12 October 2026

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps become increasingly vulnerable to landslides (PreventionWeb, Sept. 2026) [text]

Durable Solutions Under Climate Stress: Why Recurrent Drought Continues to Undermine Displacement Solutions in the Horn of Africa (RID Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

More Than a Roof: Promises, Practices, and the Realities of Project HARSHAM in Wayanad, India (RID Blog, Oct. 2026) [text]

More than Just Housing: Human-rights-based Planned Relocation Lessons from El Bosque, Mexico (RID Blog, Oct. 2026) [text]

New book: Disaster Displacement and International Protection in the EU (EU Law Analysis, Oct. 2026) [text]

Subsidiary Protection: Is It the Silver Bullet to Addressing the Plight of Climate Refugees? (Völkerrechtsblog, Sept. 2026) [text]

Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: An Introduction (OpinioJuris, Sept. 2026) [access]
- Links are provided to the nine posts in the symposium.

Reports:

Australian toolkit on international protection in the context of climate change and disasters (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2026) [access]
- Note: A webinar scheduled for 21 October 2026 will provide more info on the toolkit; follow the link for details.

Building Climate Resilience with Displaced Communities: Progress on Climate Adaptation from the 2023 Global Refugee Forum (Refugees International, Sept. 2026) [text]

Climate Mobility, Rights and Resilience in Africa: CMARN–IOM Policy Briefs Special Collection (IOM & Climate Mobility Africa Research Network, 2026) [access]
- Available in English and French. Note: View this LinkedIn post for info on webinars that will be held on 29 October 2026 to discuss the findings.

Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change (McMullin Centre on Statelessness & UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [access]
- See also related news release.

High-Level Policy Dialogue on Mobility, Environment and Climate Change in the East and Horn of Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2026) [text]

Migration from Burkina Faso to northern Côte d’Ivoire in the context of climate change (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"The Enduring Effects of Disaster Displacement: Psychological Harm and International Protection," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 10 Oct. 2026 [open access]

"Layered intervention design for culturally inclusive disaster management for migrants and refugees: a systematic review," Journal of Disaster Science and Management, 2:23 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

"Projecting Population Size and Structure in Conflict Settings for Humanitarian Response and Disaster Preparedness: Insights from Haiti, Mozambique, and Sudan," Population and Development Review, vol. 52, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Could a Super El Niño Displace Millions from Their Homes? (Changing Climate, Changing Migration Podcast Series, Sept. 2026) [access]
- Earlier episodes are available here.

Could climate pressure unlock regional action in Lake Chad Basin?, 10 Sept. 2026 [access]

Related post:

11 October 2026

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Argentina’s Evolution on Migration: From Inherent Right to Inherent Threat (Immigration Detention Monitor, Aug. 2026) [text]

High Commissioner's remarks at the Senate of the Republic of Mexico commemorating 75 years of the Refugee Convention (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish.

Law professor Idil Atak investigates what expanded border control policies mean for everyday lives (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Sept. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Canada.

He’s been in Canada for 27 years. Now a former refugee faces deportation over trips back home (The Conversation, Sept. 2026) [text]

New IOM Data: Nearly 1.5 Million Displaced in Haiti as Hurricane Risks Mount (IOM, Sept. 2026) [text]

“They Will Kill Me”: Haitian Deportees from U.S. Face Fear, Uncertainty (Just Security, Sept. 2026) [text]
- See also related HRW news report.

Reports:

Left in Limbo: Emerging Challenges for Third Country Nationals Forcibly Transferred by the United States to Costa Rica (Refugees International & Global Strategic Litigation Council, Oct. 2026) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish.

Reporte de medio año del Marco Integral Regional para la Protección y Soluciones (MIRPS) 2026 (ACNUR, Sept. 2026) [text]

Strengthening peaceful coexistence, community integration and institutional response to cross-border communities in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica affected by human mobility, EvO/2026/07 (UNHCR, July 2026) [access]
- Follow link for report and the management's response.

Journal articles:

"Humanitarian governance as an arena: (In)formal coordination and localised humanitarian action in Cúcuta, Colombia," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:25 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Humanitarismo desde abajo: valores, prácticas y límites de un modelo de ayuda. El caso de los albergues católicos de Puebla, México," Migraciones, Latest Articles, 23 Feb. 2026 [open access]

IdeAs: Idées d'Amériques, no. 28 (2026) [open access]
- Features a special dossier on "Aux marges du droit d’asile : statuts migratoires liminaires et précarité juridique entre les États-Unis et le Mexique." 

Migraciones, no. 65 (2026) [open access]
- Features a "sección monográfica: La encuesta como herramienta para el estudio del fenómeno migratorio en América Latina."

Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science, vol. 27, no. 1 (2026) [open access]
- Special issue on "Migration and Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Lexicon = Migración y movilidad en América Latina y el Caribe: un léxico." Articles are available in both English and Spanish.

"Respondent-Driven Sampling as a Tool for Studying Migrants in Need of International Protection: New Evidence from Costa Rica," Population and Development Review, vol. 52, no. 3 (Sept 2026) [open access]

"Returning to Colombia: The Category of Émigré in the Consolidation of Republican Regimes during the Age of Revolutions," Itinerario, vol. 50, spec. issue no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Same as it ever was: the 'voice' and 'exit' patterns of Central American returnees," Comparative Migration Studies, 24 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Supporting Without Steering: The Role of International Actors in Colombia's Policy on Venezuelan Displacement," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 6 (Nov. 2026) [open access]

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09 October 2026

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

How migration law disadvantages and discriminates against women (RSC Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

How the government’s new immigration policy will cause more trauma for victim‑survivors of domestic violence (The Conversation, Sept. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Reports:

Displaced Women and Girls: A Data Ecosystem Mapping (Women's Refugee Commission, Oct. 2026) [text]

I Want to Feel Safe Again: The Drivers of Gendered-Based Violence in Gaza — Women’s Voices From Displacement Camps in Khan Younis and Gaza City (UNFPA , Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mapping risks of violence against women and intersectional vulnerabilities (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Bulgaria.

Journal articles:

"Addressing Menstrual Health Inequities Among Teenage Mothers in Refugee Settlements in Northern Uganda," Health Science Reports, vol. 9, no. 8 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2026) [open access]
- Special issue on “Marriage across Different Migratory Movements: Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa.”

"Migrating as an adaptive pathway? Gendered and ambivalent mobility outcomes along the adaptation–maladaptation continuum," Frontiers in Climate, 27 Aug. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Bangladesh.

"Physical Activity as a Pathway to Belonging: Resettlement Experiences of Newcomer Women in Canada," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant migrant and refugee women: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis," PLoS One 21(10): e0359424 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

"The Role of Sex Ratios in Refugee Inflows and Gendered Host Attitudes: A Vignette Survey Experiment in a German State," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 8 Oct. 2026 [open access]

"Sostener la vida en la incertidumbre y la espera forzada: mujeres desplazadas forzadas y contenidas en la frontera de Tijuana," PÉRIPLOS. Journal of Migration Studies, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Mexico.

Related posts:

08 October 2026

New Issues of AHMR, APMJ, Ideas, IJMBS, Intl. Migr., Itinerario, JEMS, JHA, JIMI, JMH, Migr. Stud., QRP

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

Authors of open access articles in these journals are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.
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African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (2026) [open access]
- Mix of articles on migration intentions, ICTs, female migrant workers and brain drain. 

*Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 35, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with one that is open access.

IdeAs: Idées d'Amériques, no. 28 (2026) [open access]
- Includes a special dossier on "Aux marges du droit d’asile : statuts migratoires liminaires et précarité juridique entre les États-Unis et le Mexique."

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 9, no. 6 (2026) [open access]
- Special Issue on "Global Mobility Law: Rethinking the Role of Law in Movement Across Borders."

International Migration, vol. 64, no. 5 (Sept. 2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with 10 that are open access.

Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions, vol. 50, spec. issue no. 2 (Aug. 2026) [open access]
- Special issue on "Semantics of Refuge: The Shifting Labels of 'Exile', 'Asylum', and 'Refugee' during the 18th and 19th Century."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 17 (2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with 10 that are open access.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1 (Sept. 2026) [open access]
- Special issue on "Humanitarianism in Times of Democratic Transition: Perspectives from Southern Europe."

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 27, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with 13 that are open access.

*Journal of Migration History, vol. 12, no. 2 (Sept. 2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with three that are open access.

Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with 11 that are open access.

QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026) [open access]
- Mix of articles on climate change, education and refugee protection.

Tagged Periodicals.

07 October 2026

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"The Asylum Seeker as a Jurisdictional Anomaly: Jurisdictional Filtering and the Reconfiguration of Protection in European Union Asylum Law," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Empire at the Border: Evaluating How Colonial Legal Logics Shape British Immigration Law, 1948–2025," York Law Review, vol. 7 (Summer 2026) [full-text]

"EUrope’s changing territory: the new pact on migration and asylum, externalization, and the common European asylum system," Geoforum, vol. 177 (Dec. 2026) [open access]
- Includes a focus on Italy's agreement with Albania.

"Home and Peaceful Integration: The Ambiguous Experience of Home for UK Asylum Seekers," Peace Studies, vol. 1, no. 4 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Introduction," Chapter in A Modern Guide to Migration and Spatial Justice in Europe: Welcoming Spaces in ‘Left Behind’ Places (Edward Elgar, Sept. 2026) [free full-text]

"Locked together: co-dependent securitisation and the migration – security nexus in Greece," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 6 Oct. 2026 [open access]

"The nature and evolution of EU funds for migration and asylum: introducing the MigFund dataset 2000–2023," European Political Science, First View, 25 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"The Social Dimension of the 1951 Refugee Convention: Balancing International Protection and Social Security Coordination in Central and Eastern Europe," Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, FirstView, 17 Sept. 2026 [open access]

Related post:

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Activists at the Poland-Belarus Border are Still Being Prosecuted for Providing Aid to Migrants (Just Security, Oct. 2026) [text]

Between Afghanistan and Germany: Rebuilding Belonging Across Borders (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

Born of crisis, bypassed in crisis: the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum after Ceuta (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2026) [text]

Internally displaced in Russia: Reluctantly recognised but still unwanted (RID Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

Staying the course on migration reform (European Commission, Oct. 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

The European Court of Human Rights’ case law concerning the entry and expulsion of non-national (Council of Europe, Sept. 2026) [text via Refworld]

Monitoring closed controlled facilities on the Greek islands - Chaotic implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (Boat Refugee Foundation, Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Practical Guide on Evidence and Risk Assessment (EU Agency for Asylum, Oct. 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on Reception Models: Considerations to establish a reception model (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2026) [text]

Recommendations on Transfers under the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation (EU Agency for Asylum, Oct. 2026) [text]

Sudanese movement to Europe: Profiles, routes and challenges along the way (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]

UNHCR's Updated Recommendations for the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework, 2028-2034 (UNHCR, Oct. 2026) [text]
- See also related summary and UNHCR's Recommendations on the Proposed AMI Regulation within the MFF.

Related post:

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Across Bab el-Mandeb strait, Yemenis flee as migrants arrive (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2026) [text]

Bridging the Gap Between Field Realities and Policy in Humanitarian Aid (Refugee Research Online, Sept. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Morocco’s deadly wall across Western Sahara: why the 2,700km Berm was built and the damage it does (The Conversation, Sept. 2026) [text]

Self-determination in Palestine: Filling in the gaps (RSC Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

"Six months after supposed ceasefire, Lebanon’s displaced face an uncertain future," The New Humanitarian, 29 Sept. 2026 [text]

Under the Gaza Peace Plan, Who Is Responsible for the Treatment of Protected Persons and What Does That Require? (Just Security, Oct. 2026) [text]

"Why did the UNHCR chief meet with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ex-leader?,"  The New Humanitarian, 28 Sept. 2026 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Changing (Im)mobility drivers along migration trajectories in Tunisia; the case of internal migrants in the city of Sousse," Comparative Migration Studies, 29 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Civic ecosystem responses to compound crises: evidence from Syria," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 4 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

Confined by Design: The Human Cost of Protracted Displacement in Gaza (Danish Refugee Council, Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Leveraging High-Frequency Digital Data to Analyze Forced Displacement Dynamics: A Case Study from the Gaza Strip," Population and Development Review, vol. 52, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"When the Palestinian refugee camp became a 'squatter settlement'," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 2 March 2025 [ResearchGate]
- Focuses on Jordan.

Related post:

06 October 2026

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

AI age assessment: why it puts child asylum-seekers at risk (ODI Comment, Sept. 2026) [text]

Closing the digital divide for refugee women means understanding their full experience of connectivity (GSMA Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

When AI Explains African Crises, Local Knowledge Is Barely Visible (African Arguments, Aug. 2026) [text]

When Digital ID leaves people behind (ENS Blog, Oct. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Border Necrotechnics: Automation, Surveillance, and the Racial Politics of Migration Control (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]
- "Positioned at the intersection of criminology, critical migration studies, and socio-technical analysis, this book argues that AI and other autonomous surveillance technologies do not simply 'manage' migration: instead, these tools actively produce racialized suspicion, legitimize expanded policing, and enable new forms of pre-emptive control over people-on-the-move, often leading to adverse outcomes including discrimination, racism, and even death. The term border necrotechnics describes the assemblage of automated systems, infrastructures, and practices through which states and corporations decide which lives are rendered killable, deportable, or indefinitely surveilled at and beyond the border. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, this book situates border AI and surveillance within a broader genealogy of punishment, racialized security practices, and the policing of global mobility. The author argues that AI systems automate historical logics of exclusion, embedding them in digital infrastructures that appear neutral yet replicate deep structural inequalities." 

Reports & journal articles:

Artificial Intelligence and Asylum Decision-Making: Any Role for Human Rights Law?, Policy Brief, no. 2026:3 (Delmi Swedish Delegation for Migration Research, 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Europe.

"Between community development and humanitarian communication in protracted encampment: young refugees, aid agencies, and Facebook," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 7 Sept. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Kenya.

"Database(d) Immigration Enforcement," Cardozo Law Review, vol. 48 (Forthcoming) [preprint]
- Focuses on the US.

"Extract, Violate, and Scare: Data Mining Tools Take Over the Immigration Surveillance State," Surveillance & Society, vol. 24, no. 4 (2026) [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Navigating Borders and Screens: ICTs Practices and Digital Mimicry in the Sub-Saharan Boza Journey," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (2026) [open access]
- Focuses on "Cameroonians en route to Europe via Morocco."

"Smartphone Technology, Social Network Maintenance and Social Participation among Mandarin-speaking older immigrants in Canada," The Gerontologist, vol. 66, no. 9 (Sept. 2026) [open access]
- See also earlier related article.

"Teacher Perceptions of GenAI-Integrated Digital Storytelling for Refugee-Background Youth," TESOL Quarterly, Early View, 24 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

05 October 2026

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Seminar: The relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention in a fragmented world, Oxford, 21 October 2026 [info]
- During this discussion, "a double special issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (volume 38, issues 3 and 4) commemorating the anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention" will also be introduced.

Call for registration: 55th Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 23 November- 18 December 2026 [info]
- Register by 26 October 2026.

Harrell-Bond Lecture: Barham Salih, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Oxford, 26 October 2026 [info]

Webinar: The Refugee Convention at 75 – Fatally limited or vitally focused?, 28 October 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Lifting the Veil: Assessing Obligations of Receiving States in Externalisation of Border Control Agreements (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Pro Bono: Doing Good for Others – and for Yourself (The Asylumist Blog, Oct. 2026) [text]

Refugees are made by States: the politics behind the application of international law (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

"Wealthy countries want refugees close to home – but make it impossible," The New Humanitarian, 21 Sept. 2026 [text]

Reports:

Expulsion of refugees involved in committing serious crimes in host countries (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

High-Level Side Event Commemorating 75 Years of the 1951 Refugee Convention, New York, 23 Sept. 2026 [access]
- Follow link for meeting-related documents, statements, and a video recording of the discussions. See also the High Commissioner's opening and closing remarks.

*Practical Guide on Exclusion from International Protection (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2026) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Criminal state practices during migration control: Identifying another face of crimmigration," Social & Legal Studies, OnlineFirst, 10 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Introduction," Chapter in The Freedom of Movement of Asylum Seekers within the State: Scope and Safeguards under International Law (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2025) [free full-text]

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 9, no. 6 (2026) [open access]
- Special Issue on "Global Mobility Law: Rethinking the Role of Law In Movement Across Borders."

"The Legality of Evacuation Warnings in International Humanitarian Law," Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, Advance Articles, 10 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Migration Governance Transformation Through and Beyond the UN Global Compacts: Multilateralism and Minilateralism," Global Policy, Early View, 21 Sept. 2026 [open access]
- See also info on an upcoming related event.

"The personal scope of the right: are asylum seekers entitled to freedom of movement?," Chapter in The Freedom of Movement of Asylum Seekers within the State: Scope and Safeguards under International Law (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2025) [preprint]

*UPDATED

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