Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

CareLine: Using AI Responsibly to Help Answer Refugees’ Queries (UNHCR Blog, July 2026) [text]

Explainer: How UNHCR is using AI to support refugees and improve operations (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

‘High-Impact’ or Not? How DHS Classifies AI in Immigration Enforcement (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"What the WFP cyber-attack has in common with visa scandals," The New Humanitarian, 16 July 2026 [text]

York U awarded $2.5M to investigate, mitigate impact of increasing digital surveillance on refugees (York Univ., July 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Digital Community Engagement in Protracted Crises: A Methodological Framework for Longitudinal Research using the Upinion Platform, HADRI Global Development Working Paper, no. 2 (Western Sydney Univ., 2026) [text]

- Focuses on refugee populations in Greece and the Netherlands.

"The humanitarian AI paradox: Key opportunities, challenges and research needs for the use of AI in humanitarian mental health response," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Mediated information grounds: living with(in) pareshani, social networks and gendered media practices among the Rohingya refugees," Information, Communication & Society, Latest Articles, 8 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Australia and Bangladesh.

"Mobility as climate change adaptation in South Africa: Exploring the legal and policy significance of artificial intelligence," Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, vol. 18, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Prácticas digitales y experiencias afectivas entre mujeres mexicanas solicitantes de asilo atrapadas en Tijuana, México," Migraciones, vol. 67 (2026) [open access]

"When digital aid meets reality: A socio-technical analysis of feasibility requirements in cash-based interventions," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 231 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (7 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Commissioner HHS Briefing to the PRC Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees, IDPs and Migrants on the Humanitarian Situation in Africa (African Union, July 2026) [text]

Do aid cuts fuel violent conflict in Africa? How to promote peace (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Findings from emergency response in Sudan: a 48-hour joint humanitarian effort (Humanitarian Practice Network, July 2026) [text]

"More than 53,000 immigrants have been deported or repatriated by South Africa in a crackdown," AP News, 13 July 2026 [text]

UNHCR and partners launch Multi-Purpose Hub in Addis Ababa to expand protection, information, and access to services for people on the move (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Advancing Protection under Article I(2): Interpretative clarity, operational support and pathways forward for African States Parties to the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung et al., June 2026) [access]

- Available in English, French and German. See also related LinkedIn post.

Communication in Protracted Refugee Encampment: A Humanitarian and Development Approach to Youth Engagement (FilmAid Kenya, April 2026) [text]

Gaps and Needs: Improving Access to Legal Identity and Facilitating the Safe and Dignified Return for Migrants Without Proof of Identity (International Organization for Migration, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Draws on case studies from Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and Nigeria.

Journal articles:

"An assessment of the Water-Energy-Food nexus in Bidibidi refugee settlement towards the design of sustainable energy technologies," Energy Nexus, vol. 23 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Between hope and sorrow: exploring Burundian refugees’ everyday struggles and aspirations in Chatsworth township in Durban, South Africa," African Identities, Latest Articles, 15 July 2026 [open access]

"Conflict, drought, and displacement: determinants of return intentions among South Sudanese refugees," Comparative Migration Studies, 13 July 2026 [open access]

"Excluded Lives: Migrant Status and Access to Healthcare in South Africa," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 23, no. 6 (June 2026) [open access]

"We will stay-put or die remaining: why some communities choose active immobility in conflict zones in Nigeria," Mobilities, Latest Articles, 5 July 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (12 July 2026)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (12 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Climate, Disasters and Human Mobility: What the Global Compact for Migration Can Advance by 2030 (Nansen Initiative +10 Blog, July 2026) [text]

Climate Wars and the Limits of Refugee Protection (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

Colombia’s Climate Displacement Law Can Be a Model for the World (Emissary Blog, June 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Disaster Displacement and International Protection in the EU: Challenges, Misconceptions, and the Way Forward (Routledge, July 2026) [open access]

- "This book investigates the reasons behind the absence of consolidated protection concerning disaster displacement in the EU. ...Through a comprehensive and detailed analysis, it sheds light on the challenges and misconceptions faced by individuals displaced across borders in the context of disasters. It offers a thorough examination of existing legislation, policies, and case law at both the national and EU levels, with a particular focus on Italy. By addressing these issues, it provides a valuable insight for academics, policymakers, and decision-makers, advocating for an evolutive approach to protection claims related to disaster displacement. It calls for the dismantling of State-led barriers to asylum, arguing that such measures are neither effective nor human rights compliant."

Reports & journal articles:

"Après le déluge: Evolving approaches to international protection in the context of climate change and disasters," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"Cambio climático y migraciones: Una aproximación Delphi en la búsqueda del consenso," Papers, vol. 111, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Climate Resilience in Displacement: Examining UNHCR’s SuLMER Intervention in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (UNHCR et al., Dec. 2025; posted July 2026) [text]

- Note: SuLMER = Sustainable Land Management and Environmental Rehabilitation 

"Climate-induced displacement and urban insecurity in Pakistan: comparative evidence from Karachi and Lahore," Conflict, Security & Development, Latest Articles, 2 July 2026 [open access]

*Global research prioritization and action plan on health, migration and displacement in the context of climate change: strengthening research and translating research priorities into policy and practice (WHO, June 2026) [text]

The human cost of disaster displacement in Bangladesh: A life-year approach to understanding impacts (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, July 2026) [access]

- Follow link for report and other related documents.

"The Tuvalu precedent: Necessary paradox and the limits of climate displacement governance," Climate Risk Management, vol. 53 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Climate refugees: Once again on nomenclature and why it matters, 8 July 2026 [access]

How the World is Learning to Respond Collectively to Climate Displacement (Changing Climate, Changing Migration Podcast Series, June 2026) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (12 June 2026)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

The Escalating Threat of Third Country Deportations (The Asylumist Blog, July 2026) [text]

FIFA World Cup 2026: Americans Welcomed the World Despite Restrictive Immigration Policies (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

An immigration law error in the court’s asylum decision threatens immigration courts (SCOTUSblog, July 2026) [text]

Key Trump Deportation Strategies: Removing, Replacing, and Pressuring Immigration Judges (Just Security, July 2026) [text]

Trump’s New Anti-Legal Immigration Rules Target Students, Spouses of US Citizens (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2026) [text]

US: Haitians Set to Lose Protections, Risk Return to Violence (HRW, July 2026) [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian and post on Immigration Impact.

Why It’s Wrong to Involuntarily Mobilize Reserve JAGs for Immigration Cases (Just Security, July 2026) [text]

- Note: JAGs = Judge Advocates General

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

Reports:

Agents of Chaos and Cruelty: How the Trump Administration's National Deportation Policing Force Has Attacked American Communities (ACLU, July 2026) [text]

Immigration Militarization, WashU Law Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 26 (Washington Univ. in St. Louis, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Albanians from Kosovo in the United States: To Stay, Migrate, or Return," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 9 July 2026 [open access]

"Comparative Visions for a U.S. Group-Based Asylum Proposal," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 57, no. 3 (2026) [full-text]

"Estimates of the Size and Composition of the Undocumented Immigrant Population in the U.S. in 2024," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 16 July 2026 [full-text]

"Third-Country Deportations: Legal and Ethical Problems," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 17 July 2026 [full-text]

"The Trump Effect: US Immigration Policy and Transit Migrants in Central America," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 July 2026 [full-text]

Multimedia:

“My Freedom was Taken from me.” Exposing Trump’s Shady Third Country Deportation Deals, Forced from Home Podcast Series, no. 6 (Refugees International, June 2026) [access]

Related posts:

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

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

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Refugee Voices in Modern Global History (RSC Blog, July 2026) [text]

Why Do Refugees Move to Some Countries but Not Others? Political Regimes and the Uneven Geography of Global Protection (IDE Research Columns, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Externalization of migration governance: new trends and specific aspects - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/62/35 (UN General Assembly, May 2026) [access]

- The report is available in multiple languages; see also the inputs received.

Global Public Attitudes Towards Refugees (Ipsos, July 2026) [access]

- See also related UNHCR-Ipsos press release and UN news story.

Protection Under Pressure: 75 Years of the 1951 Refugee Convention (International Rescue Committee, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Deterrence Illusion: A Comparative Analysis of European and Global Asylum Externalization Agreements," Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Latest Articles, 8 July 2026 [open access]

"Infectious diseases, and risk factors among refugees, people living in underserved neighbourhoods, migrant, and internally displaced populations: a systematic review," BMC Public Health, 11 July 2026 [open access]

"Life Before the Paper: Resisting the Segregation Between Theory and Action Through Research and Asylum Activism," ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, Forthcoming, 7 July 2026 [open access]

"Spain and Latin America Take Diverging Paths on Regularization," Migration Information Source, 2 July 2026 [text]

"Understanding culture, memory and trauma in asylum interviews: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis," Legal and Criminological Psychology, Early View, 11 July 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (7 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Children detained under ‘one-in-one-out’ scheme lays bare the UK scheme’s brutal reality (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2026) [text]

Federal Court Delivers Major Blow to Trump Detention Policy of Jailing Immigrants with No Hearing, No Explanation (American Immigration Council, July 2026) [text]

A High Court ruling could allow hundreds of former detainees to sue the government. A legal expert explains why (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

How many children are affected by parental immigrant detention? (Brookings, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Inhumane Detention Conditions Aren’t Uncommon, They’re Part of the Problem (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Tunisia-Libya border: UN experts alarmed by alleged system of mass detention, expulsion and trafficking (OHCHR, July 2026) [text]

US: Türk alarmed at deaths in ICE custody, calls for urgent preventive action (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

- See also related article in The Guardian reporting the 22nd death in 2026.

Reports & journal articles:

"Can Immigration Detention Ever Be in the Best Interests of the Child? The Detention of Unaccompanied Minors in Europe under International and European Law," The Age of Human Rights Journal, vol. 27 (2027) [open access]

Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System (Human Rights Watch, June 2026) [access]

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

- Focuses on the US.

"Monitoring and evaluation of remote medico-legal report assessments when documenting evidence of torture for asylum seekers detained on Diego Garcia," Torture Journal, vol. 36, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

A ripple effect of suffering: Children and young people’s experiences of parental immigration detention and deportation (Australian Human Rights Commission, July 2026) [access]

- See also related post on The Conversation and Univ. of Sydney news release.

"When Detention Becomes a Death Sentence: The Urgent Need for Greater Due Process Protections for ICE Detainees," Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 79, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"You’re Only Getting Out Deported or Dead": Abusive US Immigration Detention at Ft. Bliss (Human Rights Watch, July 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (8 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

The Missing Child in the Chișinău Declaration (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Ukrainian families have been torn apart by the war – reunifying them is no easy task (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

US immigration policies interfere with prenatal care and parenting choices, hurting people and communities (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Beyond Return: Child and Family Wellbeing among Refugee and IDP Returnees in Ukraine and Syria (World Vision, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Children’s Right to Family Life in the Context of Migration and Asylum Policies (Women's Refugee Commission, June 2026) [text]

- Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants regarding "Children’s right to family life in the context of migration and asylum policies."

Enforcing the Rights of Children in Migration: Final Report (International Law Association, 2026) [text]

Explainer for Parents and their Helpers Seeking Family Reunification (Women's Refugee Commission, June 2026) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Family Reunification: A right, not a privilege (Caritas Europa, June 2026) [text via InfoMigrants]

A ripple effect of suffering: Children and young people’s experiences of parental immigration detention and deportation (Australian Human Rights Commission, July 2026) [access]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Their Future, Their Voice: Centering Displaced Children in Global Protection and Policy (US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Criminalización de menores migrantes no acompañados: una comparativa entre México y España," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, no. 34 (2026) [open access]

"The Impact of Intergroup Collaboration on In-Group Bias Between Rohingya Refugee and Bangladeshi Host Community Children," Developmental Science, vol. 29, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"Normalization of abuse and barriers to reporting among adolescents and young people in settings of displacement in Nigeria," Conflict and Health, 8 June 2026 [open access]

"Syria, the Homeland. Feeling at Home in Rotterdam? The Multiple Feelings of Belonging of Resettled Syrian-Born Youngsters with a Refugee Background," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (11 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2

Reports & book chapters:

Forced back and left behind: Conditions for urban returnees and the urgent need for local integration in Afghanistan (Danish Refugee Council, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Paths to Peace: UNRRA and the US Military in China, 1945–47," Chapter in Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces (Cornell Univ. Press, July 2026) [open access]

- Note: UNRRA = United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

"Refugees and Humanitarian Admissions in Australia: Between Control and Management," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Administrative inclusion without legal incorporation among Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India," Discover Global Society, 4:102 (June 2026) [open access]

"Efficacy of a World Health Organization–Guided Self-Help Intervention for Reducing Psychological Distress in Afghan Refugees: Randomized Controlled Trial," JMIR Mental Health, 3:e89928 (May 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Afghans in Indonesia. See also related UNSW news story.

"Registration of family vital events in a conflict-induced displacement setting," Population Health Metrics, 24:40 (June 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya youth in Bangladesh.

"A twist in the tale of Asian exceptionalism: Bangladesh’s ‘near accession’ to the 1951 Refugee Convention," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 11 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (14 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Australia’s Long History of Externalisation (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Executive expulsions from Assam: A historical look at citizenship regulation (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

How does Australia’s migration system actually work? 5 common myths busted (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Migration is dropping, but public concern is climbing. Why? (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Mobility Should Not Erase Citizenship: Internal Displacement and India’s Electoral Roll Revision (RID Blog, June 2026) [text]

Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents (HRW, July 2026) [text]

Twenty years of UN resolutions – and the Rohingya still wait (The Interpreter Blog, July 2026) [text]

UNDP and UNHCR chiefs urge sustained investment as Afghanistan faces unprecedented refugee returnee influx (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

From making the 'Refugee City' to being ethnically cleansed from it?, 3 June 2026 [access]

- Focuses on Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 June 2026)