Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Seminar: Co-Producing research between academics, NGOs, and communities in humanitarian response, 16 June 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Explainer: The Global Compact on Refugees (RI Blog, June 2021) [text]

Morocco ‘weaponized’ migration to punish Spain. That’s more common than you think (Monkey Cage, June 2021) [text]

"On COVID vaccinations for refugees, will the world live up to its promises?," The New Humanitarian, 8 June 2021 [text]

Tracking Transnational Repression: Next Steps for the State Department’s Human Rights Reports (Just Security Blog, June 2021) [text]

UNHCR congratulates the Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"At 70, has the 1951 Refugee Convention seen its day?," International Migration, vol. 59, no. 3 (June 2021) [free full-text]

"Ethics-driven policy framework for implementation of movement restrictions in pandemics," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 6 (June 2021) [open access]

- Uses India as a case study.

Including Migrants and Communities in Socio-economic Recovery: Experiences from the UNDP-IOM Partnership (June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 6 (June 2021) [open access]

Same old, same old? Are we seeing a resurfacing of the North–South divide in GCM implementation? (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2021) [text]

"Studying Intimacies that Matter: Affective Assemblages in Research Interviews with Forced Migrants," NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Latest Articles, 22 Feb. 2021 [open access]

- "The research question is how affect influences research interview situations and what effects these affective assemblages have on all involved."

"Supporting rebels and hosting refugees: Explaining the variation in refugee flows in civil conflicts," Journal of Peace Research, OnlineFirst, 26 May 2021 [open access]

Thematic Papers on Fragile & Forced Displacement Contexts: Recommendations for the World Bank Group and Other Investors (InterAction, June 2021) [text]

- "InterAction’s Forced Displacement Working Group (FDWG) developed five thematic papers to provide the WBG and other investors an overview of key considerations and actionable recommendations when engaging in fragile and forced displacement settings." Topics covered are livelihoods, gender & inclusivity, early childhood development, legal identity, and HLP.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (29 May 2021)