision to grant refugees the right to work is transforming lives and supporting growth (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

Study finds sustainable farming program helps refugees, immigrants boost health while launching agribusinesses (Univ. of Kansas, Aug. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

Beyond arrests: How ICE enforcement depressed local employment in 2025 (Brookings, Sept. 2026) [access]
- Focuses on the US.

The first 10 years: Employment, income and poverty among migrants and refugees in Australia, opens in a new window (ACOSS & UNSW, Sept. 2026) [access]

Immigration and Macroeconomic Outcomes in OECD Countries, Research Briefs in Economic Policy, no. 499 (CATO Institute, Sept. 2026) [text]

Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 39, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [contents]
- Special issue on "Past, Present and Future Changes in Migrant Entrepreneurship Landscape." The editorial is freely available and two articles are open access.

Labour Market Integration as a Strategic Imperative for Europe’s Competitiveness (European Business Summits, UNHCR & IKEA, June 2026) [text]
- See also related World Economic Forum blog post.

Mapping the regulatory landscape for financial inclusion of refugees and asylum-seekers: a global comparative analysis (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
- Five regional analyses and a dashboard are available on UNHCR's "Financial Inclusion" webpage. See also related World Economic Forum blog post.

"The Political Economy of Mass Deportation," Northeastern University Law Review (Forthcoming, Spring 2027) [preprint]
- Focuses primarily on the US, although Part II examines Spanish and Canadian policies. 

Ready to work: De Facto Barriers and Opportunities to Refugees’ Right to Work in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, Aug. 2026) [text]

"Thailand Accepts Its Status as a Migrant Hub, but Workers Face Precarious Conditions," Migration Information Source, 9 Sept. 2026 [text]

Resource:

The Cost of Deportations Calculator (Economic Policy Institute, Aug. 2026) [access]
- "The 2025 Republican tax and spending megabill (the OBBBA) enabled the Trump administration to take your taxpayer dollars to pay for mass deportations. This calculator helps you see what the money could have funded instead through the remainder of Trump’s term."

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Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Dilemmas Project: The Ethics of Migration Policy Dilemmas (Migration Policy Centre) [access]
- A new dilemma has been posted: "Can states resist migration blackmail while protecting migrants?"; follow a/m link for the kickoff paper (also available in FMRA) and four responses to date.

New interfaculty research initiatives in migration, mobility and justice (Monash Univ., Sept. 2026) [text]

Strengthening displacement data to drive informed action (DRC & NRC, Aug. 2026) [text]
- "The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) announce the merger of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Joint Internal Displacement Profiling Service (JIPS), bringing together complementary expertise to strengthen evidence-based action on internal displacement worldwide."

UN Refugee Agency to cut budget and 3,500 jobs (InfoMigrants, Sept. 2026) [text]
- See also related Reuters article.

Who are "IDPs" – and why does it matter? (RID Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Transformative Engaged Scholarship in Migration: Toward a Co-creative, Caring, and Reflexive Migration Studies (Springer, 2026) [open access]
- "This open access book centers the everyday experiences of forced and undocumented migrants in the Global North and Global South – specifically, the Netherlands, USA, and South Africa – through the prisms of engaged scholarship and co-creation as well as through transformative research processes within the field of migration studies. It goes beyond general definitions of engaged scholarship to describe how academics/researchers realized co-creation through meaningful collaboration with forced migrants in the three countries, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book teases out contextual differences between the countries while connecting to broader debates on forced migration, ethics of care, complexities of engaged scholarship, and community networks and well-being as well as the politics of knowledge production on forced migration and reflexive migration studies."

Reports:

Route-Based Approach: From Vision to Implementation - Strategic Brief (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

Route-Based Approach: From Vision to Implementation - Thematic Brief: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and the Route-based Approach (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

*More recent documents on the route-based approach can be found on UNHCR's Operational Data Portal.

Journal articles & book chapters:

Handbook on Diasporas and Migration (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2026) [info]
- The following chapters are freely available: 1) Introduction: Revisiting diaspora and migration in a new millennium; 1: When diaspora is not migration.

"Public Opinion Towards Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: A Global Overview," Chapter in DeGruyter-Brill Handbook on the Politics of Asylum (DeGruyter-Brill, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Refugee Governance: Power Relations and the Making of Refugees," Chapter in Palgrave Handbook on Decolonizing International Affairs (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]

"Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments," Science Advances, vol. 12, no. 22 (2026) [open access]
- See also related Focus article.

Multimedia:

A Seat at the Table: Advancing Meaningful Inclusion of Refugee Leaders, Forced From Home Podcast Series, no. 10 (Refugees International, Aug. 2026) [access]

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09 September 2026

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

"Can Haiti Handle an Influx of Deportees from the U.S.?," Latin America Advisor, 2 Sept. 2026 [text]

Una radiografía de la movilidad humana en la ruta andina: evidencia para fortalecer la protección de las personas (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]
- The two reports (on Bolivia and Chile) referenced in this press release are listed below.

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

New open access book:

Organised Crime and Migration: Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico (Univ. of London Press, June 2026) [open access]
- "Human mobility, organised crime and corruption remain critical issues in Mexico and Central America. This book is the first to consider together three major, interconnected ways in which organised crime shapes migration in the region – as a driver of internal displacement and external migration, a threat to migrants in transit, and a facilitator of unauthorised migration through people-smuggling – and to analyse state action and accountability in relation to these. Drawing on original interview material with key informants, migrants and refugees, the book analyses how organised criminal groups provoke forced migration, exploit migrants and control people-smuggling, the decision-making and displacement dynamics of people affected by gang violence, and the role of policy, corruption and impunity in the evolution and perpetuation of this situation."

Reports:

Banished to the South: The Human Cost of Deportation (WOLA, CDH Fray Matías & Kino Border Initiative, Aug. 2026) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish. Focuses on the US & Mexico.

Caracterización del desplazamiento forzado interno en Ecuador: impactos y experiencias del desplazamiento en la vida cotidiana. Los casos de Ibarra, Quito y Cuenca como ciudades de destino (3iS, Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Desplazamiento forzado interno de familias de la comunidad de socio vivienda en Guayaquil: Reporte preliminar (UNHCR, 2025; posted Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Ecuador.

Haiti is Not Safe: Country Conditions 2026 (USCRI, Aug. 2026) [access via ReliefWeb]

Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Mobility Trends (January–June 2026) (IOM, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Monitoreo de Movimientos Mixtos (MMM) en Bolivia (Oct.-Dec. 2025) (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
- See also related press release above.

Monitoreo de Movimientos Mixtos (MMM) en Chile (Oct.-Dec. 2025) (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
- See also related press release above.

Uruguay: Análisis de las condiciones de vida de la población nacida en el exterior (UNHCR, June 2026; posted Aug. 2026) [access]
- See also related executive summary.

Journal articles:

"Bordering by sleight of hand: rights, race, and the unmaking of Canada’s refugee protection system," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 38, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]

"Huir para protegerse: el reclutamiento forzado y el desplazamiento desde Guerrero, México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]
- Available in English and Spanish.

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Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Seminar: Refugees Return From Egypt — Legal Frameworks, Historical Contexts and Contemporary Practices, Cairo, 16 September 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Al-Hol Camp: Closure, Security Implications, and the Legal Obligations of States and the International Community (OpinioJuris, Aug. 2026) [text]

From Party to Protector: What the End of Syria’s Armed Conflict Does Not Establish (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

"Israeli ministers push plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza," The New Humanitarian, 4 Sept. 2026 [access]

Reports:

Exposed on All Sides: Shelter Severity and Household Needs Across Accessible Areas of Gaza (Norwegian Refugee Council & Shelter Cluster, Aug. 2026) [access]

Inter-Agency Protection Advocacy Brief: Escalation in the Middle East & Beyond (OCHA et al., Sept. 2026) [text]

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon in Their Own Voices: Living in Permanent Survival Mode (American Near East Refugee Aid, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protection Analytical Framework Report: Evolving Protection Risks and Compounded Vulnerabilities Affecting Communities in Northwest Syria (Bahar & Diakonie, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Voices of the Missing: Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Syrian Families of Missing Persons (ICRC, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Diasporisation of Syrian Refugees in Turkey," Chapter in Handbook on Diasporas and Migration (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2026) [text via ResearchGate]

"Leveraging the power of groups for forced migrant populations impacted by war and torture: Strengthening family and social resources among Syrian refugees in Jordan," Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Advance online publication, 9 June 2026 [postprint]

"Serial diasporas: how emigrating Gulf noncitizens evolve into new diasporas," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Social Class and Forced Migrants’ Secondary/Onward Mobility Decision-Making: Syrians in Turkey and Lebanon," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 3 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices among internally displaced households in Yemen: a cross sectional study," BMC Public Health, 12 Aug. 2026 [open access]

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08 September 2026

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 2, June 2026 include:
  • Revisiting the temporal and spatial categorisation of ongoing mental harm/trauma within the refugee definition [abstract]
  • A twist in the tale of Asian exceptionalism: Bangladesh’s ‘near accession’ to the 1951 Refugee Convention [open access]
  • After the Pact: access to legal support by unaccompanied migrant children in the European Union [open access]
  • Bordering by sleight of hand: rights, race, and the unmaking of Canada’s refugee protection system [open access]

In addition, readers will find freely available case law summaries and two book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.