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30 April 2022

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 April 2022)

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. Generally, 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. The OA items herein were previously referenced on this blog as of 1 April 2022.

Bronze OA:

"'Bidoons': A Statelessness Plight in Kuwait," Journal of Legal and Economic Studies, vol. 8, no. 1 (March 2022)
- Note: The text of this article is in English.
- Author = Egypt

"Violencia de género y migración: mujeres solicitantes de asilo y bajo protección internacional en México," UMH Sapientiae, vol. 2, no 1 (2021)
- Author = Mexico

Diamond OA:

"An Examination of the Legal and Policy Framework on Child Refugee Education in Kenya," Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022)
- Author = Kenya

"Gestión desbordada: solicitudes de asilo en Estados Unidos y los mecanismos de espera allende sus fronteras," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 13 (2022)
- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Human Interest Stories in the Coverage of Syrian Refugees: A Case Study from Turkey," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022)
- Authors (2) = Sweden (lead), Turkey

- Authors (2) = Egypt (lead), UK

"Migración venezolana y trata de personas: análisis del caso colombiano a partir de las relaciones y los instrumentos internacionales," OASIS, no. 35 (Jan.-June 2022)
- Authors (2) = Colombia

"The Migrant and Refugee Entrepreneur (of the Self): Vernacular Modes of Immaterial Labor as (Re)invention of the Self in the Destination Country," Brazilian Business Review, vol. 19, no. 2 (2022)
- Authors (2) = Brazil

"The Principle of Deterrence in the Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Pursuit of State Interest: A Legal Appraisal," Journal of Commercial and Property Law, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022)
- Author = Nigeria

"The Right to Water for Internally Displaced Persons in the Sahel Region," International Review of the Red Cross, FirstView, 9 March 2022
- Note: -  This is a delayed open access article. The full-text will eventually be made available on ICRC's website.
- Authors (2) = Morocco/South Africa (lead), Burkina Faso

- Authors (3) = Mexico

Gold OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) and other fees are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.

- Authors (6) = Brazil
- APC = USD 1910

"The Constitutionality of the National Health Insurance Bill: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers," Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, vol. 25 (March 2022)
- Authors (3) = South Africa
- APC = This journal does not require payment of an APC but it does levy page fees of ZAR 180 (plus 15% VAT) per page. 

- Authors (3) = Uganda
- APC = USD 750

- Authors (3) = Jordan (2, incl. lead), UAE/Jordan (1)
- APC = USD 1000

"The Disappearance of Refugee Rights in South Africa," Obiter, vol. 43, no. 1 (2022)
- Author = South Africa
- Note: This journal does not require payment of an APC but it does levy page fees of ZAR 180 per page. 

"The Enduring Consequences of Conflict-related Sexual Violence: A Qualitative Study of Women Survivors in Northern Uganda," Conflict and Health, 16:16 (April 2022)
- Authors (3) = US (lead), Uganda (2)
- APC = USD 2790

- Authors (12) = Uganda
- APC = USD 2790

"Exploring the Challenges of Afghan Refugee Women Facing COVID-19: A Qualitative Study in Iran," Frontiers in Public Health, 31 March 2022
- Authors (4) = Iran
- APC = USD 2950

"From Food to Cash Assistance: Rethinking Humanitarian Aid in Yemen," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:11 (April 2022)
- Authors (3) = Qatar (2, incl. lead), Netherlands (1)
- APC = USD 790

"India and Refugee Law: Gauging India’s Position on Afghan Refugees," Laws, vol. 11, no. 2 (April 2022) 
- Authors (2) = India
- APC = CHF 1200

"Perceptions and Attitudes of the Local Community towards Urban Refugees Living in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study," Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, vol. 3, no. 3 (March 2022)
- Authors (5) = Uganda (4, incl. lead), US (1)
- Note: This journal does not require payment of an APC but it does charge a manuscript handling fee of USD 40. 

- Authors (3) = Zimbabwe
- APC = USD 1910

"The Right to Education of the Refugee Girl Affected by Armed Conflict in Kenya: Insights from the Jurisprudence of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child," Law, Democracy & Development, vol. 25, Spec. Iss. (2021)
- Author = Kenya
- Note: This journal does not require payment of an APC but it does levy page fees of ZAR 400 per page. 

"The Sexual and Reproductive Health Context of an Internally Displaced Persons' Camp in Northeastern Nigeria: Narratives of Girls and Young Women," Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 13 Jan. 2022
- Authors (5) = US (2, incl. lead), Nigeria (3)
- APC = USD 1900

"Vulnerabilities of Arab Refugees in Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review," Revista de Saúde Pública, vol. 56 (2022)
- Authors (4) = Brazil
- APC = USD 1200

Green OA:

"Rwandan Refugee Rights in Uganda: Between Law and Practice–Views from Below," ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, vol. XX-XXI (2020-21) 
- Preprint version published as a working paper of the Institute of Development Policy when the author was Scholar in Residence at the University of Antwerp.
- Author = Uganda

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.

"Disaster Aid? Mapping Historical Responses to Volcanic Eruptions from 1800–2000 in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean: Their Role in Creating Vulnerabilities," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 1 April 2022
- Authors (5) = UK (4, incl. lead), Trinidad (1)
- APC = USD 3350

"No Hope for the ‘Foreigners’: The Conflation of Refugees and Migrants in South Africa," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 15 April 2022
- Authors (2) = South Africa (lead), Germany 
- APC = USD 2995

"Vaccination of Ukrainian Refugees: Need for Urgent Action," Clinical Infectious Diseases, Advance Articles, 11 April 2022
- Authors (3) = Poland (2, incl. lead), Ukraine (1)
- APC = USD 4174

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29 April 2022

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Country Reports (AIDA, April 2022) 
- Updated profiles are available for Ireland, Spain and Switzerland.

Criminalization of humanitarian and other support and assistance to migrants and the defence of their human rights in the EU, ICJ Briefing Paper (International Commission of Jurists, April 2022) [text]

‘Flexible solidarity’ on the New Pact on Migration: Overcoming a collective action problem?, Working Paper (ASILE Project, March 2022) [text]

Protection, Saving Lives & Solutions for Refugees in Dangerous Journeys: Routes Towards the Central and West Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

Pushback Report 2021 (Mare Liberum, April 2022) [text]
- "This report takes a look at the violence used against people on the move at the Greek-Turkish maritime border in the Aegean Sea in 2021."

“They Just Left Me”: Asylum seekers, health, and access to healthcare in initial and contingency accommodation (Doctors of the World & Univ. of Birmingham, April 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Border Procedures in the European Union: How the Pact Ignored the Compacts," Laws, vol. 11, no. 3 (April 2022) [open access]

"Protecting Asylum Seekers and Migrants in the Context of the Rule of Law Crisis in EU Member States: The Recent Approach of the Court of Justice of the EU through the Lens of the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration," Laws, vol. 11, no. 3 (April 2022) [open access]

"Refugees, political bounding and the pandemic: material effects and experiences of categorisations amongst refugees in Scotland," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 April 2022 [open access]

"Who cares what the people think? Public attitudes and refugee protection in Europe," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, OnlineFirst, 26 April 2022 [open access]

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Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Note: The latest round-up of coverage relating to the invasion of Ukraine is available here.

News/commentary on UK developments:

How the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imperialism writ large (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Modelling UK Reception on Greece’s Failed Reception System (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

Nationality and Borders Act becomes law: five key changes explained (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

News comment: UNHCR’s Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]
- See also related Twitter thread.

"Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review," The Guardian, 25 April 2022 [text]

Rwanda–UK deal degrades refugee conventions and Africa’s approach (ISS Today, April 2022) [text]

The U.K. wants to send refugees to Rwanda. That’s become a trend (WP's Monkey Cage, April 2022) [text]

The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum (MPI Commentary, April 2022) [text]

The UK-Rwanda deal and its Incompatibility with International Law (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, April 2022) [text]

What Have We Become?: The UK Begins the Offshore Processing of People Seeking Asylum (Refugee Research Online, April 2022) [text]

Blog posts & press:

"Denmark in talks with Rwanda on transfer of asylum-seekers," Reuters, 20 April 2022 [text]

Europe’s Border Crimes: Bridging the Impunity Gap for the Enforced Disappearance of Migrants in the Mediterranean Graveyard (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

France: comment demander l’asile depuis Calais? (InfoMigrants, April 2022) [text]

Mobility and Sanctuary: How to Revive Asylum in Europe (Oxford Human Rights Hub, April 2022) [text]

"Revealed: EU border agency involved in hundreds of refugee pushbacks," The Guardian, [text]

The Role of NGOs within Search and Rescue Activities at Sea (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, April 2022) [text]

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Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunities:

Online discussions: Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students are Changing the Future of Education [info]
- Ongoing conversation series, with sessions taking place every Tuesday during May and up to 21 June 2022.

Conference: Refugee Education Reimagined: A Pedagogy of Hope, Oslo, 20 May 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Bangladesh Closes Rohingya Camp Private Schools," VOA News, 14 April 2022 [text]

Brick by brick: Students’ policy ideas to help refugees make their way to the real UN (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]
- Note: Winners of the 2021 Model UN Refugee Challenge are listed here.

Reports & journal articles:

Aspiration and Access to Primary and Secondary Education for Internally Displaced Children in Pakistan, RID Working Paper, no. 20 (Researching Internal Displacement, April 2022) [text]

"Delineating caveats for (quality) education during displacement: Critiquing the impact of forced migration on access to education," Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 2 (July 2021) [ResearchGate]
- Focuses on IDPs in Zimbabwe.

"An Examination of the Legal and Policy Framework on Child Refugee Education in Kenya," Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Niñez migrante y educación: Acceso y permanencia de niñas, niños y adolescentes venezolanos en Lima y La Libertad (Save the Children, April 2022) [text]
- See also related press release in Spanish and English.

A Path Forward: Building a Future for Refugee Students Through Post-Secondary Education (Jesuit Refugee Service, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The right to education of the refugee girl affected by armed conflict in Kenya: insights from the jurisprudence of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child," Law, Democracy & Development, vol. 25, Spec. Iss. (2021) [open access]

Second Language Assessment Issues in Refugee and Migrant Children’s Integration and Education: Assessment Tools and Practices for Young Students with Refugee and Migrant Background in Greece
https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/82

"Teacher candidates’ ideological tensions and covert metaphors about Syrian refugees in Turkey: Critical discourse analysis of telecollaboration," Linguistics and Education, vol. 69 (June 2022) [free full-text]

"UK University Initiatives Supporting Forced Migrants: Acts of Resistance or the Reproduction of Structural Inequalities?," Migration & Society, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Harvard EdCast: How We Can Better Support Refugees in Education, 7 April 2022 [access] 
- See also related news story.

Right Where We Belong Conversation Series [access]
- Follow the link for recordings of discussions that have already taken place.

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28 April 2022

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Blog posts & press:

"For Guatemalan Women Fleeing Gender-Based Violence, a Long Road to Asylum in US," KQED, 12 April 2022 [text]

"How a Supreme Court abortion ruling may harm refugee women," NY Daily News, 20 April 2022 [text]

Reports: 

Bangladesh: Protection implications of polygamous marriages in the Rohingya camps (ACAPS, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Violencia basada en género y mujeres en contextos de movilidad humana en Tapachula, México (HIAS & Save the Children, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

“We Don’t Walk in Separate Lines Anymore, We Walk Together”: Engaging Families to Build the Protective Assets of Adolescent Girls in Humanitarian Settings (Women's Refugee Commission, Mercy Corps & Washington Univ. at St. Louis, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

The women and children of Syria’s widow camps: Hardest to reach, most at risk (World Vision, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Assessment of the availability of sexual and reproductive healthcare for Venezuelan migrant women during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic at the north-western border of Brazil-Venezuela," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 5 (2022) [open access]

"Curing What Ails U.S. (Asylum Law): Dismantling the Mythology of 'Private Violence' Undergirding Matter of A-B-," Willamette Journal of Social Justice & Equity, vol. 4, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Diffusion of Soft Immigration Law: Evidence from Asylum Adjudication in the Wake of Matter of A-B-," Montana Law Review, vol. 83, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"The enduring consequences of conflict-related sexual violence: a qualitative study of women survivors in northern Uganda," Conflict and Health, 16:16 (April 2022) [open access]

"Forced migration and reproductive rights: Pregnant women fleeing Venezuela," ACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional, no. 15 (2022) [open access]

"From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy," Laws, vol. 11, no. 2 (March 2022) [open access]

"International migrants' right to sexual and reproductive health care," International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 157, no. 1 (April 2022) [free full-text]

"'Most of the cases are very similar': Documenting and corroborating conflict-related sexual violence affecting Rohingya refugees," BMC Public Health, 22:700 (April 2022) [open access]

"Pervasive irregular migration and the vulnerabilities of irregular female migrants at Plumtree border post in Zimbabwe," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 5 (2022) [open access]

"Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on Refugee Women’s Journeys," Interdisciplinary Journal of International Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Sexual Privacy and Persecution," UCLA Law Review Discourse, vol. 70 (Forthcoming, 2022) [preprint]*

*"Violencia de género y migración: mujeres solicitantes de asilo y bajo protección internacional en México," UMH Sapientiae, vol. 2, no 1 (2021) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Refugee Women’s Inclusion in Peace Agreements and Peacebuilding in Africa, 14 April 2022 [access]

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Round-up: Ukraine

Opportunities:

Panel Discussion: Refugees and the War in Ukraine, 29 April 2022 [info]

Webinar: Public Narratives on Refugees: Sustaining Solidarity in Times of Crisis, 4 May 2022 [info]

Webinar: Temporary Protection for People Fleeing the War in Ukraine. Challenges Ahead and the Way Forward for a Common EU Response, 5 May 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Biden Administration Creates New Parole Program for Ukrainians (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2022) [text]
- See also related PBS News Hour article.

Discussion Forum: EU Temporary Protection Responses to the  Ukraine War and the Future of the EU Asylum System [access]
- "The Forum features a kick-off Paper, followed by contributions written by renowned refugee law and policy scholars." Currently, there are 8 contributions. The forum will run until the end of May 2022.

Facebook group helps Ukrainian refugees with autistic children (InfoMigrants, April 2022) [text]

Have Ukrainians been persecuted? (Niskanen Center Commentary, April 2022) [text]

"Here’s what Ukrainians with disabilities face as we cope with war," The New Humanitarian, 18 April 2022 [text]

*"‘I hope we’ll get through this’: the Ukrainian refugees arriving in Tijuana," The Guardian, 28 April 2022 [text]

‘Nobody wants to run from the war’ – a voice from Ukraine’s displaced millions describes the conflicting pulls of home, family and safety (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Providing temporary protection to Ukrainians: what the U.S. can learn from the EU (Niskanen Center Commentary, April 2022) [text]

Research helping to amplify Ukrainian refugee voices (Monash Univ., April 2022) [text]

"Stateless Ukrainians: No nationality and now, no home," Al Jazeera, 26 April 2022 [text]

Ukraine refugees need urgent, ongoing health care. We’ve worked in refugee camps and there’s a right way to do it (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

UNHCR and partners call for urgent support for refugees from Ukraine and their hosts (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

"What the EU’s policy toward Ukrainians may mean for other refugees," The New Humanitarian, 21 April 2022 [text]

Why Is the UN Collecting the Biometric Data of Ukrainian Refugees? (Infosecurity, April 2022) [text]

Reports & articles:

Guidance on vaccination and prevention of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks for countries hosting refugees from Ukraine (WHO, April 2022 update) [text]
- See also related supplement on "Obtaining proof of vaccination status and assessing vaccination records of refugees from Ukraine."

Situation Overview: Movement of Ukrainians back into Ukraine from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova (UNHCR, April 2022) [infographic]

Ukraine Conflict: Addressing Acute Needs, Protecting Displaced Populations and Maintaining Food Systems (WFP, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Updated Information Sheet: Measures in Response to the Arrival of Displaced People Fleeing the War in Ukraine (ECRE, updated 25 April 2022) [text]

"Vaccination of Ukrainian Refugees: Need for Urgent Action," Clinical Infectious Diseases, Advance Articles, 11 April 2022 [open access]

Multimedia:

Temporary protection directive (EPRS, 27 April 2022) [access]

Ukraine Displacement Updates (Melissa Siegel) [update 1] [update 2]

Ukrainian Refugees in Latvia: An interview with Agnese Lāce, 11 April 2022 [access]

Resource:

Ukrainian Migration Information Hub (CReAM) [access]
- "These pages offer background data on the demographics of the Ukrainian population in Europe and Ukraine, as well as the latest information on prevailing visa/asylum policies across Europe. Our academic network has also produced accessible summaries of the most pertinent scientific literature on migration, and policy briefs that may help inform integration policies."

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27 April 2022

Thematic Focus: General

Blog posts:

Co-Creating a New Fund Alongside the People It Will Assist (UNHCR Innovation Service, April 2022) [text]

'Development-oriented' Durable Solutions: (Re-)Entry Point for a Human Rights-based Approach? (RID Blog, April 2022) [text]

Rising role of impact evaluations in evidence-based programming for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (UNHCR Blog, April 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Editorial: Realising the cross-cutting potential of sport in situations of forced displacement," BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2021 (European Commission, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Floating sanctuaries: The ethics of search and rescue at sea," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 8 April 2022 [open access]

Going to town: A mapping of city-to-city and urban initiatives focusing on the protection of people on the move along the Central and Western Mediterranean Routes (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2022) [text]

"Left Behind: The Multiple Impacts of Covid-19 on Forcibly Displaced People," IDS Bulletin, vol. 53, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Localising Refugee Assistance: Examining Refugee-Led Organisations and the Localisation Agenda During the Covid-19 Pandemic," IDS Bulletin, vol. 53, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

Migration & Society, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]
- Features a special section on "The Role of 'Voluntariness' in the Governance of Migration," with articles that focus on issues such as voluntary return and volunteers. Also includes several articles on migration research and knowledge production.

NGO feedback on the UN Secretary-General "Draft Action Agenda on Internal Displacement" (InterAction & ICVA, March 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Partnerships with City Governments Are Key To Better Data on Urban Mixed Migration (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2022) [text]

"Persistent COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Has Significant Implications for Refugees and Other Vulnerable Migrants," Migration Information Source, 19 April 2022 [text]

*"Trends and Patterns of Global Refugee Migration," Population and Development Review, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 2022) [open access]

Where is the Policy in Refugee Studies? Enhancing the Role of Policy Studies in the Study of Refugee Policy, Paper presented at the International Conference on Public Policy, Barcelona, 5-9 July 2021 [text]

Multimedia:

Changing the Structures of Forced Migration Research, 31 March 2022 [access]

Reading Refugees Reading Migration: Lectures from the (Online) Orientation Course for College and University Teachers [access]
- Collection includes 14 videos.

Resource:

The Refuge Reports (LAU Institute for Migration Studies) [access]
- "For twelve weeks, the IMS at LAU will partner with organizations around the world to shed light on twelve refugee communities’ experiences of refuge and displacement, with the aim of shifting the focus back to the conflicts that no longer make the headlines." Four reports are currently available.

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Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Webinar: The 1951 Refugee Convention and Non-Signatory States of the Middle East, 28 April 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Displaced Syrians face bleak Ramadan as economic pain follows COVID-19 (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

Interview: Chair of AUC's Center on Migration and Refugee Studies Talks on Scholars Network and Mixed Migration Knowledge Production (IOM, April 2022) [text]

Week One: Syria (Refuge Reports, March 2022) [text]
- See more info on this series here.

Reports: 

Dignified and Safer Living Conditions Guidance: North West Syria (Shelter/NFI Cluster, March 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Yemen: Analysis on humanitarian access to ‘Hard-to-Reach’ areas in 2021 (June to December 2021) (OCHA, March 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Development of a simple sustainable camping shelter for addressing the needs of refugees in Jordan," Results in Engineering, vol. 14 (June 2022) [open access]

"EU border externalisation and security outsourcing: exploring the migration industry in Libya," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 April 2022 [open access]

"From food to cash assistance: rethinking humanitarian aid in Yemen," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:11 (April 2022) [open access]

"Human Interest Stories in the Coverage of Syrian Refugees: A Case Study from Turkey," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"An initial evaluation of narrative exposure therapy as a treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder among Sudanese refugees in Cairo, delivered by lay counselors," Middle East Current Psychiatry, 29:28 (April 2022) [open access]

"Who is (un)deserving? Differential healthcare access and the interplay between social and symbolic boundary-drawing towards Syrian refugees in Turkey," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 6 April 2022 [open access]

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26 April 2022

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

How a small team of journalists report on one of the biggest refugee camps on earth (Reuters Institute, April 2022) [text]

*"‘My children cry with hunger’: refugees denied UN aid rations at Malawi camp," The Guardian, 25 April 2022 [text]

*South Africa’s COVID relief measures mostly excluded refugees: a neglect of duty (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa (WFP & UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

Xenophobia is on the rise in South Africa: scholars weigh in on the migrant question (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Reports: 

After the Coup: Burkina Faso’s Humanitarian and Displacement Crisis (Refugees International, April 2022) [text]
- See also French version.

Beyond the Cessation Clause: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda: From Refugees to East African Citizens?, ASC-TUFS Working Papers, vol. 2 (2022) [text]

Impact of COVID-19 on human settlements, gender, and migrants and refugees in South Africa: methodology report (Human Sciences Research Council, March 2022) [text]

Kenya Analytical Program on Forced Displacement (UNHCR, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee Mobility and Uncertain Lives: Challenges and Agency of South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda, ASC-TUFS Working Papers, vol. 2 (2022) [text]

Social protection and the inclusion of persons of concern: Regional analysis of the inclusion of UNHCR Persons of Concern in government social protection systems and implications for future action (UNHCR, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Evaluation of public health surveillance systems in refugee settlements in Uganda, 2016–2019: lessons learned," Conflict and Health, 16:15 (April 2022) [open access]

"No Hope for the ‘Foreigners’: The Conflation of Refugees and Migrants in South Africa," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 15 April 2022 [open access]

"Return without Refoulement: How States Avoid Hosting Refugees after Recognition,” Geopolitics, Under Review, 20 March 2022 [preprint]
- Focuses on Burundian refugees in Tanzania.

Multimedia:

Localizing Research: Lessons from Sudan, 29 March 2022 [access]

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18 April 2022

Admin: April Break

This blog will be quiet for a week or so. 
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Blog series: Global South Authors & Open Access - Pt. 5

The findings from my small study on how authors in the Global South provide open access to their research are consistent with previous analyses I have undertaken, i.e., they are more likely to publish in open access journals that either do not levy publication fees (bronze/diamond) or that charge lower-cost APCs (under US$2000). What also has been a consistent finding - but still surprising! -  is that very few Southern authors choose to share their work via the other free option, or green open access. Only 10 pre- or postprints were recorded during the data collection period. The five postprints were all deposited in co-authors' institutional repositories based in the Global North (four in the UK and one in Singapore). 

It's very likely that my counts are low because I am not able to identify eprints in a systematic way. Green versions of articles can be harder to locate for a variety of reasons: 
- There is no single database that one can search for eprints and it is not possible to undertake a search across all repositories where most eprints are deposited; this means multiple sites need to be visited on a regular basis to locate relevant items (although browser extension tools like the Google Scholar button and Unpaywall are very helpful for discovery purposes). 
- Eprints may be posted at any time, even years after an article was published, meaning that multiple searches would need to be conducted over an extended period to ensure comprehensiveness.

At the same time, studies of self-archiving practices in the Global South point to additional explanations for low green OA counts, such as lack of awareness and limited usage of institutional repositories by certain GS scholars (see, e.g., Hoskins & Tapfuma, 2019; Tapfuma & Hoskings, 2019), slow implementation of IRs and/or infrastructure challenges in certain GS countries (see, e.g., Ifeanyi & Stella, 2020; Mbughuni et al., 2022), and funder policies with self-archiving requirements that do not factor in journal policies (see, e.g., Koley & Lala, 2022).  

My main focus has always been to improve awareness of open access options for forced migration researchers. In that spirit, here are a few recommendations that I hope will encourage those of you who wish to avoid costly APCs to choose the green OA option:

1. Selecting a journal: 
- Use the Think. Check. Submit. resource to help you identify trusted journals and publishers. The interface is available in a wide variety of languages.

2. Self-archiving policies to keep in mind:
- Most subscription-based journal publishers allow self-archiving of postprints, but they may place limits on when the full-text of the postprint can be accessed (i.e., the embargo period, which can range from 6-24 months) and where it can be deposited (institutional and subject repositories are usually okay, but academic social networks like Academia or ResearchGate are not). See this table for a summary of policies relating to refugee- and migration-specific journals.
- Note that some publishers, like Oxford Univ. Press, Springer and Taylor & Francis, do not impose embargoes for postprints that are posted on authors' personal websites.
- Even better, a number of journal publishers have adopted zero embargo policies, i.e., there is no required waiting period to access the full-text of your postprint whether it is self-archived in a repository or posted on an author website. See more information in this blog post.
- You can also check Sherpa Romeo for details on many more publishers' self-archiving policies.

3. Identifying a repository:
- Once your manuscript is accepted and has undergone peer review, deposit the resulting postprint (i.e., the version that has been peer reviewed but not yet copy edited) in your institution's repository, if one is available (if you are not certain, check OpenDOAR).
- If you do not have access to a repository through your institution or workplace, use a subject repository like HAL SHS or SSRN, or a generalist repository like Zenodo. 

4. Funder policies:
- The entity that provided funding to you for your research may have stipulations regarding open access. For example, authors who receive support from Coalition S funders can choose the green route to comply with their open access requirements. However, the resulting postprint must be available immediately (no embargo) and carry a CC BY license (or exceptionally, a CC BY ND license - see this blog post for more info). 
- In light of the limits on self-archiving set by publishers described above, Coalition S developed the Rights Retention Strategy to help authors implement their policy. When submitting their manuscript to a journal, researchers should include the following statement: "This research was funded in whole or in part by [Funder] [Grant number]. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission."
- Additional tools developed by Coalition S to assist researchers with the green route include this graphic, the Pre-submission & covering letter templates: user guide, and the Journal Checker Tool.

Many examples of postprints are provided in my blog and on the open access journal pages I have created for the International Journal of Refugee Studies (IJRL), the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) and Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ)!

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Blog series: Global South Authors & Open Access - Pt. 4

Finally back to my blog series on Global South-based authors and how they provide open access to their research! Links to the initial three posts are provided below.

The first post in the series noted that only 13% of the articles in my analysis were published as hybrid OA. This lower figure is not surprising given that the APCs associated with the hybrid option are generally much higher than gold open access APCs. For example, in my sample, the hybrid APC range was US$2690 to US$4011, compared with gold APCs reported in my previous post: these ranged more broadly from US$55 to US$3500. 

Unlike gold OA, hybrid OA publishers do not offer waivers/discounts to authors with limited resources, the rationale being that those authors can instead default to the green OA route (i.e., deposit a postprint in a repository - more on this option in the next post). Otherwise, the remaining alternative for dealing with higher costs is to collaborate with other authors, particularly those based in the Global North. And in my analysis, most -- or 65% -- hybrid OA articles did result from such collaborations.

That said, many funders are no longer covering APCs associated with hybrid OA; Coalition S is the most recent example, stipulating that its funders "will only pay for ‘hybrid’ OA for articles in journals with transformative agreements and only until end of December 2024." What impact might this have on publisher's APC policies?

The opportunity to publish in one's journal of choice and to then provide immediate open access to that article upon payment of a fee is appealing because it enables authors to continue to share their research in longstanding titles in their area of expertise; as this blog post notes, hybrid journals offer "prestige and tradition." And yet, as this commentary points out, the price for "prestige" is out of reach for most Southern authors. Even APCs for the well-established titles in the refugee and forced migration field are reaching into the US$4000 range. 

Over the last two years, many publishers have taken steps to advance their commitment to diversity and inclusion. For example, Disasters now displays a "Diversity and Inclusion Statement" on its home page. Oxford University Press recently joined the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications and adopted their Joint Statement of Principles; other partners are listed here. In June 2020, the Royal Society of Chemistry issued a Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing -- which most major journal publishers have since signed onto -- and has launched an initiative to track diversity in research journals. The two latter statements pledge to address barriers to participation in scholarly publishing and communications. Since APCs definitely qualify as a major barrier to authors in the Global South, addressing them would greatly enhance their opportunities to participate.  

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Opportunities: A Few More April & May 2022

Seminar series: Methods in refugee history [info]
- The first seminar will take place on 20 April 2022 and will focus on "Archives, case files, interpreters."

Call for proposals: Community-Based Organizations in Nairobi, Kenya, RefugePoint [info]
- Deadline is 21 April 2022.

Webinar: Refugee Education: Taking Stock of Our Field, 25 April 2022 [info]
- Note: This webinar was originally scheduled to take place in February.

Seminar: "My Fourth Time, We Drowned," Oxford/Online, 26 April 2022 [info]

Call for registration: "Nothing is more permanent than the temporary?" Understanding protracted displacement and people’s own responses, Final conference of the TRAFIG project, Brussels/Online  3 May 2022 [info]
- Deadlines are 27 April 2022 for in-person and 3 May 2022 for online.

Call for applications: Seventh Annual Research and Orientation Workshop on Global Protection of Refugees and Migrants, Kolkata, India, 14-19 November 2022 [info]
- Apply by 10 May 2022.

Conference: Refugee Education Reimagined: A Pedagogy of Hope, 20 May 2022 [info]

Report launch: 2022 Global Report on Internal Displacement, 23 May 2022 [info]

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17 April 2022

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover (The Conversation, March 2022) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact post.

Aus-NZ refugee deal is a bandage on a failed policy. It’s time to end offshore processing (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Home Affairs on Voluntary Repatriation of Refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo (Govt. of South Africa, March 2022) [text via AllAfrica]

"Japan’s Approach to Ukrainian Refugees Is What Its Refugee Policy Ought to Be," The Diplomat, 11 April 2022 [text]

Learning From the Best: What the World’s Most Successful Immigrant Integration Countries Can Teach the U.S. (Niskanen Center Commentary, March 2022) [text]

Moving Past Politics: How States are Leading on Immigrant and Refugee Inclusion (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2022) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

The Need to Revamp Refugee Resettlement (Cornell Univ., March 2022) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

"The State Department makes it easier for anyone to help resettle refugees," NPR, 5 April 2022 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Afghan Mass Displacement: The American Response in Light of International Human Rights and Refugee Law, and the Need for International Cooperation to achieve a Satisfactory Solution," Austrian Law Journal, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"The Art of Arriving: A New Methodological Approach to Reframing 'Refugee Integration'," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 15 March 2022 [open access]

"Boundaries and Belonging Among Settled Minorities and Refugees in Bulgaria," Nationalities Papers, FirstView, 4 April 2022 [open access]

"A Bridging-Community (ABC) Project: A Community Building Social Participation Intervention Among Resettled Refugees in Boston," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 5 April 2022 [open access]

From adaptability to vulnerability: Changes in admission criteria and refugee participation in social assistance (Statistics Canada, March 2022) [text]

"Mentoring as a grassroots effort for integrating refugees: evidence from a randomised field experiment," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 April 2022 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

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Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (Aus. & NZ)

Blog posts & press:

Australia’s current refugee policies and obligations under international refugee law (Refugee Research Online, April 2022) [text]

Budget 2022: What it means for Australia's refugee system (Kaldor Centre, March 2022) [text]

‘It’s gone beyond just border protection’: Authors speak about living under Australia’s asylum system (Kaldor Centre, April 2022) [text]

"Nearly 1,400 Afghans granted emergency visas never made it to Australia," The Guardian, 5 April 2022 [text]

Why has New Zealand welcomed Ukrainians fleeing war and not others trying to do the same? (The Conversation, March 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

The Central Role of Cooperation in Australia’s Immigration Enforcement Strategy (Migration Policy Institute, March 2022) [text]

The Federal Budget: What it means for refugees and people seeking humanitarian protection (Refugee Council of Australia, March 2022) [text]

Principles for Australian Refugee Policy (Kaldor Centre, updated & revised March 2022) [access]
- Follow link for principles in full and summary form.

Safe Start, Fair Future: Refugee Equality (Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies & Asylum Seeker Support Trust, Feb. 2022) [text]
- Focuses on New Zealand.

"Scapegoating juvenile ‘people smugglers’ from Indonesia: poverty, crime, and punishment," Pacific Geographies, no. 57 (Jan.-/Feb. 2022) [open access]

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Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Bangladesh: New Restrictions on Rohingya Camps (Human Rights Watch, April 2022) [text]

"Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back," ABC News, 7 April 2022 [text]

"India Begins Deporting Rohingya Refugees," The Diplomat, 6 April 2022 [text]

"Q&A: The aid policy ‘limbo’ on Bangladesh’s refugee island," The New Humanitarian, 5 April 2022 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Multifaceted Challenges of Responders Dealing with Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis: A Report on the Perspectives of National NGOs (ICVA, Feb. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A Critical Analysis of the Conference on Sustaining Support for the Rohingya Refugees," Journal of Developing Societies, Online First, 6 April 2022 [open access]

"In the Pursuit of Happiness: Observations of Young Tibetan Refugees in Exile, India," South Asian Survey, vol. 29, no. 1 (2022) [free full-text]

"India and Refugee Law: Gauging India’s Position on Afghan Refugees," Laws, vol. 11, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

"Lost and Abandoned: Spatial Precarity and Displacement in Dhaka, Bangladesh," Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology, Latest Articles, 28 March 2022 [open access]

Migration in Post-coup Myanmar: A Critical Determinant in Shaping the Country’s Future?, Perspective, no. 37 (ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, April 2022) [text]

"Need for a National Legislation on Refugees in India at 75," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, OnlineFirst, 4 April 2022 [ResearchGate]

Protection risks for Rohingya women and children: from departure country to arrival in Malaysia (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2022) [text]

"Treading the border of (il)legality: statelessness, 'amphibian life,' and the Rohingya 'boat people' of Asia," Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, vol. 23, no. 1 (2022) [ResearchGate]

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16 April 2022

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

"Compassionate Border Securitisation? Border Control in the Scandinavian News Media during the ‘Refugee Crisis’," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 12, no 1 (2022) [open access]

Country Report: Hungary (AIDA, updated April 2022) [text]

The Danish Bill L-226 : Offshoring Asylum, Outsourcing Hope (McGill Journal Of Political Studies, April 2022) [text]

"EU border externalisation and security outsourcing: exploring the migration industry in Libya," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 April 2022 [open access]

"From the state of the art to new directions in researching what Brexit means for migration and migrants," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 8 April 2022 [open access]

"Humanitarian Help and Refugees: De-Bordering Solidarity as a Contentious Issue," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 15 April 2022 [open access]

"The Judicial Assessment of ‘Expert Evidence’ in the United Kingdom’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber," Laws, vol. 11, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

Mapping potential elements of an Independent Border Monitoring Mechanism in Greece (International Rescue Committee, April 2022) [text]

"Moral Exclusion, Dehumanisation, and Continued Resistance to Return: Experiences of Refused Afghan Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 6 April 2022 [open access]

Poland: Cruelty Not Compassion, at Europe’s Other Borders (Amnesty International, April 2022) [text]

"Strategic Cruelty: Legitimizing Violence in the European Union's Border Regime," Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 2, no 2 (2022) [open access]

"The UN Global Compacts and the Common European Asylum System: Coherence or Friction?," Laws, vol. 11, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

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Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Note: The latest round-up of coverage relating to the invasion of Ukraine is available here.

News/commentary: UK-Rwanda deal:

The Border is a Colonial Wound: The Rwanda Deal and State Trafficking in People (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

Is it legal to outsource the UK’s refugee responsibilities to Rwanda? (Free Movement Blog, April 2022) [text]

Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

"Rwanda asylum plan: How many migrants cross the Channel?," BBC, 15 April 2022 [text]

"UK announces controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda," CNN, 14 April 2022 [text]

"UK Rwanda plan for asylum seekers decried as inhumane, expensive and deadly," The Guardian, 14 April 2022 [text]

UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

Blog posts & press:

Criminalisation at Europe’s borders: Uncovering the risks faced by those who support asylum seekers (EUROPP Blog, April 2022) [text]

The Danish Bill L-226: Offshoring Asylum, Outsourcing Hope (McGill Journal of Political Studies, April 2022) [text]

Poland/Belarus: New evidence of abuses highlights ‘hypocrisy’ of unequal treatment of asylum-seekers (Amnesty International, April 2022) [text]

Pushbacks in Greece: State Crime, Denial and the Struggle Against Impunity (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

Six Years Since Europe’s Deal with Turkey (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

Temporary Protection: Poland and Hungary Once Again Creating Their Own Rules in Breach of EU Law (Opinio Juris, April 2022) [text]

Which solutions for displaced people? Insights from a multi-stakeholder community consultation in the city of Cuneo, in the Piedmont region (Italy) (TRAFIG Blog, April 2022) [text]

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