Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"But for and a Good Bit More: Conflicting Nexus Standards within Asylum Law and the Role of Animus in Forced Recruitment," Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"A 'Distressed Class of People': French Refugees and Mobility Control in Philadelphia, 1790s–1810," 

Itinerario, FirstView, 25 March 2026 [open access]

"Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States," Migration Information Source, 12 March 2026 [text]

"Incapacitating the Immigration Courts," SMU Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Law Enforcement Gang Designations," Virginia Law Review, vol. 113 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

"Second Class Asylum, Third Country Danger," SMU Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"The Sky is Falling: Immigration Law and Agency Adjudicator Independence," Utah Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Third Country Removals and Counterfeit Due Process in Immigration Enforcement," Tulane Law Review, vol. 101 (2026-2027) [preprint]

"Translating welfare: language brokering and public benefit navigational capital," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 March 2026 [open access]

"The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Encounter Resistance in the Courts," Migration Information Source, 25 March 2026 [text]

"Welcome to the Trump Administration’s Board of Immigration Appeals. The Immigrant Always Loses," Yale Law Journal Forum (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (2 April 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Community Resistance: Immigration Law in the Face of Mass Deportation & Repression, UC Davis Immigration & Nationality Law Review Symposium, Davis, CA, 17 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Affirmative Asylum Cases Dismissed and Sent to Court Without an Interview (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [text]

American Immigration Attitudes by the Civic Health Institutions Project (ImmProf Blog, March 2026) [text]

"Explainer: How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants," The Guardian, 21 March 2026 [text]

A German Right-Wing Influencer Has Requested Asylum in the U.S. Does She Have a Case? (The Asylumist Blog, March 2026) [text]

Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

How Secretary Mullin Can Reform DHS (Just Security, March 2026) [text]

Interview with an Immigration Judge: Larry Burman (The Asylumist Blog, March 2026) [text]

Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on "Somali Rocket Docket" (bklg Blog, March 2026) [text]

US Supreme Court to hear landmark asylum case on border ‘turnbacks’ (UNSW, March 2026) [text]

- See also related posts on Just Security, Lawfare, and SCOTUSBlog. 

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

Reports:

Asylum Cooperative Agreements: Denial of Due Process and Risks of Return to Danger (CGRS, March 2026) [text]

Temporary Protected Status (TPS): An Overview (American Immigration Council, March 2026) [text]

- See also related SCOTUSBlog post.

Resource:

Cuban Migration Projection Dashboard (Niskanen Center, March 2026) [access]

- "This dashboard projects monthly Cuban migration encounters at US borders under three scenarios using a scenario-conditional model calibrated against historical data. It does not use time-series forecasting or machine learning. Each projection is the output of a structured set of assumptions about route accessibility, enforcement posture, and regime behavior."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (9 March 2026)

Opportunities: More April 2026 & New May 2026

Talk: The UNRWA Archive of Palestine Refugee Family Files, Online, 7 April 2026 [info]

Talk: The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution, Los Angeles, 9 April 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Istanbul, 8-9 May 2026 [info]

- *Note that the venue and dates have changed.* Closing date for applications is 10 April 2026.

Call for events/speakers: Global Gender and Migration Forum, New York/Online, 27 April-8 May 2026 [info]

- Submit proposals by 10 April 2026.

Semiar: Rethinking mobility: reciprocity and agency for North-South equity, Online, 10 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: Migration across the Americas I: Governance of Borders, Mobilities and People, Los Angeles, 16 April 2026 [info]

- Co-sponsored by the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS).

Book launch: Decolonizing Queer Migration: Iranian Voices in Exile, Online, 23 April 2026 [info]

Seminar: Rethinking aid: Lessons from refugee‑led responses, Oslo/Online, 23 April 2026 [info]

Seminar: International Refugee Law and the Global Compact: Where are the Women?, Online, 27 April 2026 [info]

- Note: This is the final seminar in WiRL's series on "Refuge in a cold climate: the impact on women." Videos of previous seminars are available here.

Call for proposals: Special issues for International Journal of Refugee Law [info]

- Submission deadline is 4 May 2026.

Call for registration: 52º Curso virtual sobre el Derecho internacional de las personas refugiadas, 8 de junio – 3 de julio 2026 [info]

- Register by 11 May 2026.

Call for proposals: Special issues for Migration Politics [info]

- Submission deadline is 15 May 2026.

Call for proposals: Special issues for Refugee Survey Quarterly [info]

- Submission deadline is 15 May 2026.

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More March & April 2026

New Book Titles

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

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 March 2026)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. Note that the OA items herein were previously referenced on either this blog or the Forced Migration Library blog as of 1 March 2026.

Authors of the OA materials listed below are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

Bronze OA:

"Climate Change and Migration in Sub-Sahara Africa: Implications for Inequality Within and Without," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 4 March 2026

- Authors (4) = Nigeria 

"Estándares de derechos humanos aplicables a las personas en riesgo o situación de apatridia y la responsabilidad internacional  del Estado: el caso colombiano," Revista Derecho del Estado, no. 64 (2026)

- Author = Colombia

"The Impact of Digitalization on Asylum System Management in Mexico," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 13 March 2026

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Legally Excluded, Structurally Persecuted: Rethinking Asylum Beyond the Refugee–Economic Migrant Divide," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026

- Author = Nigeria

Diamond OA:

"'Aquí puedo ser yo': adolescencia migrante LGBT+ y sus procesos de transición en México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Spatial Information for Border Health System Management in Stateless Persons and Migrant Working Group," Journal of Spatial Innovation Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2026)

- Author = Thailand

Gold OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) and other fees are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.

"Beyond Borders, Beyond Care, Beyond Barriers: Navigating Barriers to Healthcare Access for Undocumented Afghan Immigrants in Host Societies," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 27 Feb. 2026

- Authors (2) = China

- APC = USD 1990

"HIV Self-testing Awareness among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Mixed-methods Study," PLoS One 21(2): e0343441 (Feb. 2026)

- Authors (6) = Ghana (2, incl. lead), US (3), Italy (1)

- APC = USD 2477

"Intergenerational Trauma in Forcibly-displaced Populations in Latin America: A Scoping Review," BMC Public Health, 10 March 2026

- Authors (3) = Colombia

- APC = USD 3450

"Prevalence of Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Sudanese Refugees in Egypt: A Pilot Study," Population Health Metrics, 8 March 2026

- Authors (6) = Sudan (4, incl. lead), Egypt (2)

- APC = USD 2890

"Racialized Vulnerability and Socioeconomic Determinants of Health among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan," Scientific Reports, 18 Feb. 2026

- Author = Pakistan

- APC = USD 2850

"Resettling the Displaced: Ottoman Strategies, Financial Policies and Social Integration of Circassian Refugees in Bilād al-Shām," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 13, no. 1 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Jordan

- APC = USD 2630

"Return or Stay? The Dilemma of Hope and Despair among Syrian Refugees Living in Jordan: An Ecological Perspective," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026)

- Authors (2) = Jordan

- APC = CHF 1800

"Safety Nets Beyond Borders, Bodies, and Barriers: Informal Reproductive Healthcare Adaptation and Coping Strategies of Undocumented Afghan Women Migrants in Pakistan," International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, vol. 21, no. 1 (2026)

- Authors (2) = China

- APC = USD 2990

"Skilled Personnel Risk Management under War-induced Forced Migration: Implications for Labor Market Sustainability," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 21 March 2026

- Authors (6) = Ukraine/Poland (lead), Ukraine (5)

- APC = USD 1990

"Social Determinants of Postpartum Depression among Refugees and Internally Displaced Women in Lebanon: A Cross-sectional Study," Scientific Reports, 15 March 2026

- Authors (6) = Lebanon

- APC = USD 2850

"Social Support Coping Strategies among Sub-Saharan African Refugees: A Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026)

- Authors (5) = Australia/Ethiopia (lead), Australia (4)

- APC = USD 4010

"Specialised Mental Health Care for Children in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating Local and Community-Owned Approaches," Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict-Affected Areas, vol. 23, no. 1 (Dec. 2025)

- Authors (11) = US (2, incl. lead), Spain (1), Australia (3), Bangladesh (1), Colombia (1), Democratic Rep. of Congo (1), Iraq (1), South Sudan (1)

- APC = USD 500

"Trauma and Economic Displacement: Psychological Consequences and Interventions among Venezuelan Refugees in the Americas," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15 Feb. 2026

- Authors (2) = United Arab Emirates

- APC = CHF 2500

Green OA:

"Double Immobility: Syrian Refugee Women Navigating the Voluntary and Forced Marriage Binary in Egypt," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 9 (2025)

- Postprint version posted in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)

- Author = Qatar/Canada

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs. Transformative agreements between institutions and publishers often cover hybrid APC costs, but the role these agreements played regarding the OA status of articles listed below is unknown.

"Food Insecurity among Migrants and Refugees in High-income Countries: A Meta-analysis of Observational Studies," Food Security, Latest Articles, 17 March 2026

- Authors (4) = Ethiopia/Australia (lead), Australia/Bangladesh (1), Australia (2) 

- APC = USD 4490

"Logos, Refugee Advertisement and Humanitarian Ethics: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees," Journal of Global Ethics, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026

- Author = Qatar

- APC = USD 2990

Books:

East African Queer and Trans Displacements (Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026)

- Editors (4) = South Africa, UK/South Africa, Italy/South Africa, UK 

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (27 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Migration across the Americas I: Governance of Borders, Mobilities and People, Los Angeles, 16 April 2026 [info]

- Co-sponsored by the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS).

Short pieces:

ACNUR y el Gobierno de Japón apoyan el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de asilo en Belice mediante la innovación y la protección (ACNUR, March 2026) [text]

Applying Modern Monetary Theory to the Housing Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia (Refugee Research Online, March 2026) [text]

New immigration and asylum measures from Bill C-12 (the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act) have become law (Govt. of Canada, March 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Cuban migration dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional snapshot (IOM, March 2026) [access]

Displacement, Gendered Harm, and the Normalization of Crisis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Mercy Corps, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Response to Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Honduras: Factsheet (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

US Immigration Policies and Migration in Transit Countries (Baker Institute, March 2026) [text]

The U.S.-Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement: Why It Fails the Law and Endangers Asylum Seekers - Factsheet (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, March 2026) [text]

Venezuelans in the Americas face uncertainty in light of political changes at home and in exile (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2026) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Journal articles:

"Intergenerational trauma in forcibly-displaced populations in Latin America: a scoping review," BMC Public Health, 10 March 2026 [open access]

"Trauma and economic displacement: psychological consequences and interventions among Venezuelan refugees in the Americas," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

"Situación de las personas deportadas, expulsadas o trasladadas en el contexto de la movilidad humana," IACHR's 195th Period of Sessions, Guatemala City, 11 March 2026 [access]

- See also related joint NGO statement.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (11 March 2026) 

 

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Beyond ‘bad actors’: Why do some employers use irregular migrant workers? (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Disposable, but indispensable: Irregularised migrants in Europe’s labour markets (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How trade unions and employers’ associations react to irregular migrants: Variations in policy preferences across five European countries (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

Labour mobility programmes for refugees: origins, benefits and limitations (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports:

Final report of the evaluation of the implementation of UNHCR’s Southern Africa Regional Stepped-up Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Strategy (2021–2024), EVO/2025/19 (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Unlocking refugee work authorisation in Kenya: a practical framework for economic inclusion, institutional alignment, and national growth (Kenya Coalition for Refugee Economic Inclusion, March 2026) [text via NRC]

Journal articles:

"Entrepreneurial resilience of refugees in the Arctic region," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, EarlyCite, 11 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations: How Multinational Enterprises Can Drive Refugee Employment," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 24 March 2026 [open access]

"Multi-Trillion Dollar and Multi-Million Worker Contributions: An Economic Accounting of Birthright Citizenship," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026 [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Skilled personnel risk management under war-induced forced migration: implications for labor market sustainability," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 21 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

"Why Don’t They Work? Understanding the Complexity of Work Intentions Among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Meeting Labor Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection, 26 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on Europe.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (10 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Opportunity:

Seminar: International Refugee Law and the Global Compact: Where are the Women?, Online, 27 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

From Doubt to Denial: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2026 (RSC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How humanitarian aid agencies approach empowerment for refugee women (LSE Review of Books, March 2026) [text]

Sexual and reproductive healthcare: Are we failing newly-arrived refugee and asylum-seeking women? (Lens Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports:

"No One Came To My Rescue": Gang rape, sexual slavery, and mass displacement of women in Oromia, Ethiopia (Amnesty International, March 2026) [access]

Seeking Safety from War: Violence and rights abuses against women from Ukraine (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"Double immobility: Syrian refugee women navigating the voluntary and forced marriage binary in Egypt," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 9 (2025) [postprint]

- Note: The embargo period for accessing this article has now ended.

"Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Includes a focus section on "Vulnerabilità legate al genere: nuove sfide per la tutela di migranti e richiedenti asilo = Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers"; the introduction is in English, while other contributed articles are in either English, Italian or Spanish.

"Refugee Camps as Contested Gendered Spaces: Afghan Women's Liminality, Inequality, and Agency in Germany," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 2 (March 2026) [open access]

"Social determinants of postpartum depression among refugees and internally displaced women in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study," Scientific Reports, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Understanding barriers for refugees and migrants when accessing abortion care in Europe: a scoping review," BMC Public Health, 21 March 2026 [open access]

"Walking with Afghan women: using mobile methods to understand differentiated embedding within different places across England," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Legal Training and Workshop: Enhancing Asylum Claims on the basis of Gender-Based Violence, 4 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (24 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (24 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Event Report: Regional Organizations, Localized Knowledge and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Global Refugee Regime (LERRN, March 2026) [text]

Refugee research, policy and practice: some frequently asked questions (LERRN Blog, updated March 2026) [text]

The sea as silent witness: Toward a community of care in maritime refugee research (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

95th Standing Committee Meeting, Geneva, 24-26 March 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.

Beyond Presence: Who Shapes Decisions in Global Refugee Governance? (R-SEAT, March 2026) [access via LERRN]

Into the storm: Ten years of search and rescue amid neglect, solidarity and struggle in the Central Mediterranean (SOS Méditerranée, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugees and Social Protection," Chapter in The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence and New Directions for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (MIT Press, 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Between Shelter and Housing: What Do Liberal Democracies Owe to Asylum Seekers?," Res Publica, Latest Articles, 11 March 2026 [open access]

"Food insecurity among migrants and refugees in high-income countries: a meta-analysis of observational studies," Food Security, Latest Articles, 17 March 2026 [open access]

"Humanitarian complex: the paradoxical tension of migration narrative and mapping," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:19 (March 2026) [open access]

"Norms, not just interests: public support for migrant rights protections in Europe–Africa cooperation on irregular migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [open access]

"The rise of repatriation: Global South refugees and forerunners of the International Organization for Migration in the long 1970s," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Seeking Asylum, Not Looking for Being the Scapegoat: An Ethical Analysis of the Discourse About Humans Seeking Asylum," De Ethica, vol. 9, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees, 4 March 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (6 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"Concerns raised about ‘coercive’ repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania," UN News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

- See also related joint statement and UNHCR appeal.

"US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says," Reuters, 27 Feb. 2026 [text]

- See also related article.

Reports:

Evaluation of the 'Welcome. Working for Refugee Integration' Programme, EvO/2025/10 (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Focuses on Italy. Follow link for report, evaluation brief and management response.

Measuring What Matters: Piloting a Self-Assessment by and for Forcibly Displaced Populations (Refugee Council USA, Refugee Congress & World Relief, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on integration in the US.

Resettlement under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Step Forward or a Setback?, JusGov Research Paper, no. 2026-02 (Research Centre for Justice and Governance, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Toolkit for Refugee Revetting and Adjustment of Status Interview Preparation (IRAP, Feb. 2026) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"The intimate geopolitics of hosting Ukrainian refugees in Lithuanian homes," Critique of Anthropology, vol. 46, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"Named Sponsorship and Newcomer Settlement: Insights from Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 12 March 2026 [open access]

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- "General Issue with Special Focus on Refugee Experiences of Integration in Small Communities in Canada."

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- "Special issue on "Categorization of Vulnerability in Refugee Resettlement: Policies and Practices in Scandinavia."

*"Resettling the displaced: Ottoman strategies, financial policies and social integration of Circassian refugees in Bilād al-Shām," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 13, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"War beyond borders: how military conflict in Ukraine shapes refugees’ settlement intentions abroad," European Sociological Review, Advance Articles, 5 March 2026 [open access]

"Welcome Home: Community Resilience in Hosting Ukrainian Refugees," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Latest Articles, 18 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (23 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (23 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Ali's friend died awaiting a visa. A new pathway offers hope to LGBTQI+ refugees like him," SBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Are all queer asylum-seekers created equal? (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

New open access books:

Decolonizing Queer Migration: Iranian Voices in Exile (Bristol Univ. Press, March 2026) [open access]

- "What happens to sexual and gender identities when crossing borders under duress? This book offers an unprecedented account of how forced migration shapes the lives of queer Iranian individuals. Tracing movements from Iran through transition countries to Western resettlement, the book explores how identities are expressed, negotiated, silenced, and reimagined along the way. Engaging de/postcolonial theory and participatory methods, the authors centre the voices of non-heterosexual and non-cisnormative Iranians in exile."

East African Queer and Trans Displacements (Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026) [open access]

- "Bringing together diverse case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, this open access collection serves as the first in-depth examination of queer and trans displacement in East Africa. ...The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. ...But East Africa cannot be reduced to a site from which LGBTQI+ displacement emanates. Several countries in the region act as either host countries or transit points, even as they produce LGBTQI+ refugees of their own. These complex social, political and legal dynamics make East Africa a productive site for theorising queer and trans displacement. The region offers insights into how, when and why LGBTQI+ Africans move, the social obstacles they face, and the different survival strategies they deploy."

Journal articles:

"'Aquí puedo ser yo': adolescencia migrante LGBT+ y sus procesos de transición en México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

"Archives of affective ambivalence in the governance of queer asylum," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Presumption of dishonesty: Epistemic injustice towards asylum seekers," Ethical Perspectives (Forthcoming) [postprint]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"Immigration and Deportation Attitudes: Sexuality, Economic Contributions, and Respondents’ Partisanship," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 12 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Protecting Transgender Immigrants in Donald Trump’s America: Ensuring Fair Adjudication and Maximizing Persuasive Advocacy of Transgender Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) Seekers’ Claims," UCLA Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 33 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"'We need a warm hug to remind us that we are loved': a qualitative study of psychosocial health and wellbeing among lesbian forced migrants," BMC Public Health, 26:778 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden. See also related news release.

Multimedia:

Book Launch: The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge, 12 Feb. 2026 [access] 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (16 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Bridging the gap? Rethinking engagement between migration research, policies and practices, Legon, Ghana, 23-24 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

The limits of counting: What Europe misses about African mobility (MPC Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Little by little: How accessible loans are opening the door to clean cooking in Mauritania (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2026) [text]

"South Sudan power-sharing collapse drives violence and mass displacement," The New Humanitarian, 12 March 2026 [text]

State exploitation of regime fragmentation: A case study of Sudan’s weaponisation of an institutional gap in the international protection legal framework (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Ua ndege wawili kwa jiwe moja: The EAC’s Coloniality and the Refugee Question (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Tanzania.

Reports:

Equitable Access to Housing, Land, and Property: A Path to Peace and Durable Solutions in CAR (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2025 & Jan. 2026) [access]

- Follow link for the full report in French, and a briefing note and summary in English.

Evaluation of the emergency transit mechanism project in Niger, EVO/2025/15 (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French, and management response.

From ‘Scarcity to Sustainability’: Strengthening the Regional Food-Water Nexus Amid Migration Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, Research Report, no. 3 (UNU, 2025) [text]

Governing inequality: Kenya's state, aid politics and perpetual humanitarian crisis (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, March 2026) [text]

New Evidence of Starvation Crimes in Darfur (Just Security & Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, March 2026) [access]

Sudan: Hallmarks of Genocide in El-Fasher - Report of the independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/61/77 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

Disasters (2025-2026) [access]

- Special article collection on "Resilience in protracted crises: navigating uncertainty in the drylands" that explores "diverse themes and new evidence from Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia." The Editorial is freely available and five articles are open access.

"The making of a suspicious bureaucrat: role-learning and decision-making at a Schengen visa consulate in West Africa," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [open access]

"Social support coping strategies among sub-Saharan African refugees: A systematic review and meta-synthesis," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"'There is No Fixed time': Epidemic Preparedness and Relational Time Among Acholi Refugees in Uganda," Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, vol. 45, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (25 Feb. 2026)

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends [open access]
• Credible fictions: how states stage refugee governance for geopolitical gain [open access]
• Asylum access adjudication: a multi-level framework for socio-legal research [open access]
• Accountability without accounting: missing and inconsistent labeling of refugee and asylee students in state datasets [abstract]
• Digitalisation of the Finnish asylum procedure: from efficiency to procedural vulnerabilities [open access]
• The racialized, racializer, and anti-racializer: religion and the racialization of refugees in South Korea [abstract]
• Making Rafha: explaining the establishment of Saudi Arabia’s first and only refugee camp [open access]
• Perceived discrimination of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: the empowering role of refugee-led organizations [abstract]
• Forced migration and fertility: disruption and adaptation outcomes of women fleeing to Türkiye from Syria [open access]
• Constrained paths: legal status and mobility governance of Syrian refugees after the 2023 earthquakes [abstract]
• ‘The threat of forced return is the government’s last resort’: structural, cultural, and direct violence towards Syrian refugees in Lebanon [abstract]
• ‘Partial returns:’ displacement, mobility, and translocal connections in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina [open access]
• Land for refugees: sharing and exchanging in Northern Uganda [free full-text]
• ‘Chileans ex Romania’: Resettlement, Containment, and the Limits of UNHCR’s Global Ambitions during the Cold War [abstract]
• Intermediaries and opacity: understanding refugee family reunification through migration infrastructures [abstract] 
• The ties that bind and break: a natural experiment on the role of (in)stability in local and transnational social ties for loneliness among refugees [open access]
• When the best is the enemy of the good: the ironic negotiation process of Japan’s controversial asylum amendment bill [abstract] 

Three reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

"ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it," NPR, 5 March 2026 [text]

Leveraging AI for community-based protection (UNHCR Innovation Service, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

Nothing about us, without us: Reclaiming power in an age of border technology (openDemocracy, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Visit Migration + Tech Monitor to read other openDemocracy articles published under this initiative (scroll down to view).

*What deploying AI in humanitarian response teaches us in practice (HPN, March 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Building a Different World - from the Ground Up! (Migration + Tech Monitor & Refugee Law Lab, Feb. 2026) [text]

Ethical Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Country of Origin Information (COI) (ACCORD, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also earlier related blog post.

Managing Fuzziness: Leveraging LLMs for Discovering Credibility Indicators in Asylum Cases, MOBILE Working Paper Series, no. 81 (Univ. of Copenhagen, Jan. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Deportation Theater: An Analysis of ICE’s Twitter Account," Southwestern Law Review (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"From evidence to testimony: how AI-generated images of refugees can make demands," photographies, vol. 19, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Gaining tolerance of immigrants through simulating migratory experiences: Quasi-experimental evidence from secondary school classrooms," Computers & Education, vol 249 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"The Impact of Digitalization on Asylum System Management in Mexico," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 13 March 2026 [full-text]

"Spatial Information for Border Health System Management in Stateless Persons and Migrant Working Group," Journal of Spatial Innovation Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the Thai–Lao border area.

Multimedia:

The aid sector’s techno-colonialism problem (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, Feb. 2026) [access]

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (26 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Discussion panel: Humanitarian aid at a crossroads: how to let go, London/Online, 1 April 2026 [info]

Seminar: Rethinking aid: Lessons from refugee‑led responses, Oslo/Online, 23 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

*The case for prioritising national expertise in humanitarian work (HPN, March 2026) [text]

Country-based pooled funds… the key to unlocking localised funding, or just another blunt instrument? (ODI Comment, March 2026) [text]

Drivers for the humanitarian reset (The Interpreter Blog, March 2026) [text]

Humanitarian aid at the crossroads of legitimacy (ODI Comments, March 2026) [text]

UK Aid Cuts Now Deeper than the US After Congress Pushes Back (CGD Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

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Reports: 

Advocacy Brief: Alternatives to Camp (CCCM Cluster, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Generational Collapse: Tracking the Toll of Trump’s Humanitarian Aid Cuts (Refugees International, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related NYT opinion piece and recording of a related event in the "multimedia" section below.

How underfunding local organisations' overheads undermines humanitarian action (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, March 2026) [text]

Locally-Led Protection Analysis Survey Synthesis Report (Global Protection Cluster et al., March 2026) [access]

- Follow link for multiple language versions.

Navigating Discretion in Refugee Protection: How Humanitarian Organisations Can Make a Positive Impact?, RLI Working Paper, no. 82 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2026) [text]

Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Findings from Crisis-specific Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Covering the Period 2015-2025 (Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group, March 2026) [text]

- See also recording of a related event in the "multimedia" section below.

UNHCR WASH Manual: Practical Guidance for Refugee Settings, 8th ed. (UNHCR, 2026) [text]

Who's in the Driver's Seat? Centering Locally-Led Protection Analysis across Analysis-Informed Planning, Response and Transition (Global Protection Cluster, March 2026) 

- See the concept note and outcome report for an HNPW 2026.

Journal articles:

"Evolving Through Challenges: Reflections from Intervention’s Editorial Board on the Financial Situation in the Humanitarian Sector," Intervention, vol. 23, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"The Role of Livestock in the Nutrition of Refugees and Internally Displaced People: A Scoping Review," Nutrition Research Reviews, 6 March 2026 [postprint]

Multimedia:

Aid Cuts One Year On: Local Solutions to Indefensible Harm, 5 Feb. 2026 [access]

Evidence at a turning point: Key findings from the synthesis of Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations, 4 March 2026 [access]

Humanitarian knowledge in danger: Addressing the digital infrastructure shortfall, 10 March 2026 [access]

Safeguarding humanitarian memory: Challenges and a practical toolkit for digital archives, 2 March 2026 [access]

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (20 Feb. 2026)