26 March 2026

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).

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]

Related post:

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:

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]

Related post:

25 March 2026

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Caged Histories: Violence, Resistance, and the Work of Making Detention Visible (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Greece.

Cameroon: Another Third-Country Removal Scheme Ending with Detention (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2026) [text]

Canada’s immigration detention system has a racism problem (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

(In)access to legal advice in detention: UK research shows systemic failures (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related post on The Asylumist.

Libya: EU Plans in Eastern Libya Threaten Increased “Pullbacks” and Detentions (Immigration Detention Monitor, March 2026) [text]

Motherhood in Detention (Immigration Lab Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Syria’s Al-Hol Camp is Closed, But Another Remains, as Does International Responsibility (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

Why Australia needs a plan to repatriate citizens detained in Syria (Women's Agenda, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Dignity Not Detention: How States Can Prohibit Immigration Detention Contracts and Why They Should," NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, vol. 28 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]
- Focuses on the US.

"Incalculable Harm: Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Immigration Detention in Canada," Ottawa Law Review, vol. 56, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Life in Limbo: Asylum Detention and the Environmental Conditions of Hope," Journal of the American Philosophical Association, FirstView, 28 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Race and Racism in Canada’s Immigration Detention System (Univ. of British Columbia, 2026) [text]
- See also related Border Criminologies blog post.

Words and Bond: Detention Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 226 (Roger Williams Univ., March 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Related post:

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Europe Refugee-led Organization Toolkit 2025 (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Forced displacement from territory of Ukraine occupied by the Russian Federation: Forcible transfer and deportation, barriers to return, and the rights of internally displaced persons (OHCHR, March 2026) [text]

Irregular migrants’ access to work, healthcare and housing in the European Union: is it all about status?, PRIME Research Paper (European University Institute, March 2026) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Navigating new corridors: The evolving route of Bangladeshi migration to Italy through Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2026) [text]
- See also related article.

Operational standards and indicators on the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on the Asylum Border Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on the Solidarity Mechanism (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Pushing Boundaries: Externalisation of Asylum and a Broad-based Reform Initiative (Clingendael, March 2026) [text]

Related post:

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The European Parliament’s vote on deportation rules: Rushed negotiations make dangerous policies (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

"Fresh Claims" for Asylum (RLI Blog, March 2026) 

Ireland’s hidden border violence: restriction and uncertainty for racialised migrants and asylum seekers Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Refugee Status on a Timer: Rethinking the UK’s 30-month Protection Policy (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]
- See also related post on The Conversation.

What is the Danish immigration model, and does it work? (openDemocracy, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The European Commission’s response to national emergency regimes within the EU’s asylum policy: from rejection to accommodation," Journal of European Public Policy, Latest Articles, 9 March 2026 [open access]

Geopolitics, vol. 31, no. 2 (2026) [contents]
- Special issue on "Questioning the Safe Haven." The introduction and seven articles are open access.

"Normalisation of Exception and Categorisation in Migration Governance: The Legal Production of Deportation Suspension (Duldung)," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 6 March 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

"Where the route ends and the new border begins: necropolitical governance and migrant resistance in the Canary Islands," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis, 25 Feb. 2026 [access]

Related posts:

24 March 2026

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Seminar: The Syrian Refugees in Egypt and Their Return, Cairo, 26 March 2026 [info]

Course: 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.

Short pieces:

"Displaced but uncounted: The people aid is leaving behind in Lebanon’s war," The New Humanitarian, 17 March 2026 [text]
- See also related UNHCR briefing note.

Egypt: UN experts raise alarm over violations against refugees and migrants (OHCHR, March 2026) [text]

Middle East Conflict Spurs New Displacement (Baker Institute, March 2026) [text]

"Syria’s next chapter: Where hopes and concerns meet," JDC Newsletter (March 2026) [text]
- See also the related JDC Digest for March.

UNHCR responds to rising displacement in Middle East emergency (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]
- Includes link to the related dashboard. See also related TNH article.

Why Syrian refugee return is driven by push, not pull (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports:

Civil Documentation of Refugees in Jordan: Evolution, Achievements, and Future Priorities (2011-2025) (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Independent evaluation of data systems in MENA: Multi-country evaluation of phone-based contact centres, EVO/2025/06 (UNHCR, July 2025) [access]
- Follow link for report in English and Arabic, executive summary and annexes in English, and the management response in English.

Journal articles:

"The burden of hospitality: the role of cultural and economic concerns in attitudes towards Syrian refugees in Türkiye," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 March 2026 [open access]

"Displacing the displaced: the response to the protracted precarious situation of Syrian refugees in Türkiye during the Covid-19 pandemic," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 29, no. 1 (2025) [SSRN]

"Forced migrants’ agency in first countries of asylum: towards a more holistic understanding of decisions about secondary movement by Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon," Comparative Migration Studies, 25 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Logos, refugee advertisement and humanitarian ethics: a case study of Syrian refugees," Journal of Global Ethics, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

"Prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder among Sudanese refugees in Egypt: a pilot study," Population Health Metrics, 8 March 2026 [open access]

"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) [open access]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Call for submissions: IJRL/ACMRL Workshop for Prospective Authors, Online, June 2026 [info]
- Submission deadline is 12 April 2026.

Seminar: Safe third country concept: A tool for containment and illegalization of mobility, Online, 15 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: 51st Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 18 May–26 June 2026 [info]
- Register by 20 April 2026.

Short pieces:

Rights in danger? How the EU’s new regulation on crisis situations undermines the principle of non-refoulement (RLI Blog, 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]

Why Migration Definitions Still Matter for Refugee Protection (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

14th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Nairobi, 17-21 November 2025 [access]
- Follow link for conference documents & report, a selection of papers, and video of the opening ceremony.

Accessible Legal Aid for Asylum Seekers (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

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

Journal articles:

"Credibility as a Fuzzy Concept in Refugee Law: A Systematic Literature Review," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [preprint]

"Le droit d’asile face au droit pénal," Revue des droits de l'Homme, no. 29 (2026) [open access]

"Evolving asylum deterrence practices in Africa: The case of Tunisia and South Africa," Rivista di Diritti Comparati, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"International Refugee Law: From a Self-Contained Regime to an International Protection Framework," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access

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

"The twice displaced: UNHCR’s role in evacuations," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access

Multimedia:

Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees, 10 Feb. 2026 [access]

*Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations, 11 March 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

23 March 2026

Opportunities: A Few More March & April 2026

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 20-26 June 2026 [info]
- "Applications for the Online Schools...will open approximately three months before the course start date. ...Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and close once capacity (around 50 participants per School) is reached.

Call for registration: Humanrightization in Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences, Giessen, Germany, 7-8 May 2026 [info]
- Registration is now open. Note: A masterclass for PhD students in Migration law, Politics and Ethics, will precede the conference. 

Book launch: A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home following Conflict and Displacement, Online, 25 March 2026 [info]

Seminar: Ukrainian return under conditions of uncertainty, Bergen, Norway/Online, 25 March 2026 [info]

Report launch: How Cruel Migration Policies Hurt People: A Look at the Effects of Externalization in Mexico and Central America, Online, 26 March 2026 [info]

Call for registration: A Research Agenda for Migration Law and Governance, Maastricht, Netherlands/Online, 26-27 March 2026 [info]
- No registration deadline indicated.

CFP: "Asylum in Times of Conflict: Unsettling the Boundaries of Refugee Protection," Side event to the ESIL Annual Conference, Málaga, Spain, 3 September 2026 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 10 April 2026.

Event: Promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees, London/Online, 16 April 2026 [info]

Call for participation: 2026 Conference on Internally Displaced People, Online, 23 April 2026 [info]

Related post:

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 45, no. 1, March 2026 include:
  • UNHCR–Türkiye Relations Over Time: Fluctuations, Continuities and Strategic Use of Informality [open access]
  • Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad [open access]
  • Where is the Policy in Refugee Studies? Enhancing the Role of Policy Studies in the Study of Refugee Policy [open access]
  • Gender and Forced Displacement in Islam: Advancing a Protection Framework for Women [open access]
  • International Protection for Victims of Gang Violence: Central American Asylum Claims in Spanish Jurisprudence [abstract]
  • Assessing UNHCR Guidance on FGM-Related Asylum Claims: Implementation Gaps, Reaffirmation Needs, or Substantive Ambiguities? [abstract]
  • Agency in Action: Mobilisation Efforts of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia [abstract]
  • The Place of Safety in Refugees’ Subjective Well-Being [open access]
  • ‘Vulnerability’ in Decisions on International Protection in Austria: A Contribution to Equality? [open access]
  • Individual Autonomy or Dispersion in Housing Policy? The Effect of Migrant Networks in Self-Selected Housing on Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

11 March 2026

Admin: Spring Break

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

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

"'City of forced waiting': Stuck at Mexico’s southern border," The New Humanitarian, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

Colombia: ACNUR apoya la nueva política pública de soluciones al desplazamiento interno (ACNUR, March 2026) [text]

Using photovoice to amplify the voices of young migrants and refugees in Chile (RSC Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

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

New open access book:

Age and Immigration Policy in Canada: Toward an Equitable Approach (UBC Press, Feb. 2026) [open access]
- "Discrimination on the basis of age and family status is deeply embedded in Canadian immigration law and policy. How and why does age function as part of a broader system of border control? Age and Immigration Policy in Canada draws on archival research, case studies, and interviews with lawyers, former public servants, and settlement workers to unpack the explicit and implicit justification for age qualifications in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and regulations." Scroll down to access OA PDF.

Reports:

How Cruel Migration Policies Hurt People (American Friends Service Committee et al., March 2026) [access]

Migración de retorno en el norte de Centroamérica: fuentes de información disponibles (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Dec. 2025) [text]

Moving Beyond Externalization in the U.S.-Mexico Relationship (UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy & El Colegio de México, Feb. 2026) [access]
- Follow link for report in English and Spanish, as well as a recording of a related webinar.

Protection, Not Concession: Mexico’s Responsibility to Third Country Nationals Deported by the United States (Refugees International, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Brazilian concentration camps for drought refugees, 1915/1932," Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 9, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"Chronotopic mechanisms of sedentary subjectification: Territorializing Venezuela’s communes," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"A Mixed Methods Study of a Rapid Rehousing Program for Refugees," International Journal on Homelessness, vol. 6, no. 1 (2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Canada.

"'El peligro rojo': Republican refugees and the construction of the ‘undesirable immigrant’ in Colombia, 1936–42," Journal of Latin American Studies, FirstView, 22 Dec. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

10 March 2026

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Begin with the end in mind: Reducing barriers to refugees’ access to work (UNHCR Innovation, Nov. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Indonesia.

"Correspondence: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh should be allowed to work," The Lancet Psychiatry, Online First, 3 March 2026 [free full-text

Forced Migration and Labour Market Allocation: The Case for Venezuela (NIESCR Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Brazil.

How immigration enforcement is hitting businesses (Niskanen Center, Feb. 2026)
- Focuses on the US.

Immigrants Make the Labor Market Great: Analysis of the February 2026 Jobs Day Release (Center for American Progress, Feb. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related Forbes article.

Immigrants Use Less Welfare, Even Counting Their US-Born Children (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

Spotlight on Market-Based Programming: Economically Empowering Displaced Populations (RID Blog, March 2026) [text]

Transforming Uganda’s refugee response: Accelerated self-reliance (Nasikiliza Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Building Refugee-Inclusive Labor Mobility Pathways: A Visa Evaluation Framework (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2026) [text]

"Do refugees and asylees have diverging trajectories? Immigrant status categories and long-term employment," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Australia.

"Employer logics in the low-wage sector and their influences on refugees’ labor market entry and sustainable employment," Labour and Industry: A journal of the social and economic relations of work, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden.

"'My Phone Is Like My Office': Refugee Women’s Social Media Entrepreneurship in Dar‐es‐Salaam," Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

Related posts:

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

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

"Climate Crisis, Human Mobility and Security Challenges in the MENA Region: Implications for Sustainable Development and Regional Stability," Sustainable Development, Early View, 23 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Considering Climate Migration in Kiribati and Tuvalu Through a Victimological Lens," International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 15, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Drought is associated with human migration in agriculture-dependent middle-income countries," Communications Earth & Environment, 6 March 2026 [open access]

"Élévation du niveau de la mer et apatridie climatique, l’immatérialité d’un statut et sa protection juridique," Revue des Droits de l'Homme, no. 29 (2026) [open access]

"Emotionally aligned and structurally sorted: How opinion groups divide on climate and asylum," PNAS Nexus, 27 Feb. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 9, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [contents]
- Thematic feature on "Colonial Pasts, Alternative Futures: Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change Resettlement and Inhabitation in the Global South." The introduction and four other articles are open access.

"A Last Resort? Reframing Evacuations as an Anticipatory Disaster Risk Management Strategy," Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, Ahead of Print, 21 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Mapping the Evidence on Food Security Outcomes and Initiatives Among Climate Refugees: A Scoping Review," Foods, vol. 15, no. 4 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"Perceived deservingness shapes attitudes toward environmental migrants in rural Bangladesh," Communications Earth & Environment, 26 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Panel discussion: Financing Planned Relocation in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters, Washington, DC, 14 March 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Centering humanity in climate action: What the ICJ's Advisory Opinion means for climate mobility (Nansen Initiative +10 Blog, March 2026) [text]

"Is New Zealand living up to the 'Pacific family' rhetoric on climate-related migration?," RNZ, 20 Feb. 2026 [text]

Refugees Twice Over: Climate Migration and ‘Double Displacement’ (USCRI, Feb. 2026) [text]

Study of 40,000 cases links Somalia migration mainly to water scarcity (Phys.org, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

From climate stress to social strain: Migration, governance and local resilience in Iraq (Berghof Foundation, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Moving Towards Solutions: Addressing Loss and Damage from Protracted Displacement in Bangladesh, RID Working Paper, no. 40 (Researching Internal Displacement, Feb. 2026) [text]

Related post:

09 March 2026

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Confrontation in Court: How to Hold the Trump Administration Accountable for Violating Court Orders (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]
- Discusses "how widespread the administration’s defiance of court orders has become in immigration cases."

The Deeper Problem with ICE’s Arrest Warrants (Just Security, March 2026) [text]
- See also earlier related post.

DOJ Moves to End Administrative Immigration Appeals to Speed Up Mass Deportations (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

How the Media Frames Immigration Policies (Immigration Lab Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

ICE and Deportations: How Trump Is Reshaping Immigration Enforcement (Council on Foreign Relations, Feb. 2026) [text]

Is Being in the Country Illegally a Crime? (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

News from the Asylum Office: Blocking Work Permits & Updating Statistics (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

What Got Lost in the Border Debate: How President Biden Transformed the Immigration System (Immigration Lab Blog, March 2026) [text]

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

Reports: 

A Better Way on Immigration (AILA, Feb. & March 2026) [access]
- "A series of policy briefs examining the real-world consequences of the Trump Administration’s first year and outlining a forward-looking framework for reform." Three are currently available.

Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border: February 2026  (Univ. of Texas, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Agency Capture in Immigration Law," SMU Law Review, vol. 78, no. 4 (2025) [full-text]

"The Elusive Nexus Standard: Differing Approaches to the Asylum Nexus Standard as Applied to Religious Persecution Perpetrated by Gangs," Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, vol. 33, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

"Escalation of ICE Operations Emboldens State and Local Lawmakers to Constrain Its Operations," Migration Information Source, 26 Feb. 2026 [text]

"The Grass Really is Greener on the Other Side: Immigration and Changes in Expressed Sentiments Online," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 2 March 2026 [open access]

"Living in Limbo: The Impact of DACA’s Uncertainty on Mental Well-Being and Policy Pathways," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 28 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

President Trump's 'Third Country Deportations,' Explained (1A Podcast Series, March 2026) [access]

Related posts: 

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Opportunity:

Report launch: Refugee Family Reunion: ‘Inaccessible pathways for child relatives’ report launch, London, 17 March 2026 [info]
- Focuses on the UK.

Short pieces:

10 Facts about Children on the Move (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Dec. 2025) [text]

The EU’s new age assessment legislation: a persistent threat to the Fundamental Rights of the Child? (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Family Separation as Policy: The Human Cost for Children (USCRI, Feb. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Growing Up Displaced: Understanding and addressing child protection risks in Uganda (Danish Refugee Council, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Ten alarming trends for children in armed conflict (Unicef, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Advocacy and Assessment: Ethical Dilemmas and Practice Considerations in Pediatric Asylum Evaluations," American Journal of Bioethics, Latest Articles, 25 Feb. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Exploring coping strategies among adolescents during COVID-19 and war displacement: A qualitative analysis comparing two crisis settings," Journal of Research on Adolescence, vol. 36, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Ukrainian refugees in Germany.

"In the Rays of the Sun, Children Sway: Children’s Movement Processes During a Playful Holistic Movement Intervention in Asylum Centers," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Denmark.

"Protective Paradox: Caregiving in Protracted Crises Across 72 Countries," Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 26 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"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) [open access]

"'You can’t just say you need to breastfeed': identifying barriers and solutions to appropriate infant feeding in emergencies," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:5 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

Related posts: