26 November 2019

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Blog posts & press:

"Greek Asylum System Leaves Unaccompanied Minors Behind," The New Humanitarian, 20 Nov. 2019 [text]

New Policies in Northern Central America, Mexico and the U.S. Put Asylum and Safety Beyond Reach of Migrant Children (Unicef, Nov. 2019) [text]

"U.S. Must Provide Mental Health Services to Families Separated at Border," New York Times, 6 Nov. 2019 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

At a Crossroads: Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Their Transition to Adulthood in Italy (Unicef, UNHCR & IOM, Nov. 2019) [access]

"Bone Testing for Migrants’ Age Assessment: Evaluation of the European Practice Pursuant to the Standard of Proof Set by Union Law and the Supervisory Bodies of the Council of Europe," Amsterdam Law Forum, vol. 11, no. 3 (2019) [open access]

Child Participation and Accountability in Save the Children Colombia’s Programming (Refugee Law Initiative & Save the Children, Oct. 2019) [access]
- The report is available in English and Spanish.

For Every Child, Every Right: The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a Crossroads (Unicef, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Trauma of Trump's Family Separation and Child Detention Actions: A Children's Rights Perspective," Washington Law Review, vol 95, no. 1 (Forthcoming, March 2020) [preprint]

Twice Invisible: Accounting for Internally Displaced Children (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related media release and IDMC blog post.

Young Migrants: Is Europe Creating a Lost Generation? (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Nov. 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

Child Rights, Conflict, and  International Criminal Justice (UN Audiovisual Library of International Law, Nov. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for video and audio.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (7 Nov. 2019)
Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (7 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

A New Policy to Better Integrate Refugees into Host-Country Labor Markets (CGD Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Opposition Mounts to Trump’s Effort to Delay Work Permits for People Seeking Asylum (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

People Seeking Asylum Can Have a Better Life – Lift the Ban on Work (The Conversation, Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Employment Gaps Between Refugees, Migrants and Natives: Evidence from Austrian Register Based
Labour Market Data (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related news story.

Engaging Business in Refugee Employment (Univ. of Sydney, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Focus is on Australia.

Integration through Exploitation: Syrians in Turkey (Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2019) [open access]

Lessons Learned from the ILO’s Refugee Response Programme in Turkey: Supporting Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities (ILO, June 2019) [text]

The Long-Term Impact of DACA: Forging Futures Despite DACA’s Uncertainty (Harvard Univ., Nov. 2019) [access]

"Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continuity among Highly Educated Syrians in Norway," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 Nov. 2019 [open access]

"Qualification Programmes for Immigrant Health Professionals: A Systematic Review,"  PLoS ONE 14(11): e0224933 (Nov. 2019) [open access]

State Fact Sheets on Refugees (New American Economy, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Trump’s ‘Immployment’ Law Agenda: Intensifying Employment-based Enforcement and Un-authorizing the Authorized," Southwestern Law Review, vol. 48 (Forthcoming, 2019) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Lecture: Migrants and Refugees: Are They Holding Us Back or Pushing Us Forward?, Las Vegas, 30 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (6 Nov. 2019)
Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (6 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

25 November 2019

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Canada Defends 'Safe Third Country' Pact with U.S. as Court Wraps up," Reuters, 8 Nov. 2019 [text]

Forced Internal Migration Grows in Venezuela (openDemocracy, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Mapped: The Venezuelan Diaspora and Growing Emigration Challenges," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2019 [text]

Three Facts You Haven’t Heard Much about are Keys to Better Policy Toward Central America (CGD Blob, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Twitter thread.

UNHCR Welcomes Commitment by Central American States and Mexico to Address Forced Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2019) [text]

US$1.35 Billion Needed to Help Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and Host Countries: Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release (Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports:

*"The Cartagena Declaration at 35 and Refugee Protection in Latin America," e-International Relations, 22 Nov. 2019 [text]

"De la Teoría a la Práctica": Un Informe de 61 Organizaciones de Sociedad Civil de Belice, Guatemala, Honduras, México y Panamá sobre el Marco Integral Regional de Protección y Soluciones (MIRPS) (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Migrant Caravan: From Honduras to Tijuana - An Analysis by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Fellows (2018-2019) (UC San Diego, Aug. 2019) [text]

Not Just the Luck of the Draw? Exploring Competency of Counsel in Federal Court Refugee Leave Determinations (2005-2010) (SSRN, Nov. 2019) [preprint]

Painting the Full Picture: Displacement Data Gaps in the NTCA (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Nov. 2019) [text]

Social Policy Trends: The Asylum Claim Backlog Surpasses 80,000 Cases (Univ. of Calgary, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Focus is on Canada.

Venezuela Migration Crisis - A Protection Crisis: Testimonies from Children, Adolescents and Young Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (Plan International, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (30 Oct. 2019)
Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (30 Oct. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum-Seekers," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 51, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]

"Faithful Execution: Where Administrative Law Meets the Constitution," Georgetown Law Journal, vol. 108, no. 1 (2019) [SSRN]

"The Future of U.S. Immigration Law," UC Davis Law Review, vol. 53, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]

"Immigration Litigation in the Time of Trump," UC Davis Law Review Online, vol. 53 (2019) [full-text]

"Is Affording Undocumented Immigrants Health Coverage a Radical Proposal?," JAMA, vol. 322, no. 15 (Oct. 2019) [full-text]

"Will Supreme Court Ruling on DACA Finally Force Congress to Break the Ice on Immigration Reform?," Migration Information Source, 21 Nov. 2019 [open access]

Resource:

Human Rights First Publishes Running Database of Attacks on Asylum Seekers under MPP [access]
- "[A] new collaborative initiative to gather and preserve evidence of escalating human rights abuses inflicted by the Trump Administration’s forced return policies - created in partnership with the Refugees International, Instituto para las Mujeres en Migración, the Women’s Refugee Commission, Washington Office on Latin America, the Latin American Working Group, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and Physicians for Human Rights."

Related post:
Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (25 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Bureaucracy vs. Asylum Seekers, Part 1: Rejected I-589 Forms (The Asylumist, Nov. 2019) [text]

"How to Keep the Faith Amid Trump’s War on Immigrants—and Their Lawyers," America: The Jesuit Review, 8 Nov. 2019 [text]

New Homeland Security Asylum Rule Allows Removal to Central American Countries That Have Signed Agreements with the U.S. (Lawfare Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related EOIR policy memo and UNHCR statement.

"A New Study Finds Immigrants aren’t Drawn to States That Offer Them Health Insurance," Vox, 18 Nov. 2019 [text]

Stephen Miller‘s Racially Motivated Animus Toward Immigrants is Revealed (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Vox article.

*"Tougher US Asylum Policy Follows in Europe's Footsteps," VOA News, 23 Nov. 2019 [text]

Multimedia:

16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Washington, DC, 7 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video and audio.

Current Challenges in Refugee Policy: Kids, Courts, and Refugee Resettlement in Global Perspective, Washington, DC, 6 Nov. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video. See also an overview of the conference and the transcript for one of the keynote speeches.

Lecture: "The Due Process of Cruelty: Trump’s Immigration Policy and the Rule of Law," Ann Arbor, MI, 23 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (14 Nov. 2019)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (14 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

22 November 2019

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Blog posts & press:

The 2019 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (CFR Blog, July 2019) [text]

"Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking Slow under Trump," Axios, 7 Sept. 2019 [text]

GCM Indicators: Objective 10: Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Trafficking in Persons in the Context of International Migration (RLI Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

What the Essex Case Tells Us about the Current State of Migrant Smuggling from Europe into the UK (MPC Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Almost 20 Years Later: Trafficking Survivors Need More Than a Patchwork of Benefits (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, July 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Anti-policy of European Anti-smuggling as a Site of Contestation in the Mediterranean Migration 'Crisis'," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 45, no. 12 (2019) [postprint]

Following the Money: Compendium of Resources and Step-by-step Guide to Financial Investigations into Trafficking in Human Beings (OSCE, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

How to Prevent Human Trafficking among People Travelling along Migration Routes to Europe, Policy Brief (ICMPD, July 2019) [text]

Irregular Migration and Smuggling of Migrants Along the Balkans Route 2011-2017 (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, June 2019) [text]

"Irregular Migration and Smuggling of Young Women and Girls in South-East Asia and the Pacific: A Review of Existing Evidence," Chapter in Supporting Brighter Futures: Young Women and Girls and Labour Migration in South-East Asia and the Pacific (IOM, 2019) [text]
- Scroll to p. 99.

Migrants and Their Vulnerability to Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery and Forced Labour (IOM, July 2019) [text]

Mobile Africa: Human Trafficking and the Digital Divide (Langaa Research & Publishing, Oct. 2019) [ResearchGate]
- "This book examines the impact of the introduction of new digital information and communication technology (ICT) – as well as lack of access to digital connectivity – on human trafficking. The different studies presented in the chapters show the realities for people moving along the Central Mediterranean route from the Horn of Africa through Libya to Europe."

Searching for Safety: Confronting Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Venezuelan Women and Girls (Refugees International, Aug. 2019) [text]

"Smuggling, Trafficking, and Extortion: New Conceptual and Policy Challenges on the Libyan Route to Europe," Antipode, Early View, 4 Oct. 2019 [open access]

"Trafficking of Young Women and Girls in South-East Asia: A Review of Existing Evidence," Chapter in Supporting Brighter Futures: Young Women and Girls and Labour Migration in South-East Asia and the Pacific (IOM, 2019) [text]
- Scroll to p. 85.

Venezuelans’ Vulnerability to Exploitation, Tracking and Discrimination: Central America and the Caribbean (IOM, July 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

What is Trafficking in Human Beings? Trainer's Manual (Prague Process, Nov. 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

Continuums of Exploitation: The Legal Framework on Trafficking in Persons, Oxford, 20 Nov. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:

Tagged Publications.

21 November 2019

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.)

United States

Opportunity:

CFP: Law and Society Review Special Symposium Issue on "Facing Immigration Detention" [info]
- Submission deadline is 15 February 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Book Review: Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Class Actions and Due Process Relief for Immigration Detainees after Jennings v. Rodriguez (Lawfare Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

"'Fall Freedom Day': Nearly 200 ICE Detainees Being Bonded Out of Detention in Record-breaking $2 Million Effort," Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2019 [text]

"U.S. Held a Record Number of Migrant Kids in Custody This Year," PBS, 12 Nov. 2019 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

“Barriers to Due Process for Indigent Asylum Seekers in Immigration Detention,” Mitchell Hamline Law Review, vol. 45, no. 1 (2019) [open access]
- Focus is on the U.S.

"Can Physicians Work in US Immigration Detention Facilities While Upholding Their Hippocratic Oath?," JAMA, vol. 322, no. 15 (Aug. 2019) [full-text via Johns Hopkins]

"Constitutionally Unaccountable: Privatized Immigration Detention," Indiana Law Journal (Forthcoming) [SSRN]

Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013 (Univ. of Southern California, Oct. 2019) [text]

"Presidential Ideology and Immigrant Detention," Duke Law Journal (Forthcoming) [full-text]
- Focus is on the U.S.

Presumed Dangerous: Bond, Representation, and Detention in the Baltimore Immigration Court (CLINIC, Oct. 2019) [text]

Seeking Asylum: Part 1 (UC San Diego, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on the conditions and treatment of asylum-seekers in detention.

Related post:
Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

All But Last Resort: The Last Reform of Detention of Asylum Seekers in Greece (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Border Criminologies Blog
- Several posts in a themed series on "From the Field, Over Time" focused on detention, including: 1) Mum Guilt, Fieldwork, and Immigration Detention (Oct. 2019); 2) Observing Detention Centers and Migrant Escorting – Dealing with Empirical Ambiguity (Oct. 2019); 3) Approaching Detention from Different Perspectives (Oct. 2019); and 4) Still in Detention, Ten Years On (Oct. 2019).

Ending Up in Detention on the Island of Kos: The ‘Undesirable’ Foreigners (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Greece to Replace Island Refugee Camps with 'Detention Centres'," The Guardian, 20 Nov. 2019 [text]

Libya: MEPs to Assess Situation at Detention Centres and Role of Coastguard, Brussels, 21 Nov. 2019 [info]
- Follow link to access video of the debate.

"Migrants Detained in Libya for Profit, Leaked EU Report Reveals," The Guardian, 20 Nov. 2019 [text]

Monitoring Immigration Detention at the Borders of Europe (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Statistics on People in Detention in Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Blurred Lines: Detaining Asylum Seekers in Britain and France," Journal of Sociology, OnlineFirst, 12 Nov. 2019 [postprint]

"Genealogies of Immigration Detention: Migration Control and the Shifting Boundaries Between the ‘Penal’ and the ‘Preventive’ State," Social & Legal Studies, OnlineFirst, 18 Nov. 2019 [preprint]

Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty: Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/74/136 (UN General Assembly, July 2019) [text]
- Note: Includes section on "Migration-related Detention."

"Immigration Detention as Social Defence: Policing 'Dangerous Mobility' in Italy," Theoretical Criminology, OnlineFirst, 10 July 2019 [preprint]

Immigration Detention in Turkey: A Serial Human Rights Abuser and Europe’s Refugee Gatekeeper (Global Detention Project, Oct. 2019) [text]

"Responding to Mandatory Immigration Detention: Lessons for the Health Care Community," Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 211, no. 9 (Nov. 2019) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 13 Oct. 2020.

"Understanding and Coping with Immigration Detention: Social Identity as Cure and Curse," European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 49, no. 2 (March 2019) [postprint]
- Focuses on the UK.

Related posts:
Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (17 Oct. 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (Libya, U.S.) (17 Oct. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

20 November 2019

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

"Beyond Ethical Approval: Fostering Ethical Research Practices within Inter-sectoral Research Projects Involving Academic and NGO Sector Partners," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:18 (Nov. 2019) [open access]

"Contemporary Refugee‐Border Dynamics and the Legacies of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference," Geographical Review, vol. 109, no. 4 (Oct. 2019) [abstract]
- See also related news release.

"Global Overview of Refugees: Comparison of 2005 and 2015 Data for the 10 Most Affected Countries," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 25, no. 6 (2019) [open access]

"A Global Social Contract: New Steps Towards a Rights-based Approach to Migration Governance?," Global Social Policy, vol. 19, nos. 1-2 (2019) [open access]

Meaningfully Engaging Youth in the Governance of the Global Refugee System, World Refugee Council Research Paper, no. 18 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Nov. 2019) [text]

Reintegration Handbook: Practical Guidance on the Design, Implementation and Monitoring of Reintegration Assistance (IOM, 2019) [text]

"Remote Control of Migration: Theorising Territoriality, Shared Coercion, and Deterrence," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 Oct. 2019 [free full-text]

Time to Commit: Using the Global Refugee Forum, Policy Note, no. 23 (ECRE, Nov. 2019) [text]

Trends in Forced Migration, CSIS Backgrounder (Center for Strategic & International Studies, Nov. 2019) [text]

Resources:

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED): Guide to Dataset Use for Humanitarian and Development Practitioners [access]
- See also related codebook.

Migration for Development and Equality ("South-South Migration Hub") [access] [Twitter]
- "The Hub aims to generate new evidence to inform policies that maximise the ability of South-South migration – or the movement of people between developing countries (Ethiopia to South Africa, for example) – to reduce existing socio-economic inequality, while reshaping media, political and public discourse on international migration." See more info in this IOM blog post.

Related post:
Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (20 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Online course: Why Do People Migrate? Theories (EUI) [info]
- "Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts."

Courses: Winter Short Courses, Cairo, 23-30 January 2020 [info]
- Three courses are being offered: 1) Intensive Course on Statelessness, 12-16 January 2020; 2) European Border Externalization and the Transformation of Middle East and North African Host States, 19-23 Jan. 2020; 3) International Refugee Law, 26-30 January 2020. Note: According to CMRS' Twitter feed, the application deadline has been extended to 30 November 2019.

Blog posts & press:

Accountable to Whom? Reflecting on the Ethics of Doing Migration Research (PRIO Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Calling Out the Misuse of Terrorism Rhetoric Against Refugee and Asylum Seekers (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Explainer: What is the Global Response to the Refugee Crisis?," America Magazine: A Jesuit Review, 12 Nov. 2019 [text]

How European and U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Populations Compare (Pew's Fact Tank Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Who Invented Refugee Protection? Eurocentrism and the History of the Humanitarian Movement (Josep Zapater Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

A Human Rights to International Freedom of Movement, Oxford, 6 Nov. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

The Map is Not the Territory: Story-making, Place and Performance, Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture, Oxford, 30 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (5 Nov. 2019)
Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (5 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

19 November 2019

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Access to Durable Solutions Among IDPs in Iraq: Four Years in Displacement (Georgetown Univ. & IOM, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Americans Preferred Syrian Refugees Who are Female, English-speaking, and Christian on the Eve of Donald Trump’s Election," PLoS ONE 14(10): e0222504 (Oct. 2019) [open access]
- See also related press release.

The Effect of Early Childhood Education and Care Services on the Social Integration of Refugee Families, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper, no. 1828 (German Institute for Economic Research, Oct. 2019) [text via SSRN]

Getting Back on Track: A Renewed and Improved EU Action Plan on Integration (International Rescue Committee, Oct. 2019) [text]

Immigrant and Refugee Settlement in Canada: Trends in Federal Funding (Univ. of Alberta, Aug. 2019) [text]

"Overcoming Obstacles Along the Pathway to Integration for Syrian Healthcare Professionals in Germany," BMJ Global Health, vol. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 2019) [open access]

*The Role of Trauma on Integration: the Case of Syrian Refugees, MEA Discussion Paper, no. 5 (Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, 2019) [text]

"Settlement Location Shapes Refugee Integration: Evidence from Post-War Germany," IZA Discussion Paper, no. 12741 (Institute of Labor Economics, 2019) [text via SSRN]

Working Towards Durable Solutions: What We Learned at the Recent GP20 Steering Group Meeting (Joint IDP Profiling Service, July 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- "It was informative to hear from the respective government representatives about how durable solutions are being approached in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine."

*UPDATED

Related posts:
Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (19 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Event & opportunity:

Seminar: Is Return the Preferred Solution for Refugees?, London, 4 December 2019 [info]

Call for evidence: UK Resettlement Schemes for Vulnerable Refugees [info]
- "The Chief Inspector invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office’s handling of UK Resettlement Schemes for Vulnerable Refugees to submit evidence for his next inspection." Submit comments by 13 December 2019.

Blog posts & press:

Americans’ Immigration Policy Priorities: Divisions between – and within – the Two Parties (Pew's Fact Tank, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Scroll down to see views on refugees.

"Australians in Canada Step Up to Help Refugees," The Diplomat, 12 Nov. 2019 [text]

Can States Cease the Protection Status of Resettled Refugees? (Asylum Insight, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Uses Denmark as a case study.

Devil in the Details: Digging Deeper into 2020 Refugee Resettlement Changes (Niskanen Center Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on the U.S.

IOM Welcomes First US Bound Refugees Resettled in FY 2020 (IOM, Nov. 2019) [text]

Less Than One Third of Refugees in Australia’s Humanitarian Program are Resettled from UNHCR (Refugee Council of Australia, Oct. 2019) [text]

"New Refugee Resettlement Scheme to be Rolled out Nationwide Following Successful Pilot," Irish Examiner, 15 Nov. 2019 [text]

"Syrian Refugees: Highest Proportion Resettled in Northern Ireland," BBC News, 12 Nov. 2019 [text]

"The Two Contrasting Sides of German Refugee Policy," The New Humanitarian, 11 Nov. 2019 [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (4 Nov. 2019)
Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (4 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Event:

Discussion: Bridging Knowledge Gaps: How to Take the Research-policy Dialogue on Migration Forward, Brussels, 2 December 2019 [info]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Asylum and Return: The Gnandi Case, or a Clarification of the Right to an Effective Remedy," European Papers: A Journal on Law and Integration, vol. 4, no. 1 (March 2019) [open access]

"Climate of Hate: Similar Correlates of Far Right Electoral Support and Right-Wing Hate Crimes in Germany," Frontiers in Psychology, 18 Oct. 2019 [open access]

"The Conclusion of Bilateral Agreements and Technical Arrangements for the Management Of Migration Flows: An Overview of the Italian Practice," Italian Yearbook of International Law Online, vol. 28 (2019) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the a/m text is embargoed until 31 Dec. 2020.

"Conflating the Muslim Refugee and the Terror Suspect: Responses to the Syrian Refugee 'Crisis' in Brexit Britain," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 42, no. 14 (2019) [open access]

*"A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe," International Journal of Health Policy and Management, vol. 8, no. 6 (June 2019) [open access]
- Two commentaries on this article can also be accessed via the a/m link.

"Externalizing Migration Management through Soft Law: The Case of the Memorandum of Understanding between Libya and Italy," Global Jurist, Ahead of Print, 10 Sept. 2019 [full-text via Univ. of Turin IR]

Italian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 28 (2019) [contents]
- Includes special symposium section on "Search and Rescue: Balancing Humanitarian and Security Reasons."

"The Ring of Steel: Extraterritorial Migration Controls in Indonesia and Libya and the Complicity of Australia and Italy," Human Rights Law Review, Advance Articles, 15 Nov. 2019 [postprint]

"The ‘Sovereignty Clause’ of the Dublin Regulations in the Case-Law of the ECtHR and the CJEU: The Mirage of a Jurisprudential Convergence?," Chapter in Migration Issues before International Courts and Tribunals (CNR Edizioni, Forthcoming 2020) [preprint]

"Understanding Germany’s Response to the 2015 Refugee Crisis," Review of Economics and Political Science, EarlyCite, 11 Nov. 2019 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (19 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Immigration and Refugee Law in Russia (Cambridge Univ. Press Blog, May 2019) [text]

The Securitisation of Asylum and Immigration in European Discourse and Practice: The Case of Italy (RLI Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

*"Struggling with Influx, Greece Gets Tough with Asylum Seekers," Reuters, 20 Nov. 2019 [text]

"'Welcome to Europe. Now Go Home'," The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2019 [text]
- "The overcrowded Moria refugee camp in Greece is where Europe’s ideals—solidarity, human rights, a haven for victims of war and violence—dissolve in a tangle of bureaucracy, indifference, and lack of political will."

"Winter Warnings for Europe's Largest Refugee Camp," The New Humanitarian, 14 Nov. 2019 [text]
- Focus is on Moria.

Reports:

The Circumvention of the Dublin III Regulation through the Use of Bilateral Agreements to Return Asylum Seekers to Other Member States (Univ. of Ghent, May 2019) [text via EDAL]

Europe’s Unauthorized Immigrant Population Peaks in 2016, Then Levels Off (Pew Research Center, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Fact Tank blog post and Medium post on "The Trouble with Pew’s estimates of the 'unauthorized' migrant population in Europe."

The Future of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Our Call for More Humane, Transparent and Effective Resources for Asylum and Migration in the Union (UNHCR et al., Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin article.

Guide on the Case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights (European Court of Human Rights, Aug. 2019) [text]

The Malta Declaration on SAR and Relocation: A Predictable EU Solidarity Mechanism?, CEPS Policy Insights, no. 2019-14 (Centre for European Policy Studies, Oct. 2019) [text]

Migration to the UK: Asylum and Resettled Refugees (Migration Observatory, Nov. 2019) [text]

Sea Rescue NGOs: A Pull Factor of Irregular Migration?, Policy Brief, no. 2019/22 (Migration Policy Centre, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

16 November 2019

Open Access Round-up: 15 November 2019

Below is a listing of Open Access literature that I have referenced on this blog since 31 October 2019. If you are not familiar with Open Access, please visit my other blog for an introduction.

See also this list for a quick look at different types of Open Access.

Green Open Access [info]

Articles:

"Can’t be Held Responsible: Weak Norms and Refugee Protection Evasion," International Relations, OnlineFirst, 31 Oct. 2019
Preprint version of article.
- Author is based in the U.S.

Chevron and the Attorney General's Certification Power (SSRN, Oct. 2019)
- Preprint version of article.
- Author is based in the U.S.

"The Co-creation of Social Ventures through Bricolage, for the Displaced, by the Displaced," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol. 25, no. 5 (2019)
- Postprint version of article.
- Six authors, based in Pakistan (2) and the UK (4).

Development-induced Displacement: The Case of Dam Construction in Slovakia and the Czech Republic (Munich Personal RePEc Archive, Jan. 2019)
- Preprint version of article.
- Two authors, both based in Slovakia.

"Discriminación y Violencia de Género en las Solicitudes de Asilo por Motivos Religiosos," Revista General de Derecho Canónico y Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado, no. 49 (2019)
Preprint version of article.
- Author is based in Spain.

"Exploring the Entrepreneurial Intentions of Syrian Refugees in the UK," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol. 25, no. 5 (2019)
- Postprint version of article.
- Two authors, both based in the UK.

"Immigration Judicial Review in Hong Kong: The Developing Legal Framework," Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 33, no. 2 (2019)
Preprint version of article.
- Author is based in Hong Kong.

"The Law Against Family Separation," Columbia Human Rights Law Review (Forthcoming, 2020)
- Preprint version of article.
- Three authors, all are based in the U.S.

"Law and Refugee Crises," Annual Review of Law Social Sciences, vol. 15 (2019)
- Postprint version of article.
- Three authors, based in France (1) and the UK (2).

"The Long-term Economic Integration of Resettled Refugees in Canada: A Comparison of Privately Sponsored Refugees and Government-Assisted Refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 June 2019
- Preprint version of article.
- Three authors, all are based in Canada.

Targeting Humanitarian Aid Using Administrative Data: Model Design and Validation (SSRN, Aug. 2019)
Preprint version of article.
- Seven authors, based in Lebanon (with UNHCR) (3) and the US (4).

"War and Displacement Stressors and Coping Mechanisms of Syrian Urban Refugee Families Living in Istanbul," Journal of Family Psychology, Sept. 2019
- Postprint version of article.
- Five authors, based in Kosovo (1), Turkey (3) and the US (1).

"'We Were Not Merely Participating; We Were Leading the Discussions': Participation and Self-Representation of Refugee Young People in International Advocacy," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Oct. 2019
- Preprint version of article.
- Five authors, all are based in Australia; four are refugees.

Book chapters:

"Hierarchies of Privilege: Juxtaposing Family Reunification Rights, Integration Requirements, and Nationality in EU Law," Chapter in European Societies, Migration and the Law: The “Others” amongst “Us” (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Author is based in the Netherlands.

"A Search for Rights: Judicial and Administrative Responses to Migration and Refugee Cases," Chapter 17 in The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia (Hart Publishing, Nov. 2019)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Three authors, all are based in Australia.

"Transnational Migration Law: Authority, Contestation, Decolonization," Chapter in Oxford Handbook on Transnational Law (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2020)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Author is based in Australia.

Gold/Diamond Open Access [info]

Note: The APC amount indicated is as of this writing; may vary depending on type of submission and may also be subject to change. Waiver status of authors is unknown.

Articles:

"The Boundaries of Religious Persecution: Refugee Law and the Limits of Permissible Restrictions on Religion," Human Rights: The Journal of Human Rights, vol. 13, no. 2 (Fall 2018/Winter 2019)
- Author is based in Switzerland (with UNHCR). No APC.

"The Burden of Anaemia among Displaced Women and Children in Refugee Settings Worldwide, 2013–2016," BMJ Global Health, vol. 4, no. 6 (Nov. 2019)
- Six authors, based in Switzerland (with UNHCR) (2) and the US (4). APC is GBP 3000.

"The Career Development Processes of Women Refugees in South Africa: An Exploratory Study," SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, vol. 45, no. 1 (2019)
- Two authors, both based in South Africa. APC is ZAR 1035.

"Challenges to Ethical Obligations and Humanitarian Principles in Conflict Settings: A Systematic Review," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:15 (Sept. 2019)
- Six authors, all are based in the US. No APC.

"The Children (and Wives) of Foreign ISIS Fighters: Which Obligations upon the States of Nationality?," Questions of International Law, 23 Sept. 2019
- Author is based in Italy. No APC indicated.

"Creating a Locally Driven Research Agenda for the Ethnic Minorities of Eastern Myanmar," Health Research Policy and Systems, 17:64 (June 2019)
- Five authors, based in Canada (2), Myanmar (1) and Thailand (2). APC is US$2450.

"A Critical Analysis of Article 16 of the UN Refugee Convention in Relation to Victims of Sexual Violence in Refugee Camps in Africa," De Jure Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 1 (2019)
- Two authors, both based in South Africa. No APC.

"Delivering Refugees and Migrants to a 'Place of Safety' Following Rescue by States at Sea,Maritime Safety and Security Journal, no. 6 (2019-2020)
- Author is based in Denmark. No APC indicated.

"Effects of Conservation-induced Displacement on the Bacha of Southwest Ethiopia," Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 14, no. 2 (2018)
- Two authors, both based in Ethiopia. No APC.

"Ethical Considerations for Closing Humanitarian Projects: A Scoping Review," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:17 (Nov. 2019)
- Six authors, based in Canada (5) and the US (1). No APC.

"An Exploration of Gender-based Violence in Eastern Myanmar in the Context of Political Transition: Findings from a Qualitative Sexual and Reproductive Health Assessment," Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 27, no. 2 (2019)
- Nine authors, based in Thailand (2) and the US (7). APC is US$1921.

"Gender Differences in the Mental Health of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Europe: A Systematic Review," BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 7 (July 2019)
- Four authors, all are based in Germany. APC is GBP 1350.

"Health Needs of Refugee Children Identified on Arrival in Reception Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," BMJ Paediatrics Open, vol. 3, no. 1 (Sept. 2019)
- Six authors, all are based in the Netherlands. APC is GBP 1350.

"Health Needs of Refugees: Port of Arrival Versus Permanent Camp Settings," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 25, no. 5 (2019)
- Three authors, all are based in the U.S. No APC indicated.

"Implementing the SDG-13 through the Adoption of Hybrid Law: Addressing Climate-Induced Displacement," Brill Open Law, Advance Articles, 3 Sept. 2019
- Two authors, both are based in India. APC is required, but the specific amount is not indicated.

"Infectious Disease Epidemics in Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Analysis of UNHCR Data (2009-2017)," Journal of Global Health Reports, vol. 3: e2019064 (Oct. 2019)
- Seven authors, based in Switzerland (with UNHCR) (3) and the US (4). APC is US$750.

"Insurgency and the Invisible Displaced Population in Nigeria: A Situational Analysis," SAGE Open, 1 April 2019
- Seven authors, all are based in Nigeria. APC is US$800.

"Investigating Intergroup Attitudes in Europe: Cross-national Data on News Media, Attitudes Towards Newcomers, and Socio-psychological Indicators," Data in Brief, vol. 26 (Oct. 2019)
- Three authors, all are based in Belgium. APC is US$600.

"Mining-induced Displacement and Resettlement: The Case of Rutile Mining Communities in Sierra Leone," Journal of Sustainable Mining, vol. 18, no. 2 (May 2019)
- Author is based in the U.S. No APC.

"Photovoice and Refugee Research: The Case for a ‘Layers’ versus ‘Labels’ Approach to Vulnerability," Research Ethics, OnlineFirst, 19 Sept. 2019
- Four authors, based in Australia (2) and New Zealand (2). No APC.

"Prevalence and Predictors of Low Future Expectations among Syrian Refugees Resettled in Sweden," Heliyon, vol. 5, no. 10 (Oct. 2019)
- Five authors, all are based in Sweden. APC is US$1750.

"Protected Groups in Refugee Law and International Law," Laws, vol. 8, no. 4 (Oct. 2019)
- Two authors, both based in Canada. APC is CHF 1000.

"Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children: Interrupted Child Development and Unfulfilled Child Rights," Children, vol. 6, no. 11 (Oct. 2019)
- Three authors, all are based in Canada. APC is CHF 1000.

"Social Impacts of Dam-induced Displacement and Resettlement: A Comparative Case Study in China," Sustainability, vol. 10, no. 11 (Nov. 2018)
- Four authors, all are based in China. APC is CHF 1700.

"Urban Development-induced Displacement and Quality of Life in Kolkata," Environment and Urbanization, vol. 31, no. 2 (2019)
- Two authors, based in India and the Netherlands. No APC. Note: After two years, articles become open access.

"WHO Guidance for Refugees in Camps: Systematic Review," BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 9 (Sept. 2019)
- Four authors, based in Switzerland (with WHO) (1) and the UK (3). APC is GBP 1350.

"Women in Refugee Camps: Which Coping Resources Help Them to Adapt?," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 20 (Oct. 2019)
- Three authors, all are based in Israel. APC is CHF 1800.

Book chapters:

"Engaging Men to Support the Resilience of Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Lebanon," Chapter in Children and Peace: From Research to Action (Springer, Sept. 2019)
- Four authors, based in Ireland (2) and Lebanon (2).

"Promoting Prosocial Behavior Toward Refugees: Exploring the Empathy-Attitude-Action Model in Middle Childhood," Chapter in Children and Peace: From Research to Action (Springer, Sept. 2019)
- Three authors, based in Ireland/UK (1) and the UK (2).

Journal issues:

Cahiers d’Histoire: Revue d’Histoire Critique, no. 142 (2019)
- Theme is “Que fait l'ONU ? Droit d'inventaire," with seven articles. No APC.

Discover Society, no. 73 (Nov. 2019)
- Focus feature on "Speaking up, not talking down." Follow the link above to browse through the 14 entries, or access them via the introduction. No APC indicated.

Journal of Refugee & Global Health, vol. 2, no. 2 (2019)
- Note: This issue is still in progress. Currently includes 15 articles. No APC.

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 35, nos. 1&2 (2019)
- Special issue on Asia Pacific migration. Note: REMI is a delayed open access journal; articles will become free to read after one year. No APC.

Hybrid Open Access [info]

"Barriers to Health Care Access and Service Utilization of Refugees in Austria: Evidence from a Cross-sectional Survey," Health Policy, vol. 123, no. 9 (Sept. 2019)
- Five authors, all are based in Austria. APC is US$3350.

"A Crisis of Opportunity: Market‐Making, Big Data, and the Consolidation of Migration as Risk," Antipode, Early View, 22 Oct. 2019
- Two authors, both based in the Netherlands. APC is US$3000.

"Displacement in the Name of Development: How Indigenous Rights Legislation Fails to Protect Philippine Hunter-Gatherers," Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2019
- Two authors, both based in the Netherlands and the U.S. APC is US$2950.

"Health Records for Migrants and Refugees: A Systematic Review," Health Policy, vol. 123, no. 9 (Sept. 2019)
- Four authors, based in Italy/UK (1) Belgium/UK (1), Italy (1) and the UK (1). APC is US$3350.

"Human Rights, Domestic Politics, and Informal Agreements: Parliamentary Challenges to International Cooperation on Migration Management," Australian Journal of International Affairs, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2019
- Author is based in the Netherlands. APC is EUR 2495.

"In Pursuit of Self-reliance: Perspectives of Refugees in Jordan," Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 13, no. 3 (2019)
- Author is based in Germany. APC is US$2650.

"International Migration: Trends, Determinants, and Policy Effects," Population and Development Review, Early View, 8 Oct. 2019
- Seven authors, based in Austria/UK (1), France/UK (1), the Netherlands (3) and the UK (2). APC is US$3000.

"Labour Market Participation among Young Refugees in Sweden and the Potential of Education: A National Cohort Study," Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 22, no. 4 (2019)
- Five authors, all are based in Sweden. APC is US$3500.

"The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam‐builders," Development Policy Review, vol. 36, no. S1 (March 2018)
- Five authors, based in Ghana (3) and the UK (2). APC is US$3000.

"Livelihood Impacts of Displacement and Resettlement on Informal Households: A Case Study from Kigali, Rwanda," Habitat International, vol. 86 (April 2019)
- Four authors, all are based in the Netherlands. APC is US$1300.

"Mental Health Care Utilisation and Access among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe: A Systematic Review," Health Policy, vol. 123, no. 9 (Sept. 2019)
- Five authors are based in the Netherlands (2) and the UK (3). APC is US$3350.

"The Migration State in the Global South: Nationalizing, Developmental, and Neoliberal Models of Migration Management," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 24 Oct. 2019
- Two authors, both are based in the UK. APC is US$3000.

"Minds under Siege: Cognitive Signatures of Poverty and Trauma in Refugee and Non‐Refugee Adolescents," Child Development, Early View, 24 Oct. 2019
- Six authors, based in Jordan (1), the UK (1) and the US (4). APC is US$3300.

"'#Refugees can be entrepreneurs too!' Humanitarianism, Race, and the Marketing of Syrian Refugees," Review of International Studies, First View, 25 Oct. 2019
- Author is based in Germany. APC is US$2980.

"Refugees, Water Balance, and Water Stress: Lessons Learned from Lebanon," Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment, Latest Articles, 2 Nov. 2019
- Four authors, based in Lebanon (2), the UK (1) and the US (1). APC is US$3760.

"Resettlement as Climate Change Adaptation: What can be Learned from State-led Relocation in Rural Africa and Asia?," Climate and Development, vol. 11, no. 3 (2019)
- Author is based in the UK. APC is GBP 2365.

"'We are all brothers here': The Making of a Life by Chechen Refugees in Poland," Population, Space and Place, Early View, 23 Oct. 2019
- Author is based in the Czech Rep. APC is US$3700.

Law Reviews

Note: These articles are considered Bronze Open Access, i.e., they are free-to-read but no other permissions are associated with them.

Articles:

"Climate Change, Migration, Law and Global Governance," North Carolina Journal of International Law, vol. 44, no. 3 (2019)
- Author is based in the US.

"Deporting America's Children: The Demise of Discretion and Family Values in Immigration Law," Arizona Law Review, vol. 61, no. 3 (2019)
- Author is based in the US.

"Deporting Dreamers as a Crime Against Humanity," Emory International Law Review, vol. 33, no. 3 (2019)
- Author is based in the Netherlands.

"Making Domestic Violence Private Again: Referral Authority and Rights Rollback in Matter of A-B-," Boston College Law Review, vol. 60, no. 7 (2019)
- Author is based in the US.

Issue:

UNSW Law Society Court of Conscience, no. 13 (2019)
- Special issue on "Boats and borders: Australia’s response to refugees and asylum seekers," with 14 articles.

Related post:
- Open Access Round-up: 31 October 2019

Tagged Publications.


15 November 2019

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

The 1969 OAU Refugee Convention at 50 (Institute for Security Studies & UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

"Challenges and Emerging Issues Affecting the Management of Refugees in Uganda," Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, vol. 15, no. 1 (Nov. 2018) [full-text]

The Effects of Vouchers for Essential Household Items on Child Health, Mental Health, Resilience, and Social Cohesion among Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

From IDPs to Refugees and Back to IDPs: The Dynamics of Post Election Violence Victims in Kenya: A Case of Busia County, 2007-2015, Thesis (Univ. of Nairobi, Oct. 2019) [text via Univ. of Nairobi IR]

"Home, Again: Refugee Return and Post-Conflict Violence in Burundi," International Security, vol. 44, no. 2 (Fall 2019) [free full-text]

"Insurgency and the Invisible Displaced Population in Nigeria: A Situational Analysis," SAGE Open, 1 April 2019 [open access]

Living in Limbo: Rights of Asylum Seekers Denied (Amnesty International, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related news release.

"Tired of Running": Repeated Displacement and Premature Returns in South Sudan (IDMC, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Part of the "Invisible Majority" thematic series. See also related IDMC blog post.

Related post:
Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (15 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.