Thematic Focus: General

New campaign:

UNHCR’s New 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety Campaign Invites the Public to Step in Solidarity with Refugees (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]

Publications:

Atlas of Migration 2018 (European Union, Dec. 2018) [text]
- "The Atlas is intended to be used as a reference book for a variety of uses by migration policy makers, other relevant stakeholders, businesses, researchers and also the general public. It will be produced annually, both in paper and electronic forms. The Atlas includes data and indicators on demography, migrant stocks and flows, legal migration, asylum, irregular migration and naturalisation. For non-EU countries this is complemented by sections on development and humanitarian aid, remittances and socioeconomic characteristics, while for EU Member States by a section on migrant integration."

Countries That Welcome Refugees and Immigrants are Happier (The Hill, Dec. 2018) [text]

"Estimation of Emigration, Return Migration, and Transit Migration Between All Pairs of Countries," PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, no. 1 (2 Jan. 2019) [open access]
- See also related news release.

Evaluating the Impact of Information Campaigns in the Field of Migration: A Systematic Review of the Evidence, and Practical Guidance (IOM, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Grey Noise: Migration and Strategic Communications (ARK Group, Dec. 2018) [text]
- Assesses the use of strategic migration communications campaigns by policymakers to reduce irregular migration and raise awareness of the risks of migrant smuggling and human trafficking.

"How the UN Migration Pact Got Trolled," Politico, 3 Jan. 2019 [text]

"In and Beyond the Camp: The Rise of Resilience in Refugee Governance," Oñati Socio-Legal Series (Forthcoming, 2019) [open access]

"Refuge in the City," Social Sciences, vol. 7, no. 12 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

"Refugees Welcome?," Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, vol. 28 (2018) [full-text]
- Examines how a specific sign relating to undocumented immigrants is used in the United States and Germany.

The Tetherball Effect: How Efforts to Stop Migration Backfire (New Security Beat Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

What Makes Someone an 'Illegal Immigrant'? (The Conversation, Dec. 2018) [text]

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- Thematic Focus: General (20 Dec. 2018)

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