This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the
global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in
the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Articles are included if
either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS.
These references are organized by
type of open access. Also listed are book chapters and complete issues of OA periodicals
published in the global South. The OA items herein were previously referenced
on this blog as of 1 July 2021.
Diamond OA:
"Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs in Displacement: How a Stateless Person from Syria Became a Refugee and Community Helper
in Iraq," Intervention Journal, vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan.-June 2021)
- Authors (2) = Iraq
"The Black Holes of Lesbos: Life and Death at Moria Camp - Border Violence, Asylum, and Racisms at the Edge of Postcolonial Europe," Intersections: East European Journal of Society and Politics, vol. 7, no. 2 (2021)
- Author = Mexico
"Breaking the Presumption That Applicants of Statelessness Determination
Procedures are Foreign," Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 3, no. 1
(2021)
- Author = Dominican Republic
"'In Exile, the Woman Became Everything': Middle-Aged Syrian Women’s
Contributions to Family Livelihoods during Protracted Displacement in
Jordan," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021)
- Authors (5) = UK (2, incl. lead), Jordan (3)
"Las Migraciones: Evolucion, Evaluacion y Coyuntura," Revista Peruana de
Derecho Internacional, vol. LXXI, no. 167 (Jan.-April 2021)
- Author = Peru
"A Peculiar Leap in the Protection of Asylum Seekers: The Inter-American
Court of Human Rights' Jurisprudence on the Protection of Asylum Seekers,"
The Age of Human Rights Journal, no. 16 (2021)
- Author = Egypt
"People's Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in
Africa," Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021)
- Author = Cameroon
"Preparedness for Education to Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh: Potentials and Challenges to Citizenship Education," Journal of Social
Science Education, vol. 20, no. 2 (2021)
- Author = Hungary/Bangladesh
"Towards Attaining the Recommended Humanitarian Sphere Standards of Sanitation in Bidibidi Refugee Camp Found in Yumbe District, Uganda," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:17 (July 2021)
- Authors (3) = Uganda
Gold OA:
Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.
"Community-based Surveillance in Internally Displaced People’s Camps and Urban Settings during a Complex Emergency in Yemen in 2020," Conflict and Health, 15:54 (July 2021)
- Authors (7) = Yemen
- APC = USD 2590
"Locked up under Lockdown: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Migrant Population," Social Sciences & Humanities Open, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021)
- Authors (3) = Brunei Darussalam (2, incl. lead), Bangladesh (1)
- APC = USD 500
"A Naturalistic Evaluation of Group Integrative Adapt Therapy (IAT-G) with
Rohingya Refugees during the Emergency Phase of a Mass Humanitarian Crisis
in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," EClinicalMedicine, OnlineFirst, 11 June
2021
- Authors (10) = Australia (3, incl. lead), Bangladesh (3),
Bangladesh/Malaysia (2), Afghanistan (1), Bangladesh/Switzerland (1)
- APC = USD 3500
"No Rights, No Freedom: The Kafala System and the Plight of African Migrants in the Middle East," Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol.
18, no. 1 (April-June 2021)
- Authors (2) = South Africa
- APC = USD 105
"Protecting Refugee Students’ Wellbeing After Research," International
Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21 June 2021
- Author = Turkey
- APC = USD 1500
Green OA:
"Physical Health Symptoms among Ethiopian Returnees Who Were Trafficked Abroad," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol.
17, no. 2 (2021)
- Preprint version posted on ResearchSquare.
- Authors (2) = Ethiopia
"Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture Experiences of Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda: Health and Justice Responses," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 16, no. 4 (2020)
- Postprint version of article deposited in Coventry University (UK) IR.
- Authors (3) = UK (2, incl. lead), South Africa (1)
"Towards a Theory of Informal Supply Networks: An Exploratory Case Study of the Za'atari
Refugee Camp," Journal of Operations Management, Early View, 8 June 2021
- Preprint version posted on ResearchGate.
- Authors (3) = Jordan (lead), US (2)
Hybrid OA:
Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.
"Conflicts and Relative Deprivation in Ein El Hilweh: Palestinian Refugees in the Shadow of the Syrian Civil War," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021)
- Authors (2) = Sweden (lead), Lebanon
- APC = USD 3894
"Do Diaspora Engagement Policies Endure? An Update of the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX) to 2017," Global Policy Journal, vol. 12, no. 3 (May 2021)
- Authors (2) = Germany (lead), Germany/Mexico
- APC = USD 3100
"The Neglected Colonial Legacy of the 1951 Refugee Convention," International Migration, vol. 59, no. 4 (2021)
- Authors (3) = Kenya (lead), Germany, UK
- APC = USD 2750
"Perceptions about the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 22, no. 2 (June 2021)
- Authors (2) = Turkey/Germany, Jordan
- APC = USD 2780
Book chapters:
"A Border on the Move: The Ukrainian-Russian Frontier from the Soviet Collapse to the Conflict in Donbas," Chapter in Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2020/2021, transcript Verlag, June 2021
- Scroll to p. 139.
- Author = Ukraine
"Lessons Learned Between Ebola and COVID-19: Border Politics and Securitization of Migration Flows in West Africa," Chapter in Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2020/2021, transcript Verlag, June 2021
- Scroll to p. 87.
- Author = United Arab Emirates
Periodical issues:
Cadernos EBAPE.BR, vol. 19, no. 2 (April-June 2021)
- Special issue on "Refugees/Displaced People in the Workplace," with a focus on Brazil. Published by the Fundação Getulio Vargas, based in Brazil.
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