Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Addressing irregularity and migrant vulnerabilities in Sweden, PRIME Policy Brief, no. 14 (EUI Migration Policy Centre, May 2026) [text]

Asylum Report 2026 (EU Agency for Asylum, June 2026) [access]

- Follow link for report, fact sheets, and additional resources.

False Narratives and the Reality of History: The Deportation of Soviet Koreans in 1937, RID Working Paper, no. 52 (Researching Internal Displacement, June 2026) [text]

How prepared is the EU for another migration crisis? Reassessing the situation in the wake of the Iran conflict and the Sudanese civil war (European Parliament, June 2026) [text]

Irregular migrants in Croatia: legal gaps, labour market pressures, and policy options, PRIME Policy Brief, no. 12 (EUI Migration Policy Centre, May 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on Qualification for International Protection (EU Agency for Asylum, June 2026) [text]

The 'Risk of Absconding' under the EU Pact (UNHCR, 2026) [text]

UNHCR recommendations to Denmark on strengthening refugee protection in Denmark, Europe and globally (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Discussion panel: Borders, Belonging and Justice: Rethinking Refugee Protection in Europe from States to Cities, Online, 15 June 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

EUAA publishes latest asylum trends in EU+ countries (European Commission, June 2026) [access]

One body: a decade of deaths in the Central Mediterranean (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Refugees and migration: Is Europe closing its doors?," DW, 1 June 2026 [text]

- Note: The URL provided in the article to the Global Refugee Crisis 2026 report is not correct; use this link instead. The report is only available in German. See also related NPR article and ECRE statement.

Spain’s migration regularisation plan through the eyes of an African migrant researcher: Between opportunity and policy trade-offs (MPC Blog, ) [text]

Journal articles:

"Attitudes towards Immigration Explain Beliefs about Asylum Authorities and Their Decisions," Nordic Psychology (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Contingent Safe Waters: Aesthetic Dissensus Between Metaphor and the Whitening of the Russo-Ukrainian War’s Refugees in the Spanish Press," Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, First View, 1 June 2026 [open access]

"Ethics as Methodological Innovation: Participatory Research Adaptations in Panel Survey Research with Syrian Refugees," Frontiers in Political Science, 1 June 2026 [open access]

- Draws "on the Refugee and European Cities Panel (2016–2022) across thirteen cities in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and the UK."

"Ex post gatekeeping and the fiction of border control: pushbacks as a technology of migration governance at the Greek–Turkish Border," Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Latest Articles, 26 May 2026 [open access]

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, vol. 16, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "Fronteras de excepción: Entre el control migratorio y la resistencia migrante."

"Unsettled times: War, temporality, and Ukrainian transnational lives," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in Poland.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (28 May 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (28 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Border Criminologies Blog (June 2026) 

- Two-part series discussing the recent report, "From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention." See Part 1: Alternatives to detention: How tech ‘solutions’ expand containment; and Part 2: Rethinking tech in alternatives to detention: 10 principles rooted in community empowerment and transparency.

ICE Doesn’t Want the Public to See What Happens in Its Detention Centers (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

ICE Has Detained 6,200+ Kids in Trump’s Second Term, Up 10x Since Biden Left Office (Marshall Project, April 2026) [text]

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

The stethoscope as a tool of border control: resisting the pathogenicity of immigration detention (Border Criminologies Blog, May June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Italy.

Tanzania: Allegations of Detention Amidst Coerced Returns (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Challenging Mass Immigration Detention," Michigan State Law Review, vol. 50 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

The Collapse of Al Hol Camp (Repatriate the Children Sweden, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The impact of immigration detention on mental health: an updated systematic review," BMC Psychiatry, 16 May 2026 [open access]

Protection in Principle, Detention in Practice: Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health Risk within UK Immigration Removal Centres (LWOB Glasgow, May 2026) [text via SSRN]

Resource:

Explore the data: More than 11,900 rulings against Trump in ICE cases (POLITICO) [access]

- Track court rulings relating to the US administration's mass detention policy. See also related article.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (14 May 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Seminar: Refugees Return from Egypt: Legal Frameworks, Historical Contexts, and Contemporary Practices, Cairo, 14 June 2026 [info]

- *Note: This seminar has been postponed until further notice.

Consultancy: Regional Study on Gender Dynamics, Risks, and Decision-Making Related to Syrian Returns in Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye, and Syria [info]

- Submit proposal by 21 June 2026.

Short pieces:

Mixed migration through Iran (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2026) [access]

- Infographic.

Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

United Arab Emirates: Targeting of Shia Migrants for Deportation Amidst Iran War (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Downward Refugee-Led Accountability: Rethinking Humanitarian Governance by studying the Syrian Cross-Border Response, RLI Working Paper, no. 84 (Refugee Law Initiative, April 2026) [text]

International Protection Considerations with Regard to Asylum-Seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]

Not Yet Home: Evidence and recommendations on Syrian refugee returns from Türkiye (FORCE4Refugees & Upinion, May 2026) [text via ICVA]

Palestinians Returning to Lebanon: Possibilities, Readmission and Risks, RLC Briefing Paper, no. 6 (Refugee Law Clinic, May 2026) [text]

Returning to Syria: Supporting safe and inclusive returns from Jordan and Lebanon (Humanity & Inclusion, ) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Vulnerability Assessment Framework: Socio-Economic Survey on Refugees - Jordan (UNHCR, May 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

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

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

"Exploring the Drivers of Hesitancy Towards Covid-19 Vaccine Among Syrian Refugees Residing in Mount Lebanon: A Qualitative Study," IJID Regions, In Press, 23 May 2026 [open access]

"Forced Displacement Trauma: Palestinian Nakba Narratives across Three Refugee Generations in Gaza," Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Latest Articles, 14 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Humanitarianism in the West Bank: Structures, Power, and the Limits of Aid, 19 May 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (19 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (United States)

Short pieces:

Building Workforce Pell for the real economy requires leveraging all available talent (Niskanen Center, June 2026) [text]

The Economic Benefit of Birthright Citizenship (CATO At Liberty Blog, May 2026) [text]

From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy (The Conversation, May 2026) [text]

The Immigration Debate America Needs—and is Not Having (MPI, May 2026) [text]

The low-immigration economy (ImmProf Blog, May 2026) [text]

Public comment: Improving wage protections for the temporary and permanent employment of certain foreign nationals in the United States (Niskanen Center, May 2026) [text]

"Report: Trump's immigration crackdown will harm Mass. labor force," WBUR, 4 June 2026 [text]

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains (The Conversation, May 2026) [text]

Reports:

The Economic Impact of Mass Deportations, NBER Working Paper, no. 34790 (National Bureau of Economic Research, Feb. 2026) [text]

From Field to Fork: The Economic Impact of Immigrants on Texas’ Food Industry (American Immigration Council &  Texans for Economic Growth, May 2026) [access]

Immigration Restrictions and Natives’ Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the 1920s US Quota Acts, Research Briefs in Economic Policy, no. 485 (CATO Institute, May 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Rooted in the Valley: Immigrants in Napa County’s Communities and Economy (Migration Policy Institute, May 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (5 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Supporting Self-Reliance in Protracted Displacement," JDC Newsletter (May 2026) [text]

- Includes link to May 2026 literature review.

Workshop explores the long-term economic impact of forced migration (Univ. of Gothenburg, May 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Cash Transfers and Employment among Syrian Refugees: Evidence from Rule-Based Eligibility in Türkiye, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 18670 (IZA Network at LISER, May 2026) [text]

Evaluation of the pathways to economic inclusion and self-reliance of refugees and host communities in Rwanda, through the scaling up graduation approach: phase 1, EVO/2025/20 (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

Papers, Paychecks, and Plans: Analyzing the Venezuelan Diaspora in Latin America (Center for Global Development, May 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Uganda's Pioneer Refugee Model: Advances in Inclusion, Self-Reliance, and Pathways Forward, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11368 (World Bank, May 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Central Asian Migrants Look Beyond Russia, Yet New Destinations Carry Challenges Too," Migration Information Source, 7 May 2026 [text]

"Civil War–Induced Displacement and Human Capital," Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 141, no. 2 (May 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Mozambique.

"The impact of armed conflicts and forced migration on labour markets: systematic literature review and future research agenda," Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 37, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"A scoping review of economic integration interventions and programs for refugees," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 21 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Future-Ready Cities: Unlocking Immigrant Talent for Inclusive Economic Growth, 19 May 2026 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (19 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (19 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Cultural community as an information ground of Middle Eastern women refugees in Sweden: a road to better integration into society," Information Research, vol. 31, no. ISIC (2026) [open access]

"Deportation after resettlement: The conditional belonging of Bhutanese Americans in the United States," Transformative Social Work, vol. 4, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Does the Form of Conflict Termination Shape the Scale, Timing, and Selectivity of External Refugee Return? Comparative Evidence from 30 Countries, and Three Selected Cases (Bosnia, Liberia, and Sri Lanka)," Araneum: Richmond Journal of American & Global Affairs, vol. 3, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

"Participation and learning: a quasi-experimental examination of refugee settlement program and its impacts on refugees’ socioeconomic capabilities," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 30 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Resistance, Intentionality, and Endurance: Understanding Asylum-Seeking Mothers’ Agency During Resettlement in Montreal, Canada," Transcultural Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 21 May 2026 [open access]

"Sacrificing the Few to Save the Many: The Moral Economy of Resettlement to Norway," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

*"The Social Integration of International Migrants: Evidence from the Networks of Syrians in Germany," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 134, no. 4 (April 2026) [preprint]

"The Socio-Cultural Adaptation of Ukrainian Refugees in the EU: The Role of Cultural Events," Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series History, no. 69 (2026) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (4 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Canada’s Role in Global Refugee Responses (MQUP Blog, May 2026) [text]

- References a related webinar, the video recording of which is available below.

Reorienting Integration: Key findings from a collaborative project on resettlement in Denmark (RSC Blog, May 2026) [text]

Trump raises refugee cap to admit more white South Africans (The Hill, May 2026) [text]

- See also related PBS News article.

UNHCR and UNDP launch new partnership to advance inclusion and solutions for people forced to flee (UNHCR & UNDP, May 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Analyzing Vulnerability in Canadian Refugee Resettlement, Working Paper, no. 30 (LERRN, May 2026) [text]

Durable solutions in action: FAO's approach to anticipatory action for displacement (Food and Agriculture Organization, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Handbook on Regularisation Policies: Practices, Debates and Outcomes (University of Krems Press, Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

Reconsidering ‘Home’: Aspirations and Intentions of Syrians in Belgium in the Context of Syrian Political Transition (International Organization for Migration, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Refugee Survey (Govt. of New Zealand & Ipsos, 2026) [access]

- Follow link for report of findings from the refugee survey pilot and an infographic.

"There is No Place Like Home": Returns to Frontline Areas in Ukraine and Humanitarian Implications, WFP Ukraine White Paper, no. 4 (World Food Programme, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Virtual Book Launch: Canada in the Global Refugee Regime, 20 May 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (15 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Adaptation Strategies, Practices and Challenges of Afghans in Iran and the Role of Digital Interaction," Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, vol. 19, no. 4 (2025; posted April 2026) [open access]

"AI for Good: Expanding Legal Services for Immigrants," Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"The Automation of Deportation? Evaluating the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence," Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Forced Migration and Information Seeking Behavior on Wikipedia: Insights from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis," Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, vol. 20, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Mapping Arts and Digital Practices Supporting Diasporic Identity and Cultural Memory Among Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review Protocol," Culture, vol. 2, no. 2 (May 2026) [open access]

"Migrants’ Trust, Equity, and Inclusion in Digital Public Services: A Focus on Information Access and Use," Chapter in Migrações e Comunicação na Era Planetária: Debates e Ações (UMinho Editora/CECS, April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Iranians in Finland.

"Migration and Digital Political Activism: The Venezuelan Case," Chapter in Migrações e Comunicação na Era Planetária: Debates e Ações (UMinho Editora/CECS, April 2026) [open access]

"A Role for Artificial Intelligence in a Politicized Immigration World," Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (4 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Alternatives to detention: How tech ‘solutions’ expand containment (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Data of 600,000 Gaza households exposed in WFP cyber-attack," The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2026 [text]

- See also related Inklings article.

The digital lives of children experiencing displacement (Media@LSE Blog, May 2026) [text]

Home Office awards contract, plans 2027 implementation for using AI to assess age of asylum seekers (EIN, June 2026) [text]

#NO_LONGER_REFUGEES: How dignity drives Syrians’ return in the post-Assad era (RSC Blog, April 2026) [text]

Why Digital Access Matters for Refugee Girls in Conflict Settings (ACCORD, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Africa.

Reports: 

AI and Refugee Protection in the African Union: Smart Borders or Fortress Africa?, CIGI Policy Brief, no. 238 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, ) [text]

Community-Centered Connectivity in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda: An Internet Society Case Study (Internet Society, May 2026) [access]

LLMs as annotators of credibility assessment in Danish asylum decisions: evaluating classification performance and errors beyond aggregated metrics, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 98 (Univ. of Copenhagen, May 2026) [text]

Machine Learning Prediction of Conflict-Driven Refugee Migration: Evidence from Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine (SUNY Buffalo, 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (13 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

How Fear of Deportation Silences Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (Refugee Research Online, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

US Court Rules to Protect Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors (HRW, May 2026) [text]

Who Sees Displaced Women? Gender-Based Violence, Forced Displacement and Protection Politics in Central Africa (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Attractiveness for Status? The Link Between Physical Attractiveness and Male Refugees' Romantic Relationships in Germany," Journal of Marriage and Family, Early View, 20 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians and Afghans.

"Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Burden and Perceptions among Asylum-seeking Women in Berlin, Germany: A Cross-sectional Study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Fixing Our Borders of Injustice: The Fall of Chevron Brings New Hope for Gender-Based Violence Asylum," Catholic Univ. Law Review, vol. 75, no. 4 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Gender and Community Forestry: Analyzing Women’s Engagement in Forestry Management Near Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda," International Journal of Forestry Research, 23 May 2026 [open access]

"Impact of gardening and nutrition support provided to women in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Food Policy, vol. 141 (June 2026) [open access]

"Integrating Gender Equality into International Refugee Law: The Contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union," European Journal of International Law, Advance Articles, 20 May 2026 [open access]

"Reconceiving Forced Marriage into Armed Groups as Forced Recruitment in International Refugee Law," European Journal of International Law, Advance Articles, 24 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad, 22 May 2026 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (11 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA) (11 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Call for applications: Statelessness Essentials Course, Online, 15 June-15 September 2026 [info]

- *More details about the course sessions are provided here. Register by 10 June 2026.

Report launch: Understanding Statelessness in Australia, Melbourne, 18 June 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

"1 Year Later, Deported Bhutanese Refugees Feel the Psychological Toll of Statelessness," The Diplomat, 20 May 2026 [text]

The Conundrum of Ethnic Recognition and the Limits of Group-Based Citizenship Campaigning in Kenya (CSS Blog, May 2026) [text]

Stateless people in Romania: still waiting for recognition and rights (ENS Blog, May 2026) [text]

"Taiwan's Democratic Blind Spot: Statelessness and Legal Exclusion," The Diplomat, 22 May 2026 [text]

Why Germany needs a statelessness determination procedure (ENS Blog, May 2026) [text]

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

Reports & journal articles: 

Applying the statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (European Network on Statelessness, May 2026) [text]

Deprivation of Citizenship: Humanity, Equality, Democracy, Justice, Social Cohesion in the UK (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2026) [text]

- See also related press release.

Exploring the Interface Between Birth Registration and Citizenship Determination: A Scoping Study in Seven Countries in Southern Africa (UNHCR & Vital Strategies, April 2026) [text]

Forced Migration, Statelessness, and Conflict in Africa: Legal Frameworks, Institutional Gaps, and Policy Pathways, Case Legal Studies Research Paper (Case Western Reserve Univ., Forthcoming) [text]

Guardianship, Nationality and Statelessness (European Network on Statelessness, May 2026) [text]

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

- Special issue on "Statelessness in Asia."

"Will I Always be British?" An investigation into the impact of UK citizenship-stripping policies on feelings of belonging, security and Britishness in migrant communities (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2026) [text]

- See also related press release.

Resource:

Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness (Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness) [access]

- "[E]stablished to strengthen access to jurisprudence on nationality, statelessness, and related human rights issues. ...The database covers judgments that address statelessness directly, such as where the applicant is stateless or at risk of statelessness."

*UPDATED

Related posts: 

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

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

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Webinar: The Changing Landscape of Immigration Law: Expanding Limits and Shrinking Protections, 5 June 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

The Administration’s Attack on I-730 Petitions (The Asylumist Blog, May 2026) [text]

Dangerous Speech in Disguise: The White House’s New “Aliens” Website Is Not a Joke (Just Security, June 2026) [text]

Democratic Republic of Congo: US Third-Country Deportations Amidst a Human Rights Crisis (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

DHS Quits Granting Green Cards—Almost Entirely (CATO At Liberty Blog, May 2026) [text]

- See also related post on The Asylumist blog.

New ICE Arrest Statistics Shed Light on Who the Agency is Targeting in American Communities (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2026) [text]

New York Considers Measures to Rein in ICE (HRW, May 2026) [text]

"Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off from Jobs, Health Care and Housing," New York Times, 30 May 2026 [text]

- See also related post on Paul Krugman's Substack.

U.S. Department of State: The United States Rejects International Migration Review Forum (ImmProf Blog, May 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Immigration Research: ICE Arrests and Enforcement (UCLA) [access]

- Follow link for a series of  analytical briefs that "document disproportionate impacts on Latinos and rising arrests among Asians, revealing how politics, race, and state policies shape enforcement practices. Together, they provide evidence of bias and raise urgent questions about equity, justice, and democracy in the United States."

Particular Social Groups in Review: A Bright Future, Research Paper, no. 2026-14 (Belmont Univ. College of Law, May 2026) [text]

Restoring Credibility and Humanity: A New Framework for Immigration Enforcement (American Immigration Council, May 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Attacked as 'De Facto Amnesty,' U.S. Temporary Protected Status is Abruptly Eroded," Migration Information Source, 28 May 2026 [text]

"Brazilian Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 14 May 2026 [text]

Idaho Law Review, vol. 61, no. 3 (2026) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Immigration Law and the Shifting Border of American Federalism."

"The Immigration Habeas Deluge: Adjudicating Mass Government Torts," Indiana Law Journal, vol. 102 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Law, Belonging, and Exclusion: The Dual Role of Immigration and Citizenship Law."

SMU Law Review, vol. 79, no. 1 (2026) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Immigration and the Constitution: Evolving Doctrines and Emerging Conflicts."

"Still about race: white supremacy, immigration politics and Trumpism," Race & Class, OnlineFirst, 21 April 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Supreme Court (Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times Podcast Series, season 2) [access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (7 May 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (7 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

Can smugglers be rescuers? (RLI Blog, April 2026) [text]

Libya: Western forces shut down clandestine boat factory but migrant flows reroute eastward (InfoMigrants, May 2026) [text]

Statement of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, International Migration Review Forum (OHCHR, May 2026) [text]

Reports:

Crimes at Sea and the Jurisdiction Problem: Why Maritime Criminal Accountability Fails Migrants and Refugees, School of Law Working Paper (Univ. of Ghana, May 2026) [text]

Evidence from the Atlantic Route: Migrant smuggling and risks on journeys to the Canary Islands (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2026) [text]

*A Review of Existing Research on Smuggling of Migrants (UNODC, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Autonomy of migrant smuggling: legal absurdities in the criminalisation of family reunification and solidarity with asylum seekers," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 14 May 2026 [open access]

- "Based on a socio-legal analysis of over a hundred court rulings in Finland."

"Decriminalizing Migrant Smuggling," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 39, no. 3 (Spring 2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Forced migration and human trafficking: survivors’ narratives of strength and survival upon first arrival in Germany," International Journal for Equity in Health, 25:125 (May 2026) [open access]

"Twenty-Five years on: anti-trafficking, shifting policy regimes and failure," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Southeast Asia.

"The U Visa at 25: Legislative Missteps, Bureaucratic Neglect, and Geographic Roulette," NYU Law Review Online (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Who is Smuggler? Contradictory Positions and Unsettled Roles in Smuggling Assemblage on the Balkan Route," Global Networks, vol. 26, no. 3 (July 2026) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (6 April 2026)

New Book Titles

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