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30 April 2023

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 April 2023)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. The OA items herein were previously referenced on this blog as of 1 April 2023. 

Bronze OA:

"Community-Based Research in Fragile Contexts: Reflections from Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023)
- Authors (4) = Bangladesh

"Concurrent Displacements: Return, Waiting for Asylum, and Internal Displacement in Northern Mexico," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023)
- Authors (3) = Mexico

"Five Years Lost: Youth Inclusion in the Rohingya Response," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023)
- Authors (2) = US (lead), Bangladesh

"Integration Through Health During Protracted Displacement: Case Studies from Colombia and Jordan," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023)
- Authors (4) = US (2, incl. lead), Lebanon (1), Colombia (1)

- Author = India

"Patterns of Refugees’ Organization Amid Protracted Displacement: An Understanding From Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023)
- Authors (3) = Lebanon (3)

Diamond OA:

"Legal Protection of Stateless Persons Arising from Cross Border Marriage: Indonesia and East Timor Case Study," Yustisia Jurnal Hukum, vol. 11, no. 3 (Dec. 2022) 
- Authors (5) = Indonesia

"Socio-Environmental Displacement Associated with Climate Change: An Emergency of the Risk Society in  Colombia’s Central Coffee-Growing Region," Estudios Socio-Jurídicos, vol. 25, no. 1 (2023) 
- Authors (2) = Colombia

Gold OA:

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

- Authors (5) = Chile
- APC = USD 1690

- Note that a preprint version is referenced under green OA below.
- Authors (2) = Lebanon (lead), UK
- APC = USD 2990

"Anticipatory Action to Manage Climate Risks: Lessons from the Red Cross Red Crescent in Southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Beyond," Climate Risk Management, vol. 40 (2023)
- Authors (6) = Germany (2, incl. lead), Mozambique (2), Bangladesh (1), Netherlands (1)
- APC = USD 2350

- Authors (4) = Peru
- APC = CHF 2600

- Authors (2) = Palestine
- APC = USD 3225

"Data Gathering and Utilization: Humanitarian Targeting and Ethical Issues in Northeastern Nigeria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:6 (April 2023)
- Authors (8) = Nigeria (6, incl. lead), Nigeria/South Africa (1), Russia (1)
- APC = USD 790

"Factors Influencing Quality of Life among Syrian Refugees Pregnant Women in Jordan: A Cross-sectional Study," Heliyon, vol. 8, no. 9 (Sept. 2022)
- Note that a preprint version is referenced under green OA below.
- Authors (3) = Jordan
- APC = USD 2100

"Human Rights Violations and Mistrust among Refugees in South Africa: Implications for Public Health during the COVID Pandemic," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4 (April 2023)
- Authors (3) = South Africa (2, incl. lead), Canada (1)
- APC = CHF 1400

"Humanitarian Diplomacy Strategy for Syrian Refugees and Its Effect on Jordan's Foreign Policy,"  Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, vol. 9, no. 1 (2023)
- Author = Jordan
- APC = EUR 98

"'I Don't Want to Be Here' - Returning from the U.S. to Mexico and Emotional Distress: A Qualitative Study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 7 (2023)
- Authors (3) = Mexico
- APC = USD 1910

"Migration and Climate Change in Africa: A Differentiated Approach through Legal Frameworks on the Free Movement of People," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 27 (2023)
- Authors (2) = South Africa
- APC = This journal does not require payment of an APC, but it does levy page fees of ZAR 400 per page. 

- Authors (17) = US (7, incl. lead), Colombia (10)
- APC = USD 1910

"Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender-based Violence among Female Migrants in Morocco: A Cross Sectional Survey," BMC Women's Health, 23:174 (April 2023)
- Authors (7) = Morocco (6, incl. lead), Lebanon (1)
- APC = USD 2690

"Statelessness Arising Out of Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality and Persecution: An Irrefutable Link," International Relations and International Law Journal, vol. 101, no. 2 (2023)
- Author = China
- APC = KZT 500 per page

- Authors (3) = India (lead), UAE (1), Algeria (1)
- APC = USD 1090

- Authors (2) = Ecuador
- APC = CHF 2200

Green OA:

"Ageism, an Invisible Social Determinant of Health for Older Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Conflict and Health, 16:62 (Nov. 2022)
- Preprint version of article posted on Research Square. Note that the final version is available as a gold OA article and is listed above.
- Authors (2) = Lebanon (lead), UK

"Factors Influencing Quality of Life among Syrian Refugees Pregnant Women in Jordan: A Cross-sectional Study," Heliyon, vol. 8, no. 9 (Sept. 2022)
- Preprint version of article posted on SSRN. Note that the final version is available as a gold OA article and is listed above.
- Authors (3) = Jordan

Hybrid OA:

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

- Authors (11) = Bangladesh (7, incl. lead), Australia/Bangladesh (2), Australia (2)
- APC = USD 3790

"The Political Work of Migration Governance Binaries: Responses to Zimbabwean 'Survival Migration' at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 3 April 2023
- Author = South Africa
- APC = EUR 3439 

"Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023)
- Authors (2) = Ethiopia (lead), Germany 
- APC = USD 3000



29 April 2023

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Canada marks significant milestone, welcoming over 30,000 vulnerable Afghans (Govt. of Canada, April 2023) [text]
- See also related news article.

Survey the Potential for Refugee Responsibility-Sharing through Expanded Third Country Resettlement (FluchtforschungsBlog, April 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Effective inclusion of refugees: Participatory approaches for practitioners at the local level (UNHCR & Migration Policy Group, Jan. 2022) [access]
- Note: This toolkit is now available in multiple languages.

"From participants to citizens? Democratic voting rights and naturalisation behaviour," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 April 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden.

"Hidden Dialogicality among Eritrean Refugees in the Civic Integration Process in The Netherlands," Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Latest Articles, 20 April 2023 [open access]

"Instead of ‘writing against’ and discarding ‘immigrants’ integration, why not reconceptualize integration as a wicked concept?," Comparative Migration Studies, 11:9 (April 2023) [open access

"Integration Challenges of Immigrants from Non-English-Speaking Backgrounds in Australia: A Critical Review from 1975 to 2021," Diaspora Studies, vol. 16, no. 1 (2023) [free full-text]

Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (March 2023) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Protracted Displacement, the Search for Solutions, Promising Programs and Strategies": "More than 100 million persons are forcibly displaced throughout the world, with roughly three-quarters of them in situations of protracted displacement. This special issue examines the causes, consequences, and promising strategies in response to these diverse situations. The papers also offer an intimate look at the challenges, needs, and aspirations of affected populations and communities."

"Keeping Syrian refugees in Turkey is not a good idea: a new concept of ‘reluctant local integration’," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 10 April 2023 [open access]

"Migrants and refugees," Chapter in Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy (Edward Elgar, April 2023) [open access]

"Regional Resettlement of Refugees: rethinking ‘secondary migration’," Australian Geographer, Latest Articles, 18 April 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on Australia.

Multimedia:

Lecture: Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential, 6 March 2023 [access]
- Focuses on the US, Canada and Germany.

Related posts:


28 April 2023

Round-up: Ukrainian Displacement

Reports:

Displacement Patterns, Protection Risks and Needs of Refugees from Ukraine, Regional Protection Analysis, no. 2 (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]
- "A revised protection monitoring questionnaire was used to complete 17,708 interviews in Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia between October 2022 and mid-February 2023."

Information Sheet: Measures in Response to the Arrival of Displaced People Fleeing the War in Ukraine (ECRE, March 2023) [text]

Letting go of control: Empowering locally led action in Ukraine (Christian Aid, April 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report in English, Arabic, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Private assistance for Ukrainian refugees and attitudes towards refugee sponsorship in Poland, CMR Spotlight (Centre for Migration Research, March 2023) [text]

Quick Assessment on the Implementation of the Temporary Protection in Moldova: Key Findings and Recommendations (National Congress of Ukrainians of Moldova et al., March 2023) [text via UNHCR]

Ukrainian Situation: Regional Refugee Response Plan - January-December 2023 (UNHCR, 2023) [text]
- See also summaries in English and Ukrainian.

Journal articles:

"Housing and integration of internally displaced persons: The case of Ukraine in 2018," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 5 April 2023 [open access]

"Legal Framework for the Protection of Ukrainian Refugees: A Comparative Study," Problems of Legality, no. 160 (2023) [open access]

"Modelling social inclusion, self-esteem, loneliness, psychological distress, and psychological resilience of refugees: Does hospitableness matter?," Journal of Business Research, vol. 162 (July 2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.

"Refugees, IDPs or just Ukrainians? Local Online Media and Perceptions of Donbas Internally Displaced Persons (2014–2018)," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, Online First, April 2023 [open access]

"Resilience, Ambiguous Governance, and the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from NGO Leaders in the Czech Republic," Central European Economic Journal, vol. 10, no. 57 (2023) [open access]

"They will (not) deceive us! The role of agentic and communal national narcissism and Russian disinformation in shaping the attitudes to Ukrainian refugees in Poland," Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 208 (July 2023) [preprint]

"The UK – a home for Ukrainians? An analysis of social security and housing policy," Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Early View, 16 March 2023 [free full-text]

"The war, refugees, and the future of Ukraine's population," Population, Space and Place, vol. 29, no. 4 (May 2023) [open access]

"Who is willing to help Ukrainian refugees and why? The role of individual prosocial dispositions and superordinate European identity," Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, Early View, 23 March 2023 [open access]

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Covid-19 case management in a Greek migrant camp: The Hellenic Red Cross Mobile Health Unit intervention in Nea Malakasa temporary accommodation center," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 7 (2023) [open access]

"Las devoluciones en caliente y la fría razón de Estado: Una mirada a la política de fronteras de la Unión Europea," Oñati Socio-Legal Series, First Online, 6 Feb. 2023 [open access]

"Missing the Global Turn: Italy, the 1951 Refugee Convention, and the Belated Removal of the Geographical Limitation," European History Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 2 (2023) [postprint]

"Rebel spirits at sea: Disrupting EUrope’s weaponizing of time in maritime migration governance," Security Dialogue, OnlineFirst, 23 April 2023 [open access]

"Religious responses to existential insecurity: Conflict intensity in the region of birth increases praying among refugees," Social Science Research, vol. 113 (July 2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

"Telling ‘more complex stories’ of European integration: how a sociotechnical perspective can help explain administrative continuity in the Common European Asylum System," Journal of European Public Policy, Latest Articles, 19 April 2023 [open access]

"Vulnerability, Embedded Agency, and Downward Social Mobility of Young Asylum Seekers," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Spain.

Related posts:

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Workshop: The potential of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU to enhance asylum litigation, Warsaw, 25 May 2023 [info]
- Register by 30 April 2023.

Call for applications: PhD Seminar in EU Migration and Asylum Law, Odysseus Summer School 2023 [info]
- Four grants are available to participants. Apply by 1 May 2023 (and see below for info on applying to the summer school generally).

Workshop: Migration after the invasion of Ukraine: attitudes and policies in Europe, Florence, Italy, 10-11 May 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Odysseus Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, Brussels/Online, 3-14 July 2023 [info]
- Apply by 15 May 2023.

Short pieces:

As UK public attitudes toward migration are increasingly positive, it’s time for more balanced and evidence-based narratives (ODI Insights, April 2023) [text]

The asylum questionnaire: experiences of supporting people through the UK’s new streamlined asylum process (RLI Blog, April 2023) [text]

"EU lawmakers endorse pact to revise migration rules," Politico, 20 April 2023 [text]

If the Illegal Migration Bill is unworkable, what can the government do instead? (Free Movement Blog, April 2023) [text]

Lithuania: Legalizing illegal pushbacks gives green-light to torture (Amnesty International, April 2023) [text]
- See also related UNHCR statement.

Statement on Asylum Processing and Resettlement via UNHCR (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.

New open access book:

Migration Control Logics and Strategies in Europe: A North-South Comparison
(Springer, April 2023) [open access]
- "Building upon the concept of migration regime, this open access book brings together the works of scholars who have investigated logics and routines of action in the field of immigration control within a single and innovative theoretical framework. The chapters cover a wide range of policy domains, from visa policy to the externalisation of controls, labour migration to asylum, internal controls towards irregular migration to restrictions for intra-EU mobility. By unravelling organisational strategies and practices across Europe, the book does not only contribute to dismantling the very idea of the European North-South divide in migration but also shows how Europe really works in the field of migration in times of deep economic, asylum and health crises."

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, April 2023)
- Updated profiles are available for Belgium, Malta and Spain.

Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill (UK Joint Committee on Human Rights, March-April 2023) [access]
- Follow link for both transcripts of oral evidence and written evidence submissions.

The Right to Suitable Accommodation under the Temporary Protection Directive, Legal Note, no. 14 (ECRE, April 2023) [text]

Related posts:


27 April 2023

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

*Expansion of Central American Minors Program Offers New Opportunities for Families to Reunite (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Kidnapped Future: Ukrainian Minor Refugees in Russia (MPI Blog, April 2023) [text]

U.S. Anti‐​Asylum Policy Forces Migrant Kids to Come Alone Without Parents (Cato at Liberty Blog, March 2023) [text]

Reports:

Disbelieved and denied: Children seeking asylum wrongly treated as adults by the Home Office (Helen Bamber Foundation, Humans for Rights Network & Asylum Aid, April 2023) [text]

Durable Solutions for Children: Checklist for child-sensitive national and local durable solutions strategies to address internal displacement (Plan International, et al., March 2023) [text]

Mixed Blessing: Guatemalan Experiences under the New Central American Minors Program (Refugees International, March 2023) [text]

A Path to Meeting the Medical and Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities (Migration Policy Institute, April 2023) [text]

Russia’s war on Ukraine: Forcibly displaced Ukrainian children (European Parliament, April 2023) [text]

*“We Must Provide a Family, Not Rebuild Orphanages”: The Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine for Children in Ukrainian Residential Institutions (Human Rights Watch, March 2023) [text]

Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective on the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States (USCRI, April 2023) [access]
- Follow link for the complete publication, access to individual chapters and additional resources.

Winning the Game: How Sport for Development supports the psychological well-being of adolescent refugees - A case study from Greece (UNICEF, 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report and executive summary.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Changes in life satisfaction among unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee minors who participated in teaching recovery techniques (TRT)," Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17:50 (April 2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Norway.

"Children's emotional and behavioral response following a migration: a scoping review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 7 (2023) [open access]

"The Kindertransport Everyday: The Complexities of Domestic Space for Child Refugees," Genealogy, vol. 7, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

"The Persistent, Pernicious Use of Pushbacks against Children and Adults in Search of Safety," Laws, vol. 12, no. 3 (April 2023) [open access]

"Political Strategies of Self-representation: The Case of Young Afghan Migrants in Sweden," Chapter in The Politics of Children’s Rights and Representation (Springer, March 2023) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

26 April 2023

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Short pieces:

"An assault on asylum? Experts raise alarm," Al Jazeera, 11 April 2023 [text]

Exploring freedom of movement in the context of forced return to transit countries (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, April 2023) [text]

Give Refugees Access to the Agreements That Govern Them (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Asylum Application Processes (Law Library of the Library of Congress, June 2022) [text]
- "This report surveys the asylum application processes, in particular processes involved in determining whether an asylum seeker is in need of international protection, in nine selected jurisdictions, namely, Canada, Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU)." See also related blog post.

"Cultural Expertise and Asylum and Refugee Laws," Chapter in Cultural Expertise, Law, and Rights (Routledge, 2023) [open access]

Data Driven Futures of International Refugee Law, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 1 (Univ. of Copenhagen, 2023) [text]

"Decision Making in Asylum Law and Machine Learning: Autoethnographic Lessons Learned on Data Wrangling and Human Discretion," Nordic Journal of International Law, vol. 92, no. 1 (April 2023) [open access]
- Note: This is included in a special issue on "Artificial Intelligence, Decision Making and International Law."

"Exit Rights, Seamless Borders and the New Carceral State," International Migration (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Humanitarian Assistance under International Law: Guidance on the legal framework regulating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to earthquake-affected areas in Syria (Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Internally Displaced Persons: Ordeals and Analyses of the Possible Regimes of Legal Protection Frameworks," St. Mary's Law Journal, vol. 54, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]
- "This Article compares the IDP legal regimes in Africa—the Nigerian Draft National Policy on IDPs and The Kenyan IDP statute."

"Missing the Global Turn: Italy, the 1951 Refugee Convention, and the Belated Removal of the Geographical Limitation," European History Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 2 (2023) [postprint]

"Nationality Status Determination in Asylum Procedures under the CEAS and the Potential Impact of the ‘New Pact on Migration and Asylum’," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 26 April 2023 [open access]

"Non-Refoulement during a Pandemic – with a Contextual Analysis of Border Closures Imposed by the EU, the US and India," ILI Law Review (Summer 2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Externalisation and Outsourcing of Asylum Law, 31 March 2023 [access]

US and UK to asylum-seekers: Apply elsewhere, 24 March 2023 [access]

Resource:

Migrant Rights Database (Migrant Rights Initiative) [access]
- "Evaluates how countries protect and implement 17 categories of rights according to 65 standardized indicators, based on the Initiative’s International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR)." See also this news release.

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

How the humanitarian industry is distancing from those we serve – and three things we can do about it (Notes and Musings on Humanitarian Work, April 2023) [Part 1] [Part 2]

Promoting gender equality: linking social protection and humanitarian assistance for displaced populations (ODI Insights, March 2023) [text]

"What’s the ‘Flagship Initiative’, and how might it transform emergency aid?," The New Humanitarian, 5 April 2023 [text]

"Why foreign aid isn’t as generous as the latest figures might suggest," The New Humanitarian, 13 April 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Afghanistan: Taliban directives and decrees affecting human rights and humanitarian actors (ACAPS, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Beyond gender mainstreaming: transforming humanitarian action, organizations and culture," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:5 (April 2023) [open access]

Brain drain in the aid sector: Unpacking the barriers of the dual-salary system, The Humanitarian Leader, no. 33 (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, March 2023) [text]

Empowering Frontline Staff to Enable the Participation of Crisis-affected People (International Rescue Committee, April 2023) [access]
- Note: Follow the link for both the report and a survey to complete after reading the report.

Forced Displacement Literature Review: Cash Transfers (Joint Data Center, March 2023) [text]
- See also related newsletter.

Promoting Equitable Partnerships with Local Responders in Humanitarian Settings: DG ECHO guidance note (ECHO, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Sex, age (and more) still matter: Data collection, analysis, and use in humanitarian practice (CARE, Tufts Univ. & UN Women, March 2023) [text]

Multimedia:

GCM Talk: Missing Migrants and Humanitarian Assistance, Geneva/Online, 23 March 2023 [access]
- See also related concept note.

ICVA 2023 Annual Conference, Geneva, 17 March 2023 [access]
- The theme was "The right time and the right place: Improving access to humanitarian quality funding." Follow link to access a playlist for all the conference sessions.

In Conversation with Chef José Andrés (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast, April 2023) [access]

What is “Humanitarian Journalism?” (Global Dispatches Podcast, April 2023) [access]

Related post:

25 April 2023

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"The humanitarian backdrop to Sudan’s unrest," The New Humanitarian, 17 April 2023 [text]
- See also UNHCR's briefing note.

Tackling Kenya’s longstanding refugee situation: the need for comprehensive solutions (UNHCR Blog, April 2023) [text]

"Uganda’s refugee programme hit by fresh fraud concerns," The New Humanitarian, 21 April 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Culture, Context and Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons from South Sudan (UNHCR, 2023) [text]

*"Data gathering and utilization: humanitarian targeting and ethical issues in northeastern Nigeria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:6 (April 2023) [open access]

Étude comparative sur la situation socio-économique des réfugiés et des communautés hôtes dans la région du Hodh Chargui, Mauritanie (GIZ & UNHCR, 2023) [text]

"Human Rights Violations and Mistrust among Refugees in South Africa: Implications for Public Health during the COVID Pandemic," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4 (April 2023) [open access]

"Internally Displaced Persons: Ordeals and Analyses of the Possible Regimes of Legal Protection Frameworks," St. Mary's Law Journal, vol. 54, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]
- "This Article compares the IDP legal regimes in Africa—the Nigerian Draft National Policy on IDPs and The Kenyan IDP statute."

Localizing Humanitarian Aid: Learning from a Consortium-Based Approach to Designing and Implementing a Village Health Worker Program in Borno State, Nigeria (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2023) [text]

"The Political Work of Migration Governance Binaries: Responses to Zimbabwean 'Survival Migration' at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 3 April 2023 [open access]

Reintegration experiences and future aspirations of Ethiopian returnees (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2023) [text]

"Safe for Whom? A Human Security Perspective on Nigeria as a ‘Safe Country of Origin’," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 March 2023 [open access]

Understanding conflict between locals and migrants in SA: case studies in Atteridgeville and Diepsloot (Institute for Security Studies, April 2023) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

Opportunities: Last Minute April 2023 & More May 2023

Workshop: European Collaboration with Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Online, 26 April 2023 [info]
- Organized by the European Academic Refugee Interdisciplinary Network.

Seminar: The politics of immigration beyond liberal states: Morocco and Tunisia in comparative perspective, 27 April 2023 [info]

Webinar: Contested Vulnerabilities: Refugees’ Experiences of Humanitarian programs, 27 April 2023 [info]

World Data Forum 2023: Leaving no-one behind in official statistics: Inclusion of forcibly displaced in national surveys, Hangzhou, China/Online, 27 April 2023 [info]

Panel series: World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees, & Societies, Washington, DC/Online, 27 & 28 April 2023 [info]

Discussion panel: Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and Migration in Central America, Washington, DC/Online, 28 April 2023 [info]

Workshop: Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU: Theoretical, Interdisciplinary, and Practical Perspectives, London/Online, 28 April 2023 [info]

CFP: Peripheries [info]
- Contributions sought for an issue that focuses on "access to rights within the context of south-south migration." Submissions are accepted in English, French, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and Spanish. The deadline is 30 April 2023.

Workshop: The potential of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU to enhance asylum litigation, Warsaw, 25 May 2023 [info]
- Register by 30 April 2023.

Call for applications: CERC Migration Fellowships, Toronto [info]
- Apply by 8 May 2023.

Discussion panel: Welcome Corps: Private Sponsorship of Refugees Comes to America, Washington, DC/Online, 8 May 2023 [info]

Workshop: Migration after the invasion of Ukraine: attitudes and policies in Europe, Florence, Italy, 10-11 May 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Gil Loescher Memorial Fund [info]
- The fund supports research costs for graduate students at the Univ. of Oxford. Apply by 15 May 2023

Event: Bhutan to Blacktown – and Beyond: A conversation about refugee leadership in Australia, Sydney, 18 May 2023 [info]

Webinar: Detention and return: protecting the rights of stateless people, 30 May 2023 [info]

Related post:

24 April 2023

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Biden’s Reviving Phone-Booth Asylum. Here’s Why It Was a Disaster (Immigration Impact, April 2023) [text]

A Groundswell of Opposition to Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban (Immigration Impact, April 2023) [text]

How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under the Biden administration (Pew Research Center, April 2023) [text]

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Says Biden Asylum Proposal Violates International Law (Democracy Now, March 2023) [text]
- See also related UNHCR statement.

What is the Law? Under New Immigration Decision, the Answer isn’t Always Clear (Immigration Impact, March 2023) [text]

"Why it's so hard to come to the U.S. legally," Axios, 6 April 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Administrative Reliance," Duke Law Journal (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

Asylum Process in Immigration Courts and Selected Trends (Congressional Research Service, April 2023) [text]

"Beyond Legal Deserts: Access to Counsel for Immigrants Facing Removal," North Carolina Law Review, vol. 101, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"Federal Judges Step into the Void to Set U.S. Immigration Policy," Migration Information Source, 30 March 2023 [text]

"Guilty After Proven Innocent: Hidden Factfinding in Immigration Decisionmaking," California Law Review (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"Impact on Medical Students Participating in Forensic Examinations of Asylum Seekers: A Pilot Study," Journal of Student-Run Clinics, vol. 9, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Noncitizen Harboring and the Freedom of Association," North Carolina Law Review, vol. 101, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

Streamlining to End Immigration Backlogs (CATO Institute, April 2023) [text]

Sustainable, Orderly, and Safe Reception at the US-Mexico Border: Recommendations for the Shelter and Services Program (Women's Refugee Commission et al., April 2023) [text]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

*"Anticipatory action to manage climate risks: Lessons from the Red Cross Red Crescent in Southern Africa, Bangladesh, and beyond," Climate Risk Management, vol. 40 (2023) [open access]

"A capital theory approach to migrants' views and engagement with climate adaptation in the region of origin: A qualitative study in Belgium," International Migration, Early View, 6 April 2023 [open access]

"Climate refugees or labour migrants? Climate reductive translations of women’s migration from coastal Bangladesh," Journal of Peasant Studies, Latest Articles, 29 March 2023 [open access]

"The evolution of Aotearoa New Zealand's policy discourses on Pacific climate mobilities from 2006–2021," Frontiers in Climate, 10 Jan. 2023 [open access]

*"An inventory tool to assess displacement data in the context of weather and climate-related events," Climate Risk Management, vol. 40 (2023) [open access]

*"Migration and climate change in Africa: A differentiated approach through legal frameworks on the free movement of people," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 27 (2023) [open access]

"Socio-Environmental Displacement Associated with Climate Change: An Emergency of the Risk Society in Colombia’s Central Coffee-Growing Region," Estudios Socio-Jurídicos, vol. 25, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Statehood, Human Rights and Sea-Level Rise: A Response to the International Law Commission’s Second Issues Paper on Sea-Level Rise in Relation to International Law," Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, vol. 4, no. 1 (2021; publ. April 2023) [open access]

"Storm Warning: New Zealand's Treatment of 'Climate Refugee' Claims as a Violation of International Law," American Univ. International Law Review, vol. 37, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

"Sustainable refugee camp design in the Dalhamyie settlement (Bekaa, Lebanon) for climate change context," City, Territory and Architecture, 10:2 (Jan. 2023) [open access]
- See also related blog post.

"UN Human Rights Bodies and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change," Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, vol. 4, no. 1 (2021; publ. April 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Are Orderly Borders Possible in an Era of Rising Climate Migration?, 15 April 2023 [access]

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Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Amid Global Warming of "Exodus," Pacific Countries Lead the Way on Mobility Responses (RID Blog, April 2023) [text

Can this high-level task force drive a debate on climate migration? (Devex, April 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the Climate Migration Council.

*Climate Migration: The Value of Refugee Perspectives (Latitude Blog, April 2023) [text]

"Colombia prepara la primera ley sobre desplazamiento climático en América Latina," El País, 7 April 2023 [text]
- See also English version.

‘Come join us on this adventure’: What caring for the environment means to communities in Ecuador (UNHCR Innovation Service, April 2023) [text]

*Is Cyclone Freddy’s record-breaking devastation the new normal? (ISS Today, March 2023) [text]

To Protect Climate-Displaced People, the US Must Restore Asylum Access (JURIST, April 2023) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

*Addressing Climate Security Risks in Central America (Wilson Center, April 2023) [text]

Climate of Coercion: Environmental and Other Drivers of Cross-Border Displacement in Central America and Mexico (USCRI, IRAP & HUMSI, March 2023) [text]
- Note: A related webinar is scheduled for 27 April 2023.

*Living with climate change, conflict and displacement: recognising agency, voice, mobility, language and linkages (ODI, April 2023) [text]

Making Adaptation Work: Addressing the compounding impacts of climate change, environmental degradation and conflict in the Near and Middle East (ICRC & Norwegian Red Cross, April 2023) [text]

Overlapping Global Crises: The Impacts of Food Insecurity and Climate Change on Migration and Displacement, International Dialogue on Migration, no. 34 (IOM, March 2023) [text]

"The Situation of Vulnerability and the Impact of the Pandemic on Climate Refugees," Chapter in Chapter in Os Desafios dos Direitos Humanos Durante e na pós Pandemia no Mundo Globalizado (Human Rights Challenges during and after the Pandemic) (Editora Fi, 2023) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 100.

Those Who Stay Behind: Lived Experiences from Indian Sundarbans Amidst Climate Change and Migration, Policies & Practices, no. 134 (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Dec. 2022) [text]

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22 April 2023

Round-up: Research Process & Outcomes

Opportunities:

Book launch: The Right to Research, Online, 24 April 2023 [info]

Migration Summit: Localising research with refugees: An ethical way forward, Online, 25 April 2023 [info]

Migration Summit: Panel on Research with Refugees and Displaced Populations, Online, 27 April 2023 [info]

Research symposium: Meeting the ‘Dual Imperative’: Working towards solutions for displacement in the Asia Pacific through policy-oriented research, Online, 27-28 April 2023 [info]

Migration Summit: Building a refugee-led research agenda - positionality, ethics and accountability, Online, 28 April 2023 [info]

Migration Summit: Participatory Research-Practice Partnerships, Online, 28 April 2023 [info]

Short pieces & commentaries:

"Commentary: Can big data deliver its promises in migration research," International Migration, vol. 60, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

"Commentary: Conceptual contours of migration studies in and from Asia," International Migration, vol. 59, no. 6 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

Decolonising knowledge production on South-South migration (MIDEQ Blog, March 2022) [text]

Digital research on twentieth-century refugees: dealing with information overload (Refugee History Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Feminist Theory in Refugee Law Blog Series (RLI Blog) [access]
- The Working Group on Feminist Theory and Displacement was formed "to rekindle feminist engagement not only with refugee law narrowly understood, but also with legal displacement research more broadly. Based on the conviction that they have great reformatory potential, this group engages in regular discussions about the relevance of feminist approaches to legal displacement research, extending beyond refugee law to consider the legal protection of other forcibly displaced persons. This blog series, which will be released throughout 2023, will highlight some of these discussions."

How new tools can more accurately measure the intersection of forced displacement, gender, and poverty (Development for Peace Blog, March 2022) [text]

How often is gender addressed in research on forced displacement? (Development for Peace Blog, March 2023) [text]

Knowledge, Voice and Power Blog Series (LERRN) [access]
- "This blog series continues the conversation from the recently launched Forced Migration Review 70th issue on Knowledge, Voice and Power, which was supported by LERRN. In this blog series we feature authors from around the world reflecting on questions about involving people with lived experiences of displacement in multiple contexts, as well as scholars based in the Global South, from research to policy discussions."

Leveraging household surveys to boost research on climate migration (Let's Talk Development Blog, July 2022) [text]

Research chairs will anchor knowledge on forced displacement in the Global South (IDRC, Dec. 2021) [text]

Research with refugees: taking care not to cut a long story short (IIED Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

Researching ourselves: (Non)emotional thoughts on what it means to be a Ukrainian scholar fleeing the war (MPC Blog, March 2023) [text]

Re-thinking Migration Studies? Developing social research training with refugee communities in Jordan (MPC Blog, March 2022) [text]

The Right to Research: A Conversation between Emplaced and Displaced Scholars (FluchtforschungsBlog, April 2023) [text]

"Using research to inform policies and operations," JDC Newsletter (March 2022) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

“Co-investigators but with different power”: Local voices on the localization of humanitarian research (Tufts Univ., Feb. 2023) [text]

Delivering Quality Research in Culturally Dynamic, Conflict-Affected Contexts: Lessons from Large-Scale Pilot Research in Cox’s Bazar (NYU Global TIES for Children, July 2022) [text]

"Ethical and Methodological Issues When Conducting Research with Children in Situations of Forced Migration," Chapter in Documenting Displacement: Questioning Methodological Boundaries in Forced Migration Research (McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Forthcoming Feb. 2022) [Academia]

Forced Migration Studies and Policy Dialogue—Promoting New Ways of Knowledge Production and Policy Transfer, Project Note (FFVT, Oct. 2022) [text]

"Gender Gaps in Migration Studies: Recent Developments and Prospects," Chapter in Gender Equality in the Mirror: Reflecting on Power, Participation and Global Justice (Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2022) [open access]

Guidelines for Co-Produced Research with Refugees and Other People with Lived Experience of Displacement (Kaldor Centre et al., Feb. 2023) 

Longitudinal research with people on the move: Methodological report on piloting repeated interviews with refugees and migrants (Mixed Migration Centre & Univ. of Edinburgh, June 2022) [text]

Participation of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Research: Guidance for Researchers from Researchers (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2023) [text]

Report on the Workshop "African Forced Migration Research in Germany," Freiburg, 11 June 2022 [text]

Research involving people of refugee background: Considerations for ethical engagement (University College Dublin, June 2022) [text]

Your Rights in Research: An Information Sheet for People Taking Part in Forced Migration Research (Centre for Refugee Studies et al., posted Dec. 2021) [access]
- Note: This information sheet is available in 20 different languages.

Journal articles:

"Adapting to Crisis: Migration Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Migration & Society, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"'Ain’t I a Woman?': Feminist Participatory Action-Research with African Migrant Women Living in Spain," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 22 March 2023 [open access]

"Beyond the partnership debate: localizing knowledge production in refugee and forced migration studies," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 35, no. 2 (June 2022) [open access]

"Birds of a feather (don’t always) flock together: Critical reflexivity of ‘Outsiderness’ as an ‘Insider’ doing qualitative research with one’s ‘Own People’," Qualitative Research, OnlineFirst, 2 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"Community-Based Research in Fragile Contexts: Reflections from Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Disentangling entangled mobilities: reflections on forms of knowledge production within migration studies," Comparative Migration Studies, 10:33 (2022) [open access]

"Do we really want to know? The journey to implement empirical research recommendations in ICRC's responses in Myanmar and Lebanon," Disasters, vol. 47, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

"Ethics and research in humanitarian settings," Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 19 (March 2022) [full-text]

"Ethics as a Moral Duty: Proposing an Integrated Ethics Framework for Migration Research," Journal of Human Rights Practice, Advance Articles, 21 Sept. 2022 [free full-text]

"From Ethical Challenges to Opportunities: Reflections on Participatory and Collaborative Research with Refugees in Australia," Ethics and Social Welfare, vol. 15, no. 2 (2021) [preprint]

"'I’m Going to Tell You Something I Never Told Anyone': Ethics- and Trauma-Informed Challenges of Implementing a Research Protocol with Syrian Refugees," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 2 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

"Laying the groundwork for participatory research with a Rohingya refugee community," Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 28, no. 3 (2022) [postprint]

"Methodological Quandaries of Studying Post-Soviet Displacements: An Invitation to Consider ‘Global Postcoloniality’ in Forced Migration Studies," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, no. 60 (2022) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 1.

"Migration Studies: How Should We Approach Them? Learning Through Participatory Practices. The So-Close Case Study," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24 Dec. 2022 [open access]

"Migration Theory in Climate Mobility Research," Frontiers in Climate, 10 May 2022 [open access]

"NGO-academia research co-production in humanitarian settings: opportunities and challenges," Disasters, vol. 47, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

"Problematising concepts and methods for civil society research in superdiverse neighbourhoods," Voluntary Sector Review: An international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Early View, 6 July 2022 [open access]

"Reflecting on Crisis: Ethics of Dis/Engagement in Migration Research," Migration & Society, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Remote Methods for Research on Violence Against Women and Children: Lessons and Challenges from Research during the COVID-19 Pandemic," BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 11 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"Researching governance in difficult times and places: Reflections from Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Pakistan," Development Policy Review, vol. 41, no. S1 (March 2023) [open access]

"Rethinking research methods in protracted violent conflicts in Mozambique: fieldwork in complex emergencies," Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, EarlyCite, 20 March 2023 [open access]

"Revisiting the ‘dual imperative’ of forced-migration studies – commentary to Refstie," Fennia: International Journal of Geography, vol. 200, no. 1 (2022) [open access]
- "The author concludes that, while research should be conducted in solidarity with refugees and those collaborating with them, such as activists, scholars must maintain reflexive criticism considering which actions and approaches are suitable and desired in particular contexts."

"The stories behind stories: Reflections on the role of voice in research with unaccompanied refugee youth," International Migration, vol. 61, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

"Using participatory video for co-production and collaborative research with refugees: critical reflections from the Digital Place-makers program," Learning, Media and Technology, Latest Articles,14 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"'We’re not that much different from you!': navigating positions of betweenness to explore solidarity, care and vulnerability in refugee and forced migration research," Social & Cultural Geography, Latest Articles, 21 March 2023 [open access]

"WhatsApp as a Tool for Researching the Everyday Lives of Venezuelan Refugees Settling in Brazil," Media and Communication, vol. 10, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

Special issues:

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 2 (2023) [contents]
- Special issue on "Computational Approaches to Migration and Integration Research." 

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 28, no. 3 (July 2022) [contents]
- Special issue on "Collaborative and Participatory Research to Promote Engagement, Empowerment, and Resilience for Immigrant and Refugee Youth, Families, and Communities."

Forced Migration Review, no. 70 (Sept. 2022) [open access]
- Themed issue on "Knowledge, Voice and Power."

MENA Politics: Newsletter of the Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of APSA, vol. 5, no. 2 (Fall 2022) [full-text]
- Includes a sub-section on "Research Symposium: How to Study (and Not Study) Refugees in the MENA." Scroll to p. 21.

Migration Letters, vol. 20, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
- Includes a special dossier "Expanding the debate: reflections on ethics practices in research with refugees and migrants in/from Latin America."

New books:

Documenting Displacement: Questioning Methodological Boundaries in Forced Migration Research (McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Feb. 2022) [info]
- This volume "explores the ethics and methods of research in diverse forced migration contexts and proposes new ways of thinking about and documenting displacement. Each chapter delves into specific ethical and methodological challenges, with particular attention to unequal power relations in the co-creation of knowledge, questions about representation and ownership, and the adaptation of methodological approaches to contexts of mobility. Contributors reflect honestly on what has worked and what has not, providing useful points of discussion for future research by both established and emerging researchers."

Introduction to Migration Studies: An Interactive Guide to the Literatures on Migration and Diversity (Springer, June 2022) [open access]
- "This open access textbook provides an introduction to theories, concepts and methodological approaches concerning various facets of migration and migration-related diversities. It starts with an introduction to migration studies and continues with an introductory reading of migration drivers, migration infrastructures, migration flows, and several transversal topics such as gender and migration. It also covers politics, policies and governance as well as specific research methods. As an interactive guide, this book develops an innovative format that brings a connection with various online sources. This means that whereas the chapters bring together literature in a coherent way, they are also connected to IMISCOE's online interactive Migration Research Hub for further reading and for more empirical material on migration and diversity."

Migration Research in a Digitized World: Using Innovative Technology to Tackle Methodological Challenges (Springer, July 2022) [open access]
- "This open access book explores implications of the digital revolution for migration scholars’ methodological toolkit. New information and communication technologies hold considerable potential to improve the quality of migration research by originating previously non-viable solutions to a myriad of methodological challenges in this field of study. Combining cutting-edge migration scholarship and methodological expertise, the book addresses a range of crucial issues related to both researcher-designed data collections and the secondary use of 'big data', highlighting opportunities as well as challenges and limitations."

Refugees and Knowledge Production: Europe's Past and Present (Routledge, Feb. 2022) [open access]
- "Building on research within the fields of exile studies and critical migration studies and drawing links between historical and contemporary ‘refugee scholarship’, this volume challenges the bias of methodological nationalism and Eurocentrism in discussing the multifaceted forms of knowledge emerging in the context of migration and mobility. With critical attention to the meaning, production and scope of ‘refugee scholarship’ generated at the institutions of higher education, it also focuses on ‘refugee knowledge’ produced outside academia, and scrutinizes the conditions according to which it is validated or silenced."

Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Digital Migration Studies: Caring for (Big) Data? (Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2021) [open access]
- "Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but also the activities of other actors, from solidarity networks to border control agencies. In doing so, digital technologies create a whole new set of ethical and methodological challenges for migration studies: from data access to data interpretation, privacy protection, and research ethics more generally."

The Right to Research: Historical Narratives by Refugee and Global South Researchers (McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Jan. 2023) [info]
- Features "nine works by refugee and host-community researchers from across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Identifying the intrinsic challenges of making space for diverse voices within a research framework and infrastructure that is inherently unequal, this edited volume offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear."

Multimedia:

Building Research Relationships and Setting the Agenda, 19 Nov. 2021 [access]

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

Critical Reflections on 'Decolonising' Humanitarianism and Refugee-Related Research Roundtable, 4 July 2022 [access]

Discussion with The Right to Research Book Editors and Contributors, 4 April 2023 [access]

The Localization of Humanitarian Research Webinar, 9 March 2023 [access]

On co-production and collaborative research with refugees (The Migration Podcast, Jan. 2022) [access]

Participatory approaches in research with population of refugee background, 9 March 2023 [access]

Rethinking Knowledge Production in Migration Studies and Research, 16 March 2022 [access]

Seminar Series on Forced Migration [access]
- "Bringing together scholars, policy makers and practitioners from different disciplines and regions, the Seminar Series aspires to decentering Europe-focused scholarship, debates, and policies on forced migration." 

The Transformative Potential of Inclusive and Localized Refugee and Forced Displacement Research, 24 May 2022 [access]
- See also conference report.

New research networks:

Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN) [access]

*European Academic Refugee Interdisciplinary Network [access]

Mixed Migration Network of Scholars (American Univ. in Cairo) [access]
- Focuses on North Africa. See also related podcast series.

Refugee-led Research Hub [access]

Research chairs will anchor knowledge on forced displacement in the Global South (IDRC, Dec. 2021) [access]
- See also related news story. Note: The research chairs that are currently in place include 

Research Network on Ukrainian Migration (European Univ. Institute) [access]

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