31 March 2020

Open Access Round-up: 31 March 2020

Below is a listing of Open Access literature that I have referenced on this blog since 15 March 2020. 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:

"Academic Publishing in Disaster Risk Reduction: Past, Present, and Future," Disasters, Early View, 7 Feb. 2020
- Postprint version of article.
- Seven authors, based in the Italy (1), New Zealand (1), New Zealand/South Africa (1), South Africa (1), United Kingdom (2) & United Kingdom/Norway (1).

"Beyond the 'Refugee Crisis': How the UK News Media Represent Asylum Seekers across National Boundaries," International Communication Gazette (Forthcoming, 2020?)
- Postprint version of article.
- Three authors, all based in the United Kingdom.

"Copying Europe? Integration as a Citizenship Requirement in Australia," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 7 Feb. 2020
- Preprint version of article.
- Author is based in Australia.

"No Solidarity without Loyalty: Why Do Member States Violate EU Migration and Asylum Law and What Can Be Done?," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 22, no. 1 (2020)
Preprint version of article.
- Author is based in Croatia.

"Pushing Back against Push-backs: A Right of Entry for Asylum Seekers Unlawfully Prevented from Reaching Italian Territory," Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale (Forthcoming, 2020)
- The postprint version of this article is currently under embargo.
- Author is based in the United Kingdom.

 "Sovereignty-Based Arguments and the European Asylum System: Searching for a European Constitutional Moment?," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 22, no. 1 (2020)
Preprint version of article.
- Two authors, both based in Italy.

"Visualizing the Voiceless and Seeing the Unspeakable: Understanding International Wordless Picturebooks about Refugees," Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 2 (2019)
- The postprint version of this article is currently under embargo.
- Two authors, both based in the United Kingdom.

"When the Refugee Status Becomes an Economic Asset: How Malians in a Burkinabé City Negotiate the 'Refugee' Category," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 43, no. 2 (2020)
- Postprint version of article.
- Author is based in the United Kingdom.

Book chapters:

"Intra-EU Mobility of EU Citizens and Third-Country Nationals: Where EU Free Movement and Migration Policies Intersect or Disconnect?," Chapter in Research Handbook on EU Migration and Asylum Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming 2020)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Author is based in Croatia.

Diamond/Gold 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:

"After the Refugee Crisis: Public Discourse and Policy Change in Denmark, Norway and Sweden," Comparative Migration Studies, 8:13 (March 2020)
- Author is based in Norway. APC is APC is US$1180/€960.

"Asylum Seeking Children and Adolescents in Australian Immigration Detention on Nauru: A Longitudinal Cohort Study," BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4:e000615 (March 2020)
- 20 authors, all based in Australia. APC is £1500.

"Delivering Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions to Women and Children in Conflict Settings: A Systematic Review," BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 3 (March 2020)
- Eleven authors, based in Canada (9), Canada/Pakistan (1) & Canada/Singapore. APC is £3000.

"A Digital Communication Assistance Tool (DCAT) to Obtain Medical History from Foreign‐Language Patients: Development and Pilot Testing in a Primary Health Care Center for Refugees," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 4 (Feb. 2020)
- Seven authors, based in Canada (1) & Germany (6). APC is 2000 CHF.

"Guided Self-help to Reduce Psychological Distress in South Sudanese Female Refugees in Uganda: A Cluster Randomised Trial," The Lancet Global Health, vol. 8, no. 2 (Feb. 2020)
- Fourteen authors, based in Australia (1), Netherlands (1), Switzerland (5 - incl. UNHCR), Uganda (2), United Kingdom (1) & United States (4). APC is US$5000.

"Migration Violence in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Negotiating the Return of Refugees," Alternation Journal, spec. ed. 26 (2019)
- Author based in South Africa. No APC.

"Monitoring of the Venezuelan Exodus through Facebook’s Advertising Platform," PLoS ONE 15(2): e0229175 (Feb. 2020)
- Eight authors, based in Colombia (1), Qatar/United States (1), Qatar (1), Switzerland (1) & United States (4). APC is US$1695.

"Not for Adults Only: Toward a Child’s Lens in Migration Policies in Asia," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 March 2020
- Two authors, both based in the Philippines. No APC.

"Pondering Hierarchy of Oppressions in Australia: The Case of Refugees and Their Mode of Arrival," Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 10, no. 1 (2019)
- Author is based in Australia. No APC.

"Psychological First Aid through the 'SIX Cs Model': An Intervention with Migrants on the Move," Intervention Journal, Ahead of Print, 2019 [open access]
- Four authors, based in Belgium/Israel (1) & Israel (3). APC is US$500/€440.

"Reframing the Refugee Crisis: From Rescue to Interconnection," Ethics & Global Politics, Latest Articles, 5 March 2020
- Author is based in the United States. No APC.

"Refugee Studies in Austria Today: From Challenges to a Research Horizon," Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, OnlineFirst, 1 March 2020
- Four authors, all based in Austria. This journal uses a subscribe-to-open model, so no APCs are assessed.

"Refugee-like Migrants Have Similar Health Needs to Refugees: A New Zealand Post-settlement Cohort Study," BJGP Open, 18 Feb. 2020
- Six authors, all based in New Zealand. APC is £1000.

"Refugees' Dreams of the Past, Projected into the Future," M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture, vol. 23, no. 1 (2020)
- Four authors, all based in Australia. No APC.

"La Séduction des Cartes du Geoweb: Le Cas des Flux de Migrants Internationaux," Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, art. no. 929 (Jan. 2020)
- Four authors, all based in France. No APC.

"Self-Appointed Representatives on Facebook: The Case of the Belgian Citizen’s Platform for Refugee Support," International Journal of Communication, vol. 13 (2019)
- Two authors, both based in Belgium. No APC.

"South Sudanese Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture: Health and Justice Service Responses in Northern Uganda," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 5 (March 2020)
- Three authors, based in South Africa (1) & United Kingdom (2). APC is 2000 CHF.

Journal issues:

Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 30, no. 1 (Jan. 2020)
- Includes "special section on Australian migration with 4 papers that describe migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Australia."

Hybrid Open Access [info]

"Being Normal: Stigmatization of Lord’s Resistance Army Returnees as ‘Moral Experience’ in Post-war Northern Uganda," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 March 2020
- Two authors, based in Uganda (1) & United Kingdom (1). APC is US$3639/€2972.

"Beyond the Deportation Regime: Differential State Interests and Capacities in Dealing with (Non-) Deportability in Europe," Citizenship Studies, vol. 24, no. 3 (2020)
- Two authors, both based in The Netherlands. APC is US$2995/€2495.

"A Geographical Path to Integration? Exploring the Interplay between Regional Context and Labour Market Integration among Refugees in Sweden," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 1 (2020)
- Two authors, both based in Sweden. APC is US$3500.

"Losing the Right to Stay: Revocation of Refugee Permits in Norway," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 24 March 2020
- Three authors, all based in Norway. APC is US$3639/€2972.

"The Migration Map Trap: On the Invasion Arrows in the Cartography of Migration," Mobilities, Latest Articles, 14 Nov. 2019
- Two authors, both based in The Netherlands. APC is US$2995/€2495.

"Perceptions about the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of International Migration and Integration, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2020
- Two authors, based in Germany/Turkey (1) & Jordan (1). APC is US$2750.

"Statisticians as Back-office Policy-makers: Counting Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Europe," Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 45, no. 2 (2020)
- Author is based in the United Kingdom. APC is US$3000.

"Torture and Sexual Violence in War and Conflict: The Unmaking and Remaking of Subjects of Violence," Review of International Studies, vol. 46, no. 2 (April 2020)
- Three authors, based in Sweden (1), Sweden/UK (1) & Uganda (1). APC is US$2980.

"Transnational Regimes of Labor and Statelessness: Intersections of Citizenship Regimes and Local Norms in East and Southeast Asia," Sociology Compass, Early View, 4 March 2020
- Author is based in Japan. APC is US$2500.

"UN Peacekeeping and Forced Displacement in South Sudan," International Peacekeeping, vol. 27, no. 2 (2020)
- Author is based in Sweden. APC is US$2995.

"What Happened to Children Who Returned from the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda?," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 March 2020
- Eight authors, based in Uganda (3) & the United Kingdom (5). APC is US$3639/€2972.

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. Authors are based in the U.S. unless otherwise indicated.

"Aspiring Americans Thrown Out in the Cold: The Discriminatory Use of False Testimony Allegations to Deny Naturalization," UCLA Law Review, vol. 66, no. 5 (Dec. 2019)

"The Rise of Zero Tolerance and the Demise of Family," Georgia State University Law Review, vol. 36, no. 2 (2020)

Related post:
Open Access Round-up: 15 March 2020


Round-up: Examining Research Process & Outcomes

This listing includes references from 2019 and 2020, many of which were previously posted on this blog.

Blog posts & press:

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

ALNAP Lessons Papers: A Case for Humanitarian Desk-based Reviews (ALNAP Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

'And Then They Issued an Ultimatum': Ethical and Practical Considerations for Conducting Fieldwork in Volatile and Research-crowded Settings (Refugee Hosts, Feb. 2020) [text]

The Bukavu Series (Silent Voices Blog, June 2019-2020) [access]
- Posts in this series "stem from reflections on ethical issues in fieldwork in conflict and post-conflict settings, and on the place and vulnerability of the researcher in such settings."

Discussion Series on Forced Migration Research (ESPMI, 2019-2020)
- Read responses posted on "Decolonizing Forced Migration Research" and on "Creative Methods of Dissemination in Forced Migration Research."

Does the Gap in Migration Research between High-income Countries and the Rest of the World Matter? (COMPAS Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

The Hidden Costs of Being a Scholar from the Global South (LSE Higher Education Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

How Global is the Journal of Refugee Studies? (LERRN Blog, March 2020) [text]

‘How is your research going to benefit me?’: Bringing Findings Back to Communities in Ghana (ODI Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

"McMaster Doc Says Academic Research Needs to be More Accessible," The Hamilton Spectator, 24 Oct. 2019 [text]
- "Hamilton study finds governments didn’t use research evidence in Syrian refugee policies."

Refugee Studies without Refugees: Some Methodological Reflections (RLI Blog, March 2020) [text]

Young African Scholars Making a Difference to Improve the Quality of Life for the Forcibly Displaced (Development for Peace Blog, Dec. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Academic Publishing in Disaster Risk Reduction: Past, Present, and Future," Disasters, Early View, 7 Feb. 2020 [postprint] [postprint]

"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]

"Complexities of Conducting Research in Adolescent Refugees Resettling in Australia," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 55, no. 8 (Aug. 2019) [free full-text]

"Data and Research to Inform Global Policy: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration," Comparative Migration Studies, 8:11 (2020) [open access]

"The Ethical Challenges of Field Research in the Syrian Refugee Crisis," MENA Politics Newsletter, vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 2019) [full-text]

"Ethical, Methodological, and Contextual Challenges in Research in Conflict Settings: The Case of Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon," Conflict and Health, 13:29 (June 2019) [open access]

Forced Migration Review, no. 61 (June 2019) [open access]
- Theme issue on "Ethics," with 19 articles.

Global Research Partnerships: Beyond the North-South Divide? A Literature Review, LERRN Paper, no. 4 (Carleton Univ., March 2020) [text]

Health and Human Rights Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (June 2019) [open access]
- Includes "Special Section on Global Health Fieldwork Ethics and Human Rights."

"International Refugee Law Between Scholarship and Practice," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 32, no. 2 (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]

"Lessons Learnt from Doing Research Amid a Humanitarian Crisis," Nature, 26 June 2019 [text]

"Mapping Migration Studies: An Empirical Analysis of the Coming of Age of a Research Field," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 3 Aug. 2019 [open access]

"Methodological Aspects of a Quantitative and Qualitative Survey of Asylum Seekers in Germany: A Field Report," MDA: Methods, Data, Analyses, vol. 13, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

"Research Access and Adaptation in the Securitised Field of Australian Refugee and Asylum Law," Journal of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

"Subcontracting Academia: Alienation, Exploitation and Disillusionment in the UK Overseas Syrian Refugee Research Industry," Antipode, vol. 51, no. 2 (March 2019) [postprint]
- Access to this text is embargoed until 9 Feb. 2021.

"Valuing Local Humanitarian Knowledge: Learning from the Central African Republic," Forced Migration Review, no. 59 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Working with Peer Researchers in Refugee Communities," Forced Migration Review, no. 59 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

Books/chapters:

Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy-making on Migration and Integration (Oxford Univ. Press, March 2019) [open access]

Data Collection in Fragile States: Innovations from Africa and Beyond (Springer, 2020) [open access]

Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being - Proceedings of a Workshop (National Academies Press, 2019) [full-text]

"Migration Research and Analysis: Growth, Reach and Recent Contributions," Chapter 4 in World Migration Report 2020 (IOM, Nov. 2019) [full-text]

Mobilizing Global Knowledge: Refugee Research in an Age of Displacement (University of Calgary Press, Sept. 2019) [open access]

Multimedia:

Revisiting Accountability of Humanitarian Actors and Researchers: Lessons from Field-research with Refugee Populations in East Africa, London, 13 June 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.


30 March 2020

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"After the Refugee Crisis: Public Discourse and Policy Change in Denmark, Norway and Sweden," Comparative Migration Studies, 8:13 (March 2020) [open access]

"Amid an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis in Syria, the European Union Faces the Perils of Devolving Migration Management to Turkey," Migration Information Source, 20 March 2020 [text]

"Are Better-off Youth Less Fearful of Immigrants and Refugees? A Study of Attitudes among Youth in Southeast Europe," Sociological Annual, vol. 15 (2020) [ResearchGate]

"Beyond the Deportation Regime: Differential State Interests and Capacities in Dealing with (Non-) Deportability in Europe," Citizenship Studies, vol. 24, no. 3 (2020) [open access]

Community Psychology in Global Perspective, vol. 6, no. 1 (2020) [open access]
- Special issue on "Migrant Resistance and Acts of Solidarity." Includes articles on perceptions of reception services in Italysolidarity with refugees in Portugal, the experiences of North African asylum seekers in Italy, and asylum seekers in Moria camp.

"Gathering Migrants at Turkey-Greece Border Indicative of Larger International Problems," Denver Journal of International Law & Policy Online, 17 March 2020 [full-text]

"Losing the Right to Stay: Revocation of Refugee Permits in Norway," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 24 March 2020 [open access]

"Political Party Ideology and Immigration Policy Reform: An Empirical Enquiry," Political Research Exchange: An ECPR Journal, vol. 2, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Statisticians as Back-office Policy-makers: Counting Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Europe," Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 45, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

Related post:
Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (30 March 2020)


Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Controversial Lifesavers: NGO Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2020) [text]
- First post in a themed series on "Humanitarian Search and Rescue, from the Nordic Perspective." The second post focuses on the "pull factor," the third on the duty to rescue, the fourth on the necessity of search and rescue, and the fifth on the humanitarian imperative of search and rescue.

Five Lessons from an Urban Experiment in Asylum Reception (COMPAS Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"A New Quality of Violation of the Law" (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, March 2020) [text]
- Interview re. the EU's handling of the Turkish-Greek border crisis.

Solidarity with Refugees Can’t Survive on Compassion in Crisis-stricken Societies of Greece and Italy (The Conversation, March 2020) [text]

Reports & research papers:

Country Reports (AIDA, March 2020)
- Updates are available for Austria, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.

Do Processing Times Affect the Distribution of Asylum Seekers across Europe?, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 13018 (Institute of Labor Economics, Feb. 2020) [text]

Fundamental Rights of Refugees and Migrants at European Borders (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, March 2020) [text]

Reception Policies, Practices and Responses Working Paper Series (Respond Project, Feb. & March 2020) [access]
- Country reports are available for Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.

Solidarity in EU Asylum Policy (EU Parliament, March 2020) [text]

UNHCR Recommendations Concerning Asylum-related Cases in the Context of Judicial Reform in the Republic of Armenia (UNHCR, Sept. 2019) [text]

Where Asylum Seekers Come from and Where They Go (EUROSTAT, March 2020) [access]
- Follow link for interactive visual.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (17 March 2020)
Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (17 March 2020)



News: Berghahn Offers Free Access

In this tweet, Berghahn announced that all its eBooks will be free until 30 April 2020. Use the coupon code REMOTE20 at check-out. More info is provided here.

Among other titles, Berghahn publishes the Forced Migration book series, available here: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/series/forced-migration

Many other publishers are also offering free access to some/all of their content. Check this list on InfoDocket for additional details.



27 March 2020

Thematic Focus: COVID-19 Round-up

Press:

Check out coronavirus pages on The New HumanitarianThomson Reuters Foundation News and VOA News for extensive global news reporting and analysis.

Blog posts & statements:

"Coronavirus Threatens to Turn Aid Crises into 'Humanitarian Catastrophes'," The Guardian, 25 March 2020 [text]
- "Restrictions on movement prevent food and medicine from reaching people in adversity, experts warn."

"Covid-19: Call for Fast-track Registration of Refugee Doctors in UK," The Guardian, 25 March 2020 [text]

COVID-19 and Humanitarian Access in Starvation-Affected Countries: Part 1 – Yemen (Just Security Blog, March 2020) [text]
- Part 2 "will conduct a similar analysis of the situation in relation to refugee camps and internally displaced people, with a focus on Syria and Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh."

"EU Urged to Evacuate Asylum Seekers from Cramped Greek Island Camps," The Guardian, 24 March 2020 [text]

Europe: Curb Immigration Detention Amid Pandemic (Human Rights Watch, March 2020) [text]

How Coronavirus is Changing US Asylum Policy at the Border (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

Immigration Attorneys on the Frontlines in the COVID-19 Crisis (Insightful Immigration Blog, March 2020) [text]

Immigration Detention and COVID-19: Why Releasing Those in Detention Keeps Us All Safer (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2020) [text]

In the Face of Coronavirus, the Home Office Must Abandon the ‘Hostile Environment’ for Migrants (RLI Blog, March 2020) [text]

Incompetence and Recklessness at EOIR Endanger Lives (The Asylumist Blog, March 2020) [text]

Live Blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 Crisis (UNHCR) [access]

Q&A: Access to Health Services is Key to Halting COVID-19 and Saving Refugee Lives (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

"Refugees to the Rescue? Germany Taps Migrant Medics to Battle Virus," Reuters, 25 March 2020 [text]

Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers (Amnesty International et al., March 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the U.S.

Reports & guidance:

Applying Humanitarian Standards to Fight COVID-19 (Sphere, March 2020) [text]
- See also related Sphere guidance.

COVID-19 Control in Low-income Settings and Displaced Populations: What Can Realistically be Done? (LSHTM, March 2020) [text]

"Crisis within a Crisis: Immigration in the United States in a Time of COVID-19," Migration Information Source, 26 March 2020 [text]

Global Humanitarian Response Plan: COVID-19 (April–December 2020) (OCHA, March 2020) [text]

Handbook for Public Health Capacity-building at Ground Crossings and Cross-border Collaboration (WHO, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Including Migrants and Displaced Populations in Preparedness and Response Activities to COVID-19: Guidance for Americas National Societies (IFRC, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Key Legal Considerations on Access to Territory for Persons in Need of International Protection in the Context of the COVID-19 Response (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

UNHCR Legal Considerations with Regard to the EU Commission´s Guidelines for Border Management Measures to Protect Health and Ensure the Availability of Goods and Essential Services (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Migration & Coronavirus: A Complicated Nexus Between Migration Management and Public Health, Webinar, 24 March 2020 [info]
- Follow link for audio recording.

Resource pages:

COVID-19 Response Portal (ALNAP) [access]

COVID-19 Topic Page (ReliefWeb) [access]

Resource Center: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (American Immigration Lawyers Association) [access]

Related post:
Thematic Focus: More on COVID-19 (23 March 2020)

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

26 March 2020

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Reports:

77th Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 10-12 March 2020 [access]
- Follow link for agenda, remarks, oral updates, and documents. See also NGO statements on ICVA's web site.

2019 Global Refugee Forum: Comprehensive List of Available Documents, Materials, Recordings, Videos and Further Links (Repository) (UNHCR, March 2020) [access]

Global Research Partnerships: Beyond the North-South Divide? A Literature Review, LERRN Paper, no. 4 (Carleton Univ., March 2020) [text]

Interventions to Promote Wellbeing of Refugees in High- and Middle Income Countries, K4D Helpdesk Report (DFID, March 2020) [text]

Research Conference on Forced Displacement: Improving and Scaling Evidence, Copenhagen, 16-18 Jan. 2020 [info]
- Follow link for conference report and video of sessions.

UNHCR's Initiative on Internal Displacement 2020-2021 (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

Journal articles & books:

Data Collection in Fragile States: Innovations from Africa and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) [open access]

"Introduction," Chapter 1 in The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, 6th ed., Red Globe Press, Dec. 2019 [free full-text]

"Reframing the Refugee Crisis: From Rescue to Interconnection," Ethics & Global Politics, Latest Articles, 5 March 2020 [open access]

Maps/geography of migration:

"Cartographier les Migrations dans un Grand Quotidien," Hérodote: Revue de Géographie et de Géopolitique, no. 174 (2019) [free full-text]

Handbook on Critical Geographies of Migration (Edward Elgar, Feb. 2019) [info]
- The introduction and Chapter 1: Borders and Bodies: Siting Critical Geographies of Migration are freely available. See also Chapter 31: Counter-mapping Refugees and Asylum's Borders.

"Mapping Illegality: The i-Map and the Cartopolitics of 'Migration Management' at a Distance," Antipode, vol. 51, no. 3 (June 2019) [Academia]

"The Migration Map Trap: On the Invasion Arrows in the Cartography of Migration," Mobilities, Latest Articles, 14 Nov. 2019 [open access]

"La Séduction des Cartes du Geoweb: Le Cas des Flux de Migrants Internationaux," Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, art. no. 929 (Jan. 2020) [open access]

Related post:
Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (26 March 2020)



Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

FYI: 

I noticed recently that the UNHCR web site has removed the menu option for "Resources & Publications," which was formerly under "About Us." It still appears as an option on the "About Us" page and is still listed in some of the drop-down menus, but when you try to follow the link, it leads to a "Document Not Found" page. I have emailed UNHCR for more information.

Blog posts & press:

The Global South Must Create a Reverse Narrative on Migration – Soon (LSE Social Policy Blog, March 2020) [text]

Migration: The Bargaining Power of Transit States (Lowy Interpreter Blog, March 2020) [text]

Migration Statistics: Let's Make Better Use of Existing Data (Migration Data Portal Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

Mistaken Metaphor: The ‘Root Causes’ Approach to Migration is Both Dishonest and Ineffective (MMC Op-Ed, March 2020) [text]

Refugee Studies without Refugees: Some Methodological Reflections (RLI Blog, March 2020) [text]

The Urgency of Racing Forced Migration: Conversations on the Experiences of Black Refugees (LERRN, March 2020) [text]

Resource:

Migration: An in-depth collection of global reporting on refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and internally displaced people (The New Humanitarian) [access]
- Scroll down for an overview. Reports are organized under the following topics: Triggers; Routes; Policy; Host countries; and Returns.

Related posts:

New Issues of African Stud. Rev., Can. Ethnic Stud., Disasters, Humanit. Aid, Humanit. Exch., IJMBS, Intl. Migr., JEMS, J. Am. Ethnic Hist., J. Legal Anthro., J. Migr. Hist.

African Studies Review, vol. 63, no. 1 (March 2020) [contents]
- Includes a forum on "Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Somali Refugee and Migrant Experience." Read the introduction for more information.

Canadian Ethnic Studies = Etudes Ethniques au Canada, vol. 51, no. 3 (2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "Transnational, Feminist and Intersectional Perspectives on Immigrants and Refugees in Canada."

Disasters, vol. 44, no. 2 (April 2020) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including two that are open access and two that are freely available.

Humanitarian Aid on the Move, no. 21 (March 2020) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- Special issue on "The aid sector’s role faced with climate change, multiple crises and the risk of collapse."

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 77 (March 2020) [full-text]
- Theme issue on "Responding to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 (2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "Migration and Border-Making in Portugal."

International Migration, vol. 58, no. 2 (April 2020) [contents]
- Mix of articles with two that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 3 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Contested Terrain: Explaining Divergent Patterns of Public Opinion towards Immigration within Europe." The introduction is freely available.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 4 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Pro-Immigrant Movement in the United States: Political Mobilization from the 2006 Immigration Protests to Trump." The introduction is freely available.

Journal of American Ethnic History, vol. 39, no. 3 (Spring 2020) [contents]
- Focuses on "Unsettled Subjects: Inventing the Refugee in North American History."

Journal of Legal Anthropology, vol. 3, no. 2 (Dec. 2019) [free full-text]
- Special issue on "Governing Migration through Paperwork."

Journal of Migration History, vol. 6, no. 1 (Feb. 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Forced Migration and Refugeedom in the Modern Middle East." The introduction and two other articles are freely available.

Tagged Periodicals.

25 March 2020

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

Analysis of the Committee’s Recommendations on the Right to a Nationality, Statelessness and Birth Registration (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, March 2020) [text]

The Need for Thailand to Accede to Conventions on Statelessness, Thesis (Indiana Univ., 2020) [text]

Principles on Deprivation of Nationality as a National Security Measure [access]
- See also related ENS blog post.

Statelessness Index [access]
- New analyses now available for Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Greece, Portugal and Spain.

The World’s Stateless: Deprivation of Nationality (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, March 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Aspiring Americans Thrown Out in the Cold: The Discriminatory Use of False Testimony Allegations to Deny Naturalization," UCLA Law Review, vol. 66, no. 5 (Dec. 2019) [full-text]

"Birth Registration in Crisis: Exploring a Rights-based Approach to Birth Registration through the Experience of Syrian Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 3 Feb. 2020 [free full-text]

"Can Statelessness be Legally Productive? The Struggle for the Rights of Noncitizens in Russia," Citizenship Studies, Latest Articles, 2 Feb. 2020 [Academia]

Citizenship Studies, vol. 24, no. 3 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Power to Expel: Deportation and Denationalisation in Historical, Legal and Normative Perspective." The introduction is freely available and another article is open access.

"Copying Europe? Integration as a Citizenship Requirement in Australia," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 7 Feb. 2020 [preprint]

"Transnational Regimes of Labor and Statelessness: Intersections of Citizenship Regimes and Local Norms in East and Southeast Asia," Sociology Compass, Early View, 4 March 2020 [open access]

"Whose Citizens, What Rights? Roles and Responsibilities in Addressing Displacement and Forced Migration in Haiti," Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, OnlineFirst, 27 Jan. 2020 [ResearchGate]


Related post:
Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (25 March 2020)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

Webinar: No Child Should be Stateless: Ensuring the Right to a Nationality for Children in Migration in Europe, 3 April 2020 [info]

CFP: Statelessness in the New Decade: Taking Stock of the Global Campaign to End Statelessness, Ottawa, April 2021 [info] [info]
- Submission deadline is 15 May 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Bulgaria: Celebrating Progress and Staying Vigilant about Remaining Gaps (ENS Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Can a Palestinian Refugee Enjoy the Status of a Stateless Person? A French Perspective (ENS Blog, March 2020) [text]

Five Years since Abidjan Declaration, West Africa Leads on Reduction of Statelessness in Africa (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

"Hundreds of Indonesian Former IS Members, Families Could Become Stateless," VOA News, 29 Feb. 2020 [text]

Themed Week on Citizenship, Identity and Belongingness: Narratives from India (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Scroll to bottom to view other posts in series.

There’s No Need to Panic over Trump’s New Denaturalization Office (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

Understanding India’s Citizenship Controversy (Atlantic Council Blog, March 2020) [text]

Uzbekistan to End Statelessness for 50,000 People (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

[Two webinars launch the Year of Action Against Citizenship Stripping] [access]
- Follow link to view video of "Citizenship Stripping in an Era of Racism, Populism and Xenophobia, Webinar, 18 March 2020" and "Citizenship Stripping in the National Security Context, 19 March 2020."


Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (19 Feb. 2020)
Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (19 Feb. 2020)


Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

As Trump Slashes All Immigration, Other Countries Open Their Doors (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

ILO-UNHCR Parnership: Joint Action for Decent Work and Long-term Solutions for Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons (ILO & UNHCR, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Michigan Compact on Immigration: Business Leaders Release 'Michigan Compact' in Support of Immigration (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2020) [text]

South Africa Undermines Refugee Right to Human Dignity and Work (MJIL Blog, Feb. 2020) [text

Reports & journal articles:

Evidence from Interventions to Improve the Economic Self-Sufficiency of Refugee Women, K4D Helpdesk Report (DFID, Feb. 2020) [text]

Financial Inclusion for Refugees in India: A Study on the Practical Access to Banks and Financial Systems, RLI Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Law Initiative, Feb. 2020) [text]

"A Geographical Path to Integration? Exploring the Interplay between Regional Context and Labour Market Integration among Refugees in Sweden," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Informal Adaptive Mechanisms among Refugees in the Middle East: Understanding Adaptation, Resilience and Agency in Securing Livelihoods in the Informal Economy among Refugees from Syria in Lebanon and Jordan (American Univ. of Beirut, Feb. 2020) [access]
- Follow link to access six papers on the agriculture sector in Lebanon, tribal networks, female heads of households, refugee entrepreneurs Jordan and Lebanon, and refugee participation in the informal economy.

International Migration and Work: Charting an Ethical Approach to the Future (Center for Migration Studies, March 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 34, no. 1 (Winter 2020) [free full-text]
- Includes "Symposium: Assimilation of Refugees," with two articles on asylum migration to the developed world and labor market integration in high-income countries.

Labour-related Experiences of Migrants and Refugees in South Africa (Scalabrini Inst. for Human Mobility in Africa, March 2020) [text]

"Perceptions about the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of International Migration and Integration, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2020 [open access]

Refugee Migration and the Politics of Redistribution: Do Supply and Demand Meet?, Discussion Paper, no. 132 (Aboa Centre for Economics, 2020) [text via SSRN]
- Focuses on Finland.

Revisiting Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 12976 (Institute of Labor Economics, Feb. 2020) [text]

Related post:
Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (26 Feb. 2020)

24 March 2020

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

America Leads and Others Follow… by Building Detention Camps (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2020) [text]

En Libye, les Oubliés (MSF Crash Blog, March 2020) [text]
- See also English version.

Hidden Infrastructures of the European Border Regime: The Poros Detention Facility in Evros, Greece (Respond Migration Blog, March 2020) [text]

Libye: Que se Passe-t-il dans le "Centre d’Investigations" de Tripoli (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2020) [text]

'People are crying and begging': The Human Cost of Forced Relocations in Immigration Detention (The Conversation, March 2020) [text]

"Stateless is a TV Show – but It's also the Harsh Reality Behind the Wire in Australian Detention," The Guardian, 3 March 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Asylum Seeking Children and Adolescents in Australian Immigration Detention on Nauru: A Longitudinal Cohort Study," BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4:e000615 (March 2020) [open access]

"Effective Civil Society Engagement with Governments on Issues around Detention," Forced Migration Review, no. 63 (Feb. 2020) [open access]

"Ending Forced Labor in ICE Detention Centers: A New Approach," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 34, no. 3 (Forthcoming, 2020) [SSRN]

Immigration Detention in the Netherlands: Prioritising Returns in Europe and the Caribbean (Global Detention Project, Feb. 2020) [text]

Immigration Detention in the Republic of Korea: Penalising People in Need of Protection (Global Detention Project, Feb. 2020) [text]

Related post:
Thematic Focus: Detention (24 Feb. 2020)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information-related Items - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Active Facebook Users Prefer News Stories Framing Refugees and Immigrants as an Economic and National Problem (SSRN, Sept. 2019; posted March 2020) [text]

"A Digital Communication Assistance Tool (DCAT) to Obtain Medical History from Foreign‐Language Patients: Development and Pilot Testing in a Primary Health Care Center for Refugees," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 4 (Feb. 2020) [open access]

*"Impact of Modern Information and Communication Tools on International Migration," International Migration, Early View, 12 Dec. 2019 [free full-text]

Information Seeking and Communication during Forced Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Refugees’ Digital Media Use and Its Effects on Their Perceptions of Germany as Their Target Country, Weizenbaum Series, no. 3 (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, March 2020) [text via SSOAR]

"Monitoring of the Venezuelan Exodus through Facebook’s Advertising Platform," PLoS ONE 15(2): e0229175 (Feb. 2020) [open access]
- See also earlier related technical report.

"The Potentials of Digital Collaborative Platforms for the Innovation of Refugees’ Reception Strategies," Revista de Cercetare și Intervenție Socială, vol. 68 (2020) [full-text]
- Focuses on Italy.

"Self-Appointed Representatives on Facebook: The Case of the Belgian Citizen’s Platform for Refugee Support," International Journal of Communication, vol. 13 (2019) [open access]

Multimedia:

Technology and Humanitarian Accountability: A Risk Assessment, London, 26 Feb. 2020 [info]
- Follow link for video. Note that presentation starts at 52:00.

*UPDATED

Related post:
Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information-related Items - Pt. 1 (24 March 2020)


Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information-related Items - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"For Rohingya Refugees, Internet Ban Severs Ties to the Outside World," The New Humanitarian, 10 March 2020 [text]

"Good Deeds: The Mobile Library Reaching Refugees' Hearts and Minds," The Guardian, 10 March 2020 [text]
- See also announcement of the opening of a Rohingya community-based library in Cox’s Bazar.

Guyana Pioneers Use of Advanced Technology to Help Venezuelans (UNHCR, Feb. 2020) [text]

Hacking Humanitarians? IHL and the Protection of Humanitarian Organizations against Cyber Operations (EJIL Talk Blog, March 2020) [text]
- See also related Humanitarian Law & Policy blog post.

How Immigration Enforcement is Eroding Your Privacy (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the U.S.

The Privatization of Migration Control (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Feb. 2020) [text]

Refugees in Ethiopia's Camps Raise Privacy and Exclusion Concerns over UNHCR’s New Digital Registration (Global Voices, March 2020) [text]

The Right Technology Can Help Refugees Stay Connected (RAND Review, March 2020) [text]

Tracking the Relevance of Humanitarian Aid: Remote Surveys via Mobile Phone (ALNAP Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

What Will It Take for USCIS to Reduce Its FOIA Backlog? (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (16 Feb. 2020)
Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2 (16 Feb. 2020)

23 March 2020

Regional Focus: Australia & New Zealand

Blog posts & press:

How Refugees Succeed in Visa Reviews: New Research Reveals the Factors That Matter (The Conversation, March 2020) [text]

Identified "by Their Circumstances, Rather Than Their Own Humanity": What the Lack of Refugee Voices Means for the Media (Humanitarian News Research Network, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on New Zealand.

It’s Time to Consider an Amnesty for Thousands Awaiting Deportation from Australia (The Strategist Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related SBS News article.

Research Asks How Migrants Feel Welcomed in NZ (Massey Univ., Feb. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 30, no. 1 (Jan. 2020) [open access]
- Includes "special section on Australian migration with 4 papers that describe migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Australia."

Judicial Review of Refugee Determinations: More by Luck than Judgement, Thesis (Macquarie University, Feb. 2020) [text via SSRN]

"Pondering Hierarchy of Oppressions in Australia: The Case of Refugees and Their Mode of Arrival," Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 10, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

"Refugee-like Migrants Have Similar Health Needs to Refugees: A New Zealand Post-settlement Cohort Study," BJGP Open, 18 Feb. 2020 [open access]

"Refugees' Dreams of the Past, Projected into the Future," M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture, vol. 23, no. 1 (2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Australia.

Multimedia:

Public Forum: Responsibility Sharing or Responsibility Shedding? Australia’s Refugee Policies in the Asia Pacific, Melbourne, 18 Feb. 2020 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Australia (18 Feb. 2020)
Regional Focus: Australia & New Zealand (9 Nov. 2019)


Regional Focus: Syria

Blog posts & press:

After 9 Years of Tragedy, Resilience and Solidarity, the World Must not Forget Displaced Syrians (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

An Examination of Turkish Newspapers: Lack of Public Awareness on the Subject of Syrian Refugees (Respond Migration Blog, March 2020) [text]

The Fragmented Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis Jeopardises the Future of Millions (The Conversation, March 2020) [text]

Idlib's Internally Displaced Persons Crisis (Lawfare Blog, March 2020) [text]

"Keeping Syrian Refugees in Neighboring Countries isn’t Working. Here’s Why," WP Monkey Cage, 10 March 2020 [text]

"Roundup: Syria’s Grim Anniversary," The New Humanitarian, 13 March 2020 [text]

Syria Anniversary Press Release (OCHA, March 2020) [text]

*Turkey's Humanitarian Rationale for Its Idlib Offensive in Syria (Just Security Blog, March 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Diversity without Adversity? Refugees' Efforts to Integrate Can Partially Offset Identity-based Biases, Empirical Studies of Conflict Working Paper, no. 16 (Princeton Univ., 2020) [text]
- Focuses on attitudes towards Syrians in Turkey.

"Do Refugees Impact Voting Behavior in the Host Country? Evidence from Syrian Refugee Inflows to Turkey," Public Choice, Latest Articles, 1 Jan. 2020 [abstract]
- See earlier related IZA discussion paper.

Hosting Refugees: The Impact of the Occupancy Free of Charge (OFC) Shelter Modality in Three Localities in Lebanon (American Univ. of Beirut, Feb. 2020) [access]
- Follow link for report, policy brief and infographics.

Northwest Syria Gender Analysis: A Comprehensive Gender and Age Analysis for the Northwest Syria Humanitarian Response (World Vision, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Return Aspirations and Coerced Return: A Case Study on Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Lebanon (International Migration Institute, March 2020) [text]

Syria: Targeting of Individuals (European Asylum Support Office, March 2020) [text]

"To Stop Waves of Refugees, the West Must Address the Main Driver of Syrian Displacement: Assad’s Terror," Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 8 March 2020 [full-text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Syria (3 March 2020)


Thematic Focus: More on COVID-19

[NOTE: I am re-circulating this blog post since I have added a number of new references including a second UNHCR paper (on the EU Commission´s Guidelines for border management measures), more commentary and an APRRN database initiative.]

Webinar:

Migration & Coronavirus: A Complicated Nexus Between Migration Management and Public Health, 24 March 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

3 Actions ICE Should Take Now During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

"12 Changes to the US Immigration System during the Coronavirus Pandemic," CNN, 18 March 2020 [text]

"Canada and the US Agree to Turn Back Migrants at Border," AP News, 20 March 2020 [text]

"Canada to Turn Back Asylum Seekers, Close Border at Midnight to Stop Spread of COVID-19," CBC News, 20 March 2020 [text]

*Considering the Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees (Kaldor Centre, March 2020) [access]
- Provides list of key commentary on COVID-19.

"Coronavirus: US, Canada and Mexico Suspend Most Border Traffic," BBC News, 20 March 2020 [text]

*Coronavirus Cannot Become an Excuse to Label Groups of People 'Invasive' (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

COVID-19 & Humanitarian Response: Leave No-One Behind, RSIS Commentary, no. 44 (Nanyang Technological University, March 2020) [text]

COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate; Nor Should Our Response (IOM, March 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

*"Essential Info on Immigration Law during the Coronavirus Outbreak," New York Daily News, 23 March 2020 [text]

*Flying News about the Corona Virus (IOM et al., March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Note: "Flying News is a term the Rohingya use to refer to rumours and rapidly spreading gossip.:

*Global Response to COVID-10 Should Not Undermine the Right of Asylum (APRRN, March 2020) [text]

Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response (Human Rights Watch, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugees in Asia Face Delays, Pushbacks as Coronavirus Shuts Borders," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 20 March 2020 [text]

Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers (Amnesty International et al., March 2020) [text]
- Call from NGOs to the "Trump Administration to cease its reported plan to shut the border to people seeking asylum in the United States."

Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on the COVID-19 Crisis (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

Temporary Reintroduction of Border Control (European Commission, March 2020) [text]

Travel Bans in Europe: A Legal Appraisal (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, March 2020 [Part I] [Part II]

Updated ICE Statement on COVID-19 (U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, March 2020) [text]
- See also Vox news story.

What the Coronavirus Outbreak Means for Thousands of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon (openDemocracy, March 2020) [text]

"World's Most Vulnerable in 'Third Wave' for Covid-19 Support, Experts Warn," The Guardian, 20 March 2020 [text]

Multimedia:

How Will COVID-19 Impact Crisis Zones? (The New Humanitarian, March 2020) [access]
- Follow link for video.

Resources:

*COVID-19 Response Portal (ALNAP) [access]
- "This portal holds a vast collection of guidelines, tools, papers and lessons learnt from across and beyond the ALNAP Membership which are relevant to responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic."

*Media Mentions of Refugees and COVID-19 (APRRN) [access/contribute]
- "APRRN is building a databank of articles, editorials, & advocacy statements on COVID19 affecting refugees & other migrants."

The Sphere Standards and the Coronavirus Response (Sphere, Feb. 2020) [access]

*UNHCR Legal Considerations with Regard to the EU Commission´s Guidelines for Border Management Measures to Protect Health and Ensure the Availability of Goods and Essential Services (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
News: UNHCR Paper on COVID-19 (18 March 2020)
Thematic Focus: COVID-19 & Displaced Populations (16 March 2020)

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 



19 March 2020

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Journal articles:

"Asylum Seeking Children and Adolescents in Australian Immigration Detention on Nauru: A Longitudinal Cohort Study," BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4:e000615 (March 2020) [open access]

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 2 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Children of the Crisis: Ethnographic Perspectives on Unaccompanied Refugee Youth in and En Route to Europe." The introduction is freely available, and two articles on unaccompanied refugee minors in Sweden and Switzerland are open access

"Not for Adults Only: Toward a Child’s Lens in Migration Policies in Asia," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 March 2020 [open access]

"Representing Childhood and Forced Migration: Narratives of Borders and Belonging in European Screen Content for Children," Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 2 (2019) [full-text via Univ. of Westminster IR]

"Visualizing the Voiceless and Seeing the Unspeakable: Understanding International Wordless Picturebooks about Refugees," Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 2 (2019) [postprint]
- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 9 Dec. 2022.

"What Happened to Children Who Returned from the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda?," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 March 2020 [open access]

United States:

"Attitudes Toward Separating Immigrant Families at the United States–Mexico Border," Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Early View, 4 Feb. 2020 [ResearchGate]
- Note: The data, syntax files, and study materials are available here: https://osf.io/g6djt/.

Children Sent to Mexico under Trump Face Abuses, Trauma (Human Rights Watch, March 2020) [text]

Communication and Management Challenges Impeded HHS's Response to Zero-Tolerance Policy (HHS Office of Inspector General, March 2020) [text]

"The Rise of Zero Tolerance and the Demise of Family," Georgia State University Law Review, vol. 36, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

Southwest Border: Actions Needed to Address Fragmentation in DHS's Processes for Apprehended Family Members (Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2020) [text]

Southwest Border: Actions Needed to Improve DHS Processing of Families and Coordination between DHS and HHS (Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related BuzzFeed News article.

A State-by-State Look at Children of Immigrants (Urban Institute, Feb. 2020) [access]
- Follow the link for "fact sheets [that] present characteristics about children of immigrants and their parents, families, and households for all 50 states, DC, and the nation as a whole, using data from the 2005–18 US Census Bureau American Community Survey."

Related post:
Thematic Focus: Children & Families (27 Feb. 2020)