Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 Sept. 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 Sept. 2022.

Bronze OA:

"The African Union's Humanitarian Policies: A Closer Look at Africa's Regional Institutions and Practice," International Review of the Red Cross, FirstView, 7 Sept. 2022

- Author = Morocco

"Destination Substitution and Social Networks among Urban Refugees in Kampala, Uganda," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 8, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2022)

- Authors (2) = South Africa

"Returnees and the Dilemmas of (Un)sustainable Return and Reintegration in Somalia," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 8, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2022)

- Author = Kenya

Diamond OA:

"Expanding Non-Patient COVID-19 Data: Towards the FAIRification of Migrants' Data in Tunisia, Libya and Niger," Data Intelligence, Just Accepted, 18 Aug. 2022

- Authors (8) = Tunisia (3, incl. lead), The Netherlands (3), Niger (2)

"Implications and Opportunities of the International Refugee Protection Regime for National Human Rights Institutions in Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (2022)

- Author = South Africa

"Refugees in Malaysia: Protection Framework, Challenges, and Implications," Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, vol. 9, no. 2 (2021)

- Author = Malaysia

"Will the welcome ever run dry? Interrogating the hierarchy of human categories - The case of Ukrainian refugees in Europe," Quarterly on Refugee Problems – AWR Bulletin, vol. 61, no. 1 (2022)

- Authors (6) = South Africa (3, incl. lead), Germany (2), Poland (1)

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.

"Analyzing the 27 July 2021 Rainfall-induced Catastrophic Landslide Event in the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Geoenvironmental Disasters, 9:17 (Aug. 2022)

- Authors (4) = Bangladesh (2, incl. lead), UK (2)

- APC = USD 1190

"Economic Adaptation of Refugees in Algeria: A Comparative Study of Syrian and Malian Emigrants,"  Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, vol. 49, no. 4 (2022)

- Authors = United Arab Emirates (lead), Algeria

- APC = USD 600

"How Can Humanitarian Services Provision during Mass Displacement Better Support Health Systems? An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Humanitarian Service Provider Perspectives in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 6 (2022)

- Authors (9) = India (lead), Bangladesh (5), Singapore (1), Singapore/UK (2)

- APC = USD 1910

"The Human Toll and Humanitarian Crisis of the Russia-Ukraine War: The First 162 Days," BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 9 (2022)

- Authors (19) = US (7, incl. lead), Pakistan (1), Ukraine (10), Australia (1)

- APC = GBP 3000 

"Quality of Life among Older Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Quantitative Study," Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, vol. 49, no. 4 (2022)

- Authors (5) = Jordan (4, incl. lead), Spain (1)

- APC = JD 300 (for authors in Jordan)

"Pathways to Care: IDPs Seeking Health Support and Justice for Sexual and Gender-based Violence through Social Connections in Garowe and Kismayo, Somalia and South Kivu, DRC," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 6 (2022)

- Authors (10) = UK (2, incl. lead), Somalia (4), DRC (4)

- APC = USD 1910

Hybrid OA:

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

"Predictors of Psychological Risk and Resilience among Syrian Refugee Children," Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Early View, 12 July 2022

- Authors (8) = UK (3, incl. lead), Lebanon (5)

= APC = USD 4400

"Symbolic Refugee Protection: Explaining Latin America’s Liberal Refugee Laws," American Political Science Review, FirstView, 6 Sept. 2022

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

- APC = USD 3255

Books:

Migration in South America: IMISCOE Regional Reader (Springer, Aug. 2022)

- Editors (2) = Ecuador

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Aug. 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

 Journal articles:

"The human toll and humanitarian crisis of the Russia-Ukraine war: The first 162 days," BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 9 (2022) [open access]

"Our lives and bodies matter: memories of violence and strategies of resistance among migrants crossing the Mediterranean," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 45, no. 16 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Refugee Camps as Torturing Environments: An Analysis of the Conditions in the Moria Reception Center (Greece) Based on the Torturing Environment Scale," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 16 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

"Temporary protection practice in Türkiye and in the EU: A flexible, pragmatic solution or a Janus-faced image for the access to international protection?," International Migration, vol. 60, no. 6 (Oct. 2022) [free full-text]

"To intervene or not to intervene: intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union in environmental and migration law," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 26, no. 8 (2022) [open access]

"Will the welcome ever run dry? Interrogating the hierarchy of human categories - The case of Ukrainian refugees in Europe," Quarterly on Refugee Problems – AWR Bulletin, vol. 61, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Putting Aid in Ukrainian Hands: The Case for Localization of Humanitarian Aid, 29 Sept. 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (30 Sept. 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Germany: Finding housing as a refugee – an obstacle course (InfoMigrants, Sept. 2022) [Pt. 1] [Pt. 2] [Pt. 3]

The UK-Rwanda asylum deal indicates a failure to make human rights a reality (Africa at LSE Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Ukraine war: why Russians fleeing conscription should be treated as refugees (The Conversation, Sept. 2022) [text]

"What a far-right government in Italy means for asylum seekers and migrants," The New Humanitarian, 28 Sept. 2022 [text]

Why are so many Albanian asylum claims succeeding if the country is so “safe and prosperous”? (Free Movement Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Between inclusion and exclusion: Protection under EU law for Russians refusing to perform military service, Policy Brief, no. 3 (Protect Project, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Long-term Protection in Europe Needed for Ukrainian Refugees (Clingendael, Sept. 2022) [text]

Nationality-Based Bans from the Schengen Zone: Dissecting a Populist Proposal and Its Unlawful Implementation by Poland and the Baltic States, Working Paper, no. 160 (COMPAS, Sept. 2022) [text]

Quo Vadis EU Asylum Reform? Stuck Between Gradual Approach, (Mini)-Package Deals and Instrumentalisation (ECRE, Sept. 2022) [text]

Responding to Ukraine’s Displacement Crisis: From Speed to Sustainability (International Crisis Group, Sept. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (22 Sept. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (22 Sept. 2022)

New Issues of Africa Today, Disasters, EJML, Humanity, IMR, Intl. J. Discrim. & Law, Intl. Migr., JMHS, Oxford Rev. Econ. Pol., QRP, Routed Mag.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Africa Today, vol. 69, nos. 1-2 (Fall/Winter 2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Rethinking Refuge: Processes of Refuge Seeking in Africa."

Disasters, vol. 46, no. 4 (Oct. 2022) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with three that are open access and another three that are free full-text.

Disasters Virtual Issue (June 2022) [access]

- The theme is "Decolonising Disaster Studies."

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 24, no 3 (2022) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with two that are open access.

*Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 2022) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

*International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Contesting and Undoing Discriminatory Borders." The introduction and two articles are open access.

International Migration, vol. 60, no. 6 (Oct. 2022) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with four that are open access and three that are free full-text.

*International Migration Review, vol. 56, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [contents]

- Features sub-sections on "Migrant (im)mobilities," "Refugee dynamics, integration, and the state," "Race, religion, and migrant belonging" and "Acculturation and transnational frameworks in Europe." Five articles are open access. 

Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 10, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

- Three articles that focus on Central Americans and the US.

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 38, no. 3 (Autumn 2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Forced Migration," with five open access articles.

Quarterly on Refugee Problems – AWR Bulletin, vol. 61, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Mix of articles. Note: This journal began publication in 1954 but was discontinued from 2013 to 2021. As of 2022, however, it is back and transformed into an open access journal!

Routed Magazine, no. 20 (Sept. 2022) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Displacement, governance & human rights."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

Digital humanitarianism in Africa: hope or hype? (ISS Today, Sept. 2022) [text]

"For refugees in Cameroon, digital IDs are a life changer," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 29 Aug. 2022 [text]

How a new IT system jumbled Danish Refugee Council's finances (Devex, Sept. 2022) [text]

"U.N. investigator says Facebook provided vast amount of Myanmar war crimes information," Reuters, 12 Sept. 2022 [text]

UNHCR, UNICEF establish dozens of support hubs in countries hosting Ukrainian refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Digital Access and Barriers in Displacement-affected Communities in Sudan (Norwegian Refugee Council, GSMA & REACH) 

- Reports & factsheets are available for White Nile, Sudan (June 2022) and West Darfur, Sudan (Aug. 2022).

Digital Livelihoods for Refugees—Examples, Challenges, and Recommendations (German Marshall Fund, Aug. 2022) [text]

- See also other papers in the "The Dialogue on Tech and Migration" series. 

Explainable Legal Case-Based Reasoning (XL-CBR) in Asylum Adjudication: Evidential Analysis and AI Prediction, iCourts Working Paper, no. 296 (Danish National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in International Law, 2022) [text]

Information and Communication Technology in Migration: A Framework for Applications, Customization, and Research (Ryerson Univ., April 2022) [text]

"Multilingual repertoires and identity in social media: Syrian refugees on Facebook," International Journal of Bilingualism, OnlineFirst, 3 Sept. 2022 [postprint]

- Focuses on the UK.

Refugee protection in the artificial intelligence era: A test case for rights (Chatham House, Sept. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (25 Aug. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Analysing national responses to environmental and climate-related displacement: A comparative assessment of Italian and French legal frameworks," Quarterly on Refugee Problems – AWR Bulletin, vol. 61, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Analysis of ‘Imminence’ in International Protection Claims: Teitiota v New Zealand and Beyond," International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 4 (Forthcoming, 2022) [preprint]

"Climate Change and the Specter of Statelessness," Georgetown Environmental Law Review, vol. 35 (Forthcoming, 2023) [preprint]

"(Climate) Migrants welcome? Evidence from a survey experiment in Austria," Regional Environmental Change, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

"A Climate of Cooperation or Competition? UNHCR, IOM and Disaster Displacement," Journal of International Organizations Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 (2019; publ. July 2022) [open access]

"Filling the Protection Gaps for Climate Change and Disaster-Induced Migrants," Human Rights Brief, vol. 25, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

"Teitiota v New Zealand, Climate Migration and Non-refoulement: A Case Study of Canada’s Obligations under the Charter and the ICCPR," Dalhousie Law Journal, vol. 45, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

Resource:

Climate Migration Council [access]

- The CMC is "a coalition of government, business, national security, academic, and advocacy leaders who share a commitment to putting people at the centre of climate action and to accelerate global solutions to climate-driven migration."  

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (28 Sept. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Biden Administration’s Stopgap Immigration Reform Leaves the United States Unprepared for Climate Refugees (Georgetown Environmental Law Review, April 2022) [text]

Climate change means mass migration. We can make it fair and rehome millions, says author Gaia Vince (World Economic Forum Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Don’t forget Afghan refugees in Pakistan flood response," The New Humanitarian, 20 Sept. 2022 [text]

East Africa and the Horn light the way for climate migrants (ISS Today, Sept. 2022) [text]

"In Afghanistan, a wrenching choice between drought and migration," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 16 Aug. 2022 [text]

Indonesia: A Prime Example of How Robust Data Can Reduce Flood Displacement Risk (IDMC Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Tackling the Climate Change-Migration-Human Trafficking Nexus in the East and Horn of Africa: Signs of Promise in the Kampala Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change? (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

UNHCR: Humanitarian needs remain acute for displaced in flood-hit areas of Pakistan (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related needs assessments undertaken by the IRC here and here.

Reports:

Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions [access]

- Follow link for key findings, data and the full report. See also related media release.

Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability and Clean Energy Access in the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan in Response to the Syria Crisis (3RP) (UNDP & UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

The Statue of Liberty Plan: A Progressive Vision for Migration in the Age of Climate Change (Roosevelt Institute, Aug. 2022) [text]

U.S. Policy and COFA Citizens: Migration from Climate-Vulnerable Countries (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Note: COFA refers to "Compacts of Free Association," which grant "citizens of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau...a unique status as legal nonimmigrants...work and live in the United States indefinitely without a visa."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (7 Sept. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

The forcibly displaced, the triple nexus, and the sustainable peace challenge (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Locked Out: What do local leaders say about reforming the humanitarian system? (From Poverty to Power Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The emerging world of humanitarian energy: A conceptual research review," Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 92 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

How to Scale: Tactics to Enable the Adoption of Humanitarian Innovations (ELRHA, Sept. 2022) [text]

Humanitarian resistance: Its ethical and operational importance, Network Paper, no. 87 (Humanitarian Practice Network, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Measurement of perceived needs in humanitarian contexts using the HESPER scale: a scoping study with reflections on the collaboration between researchers and humanitarian actors," Conflict and Health, 16:44 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

Policy on Cash-Based Interventions: 2022-2026 (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

"A review of the impact of shelter design on the health of displaced populations," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:18 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

The State of the Humanitarian System 2022 (ALNAP, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also the summary version and a related article in The New Humanitarian.

Underfunded Report (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Multimedia:

‘No regrets’: Peter Maurer on 10 years as ICRC president (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast, Sept. 2022) [access]

- See also related interview.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (24 Aug. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

Reports:

Crossing the Border: How Disability Civil Rights Protections Can Include Disabled Asylum-Seekers (Center for American Progress, Aug. 2022) [text]

- See also related video.

"We bear it and accept our fate": Perceptions of healthcare access from people with disabilities in Cox’s Bazar (Govt. of Australia, Ground Truth Solutions & IOM, Aug. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Advancing Disability Rights-Based Refugee and Asylum Claims," Virginia Journal of International Law, vol. 62, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

"Ageing at the margins: gendered and southern narratives of displacement among the East Timorese in Indonesia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2022 [open access]

"Climate change and (im)mobility of persons with disabilities," Routed Magazine, no. OMC22 (June 2022) [text]

"Displaced Selves: Older African Adults in Forced Migration," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 30 Aug. 2022 [open access]

"Doing nothing? Dynamics of waiting among ageing internally displaced Cameroonians during the anglophone crisis," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2022 [open access]

"No context is too challenging: Promoting, doing and achieving inclusion in the humanitarian response in South Sudan," International Review of the Red Cross, First View, 18 Aug. 2022 [free full-text]

"Quality of Life among Older Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Quantitative Study," Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, vol. 49, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

"Southern reconfigurations of the ageing-migration nexus," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2022 [open access]

- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (22 July 2022)

Opportunities: More Sept. & Oct. 2022

CFP: IMS Policy and Working Paper Series [info]

- Papers accepted on a rolling basis.

Webinar: Refugee-Led Organizations in East Africa: Community Perceptions in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, 29 September 2022 [info]

Call for registration: Turning Points: New Directions in Refugee Protection, Kaldor Centre Conference 2022, Sydney, 15-18 November 2022 [info]

- Note: There will be both virtual and in-person sessions. Early bird rates are available until 30 September 2022.

Call for registration: CARFMS22: Crisis and Forced Migration, Online, 2-4 November 2022 [info]

- Note: Apply for a registration subsidy by 1 October 2022.

CFP: Thematic Cluster of the Journal Comparative Migration Studies on 'The Ethics of Migration Policy Dilemmas' [info]

- Submit abstracts by 1 October 2022.

Job announcement: Consultant, Migration, Mobility, and Displacement Team, IIED [info]

- Apply by 3 October 2022.

Roundtable: From Accountability to Meaningful Participation: Refugees and the governance of international refugee responses, New York/Online, 3 October 2022 [info]

Call for registration: “Building Our Common Home: Honoring the Dignity and Resilience of Migrants,” 2022 Hybrid Academic and Policy Symposium, New York/Online, 9 November 2022 [info]

- Note: Reduced hotel rates available until 9 October 2022. 

Conference: War, Gender and Displacement: The Impact of Forced Migration on Families in the Middle East and North Africa, Amman, 9 October 2022 [info]

Seminar: Refugee Protection “Here” or “There”: Reflections on a Non-ideal World, London, 12 October 2022 [info]

Call for applications: Visiting Fellowship Scheme, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [info]

- Submit applications by 14 October 2022.

CFP: Gang-Induced Migration: Challenges and Perspectives from Social Science and International Law, Bochum, Germany/Online, 17-18 November 2022 [info]

- Submit presentation proposals by 16 October 2022.

Discussion panel: Improving protection for stateless refugees, Brussels, 27 October 2022 [info]

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More Sept. 2022 & New Oct. 2022

Thematic Focus: General

Blog posts & press:

Build cities, not camps: A proposal for addressing refugee crises (Future Development Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Changing the Narrative on Refugees (Pursuit Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Debates about migration have never been simple – just look at the Hebrew Bible (The Conversation, Sept. 2022) [text]

Here's how other refugee emergencies can guide government response to the Ukraine crisis (World Economic Forum Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Inclusive policies are needed to help refugees and host communities flourish (Development for Peace Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

The passion, vision and action of Fridtjof Nansen, humanitarian extraordinaire (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Note: This year's Nansen Refugee Award ceremony will take place on 10 Oct. 2022.

UNHCR and Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development Launch Global Islamic Fund for Refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Volker Türk appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," UN News, 8 Sept. 2022 [text]

- See also related comment. 

Reports & journal articles:

A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System (World Refugee & Migration Council, Sept. 2022) [text]

"The Challenge of Reaching Undocumented Migrants with COVID-19 Vaccination," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 16 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

"Disinformation on Migration: How Lies, Half-Truths, and Mischaracterizations Spread," Migration Information Source, 8 Sept. 2022 [text]

How does the UN talk about human mobility? A textual analysis of narratives by IOM and UNHCR on migrants and refugees, Working Paper, no. 7 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Sept. 2022) [text]

Moments of Negotiated Independence: Localized Knowledge Ecosystems on Forced Migration in East Africa and the Middle East, LERRN Working Paper, no. 20 (Carleton Univ., Sept. 2022) [text]

UNHCR Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement, 2019-2021 (UNHCR, 2022) [text]

Virtual Informal Briefing on the Global Compact on Refugees: Summary (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related Powerpoint presentation.

Multimedia:

I Am Not Your Refugee Podcast Series (openDemocracy) [access]

- Two episodes are currently available. 

New research centers:

Boston University Center on Forced Displacement [info]

- "The Boston University Center on Forced Displacement supports new ideas, technologies, scholarship, awareness, and solution identification that will improve the human condition of vulnerable persons who are forced to leave their homes.  The center supports research and engagement with forced displacement and humanitarian emergencies that is truly interdisciplinary and of the highest scholarly and ethical standards."

Trinity Centre for Forced Migration Studies [info]

- "[T]he new Centre’s main aims are to foster inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research, develop teaching and training for individuals and organisations supporting refugees as well as establishing volunteering networks drawing on existing expertise within the College community in relation to helping those who have experienced forced migration."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (5 Sept. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

45 Major Companies Commit to Hiring Over 20,000 Refugees at Tent Business Summit (TENT, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Debunking the dangerous myth that refugees are an economic burden in Lebanon," The New Humanitarian, 26 Sept. 2022 [text]

Legal work-related immigration has fallen by a third since 2020, contributing to US labor shortages (The Conversation, Sept. 2022) [text]

Understanding successful social and economic integration – an example from Uganda (UNHCR Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reports:

2022 Jobs and Skills Summit: Eight Opportunities to Increase the Potential of Humanitarian Migration to Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, Aug. 2022) [text]

- See also related news release.

Addressing skills shortages and supporting economic growth in Australia: Permanent pathways for temporary protection visa applicants (Curtin Univ., Aug. 2022) [text]

Building Career Pathways for Resettled Refugees in the United States, RLI Working Paper, no. 65 (Refugee Law Initiative, Sept. 2022) [text]

Estudio de mercado laboral con foco en la población refugiada y migrante venezolana y colombianos retornados en las ciudades de Riohacha, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cúcuta, Bogotá, Barranquilla y Medellín (UNHCR, IOM & ILO, 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Be a hero: Employ refugees like a pragmatist," Organizational Dynamics, In Press, 18 April 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany. See also related post on The Conversation.

"Economic Adaptation of Refugees in Algeria: A Comparative Study of Syrian and Malian Emigrants,"  Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, vol. 49, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

"The Effects of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar on Low-Skilled Wages in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh," UCL Journal of Economics, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Formal Micro-Credit for Refugees: New Evidence and Thoughts on an Elusive Path to Self-Reliance," Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 17 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 38, no. 3 (Aut. 2022) [free full-text]

- Special issue on "Forced Migration," which explores the following questions: " The issue is concerned with four important questions: (i) What are the general mechanisms by which forced migrants should be managed, and what frameworks should be used for supporting them? (ii) How can policy help refugees integrate into host economies; and what are the likely consequences of this integration? (iii) How are host communities likely to respond to the influx of refugees, and how can policy help to smooth this transition? and (iv) What role can policy play to encourage resilience among refugees and internally displaced people—and, one day, potentially support their return?" 

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (23 Aug. 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (23 Aug. 2022)

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

IOM, UNHCR, and UNRWA: Latest tragedy at sea off Syria must prompt action (Sept. 2022) [text]

Migrants at the mercy of Morocco’s iron fist (ISS Today, Aug. 2022) [text]

Syria: Rights groups urge UNHCR Chief Grandi to halt Syria return programme (Amnesty International, Sept. 2022) [text]

"What’s behind the deaths at Morocco’s land border with the EU?," The New Humanitarian, 8 Sept. 2022 [text]

Reports:

3RP Regional Strategic Overview 2022 (UNDP & UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians.

Cash transfers and food vouchers for Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Do they reach the multi-dimensionally poor?, Policy Brief, no. 83 (Economic Research Forum, July 2022) [text]

Life in the margins: Re-examining the needs of paperless people of post-conflict Iraq (DRC, NRC & IRC, Sept. 2022) [text]

Moments of Negotiated Independence: Localized Knowledge Ecosystems on Forced Migration in East Africa and the Middle East, LERRN Working Paper, no. 20 (Carleton Univ., Sept. 2022) [text]

“They don’t treat us like humans”: Unlawful returns of Afghans from Turkey and Iran (Amnesty International, Aug. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Conceptualizing displacement: the importance of coercion," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Sept. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Iraq.

"Expanding Non-Patient COVID-19 Data: Towards the FAIRification of Migrants' Data in Tunisia, Libya and Niger," Data Intelligence, Just Accepted, 18 Aug. 2022 [open access]

"Refugees in abject spaces, protracted ‘waiting’ and spatialities of abjection during the COVID-19 pandemic," Social & Cultural Geography, Latest Articles, 20 Sept. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Lebanon.

"The transition from development and disaster risk reduction to humanitarian relief: the case of Yemen during high-intensity conflict," Disasters, vol. 46, no. 4 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (26 Aug. 2022) 

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum, Racism, and the Structural Production of Sexual Violence against Racialised Women in Exile in Paris," Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 10 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

"Experiences of armed conflicts and forced migration among women from countries in the Middle East, Balkans, and Africa: a systematic review of qualitative studies," Conflict and Health, 16:46 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

"Impact of COVID-19 on Women Who are Refugees and Mothering: A Critical Ethnographic Study," Global Qualitative Nursing Research, vol. 9 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Pathways to care: IDPs seeking health support and justice for sexual and gender-based violence through social connections in Garowe and Kismayo, Somalia and South Kivu, DRC," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

"Perinatal depression: Factors affecting help-seeking behaviours in asylum seeking and refugee women. A systematic review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

"The ‘Private’ Sphere of Integration? Reconfiguring Gender Roles within Syrian Refugee Families in the UK," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 19 Sept. 2022 [open access]

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 43, Sept. 2022 [contents]

- Special issue on "Women in Refugee Law, Policy and Practice."

"A scoping review of FGM in humanitarian settings: an overlooked phenomenon with lifelong consequences," Conflict and Health, 16:49 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (24 Sept. 2022)

 

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"Alleged sex abuse by aid workers unchecked for years in UN-run South Sudan camp," The New Humanitarian, 22 Sept. 2022 [text]

- See also related analysis. 

Women refugees fleeing violence seek safety in South Africa: but they don’t find it (The Conversation, Aug. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Establishing Women and Girls Safe Spaces in the Rohingya Refugee Response: A Guidance Note and Best Practice from Cox's Bazar (IOM, 2022) [text]

Negotiating sexuality amidst refugee uncertainty: Burundian adolescent refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda and Nakivale settlement in Uganda, Dissertation (Univ. of Amsterdam, 2022) [access]

Protecting women and girls in the asylum procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2022) [text]

UNHCR’s Views on Gender-Based Asylum Claims and Defining “Particular Social Group” to Encompass Gender: Using international law to support claims from women and girls seeking protection in the U.S. (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) 

Unmet Needs of Displaced Women and Girls in Ethiopia, Humanitarian Gender Alert, no. 2 (UN Women, Aug. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (23 Aug. 2022) 

Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

How Americans Feel About Republican Governors Sending Migrants to Blue Cities (FiveThirtyEight, Sept. 2022) [text]

Republicans and Democrats have different top priorities for U.S. immigration policy (Pew Fact Tank, Sept. 2022) [text]

Ron DeSantis dropping migrants off on Martha’s Vineyard may be illegal – an immigration lawyer explains why (The Conversation, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related Popular Information article.

The State of Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Alameda County (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

"US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans," AP News, 19 Sept. 2022 [text]

What Does Legal Representation Look Like in Immigration Courts Across the Country? (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Fatally Flawed: “Remain in Mexico” Policy Should Never Be Revived (Human Rights First, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Immigration Law's Missing Presumption," Georgetown Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Inadequate Access to Legal Representation, Rushed Timelines Impede Meaningful Opportunity to Seek Asylum Under New Asylum Processing Rule (Human Rights First, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Reimagining the Refugee & Asylee Experience Through Law: Exploring U.S. Culpability and (Un) Exceptionalism," Human Rights Brief, vol. 25, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

“They did not treat us like people”: Race and migration-related torture and other ill-treatment of Haitians seeking safety in the USA (Amnesty International, Sept. 2022) [access]

Upholding President Biden's Asylum Commitments: 18-Month Progress Checklist Since February 2021 Executive Order (Human Rights First, Sept. 2022) [text]

"When Time Stands Still: Eliminating Immigration 'Death Sentences'," SMU Law Review, vol. 75, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Inadmissible Podcast (VECINA) [access]

- "On this podcast, we explore the world of U.S. immigration – from issues that come up in the news like the border, and separation of families, to things you may have heard less about, like the strange and secret world of the immigration courts – to uncover how all of it works. Along the way we talk with lots of people with stories to tell about how immigration has impacted their lives."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (17 Aug. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Reports & book chapters:

*The Challenges of Settlement and Integration: Exploring Canada’s Response to Venezuelan Migration, Working Paper, no. 10 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Sept. 2022) [text]

Colombia’s Support for Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees: President Petro reaffirms commitment to integration, but continued progress requires more international support (NYU, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Community Sponsorship of Refugees and Local Governance: Towards Protection Principles," Chapter 10 in Normative Perspectives on Local Migration Law and Governance (Cambridge Univ. Press, Sept. 2022) [open access]

The Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons in the Scholarly Literature: A Preliminary Analysis, Paper presented at the Regional Law Review Conference, Belgrade, 1-2 Sept. 2022 [text] 

Global Literature Synthesis Report: Recent Canadian Research on Migrant Integration using Administrative Data (Univ. of Ottawa, Aug. 2022) [text]

Lives on Hold: Intentions and Perspectives of Refugees from Ukraine, Regional Intentions Report, no. 2 (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [access]

- Note: The first report is available here.

Report to Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2023 (US Dept. of State et al., Sept. 2022) [text]

- Note: "The Report to Congress recommends a refugee admissions target of 125,000 for Fiscal Year 2023... ." See also related Niskanen Center blog post.

Third Country Solutions for Refugees: Roadmap 2030 - The next phase of the Three Year Strategy

on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (2019-2021) (UNHCR, June 2022; posted Aug. 2022) [text]

- See also related web page.

Multimedia:

How are refugees selected for resettlement?, 20 Sept. 2022 [access]

- Follow link for two of the presentations and a video recording of the event.

The Role of Sponsorship Agreement Holders in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program, 7 Sept. 2022 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (23 Sept. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees and governmental responses in 8 European countries (ASILE Forum, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Australia Offers Community Resettlement Help for New Refugees," VOA News, 26 Aug. 2022 [text]

The Brass Tacks of Rebuilding US Leadership on Refugee Resettlement and Why It Matters (CGD Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

IRAP Shares an Extensive Collection of Refugee Processing Documents Obtained Through FOIA (Refugee Rights, Aug. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Martha’s Vineyard locals stepped up to help migrants. Biden can formalize that assistance across the country (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Discusses sponsorship programmes.

More labels, less protection: A comparison of the Afghan and Ukraine protection schemes (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Most Americans express support for taking in refugees, but opinions vary by party and other factors (Pew Fact Tank, Sept. 2022) [text]

Philippines welcomes Rohingya refugees through complementary pathways programme (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Refugee “baggage” does not include inclination to crime (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Research on Private Sponsorship models in six European countries (Resettlement Plus Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Welcoming refugees with private sponsorship (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

What the self-selection of Ukrainian refugees means for support in host countries (EUROPP Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"'Promising victimhood': contrasting deservingness requirements in refugee resettlement," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Sept. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

"Returnees and the Dilemmas of (Un)sustainable Return and Reintegration in Somalia," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 8, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2022) [full-text]

"Understanding the relationship between social support and mental health of humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia," BMC Public Health, 22:1739 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

Resource:

Resettlement Plus (Refugee Hub) [access]

- "Resettlement Plus is an online platform dedicated to collecting and sharing information about resettlement and other third country avenues to protection to a diverse audience. It shares research papers, reports, policy briefs, blogs and other resources with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across the world. The platform houses resources about resettlement, community-based refugee sponsorship, and complementary pathways like family reunification, education pathways, and employment pathways. Resettlement Plus aims to share as much knowledge about different avenues for protection as we can to a wide audience, as accessibly as possible."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (29 Aug. 2022)

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I have also added some general information on email subscriptions to my FAQ.

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Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

“We Are All Activists”: Exploring Solidarities in Activism By, With and For Refugees and Migrants in Hamburg (transcript Verlag Sept. 2022) [open access]

- "Who is meant when people talk about the citizens or the activists? Often, they are implied to mean the most privileged positionalities. Simultaneously, refugees and migrants tend to be seen through their (supposed) legal status. Thus, they are neither practically nor conceptually regarded as activists. The variety of intersecting positionings in migrant rights activism results in complex inequalities and power dynamics within activist groups. Solidarities are continually challenged, negotiated, and built. Lea Rzadtki develops a conceptual view on claims, challenges, and processes that activists experience and deal with."

Journal articles:

"Legacies of British Imperialism in the Contemporary UK Asylum–Welfare Nexus," Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 10 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

"Living a frozen life: a qualitative study on asylum seekers’ experiences and care practices at accommodation centers in Sweden," Conflict and Health, 16:47 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

"The nexus between attitudes towards migration and the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 11 European countries," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 16 Sept. 2022 [open access]

"Securitising the future: Dystopian migration discourses in Poland and the Czech Republic," Futures, vol. 141 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

"Talking about return: governmental caseworkers' regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive strategies during 'return conversations' with irregularised migrants," International Migration, Early View, 6 Sept. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

"Weaponizing rescue: Law and the materiality of migration management in the Aegean," Leiden Journal of International Law, FirstView, 14 Sept. 2022 [open access]

Multimedia:

Asylum reception crisis in the Netherlands (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for podcast and transcript.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (22 Sept. 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Discussion & handbook launch: The Common European Asylum System and the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, London/Online, 27 September 2022 [info]

- See below for the text of the Practitioners' Handbook.

Blog posts & press:

Can the UK be Held Accountable for Breaches of the Human Rights of Asylum-Seekers Transferred to Rwanda? (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Denmark closer to sending asylum seekers to Rwanda (InfoMigrants, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Editorial: Asylum reforms - Ukraine Stimulates a Rethink at the Restart," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 9 Sept. 2022 [text]

The EU Migration Pact at Two: What Remains of the Fresh Start? (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Feeling alive but dead inside (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Joint statement: One year after the country’s takeover by the Taliban – How did Europe welcome Afghans in need of protection? (ECRE et al., Sept. 2022) [text]

Rightlessness in Melilla: Pushbacks as violations of the right to recognition before the law (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

The unwilling nomads of twentieth-century Europe (Refugee History Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

See also ASILE's forum on "EU Temporary Protection Responses to the Ukraine War and the Future of the EU Asylum System" for additional posts.

Reports:

Afghans in Greece: A story of strength, resilience, and survival (International Rescue Committee, Sept. 2022) [text]

An Analysis of the Fiction of Non-entry as Appears in the Screening Regulation (ECRE, Sept. 2022) [text]

Asylum Denied: Experiences of Return (Swedish Red Cross, 2022) [text via IOM]

Data analysis of decisions on asylum applications in appeal or review in 2021 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2022) [text]

Guidance and studies on socio-economic inclusion by thematic area (Regional Socio-economic Inclusion Working Group t, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Ukraine.

The implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2021 (AIDA, Sept. 2022) [text]

Localizing the International Humanitarian Response in Ukraine (Refugees International, Sept. 2022) [text]

Policymaking Authorities in the EU+, Who is Who in International Protection, no. 2 (EU Agency for Asylum, Aug. 2022) [text]

- Note: The first publication in this series focused on "Asylum Authorities in the EU+."

A Practitioners' Handbook on the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and EU and Member States' Commitments under the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Protect Project, Sept. 2022) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 Sept. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (8 Sept. 2022)

New Issue of FMR

The September 2022 issue of Forced Migration Review (FMR) has been published. FMR70 "includes a major feature on 'Knowledge, voice and power' exploring issues of representation, influence, privilege, access, discrimination and more. The issue also includes a feature on 'Social cohesion in refugee-hosting contexts', exploring the role of social cohesion in contexts of protracted displacement, with a particular focus on Kenya and Lebanon." The Editors' Briefing provides a more detailed overview of what is covered.

Readers can access these FMR articles 1) individually, in HTML & PDF formats or 2) as one complete issue. 

An online launch of FMR70 will be held on 28 September 2022. To participate, sign up via this zoom link.

Back issues of FMR are available here.

Forced Migration Review is an open access publication. It is available online and in print in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. Audio versions of articles are available in English.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

CFP: Workshop on Internal Displacement Law and Policy, Maynooth, Ireland, 2 February 2023 [info]

- "The workshop will allow researchers working on this niche area to connect, showcase their research, gain detailed feedback from their peers, and identify opportunities for future collaboration. Participants will be invited to submit their papers to a Special Issue of the Internal Displacement Research Programme Working Papers Series on Internal Displacement Law and Policy." Submit abstracts by 30 September 2022.

Turning Points: New Directions in Refugee Protection, Kaldor Centre Conference 2022, Sydney, 15-18 November 2022 [info]

- Note: There will be both virtual and in-person sessions. Early bird rates are available until 30 September 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Coming soon to the bookshelves: Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

- More info on the handbook is available here.

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Support for Strengthening National Asylum Systems (UNHCR Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

Pushbacks and Offshoring Asylum: Is Externalisation Becoming the Default Response to Refugee Situations? (Australian Outlook, Aug. 2022) [text]

Revisiting and Further Exploring the Human Right to Leave (EJIL: Talk Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

New open access book:

Theorizing Local Migration Law and Governance, Cambridge Univ. Press, Sept. 2022 [open access]

- "In many regions around the world, the governance of migration increasingly involves local authorities and actors. This edited volume introduces theoretical contributions that, departing from the 'local turn' in migration studies, highlight the distinct role that legal processes, debates, and instruments play in driving this development. Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, it demonstrates how paying closer analytical attention to legal questions reveals the inherent tensions and contradictions of migration governance."

Reports & journal articles:

"Asylum-Seekers are Not Bananas Either: Limitations on Transferring Asylum-Seekers to Third Countries," Michigan Journal of International Law, vol. 43, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

"Ending Exclusion from Refugee Protection and Advancing International Justice," Laws, vol. 11, no. 4 (Aug. 2022) [open access]

Global Compact on Refugees: A Transformative Moment in Refugee Policy, Bath Papers in International Development and Wellbeing, no. 71 (Univ. of Bath, 2022) [text]

"Implications and opportunities of the international refugee protection regime for national human rights institutions in Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Contesting and Undoing Discriminatory Borders." The introduction and two articles are open access.

International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Somalia (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related press release.

"A review of psycho-legal issues in credibility assessments of asylum claims based on religion," Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (5 Aug. 2022)