Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]

Trump Restrictions on Legal Immigration Could Sharply Reduce U.S. Population Growth (MPI, April 2026) [text]

U.S. Third-Country Deportation Agreements Are More About Fear than Numbers (MPI, March 2026) [text]

USCIS Ends Some “Holds,” Including on Certain Asylum Seekers (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [text]

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

Journal articles:

"Advice without Lawyers? Immigrants, Legal Deserts, and Reflections on Who Can Practice Law," William & Mary Law Review, vol. 68 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

"Best Practices for Community-Engaged Research: Navigating Trust and Resistance in Challenging Sociopolitical Contexts," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14 March 2026 [open access]

- "This methodological article synthesizes ethical challenges, safety concerns, and field-informed strategies for conducting qualitative, community-engaged research with migrant populations during periods of heightened immigration enforcement."

"Desirable Mootness: How 'Making Moot' is a Tactic in Immigration Mandamus Claims," UC Davis Social Justice Law Review, vol. 29, no. 2 (Summer 2025) [full-text]

"Drones, Drugs, and Deportations: The New War on Terror," West Virginia Law Review, vol. 129 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Protection as Punishment: Victim Relief in the Crimmigration State," California Law Review, vol. 115 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

"Punitive Exile," Denver Law Review (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

Multimedia:

Is the Dignity Act "Amnesty"? My Conversation with Ashley DeAzevedo and Rebecca Shi, 10 April 2026 [access]

Resources:

Immigration Court Data: Latest Outcomes for Immigrants in Court (Mobile Pathways) [access]

- Provides information and data relating to court appearances, asylum applications, immigration judges, and removal orders.

Third Country Deportation Watch (Human Rights First & Refugees International) [access]

- "This tracker explains the U.S. third country transfer agreements, the political and financial motives behind them, and the harms they have caused – as well as relevant lawsuits and other efforts to challenge them." See also related AP article.

Third Country Deportations Tracker (USCRI) [access]

- "This page compiles publicly available information on third country deportations from the United States, and Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs) and their impact on asylum seekers."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention (United States)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (2 April 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (2 April 2026)

Opportunities: More April & May 2026

Webinar: A System Under Strain: Can Refugee Protection Keep Pace with Global Displacement?, 14 April 2026 [info]

Launch event: Promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees: UK launch of a manifesto to stop the inhumanity at Europe's borders, London/Online, 16 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: Community Resistance: Immigration Law in the Face of Mass Deportation & Repression, UC Davis Immigration & Nationality Law Review Symposium, Davis, CA, 17 April 2026 [info]

Call for applications: 2026 Displaced Scholars Peer Mentoring Program [info]

- Apply by 19 April 2026.

Webinar: Between Commitment and Implementation: Refugee Protection in East Africa, 21 April 2026 [info]

Webinar: Forced Migration in Latin America: Challenges and Creative Solutions, 28 April 2026 [info]

Webinar: Borders, Responsibility, and Refugee Governance in a Changing Protection Landscape, 4 May 2026 [info]

CFP: Emerging Perspectives Essay Competition [info]

- Submit abstracts by 5 May 2026.

Call for applications: ARC Laureate Fellowship: PhD Scholarships on Evacuations, UNSW Law & Justice [info]

- Apply by 18 May 2026.

CFP: REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]

- Contributions sought for a dossier on "Migration and Aging." Submit manuscripts in English, French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish by 31 May 2026.

Related post:

- Opportunities: More April 2026 & New May 2026

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Webinar: Between Commitment and Implementation: Refugee Protection in East Africa, 21 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Amid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran is Starving Sudan (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

Basic Services and Humanitarian Support Amidst Conflict: To Whom to Turn as a Congolese IDP? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

"DRC joins US list of third-country deportation destinations," DW, 6 April 2026 [text]

Funding shortfalls put lifelines at risk for Sudanese refugees in Chad (WFP, April 2026) [text]

Three years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

Trade in all directions: How wars, crime and instability are fueling and expanding migration routes across Africa (InfoMigrants, April 2026) [text]

"Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement," The Guardian, 2 April 2026 [text]

New open access book:

Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda: Agency, Gender, and Politics of Self-Organizing in Exile (McGill-Queen’s University Press, April 2026) [open access]

- "Self-organization plays an essential yet often overlooked role in the everyday lives of refugees in exile. By self-organizing, they challenge restrictions, claim political representation, foster social relations and belonging, and create ongoing economic opportunities. While government authorities and aid organizations are supposed to provide protection and assistance, refugees often continue to face adversities, restrictions, and risks, prompting them to establish and maintain their own support systems. Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda offers nuanced insight into the problems arising from the aid system and especially the significance of the spectrum of informal and formalized self-organizations. [The authors] draw on a gender-sensitive understanding of relational agency and situated knowledge and use empirical research in Uganda’s camp Kyaka II and the capital, Kampala, to reveal how individuals collectively contribute to their own support in times of emergency and in everyday life."

Reports:

The case for large cash transfers: supporting refugees to meet basic needs and build resilience (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Exhausted: Three years of displacement and the collapse of survival systems in Sudan and the region (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [text]

- See also related news release.

Somali systems: from aid-centred to state-led crisis response (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Authoritarian legacies: how 1970s African dictators shaped contemporary refugee policies," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 March 2026 [open access]

"Forced migrant arrivals can reduce political trust in African host communities," World Development, vol. 203 (July 2026) [open access]

"'Human beings should not be deported': The Horn of Africa’s hegemon contests the EU’s norm to readmit," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [open access]

"Nigeria Aims to Capitalize on Regional Integration amid Evolving Emigration Patterns," Migration Information Source, 8 April 2026 [open access]

"Trajectories of migration aspirations through urban and temporal lenses: rethinking (im)mobility decision-making in Dakar, Senegal," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:21 (April 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (27 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention (United States)

Short pieces:

Beyond the Official ICE Detention Death Count (Austin Kocher Substack, April 2026) [text]

- See also video of related discussion, as well as other detention-related posts.

Court Blocks Unlawful National Refugee Detention Policy (IRAP, March 2026) [text]

US/El Salvador: Deportees Forcibly Disappeared (HRW, March 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"A Case Against Mass Deportation: The Japanese American Internment Camps and Recent Treatment of Korematsu," UC Law Journal, vol. 77, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

Deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention: A Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and 2025 Update (SSRN, March 2026) [text]

*Illegal Immigrant Incarceration Rates, 2010–2024: The Demographics of American Imprisonment, Briefing Paper, no. 198 (CATO Institute, March 2026) [text]

Legal Lipstick on Extraordinary Rendition: A Legal Analysis of U.S. Counterterrorism Tactics Recast as Third Country Deportation, Prague Law Working Paper, no. 2026/I/5 (Charles University, April 2026) [text]

- Posits that the "Trump Administration’s third country deportations to El Salvador constitute a contemporary form of extraordinary rendition," i.e., "the transfer of individuals from one country to another for the purpose of detention."

"Liberty Lost: Establishing Constitutional Boundaries for Migrant Detention," Minnesota Law Review, vol. 111 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"Resurrecting Immigration Releases," Yale Law Journal, vol. 135, no. 5 (2026) [full-text]

"Swallowing Razors, Gouging Their Eyes Out: The Detainee Treatment Act and Eighth Amendment Protections for Asylum Seekers in Segregated Isolation," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 56, no. 2 (Winter 2024; posted Feb. 2026) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Immigrant Detention (Unsettled Podcast Series, March 2026) [access]

Resource:

ICE Fiscal Year-to-Date (FYTD) Detention Statistics (Vera Institute) [access]

- "This repository contains datasets originating from statistical reports published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), archived by Vera and originally published at: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 'Detention Statistics,' https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management#stats. The repository includes both the raw files published by ICE and Vera’s cleaned, panel-formatted datasets derived from that data."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (25 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Anti-Effectiveness and Potency in the Residue of Power: Reflecting on an Overlooked International Human Rights Agreement," Nordic Journal of Human Rights, vol. 44, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the 1985 UN General Assembly Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live (DHRN). 

"Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations? The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part I)," Questions of International Law = Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (March 2026) [open access]

- Introduction to Part 1 of the Zoom-in. Part 1 includes "United Nations’ immunities: Abuses and disputes settlement" and "The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion."

- Part II has not yet been posted.

"But for Borders: The Protection Gap for Internally Displaced Persons," NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, vol. 57, no. 2 (Spring 2025) [full-text]

"Deportation as Torture," NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, vol. 57, no. 2 (Spring 2025) [full-text]

*"The Humanitarian Lawyers," Yale Law Journal, vol. 135, no. 5 (March 2026) [full-text]

"An International Human Rights Law of Migration? Reflections on the Place of a Right to Immigrate," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"Opening the black box of international human rights enforceability through the study of migrant rights," Australian Journal of International Affairs, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

"Outsourcing our Dirty Work: Analyzing Migration Control and Asylum Management Externalization Models in Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States," NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, vol. 58, no. 1 (Fall 2025) [full-text]

"Persecuted but Undeserving," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 1 April 2026 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (9 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

Internal Displacement Law and Policy in a Changing World (RID Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Part of a series on "Internal Displacement in a Changing World Order" that was launched as a tie-in with the recently-published Oxford Handbook of Internal Displacement. See below for two other posts in this series.

Internally Displaced Persons and the Global Compact on Refugees: Are They Included and What Does This Mean for the Future? (RID Blog, March 2026) [text]

Is it time to reform the international refugee regime? (EPRS, March 2026) [text]

Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention (ICVA, March 2026) [text]

- See also related DRC commentary.

Negotiating a ‘fair price’ for migration partnerships: UK-Rwanda dispute in the Hague (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Three Decades of Policies on Internal Displacement: Patterns, Progress, and an Uncertain Future (RID Blog, March 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

"Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world," 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, Sydney/Online, 23 October 2025 [access]

- Collection of recordings from the conference.

Displaced People at a Crossroads: The Refugee Convention at 75, 1 April 2026 [access]

Humanitarian Displacement? The (Mis-)Appropriation of Humanitarian Principles to Justify Mass Displacement (Public International Law Podcast Series, Part III, March 2025) [access]

- An article with the same title was recently published in the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.

Why Is Immigration Policy So Hard to Get Right? (World of Migration Podcast Series, April 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (24 March 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Webinar: A System Under Strain: Can Refugee Protection Keep Pace with Global Displacement?, 14 April 2026 [info]

- "Using Jordan and Lebanon as a regional lens, the webinar will consider how non-signatory states engage with and shape the international refugee protection regime in practice."

Short pieces:

"Afghans in Iran are fleeing bombs, and Iranian crackdowns," The New Humanitarian, 7 April 2026 [text]

Evacuation Orders: An Unlawful Use of Precautionary Measures? (EJIL: Talk Blog, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Lebanon.

Gulf Countries: Conflict, Hardships Leave Migrants in Limbo (HRW, March 2026) [text]

Over 200,000 people cross into Syria after a month of hostilities in Lebanon (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

- See also earlier related briefing note.

Six Months into Gaza Ceasefire, Setting the Record Straight About Aid (Refugees Intl., April 2026) [text]

- See also video recording of related media briefing.

Reports:

Middle East Emergency: One-Month Impact Report (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Situation Update: Iran - Ten Issues Reshaping the Humanitarian Landscape (USCRI, April 2026) [text]

Syrian refugees in Turkey: real prospects for returning to Syria?, Les Analyses du CERI (SciencesPo, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations? The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part I)," Questions of International Law (March 2026) [open access]

- Introduction to Part 1 of the Zoom-in. Part 1 includes "United Nations’ immunities: Abuses and disputes settlement" and "The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion."

- Part II has not yet been posted.

"Circular Refugee Migration: Understanding Protracted Displacement Beyond a Refugee-Returnee Binary," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 30 March 2026 [open access]

- "We examine circular refugee migration (CRM) between Syria and Lebanon, focusing on why refugees undertake trips to their home country and how they navigate them."

"Influx of Refugees in Egypt and Their Integration in Social Protection Programs," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 April 2026 [full-text]

"(Not) On the Map: Story-Mapping Uncertainties in Syrians' Displacement Between Syria and Tunisia," Antipode, vol. 58, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"Towards a Humanized Border Governance in Africa: Protecting Vulnerable Migrants and Displaced Persons (The Cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya)," Pensar: Revista de Ciências Jurídicas, vol. 31 (2026) [open access]

"What Do Changes in Turkey and Syria Spell for Kurds Seeking Protection Abroad?," Migration Information Source, 2 April 2026 [text]

Multimedia:

An exit talk with UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, April 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (24 March 2026)

New Issues of Disasters, Env. & Planning E, EJML, Hum. Alt., IMR, JEMS, Migr. Stud., Persp. on Pol., Yrbk. Intl. Hum. Law

*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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Disasters, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026) [contents]

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

*Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 9, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [contents]

- Theme issue is "Colonial Pasts, Alternative Futures: Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change Resettlement and Inhabitation in the Global South." The introduction and four articles are open access.

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

Humanitarian Alternatives = Alternatives Humanitaires, no. 31 (March 2026)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Humanitarian action and social action: a common front? = Action humanitaire et action sociale: même combat?"

International Migration, vol. 64, no. 2 (April 2026) [contents]

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

*International Migration Review, vol. 60, no. 1 (March 2026) [contents]

- Features a special collection on "Migration, Advanced Digital Technologies, and the Future of Work," and sub-sections on "Migrant and Diasporic Social and Political Identities and Actions" and "New Research on Public Opinion on Immigration and Migrants." A total of 15 articles are open access and all book reviews are freely available.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 7 (2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 10 that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 8 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Families on the Move – Latin American Perspectives." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access.

Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026) [contents]

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

*Perspectives on Politics, vol. 24, spec. issue no. 1 (March 2026) [free full-text]

- Highlights political science research on refugees and migration via 1) a series of critical dialogues and book reviews, which are presented and discussed in this editorial introduction (the reviews themselves are all freely available elsewhere in the issue); and 2) a Review Symposium on Nele Kortendiek’s Global Governance on the Ground: Organizing International Migration and Asylum at the Border, that comprises a review and four commentaries (here is the editors' introduction).

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 27 (2024; published in 2026) [contents]

- The volume's theme is "International Humanitarian Law under Pressure." 

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

A Century of Asia Minor Refugees in Greece: Flight, Fight, and Fraternity (Oxford Univ. Press, Jan. 2026) [open access]

- "This book is a comparative—intergenerational and interregional—history of Asia Minor memories and identities of forced displacement that examines the multilayered relationship between contemporary attitudes and refugee past. Marking the centenary of the Asia Minor population transfer in the context of Greece’s contemporary migration crisis, the research questions that this book addresses are: how have memories of the 1922–24 forced displacement changed over time from one generation to the next? How do people with these memories and identities think about subsequent migration? Following a regional history approach and an oral history approach, this study draws upon literature from several disciplines and rests upon oral testimony. Specifically, it employs a methodology of collecting primary sources using oral testimonies (262 life history interviews) and archival evidence (five thousand oral testimonies) based on three regional case studies, namely the borderland island of Lesvos, Central Macedonia in northern Greece, and Attica."

Journal articles:

"The Construction of Medicolegal Alienation: Physicians’ Lived Experience of Law in Encounters with People Living as Undocumented Migrants in the Context of Medical Humanitarianism," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"From the bottom up? Frontline crisis management and informal policy change in international organisations," Review of International Studies, vol. 52, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"International norm dynamics in return and readmission: a research agenda," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [free full-text]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Motivators of action: Greek political refugees, the Enlightenment Committee and Soviet literature, 1949-1968," Neograeca Bohemica, OnlineFirst, 28 March 2026 [open access]

"The vulnerability of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy: Insights from a nationwide survey," PLoS One 21(3): e0341950 (March 2026) [open access]

"'We were attacked due to our language': Kinyabwisha in the family language policies of refugees from the DR Congo in Norway," Language & Communication, vol. 108 (May 2026) [open access]

"What Drives Overstay? The Case of Afghan Asylum Seekers in Germany," Journal of the European Economic Association, Advance Articles, 24 March 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 April 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Closing the compliance gap in migration and asylum after Hungary's elections (EPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

EU ‘return hubs’: what are they, and how will they change the rights of migrants and asylum seekers? (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]

Restricted leave and new government powers to curtail the liberty of non-nationals in the UK (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2026) [text]

What the research says about the UK’s proposed immigration reforms (openDemocracy, March 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, March & April 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Cyprus, Ukraine and the UK.

Freedom of Religion or Belief for All: Recognising and Protecting the Non-Religious in the Asylum System (Univ. of York, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

IRC Italy Monitoring Report 2025: Profiles and needs of people arriving to Trieste from the Balkan route (International Rescue Committee, April 2026) [text]

Mixed migration routes to Italy: Findings from IOM's survey data in 2025 (International Organization for Migration, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Practical Guide on Subsequent Applications (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Related posts:

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

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (25 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"'Climate Refugees' Do Not Exist as a Concept—But Countries Are Testing New Approaches to Offer Protection," Migration Information Source, 19 March 2026 [text]

"Climate Vulnerability as a Sociopolitical Construct: A Study on Asylum Seekers in Greece," Journal of Disaster Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Climate-induced migration in West Africa: a systematic review of the literature," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 24 March 2026 [open access]

"Do Climate Conditions in Origin Shape Return Migration Intentions? Evidence from West Africans in Germany," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"(Im)mobility in the context of climate change: between legal challenges and legal experiments," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

"'Not Your Climate Refugees': A Maldivian Perspective on Migration and Adaptation," Island Studies Journal, Early Access, 1 April 2026 [open access]

"Resilience From the Margins: Navigating Climate-Induced Migration in Assam," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 16 March 2026 [ResearchGate]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

African Court Should Protect People Displaced by Climate Change: Decision Could Promote Rights-Based Adaptation, Durable Solutions (HRW, March 2026) [text]

- Includes a link to HRW's submitted amicus brief; see also UNHCR's brief.

The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

New open access book:

The Climate, Migration and Health Nexus: Opportunities for Interregional Cooperation (Springer, April 2026) [open access]

- "This open access book offers innovative contributions to the climate-migration-health nexus and the role of regional governance in this nexus, emphasizing the importance of interregional cooperation in addressing these challenges. It considers climate change as an intensifier of leading to rising of migration and displacement, in interaction with economic, political, and social factors. These in turn have profound implications for society, particularly in relation to human health and health systems. The spread of infectious diseases, the rise in chronic health conditions, mental health issues, and fragmented access to healthcare are already emerging as critical concerns. This volume fills the gap in the understanding of the intricate climate-migration-health nexus and provides new empirical evidence and data to inform effective interventions and policies."

Reports & book chapters:

Country-specific Displacement Risk Profiles (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2026)

- Read the intro to this series. So far, profiles are available for Bangladesh, Guatemala, Kenya and Nigeria. They use IDMC's Global Displacement Risk Model 2.0 for displacement estimates.

Incorporating Displacement into the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, Remarks delivered at a Technical Briefing on the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Disaster Displacement, Geneva, 23 March 2026 [access]

MECMEA: Managing the impacts of environmental change & conflict on mobility in Eastern Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, 2026) [access]

- This project has produced a synthesis report, four country briefs (Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan), and a related interactive dashboard.

"Not Lex Specialis, Yet: Testing a Complementary Climate-Displacement Regime in Bangladesh in post-ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion 2025," Chapter in Climate on the Move: Migration, Environment, Health, Economy, and Justice in a Changing World (Springer, Forthcoming 2026) [preprint]

Rethinking Planned Relocation as Social Protection in an Era of Increasing Climate Change Risks, RID Working Paper, no. 51 (Researching Internal Displacement, March 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (10 March 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (10 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Reports:

Age as a verdict: Harmful age assessments of unaccompanied migrant children in Poland (Médecins Sans Frontières & Save the Children, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Age Assessment Practices in EU+ Countries (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

*Displaced Again: The compounding impact of repeated displacement on children in Lebanon (International Rescue Committee, April 2026) [text]

A Generation at Risk: Protecting Children in Conflict Zones (IMPACT Initiatives, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guidance on Child Marriage: Programming for married girls and girls at risk of child marriage in forced displacement and crisis settings (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

“I am still looking for my daughter”: crimes against humanity committed by Russian authorities against children from Ukraine, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/61/CRP.8 (UN Human Rights Council, March 2026) [access]

- This paper complements the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine’s latest report to the Human Rights Council. Available in English, Russian and Ukrainian. 

Inaccessible legal pathways: Reuniting child relatives with family members with protection status in the UK (King’s College London, March 2026) [access]

Indefinite Separation: What Asylee Families Are Facing (USCRI, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Practical guide on the best interests of the child in the framework of international protection (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

What About My Children: Family Separation Among Parents Deported to Honduras (Women’s Refugee Commission & Physicians for Human Rights, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related blog posts (here and here) and the recording of an interview with one of the authors.

Willing Accomplices: Gazprom and Rosneft’s Role in the Transport and Indoctrination of Ukraine’s Children (Yale Univ., March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Russia. See also related Reuters article.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Protecting children on the move: What you need to know about the numbers, causes and rights of children affected by migration and displacement (UNICEF, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Capability Approach as the Ethics of Social Work with Child Refugees," Child & Family Social Work, Early View, 1 April 2026 [open access]

"Evidence on interventions that promote the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker children and adolescents in transit: a scoping literature review," International Journal for Equity in Health, 25:76 (March 2026) [open access]

"Evaluating the implementation of intercultural awareness training for the workforce supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 10 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"The involvement of refugee families in a children’s 'Family Hour' program at a regional Australian museum: opportunities and challenges," Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: Studies of Migration, Integration, Equity, and Cultural Survival, Latest Articles, 30 March 2026 [open access]

"Mapping the situation of unaccompanied and separated children in Greece: A scoping review," Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, 12 March 2026 [open access]

"Multilevel correlates of childhood violence in refugee settings: findings from the Ethiopia humanitarian violence against children and youth survey," Global Health Action, vol. 19, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- The authors of this study also published a related article in Child Protection and Practice.

"The Rights and Needs of Children During Times of War and Conflict," Frontiers in Psychology, 16 March 2026 [open access]

- Editorial for the research topic on "The rights and needs of children during times of war and conflict."

"Safe but Broken: A Critical Review on Psychological Risks of Childhood in Refugee Camps," Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 17 (March 2026) [open access]

"Understanding outcomes and resilience factors among refugee and immigrant youth exposed to domestic violence in host countries: A scoping review," Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 175 (May 2026) [open access]

"'Well, there went that playing buddy …': Retrospective narratives about displaceability among children fearing deportation in Denmark and Sweden," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 April 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (9 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Short pieces:

Collaborating to safeguard children’s identity rights amid global challenges (ENS Blog, March 2026) [text]

Statelessness in Iran: Understanding the Challenges of Nationality and Gender Discrimination (Maastricht Univ. Blog, March 2026) [text]

Study: Americans divided on immigration, but support birthright citizenship (Univ. of Rochester, March 2026) [text]

- See also related NPR article and Pew Research post.

Why North Macedonia needs a Statelessness Determination Procedure (ENS Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Building Statelessness-Sensitive ID Systems (World Bank, Feb. 2026) [text]

"Citizenship Revocation as Punishment," Chapter in Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe (De Gruyter, Forthcoming June 2026) [preprint]

"Denaturalization's Missing Limit," Northwestern Univ. Law Review Online (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

Featured Issue: Threats to Citizenship and Naturalization (AILA, April 2026) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Toolkit to identify statelessness in Scotland (European Network on Statelessness, March 2026) [access]

Multimedia:

Africa’s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?, 4 February 2026 [access]

Identifying and protecting displaced stateless people in Europe: What needs to happen next?, 23 March 2026 [access]

Resource:

Legal Atlas on Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws (Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights) [access]

- "An online interactive tool that presents a map of countries with gender discriminatory nationality laws and provides country specific details on the legal and policy framework of the discrimination, including constitutional provisions and international obligations."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (6 March 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (6 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

125,000 Trafficking Victims Worldwide, 30,000 Children: IOM Chief Calls for Global Action (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Europol launches new unit to fight migrant smugglers (InfoMigrants, March 2026) [text]

Suffering for Security: How the Refugee Crisis Leaves People Vulnerable to Human Trafficking (Refugee Research Online, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Strengthening the Capacities of West African States to Develop a Human Rights-Based Response to Smuggling of Migrants and to Effectively Respond to Human Rights Violations Related to Irregular Migration (UNODC & OHCHR, March 2025) [access]

Submission of evidence to inform the new EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (ENS, Jan. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Forced labour, trafficking, and structural exploitation of women migrant workers: International legal perspectives," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Human Trafficking: Challenges and Innovative Approaches for Research, Policy and Practice," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"Human trafficking risks in countries unaccustomed to migration: Romanian assistance providers’ experiences with conflict-affected migrants from Ukraine," European Journal of Criminology, vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Lebanon’s lifeboats: a data-driven exploration of irregular maritime migration to Europe between 2019–2022," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The Migration–Trafficking Nexus: Child Refugees at Risk and the Slow Violence that Deepens Their Vulnerability," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [ResearchGate]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Smuggling Conspiracies," Columbia Journal of Race and Law, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"War, martial law, and mobilisation: Exploring the characteristics of human smuggling at Ukraine’s borders in 2022–2023," European Journal of Criminology, vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"When Aid Comes with Strings: Donor Power and Everyday Anti-Trafficking Work in Moldova," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (26 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Beyond modules alone: why strong education systems are the foundation for life skills development (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

ExCom Conclusion: Education and Disability, NGO Oral Statement at the 95th Standing Committee Meeting, Geneva, 24-26 March 2026 (ICVA, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also SC Rapporteur's oral update.

Immigrant kids can attend school regardless of citizenship – some states are challenging this standard (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

What learning English means to migrants (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Reports & book chapters:

"Higher Education Inclusion for Refugees and International Protection Applicants in Ireland through the Universities of Sanctuary Movement—'Today I have the Keys, and I am Wearing my Good Coat'," Chapter in Transforming Gender Equality and Inclusion Within Higher Education in Ireland: Contemporary Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2025) [open access]

In Their Own Words: Students, teachers and frontline education providers on the devastating impact of aid cuts (Global Education Cluster, INEE & Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies, Feb. 2026) [text]

Rapid Review: Exploring Alternative Mechanisms for Recognised Educational Certification in Contexts of Fragmented Governance and Displacement (ERICC, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Lessons from Gaza: My Journey into Critical Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in English Language Teaching for Refugees," TESOL Quarterly, Early View, 13 March 2026 [open access]

Nordic Journal of Educational History, vol. 13, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Features a thematic section on "Educating Newcomers for the Modern Welfare State: Danish Frontline Organisations as Educational Sites and Drivers of Knowledge from the Late 1960s to the Late 1990s," with an introduction and three articles on refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants.

"Research Engagement Among Language Teachers for Refugees and Migrants in Greece," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 2 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"Researching Vulnerability in Multilingual Contexts: Trauma, Ethics, and Pedagogy," TESOL Quarterly, Early View, 8 March 2026 [open access]

"Understanding climate refugees from educators’ perspectives: Social studies teachers’ views," PLoS One 21(3): e0344777 (March 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Turkey.

"Voices from the margins: experiences of misrecognition among refugee and asylum parents of children with disabilities upon entry to the education system in England," International Journal of Inclusive Education, Latest Articles, 16 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (13 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Closing the Afghan embassy in Canberra would put many vulnerable Afghans at significant risk (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

Harnessing Islamic philanthropy to save lives in the Andaman Sea (The Interpreter Blog, March 2026) [text]

Help for athletes, bans for others: unpacking Australia’s complex, chaotic migration developments (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

- See also related posts on The Conversation and Human Rights Watch.

No Shelter: India’s Selective Abandonment of its Refugees (USCRI, March 2026) [text]

The sea does not discriminate, but what happens on land does (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees.

Reports & journal articles:

"Arar rosom arar elom: an exploration of arts-based method in fostering cultural identity and mental healing for Rohingya refugees," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 23 March 2026 [open access]

"Refuge by ‘technical’ means: humanitarianism, bureaucratic asylum, and the politics of refracted mandates in postcolonial India (1947–1981)," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 26 March 2026 [open access]

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 66 & 67 (June/Dec. 2025) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Migration, Gender, and the Ecology of Marginality in Asia."

Tackling the Tazkira (National ID) Documentation Gap Among Afghan Returnees (Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2026) [text]

"Toxic Entanglements: Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru," PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, vol. 49, no. 1 (May 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy: Caste, Class, and Indenture Abroad, 1914-67, 18 Feb. 2026 [access]

Related posts:

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

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (Afghans) (4 March 2026)