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)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Becoming Non-Religious: Exploring the Emotional Experiences of Apostasy and Refugee Status Determination," Secularism and Nonreligion, vol. 15 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK. See also related report.

"Beyond deportation: regularisation and voluntary return as alternative policy approaches to irregular migration in Spain and the United Kingdom," Comparative Migration Studies, 8 July 2026 [open access]

"From Asylum to the Witness Stand: Asylum Seeking Witnesses in Universal Jurisdiction Trials in Europe," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 2 July 2026 [open access]

"Hardly a nexus: The Polish frames on humanitarian assistance, peace, and development aid for Ukraine and Ukrainians in 2022," Globalizations, Latest Articles, 2 July 2026 [open access]

"Hinge Diplomacy between the Great Powers: Romania’s Response to East Pakistani Refugees," Nationalities Papers, First View, 7 July 2026 [open access]

"'It's a Sensitive Topic for Me, But I Want to Tell You': Ethical and Trauma-Informed Issues of Conducting Interviews with Young Ukrainian Refugees," Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, vol. 18, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Living in Uncertainty: Wartime Waiting and the Dialectic of Uncertainty–Certainty in Ukrainian Diasporic Collectivities in Poland," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 July 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Danish ‘paradigm shift’ and the quiet rewriting of refugee protection in Europe (RSC Blog, July 2026) [text]

"EU expands Libya cooperation despite repeated warnings over violence at sea," The New Humanitarian, 10 July 2026 [text]

The EU Migration and Asylum Pact is now in force – but the data suggests it may not work as intended (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2026) [text]

Exit Denied — How EU Externalisation Undermines the Right to Leave (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, July 2026) [text]

The first run of the new Solidarity Mechanism: “more for more” or “back to square one”? (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, July 2026) [text]

International Law and Refugee Rights in Northern Ireland Blog Series (RLI Blog, July 2026) [access]

Why Pope Leo’s visit to Lampedusa matters for migrants, the church and global politics (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Energy-related hardships faced by new refugees in England (Univ. of Manchester, June 2026) [text]

Lives on hold: Intentions and Perspectives of Refugees from Ukraine, Regional Intentions Report, no. 7 (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Reconsidering ‘Home’: Aspirations and Intentions of Syrians in Sweden in the Context of Syrian Political Transition (IOM, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

State Strategy on Internal Displacement (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Ukraine.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 July 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (2 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The 2014 law relating to refugees in Rwanda: analyzing the gap between theory and reality," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Building Resilience in the Context of the Security Crisis in Burkina Faso: The Case of Internally Displaced Persons," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 18 June 2026 [full-text]

"Empirical Insights into Managing Internal Displacement from the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Opportunities for Enhanced Crisis Governance in Africa," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 July 2026 [open access]

"Everyday humanitarianism amongst Tanzanian elites: a new perspective on localisation," Geoforum, vol. 175 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

"'How far I go is not my choice': Immobility, administrative violence and ontological insecurity amongst young people in situations of forced migration in South Africa," Comparative Migration Studies, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"Indigenous wisdoms and the decolonial efforts in migration studies in South Africa," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Policy Coherence Enigma and Historical Amnesia in Economically Inclusive Solutions for Protracted Refugees: The Cases of Kenya and Uganda," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 July 2026 [open access]

"'They do ask, but it is not the way you ask': data collection as communication for internally displaced persons in South Sudan," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (13 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

African States Shouldn’t Help the US Endanger Refugees (African Arguments, July 2026) [text]

Central African Republic Latest ‘Third Country’ for US Deportees (HRW, June 2026) [text]

Equatorial Guinea: US Third Country Deportations to Another Country Accused of Widespread Corruption and Human Rights Abuses (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

How voluntary and safe are Burundian refugee returns from Tanzania? (ISS Today, June 2026) [text]

Kenya wants to close refugee camps: the promise and risks of its ambitious new plan (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Migration starts beyond South Africa’s borders – responses should too (ISS Today, July 2026) [text]

- See also related African Arguments post.

"Sudan’s aid crisis is also a crisis of accountability," The New Humanitarian, 8 July 2026 [text]

Reports & book chapters:

African Regional Economic Communities: The potential of free movement protocols in enhancing refugees’ access to rights and advancing solutions, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 46 (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

From Promise to Practice: Delivering on Uganda’s Refugee Model (Refugees International, June 2026) [text]

Understanding Ebola risk in Ituri's IDP sites: perceptions, prevention constraints and response needs (Mercy Corps, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on the DRC. Also in French.

UNHCR Position on Voluntary Returns to Sudan (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

"Visa and Mobility in Africa: Challenges and Way Ahead," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Why is Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Largely Invisible? (World of Migration Podcast Series, June 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (12 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

5 ways UNHCR is transforming its transport and infrastructure services for a more sustainable future (UNHCR Blog, June 2026) [text]

When risk is local, but decisions are not: bridging the gap in risk-sharing practice (ODI HPN, June 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles: 

The 5 Dos and Don'ts of Humanitarian Diplomacy (Norwegian Refugee Council, July 2026) [text]

2025 Report on flexible funding: Flexibility that drives resilience (IOM, July 2026) [access]

- Follow link to companion information page on flexible funding; access to the report is provided towards the bottom.

Delivering an ecosystem approach to humanitarian action: proposals from the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action (ODI, June 2026) [text]

"The health outcomes of shelter and settlements interventions in humanitarian crises: a systematic review," Conflict and Health, 20 June 2026 [open access]

Humanitarian Access and Protection Under Siege: A Focus on Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon (Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, June 2026) [text via UCL]

Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2026 (ALNAP, June 2026) [access]

- Follow link for full report and summaries in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

The Impact of Funding Cuts on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti and South Sudan, Working Paper, no. 53 (Researching Internal Displacement, June 2026) [text]

Oppression, liberation and humanitarianism in Palestine, Myanmar and Sudan (ODI, July 2026) [text]

Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Findings from Crisis-specific Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Covering the Period 2015-2025 (OCHA, April 2026) [access]

- "The IAHE Synthesis exercise pulls together the findings from seven inter-agency humanitarian evaluations (IAHEs) covering nine different contexts spanning 2015 – 2025: Mozambique Cyclone Idai (2019), Ethiopia drought (2015-2018), Yemen (2015-2021), Afghanistan (2021-2023), Northern Ethiopia conflict (2021-2023), Somalia drought (2022-2024), and Türkiye/Syria Earthquake (2023-2025). The document also presents a meta-analysis of issues that arise from reading across the evaluations and suggests recommendations that stem from the findings. The synthesis brief (English, Arabic, French, and Spanish versions), as well as the summary and full reports, are available." See also related ICVA Blog post.

Resource:

Solutions from the Start Toolkit: Guidance for Emergency Response (Norwegian Refugee Council) [access]

- "The toolkit is an approach for designing emergency response and preparedness that not only meets basic needs but also creates a pathway toward self-reliance and durable outcomes for displaced people, prioritising sustainable options wherever feasible, strengthening local capacities, and avoiding parallel service delivery systems."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (9 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

UNHCR: ‘A reliable immigration pathway could unlock potential’ (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

New open access book:

Digital Exiles: Refugee Work in the Global Digital Economy (MIT Press, June 2026) [open access]

- "The pursuit of a digital livelihood—from attending coding schools in Berlin to training datasets for AI in crisis-stricken Lebanon to online freelancing in Kenya’s refugee camps—represents an increasingly important income opportunity for refugees. Digital work programs by aid organizations and the private sector aim to help the forcibly displaced become self-reliant and successful workers, yet, for many, it creates new forms of exclusion, precarity, and risk. Combining human stories with insights from five years of multisited research and applied work with leading organizations, the author presents an alternative vision of an inclusive world of work that can help shape the fair digital economy of the future."

Reports:

4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 4-6 June 2026 [access]

- Follow the link to view presentations that have been posted.

Economic and Magnet Effects of Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers: Descriptive Evidence from the United States, HBS Working Paper, no. 91 (Harvard Business School, June 2026) [text]

Labor Mobility and Skills Profiles of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Lessons from eight years of refugee employment (Univ. of Sydney, June 2026) [access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Pioneering Evidence Shows How Entrepreneurship Model Can Reduce Extreme Poverty Among Refugees (Mercy Corps, June 2026) [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Series: Labour market inclusion for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons (International Labour Organization, June 2026)

- Includes briefs focusing on Germany, Kenya and Uganda. See also related news release.

Shock, awe, and economic fallout: The employment effects of ICE enforcement in US cities (Brookings, May 2026) [text]

- See also related NYT op-ed.

Temporary Protection, permanent effects? The labor market impact of Ukrainian refugees in the European Union, GLO Discussion Paper, no. 1769 (Global Labor Organization, 2026) [text via RePEc]

Uganda Refugee Response: Private Sector Engagement in the Agricultural Sector (UNHCR et al., June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Research in Globalization [access]

- Special collection on "Forced Migration, Integration, and Employment of Ukrainians: A Global View."

"Working Your Way to Remain: Subjective Well-Being and Employment of Migrants in the United Kingdom," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

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

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (United States) (5 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Canada gave Ukrainians safety, but building a future was harder (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Community refugee sponsorship: how the Home Office can get its new safe‑and‑legal route right (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

Integration from Day One: Northern Ireland’s Refugee Integration Strategy From an International and Comparative Perspective (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Beyond Control Signalling: Designing Integration Policies for Better Outcomes and Public Trust (Migration Policy Institute, July 2026) [text]

Exploring Intra-Regional Complementary Pathways for Refugees in South and Southeast Asia (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Local Integration Experiences of Young Afghan Women in the Greater Toronto Area (Centre for Refugee Studies, May 2026) [access]

OECD-UNHCR Safe Pathways for Refugees - 2026 update (June 2026) [text]

- "OECD-UNHCR study on pathways used by refugees linked to family reunification, study

programmes and labour mobility between 2019 and 2024."

Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2027 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- See also related briefing note and dashboard.

Refugees Integration in Uganda: Perspective of Refugees, Stakeholders and the Host Community (Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa, May 2026) [text]

"Resettlement: Protection or Control?," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"The Causes and Consequences of Administrative Burdens in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Comparing Refugee Integration Experiences in the UK: Community Sponsorship and the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"The Evolution of the UK’s Refugee Resettlement Policies and the Emergence of Sponsorship Initiatives: A Historical Institutionalism Approach," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 1 July 2026 [open access]

"Permanent temporary: the temporal and digital dimensions of refugee resettlement in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 26 June 2026 [open access]

"Refugee Integration Through Service Systems: A Latent Class Analysis of Resettlement and Mental Health Service Utilization," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 8 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Rural and regional settlement of former refugees and humanitarian migrants: a place-based perspective," Australian Geographer, Latest Articles, 7 July 2026 [open access]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Ukrainian Protection-Holders’ Perceptions of Agency, Resources and Welfare Access During Settlement in Berlin and Munich," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 16 June 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

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

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (4 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Expressing agency and coping strategies during Yemen’s armed conflict: a case study of women beneficiaries’ responses to an enhanced resilience program," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:17 (July 2026) [open access]

"From access to empowerment: participatory action research with refugee women in higher education," Intercultural Education, Latest Articles, 30 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"'He doubted strongly whether there would be any cases of persecution on grounds of sex': Women, Discrimination, and the Refugee Convention at 75," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 21 June 2026 [open access]

"Intersectional deprivation: refugee women's entrepreneurship in a UK deprived context," International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Earlycite, 1 July 2026 [open access]

"Intersectional Vulnerabilities of Young Women Refugees in Western Ethiopia: A Transnational Feminist Analysis," Journal of Development Studies, Latest Articles, 29 June 2026 [open access]

"Layered trauma and psychosocial vulnerability among Syrian refugee women after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 12 June 2026 [open access]

Reproductive Health [access]

- Special collection on "Reproductive Health Equity for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Populations."

"'Trapped in safety': Carceral domesticity and the gendered geographies of Rohingya refugee women in urban Malaysia," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 118 (Sept.-Oct. 2026) [open access]

"Water management practices under climate and infrastructure stress in Zaatari Refugee Camp: A gendered qualitative study," International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 276 (July 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Hiding in plain sight: How women survive Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2026 [text]

No safety, no way out: The Rohingya girls caught between aid cuts and child marriage in Bangladesh (Global Voices, July 2026) [text]

The Solo Woman Researcher in the Field (AMMODI Blog, July 2026) [text]

Statement by the Regional Women-Led Organizations Support Platform for the Sudan Situation (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Local Integration Experiences of Young Afghan Women in the Greater Toronto Area (Centre for Refugee Studies, May 2026) [access]

Localising climate and gender policy in Adjumani District, Uganda: women refugees at the frontlines of climate crisis, Policy Brief, no. 2 (Nottingham Trent University, June 2026) [text]

New American Women (Immigrants and Refugees) in Utah (Utah State Univ., June 2026) [text]

Secure Land, Secure Futures: Closing the Gender Gap in Displacement Contexts in Mali (Norwegian Refugee Council, June 2026) [access]

- Available in French and English.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (3 June 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported - Amend New Asylum Law in Line with International Standards (HRW, July 2026) [text]

Lebanon: Israel radically expands use of unlawful mass ‘evacuation’ orders and commits war crime of unlawful transfer (Amnesty International, June 2026) [text]

Libya: Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Fuels Abuses (HRW, July 2026) [text]

Refugee-led organisations and Lebanon’s displacement crisis (ODI Insights, June 2026) [text]

Regional Escalation in the Middle East: 10 Things to Know (IOM, June 2026) [text]

Stuck between borders: The power of bureaucratic ambiguity (Border Criminologies Blog, ) [text]

- Focuses on the Bahrain-Saudi border.

When Return Becomes Rejection: Syria’s Hidden Recognition Gap (Refugees International, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Egypt Vulnerability Assessment for Refugees (EVAR) 2025 (UNHCR & WFP, April 2026) [text]

- See also summary and Arabic version.

*Global impacts of the conflict in the Middle East (ACAPS, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Home, But Not Whole: The Fragile Return and Reintegration of Syrian Returnees (International Rescue Committee, July 2026) [text]

Inter-Agency Refugee Protection Overview for the Middle East Situation (UNHCR et al., June 2026) [text]

Life after Forcible Transfer: Palestinian Household Conditions, Needs, and Future Outlook in the West Bank (West Bank Protection Consortium, June 2026) [text via NRC]

Reconsidering ‘Home’: Aspirations and Intentions of Syrians in Sweden in the Context of Syrian Political Transition (IOM, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Demographics, Labor Market Outcomes, and Wellbeing through 2025, Special Working Paper, no. 8 (Economic Research Forum, June 2026) [access via LinkedIn]

Under-capacity and out of time: 1,000 days of limited aid access and humanitarian disaster in Gaza (Action for Humanity, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Crossing borders without papers: how food insecurity fuels irregular migration in the MENA region," Comparative Migration Studies, 22 June 2026 [open access]

"Gazans: Perpetual Refugees on the Run," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

"The Waiting Class: Privilege, Refuge, and the Postponed Return of Beirut’s Wealthier Syrians," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (8 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The European Dream: Migration Narratives of Transpinays," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"An Experimental Test of Stereotype Congruency in Credibility Assessments of Sexual Orientation Asylum Claims," Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 40, no. 3 (May/June 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Protection for All? Inclusion of Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees in Indonesia," International Migration Review, vol. 60, no. 2 (June 2026) [free full-text]

"Quantifying Homonegativity Among Refugees in Germany: First Evidence and Implications for LGBTQI Refugees’ Safety," Sexes, vol. 7, no. 3 (June 2026) [open access]

"Queer Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Forced Return to the Closet," LSE Undergraduate Political Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians and Syrians.

"Telling asylum stories differently: arts-based methods and vignettes of SOGIE asylum claims in Sweden," Social & Cultural Geography, Latest Articles, 17 June 2026 [open access]

"A Trauma-Informed Analysis of Resettlement Policies for LGBTQI+ Refugees and Asylees in the United States," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 7 (July 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 1 (8 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"'Avoid using the term': Oxfam in Africa retracts LGBTQ censorship guide," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2026) [text]

"For LGBTQ+ People, America's Promise of Refuge is Fading," Time Magazine, 20 June 2026 [text]

For LGBTIQ+ refugees in Kenya, digital work remains more a dream than reality (Africa at LSE Blog, July 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Delivered to Danger: How the Trump Administration’s Third-Country Agreements Threaten the Lives of LGBTQ Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Immigration Equality, June 2026) [access]

"Migration, Identity, and Time: The Experiences of Queer Iranians in Exile," Chapter in Time and Temporalities in Migration Law (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Shaping SOGIESC Asylum in the European Union: The Court of Justice on Trial," Chapter in 30 Years of LGBT Case Law at the CJEU (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Unravelling the knot of credibility assessment in SOGIESC asylum," Chapter in Credibility Assessment in Queer Asylum Cases: Believe it or Not? (Bristol Univ. Press, Forthcoming Jan. 2027) [preprint]

- Focuses on jurisprudence from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (28 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS) (Eurostat & UN, Feb. 2026) [text via Refworld]

Understanding Statelessness in Australia: A study on statelessness in Australia (McMullin Centre on Statelessness, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Journal articles:

"Adding Family Complications to Birthright Citizenship," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

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

"The Protection of Stateless Migrants in South Africa: The Constitutional Rationale for a Statelessness Determination Procedure," International Human Rights Law Review, vol. 15, no. 1 (2026) [ResearchGate]

"Unequal Citizenship: How Citizenship Revocation as an Anti-Terrorism Tool Devalues Citizenship in the United Kingdom & Denmark," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Are there any reliable estimates of the global stateless population? (ISI, June 2026) [access]

The Black Box: Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID (Global Movement Against Statelessness, June 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (8 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

In rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, emphasizing the promise of equality in the Declaration of Independence (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on CATO At Liberty blog and author's assessment via ImmProf blog.

Interview with Radha Govil, the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (ENS, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the Global Caselaw Database, launched in early June 2026. See also related update on a recent ECtHR ruling.

On the journey to EU integration, Ukraine must address statelessness (ENS Blog, June 2026) [text]

Rights groups warn of ‘egregious’ impact of asylum support reforms on stateless people (EIN, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Statelessness and the organisation of humanity (CSS Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Twice Stateless: The Double Erasure of Bhutanese Refugees," The Diplomat, 6 July 2026 [text]

UNHCR welcomes efforts to address statelessness among Kurdish communities in Syria (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

The unrealized promise of equal citizenship: new Legal Atlas maps gender discriminatory nationality laws (ENS, June 2026) [text]

What the world misses when it doesn’t understand statelessness (Global Voices, July 2026) [text]

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

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (3 June 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Attitudes Towards Russia and President Vladimir Putin and the Willingness to Help Ukrainian Refugees Among Americans," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 6 (June 2026) [open acccess]

"Beyond borders: A qualitative study on the use of forensic medical evaluations in securing humanitarian parole and Title 42 exemptions," Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 36, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Deportations to Perilous Places: Protecting Against Third Country Removal in Immigration Court," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

"Humanitarian Immigration Programs of the United States," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

"Immigrants and the Battle for Our Nation in the Courts," Univ. of the Pacific Law Review, vol. 57, no. 3 (2026) [full-text]

"Lost in Translation: Indigenous Latin American Migrants in the U.S. Asylum-Seeking Process," Backstory, vol. 2, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The Origins, Consequences, and Uncertain Legacy of the Trump Administration’s Humanitarian, Refugee, and Immigration Policies: A Comprehensive Analysis," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 23 June 2026 [full-text]

"Prolonged Deportable Statuses of Southeast Asians in the United States," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

"Rendition to a Place of No Return," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

"Syrian Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 11 June 2026 [text]

"Unstable Foundations: Asylum Law and Policy under the Biden Administration," Cornell International Law Journal, vol. 58, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Abandoning Principles: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v. Al Otro Lado Denying Asylum to Arriving Migrants (Just Security, June 2026) [text]

The Founders Lived Through—and Loved—High Immigration Rates (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2026) [text]

How do US “third country removals” work and are they legal? (Amnesty International, June 2026) [text]

- See also related Just Security post on the recent US-Central African Republic deportation agreement.

"I Helped Write the Refugee Act. Trump is Trampling It," Time Magazine, 9 June 2026 [text]

Immigration in the Supreme Court, 2025 Term (ImmProf Blog, July 2026) [text]

Incompetence and Laziness in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, June 2026) [text]

Rumors of Asylum’s Death Have Been Greatly (Somewhat? Slightly?) Exaggerated (The Asylumist Blog, June 2026) [text]

- See also related ImmProf blog post.

Sanitized and Unreviewable: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v Doe on Ending Temporary Protected Status for 1.3m Noncitizens (Just Security, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on the CATO At Liberty blog.

"The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration," Wired, 27 May 2026 [text]

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

Resource:

Immigration Habeas Tracker: Government Obstruction, Judicial Trust, and Accountability (Just Security) [access]

- "This searchable resource tracks U.S. federal immigration habeas cases filed on or after Jan. 20, 2025, with a specific focus on federal judges’ findings of government misconduct toward the courts."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (2 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

10 things migration policymakers need to know about AI (WEF Blog, June 2026) [text]

AI can help protect forcibly displaced: UNHCR highlights responsible innovation for refugees (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Deferring Accountability, Not Obligation: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Non-Refoulement in Asylum (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

For refugees at the economic margins, is AI a threat or an opportunity? (LSE Inequalities Blog, June 2026) [text]

Rethinking tech in alternatives to detention: 10 principles rooted in community empowerment and transparency (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

RETS: Connecting humanitarian response in Chad (UNHCR Blog, June 2026) [text]

- RETS = Refugee Emergency Telecommunications Sector.

The right to education for forcibly displaced people: Exploring ideas on participation, connectedness and technology (BERA Blog, June 2026) [access]

- Blog series.

UNHCR: Hate speech and misinformation are creating real-world harm for displaced people (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

- See also info on related session at the AI for Good Summit.

Video games are helping players imagine the realities of climate migration (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Digital Exiles: Refugee Work in the Global Digital Economy (MIT Press, June 2026) [open access]

- "The pursuit of a digital livelihood—from attending coding schools in Berlin to training datasets for AI in crisis-stricken Lebanon to online freelancing in Kenya’s refugee camps—represents an increasingly important income opportunity for refugees. Digital work programs by aid organizations and the private sector aim to help the forcibly displaced become self-reliant and successful workers, yet, for many, it creates new forms of exclusion, precarity, and risk. Combining human stories with insights from five years of multisited research and applied work with leading organizations, the author presents an alternative vision of an inclusive world of work that can help shape the fair digital economy of the future."

Journal articles:

"Can the subaltern speak online? Digital tactics and conditional audibility of Syrian refugees in Türkiye," Communication, Culture and Critique, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Connected lives: smartphones, family ties and dataveillance for Syrian refugees in Greece," Online Media and Global Communication, Ahead of Publication, 11 June 2026 [open access]

"Exploring migration research with large language model: methods and insights," Royal Society Open Science, vol. 13, no. 6 (June 2026) [open access]

"Messy digitality: reflections on using social media methods with Sri Lankan refugees," Digital Geography and Society, In press, 2 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Professional Inequality in Exile: Digital Precarity among Skilled Syrian Refugees in Germany," Social Inclusion, vol. 14 () [open access]

Related posts:

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

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2 (4 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Forced Migration and the Imperative of Planetary Decolonization (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

From Belfast to Washington, a familiar script of the ‘dangerous migrant’ has emerged (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Governance gone wrong? A preliminary critique of UNHCR’s Executive Committee (RSC Blog, July 2026) [text]

On World Refugee Day, the promise of safety and dignity must be renewed for a new generation (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Refugee numbers dropped in 2025 – but aid cuts and other trends suggest little to celebrate (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

UNHCR’s future is at risk – and so is its past (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict: Understanding People’s (Im)Mobilities and (Dis)Connections under Conditions of Violence and War (Springer, June 2026) [open access]

- "This open access book builds a bridge between migration and refugee studies and peace and conflict studies by examining the trans-local lives of people affected by violent conflict. Combining conceptual debates with rich insights from empirical research from across the world, 18 chapters address the question of how war and conflict shape, disrupt and transform (im)mobility trajectories and patterns of translocal living—within and across borders. The volume is complemented by an introduction that presents conceptual advances in this emerging interdisciplinary research field, two chapters summarising methodological innovations and challenges in conducting empirical studies, and a conclusion reflecting on the findings and policy implications of applying a translocal research perspective."

Reports: 

4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 4-6 June 2026 [access]

- Follow the link to view presentations that have been posted.

96th Standing Committee Meeting, Geneva, 16-18 June 2026 [access]

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

Catalysing Stability, Growth and Solutions (Internal Displacement Solutions Fund, June 2026) [access]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Displaced academics’ mobility and translocational positionalities: 'academic poverty', 'academic death', and 'academic re-existence'," Higher Education, vol. 91, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Global Crisis, National Borders, and Welcoming Cities: Urban Sanctuary and Human Rights in Historical Perspective," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 6 July 2026 [full-text]

"Introduction: the decolonial challenge to migration studies," Chapter in Migration Studies and the Decolonial Challenge (Edward Elgar, March 2026) [free full-text]

"Localizing Global Governance Amid Fog and Friction: The Case of the Global Compact on Refugees in Complex Conflict Environments," Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3 (July 2026) [open access]

"Migration policies addressing irregularity: a typology of responses," Comparative Migration Studies, 12 June 2026 [open access]

"What is policy relevance in refugee and forced migration research?: rethinking the dual imperative," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 June 2026 [free full-text]

Multimedia:

Book talk: Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom, 10 June 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (11 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Beyond access: what does meaningful refugee education actually require? (UNESCO, June 2026) [text]

From parallel systems to inclusion: Integrating refugee students into the national education system in Chad (Education for Global Development Blog, June 2026) [text]

The right to education for forcibly displaced people: Exploring ideas on participation, connectedness and technology (BERA Blog, June 2026) [access]

- Blog series. 

New open access books:

Educational Integration of Refugees and Newly Arrived Immigrants: Institutional Contexts and Their Relevance (Springer, June 2026) [open access]

- "The volume brings together qualitative and quantitative studies on educational participation in primary and secondary education as well as in vocational education and training. It also examines the challenges involved in acquiring second-language proficiency and achieving success across a range of school subjects. It explores the institutional conditions for the educational integration of refugees and newly arrived immigrants (particularly access to education, academic achievement, and attainment) across different host countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Sweden. It offers valuable insights and discusses potential implications for researchers studying educational opportunities of immigrant youth, as well as for policymakers and policy advisors."

Transforming Humanitarian Partnerships: Dismantling Colonial Legacies for Refugee Education (Bristol Univ. Press, June 2026) [open access]

- "This book examines how global humanitarian systems shape partnerships in education in emergencies. Focusing on the Syrian refugee crisis and the education response in Lebanon, it reveals how colonial legacies, structural racism and the marketization of aid enable Global North actors to dictate policies and practices, while marginalizing local voices and knowledge. Yet in moments of crisis, community-led initiatives and smaller partnerships proved to be agile and responsive. Rather than offering celebratory accounts of 'partnership', the book draws on rigorous research to foreground the structural inequities that constrain them—while also pointing to possibilities for more just, community driven alternatives."

Journal articles:

"Geopolitics and the Governance of International Students: The Evolving Role of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in Canadian Policy," Canadian Journal of Higher Education, vol. 56, no. 2 (May 2026) [open access]

"Guest or Brother? Turkish Language Teachers’ Metaphorical Narratives About Syrian Refugees," Sage Open, 26 May 2026 [open access]

"The Integration Challenges in the Educational Context – A Comparative Perspective of the Refugees in Poland and in the Netherlands," Stanovništvo, vol. 64, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in Poland and Moroccans in the Netherlands.

"International Education as Complementary Pathways to Resettlement: The Case of Refugee Background Students in Japan," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Navigating Educational Exile through Liminal Space Mobility: Challenges and Pathways for Myanmar’s Displaced Youth," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Policy can’t feel, people can: belonging and safety in refugee education in England," Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Latest Articles, 1 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Afghans.

"School-Based Factors, Positive Wellbeing, and Post-Traumatic Growth for Refugee and Asylum Seeking Students," School Mental Health, Latest Articles, 18 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Malaysia.

"Systematic Education Challenges Facing Refugees’ Children in Urban Centers in Kenya," L’éducation En débats: Analyse comparée, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (21 May 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Autocratic Policy Tools and Permissive Outcomes: Governing Venezuelan Displacement in Colombia," Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, Latest Articles, 20 May 2026 [open access]

"Introducing the Freemove Dataset: A Regional Analysis of Free Movement Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"Investigating deception findings in Canadian refugee status rejections: legal inferences and psychological assumptions," Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol. 32, no. 6 (2025) [full-text via PubMed]

"Transit migration entrepreneurship: Explaining Nicaragua’s state-controlled, profit-seeking transit migration industry," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"'[The U.S.] sent us to Mexico until the next court hearing'. Central American mothers’ expulsion and third-country liminality," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 June 2026 [open access]

"Wages of whiteness contra refugee in the twenty-first century: Afghan and Ukrainian women’s self-identification as (non)refugees in Canada," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 2 July 2026 [open access]

Resource:

Venezuela: Earthquakes - Jun 2026 [access]

- Visit ReliefWeb's page for the latest situation reports, maps and response plans.

Multimedia:

America’s Closing Door: Where Do Cuban Migrants Go Now? (World of Migration Podcast Series, May 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (6 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Brasil recibe 75.600 solicitudes de asilo en 2025 y supera los 165.000 refugiados reconocidos (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Broken immigration promises are based on false narratives (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Dominican Republic: Receiving Third-Country Deportations from the United States Undermines Refugee Protection (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

"There and back: A migrant’s odyssey in post-Trump Latin America," The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2026 [text]

Uruguay reafirma su compromiso con las personas refugiadas a 20 años de una ley pionera (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

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

Reports & book chapters:

"Canada's Visa Regime: A Global Model at a Crossroads," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Cuban mixed migration: US fuels departures and restricts access (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2026) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Desplazamiento forzado en 2025: Tendencias en las Américas (ACNUR, June 2026) [access]

- An English version is also available.

Desplazamiento forzado interno en México: Procesos políticos y dinámicas de violencia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Nov. 2025) [full-text]

Desplazamiento forzado y otras situaciones de violencia en México (Save the Children & Consorcio de Respuesta Humanitaria en México, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"La migración y el desplazamiento interno en América Latina y el Caribe," Capítulo de Informe sobre Democracia y Desarrollo 2026 (UNDP, Mayo 2026) [access]

- Scroll to p. 203 in the full report; an English version is also available.

Rebuilding Lives in Guatemala: Understanding Returnee Profiles and Reintegration Challenges (Migration Policy Institute, June 2026) [text]

Tendencias Nacionales: El desplazamiento forzado en Ecuador (ACNUR, June 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (27 May 2026)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (27 May 2026)