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)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Cessation and the ‘temporary turn’ in asylum law and practice," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Changing tracks in the map of migration and asylum law: an analysis of (im)mobility across multiple legal statuses within the ‘transit migration’ phenomenon," International Journal of Law in Context, FirstView, 17 June 2026 [open access]

"Countries Are Pushing Borders Outward to Expand Deterrence and Protection Alike," Migration Information Source, 18 June 2026 [text]

"Credibility as a fuzzy concept in refugee law: a systematic literature review," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 11 (2026) [free full-text]

"A Duty from a Bygone Era? On UNHCR’s Promotion of New Accessions to the Refugee Convention," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 6 June 2026 [open access]

"Solidarity and Accountability: Can the Global Compact on Refugees Enforce Refugee Protection Obligations?," Journal of African Law, FirstView, 28 May 2026 [open access]

"'Standing on the shoulders of giants': the relationship between the African and global refugee conventions," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (3 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

At 75, the Refugee Convention is under attack, Ghezelbash warns (UNSW, June 2026) [text]

From territorial to transnational asylum: new directions in the quest for refugee protection (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Shifting the Epistemological Compass: The Decolonial Mandate for Refugee Law (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Symposium on the 1951 Refugee Convention at 75: Introduction (OpinioJuris, June 2026) [access]

- Provides background on the refugee convention and introduces/links to the nine contributions to the symposium. 

New open access book:

Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access] 

- "The first part focuses on the visa as an instrument for migration control, contextualizing the rationale behind its invention and the legal challenges it raises. The second part focuses on the visa as a tool for asylum, examining its use for humanitarian purposes, including resettlement schemes and emergency-related evacuation initiatives put in place in different legal systems." Part 1 focuses on the EU, while Part 2 examines visa regimes in other countries.

Reports:

Criminalisation and Constraint of Humanitarian Action at Sea, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 48 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Non-State Actors of Protection and Refugee Status: Interpreting Articles 1A(2) and 1C of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 47 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

[Note: The complete set of papers in the a/m series can be accessed on both UNHCR's and Refworld's websites.]

Refugee Definitions in National Laws: A global compilation based on UNHCR’s Refugee Treaty and Legislation Dashboard and Refworld (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- "This compilation of refugee definitions in national laws is published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to bring together the definition of a refugee as reflected in national legislation across 130 countries and territories, as well as the European Union. It is intended to provide a practical and authoritative reference point for understanding how international and regional standards have been incorporated, adapted and applied in domestic legal systems."

What If Refugees Mattered? The Challenge to International Law, Keynote speech at ACMRL Conference on Migration Law, 18 June 2026 [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (26 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (26 May 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Asylum and Forced Displacement in the EU Enlargement Process: Contributions to inform the European Commission 2026 Enlargement Package in the area of asylum (ECRE, June 2026) [text]

A common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the European Union (European Parliament, June 2026) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, June-July 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Romania.

Criminalising Asylum in Ireland: Prosecuting Asylum-Seekers without a Valid Passport or Equivalent Document (Irish Refugee Council & Maynooth University, May 2026) [text via Refworld]

UNHCR recommendations to the Dutch Government (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"'Access Gaps as Drivers of Vulnerability'—Access to social services for refugees through the lens of vulnerability: An intersectional analysis in Türkiye," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Alternatives to Return: An Ideal-Typical Categorization of State Responses to Non-Repatriated Irregular Migrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Rebuilding home on 'hot ground': spiritual obligation and the decision to return to Srebrenica," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"The role of medical evidence certifying PTSD for legal outcomes in Swedish asylum cases 2016–2020," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 404 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"A spatial analysis of secondary movements and desertification in EU asylum governance," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 25 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Chișinău Declaration in the Data: Non-Refoulement and States’ Insatiable Appetite for a Restrained Court (EJIL: Talk Blog, June 2026) [text]

Commission proposes to extend temporary protection of people fleeing Ukraine for an additional year (European Commission, June 2026) [text]

Externalising Return: The Austria–Uzbekistan Migration Agreement and the Future of EU Return Governance (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

*The Future of Reintegration Is a Key Missing Piece in Europe’s Focus on Returns (MPI, June 2026) [text]

IOM-UNHCR: EU Pact offers hope for better migration management and fairer asylum systems (June 2026) [text]

Myths & Realities about Return Hubs under the Return Regulation (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, June 2026) [text]

New migration and asylum rules enter into application: what is changing? (European Commission, June 2026) [text]

Refugee Protection in the unique context of Northern Ireland: an introduction (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

- New blog series.

UN Human Rights Chief concerned about new EU returns law, urges consistency with human rights and refugee law (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

Why public attitudes to immigration don't respond to falling migration (LSE British Politics Blog, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

New open access books:

Fragmented Lives in Times of War: Displacement within and from Ukraine (transcript Publishing, June 2026) [open access]

- "What are the challenges faced by forced migrants within and from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion? The interdisciplinary contributors shed light on the lives of displaced persons, which are divided ‒ in terms of time, space, and social context ‒ into a 'before' and 'after' the war. They analyse the uncertainties faced by war migrants and those who have decided to remain in Ukraine, and how people navigate these uncertainties in everyday life. The volume presents case studies from various European countries that make an important contribution to the growing literature on forced migration from Ukraine and provides new insights into the under-researched areas of internal displacement and voluntary immobility in Ukraine."

Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access] 

- "This book explores and discusses the different perspectives stemming from the visa as a tool of international mobility. A visa has a multifaced nature. It is a 'key' which allows foreign nationals to reach the door of the State. It is also a tool for the State to govern migration and border control. In humanitarian and international protection terms, it is also a tool for human rights protection. Against this background, this book assesses the legal and socio-political implications arising from the multipurpose nature and scope of visas. It is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the visa as an instrument for migration control, contextualizing the rationale behind its invention and the legal challenges it raises. The second part focuses on the visa as a tool for asylum, examining its use for humanitarian purposes, including resettlement schemes and emergency-related evacuation initiatives put in place in different legal systems." Part 1 focuses particularly on the EU.

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Related posts:

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

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (9 June 2026)

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Refugee law-making, state sovereignty and the paradox of non-independent territories [abstract]
• The changing landscape of immigration detention in Australia: preventive ‘crimmigration’ and the legislative response to NZYQ [open access]
• A more just social group test for the US [abstract]
• The removal of international protection as a process of administrative rebordering [abstract]

In addition, readers will find freely available case law summaries; two book reviews; and the following items from the 76th session of UNHCR's Executive Committee meeting: 1) Opening remarks by the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection; 2) the High Commissioner's opening statement; and 3) the text of the Note on International Protection.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Issue of JRS & Opportunity

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 2, June 2026 include:

• Waiting out the crisis: a strategy for resisting displacement in Burundi [open access]
• The role of collective hypervisibility in everyday lives of refugees: the Syrian refugee hubs in metropolitan areas of Turkey [abstract]
• ‘I needed this journey’: home visits in wartime as transformative events [open access]
• Jonathan, a refugee who wants to be a Black Korean [abstract]
• Refuge by ‘technical’ means: humanitarianism, bureaucratic asylum, and the politics of refracted mandates in postcolonial India (1947–1981) [open access]
• ‘Uganda likes refugees too much’: domestic narratives on refugee protection [abstract]
• Reproductive health injustice in internally displaced persons camps in Nigeria [abstract]
• Telling the gendered story: the construction of migrant subjectivities in UNHCR’s animated information campaign [open access]
• Ambivalent intersectional solidarity: Berlin’s LGBTIQ+ civil society alliances during the war in Ukraine [open access]
• Art, agency, and access: refugee experiences and resistance in the context of EU’s migration management [open access]
• Field reflections from training Finnish asylum officials [open access]

Two reviews are also included.

Separately, JRS has announced a call for contributions to a special issue on "Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 July 2026.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Book Titles

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

Admin: Summer Break

This blog will be quiet for a couple of weeks or so.