Thematic Focus: Education

The Academic Engagement of Newly Arriving Somali Bantu Students in a U.S. Elementary School (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2015) [text]

The Educational and Mental Health Needs of Syrian Refugee Children (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2015) [text]

The Educational Experiences of Refugee Children in Countries of First Asylum (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2015) [text]

Higher Education for Refugees Enables Change for Good in Eastern Africa (JRS USA, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Follow link for podcast of presentation on Kakuma camp refugees taking online courses.

"Lessons Learned: Insights into One Teacher’s Experience Working with Karen Refugee Students in the United States," Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, vol. 10, no. 1 (2015) [open access]

Outside and In: Legal Entitlements to Health Care and Education for Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe (COMPAS, July 2015) [text via Academia.edu]

Serving Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Students in Secondary Schools: Comparing U.S. and European Practices, Webinar, 22 Oct. 2015 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Supporting Higher Education Key to Resettling Syrian Refugees (Australian Policy Online, Oct. 2015) [text]

Supporting School-university Pathways for Refugee Students’ Access and Participation in Tertiary Education (Western Sydney University, 2015) [access via BSL Library]

Young Refugee Children: Their Schooling Experiences in the United States and in Countries of First Asylum, Webinar, 27 Oct. 2015 [info]
- Follow link for podcast. This webinar discusses findings of the three MPI reports listed above.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children, incl. Education (15 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Crossing Boundaries: The New Asylum Procedure at the Border and Restrictions to Accessing Protection in Hungary (ECRE, Oct. 2015) [text]

Dublin Transfers Post-Tarakhel: Update on European Case Law and Practice, ELENA Information Note (ECRE, Oct. 2015) [text]

EU Cooperation with Third Countries in the Field of Migration (European Parliament, Oct. 2015) [text]

Fundamental Rights Implications of the Obligation to Provide Fingerprints for Eurodac, FRA Focus, no. 5 (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Oct. 2015) [text]

Germany's Refugee Welcome Wears Thin (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

The Legality of Examining Asylum Claims in Detention from the Perspective of Procedural Rights and Their Effectiveness, AIDA Legal Briefing, no. 4 (ECRE, Oct. 2015) [text]

The Researcher , vol. 10, no. 2 (Oct. 2015) [full-text via Refworld]
- This issue includes the following articles: "Respecting the Right to Asylum within the Current Refugee Crisis in Europe," "The Rights of Asylum Seekers to Data Protection in the EU," and "Is Temporary Protection the Answer to Europe's Refugee Crisis?".

Western Balkans Migration Route: 17-point Plan of Action (European Commission, Oct. 2015) [text]
- See also related IRIN news story and commentary from Human Rights Watch.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (23 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"The Effectiveness of Interventions for Non-Communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Crises: A Systematic Review," PLoS ONE, 10(9): e0138303 (Sept. 2015) [open access]

An Evidence Review of Research on Health Interventions in Humanitarian Crises (Harvard Univ. et al., Oct. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 21, no. 7 (2015) [full-text]

"Monitoring Mortality in Forced Migrants—Can Bayesian Methods Help Us to Do Better with the (Little) Data We Have?," PLoS Medicine, 12(10): e1001887 (Oct. 2015) [open access]

Outside and In: Legal Entitlements to Health Care and Education for Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe (COMPAS, July 2015) [text via Academia.edu]

"Return Migration among Elderly, Chronically Ill Bosnian Refugees: Does Health Matter?," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(10), 12643-12661 (Oct. 2015) [open access]

"A Study of Predictive Factors Affecting Health: Promoting Behaviors of North Korean Adolescent Refugees," Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, vol. 48, no. 5 (Sept. 2015) [full-text via PubMed]

U.S. Home to Far More Refugee Torture Survivors than Previously Believed (Center for Victims of Torture, Sept. 2015) [access]
- Follow link for press release and study.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (14 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

EXCOM 2015 Wrap-up:

The 66th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme ended on 9 October 2015.  Here is the HC's closing statement.  The report of the session is also now available.  A decision was taken on a multi-year workplan for Executive Committee Conclusions (see p. 7). Themes under consideration include "International cooperation from a protection and solutions perspective," "Youth," "Resilience and self-reliance from a protection and solutions perspective," and "Machine readable travel documents."  NGO statements are posted on the ICVA web site.  Other conference documents can be accessed via the plenary session page.

Publications:

Expert Statement on Internally Displaced Persons, Washington, DC, 24 Aug. 2015 [text]

How the World Views Migration (IOM, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Prepared in collaboration with Gallup World Poll; see also related press release.

Religious Freedom Matters: USCIRF Conversation with UN High Commissioner Guterres (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Oct. 2015) [access]
- Follow link to access video.

Returning Home after Fukushima: Displacement from a Nuclear Disaster and International Guidelines for Internally Displaced Persons, Migration, Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief Series, vol. 1, no. 4 (IOM, Sept. 2015) [text]

What’s in a Name? The Complex Reality of Migration and Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century (openDemocracy, Oct. 2015) [text]

World Migration Report 2015 - Migrants and Cities: New Partnerships to Manage Mobility (IOM, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Also available in French and Spanish.

Related posts:
- News: Candidates for UN High Commissioner for Refugees (22 Oct. 2015)
- Thematic Focus: General, incl. Research Ethics (16 Oct. 2015)
- News: 66th Session of EXCOM (5 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Events & Opportunities: Additional Oct. & Nov. 2015

Call for interest: Refugee-led Organisations Incubation Program [info]
- Developed by Urban Refugees; no deadline indicated.

Webinar: Escaping Conflict: The Syrian Refugee Crisis Explained, 30 October 2015 [info]
- Registration deadline is 29 October 2015.

Seminar: Crisis or Turning Point? The Shifting Sands of British Politics & the Migration Crisis, London, 29 October 2015 [info]

Transforming the UK’s Immigration and Asylum System: The Next Steps, London, 27 January 2016 [info]
- Deadline for early bird registration is 30 October 2015.

Call for applications: An Ethnographic Study of Selected Communities Affected by the Great Earthquake 2015, Monash University [info]
- Apply by 1 November 2015.

Symposium: Working on the Edge of Society: Migrants in Illegal, Precarious or Exploitative Work, Sheffield, UK, 2 November 2015 [info]

Conference: Intersecting Discourses on Migration in the UK, Germany and Russia, Birmingham, UK, 5 November 2015 [info]

Workshop: The Fear of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as Grounds for Seeking Asylum, Oxford, 11 November 2015 [info]
- Places are still available.

Conference: "Addressing Forced Displacement within the African Continent through Progressive Legislative Developments and the Critical Role of the Judiciary," Africa Chapter of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges, Marrakesh, 25-27 November 2015 [info]
- Note: A pre-conference professional development session will take place 23-24 Nov. 2015.

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: Even More Oct. & Nov. 2015

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities

Deaf Mexican Immigrants are Declaring Asylum in the U.S.—and Winning (Fusion, Sept. 2015) [text]

Inclusion of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Humanitarian Settings, Side Event at 30th Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 7 Sept. 2015 [concept note]

Minimum Standards for Age and Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action (Age and Disability Capacity Building Programme, 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protection of Refugees with Disabilities Project: Fieldwork Reports [access]
- The following four reports are now available, in both PDF and DOC (see navigation panel on right):
1) Protection of Refugees with Disabilities: Uganda Fieldwork Report, August-September 2013;
2) Refugees and Asylum Seekers with Disabilities: A Preliminary Report from Malaysia and Indonesia;
3) Refugees with Disabilities in Pakistan: An Introductory Report;
4) Syrian Refugees with Disabilities in Jordan and Turkey.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (30 July 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Publications:

"Credibility, Trauma, and the Adversarial Adjudication of Claims for Asylum," Santa Clara Law Review (Forthcoming) [eprint via SSRN]

Expert Roundtable: Developing Guidance on Onward Movement of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees, Geneva, 1-2 Oct. 2015 [concept note] [discussion paper] [bibliography]

NGO Protection Statement, 66th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, 5-9 Oct. 2015 [text via ICVA]

Online Discussion: Undesirable and Unreturnable? Policy Challenges around Excluded Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants Suspected of Serious Criminality (Refugee Research Network, Sept.-Oct. 2015) [info]
- Follow link for background and comments.

Protecting Refugees in Transit (APPS Policy Forum, Oct. 2015) [text]

Refugee Status under International Law (EPRS, Oct. 2015) [text]

Remarks by Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union General Debate, Geneva, 19 Oct. 2015 [text]

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, UN Doc. No. A/70/303 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2015) [text]
- Focuses on the extraterritorial application of the prohibition against torture; includes section on "Non-refoulement and migration."

New blog:

EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Blog (Odysseus Network) [access]
- "The mission of this blog is to provide a critical analysis of recent developments in the immigration and asylum law and policy of the European Union."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (6 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

CFP/New Issues EJPT, ICRC Rev. IJMHSC, JEMS, JIMI, NYU J. Intl. Law & Politics, Peripherie, Ref. Watch, Ref. Watch Online

CFP:

Refugee Watch Online [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "The Boat People." Deadline is 15 November 2015.

New issues:

European Journal of Political Theory, vol. 14, no. 4 (Oct. 2015) [contents]
- Special issue on "Real-world justice and international migration." Articles include "Refugees and justice between states" and "The common but differentiated responsibilities of states to assist and receive 'climate refugees'."

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 96, no. 894 (June 2014) [full-text]
- Issue theme is "Sexual violence in armed conflict."

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 11, no. 4 (2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Legislators’ perceptions of unaccompanied children seeking asylum."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 41, no. 9 (2015) [contents]
- Special issue on "The public and the politics of immigration controls."  The texts of two articles are freely available.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 16, no. 4 (Nov. 2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Parenting in a New Land: Specialized Services for Immigrant and Refugee Families in the USA," "Strands of Diaspora: The Resettlement Experience of Jewish Immigrants to Australia," "Harming Refugee and Canadian Health: the Negative Consequences of Recent Reforms to Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program," "Findings from an Extended Case Management U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program," "Infiltrators Go Home! Explaining Xenophobic Mobilization Against Asylum Seekers in Israel," and "‘Now I’m Part of Australia and I Need to Know What Is Happening Here’: Case of Hazara Male Former Refugees in Brisbane Strategically Selecting Media to Aid Acculturation."

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, vol. 47, no. 3 (Spring 2015) [contents]
- Symposium issue with focus on "The Human Rights of Migrants: From Treaty to Reality."

Peripherie, no. 138/139 (Aug. 2015) [contents]
- Special issue on "Dis-Placement: Flüchtlinge zwischen Orten." Several articles are freely available in full-text.

Refugee Watch, nos. 43&44 (June/Dec. 2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles on refugee issues and statelessness in South Asia. This is a delayed open access journal, so articles will eventually be made available in full-text.

Refugee Watch Online (Oct. 2015) [full-text]
- Focus is on "Refugee Children."

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Australia

Events:

Australia’s Asylum Seeker Policies: International Law and the Human Rights Commission, London, 11 November 2015 [info]
- See also flyer.

Protection Elsewhere, but Where? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law, Sydney, 20 November 2015 [info]
- Registration is ongoing.

Publications:

Asylum Policy in Australia: Between Resettlement and Deterrence (EPRS, Oct. 2015) [text]

Australia's Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers in Nauru and PNG: A Quick Guide to the Statistics (Parliamentary Library of Australia, Oct. 2015) [text]

Delays in Citizenship Applications for Permanent Refugee Visa Holders (Refugee Council of Australia, Oct. 2015) [text]

History Australia, vol. 12, no. 2 (2015) [delayed open access]
- Includes a "special feature which focuses primarily on the history of one particular group of DPs: people who had been exposed to Soviet rule during the war – either as Soviet citizens, or deportees and refugees from Poland and elsewhere – and who subsequently found their way to Australia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, mainly under the DP mass resettlement scheme administered by the International Refugee Organization (IRO)." The introduction to the special feature can be read immediately, while the remaining articles will become freely available in 24 months.

"Punitive Policies: Australia’s Engagement with Asylum," Refugee Watch Online (Oct. 2015) [text]

Supporting Higher Education Key to Resettling Syrian Refugees (Australian Policy Online, Oct. 2015) [text]

Supporting School-university Pathways for Refugee Students’ Access and Participation in Tertiary Education (Western Sydney University, 2015) [access via BSL Library]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (8 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Americas

Asylum Case Delayed Forever? Here are Some Possible Reasons (The Asylumist Blog, Oct. 2015) [text]

Human Rights and the Interception of Persons Eligible for International Protection (HR Brief, Oct. 2015) [text]
- See also related Guardian news article.

New Humanitarian Frontiers: Addressing Criminal Violence in Mexico and Central America (IDMC, Oct. 2015) [text]

Priorities for U.S. Immigration Reform (Institute for the Study of International Migration, 2015) [text]

La Protección de las Personas en Movilidad en Zonas de Frontera (Clúster de Protección - Colombia, Oct. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

The United States is Failing its Own Responsibilities toward Refugees (ImmigrationProf, Oct. 2015) [text]

Violence and Internal Displacement in El Salvador (HR Brief, Oct. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (19 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Open Access Week: Wrap-up

This week, I focused more particularly on ways to find Open Access materials, starting with the (relatively small!) list of eprints of Journal of Refugee Studies articles that I located while conducting my case study.

I will of course continue to highlight OA references on this blog as I come across them.  But for that to happen, more authors need to provide Open Access to their scholarly works!  If you would like to do so, then please either refer to my OA blog for guidance or read this short and straightforward web page, "How to Make Your Own Work Open Access," by Peter Suber, a well-known OA advocate.


Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

Open Access Week: Tips for Finding OA Materials, Pt. 2

Yesterday's post focused on finding eprints of specific articles in traditionally published journals ("green OA"). Usually, this entails conducting a search by the title of the article.

However, the reality for most researchers is that they are not searching for specific titles, but rather for certain subjects and keywords.  Here are some resources that can help you locate scholarly journal articles via topical searches.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) [access]
- Search for both OA journals and the articles that appear in those journals; multidisciplinary.

Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search (ABA) [access]
- Search both online law reviews and legal repositories.

HighWire (Stanford Univ.) [access]
- While the search engine for this database does not allow users to limit their results to just free full-text or OA materials, freely available items are clearly marked in the results list; multidisciplinary with an emphasis on science.

International Legal Scholarship Library (WorldLII) [access]
- Search the full-text contents of law reviews from around the world.

Law Review Commons [access]
- Allows you to search the contents of OA law reviews, most of which are based in the U.S.

Pubmed (National Center for Biotechnology Information) [access]
- Conduct a search of this biomedical literature database, then limit the results to "free full-text."

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:

CFP: Refugee Watch Online [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "The Boat People." Deadline is 15 November 2015.

Publications:

Afghanistan: Conflict and Displacement in the Northeast, Kunduz City, and Kabul, (ACAPS & START Network, Oct. 2015) [text]

Deadly Journeys: The Refugee and Trafficking Crisis in Southeast Asia (Amnesty International, Oct. 2015) [text]

Disenfranchisement and Desperation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: Drivers of a Regional Crisis (ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, Oct. 2015) [text]

First Regional Dialogue Meeting on Forced Migration in the Asia-Pacific, Melbourne, 24-25 Aug. 2015 [info]
- Follow link for agenda and key documents.

*"Forced Migration: Typology and Local Agency in Southeast Myanmar," Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, vol. 37, no. 2 (Aug. 2015) [full-text via author site]

In Limbo in Micronesia (Asylum Insight, Oct. 2015) [text]

"The Long-run Socio-economic Consequences of a Large Disaster: The 1995 Earthquake in Kobe," PLoS One, 10(10): e0138714 (Oct. 2015) [open access]

"Myanmar’s Refugee Problem: It’s Not Just the Rohingya," The Diplomat, 14 Oct. 2015 [text]

Refugee Rescue Ship Enters Rough Waters in Southeast Asia (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

"Refugees and Neighbors: Rohingya in Bangladesh," The Diplomat, 14 Oct. 2015 [text]

*Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees: Progress Report 2014 (UNHCR, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Reports on achievements of the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees to Support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable Reintegration and Assistance to Host Countries (SSAR). See also related presentation and funding proposal.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (8 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Europe

*Desperate Journey (Human Rights Watch, 2015) [access]
- Regularly updated feature.

*Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: How to Reach Irregular Migrants not in Contact with the Authorities (European Migration Network, Oct. 2015) [text]

Greece: Attacks on Boats Risk Migrant Lives (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2015) [text]

*Hotspot "Solution" Deepens Refugee Crisis (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

"The Migrant Crisis: German Flexibility," The Economist, 24 Oct. 2015 [text]

A Migration Crisis? Facts, Challenges and Possible Solutions (ODI, Oct. 2015) [text]
- See also related infographic and blog post.

Non, Merci! Why Refugees Avoid France (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

Polish Response to the Refugee Crisis: Where the Wild Things Are? (Debate Migration Blog, Oct. 2015) [text]

Refugee Crisis: Greece and Italy "State of Play" from the European Commission including "Return Flights" ; First Groups "Nationality Screened" for "Return" (Statewatch, Oct. 2015) [access]

*Refugee Passports Could End Border Delays in the Balkans (The Conversation, Oct. 2015) [text]

"Ten Borders: One Refugee's Epic Escape from Syria," New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2015 [text]

*"Turning Asylum Seekers into ‘Dangerous Criminals’: Experiences of the Criminal Justice System of Those Seeking Sanctuary," International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 4, no. 3 (2015) [open access]

What's Next for the European Asylum Crisis?, Webinar, 20 Oct. 2015 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Will the Refugee Crisis be Europe's Defining Moment? Millions Fleeing Conflict are Testing the West's Humanitarian Convictions (Zócolo Public Square, Oct. 2015) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (19 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Open Access Week: Tips for Finding OA Materials, Pt. 1

In order to carry out the case study I referenced in yesterday's post, I conducted a lot of online searches!  The main take-away from that exercise is that just because something is online doesn't mean it is necessarily easy to find!

So here are a few search tips for locating an Open Access version of a journal article of interest:

1. Start by searching in Google Scholar on the title of the journal article.  Google Scholar was specifically designed to index scholarly literature, so the results are more focused than a general Google search. The other advantage is that the results list will include a link to other "versions" of an item, if any were located.  This in turn will often lead you to an eprint in an institutional repository:

Example: Search for "Unpacking the Micro–Macro Nexus: Narratives of Suffering and Hope among Refugees from Burma Recently Settled in Australia" in Google Scholar.
- In the results list, click on the link to "All 5 versions" under the top entry.
- The second of the five versions listed links to "eprints.qut.edu.au" which is the institutional repository for the Queensland Univ. of Technology. Follow the link for a postprint of this article.

2. Sometimes, though, Google Scholar will not locate references to eprints in institutional repositories. Here are several alternative strategies to employ when this happens:

Example: A search for "Representing Sahrawi Refugees’ ‘Educational Displacement’ to Cuba: Self-sufficient Agents or Manipulated Victims in Conflict?" in Google Scholar yields no results for an institutional repository. A search using regular Google also produces no hits.
- Try using openDOAR's search tool instead, which will search across the contents of open access repositories.  A postprint of this article is located in Oxford's Research Archive.
- Experiment with a different search engine.  When I searched in Bing for this article, the a/m eprint showed up as the second result.
- Conduct a search directly in the relevant institutional repository. You can identify an author's affiliation from the article abstract posted on the journal publisher's web site.  Then either search for a repository in openDOAR or via a web search engine.  With this example, I went directly to the Oxford Research Archive, entered my search, and located the relevant reference.

3.  Institutional repositories are not the only places where journal article eprints are deposited.  If you are having no luck with Google Scholar, it might be worth trying a general title search on Google to see if an eprint is located on an author's personal web site or departmental web page.

4.  Increasingly, authors are also sharing eprints via academic social networks like Academia.edu and ResearchGate.

Example: A postprint of the article "Refugee Returns, Civic Differentiation, and Minority Rights in Croatia 1991-2004," by Brad Blitz, is posted on ResearchGate
- You can generally find results for these services if you conduct a general title search in either Google or Bing.
- Alternatively, search directly on the author's name and the name of the service -  >Brad Blitz researchgate< - then browse through the contributions listed on the author's profile page to locate articles of interest.


Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

News: Candidates for UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) has just circulated via email a publication entitled "Who Wants to be the Next UN High Commissioner for Refugees?" which includes the responses to five questions that ICVA received from the four following candidates for the job (it's not clear how many have actually applied):

Filippo Grandi (Italy)
Sania Nishtar (Pakistan)
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark)
Jasmine Whitbread (UK/Switzerland)

UPDATE: The publication is now available on ICVA's web site!

Tagged Publications.

Open Access Week: Self-Archiving JRS Articles

Earlier this year, I updated a study to determine the extent to which authors of articles published in the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) have deposited eprints of their articles in institutional or other kinds of repositories (in Open Access-speak, this is referred to as "self-archiving," or green OA).  I have summarized some of the findings on a special page over on my OA blog.  In addition, I list and link to all the eprints that I located.

I think the case study provides a useful way to learn more about this method of providing Open Access to one's work. The primary advantage of green OA is that it allows authors to continue publishing in their journals of choice, and still make their research more widely available. The disadvantage is that journal publishers often require a certain amount of time to pass before an eprint can be made available to the public online.

I hope to eventually undertake similar studies of other journals.

Please take a look!

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Africa

*"African Dictatorship Fuels Migrant Crisis: Thousands Flee Isolated Eritrea to Escape Life of Conscription and Poverty," Wall Street Journal, 21 Oct. 2015 [text]

Assessment of External Remittances in Selected Urban Areas and among Displaced Populations across Somalia (FSNAU, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Burundi’s Once and Future Refugees (RI Blog, Oct. 2015) [text]

"Failed Asylum Seekers in South Africa: Policy and Practice," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 1, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2015) [full-text]

Impossible to Ignore: The Central African Republic's Latest Crisis (RI Blog, Oct. 2015) [text]

Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Solutions Strategy for Rwandan Refugees: Joint Communiqué (Oct. 2015) [text]
- See also related UNHCR press release.

Ministerial Pledging Conference on Somali Refugees: Conditions for Voluntary Return, Brussels, 21 October 2015 [info]
- Follow link for conference documents, including an "Explanatory Note" which "introduces a proposed Plan of Action for the return and reintegration of 135,000 Somali refugees from Kenya during the period January 2016 to December 2017."  See also related press release.

"Quality Education for Refugees in Kenya: Pedagogy in Urban Nairobi and Kakuma Refugee Camp Settings," Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 2015) [full-text via ReliefWeb]

"South Africa’s Tough Lessons on Migrant Policy," Foreign Policy, 13 Oct. 2015 [text]

South Central Somalia: Country of Origin Information for Use in the Asylum Determination Process (Danish Immigration Service, Oct. 2015) [text via Refworld]
- Note: Here is the latest DIS report based on a fact-finding mission.  As readers may recall, the DIS' report on Eritrea resulted in controversy and raised questions about their methodologies and country of origin information research practices.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (29 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

News: Open Access Week 2015

Open Access week runs from 19-25 October.  Followers of this blog know that most of the materials I reference are freely available online, which in and of itself is already a way to promote Open Access.  However, during Open Access week, I like to provide more context for the OA movement and its relevance to the forced migration research community.

So as in past years, I will be spotlighting various OA resources this week, beginning with a blog I developed which provides an overview of Open Access that is specifically tailored to a forced migration audience.

Later, I will report on a case study I undertook earlier this year to assess the extent to which Journal of Refugee Studies authors are providing Open Access to their articles.

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Americas

Building Communities of Practice for Urban Refugees: Americas Regional Workshop Report (UNHCR, Oct. 2015) [text]

Building Communities of Practice for Urban Refugees: Brazil Roundtable Report (UNHCR, Oct. 2015) [text]

"Canada’s Refugees: Where They Come from by the Numbers," CBC News, 5 Oct. 2015 [text]

Fifty Years On, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Continues to Reshape the United States (Migration Information Source, Oct. 2015) [text]

"In Pursuit of Calmer Waters: Managing the Impact of Trauma Exposure on Immigration Adjudicators," Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, vol. 24, no. ? (2015) [full-text via Barry Univ.)

Terrorized by Violence: Mexico's Refugees (NPR, Oct. 2015) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

U.S. Immigration Courts Completed 7.3 Percent More Cases in FY 2015 (TRAC, Oct. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (6 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Events & opportunities:

Request for feedback: Idea for a London Migration Network [info]

Refugees and the City, London, 20 October 2015 [info]

Responding to the European Refugee Crisis: What’s Next for the European Asylum Support Office?, Webinar, 20 October 2015 [info]

6th International Refugee Law Seminar Series 2015-16 [info] [event flyer]
- The focus is on "European Asylum Law." The first seminar, "Frontex Operations and Pre-emptive Humanitarianism: The 'Rescue-without-Protection' Paradigm," will be held 23 October 2015.

Publications:

Behind Them, a Homeland in Ruins: The Youth of Europe's Refugee Crisis (Mercy Corps, Oct. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Dispatches: Hungary’s Criminal Punishment for People Fleeing Syria (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2015) [text]

Legislation on Emergency Relocation of Asylum-seekers in the EU (EPRS, Oct. 2015) [text]

Refugee Crisis: Joint Action Plan with Turkey (European Commission, Oct. 2015) [text]
- See also related IRIN briefing.

Seeing Double? How the EU Miscounts Migrants Arriving at its Borders (Postcards from... Blog, Oct. 2015) [text]

State of Play: European Agenda on Migration (European Commission, Oct. 2015) [text]

*Understanding Migration and Asylum in the European Union (Open Society Foundations, Oct. 2015) [text]

Web sites:

EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Blog (Odysseus Network) [access]
- "The mission of this blog is to provide a critical analysis of recent developments in the immigration and asylum law and policy of the European Union."

Europe's Migration Emergency (IOM) [access]
- "This multi-layered platform displays data on a number of critical components necessary to understanding the scale, scope and patterns of current migration dynamics in Europe. With the aim of connecting the dots in new and innovative ways, the continuously updated platform highlights trends across key locations with interactive maps, helping create a better visual understanding of the unfolding situation."

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (13 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: General, incl. Research Ethics

Update on Search for New HC:

- "Denmark Does Not Want Refugees but Seeks UNHCR Top Job," New Europe, 7 Sept. 2015 [text]
- "U.N.'s Ban Rejects Calls to Keep Refugee Chief Amid Crisis," Reuters, 8 Oct. 2015 [text]
- "Who Will take the 'Hardest Job at the UN'?," Devex, 14 Oct. 2015 [text]

Events:

*What is Public History in Light of the Recent Refugee Crisis?, London, 21 October 2015 [info]

"History and Memory in Refugee Research," 2nd Workshop of the DFG Network 'Foundations of Refugee Research,' Oxford, 30-31 October 2015 [info]
- Open to Network members, RSC staff and DPhil students; register by 23 October 2015.

Impacts of Forced Migrations - the German Case: History, Historical Research, and Policies of Remembrance, Oxford, 30 October 2015 [info]
- This lecture is part of the a/m workshop, but is open to the public.

Publications:

"Conducting Post-disaster Research with Refugee Background Peer Researchers and Their Communities," Qualitative Social Work, vol. 14, no. 3 (2014) [postprint via ResearchGate]

Diasporas Reimagined: Spaces, Practices and Belonging (Oxford Diasporas Programme, Sept. 2015) [text]

Innovation at UNHCR 2014 (UNHCR, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Religious Freedom Report for 2014 (U.S. Dept. of State, Oct. 2015) [access]
- See also related media note.

Since You've Been Gone: The Families Migrants Leave Behind (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

While the World Watches (openDemocracy, Oct. 2015) [text]

Ethical Considerations of Forced Migration Research:

Doing Fieldwork on State Organizations in Democratic Settings: Ethical Issues of Research in Refugee Decision Making," Forum: Qualitative Social Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (Jan. 2015) [open access]

"Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of 'The Field'," Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 6, no. 2 (July 2014) [free full-text]

"Ethical Concerns with Refugee Research," Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, vol. 25, no. 7 (2015) [abstract]

Ethical Considerations for Research with Victims of Political Violence and Human Rights Violations (Trauma Blog, Jan. 2015) [text]

"Ethical Lessons Learned from Conducting Refugee-Based Research in an Indian Refugee Camp," Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 7, no. 3 (Nov. 2015) [abstract]

"Managing Ethical Challenges to Mental Health Research in Post-Conflict Settings," Developing World Bioethics, Early View, 8 Jan. 2015 [open access]

"Multilayered Ethics in Research Involving Unaccompanied Refugee Minors," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 28, no. 4 (2015) [free full-text]

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (28 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Issues of AHMR, German Hist., Hist. Australia, JIANL, JIHLS, J. Educ. Emerg., Migr. Pol. Pract.

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 1, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2015) [full-text]
- Mix of articles including "Failed Asylum Seekers in South Africa: Policy and Practice."

German History (virtual issue, posted Oct. 2015) [free full-text]
- "This virtual special issue of German History draws together a selection of recent contributions to the journal on the subject of Refugees and Migrants. These are presented alongside a new introduction from the journal's co-editors that comments on the place of history and historians in national and international responses to the current European refugee crisis."

History Australia, vol. 12, no. 2 (2015) [delayed open access]
- Includes a "special feature which focuses primarily on the history of one particular group of DPs: people who had been exposed to Soviet rule during the war – either as Soviet citizens, or deportees and refugees from Poland and elsewhere – and who subsequently found their way to Australia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, mainly under the DP mass resettlement scheme administered by the International Refugee Organization (IRO)."  The introduction to the special feature can be read immediately, while the remaining articles will become freely available in 24 months.

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 29, no. 2 (2015) [contents]
- Special issue on "Access to Asylum: Current Challenges and Future Directions."

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 6, no. 1 (2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 2015) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- Inaugural issue of new journal; includes "Quality Education for Refugees in Kenya: Pedagogy in Urban Nairobi and Kakuma Refugee Camp Settings."
 
Migration Policy Practice, vol. V, no. 3 (July-Sept. 2015) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- The five articles in this issue focus "on the migration challenges facing the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Detention

Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers and People in Return Procedures (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Oct. 2105) [text]

Fierce Opposition, Court Rulings Place Future of Family Immigration Detention in Doubt (Migration Information Source, Sept. 2015) [text]

A Humane Approach Can Work: The Effectiveness of Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers (American Immigration Council & Center for Migration Studies, July 2015) [text]

The Impact of Detention on the Health of Asylum Seekers: A Systematic Review (The Campbell Library, Sept. 2015) [text]

"On the European System of Immigration Detention," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 5, no. 1 (2015) [full-text]

Second Global Roundtable on Reception and Alternatives to Detention, Toronto, 20-22 April 2015: Summary of Deliberations [text]
- Note: Other conf. docs. can be found in this earlier post.

There are Alternatives: A Handbook for Preventing Unnecessary Immigration Detention, rev. ed. (International Detention Coalition, Sept. 2015) [text]

With Liberty and Justice for All: The State of Civil Rights at Immigration Detention Facilities (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention (24 Aug. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: MENA

Events:

Iraq: Providing Aid in a 'Protection Crisis', London, 3 November 2015 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

The Syrian Humanitarian Disaster: Understanding Perceptions, Aspirations and Behaviour in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, Oxford, 9 December 2015 [info]

Publications:

2015 Libya Humanitarian Needs Overview (OCHA, Sept. 2015) [text]

As Syria’s Struggles Continue, We See Traveling Ghosts and Unraveling Hosts (Future Development Blog, Oct. 2015) [text]

The Gulf States Should Do More for Syrian Refugees (Markaz Blog, Sept. 2015) [text]

Migration Policy Practice, vol. V, no. 3 (July-Sept. 2015) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- The five articles in this issue focus "on the migration challenges facing the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)."  Additional MENA-related publications are listed on pp. 25-17.

"No Asylum for 'Infiltrators': The Legal Predicament of Eritrean and Sudanese Nationals in Israel," Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 29, no. 2 (2015) [full-text via SSRN]

"The Plight of African Refugees in Israel," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 63 (Oct. 2015) [full-text]

Profiling the Vulnerability of Palestine Refugees from Syria Living in Lebanon (UNRWA, Oct. 2015) [text]

Yemen Situation: Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan - October-December 2015, January- December 2016 (preliminary estimates) (UNHCR, Oct. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Web site:

Map of Displacement (Metrography) [access] [Facebook]
- Provides an "account of the current crisis of displacement inside the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). It is the story of the enormous human toll Iraqi civilians are paying while war continues to ravage their country. Through intimate narratives of these people who have been violently forced to flee, Map of Displacement illustrates the magnitude and poignancy of this underreported crisis." See also related Los Angeles Times article.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Syria (13 Oct. 2015)
- Regional Focus: MENA (30 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.