30 September 2020

Open Access Round-up: 30 September 2020

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

"Conflict Resolution as Cultural Brokerage: How Refugee Leaders Mediate Disputes in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (June 2020)
- The postprint version of this chapter is currently under embargo.
- Two authors, both based in Belgium.

"An Invisible Border Wall and the Dangers of Internal Agency Control," Lewis & Clark Law Review, vol. 25 (Forthcoming, 2021)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Author is based in the US.

"Sites of (Mis)Translation: The Credible Fear Process in United States Immigration Detention," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35 (Forthcoming, 2021)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Two authors, both based in the US.

Book chapters:

"Regional Regimes: Europe," Chapter in Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law (Oxford Univ. Press, Forthcoming 2021)
- Preprint version of chapter.
- Author is based in the Netherlands.

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.

"The Common European Asylum System: Balancing Mutual Trust Against Fundamental Rights Protection," German Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 6 (Sept. 2020)
- Author is based in Greece. No APC, although as of Oct. 2020, authors whose articles have been accepted "will be able to opt-in to pay a voluntary charge of £1,000 to contribute to the Journal’s costs."

"Doing and Allowing Harm to Refugees," Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, vol. 18, no 3 (2020)
- Author is based in the UK. No APC.

"Future of Citizenship Laws in India with Special Reference to Implementation of NRC in Assam," Journal of Legal Studies and Research, vol. 6, no. 4 (Aug. 2020)
- Author is based in India. APC is U$30.

"Help-seeking, Trust and Intimate Partner Violence: Social Connections amongst Displaced and Non-displaced Yezidi Women and Men in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq," Conflict and Health, 14:61 (Aug. 2020)
- Four authors, all based in the UK. APC is US$2490.

"Sexual Violence against Migrants and Asylum Seekers: The Experience of the MSF Clinic on Lesvos Island, Greece," PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239187 (Sept. 2020)
- Nine authors, with lead based in Greece and co-authors in Belgium (1), Greece (1), Luxembourg (1), Norway (1), UK (2), Zimbabwe/France (2). APC is US$1695.

"Transformaciones en las Migraciones Contemporáneas en México (2000-2019): Acercamiento a las Violencias y Solicitudes de Refugio = Transformations in Contemporary Migrations in Mexico (2000-2019): An Approach to Violence and to the Process of Application for Asylum," Estudios Políticos, no. 58 (May/Aug. 2020)
- Two authors, based in Mexico and Colombia.

Hybrid Open Access [info]

"Competing Contexts of Reception in Refugee and Immigrant Incorporation: Vietnamese in West and East Germany," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2020
- Two authors, with lead based in Germany and co-author in the US. APC is US$3500.

"Contesting Language Policy for Asylum Seekers in the Northern Periphery: The Story of Tailor F," Language Policy, Latest Articles, 16 Sept. 2020 
- Two authors, based in Finland and the UK. APC is US$2750.

"Differentiated Embedding among the Vietnamese Refugees in London and the UK: Fragmentation, Complexity, and ‘In/visibility’," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2020
- Author is based in the UK. APC is US$3500.

"Hegemonic Masculinities after Forced Migration: Exploring Relational Performances of Syrian Refugee Men in The Netherlands," Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, Latest Articles, 1 July 2020
- Two authors, both based in the Netherlands. APC is US$2995.

"Human Rights References in Norway’s Readmission Agreements: (How) Do They Protect?," Nordic Journal of Human Rights, vol. 38, no. 1 (2020)
- Two authors, both based in Norway. APC is US$2995.

"The Impact of Educational Achievement on the Integration and Wellbeing of Afghan Refugee Youth in the UK," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2020
-  Author is based in the UK. APC is US$3500.

"Involuntary Migration, Context of Reception, and Social Mobility: The Case of Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement in the United States," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2020
- Two authors, both based in the US. APC is US$3500.

"Migration and the Politics of 'the Human': Confronting the Privileged Subjects of IR," International Relations, vol. 34, no. 3 (2020)
- Author is based in the UK. APC is US$3000.

"Necropolitics and the Slow Violence of the Everyday: Asylum Seeker Welfare in the Postcolonial Present," Sociology, vol. 54, no. 1 (2020) 
- Three authors, all based in the UK (two are refugee community researchers). APC is US$3000.

"Protecting Refugees Inside, Protecting Borders Abroad? Gender in the EU’s Responses to the ‘Refugee Crisis’," Political Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 3 (2020)
- Author is based in the Netherlands. APC is US$2995.

"The Resettlement of Vietnamese Refugees across Canada over Three Decades," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2020
- Author is based in Canada. APC is US$3500.

"Strangers in Hostile Lands: Exposure to Refugees and Right-Wing Support in Germany’s Eastern Regions," Comparative Political Studies, OnlineFirst, 13 Sept. 2020
- Three authors, with two based in Germany and one in US/Italy. APC is US$3000.

"UNHCR at 70: An Uncertain Future for the International Refugee Regime," Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, vol. 26, no. 3 (2020)
- Author is based in the UK. APC is normally US$2350; in this case, though, the author was invited to contribute a piece and agreed to do so, subject to the text being open access without an APC payment.  

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 US unless otherwise indicated.

Articles:

"Sexual Violence and Future Harm: Lessons from Asylum Law," Utah Law Review, vol. 20, no. 1 (2020)

"The Travel Ban, Judicial Deference, and the Legacy of Korematsu," Howard Law Journal, vol. 63, no 2 (2020) 
- Author is based in New Zealand.

Law review issue:

Denver Law Review, vol. 97, no. 4 (2020)
- Mix of 6 articles focusing on citizenship and immigration topics in the US.

Related post:

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

Governing Refugees Through a Politics of Uncertainty: Insights from Lebanon (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

"Jordan Returns Refugees to Desolate Syrian Border Camp, Rights Groups Cry Foul," The New Humanitarian, 16 Sept. 2020 [text]

Migrant Disaster in Libya Stoked by EU Strategy (ISS Today, Sept. 2020) [text]

"Overlapping Crises in Lebanon Fuel a New Migration to Cyprus," The New Humanitarian, 21 Sept. 2020 [text]

Recognition beyond RSD: Civil and Legal Documentation for Syrian Refugees in Jordan (RLI Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Supporting Refugee-led Innovation in Algeria (UNHCR Innovation Service, Sept. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Anticipatory Report: Effective Humanitarian Response to Beirut Blast Requires Efficient Referral Pathways (Danish Refugee Council, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

‘Between life and death’: Refugees and Migrants Trapped in Libya’s Cycle of Abuse (Amnesty International, Sept. 2020) [text]

Choiceless Departures and Involuntary Immobility: Forced Migration from the Gulf States to Africa, Rights in Exile Policy Paper (International Refugee Rights Initiative, Sept. 2020) [text]
- See also earlier related blog post.

"The Crime of Hunger: Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis," e-International Relations, 17 Sept. 2020 [text]

The Jordan Compact (MAGYC Project, Aug. 2020) [text]

Learning Report: Casablanca's Shifting Urban Context for Migrants (Start Network, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Leave No One Behind for an Inclusive and Just Recovery Process in Post-Blast Beirut (UNDP, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration in West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean: Trends, Risks, Development and Governance (IOM, 2020) [full-text]

"Petitioning for Palestine: Refugee Appeals to International Authorities," Contemporary Levant, Latest Articles, 7 Sept. 2020 [free full-text]

Protection Context for Migrants Passing through Yemen: A Baseline 2019 (Meraki Labs, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugees in Egypt: Practices and Prospective Law, Thesis (American Univ. in Cairo, 2020) [text]

Returning Home? Conditions in Syria, Not Lebanon, Drive the Return Intentions of Syrian Refugees (Innovations for Poverty Action, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syrian Refugees - Iraq: Humanitarian Inter-Agency Achievements, Information Kit, no. 19 (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related posts:



Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

The Child’s Right to a Nationality and Childhood Statelessness: Texts and Materials
 (UNICEF & ISI, Aug. 2020) [full-text]
- "A course book on children’s right to nationality and childhood statelessness produced by ISI in partnership with UNICEF to introduce basic concepts and build the capacity of UNICEF staff members and civil society organizations."

Factsheets (McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Sept. 2020) [access]
- A set of introductions to statelessness, relevant international laws, and other related issues.

"Future of Citizenship Laws in India with Special Reference to Implementation of NRC in Assam," Journal of Legal Studies and Research, vol. 6, no. 4 (Aug. 2020) [open access]

"The Law’s Broken Promises to Stateless Persons," Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 26, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Protecting Stateless Refugees in the United States," Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 26, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

"Rewriting India: The Construction of the ‘Hindutva’ Citizen in the Indian State," Third World Approaches to International Law Review: Reflections, no. 22 (June 2020) [full-text]

"The Right to a Nationality: No Time to be Complacent," Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 26, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

Les Risques d'Apatridie au Mali et pour les Maliens Vivant à l'Etranger (UNHCR, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Stateless Transnational Migrant Children in South Africa: Implications and Opportunities for Social Work Intervention," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 6, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2020) [open access]

Statelessness in Numbers 2020: An Overview and Analysis of Global Statistics (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Aug. 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Achieving Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, 23 Sept. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Apatridia y Asilo: Hacia una Ley Integral de Protección Internacional que Incluya la Apatridia, Webinar, 30 Sept. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Citizenship Revocation: Comparative Perspectives and Challenges, Webinar, 22 Sept. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Closing Protection Gaps: Addressing Statelessness in Europe, Webinar, 22 Sept. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Stateless Persons and Refugees in Australia, Webinar, 26 Aug. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Índice Apatridia: Conversaciones sobre la Base de Datos más Completa de la Apatridia en España, Webinar, 23 Sept. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: El Acceso a la Nacionalidad Española por Parte de Personas Apátridas: La Necesaria Reforma del Código Civil, 7 October 2020 [info]
- Scroll to bottom of page to register.

Webinar: Together We Can: A Consortium to Protect the Stateless in Times of COVID-19, 8 October 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Côte d’Ivoire Adopts Africa’s First Legal Process to Identify and Protect Stateless People (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

A European without a Country (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Experiencing the Anticipation of Statelessness: A South Asian Perspective of Mass Exclusion from Citizenship (Critical Statelessness Studies Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

More Progress on Statelessness in Central Asia as Turkmenistan Becomes Latest Country to Champion Universal Birth Registration (UNHCR, Aug. 2020) [text]

The Need for a Residence Permit for Stateless People in Belgium (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

On Stateless Activism and True Engagement (Critical Statelessness Studies Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

A Stateless Person’s Take on ‘Stateless’ (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Statelessness Determination in Europe and Beyond: Trends and Good Practices (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Statelessness in a Global Pandemic: An Old Problem in the Face of a New Threat - A Statement by the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) to the 16th Southern African Civil Society Forum (Aug. 2020) [text]

Time for All Nationality Laws to Uphold Women and Men’s Equality, says UN and Civil Society Leaders (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

Understanding and Addressing Childhood Statelessness in the UK: Introducing Our New Project (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Dominican Republic Move on Citizenship (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Move to Strengthen Healthcare for Stateless Students (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Thailand.

Related post:


29 September 2020

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

New book:

Migrants and Religion: Paths, Issues, and Lenses - A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Sited Study on the Role of Religious Belongings in Migratory and Integration Processes
 (Brill, Sept. 2020) [open access]
- "Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original empirical evidence, the book provides unique data and insights on the role of religion in the trajectories of asylum seekers and migrants – from the analysis of the religious geography of sending countries to the role of spirituality as a factor of resilience and adaptation."

Journal articles:

"Doing and Allowing Harm to Refugees," Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, vol. 18, no 3 (2020) [open access]

"Migration and the Politics of 'the Human': Confronting the Privileged Subjects of IR," International Relations, vol. 34, no. 3 (2020) [open access]

"'My life as a second-class human being': Experiences of a Refugee Academic," Education and Conflict Review, vol. 3 (2020) [open access]

"Open Borders and the COVID-19 Pandemic," Democratic Theory: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 7, no. 2 (2020) [free full-text]

"UNHCR at 70: An Uncertain Future for the International Refugee Regime," Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, vol. 26, no. 3 (2020) [open access]
- Note: Another article in this issue also reflects on "UNHCR at 70," but it is not open access.

Related post:


Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Sport in Society [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Sport and Refugees: Displacement, Migration, and Settlement Journeys." (See also below for new resource on sport and refugees.)

Press:

"World Grows Less Accepting of Migrants," Gallup News, 23 Sept. 2020 [text]
- "[F]irst of two articles analyzing the results from Gallup's second administration of its Migrant Acceptance Index."

"Canada No. 1 for Migrants, U.S. in Sixth Place," Gallup News, 23 Sept. 2020 [text]
- "[S]econd of two articles analyzing the results from Gallup's second administration of its Migrant Acceptance Index."

Reports:

Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2019 (PRIO, Sept. 2020) [text]

COVID-19 Global Trends and Analyses: Refugees, Economic Impacts of COVID-19 (Burnet Inst., Sept. 2020) [text]
- Scroll to pp. 6-9 for impact on refugees.

Immobility as the Ultimate “Migration Disrupter”: An Initial Analysis of COVID-19 Impacts through the Prism of Securitization, Migration Research Series, no. 64 (IOM, Sept. 2020) [text]

Integrating Migration into COVID‑19 Socio‑Economic Response: A Toolkit for Development Partners (IOM, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also Spanish version.

Internal Displacement 2020: Mid-Year Update (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Sept. 2020) [text]
- See also related IDMC blog post.

Internal Displacement Index 2020 Report (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Sept. 2020) [text]
- The IDI is a "new way to more comprehensively measure global progress on internal displacement."

Migration and the 2030 Agenda: Making Everyone Count - Migrants and Refugees in the Sustainable Development Goals, D.I.E. Briefing Paper, no. 11 (German Development Institute, 2020) [text]

Repurposing Frozen Assets to Assist the Forcibly Displaced (World Refugee & Migration Council, Sept. 2020) [text]

Resources:

Deeply Humanitarian [access]
- "The New Humanitarian is the new home of News Deeply’s archive of some 5,000 issue-driven, award-winning articles on topics ranging from refugees to Ebola to peacebuilding."

Sport and Refugees (sportanddev, Sept 2020) [access]
- Created as part of a special Week of Action on Sport and Refugees, 21-27 Sept. 2020, "this section will be particularly useful to organisations who use sport in their work with refugees or who would like to in the near future. It provides background on the topic, information and links to key resources, and guidance and advice on some of the key considerations when working with refugees." See also a series of related news stories as well as an article on "scientific research on sport, refugees, and forced displacement."

Related post:



Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

 Journal articles & books/book chapters:

"Conflict Resolution as Cultural Brokerage: How Refugee Leaders Mediate Disputes in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (June 2020) [postprint]
- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 2 May 2021.

“Knocked by Opportunity: The Limits of Work, Education and Futures for South Sudanese Refugees in the Adjumani Refugee Setting, Northern Uganda,” Chapter in Youth, Education and Work in (Post-)conflict Areas (University of Groningen, 2020) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 57.

Migration in West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean: Trends, Risks, Development and Governance (IOM, 2020) [full-text]
- "This edited volume provides comprehensive evidence on migration from and within West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean. It highlights migrants’ agency and contribution to transnational development, as well as the inequalities that shape migration and the risks that migrants are exposed to. The volume is divided in four sections, dedicated to migration trends, risks, development and governance. The volume features contributions from different IOM offices, as well as from other international organisations, research institutions and civil society organisations."

Reports:

Baidoa Municipality Initiatives on Population Displacement and Urbanisation: Key Lessons Learned and the Way Forward (Research & Evidence Facility Consortium, Aug. 2020) [text]

Being a Refugee in Sudan: 2019 Participatory Assessment Report (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum: Questions and Answers (UNHCR & Govt. of South Sudan, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Costly Protection: Corruption in South Africa’s Asylum System (Lawyers for Human Rights, Corruption Watch & Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, Sept. 2020) [text]

Localisation and Participation within the Rollout of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Kenya (Research & Evidence Facility Consortium, Sept. 2020) [text]

Migration on Routes within and from West and Central Africa (IOM, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Population Movement Baseline Report: Movement and Displacement in South Sudan, 1983-2019 (REACH, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

“They Have Robbed Me of My Life”: Xenophobic Violence Against Non-Nationals in South Africa (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2020) [text]

'We didn’t think it would happen to us': Mapping of CwC Activities along the Central Mediterranean Route (Transcultural Campaigning, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Note: CwC = Communicating with Communities. Focuses on "persons from Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia."

Related post:

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

African and European Migration Diplomacy: A Checklist and Suggested Future Direction (MPC Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]
- "This blog assesses African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) ‘migration diplomacy’ with a focus on the African perspective to think through implications for policy, governance and international cooperation."

Cash Transfers Can Help Refugees, But They also Carry Risks. Insights from Kenya (The Conversation, Sept. 2020) [text]

The Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Refugees in Kampala (FluchtforschungsBlog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Politicians Divided South Sudanese Refugees. Sport Can Re-unite Us (African Arguments, Sept. 2020) [text]

Refugees and Migrants: A Blind Spot in Ghana’s Covid-19 Response? (Kujenga Amani Blog, July 2020) [text]

Regimes of Othering: Unpacking the Migration-Security Nexus (Kujenga Amani Blog, July 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Kenya. 

"The Spaces in Between: Social Memory at Dzaleka Refugee Camp," Routed Magazine, no. 11 (Aug. 2020) [text]
- Note: Dzaleka Refugee Camp is in Malawi.

'They have to give us our 100% food ration back" (African Arguments, Sept. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on South Sudanese in Uganda.

"UN Staff in Uganda Accused of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation," The New Humanitarian, 17 Sept. 2020 [text]

What are the Social Dynamics between Refugees and Their Ethiopian Hosts? (Development for Peace Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Why South Africa’s New Plan to Fortify Its Borders Won’t Stop Irregular Migration (The Conversation, Sept. 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

3rd Regional Conference on Forced Migration, Kampala, 6-7 Nov. 2019 [access]
- Theme of the conference was "Refugee Futures: Establishing Frameworks for Analysis within the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa." "This 10-minute video...highlights some of the critical issues discussed on reception, employment, education, climate change in the context of forced migration, child trafficking, self-reliance, citizenship, language training and long-term integration of refugees within the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa."

Related post:

28 September 2020

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

 Books & book chapters:

"How Clinical Legal Education is Crossing Borders?," Chapter in Epistemic Communities at the Boundaries of Law: Clinics as a Paradigm in the Revolution of Legal Education in the European Mediterranean Context (Ledizioni LediPublishing, 2019) [access]
- Scroll to p. 141.

Migration in West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean: Trends, risks, development and governance (IOM, 2020) [full-text]
- "This edited volume provides comprehensive evidence on migration from and within West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean. It highlights migrants’ agency and contribution to transnational development, as well as the inequalities that shape migration and the risks that migrants are exposed to. The volume is divided in four sections, dedicated to migration trends, risks, development and governance. The volume features contributions from different IOM offices, as well as from other international organisations, research institutions and civil society organisations."

"Regional Regimes: Europe," Chapter in Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law (Oxford Univ. Press, Forthcoming 2021) [preprint]

Journal articles:

"The Appeal of Civil Disobedience in the Central Mediterranean: German Responses to the June 2019 Mission of the Sea-Watch 3," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 2, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"The Common European Asylum System: Balancing Mutual Trust Against Fundamental Rights Protection," German Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 6 (Sept. 2020) [open access]

"Contesting language policy for asylum seekers in the Northern periphery: the story of Tailor F," Language Policy, Latest Articles, 16 Sept. 2020 [open access]

"Human Rights References in Norway’s Readmission Agreements: (How) Do They Protect?," Nordic Journal of Human Rights, vol. 38, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Innovative strategies for the reception of asylum seekers and refugees in European cities: multi-level governance, multi-sector urban networks and local engagement," Comparative Migration Studies, 8:30 (Sept. 2020) [open access]
- Editorial for special collection of articles.

"Necropolitics and the Slow Violence of the Everyday: Asylum Seeker Welfare in the Postcolonial Present," Sociology, vol. 54, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"The reception system for asylum seekers and refugees in Italy: a case of a new total institution?," Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit, vol. 2 (2020) [open access]

"Strangers in Hostile Lands: Exposure to Refugees and Right-Wing Support in Germany’s Eastern Regions," Comparative Political Studies, OnlineFirst, 13 Sept. 2020 [open access]

Related post:


Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: Access to Europe: Governing the entry of third-country nationals in the European Union, 29 September 2020 [info]

Call for participants: Advanced ELENA Course: Asylum in Europe: Ensuring Protection and Fundamental Rights Compliance, Marseille, 30-31 October 2020 [info]
- Note: The registration deadline has now been extended to 10 October 2020.

Blog posts & press:

"'Catastrophe for human rights’ as Greece steps up refugee ‘pushbacks'," The Guardian, 27 Sept. 2020 [text]

"How rescuing drowning migrants became a crime," The Guardian, 22 Sept. 2020 [text]

UNHCR: alleviating suffering and overcrowding in Greek islands’ reception centres must be part of the emergency response (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

Which constituencies receive the most asylum seekers? Privatisation and the politics of refugee dispersal in England (LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Why Ukraine needs a new approach to refugees (Atlantic Council Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

A sampling of commentary/reporting on the New European Pact on Migration, launched on 23 Sept. 2020:

Updates/reflections on the aftermath of Moria's fire:
  • "Greece: New Camp Filling Up, Conditions are Harsh and COVID on the Rise," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 25 Sept. 2020 [text]
  • Greece: update on Lesvos situation after Moria fires (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]
  • Greece’s Moria Tragedy: The Crash Test for the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (MPI Commentary, Sept. 2020) [text]
  • "Greek police move refugees to Lesbos tent camp after fire," The Guardian, 17 Sept. 2020 [text]
  • A Greek Tragedy in Moria: Asylum Seekers without Durable Solutions (Protect Project Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]
  • The (lack of) EU Migration Policy on fire: What can be learned from the Moria disaster? (Protect Project Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Reports:

Asylum statistics in Europe: Factsheet (ECRE, Sept. 2020) [text]

Information and Assessment: Advice on the use of country of origin information in the asylum procedure  (Dutch Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs, 2020) [text]

Protection risks along migration routes through North Africa to Italy, MMC Europe 4Mi Snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2020) [text]

Temporary asylum and cessation of refugee status in Scandinavia: policies, practices, and dilemmas, Occasional Paper (EMN Norway, 2020) [text]

Related posts:

Updated Resource: Collection of Papers

In an earlier post about news sources, I mentioned Jeff Crisp as a good person to follow on Twitter for a steady stream of links to news stories. He also happens to be a prolific writer, as you will see from this bibliography. References are organized in reverse chronological order.


Refugee Reflections: 
Commentary and Analysis 2013-2020

updated Sept. 2020

2020:

UNHCR at 70: an uncertain future for the international refugee regime’
Global Governance, September 2020

United Against Inhumanity, September 2020

The end of the road? Rejected asylum seekers in the Global South’ (with Elena Habersky)
Refugee Law Initiative, September 2020

United Against Inhumanity, July 2020

Saving lives and protecting human rights: why safe and legal routes are needed for refugees’
Migrant Offshore Aid Station, June 2020

After the Forum: new directions in global refugee policy’
Transnational Figurations of Displacement, January 2020

2019:

The New Humanitarian, December 2019

Comparative Network on Refugee Externalization Policies, November 2019

The Guardian, October 2019

Refugees are finding their own solutions - but are taking great risks in the process
Refugee Law Initiative, June 2019

Review of ‘Refuge lost: asylum law in an interdependent world
Journal of Refugee Studies, March 2019

2018:

A global academic network on refugees: some unanswered questions
International Journal of Refugee Law, December 2018

As the world abandons refugees, UNHCR’s constraints are exposed
Refugees Deeply, September 2018

Leaving Libya by boat: what happens after disembarkation?
International Refugee Rights Initiative, April 2018

Beware the notion that better data lead to better outcomes for refugees and migrants
Chatham House, March 2018

Refugees Deeply, January 2018

Operation Sovereign Borders: a prehistory’,
Inside Story, January 2018

2017:

Review of ‘Refugees in extended exile: living on the edge
Journal of Refugee Studies, December 2017

The Global Compact on Refugees: what can we expect?
Refugees International, December 2017

Bosphorus Migration, October 2017

New York Declaration on Refugees: a one-year report card
Refugees Deeply, September 2017

It’s far too early to talk of return for Syrian refugees
Chatham House, August 2017

The case against refugee camps
Refugees International, June 2017

Refugees: the Trojan horse of terrorism?
Open Democracy, June 2017

Focus on refugees risks neglecting the internally displaced
Chatham House, May 2017  

An inside account of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy
Refugees Deeply, April 2017

Finding space for protection: an inside account of the evolution of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy
Refuge, March 2017  

Trump era casts new shadow over refugees
Chatham House, January 2017

2016:

Safe and voluntary repatriation: from principle to practice’ (with Katy Long)
Journal on Migration and Human Security, September 2016

Minor miracle or historic failure ahead for UN summit?
Refugees Deeply, August 2016

A troubling tradition of excluding refugees
Refugees Deeply, May 2016

Can humanitarian summit create a Global Compact?
Refugees Deeply, May 2016

The Syrian refugee emergency: implications for state security and the international humanitarian system
Middle East Institute, April 2016

Protection and pragmatism: the EU-Turkey refugee deal in historical perspective
Open Democracy, March 2016

Can Europe rise to the refugee challenge?
Refugees International, January 2016

2015:

New border regime in the Balkans inequitable and illegal
The New Humanitarian, November 2015

A long way to go for Somali refugee returns’ (with Mark Yarnell)
Refugees International, November 2015

Zaatari: a camp and not a city
Refugees International, October 2015

Refugee settlement and self-reliance: new challenges for UNHCR
Refugees International, July 2015

Military madness in the Med
Oxford Department of International Development, June 2015

Australia and Europe: failing the world’s refugees
Asylum Insight, June 2015

Syria’s refugees: a global responsibility
Open Democracy, June 2015

Legal routes no easy fix to EU migration crisis
The New Humanitarian, April 2015

Sri Lanka’s unfinished humanitarian business
Refugees International, March 2015

Humanitarian responses alone won’t solve refugee crises
Right Now, February 2015

2014:

Resettlement: a new start in life?
Refugees International, December 2014

Get up, stand up: how serious is the UN’s new human rights initiative?
Refugees International, December 2014 

Myanmar: a tipping point for refugee rights?’ (with Sarnata Reynolds)
Refugees International, November 2014  

Humanitarian emergencies: a new funding formula?
Refugees International, October 2014

Local integration: thumbs up for Tanzania
Refugees International, October 2014

No rush to return for Kayin’s displaced
Refugees International, October 2014

No way of escape
Refugees International, September 2014

Out of camp, out of mind?
Refugees International, September 2014

Tough times for Syrian refugees in Egypt’ (with Daryl Grisgraber)
Refugees International, May 2014

Flight to Egypt
Refugees International, March 2014

Beyond emergency assistance: Syrian refugees in Jordan and Northern Iraq’ (with Daryl Grisgraber)
Refugees International, February 2014

Syrian refugees at risk
Refugees International, January 2014 

2013:

Let’s hear it for the hosts
Refugees International, December 2013  

Missing the boat: Europe’s asylum and immigration crisis
Open Democracy, November 2013 

From slow boil to breaking point: a real time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency’ (with Frances Voon et al)
UNHCR, July 2013 

Destination Delhi: a review of the implementation of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy in India’s capital city (with MaryBeth Morand)
UNHCR, July 2013

Related post:
New Resource: Collection of Papers on Refugee-related Issues (22 May 2012)


27 September 2020

A Few More Law-related Opportunities

My last posts on "Law/Policy Items" (Part 1 and Part 2) listed several opportunities with a legal focus. Since then, I have learned about a few more:

Call for registration: 2nd Asia Pro Bono Legal Community Workshop, 30 September 2020 [info]
- "This workshop is organized to further the global legal community’s pledge at the Global Refugee Forum to provide legal support to refugees and others forcibly displaced. The workshop will provide an opportunity for frank discussions with and between legal aid service providers and other NGOs around establishing pro bono projects with the private legal sector to meet the needs of refugees and others forcibly displaced."

Seminars: 11th International Refugee Law Seminar Series, Oct. 2020-March 2021 [info]
- Organized by the Refugee Law Initiative and the  Platform on Disaster Displacement. The theme of this series is "Human Mobility, Natural Hazards and Policy Responses." The first seminar will be held on 7 October 2020 and will discuss climate refugees.
 
PROTECT Expert Forum 2020: Opportunity or Threat: Receiving Refugees in Europe and the Effects of the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migrants, Geneva, 13-14 November 2020 [info]
- "The legal nature of the Compact has been much vexed – while it is not a legal instrument, it is a political commitment based on legal considerations. It was placed in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, the least legal of UN frameworks, yet is based on the principle of non-regression and upholding human rights generally and specifically for migrants. In this panel we will examine the Marrakesh Compact from the perspective of its added value to existing international norms which also cover migrants, in particular migrant workers."

CFP: AILA Law Journal [info]
- Contributions sought for the Spring 2021 edition. Submission deadline is 15 November 2020.



Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

New book:

Is America Fulfilling Its Promise? Safeguarding Legal Protections for Immigrants
 (New York State Bar Association, Sept. 2019) [full-text via SSRN]

Journal articles:

"Co-opting Coronavirus, Assailing Asylum," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35 (Forthcoming, 2021) [preprint]

Denver Law Review, vol. 97, no. 4 (2020) [full-text]
- Mix of 6 articles focusing on citizenship and immigration topics in the US, including the naturalization backlog, language access during the asylum process, TPS, using the encampment model to distance refugees, immigration detention, and anti-democratic immigration law. 

"Eliminating Asylum: The Effects of Trump Administration Policies," Health and Human Rights Journal, 24 Aug. 2020 [text]

"An Invisible Border Wall and the Dangers of Internal Agency Control," Lewis & Clark Law Review, vol. 25 (Forthcoming, 2021) [preprint]

"Lessons from Asylum Seekers: How Forensic Medical Evaluations Can Teach Us Things We Didn’t Learn in Medical School," Journal of General Internal Medicine, Latest Articles, 1 Sept. 2020 [text]

"Sites of (Mis)Translation: The Credible Fear Process in United States Immigration Detention," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35 (Forthcoming, 2021) [preprint]

"The Travel Ban, Judicial Deference, and the Legacy of Korematsu," Howard Law Journal, vol. 63, no 2 (2020) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 153.

"Un(avail)able Protection: The Shifting Legal Landscape in the Eighth Circuit and Beyond for Asylum-Seekers Fleeing Nonstate Persecution," Bender's Immigration Bulletin, vol. 25 (July 2020) [SSRN]

Related post:


Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

IACHR hearing: Human rights situation of migrants, refugees and unaccompanied children and adolescents in the region, 9 October 2020 [info]
- Scroll to p. 9 for Zoom link to register.

2020 Ainsworth lecture: The Immigration System:  How Did We Get Here and Is There a Path Forward?, 16 October 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Central American refugees stopped by Trump, then by pandemic," AP News, 13 Sept. 2020 [text]

Proposed 15-Day Filing Rule for Asylum Seekers is Designed to be Impossible (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]
- See also related analysis in this Twitter thread.

The Punishment of Immigrants in Times of Crisis: Evidence from 9/11 (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Religion and refugees are deeply entwined in the US (The Conversation, Sept. 2020) [text]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy on Immigration (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Whistleblower: DHS Suppressed Reports on Central America and Inflated Risk of Terrorist Border-Crossers (Just Security Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]
- See also related Asylumist and ImmigrationProf blog posts.

Reports:

After EOIR Fixes Most Egregious Data Errors, TRAC Releases New Asylum Data—But with a Warning (TRAC, Sept. 2020) [text]

Creating Refugees: Displacement Caused by the United States’ Post-9/11 Wars (Brown Univ., Sept. 2020) [text]

The Life and Death of Administrative Closure (TRAC, Sept. 2020) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

Pregnant Immigrants and Asylum Seekers During COVID-19 (Center for Reproductive Rights et al, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Entry Denied: COVID, 8 Sept. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

The U.S. Immigration Policymaker-in-Chief: The Long History of Executive Authority over Immigration, Webinar, 10 September 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video and audio recordings.

Related posts:

25 September 2020

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

 Journal articles:

"La Contribución de las Refugiadas Colombianas a la Agenda Global de Desarrollo a Través de su Empoderamiento en la Acción Colectiva para la Defensa de los Derechos," Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo, vol. 9, no. 1 (2020) [full-text]

"Hegemonic Masculinities after Forced Migration: Exploring Relational Performances of Syrian Refugee Men in The Netherlands," Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, Latest Articles, 1 July 2020 [open access]

"Help-seeking, Trust and Intimate Partner Violence: Social Connections amongst Displaced and Non-displaced Yezidi Women and Men in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq," Conflict and Health
14:61 (Aug. 2020) [open access]

International Affairs, vol. 96, no. 5 (2020) [access]
- Includes special section on "Sexual Violence in the Wrong(ed) Bodies: Moving Beyond the Gender Binary in International Relations." One article is open access and the other four are freely available until the end of 2020.

"Protecting Refugees Inside, Protecting Borders Abroad? Gender in the EU’s Responses to the ‘Refugee Crisis’," Political Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 3 (2020) [open access]

"Sexual Violence against Migrants and Asylum Seekers: The Experience of the MSF Clinic on Lesvos Island, Greece," PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239187 (Sept. 2020) [open access]

"Sexual Violence and Future Harm: Lessons from Asylum Law," Utah Law Review, vol. 20, no. 1 (2020) [full-text]
- Note the erratum.

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Moria’s Male Refugees Need Help Just as Much as Anyone Else (Bliss Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Prioritising ‘Well-being’ amongst Refugees Living in Fragile Settings through the Framework of Culture and Inclusion (Bliss Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Somali refugee women in Kenay.

The Quest for Gender Based Asylum: Exploring ‘Women’ as a Particular Social Group (IntLawGrrls, Aug. 2020) [text]

Refugee Women and Girls Championing Fight against Human rights Violations (UNSW News, Sept. 2020) [text]
- Research project.

Reports:

Protecting Women and Girls in Refugee Camps: States’ Obligations under International Law (LSE, 2019) [text]

"Savoirs Féministes et Expertise de Genre à l'Epreuve des Crises des Personnes Réfugiées au Kenya et en Jordanie," Chapter in Savoirs Féministes au Sud: Expertes en Genre et Tournant Décolonial, Cahiers Genre et Développement, no. 11 (L’Harmattan, 2019) [ResearchGate]

Syrian Refugee Men in Za‘tari Camp: Humanitarianism, Masculinities, and “Vulnerabilities” (Civil Society Knowledge Centre, July 2020) [text]

“What We Lost in Syria, We Had Already Lost in Palestine:” Uncovering Stories Across Generations of Palestinian Women Born in Syria (Civil Society Knowledge Centre, July 2020) [text]

Women and Girls Safe Spaces in Rohingya Camps (CARE, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:



23 September 2020

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 33, no. 2, June 2020 include:
  • Conflict resolution as cultural brokerage: how refugee leaders mediate disputes in Uganda’s refugee settlements [abstract] [postprint]
  • Layered journeys: Experiences of fragmented journeys among young Afghans in Greece and Norway [open access]
  • Forced Migration Magnitude and violence in international crises: 1945–2015 [free full-text]
  • Resilience in liminality: how resilient moves are being negotiated by asylum-seeking families in the liminal context of asylum procedures [abstract]
  • Causes of family separation and barriers to reunification: Syrian refugees in Jordan [abstract] [ResearchGate]
  • Double-edged risk: unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs) in Sweden and their search for safety [abstract] [ResearchGate]
  • Education for Humanity: higher education for refugees in resource-constrained environments through innovative technology [abstract] [ResearchGate]
  • Motivations to Help: Local Volunteer Humanitarians in US Refugee Resettlement [abstract] [ResearchGate]

Seven book reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.


22 September 2020

Last Minute Opportunities: September 2020

 Global Protection Forum 2020 [info]
- "This Global Protection Forum will consist in a mix of webinars with large audiences, thematic and geographic virtual discussion on priority issues organized in four segments of (1) Thematic events, (2) Technical events, (3) operational footprints events (4) and a High-level event." Check the calendar for upcoming events this month.

Spotlight on Hotspots and the New EU Migration Pact, Webinar, 23 September 2020 [info]

UNHCR NGO Innovation Award 2020 [info]
- Theme is "Refugee-led Organizations in the COVID-19 Response." Submit nominations by 25 September 2020.

Access to Europe: Governing the Entry of Third-country Nationals in the European Union, Webinar, 29 September 2020 [info]

Reminder: COVID-19 Survey on Immigration Detention [info]
- Deadline for input is 30 September 2020.

See other September opportunities here.