Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

CFP: Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition [info]

- Submission deadline is 15 January 2023.

Call for applications: Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program [info]

- Submission deadline is 23 January 2023. 

CFP: 7th Annual Conference of the Refugee Law Initiative, London, 21-23 June 2023 [info]

- The theme is "Inequality and Fairness in Refugee Protection." Submit proposals by 23 January 2023. 

Blog posts:

Briefing: What is Article 1D of the Refugee Convention? (Free Movement Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Rising sea levels, border restrictions and migration: Can International Law still protect persons at sea? (International Law Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Are Safety Zones a Threat to the Institution of Asylum?," Chapter in Human Migration in the Last Three Centuries (IntechOpen, Forthcoming; chapter text posted Oct. 2022) [open access]

"Les défis de la détermination du statut de réfugié par le HCR," La Revue des droits de l'homme, no. 21 (2022) [open access]

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 104, nos. 920-921 (Aug. 2022) [full-text]

- Issue theme is "How International Humanitarian Law Develops." 

"Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice," American Political Science Review, vol. 116, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

The Protection of Refugees: Law, Discretion, and Justice (SSRN, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Responsibility Sharing under International Refugee Law with Special Reference to Global Compact on Refugees," ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, vol. 2020-21 [preprint]

"Temporariness of refugee protection: For what and in whose Interest? Cessation of status as related to revocation of residence permits," Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, OnlineFirst, 27 Nov 2022 [open access]

"Trapped by Sovereignty: The Fate of Internally Displaced Persons and Their Lack of Equal Human Rights Protection under International Law," World Affairs, vol. 185, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"Ukrainian Refugees, Race, and International Law's Choice Between Order and Justice," American Journal of International Law, vol. 116, no. 4 (2022) [free full-text]

"What is Wrong with Persecution," Journal of Social Philosophy, Early View, 10 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (21 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Opportunity:

Seminar: Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) be Used for Good for Refugees Caught up in Humanitarian Crises, and in their Resolution?, 17 January 2023 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Asylum seekers share their journeys to the U.S. on TikTok to warn of migration risks (ImmigrationProf Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Dialling into Digital Skills: Using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Technology (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2022) [text]

International Migrants Day 2022: is it feasible to deliver psychological help online to displaced Ukrainians? (On Medicine Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Why humanitarians need to talk about Elon Musk’s Twitter," The New Humanitarian, 30 Nov. 2022 [text]

York U researchers’ revamped AI tool makes water dramatically safer in refugee camps (News@York, Nov. 2022) [text] 

Reports:

"Digital Technology and Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19," Chapter in The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration and Migrants from a Gender Perspective (IOM, May 2022) [text]

- Scroll to p. 159.

Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems: Benefits, Risks, and Possible Solutions (ICRC, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related commentary.

Preserving Open Source Digital Evidence: A Guide for Practitioners Working on Dealing with the Past, swisspeace Essential, no. 1 (Swiss Peace Foundation, Oct. 2022) [text]

"Protecting Migrants against the Risks of Artificial Intelligence Technologies," Chapter in The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration and Migrants from a Gender Perspective (IOM, May 2022) [text]

- Scroll to p. 171.

Rastreo de conexiones de población refugiada y migrante venezolana en Colombia por medio de Facebook: Análisis comparativo entre el cuarto trimestre de 2020 y 2021 (R4V, Nov. 2022) [text]

Trends in the Digitalisation of EU Borders: How Experimentations with AI for Border Control Treat Migrants as Test Subjects (PRIO, Nov. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

Communication Culture and Critique, vol. 15, no. 2 (2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Digital Migration Practices and the Everyday." The editorial, two articles, and three Forum pieces are open access.

"Migrant Inventors as Agents of Technological Change," Journal of Technology Transfer, Latest Articles, 13 May 2022 [open access]

"Ontology-Based Personalized Job Recommendation Framework for Migrants and Refugees," Big Data and Cognitive Computing, vol. 6, no. 4 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

"Precarious Migrants in a Sharing Economy: Digital Solidarity and Ethical Tech for Refugees: Why We Need to Care More and Code Less," International Journal of Communication, vol. 16 (2022) [open access]

"Rohingya diaspora online: Mapping the spaces of visibility, resistance and transnational identity on social media," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 5 Nov. 2022 [postprint]

"There’s an App for That: Context, Assumptions, Possibilities and Potential Pitfalls in the Use of Digital Technologies to Address Refugee Mental Health," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (2021) [postprint via Univ. of Brighton IR] [postprint via Univ. of Sussex IR]

- Note: The embargo imposed on access to this text ended on 19 Nov. 2022.

"What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Refugee Status Determination? A Proposal for Removing Subjective Fear," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 22 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (28 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity: 

Launch: Mixed Migration Review 2022, Online, 6 December 2022 [info]

Blog post:

Research based interventions in the sports ecosystem (Sportanddev.org, Nov. 2022) [text]

- "Inclusive and collaborative research is needed to better address the needs of forcibly displaced people."

New open access book:

Migration and Culture: Implementation of Cultural Rights of Migrants (CNR Edizioni, 2021; posted Nov. 2022) [open access]

- "The volume aims at contributing to the reflection on global issues in the promotion of cultural rights of migrants, including the value of heritage, the right to participate in cultural rights, the right to education and the right to enjoy the arts and culture, considering the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak too."

Reports:

2022 Mid-Year Update on Internal Displacement (IDMC, Sept. 2022) [access]

50,000 lives lost during migration: Analysis of Missing Migrants Project Data 2014-2022 (IOM, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Appraisal Tool on the Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons in National Frameworks for the Achievement of the SDGs (UNDP & UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

Migration and the SDGs: Measuring Progress (IOM, May 2022) [text]

More than a Game: The UNHCR Sport Strategy 2022-2026 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Spotlight on Local and Refugee-Led Efforts to Address Key Protection Needs: Lessons Learned in Three Key Regions (International Refugee Assistance Project, Oct. 2022) [text]

- "IRAP undertook a geographic rapid assessment project to understand the legal frameworks, regional migratory trends, landscape of protection needs, and associated gaps in a subset of countries in three regions of the world: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South and Southeast Asia."

*Turning the Tide on Internal Displacement: A Development Approach to Solutions (UNDP, Nov. 2022) [text]

World Development Report 2023: Concept Note (World Bank, 2022) [access]

- The volume will focus on "Migration, Refugees, and Societies." See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Autotopographies of Forced Displacement: City Walking Tours as a Path for Political Visibility, Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Includes a special section on "Art and Conflict."

"COVID-19 Vaccination in Migrants and Refugees: Lessons Learnt and Good Practices," Vaccines, vol. 10, no. 11 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"From pity to fear: security as a mechanism for (re)production of vulnerability," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 10 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Left behind on the path to 90-90-90: understanding and responding to HIV among displaced people," Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 25, no. 1 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"Refugees, membership, and state system legitimacy," Ethics & Global Politics, Latest Articles, 26 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"A Systematic Review of Research on Sport Migration," Migration & Diversity, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Development-induced displacement: engaging intersections in a quest for solutions, 2 June 2022 [access]

The history and role of meaningful refugee participation in the global refugee regime, 7 Nov. 2022 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (9 Nov. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Blog posts & press:

Blog series:  Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus (NCHS Blog, Nov. 2022)

- Environmental justice for refugees in host countries: How Syrian refugees are disproportionately harmed by air and water pollution in Lebanon [text]

- Uneven displacement: How a village in coastal Guinea-Bissau is battling rising sea levels [text]

- How do IDPs and refugees fit within traditional, indigenous, and local knowledge of disasters? [text]

"COP27: Diplomatic baby steps amid mounting humanitarian crises," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2022 [text]

Displaced people from climate frontlines raise their voices at COP27 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related remarks.

Drowned: The Human Cost of Deadly Floods in Pakistan (Amnesty International, Nov. 2022) [text]

"In storm-hit Puerto Rico, local communities fill US disaster response gaps," The New Humanitarian, 17 Nov. 2022 [text]

"The limits of loss and damage: A cautionary tale from Pakistan," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2022 [text]

A Report on “Climate Disaster, Migration, and News Reporting: A South Asian Discussion” (Refugee Watch Online, Nov. 2022) [text]

Stories of climate mobility: understanding the impacts, informing effective response (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Report of a COP27 side event.

Tackling Climate Change Displacement at COP27 (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Young Rohingya refugees are helping to turn world’s largest camp green (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Advancing a rights-based approach to climate change resilience and migration in the Sahel (OHCHR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel (British Red Cross, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Mali and Sudan.

Financing Responses to Climate Migration: The Unique Role of Multilateral Development Banks (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2022) [text]

Floods in Pakistan: Rethinking the humanitarian role (Humanitarian Outcomes, Nov. 2022) [text]

Human Rights implications of COVID-19 response measures in the context of climate change: Policy Brief (OHCHR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel ((OSCDS & UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text via UNHCR]

"Protection of Environmental Rights for International Refugees in Indonesia: Present Practice and Future Challenges," Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, vol. 15, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (11 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Biden Administration Haiti Deportation Policy on Shaky Ground (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Biden administration preps for a rocky end to Trump-era immigration rule," Politico, 25 Nov. 2022 [text]

- See also related CBS News article and post on The Hill.

Bodies at the Border: The Lethality of United States Border Policy (RLI Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Looking beyond the 2022 U.S. Midterms: IRC Reflects on what is at Stake for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2022) [text]

A Tale of False Promises: Florida Governor DeSantis’ Refugee Crisis (RLI Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

US: Reject Texas Border Militarization (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2022) [text]

Why the number of encounters at the southern U.S. border does not mean what the GOP says it means (The Conversation, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach at a Student-Run Clinic for Individuals Seeking Asylum," Academic Medicine, 25 Oct. 2022 [free full-text]

"In Defense of Deportation Defense," UC Davis Law Review Online, vol. 56 (Nov. 2022) [full-text]

Migrant Arrivals at the Southwest Border: Challenges for Immigration Courts (Congressional Research Service, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Misperceptions about Refugee Policy," American Political Science Review, FirstView, 17 Oct. 2022 [open access]

Quality vs Quantity: How Does Sitting on the Dedicated Docket Impact the Judging Process? (TRAC, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Vaccine hesitancy in the refugee, immigrant, and migrant population in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis," Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Multimedia:

Immigration Restriction Then and Now: Re-Examining the Impact and Legacy of the 1921 and 1924 Immigration Acts, 14 Nov. 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (31 Oct. 2022) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum seekers in the machinery of the state: administrative capacity vs. preferences - Recognition rates in EU member states," European Union Politics, OnlineFirst, 13 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"The Disparate State of Refugee Protection in the European Union," Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, vol. 82, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"Ethics in practice in asylum law: asylum legal aid lawyers’ moral reasoning in respect of 'hopeless cases'," Legal Ethics, Latest Articles, 18 Nov. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

Exile History Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- This inaugural issue focuses on "European migration in the 20th century."

"Framing the 'Refugee Hunter': Gender and Nationalist Perspectives on Border Vigilance in Bulgaria," Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Humanitarian diplomacy as Turkey’s national role conception and performance: evidence from Somalia and Afghanistan," Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Latest Articles, 7 Oct. 2022 [full-text via CMI]

"'Our home, your home?' The precarious housing pathways of asylum seekers in Catalonia," Housing Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"The Standard of Truth: A Critique of the Irish Standard of Proof in Assessing Credibility in Asylum Determinations," Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 3 for a foreword to this article.

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]

- Contributions sought for themed issue on "Ukraine: Insights & Implications." Submit proposals by 9 January 2023.

Blog posts & press:

"Britain to send Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Rwanda for medical treatment," The New Humanitarian, 15 Nov. 2022 [text]

Fact check: Does the EU prioritize Ukrainian refugees? (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2022) [text]

"'They've Never Experienced Being a Refugee'," New Internationalist, 10 Nov. 2022 text]

World Cup 2022: what the dream of football success means to migrants (The Conversation, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Italy.

Reports: 

Borders, money, and a B&B: Policy drivers on the Global Compact on Refugees in Serbia (ASILE Project, Oct. 2022) [text]

Establishing national independent mechanisms to monitor fundamental rights compliance at EU external borders (EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Oct. 2022) [text]

EU Action Plan for the Central Mediterranean (European Commission, Nov. 2022) [access]

Externalization and the UN global compact on refugees: unsafety as ripple effect, RSC Policy Paper, no. 12 (European Univ. Institute, Oct. 2022) [text]

"Follow the Money IV": The use of AMIF and ISF-BV funds outside the EU (UNHCR & ECRE, Nov. 2022) [text]

Implementing judgments in the field of asylum and migration on odd days (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Oct. 2022) [text via Refworld]

- "This study analyses the implementation of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) judgments, UN decisions and leading European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments in the field of asylum and migration in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia."

Instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum (EPRS, Nov. 2022) [text]

"No One Asked Me Why I Left Afghanistan": Pushbacks and Deportations of Afghans from Turkey (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (10 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Conceptualising Externalization Migration Management Strategy in the East and Horn of Africa  Region," Horn Bulletin, vol. V, no. V (Sept.-Oct. 2022) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 33.

"Exploring synergies between the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and involuntary resettlement guidelines: the case of Mozambique’s natural gas project," Sustainability Science, Latest Articles, 25 April 2022 [open access]

"'How to Live a Good Life': Self-managing Reproductive Health for Adolescent Refugees in Kampala," Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"International Organisations and 'Local' Networks: Localisation and Refugee Participation in the Ethiopian-South Sudanese Borderlands," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1 (2022) [free full-text]

"The right to exit as national and transnational governance: The case of Eritrea," International Migration, Early View, 9 Nov. 2022 [free full-text]

Multimedia:

Refugee-led Organizations in East Africa: Community Perceptions in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania, 29 Sept. 2022 [access]

- Video recording and summary of webinar session held to launch a project report from the Refugee-led Research Hub.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Blog posts:

Rwanda lacks recent data on employment, skills, consumption – the cornerstones of good socio-economic programming (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Links to a mapping survey of available datasets.

The Terrible Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Central Africa (Verfassungsblog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Why it’s important to understand the unique plight of internally displaced people in Africa (The Conversation, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Northern Ethiopia: two years into the crisis (ACAPS, Nov. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Population Data Analysis: Regional Bureau for Southern Africa (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Protection for Refugees Needed After Two Years of War in Northern Ethiopia (USCRI, Nov. 2022) [text]

“Those Who Returned are Suffering”: Impact of Camp Shutdowns on People Displaced by Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2022) [text]

UNHCR Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update III (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related news briefing.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (28 Oct. 2022)

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 34, no. 2, June 2022 include: 

• ‘Time’ in Refugee Status Determination in Australia and the United Kingdom: A Clear and Present Danger from Armed Conflict? [abstract] [postprint]
• Reassessing the Relationship between Equality and Vulnerability in relation to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the ECtHR: The MSS Case 10 Years On [open access]
• The Right to Family Reunification of Children Seeking International Protection under the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Misplaced Reliance on Travaux? [open access]
• It’s Not What You Know, It’s How You Use It: The Application of Country of Origin Information in Judicial Refugee Status Determination Decisions – A Case Study of Germany [open access]

In addition, readers will find 1) case law summaries, 2) the texts of the High Commissioner's opening statement and the statement of the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the 72nd Session of EXCOM, and 3) three book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.

Opportunities: CFPs & Special Issue Proposals for Journals

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics [info]

- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Forms and Functions of Soft Norms and Informal Law-Making in International Migration Law: A Different Frontier." Submit abstracts by 2 December 2022.

CFP: Harvard International Law Journal [info]

- Contributions sought for special online issue "on international law and standards impacting refugees and migration, with a focus on those excluded from existing pathways to protection." Submission deadline is 15 December 2022.

CFP: Journal on Education in Emergencies [info]

- Submit abstracts by 31 December 2022 for assessment of suitability for inclusion. Otherwise, deadline for manuscripts is 31 January 2023.

*CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]

- Contributions sought for themed issue on "Ukraine: Insights & Implications." Submit proposals by 9 January 2023.

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics [info]

- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Refugees and Uncertain Futures." Submit abstracts by 10 January 2023.

CFP: REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]

- Contributions in English, French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish sought for a dossier on "Movilidades y diásporas negras en las Américas = Mobilities and black diasporas in the Americas." Submission deadline is 10 January 2023.

CFP: Ethnic and Racial Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Refugee Resettlement as an Institution." Submit extended abstracts by 15 January 2023.

Call for proposals: Refugee Survey Quarterly Special Issues [info]

- "Each year, the Refugee Survey Quarterly selects a Special Issue for the following year through an open proposal process." The call for 2023 is now open. Submit proposals by 31 January 2023.

*UPDATED

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts:

Building shock responsive assistance for refugees in Rwanda: a tale of inflation and chronic vulnerabilities (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

What the cost of living crisis looks like around the world (IRC, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Análisis de documentos sobre medios de vida y migración venezolana en Colombia (iMMAP, GIFMM & R4V, Nov. 2022) [text]

Building Inclusive Markets for Refugees and Host Communities in Province 1, Nepal: A Market Systems Analysis of the Vegetables, Piggery and Poultry Value Chains (ILO, Oct. 2022) [text]

The Cost of Living Crisis for Urban Displaced People in East Africa: The Role of Inclusive Social Protection (International Rescue Committee, Oct. 2022) [text]

The Economic Effects of Immigration Pardons: Evidence from Venezuelan Entrepreneurs, NBER Working Paper, no. 30624 (National Bureau of Economic Research, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Colombia.

Economic Inclusion and Livelihoods for Refugees (UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Ecuador. See also Spanish version.

Estudio de impacto económico de la migración venezolana en República Dominicana: Realidad vs potencial (IOM, Oct. 2022) [text]

Feasibility study for Türkiye compact: Stimulating economic growth and employment of refugees and host communities in Türkiye through international preferential trade - Win-win solutions for the Turkish economy, Syrian refugees & host communities (UNDP, Oct. 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for reports in English and Turkish.

Labor rights for refugees and migrant workers: how to make them a living reality?, Policy Memo, no. 2 (Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, Oct. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Pathways for Labor Migration from Northern Central America: Five Difficult but Necessary Proposals, Policy Paper, no. 274 (Center for Global Development, Nov. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Effects of Limited Work Opportunities on Transitions to Adulthood among Young Refugees in Uganda and Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (2022) [postprint]

- Note: The embargo for accessing the full-text of this postprint has now ended.

"Ontology-Based Personalized Job Recommendation Framework for Migrants and Refugees," Big Data and Cognitive Computing, vol. 6, no. 4 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

"Period effects in the risk of labour market marginalization among refugees in Sweden: a register-based cohort study," European Journal of Public Health, Advance Articles, 7 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (23 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

Opportunity:

Panel: Persons with disabilities in armed conflicts: from invisibility to visibility, Online, 1 December 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Disability and Asylum Law (ImmigrationProf Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Leaving Ukraine: A story about helping people with disabilities escape the war in Ukraine (Think Global Health, Oct. 2022) [text]

Shortfalls in data exclude older people from humanitarian responses (Bond News & Views, Sept. 2022) [text]

Supporting Ukrainian refugees with print disabilities (EIFL Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Humanitarian conditions for older people in conflict affected Ukraine, Ukrainian Crisis Analysis Brief (Data Friendly Space, Nov. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb] 

- See also related HelpAge report.

"Inclusive education in a refugee camp for children with disabilities: How are school setting and children’s behavioral functioning related?," Conflict and Health, 16:53 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Inclusive educational transitions for refugees with disabilities: Intersectionality and the right to inclusive education," Chapter in Perspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education: Ruptures, Passages, and Re-Orientations (Verlag Barbara Budrich, Nov. 2022) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 33.

International Review of the Red Cross [contents]

- Watch for a forthcoming issue that focuses on "Persons with Disabilities in Armed Conflicts."

Invisible dentro de lo Invisible: La situación de las personas con discapacidad física y sensorial refugiadas y migrantes en América Latina (Danish Council for Refugees, Sept. 2022) [text]

Pakistan Floods: Rapid Needs Assessment of Older People (HelpAge, Oct. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Promising practices of disability inclusion in addressing disaster displacement," Forced Migration Review, no. 69 (March 2022) [open access]

"Social Networks and Support to Older People in Refugee Situation in Western Countries: A Scoping Review Protocol," Social Science Protocols, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Linking Wartime Trauma to Dementia in Vietnamese American Communities (Unfold Podcast, Nov. 2022) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (27 Sept. 2022)

Admin: Alert for Email Subscribers

A recent technical glitch has meant that several days' worth of blog postings were not shared via email. While links to recent posts are included at the bottom of each newsletter that is sent out, I wanted to provide a list of the non-distributed posts here to ensure that no one missed anything:

Nov. 13: 

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality 

Nov. 14: 

- Regional Focus: Americas

- Regional Focus: MENA 

Nov. 15: 

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Opportunities: More Nov. & Dec. 2022

Panel: Asylum Seekers and the Cost of Living Crisis, Online, 17 November 2022 [info]

Panel: Forever Changed: Examining the Logic Behind the Syrian Regime’s Violence, Washington, DC/Online, 17 November 2022 [info]

Panel: Secrecy & the externalization of EU migration control, Online, 17 November 2022 [info]

Call for registration: Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference, Melbourne/Online, 18 November 2022 [info]

Call for feedback: Global Consultation on the International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS) [info]

- Submit feedback form by 21 November 2022.

Seminar: Internally Displaced Persons and International Refugee Law, Galway, Ireland/Online, 21 November 2022 [info]

Symposium: The Child’s Right to Identity in Emergency Situations, Online, 22 November 2022 [info]

Webinar: Refugee Markets, 22 November 2022 [info]

Job announcement: Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, US Executive Office for Immigration Review [info]

- Submit applications by 22 November 2022.

Dilemmas of protection: Assisting vulnerable people in Lebanon’s compounded crises, Beirut, 24 November 2022 [info]

Call for applications: Cross-cultural Fieldwork Training Course in Forced Migration Studies, Online, 16 January-7 April 2023 [info]

- Apply by 1 December 2022.

CFP: Peer Writing Workshop for Displaced PhD and Early Career Researchers, Edinburgh/Online, 27 January 2023 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 1 December 2022.

Seminar: Humanitarian borders & the governance of mobility in Europe: from 2015 to 2022, Oslo, 1-2 December 2022 [info]

Seminar: Education for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Community Initiatives, Humanitarian Aid and the Impact of COVID-19, Oslo, 14 December 2022 [info]

Call for Applications: Fellowship in Education in Conflict and Crisis [info]

- "Part of a British Academy Bilateral Chair programme on Education in Conflict entitled 'Unpacking the industry of refugee education and research: towards equitable theory and practice' at the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Faculty of Education, at University of Cambridge." Application deadline is 15 December 2022.

Call for Evidence: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK, Joint Committee on Human Rights [info]

- Submission deadline is 15 December 2022.

Related post:

- Opportunities: Even More Nov. 2022 & New Dec. 2022

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Reports:

Affiliated with ISIS: Challenges for the return and reintegration of women and children (UNDP, Oct. 2022) [text]

- See also Arabic version.

Compliance with Garza Requirements and Procedures for Unaccompanied Children Needing Reproductive Healthcare, ORR Field Guidance, no. 21 (US Administration for Children & Families, updated Nov. 2022) [text via AILA]

A Participatory Assessment with Relocated Unaccompanied Children in Finland: Report on Initial Outcomes of Relocation of Unaccompanied Children from Greece to Finland (UNHCR & Save the Children, Oct. 2022) [text]

Standard Operating Procedures for the Implementation of the Best Interests Procedures for Children at Risk (BIP SOPs): Toolkit (UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

“This is my life, and I don’t want to waste a year of it”: The experiences and wellbeing of children fleeing Ukraine (Save the Children, Nov. 2022 [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"A Child-Centred Approach to Representing Children in Immigration Legal Systems," Chapter in Oxford Handbook of Migrant Children and Child-Centred Approach (OUP, Forthcoming 2024) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"'Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos': Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 20 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Central Americans.

"Nuclear family and social capital of refugees in Austria," International Migration, Early View, 17 Oct. 2022 [open access]

"On Account of Youth: Winning Asylum for Children," University of Cincinnati Law Review, vol. 91, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Thinness among children aged 5–17 years living in Nakivale refugee settlement, South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study," BMC Nutrition, 8:132 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"Why Does the Federal Government Get a Pass? Applying Best Practices in Child Protection to the Circumstances of Migrant Children and Families," American University Law Review, vol. 71, no. 5 (2022) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (15 Oct. 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (15 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Opportunity:

Launch event: "Not a single safe place": The Ukrainian refugees at risk of violence, trafficking and exploitation - Findings from Poland and Ukraine, 16 November 2022 [info]

- Note: This is part of the SEREDA Project (Sexual and gender based violence in the refugee crisis: from displacement to arrival).

Reports:

Caracterización de los riesgos y alertas de violencia basada en género en la población refugiada y migrante proveniente de Venezuela en Colombia: 2020-2022 (R4V et al., Nov. 2022) [text]

Family Planning in Humanitarian Settings: The Right to Choose Matters Most in the Hardest of Times (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related brief.

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration and Migrants from a Gender Perspective (IOM, May 2022) [text]

- "The report analyses the gender impacts of COVID-19 on different 'groups' of migrants, including health-care workers, agricultural and domestic migrant workers, internally displaced persons and international students, and assesses migrant vulnerabilities as well as the opportunities for gender-responsive migration governance that have been revealed by the pandemic."

Sexual, Reproductive and Menstrual Health of Internally Displaced Women and Girls in the Middle East: Gaps, Challenges and Recommendations, RID Working Paper, no. 31 (Researching Internal Displacement, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Surge in use of rape against women and rivals by Haiti gangs," The New Humanitarian, 14 Nov. 2022 [text]

Journal articles:

"Cambiar las narrativas: acompañamiento humanitario, jurídico y político a mujeres en tránsito por México," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 30, no. 65 (2022) [open access]

"Claiming Space and Contesting Gendered Refugeehood in Exile: Issues and Factors of Rohingya Refugee Women’s Civic Engagement in Diaspora," International Quarterly for Asian Studies, vol. 53, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Early marriage among Syrian refugees in Jordan: exploring contested meanings through ethnography," Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 29, no. 1 (2021) [open access] 

"Geographies of Shame: Diachronic and Transnational Shame in Forced Migrants with Experiences of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 35, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [ResearchGate]

- "Using data from the UK, Turkey, Sweden, and Australia, we focus on shame experienced by women and LGBTQIA+ forced migrants throughout their journey, across borders and cultures."

"Internally displaced women from ethnic minority communities in Colombia, domestic work, and resilient strategies," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 30, no. 65 (2022) [open access]

"A linguistic ethnography of the sense of belonging: Iraqi Turkmen women refugees in Turkey," Language & Communication, vol. 88 (Jan. 2023) [free full-text]

"Negotiating Aspirations in Displacement: An In-Depth Study of Women Seeking Asylum in Norway," International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Advance Articles, 16 Aug. 2022 [open access]

"Syrian Women Refugees: Coping with indeterminate liminality during forcible displacement," Organization Studies, vol. 43, no. 10 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

"The Travail and Feasibility of Returning Home of Gwoza Women in New Kuchingoro Internally Displaced Persons Camp, Nigeria," Journal of Asian and African Studies, OnlineFirst, 8 April 2022 [postprint]

Related posts:

- Round-up: Reproductive Health & Rights (3 Nov. 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (25 Oct. 2022)

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

AU-EU-UN taskforce meets to revitalize the tripartite cooperation to enhance the protection of stranded migrants and refugees in Libya (European External Action Service, Nov. 2022) [text]

Briefing: What is Article 1D of the Refugee Convention? (Free Movement Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

My Neighbor is No Longer an IDP! (Borders and Limitations Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Iraq.

Reports & journal articles:

Between two fires: Danger and desperation in Syria’s Al-Hol camp (Médecins Sans Frontières, Nov. 2022) [text]

A Country Falling Apart: Human Rights Situation in Yemen 2021 (Mwatana for Human Rights, Nov. 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

"COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Vulnerable Groups: Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Vaccines, vol. 10, no. 1 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

"A Different Way of Thinking about Refugees: Relocation and Settlement of Expatriate Syrian Business People," Social Inclusion, Ahead of Print, 28 Oct. 2022 [open access]

- "This article examines how the Syrian refugee business people’s social class affected their relocation and settlement in Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan."

"Governing Refugees in Saudi Arabia (1948–2022)," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 10 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"The IO Effect: International Actors and Service Delivery in Refugee Crises," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 4 (Dec. 2022) [abstract]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon. See also video recording of a related seminar.

The Myth of “Voluntary Return” from Lebanon (Syrian Association for Citizens' Dignity, Nov. 2022) [access]

"War, displacement, and the best location for temporary sheltering: a qualitative study," BMC Public Health, 22:2066 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Iran.

"When Nomads Flee: 'Raider', 'Rebel' and 'Refugee' in Southern Iraq, 1917-30," Chapter in Regimes of Mobility: Borders and State Formation in the Middle East, 1918-1946 (Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2022)[open access]

- Scroll to p. 286.

Multimedia:

The Bottom-up Approach: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward for the Protection of Migrant Workers and Refugees, 9 Nov. 2022 [access]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (27 Oct. 2022)

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

Refugees International Eyewitness: Pushbacks of Venezuelans on the Guatemalan Border (RI Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees calls for joint action to address shifting challenges of mixed movements in the Americas (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

UNHCR calls on States to refrain from forced returns of Haitians (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Venezuelan migrants expelled from U.S. under new policy decide next steps in Mexico," PBS Newshour, 22 Oct. 2022 [text]

Open access book:

Ius commune en migración y constitucionalismo transformador en Colombia: Un enfoque de derechos para la movilidad humana (Instituto de Estudios Constitucionales del Estado de Querétaro, 2022) [open access]

- "Esta obra ofrece un análisis interdisciplinario de la respuesta colombiana a la crisis humanitaria venezolana, que nos revela el potencial transformador de la constitucionalización del derecho internacional y, a la vez, sus límites fácticos. Con ello, se espera contribuir a una mejor comprensión de las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados en el respeto, protección y garantía de los derechos de las personas en situación de movilidad, promoviendo un enfoque de derechos humanos en el diseño de las normas y políticas públicas migratorias ante las diversas crisis migratorias que se viven actualmente en el mundo."

Journal articles & book chapters:

"La Solidaridad o la Soledad? Cooperation and Tensions in the Regional State Response to the Venezuelan Migration Crisis," Studies in Social Justice, vol. 16, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"A narrative-based approach to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of stranded immigrants in four border cities in Mexico," Frontiers in Public Health, 9 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Place-making in the transient: things that matter in the everyday lives of Honduran refugees at the La 72 shelter," Chapter in Material Culture and (Forced) Migration: Materializing the Transient (UCL Press, 2022) [open access]

"Social Support as a Mediator of the Relationship between Identity Fusion and Psychological Well-Being in South—South Migrant Populations," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 18 Oct. 2022 [free full-text]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Chile.

Reports:

Colombia-Panama Border: Migration Crisis (ACAPS, Nov. 2022) [text]

Internal Displacement Report: Displaced population in host communities as of 31 August 2022 (IOM, Oct. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Haiti. See also related UN News story.

Mexico: Humanitarian situation of people on the move (ACAPS, Oct. 2022) [text]

Mexico: Venezuelan people stranded in Mexico (ACAPS, Nov. 2022) [text]

Monitoreo de Protección: Personas Venezolanas Refugiadas y Solicitantes de Refugio en Costa Rica (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reporte Especial de Situación sobre el Nuevo Proceso para Personas Venezolanas (R4V, Oct. 2022) [text via Refworld]

- Discusses impact of the new US policy relating to Venezuelans on populations already on the move in Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Multimedia:

[Venezuelan Migration] (Veneco Podcast, Nov. 2022) [access]

- Discussion with Omar Hammoud-Gallego, LSE.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (19 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Call for feedback: Global Consultation on the International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS) [info]

- Submit feedback form by 21 November 2022.

Symposium: The Child’s Right to Identity in Emergency Situations, Online, 22 November 2022 [info]

Seminar: Voluntary statelessness, Oxford, 29 November 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

3,000 stateless people in Italy, new union launched (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2022) [text]

How Thailand’s grassroots organizations are working to end statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

UNHCR welcomes European commitments at regional statelessness consultation (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

UNHCR’s Grandi urges action to resolve plight of stateless ‘living in the shadows’ (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Why aid groups, and Rohingya themselves, should stop using the term 'stateless'," The New Humanitarian, 10 Nov. 2022 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"All I Want is to Be Free": Situation Report and Recommendations to Protect the Human Rights of Stateless People in U.S. Immigration Detention and Supervision (Univ. of Chicago & United Stateless, Nov. 2022) [access]

"Customary Obligation to Avoid, Reduce, or Prevent Statelessness in South Asia," Asian Journal of International Law, FirstView, 28 Oct. 2022 [open access]

"D.Z. v. Netherlands, UN Doc.," American Journal of International Law, vol. 116, no. 4 (Oct. 2022) [free full-text]

- "The groundbreaking decision of the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in D.Z. v. Netherlands represents the first decision of any UN treaty body to impose positive duties on a state to grant nationality to a child born in its territory who would otherwise be stateless."

Litigation Toolkit on Statelessness for Legal Practitioners (European Network on Statelessness & AIRE Centre, Oct. 2022) [access]

- Volume I = Impact litigation and judicial mechanisms to effect change

- Volume II = Jurisprudence 

Statelessness and Risks of Statelessness in Iraq: Faili Kurd and Bidoon Communities (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also Arabic version. Note: A shorter report with the same title was referenced in the previous post on statelessness.

Multimedia:

Developing Statistical Recommendations on Statelessness: Launching a Global Consultation, 28 Oct. 2022 [access]

Improving protection for stateless refugees, 27 Oct. 2022 [access]

Working together to end statelessness: Marking the 10th anniversary of ENS [access]

- See also related editorial.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (13 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

"Adversity, emotion, and resilience among Syrian refugees in the Netherlands," BMC Psychology, 10:257 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"Exposure to past immigration waves and attitudes toward newcomers," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 22 Oct. 2022 [preprint]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Living in Limbo: Displaced Ukrainians in Poland," Migration Information Source, 2 Nov. 2022 [text]

"Pathways to Integration and Dis-integration: An Assessment of the Greek Immigration Policy for the Inclusion of Immigrants, Applicants and Beneficiaries of International Protection," Chapter in Challenging Mobilities in and to the EU during Times of Crises: The Case of Greece (Springer, Sept. 2022) [open access]

*“Reconfiguración del discurso sobre refugio en el contexto sudamericano: integración y autosuficiencia como solución duradera,” Discurso & Sociedad, vol. 16, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

Settlement Cities: A Place-based Look at Humanitarian Settlement in Australia (Australian Catholic University & Edmund Rice Centre, Nov. 2022) [text]

Supplementary Protection Pathways to the United States: Lessons from the Past for Today’s Humanitarian Parole Policies (Refugees International, Nov. 2022) [text]

The UK aid budget and support for refugees in the UK in 2022 (UK House of Commons Library, Nov. 2022) [text]

Ukrainian refugees and the Nordics: Research-led best practice on how to cater for Ukrainian refugees arriving in the Nordic Region (NordForsk, April 2022) [text]

"Where Would Ukrainian Refugees Go if They Could Go Anywhere?," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 9 Nov. 2022 [preprint]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (13 Nov. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"After Calls for Change, the U.S. Refugee Program Gets a Makeover," US News & World Report, 2 Nov. 2022 [text]

"Canadian Parliament Urges Government to Accept 10,000 Uyghur Refugees," VOA News, 27 Oct. 2022 [text]

Essential to share best practices relating to refugee crisis (Nordic Council of Ministers, Oct. 2022) [text]

The Evolution of Programs for Community Sponsorship of Refugees in Australia (RLI Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

In Order to Meet Its 2023 Refugee Resettlement Target, the United States Can Draw from Numerous Refugee Crises Globally (Center for Migration Studies, Oct. 2022) [text]

Reflections on some challenges to achieving durable solutions to violence-induced internal displacement in Ethiopia (CHR News, Oct. 2022) [text]

UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner urges strong international support for Burundian refugees to return, rebuild their lives (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Resource:

Evidence on Integration Policy Practices (Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam, Danube Univ. KREMS & ICMPD) [access]

- Launched in Oct. 2022 as a 'one-stop shop' for information on migrant integration in Europe: "Practitioners can access practical briefs on [11 themes], which summarize the essence of the most relevant findings, concretely identify the main challenges of integration, and provide actionable recommendations for both governments and civil society organizations. Those interested in more details, can access the full chapters of the report reviewing literature on integration policies and practices in each theme."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (26 Oct. 2022)