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: 

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (19 Feb. 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (19 Feb. 2026)

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:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (10 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (Americas) (10 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Birthright Citizenship Re-Examined," Notre Dame Law Review, vol. 102 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"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]

"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) [open access]

"Exploring UK Public Attitudes Towards Stateless People: A Network Analysis," Social Policy and Society, FirstView, 3 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Inhabitants of another world: refugees, humanitarians and emotions in the Suwałki no man’s land," East European Jewish Affairs, Latest Articles, 24 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- "The article argues that no man’s land cannot be fully understood using the conceptual toolbox of the territorial nation-state and examines how stateless spaces formed around the refugees and in interaction with other actors, such as soldiers and humanitarian workers."

"Litigating Birthright Citizenship in the Shadow of World War II: The Continuing Relevance of a Forgotten Case," Michigan Journal of Race & Law, vol. 31 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Récits de la construction d’une machine jurisprudentielle: les conclusions des rapporteurs publics dans le contentieux de la déchéance de nationalité," Revue des Droits de l'Homme, no. 29 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on France.

Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 7, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles focusing variously on Taiwan, Haiti, Germany, Italy and India.

"Statelessness and mental health experiences of Kuwaiti Bidoon people living in the UK: An interpretative phenomenological analysis," PLOS Mental Health 3(2): e0000441 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (6 March 2026) 

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: Identifying and protecting displaced stateless people in Europe: What needs to happen next?, 23 March 2026 [info]

Research launch: Struggles and opportunities for Rohingya in post-coup Myanmar, Melbourne, 2 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: 15th Online Course on Statelessness, 18 May–11 June 2026 [info]

- Register by 13 April 2026.

Short pieces:

Deportation from the US: The risks for stateless people (RSC Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Bhutanese refugees.

From Evidence to Action: Armenia Joins the Statelessness Index (ENS Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

State-of-play assessment on statelessness in Europe shows reasons to celebrate, some setbacks and opportunities to act (ENS Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Statement by the ACHPR on the second anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa (African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2026 (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Compendium of Promising Practices on Access to Nationality for Stateless Children (COE European Committee on Legal Co-operation, Feb. 2026) [text]

Spotlight on Statelessness (July-Dec. 2025) (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

2026 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 25 Feb. 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (5 Feb. 2026) 

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for proposals: Hosting the IASFM21 Conference (2027) [info]

- Deadline for submissions is 31 March 2026.

Call for proposals: Migration Politics Journal's In-Person Residency on “Migration Politics and Violence” [info]

- Submit proposals by 6 April 2026.

Short pieces:

21 Migrants Died Every Day in 2025, New IOM Data Reveals (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

All-Member State briefing with the High Commissioner (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [access]

- Also available as a podcast.

A new chapter for inclusive data (UNHCR Blog, March 2026) [text]

The Refugee-led Innovation Fund welcomes a new cohort of changemakers (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2025) [text]

Rethinking Return: Insights from the GAPs Final Conference (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Feb. 2026) [text]

UN Institutional Reform: Promoting Solidarity and ‘Delivering as One’ for the Forcibly Displaced (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

UNHCR’s new Refugee Data Portal will be launched in 2026 (Joint Data Center Blog, Dec. 2025) [access]

Reports & journal articles:

"An Archival Responsibility: A Scoping Review of Literature Regarding the Documentary Burdens of Refugees," Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

Data on the Forcibly Displaced: From Statistical Shadows to Inclusion (Joint Data Center, Feb. 2026) [text]

"Elusive Refugees: Revisiting Terms of Exile and Asylum in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," Itinerario, FirstView, 4 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Migrants’ political trust: how exposure and exclusion in origin and residence country explain differences," Comparative Migration Studies, 5 March 2026 [open access]

"Reflexivity as Critique? A Conversation on the Politics of Knowledge Production in Migration Studies," Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung = Journal of Migration Studies, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Weighing responsibilities: the allocation of fair refugee quotas," International Theory, vol. 18, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

"Migration: Investigating Movement of Peoples," Panel at 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur, 20-24 November 2025 [access]

- See also related GIJN article.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (11 Feb. 2026)

New Issues of Disasters, Geopolitics, ICRC Rev., Intervention, J. Asian Pub. Pol., J. Crim. Law, JEMS, JIANL, JID, Refuge, Ref. Watch, YGAE

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

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

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Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 16 that are open access.

Geopolitics, vol. 31, no. 2 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Questioning the Safe Haven." The introduction and seven articles are open access.

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 107, no. 930 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Features contributions to the Symposium on Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace as well as a mix of other IHL-related articles. Note: As of 2025, this journal flipped to fully open access.

Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 23, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Journal of Asian Public Policy, vol. 19, no. 1 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Humanitarian Policy and Action in Asia: Analysing Challenges, Exploring Opportunities." Two articles are freely available.

*Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Human Trafficking." The editorial is freely available and one article is open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 3 (2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with a freely available "Keynote address for 11th SCMR-JEMS International Conference," and another eight that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 4 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "The Logics of Eliminationist Politics." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 5 (2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with eight that are open access.

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 40, no. 1 (2026) [contents]

- This issue serves as a "Festschrift for Sheona York." Focus is on the UK.

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "Internal Displacement: Dynamics of Policy, Projects and Administration Nexus."

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

- Includes a special focus on "Refugee Experiences of Integration in Small Communities in Canada."

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 66 & 67 (June/Dec. 2025) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Migration, Gender, and the Ecology of Marginality in Asia."

*Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, vol. 24 (2025) [contents]

- Volume theme is "Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry, and Engineering." 

Tagged Periodicals.

New Issue of IJRL & Opportunity

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 37, no. 3, Oct 2025 include:

• Playing for Time: Temporary Status, Migration Control and the Human Rights of Forced Migrants to Family Reunification [open access]
• Legitimate Authority, Refugees, and Legal Black Holes [open access]
• An LGBTQI+ child rights-based approach to eligibility for international protection [open access]
• Administrative and judicial biopolitics—analysing the special prohibitions on marriage between Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees [abstract]

In addition, readers will find case law summaries, the text of "Family Reunification for Refugees and Other Beneficiaries of International Protection: UNHCR Guidelines on international legal standards relating to family reunification for refugees and other beneficiaries of international protection," and three book reviews.

Separately, please note that IJRL and the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (ACMRL) are co-hosting a Workshop for Prospective Authors that will be held online sometime in June 2026. The objective is to "enable those engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law to receive feedback on it from members of the journal’s Editorial Board in a collaborative and supportive environment. Whether you are looking to publish for the first time, or would like to improve your likelihood of a successful submission, our aim is to support prospective authors develop and improve their work, with a view to its submission to the IJRL." Interested authors should submit draft papers by 12 April 2026.

Tagged Periodicals.

Update to New Book Titles

FYI just a quick note to say an additional title was included under "Legal Texts" in my recent round-up of new books - check it out!

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (Afghans)

Short pieces:

A Hard Journey Home: Stories of Return, Loss, and New Beginnings (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Pakistan’s Deportations of Afghan Refugees: A Test of International Refugee Protections (The Diplomatic Pouch, Feb. 2026) [text]

UNHCR seeks support for solutions as 5.4 million Afghans return since late 2023 (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

2025 Afghan Returns: One Year Recap (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Compounding Returns: A Study on Remittance Loss and the Cost of Deportations (Samuel Hall & World Vision, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"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 [open access]

- Focuses on Pakistan.

"Enduring Aspirations and Continuous Mobility: Formation, Realisation and Repression of Migration Aspirations of Afghan Returnees," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Racialized vulnerability and socioeconomic determinants of health among Afghan refugees in Pakistan," Scientific Reports, 18 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"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) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (4 March 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

Immigration: Trump’s puzzling Australia exemption (The Interpreter Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Living Under Restriction: Structural Exclusion, Distress, and Security Perceptions among Rohingya Refugees, RLI Working Paper No. 81 (Refugee Law Initiative, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Australian media's response to the end of indefinite detention: towards a rights-based treatment of people seeking asylum?," Media International Australia, OnlineFirst, 28 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Exploring the Role of Common Pool Resources and (Mal)Coping in Socio-Environmental Dynamics: A Case Study of the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 22 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"The good faith requirement in New Zealand refugee law," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Interrogating local organisational capacity in humanitarian localisation: insights from Bangladeshi NGOs in the Rohingya response," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 11 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Navigating the overlap of climate-induced and conflict-induced displacement: perspectives from humanitarian practitioners in the Philippines," npj Climate Action, 5:8 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Sensible Tactics or Missed Opportunity? Evaluating the Exceptional Treatment of Migration and Refugee Decisions in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act," Federal Law Review, vol. 53 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

*"Singapore’s Migration Controls Seek to Balance Population Growth, Global Ambitions, and National Priorities," Migration Information Source, 4 March 2026 [text]

Multimedia:

The Role of Immigration as South Korea Navigates Demographic Decline, 25 Feb. 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (12 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access books:

From arrival to settlement: Vulnerabilities of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe (Neodemos Association, Feb. 2026) [open access]

- "The new open-access ebook produced as part of the AVRAI (Assessing the Vulnerability of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy) project addresses [the meaning of vulnerability]. Rather than taking vulnerability for granted, the book invites readers to rethink it as a dynamic and relational condition, emerging at the intersection of individual characteristics, social environments, and institutional responses. In doing so, it challenges both emergency-driven humanitarian frameworks and the rigid policy classifications that dominate the European context."

Migration as Anchorage: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London (Berghahn Books, Dec. 2025) [open access]

"On a temporary visit to London, a Palestinian family found themselves unable to return to Gaza during Israel’s 2008 war on their city. Understanding their stay in London as an act of ‘anchoring’, the family opened a Palestinian café and sought to make their lives – as individuals, as a family and as a community – viable in the face of uncertainty. By following the stories of various family members as they struggled to recreate a sense of home, this moving ethnography introduces the concept of anchorage as a novel lens to understand migration, home and place, highlighting the fluidity, temporariness and serendipity of these experiences."

Working the Dutch Asylum Apparatus: An Ethnography of Suspicious Compassion and State Power (Berghahn Books, March 2026) [open access]

- "Since the 1970s, the recurring discourse of a ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe has affected border strategies that create a context of suspicion and criminalise asylum applicants. This book examines how the Netherlands engages with the arrival of certain (often illegalised) travellers and the asylum procedure, a tense liminal space and time that ensures decisions of inclusion and exclusion. Dutch asylum procedure is a peculiar legal procedure that gathers different people and sensitivities together to make swift, life-altering decisions for those applying for protection. Based on an extensive ethnography, this book reveals the ways in which suspicious compassion in Dutch asylum pervades an objective decision-making practice."

Journal articles:

"Anti-refugee Violence and Social Marginalization of Refugees: Evidence from Germany," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 24 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Camp studies trapped in the camp? Re-articulating recent Greek history through the camp as a productive device," Political Geography, vol. 124 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Doing Agency through Personal Networks: The Case of Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Romania," Global Networks, vol. 26, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

"The European Union as a humanitarian border: the production of vulnerability in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum," Space and Polity, Latest Articles, 24 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"HIV self-testing awareness among African refugee male sex workers in Italy: A mixed-methods study," PLoS One 21(2): e0343441 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"Motus Internus: Narrative Turning Points and the Intragroup Emergence of Dehumanizing Ideologies Among Migrants," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 2 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Multidimensional effects of conflict-induced violence on wartime migration decisions: evidence from Ukraine," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 62, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"Networked Migrants and De-Networked Policies—Examining the Nexus of Migration Regimes and Experiences Through a Relational Lens," Global Networks, vol. 26, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

"Racialised deservingness and peripheral whiteness: the case of Albanian asylum seekers in Britain," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Translating ‘legitimate’ violence in deportation: a bottom-up relational approach to EU policy norms in practice," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, March 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 March 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Debate: Fortress Europe 2.0? The New EU Migration Pact, London, 24 March 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

EU Council gives final greenlight to new EU asylum measures (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2026) [text]

- "The Council of the European Union has now formally adopted the first EU-wide list of safe countries of origin, to be used in asylum application cases, as well as a revision of the safe third countries concept."

Major overhaul of asylum system introduces 30-month refugee leave under ‘core protection’ model (EIN, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Neither innovative nor smart: externalisation as a migration policy path of human rights risk (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, Feb. 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Country Guidance: Explained (EU Agency for Asylum, Feb. 2026) [access]

Forced displacement from Ukraine: The potential role of migration in Ukraine's future reconstruction (Danish Institute for International Studies, Feb. 2026) [text]

Guidance Note on Albania (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Latest Asylum Trends 2025: Annual Analysis (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Observations on the new EU returns framework (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, March 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on Access to the Asylum Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum & Frontex, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related leaflet, poster and pocketbook.

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe: Policy, Perception, and Precarity (I-CLAIM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (18 Feb. 2026)

Opportunities: More March 2026 & New April 2026

CFP: Displaced Voices: A Journal of Migration, Archives and Cultural Heritage [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on the "75th Anniversary of the United Nations Refugee Convention." Submit abstracts by 6 March 2026.

CFP: Workshop on "The Rise of International Asylum Coordination: Understanding the Evolution and Impact of Safe Third Country Policies," Saskatoon, Canada, 2-3 October 2026 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 15 March 2026.

Call for registration: 21st Online Course on International Migration Law, 13 April–8 May 2026 [info]

- Register by 16 March 2026.

Call for proposals: Hosting the IASFM21 Conference (2027) [info]

- Deadline for submissions is 31 March 2026.

Call for applications: Fall 2026 Graduate Programs in Migration & Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo [info]

- Application deadline for the MA program is 1 April 2026.

Call for proposals: Migration Politics Journal's In-Person Residency on “Migration Politics and Violence” [info]

- Submit proposals by 6 April 2026.

Call for submissions: IJRL/ACMRL Workshop for Prospective Authors, Online, June 2026 [info]

- Submission deadline is 12 April 2026.

Call for registration: 15th Online Course on Statelessness, 18 May–11 June 2026 [info]

- Register by 13 April 2026.

CFP: 23rd Nordic Migration Research (NMR), Huddinge, Sweden, 12-14 August 2026 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 15 April 2026.

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

Course: Forced Migration, Protection, and Humanitarianism, Online, 20 April–15 June 2026 [info]

- Register by 17 April 2026.

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

- Register by 20 April 2026.

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

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More Feb. & March 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 March 2026, while Part 2 lists additional February 2026 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

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

"Empowered to Stay? Ugandan Refugee Policy and Community Support in Shaping Women’s Choices," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 26 Jan. 2026

- Authors (2) = Uganda (lead), Nigeria (1)

Diamond OA:

"Anticipated Ecological Disaster: Climate Change, Perennial Floods and Urban Resilience in Makurdi City, Nigeria," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026)

- Author = Nigeria

"Decolonizing People: An Understanding of Pashtun Indigenous Community Vulnerability to Climate-Induced Displacement," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Pakistan (lead), US (1)

"Forced Displacement in Africa: Could the Tanzanian Maasai Obtain Justice? The East African Court of Justice Case under the Lens of the Ogiek Case before the African Court," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025)

- Author = UK/Kenya

"Introducing a Survivor-Centred Policy Framework for Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement in Uganda," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026)

- Author = Uganda

"Navigating the Nexus of Displacement, Policy, and Governance," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026)

- Authors (2) = India

"Reformando la frontera vertical? De las deportaciones a la contención al interior del territorio mexicano," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"The Role of Soft Law in Ensuring Durable Solutions for Children Displaced by Climate Change in Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25 (2025)

- Author = South Africa

"The Subversion of Politics: Political Prohibitions on Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025)

- Author = South Africa

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.

"Availability and Readiness to Provide Postabortion Care in Refugee Settlements in Uganda: A Signal Functions Analysis," BMJ Global Health, vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 2026)

- Authors (11) = Kenya (7, incl. lead), US (3), Ethiopia (1)

- APC = GBP 3580 

"Displacement Due to Riverbank Erosion: A Threat to Education in Bangladesh," Progress in Disaster Science, vol. 29 (Jan. 2026)

- Authors (4) = Bangladesh (2, incl. lead), Hungary/Bangladesh (1), Hungary (1)

- APC = USD 2280

"Examining Factors Associated with Post-abortion Family Planning among Women in Refugee Settings in Uganda," Women's Health, 15 Dec. 2025

- Authors (10) = Kenya (7, incl. lead), US (3)

- APC = USD 3000

"Experiences in Building Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging: Voices from African Migrants in Australia," Scientific Reports, 16:5418 (Feb. 2026)

- Authors (5) = Australia/South Africa (lead), Nigeria (1), Australia (3) 

- APC = USD 2850

"Family Planning Awareness and Contraceptive Use among Young Rohingya Refugee Women: A Representative Cross-sectional Study in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh," Women's Health, 26 Jan. 2026

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh (lead), Australia (1)

- APC = USD 3000

"'I chose to stay and fight my way through': Examining Female Immigrants’ Re-integration and Coping Strategies Following Traumatic Experiences in Durban, South Africa," Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 24 (2026)

- Authors (2) = South Africa

- APC = USD 2460

"Impact of Two Decades of Humanitarian and Development Assistance and the Projected Mortality Consequences of Current Defunding to 2030: Retrospective Evaluation and Forecasting Analysis," The Lancet Global Health, OnlineFirst, 2 Feb. 2026

- Authors (14) = Brazil (5, incl. lead), Spain (5), Mozambique (2), Spain/Mozambique (1), Brazil/Spain (1)

- APC = USD 7860

"Mapping Memories and Meaning: Visual and Narrative Methods in Research with Older African Refugees," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13 Feb. 2026

- Authors (2) = Canada/Nigeria (lead), Canada (1)

- APC = USD 3000

"Refugee Inflows and Macroeconomic Performance: Evidence from a Cross-country panel (2000–2023)," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2 Feb. 2026

- Authors (6) = Bangladesh (2, incl. lead), Switzerland (1), Hong Kong SAR (2), Türkiye (1)

- APC = CHF 1175

"Sudanese Refugees in Chad: Addressing Overwhelming Mental Health Needs through Sustainable Partnerships," BJPsych Open, vol. 12, no. 2 (March 2026)

- Authors (3) = Switzerland (lead), Chad (2)

- APC = USD 3655

"Understanding Transit Migration Through the Push-Pull Plus Framework: Evidence from Casa del Migrante, Honduras," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 1 (Jan. 2026)

- Authors (5) = US (2, incl. lead), Honduras (3)

- APC = CHF 1800

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.

"Assessing School Readiness Domains in a Large Cohort of Refugee Children: Validation and Links with Family Factors," Studies in Educational Evaluation, vol. 88 (March 2026)

- Authors (5) = Malaysia (2, incl. lead), UK (3)

- APC = USD 3710

"Ecological Paradoxes of Conflict: The Dual Impact of Armed Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises on Africa's Ecosystems," African Journal of Ecology, vol. 64, no. 2 (March 2026)

- Authors (5) = Italy/Togo/Nigeria (lead), Italy/Uganda (1), US (1), Italy (1), Uganda (1)

- APC = USD 3730

"Entwined Economies of Violence: Understanding Borderland Conflict and Resource Politics in Northern Kenya," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026)

- Author = South Africa

- APC = USD 3590

"Exploring a Scalar Nexus Approach to Understanding Environmental Change Around Refugee Settlements in Uganda," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Latest Articles, 12 Feb. 2026

- Authors (8) = UK (4, incl. lead), Uganda (4)

- APC = USD 3650

"Global Humanitarianism Between Ideals and Realities: Lessons from Gaza’s 2023 Crisis," Forum for Development Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026

- Author = Qatar

- APC = USD 2990

"The Hope Industrial Complex: Resisting Manufactured and False Hope with Critical Hope in Peace Education, Thailand's Refugee Context," Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives, Latest Articles, 27 Jan. 2026

- Authors (5) = US (lead), Thailand (3), Cambodia (1)

- APC = USD 3300

"Humanitarian Crises and Mental Health Coping Strategies Among Myanmar Refugees in Mizoram State, India," Asian Social Work and Policy Review, vol. 20, no. 1 (Feb. 2026)

- Author = Hong Kong

- APC = USD 3040

"Humanitarian Diplomacy in Practice: Turkish and Qatari NGOs Navigating Access and Influence in Somalia," Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Latest Articles, 13 Jan. 2026

- Author = Qatar

- APC = USD 4000

"Immigration Politics: Socio-economic Contributions and Securitisation of Immigration in Botswana," Migration and Development, OnlineFirst, 12 Jan. 2026 

- Authors (2) = Botswana

- APC = USD 3640

"Locally-led Maladaptation as a Configuration of Responsibilities: Ethnographic Photo Essay of a Bamboo Wall in Bangladesh," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026)

- Authors (2) = Netherlands (lead), Bangladesh (1)

- APC = USD 3590

"Migrant Livelihoods and the Power of Social Ties: Evidence from Johannesburg’s Informal Sector," Development Southern Africa, Latest Articles, 4 Feb. 2026

- Authors (3) = South Africa

- APC = USD 3300

"Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 16 Feb. 2026

- Author = Lebanon

- APC = EUR 3944

"Theorizing Participation in the Migrant Caravans: Perspectives from Migration and Social Movement Studies," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026)

- Authors (2) = US (lead), Mexico (1)

- APC = EUR 4150

Books/Book chapters:

"The Evolution of the Gulf States as Humanitarian Donors," Chapter in Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change (Routledge, 2025)

- Authors (2) = Qatar

"Exploring the Preference for Bilateral Aid: Gulf Oil States' aid to Yemen," Chapter in Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change (Routledge, 2025)

- Authors (2) = Qatar

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