Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

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

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

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

- Focuses on Australia.

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

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

Reports & journal articles:

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

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

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (8 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

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

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

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

Reports: 

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

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

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

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

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

- Available in English and Spanish.

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

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

- See also related post on The Conversation.

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

Journal articles:

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

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

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

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

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2

Reports & book chapters:

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

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

- Note: UNRRA = United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

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

Journal articles:

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on Rohingya youth in Bangladesh.

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

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on Australia.

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

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

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

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

Multimedia:

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

- Focuses on Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

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

- Focuses on the UK. See also related report.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related posts:

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

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reports:

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on Ukraine.

Related posts:

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

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

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

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

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

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

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

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

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

- See also related African Arguments post.

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

Reports & book chapters:

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

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

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

- Focuses on the DRC. Also in French.

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

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

Multimedia:

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

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (12 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

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

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

Reports & journal articles: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Resource:

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

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

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (9 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

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

- Focuses on Canada.

New open access book:

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

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

Reports:

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

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on Australia.

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

- Focuses on East Africa.

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

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

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

- See also related NYT op-ed.

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

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

Journal articles:

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

Research in Globalization [access]

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

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

Related posts:

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

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

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

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

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

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

Reports & book chapters:

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

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

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

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

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

programmes and labour mobility between 2019 and 2024."

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

- See also related briefing note and dashboard.

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

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

Journal articles:

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

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

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

Related posts:

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

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

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

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

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

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

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

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

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

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

Reproductive Health [access]

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

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

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

Related post:

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

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

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

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

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

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

Reports:

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

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

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

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

- Available in French and English.

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on the Bahrain-Saudi border.

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

Reports:

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

- See also summary and Arabic version.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal articles:

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

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

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

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (8 June 2026)

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

Journal articles:

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

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

- Focuses on the UK.

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

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

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

- Focuses on Ukrainians and Syrians.

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

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

Related post:

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

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

Short pieces:

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

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

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

Reports & book chapters:

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

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

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

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

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

Related post:

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

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

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

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

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Journal articles:

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

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

Multimedia:

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

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

Related post:

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

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Focuses on the UK.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related post:

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