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20 December 2023
Thematic Focus: General
Global Refugee Forum Wrap-up:
The second Global Refugee Forum was held in Geneva from 13-15 December 2023. Recorded webcasts of the plenary sessions can be accessed here. For highlights of the discussions, check out the following, organized chronologically:
- Global refugee summit opens with focus on unity for world’s refugees (UNHCR, 13 Dec.) [text]
- High Commissioner's opening remarks, 13 Dec. [text]
- Live blog: Day 1, 13 Dec. [access]
- Live blog: Day 2, 14 Dec. [access]
- Live blog: Day 3, 15 Dec. [access]
- Summary of the Global Refugee Forum 2023 by the co-hosts and co-convenors (15 Dec.) [text]
- High Commissioner's closing statement, 15 Dec. [text]
- Global Refugee Forum delivers unity and action amid global crises (UNHCR, 15 Dec.) [text]
Short pieces:
David Turton: 1940-2023 (Refugee Studies Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]
Global Migration in the 21st Century: Navigating the Impact of Climate Change, Conflict, and Demographic Shifts (World Bank, Dec. 2023) [text]
New survey shows that after COVID-19, refugees’ socio-economic conditions are worsening (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
“Refugees” or “Migrants”? How word choices affect rights and lives (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
We need to change the way we support refugees – now! (Voices Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
Who’s leading refugee policy? Increasingly, refugees (MPC Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
Reports:
Addressing root causes and drivers of irregular migration: An evidence gap map (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Building Equitable Partnerships (Asylum Access, Dec. 2023) [text]
- See also related toolkit.
Data Gaps in Microdata in the Context of Forced Displacement (Joint Data Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]
Global Appeal 2024 (UNHCR, 2023) [text]
The Only Real Protection is Local: The case for achieving localized protection by financing local advocates to engage in comprehensive strategies for strategic change (Asylum Access, Dec. 2023) [text]
Transit Migration and Development, KNOMAD Paper, no. 52 (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Journal articles & book chapters:
"Decolonizing Forced Migration Studies," Chapter in Decolonial Politics in European Peripheries: Redefining Progressiveness, Coloniality and Transition Efforts (Routledge, Dec. 2023) [Academia]
"Forced displacement and subsequent generations’ migration intentions: intergenerational transmission of family migration capital," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 11 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 Dec. 2023 [open access]
Multimedia:
From refugee inclusion to shifting power: Building a global refugee sector that puts refugees first, 15 Dec. 2023 [access]
- A side event at the Global Refugee Forum.
Related post:
Regional Focus: MENA
Opportunity:
Call for applications: Short Courses, 31 January-22 February 2024 [info]
- 1) Psychosocial Issues and interventions for Refugees and migrants - apply by 4 January 2024; 2) Palestinian Refugee Issues - apply by 4 January 2024; 3) Examining the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations supporting migrants and refugees in the Middle East and North Africa Region - apply by 11 January 2024; and 4) Introduction to International Refugee Law - apply by 18 January 2024.
News/commentary on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza:
- "Expanding Israeli assault grinds Gaza aid efforts to a halt," The New Humanitarian, 6 Dec. 2023 [text]
- "Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed in two months," BBC News, updated 18 Dec. 2023 [text]
- "Gazans say they fear a fate worse than bombs: permanent exile," Reuters, 15 Dec. 2023 [text]
- "Hamas Terror and War in Gaza: The Trigger for Palestine Refugees Has Been Pulled," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 4 (2023) [open access]
- Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Israel and the occupied territories: how international humanitarian law applies (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Israel’s mass displacement of Gazans fits strategy of using migration as a tool of war (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]
- No safe place for Gaza's displaced (Doctors without Borders, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Tipping point: The risks of Palestinian displacement for Egypt (ECFR, Dec. 2023) [text]
- "We are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza," New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023 [text]
Other publications:
A decade on: improving outcomes for Syrian refugees in Jordan (IIED, Dec. 2023) [text]
"Gazing Toward and Beyond the Borders: Syrian Refugees and Organizations Supporting Them in Turkey," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Latest Articles, 6 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"'I Will Return Strong': The Role of Life Aspirations in Refugees’ Return Aspirations," International Migration Review, vol. 57, no. 4 (2023) [open access]
- Study "included survey research and in-depth interviews conducted in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria."
Mosul’s Gypsy Community Remains Unassisted Despite Protection Needs (RLI Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
"Next Stop: Europe? Aspirations for Secondary Migration Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan," International Migration Review, vol. 57, no. 4 (2023) [open access]
"Perceived barriers of migrants and refugees to vaccinate their children against measles and polio: a study in Iran," International Journal for Equity in Health, 22:253 (Dec. 2023) [open access]
Protection risks in eastern and western Libya (ACAPS, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Transit in Hell: The Horrific Violations Targeting African Migrants During Their Journey Across Yemeni Territory (Mwatana for Human Rights, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
"Travailleurs sociaux libanais à l’épreuve de l’histoire et de l’altérité," Les Politiques Sociales, nos. 3-4 (2023) [full-text via LERRN]
"UNHCR’s Expansion to the GCC States: Establishing a UNHCR Presence in Saudi Arabia 1987-1993," Middle East Critique, Latest Articles, 22 July 2023 [open access]
Related post:
18 December 2023
Regional Focus: Asia Pacific
Short pieces:
Crunch time on Rohingya refugees (The Interpreter Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
Deciphering the Overlapping Patterns of Disaster and Conflict Displacement
in Mindanao, Philippines (RID Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Did Pakistan Commit Crimes Against Humanity in Deporting Afghan Refugees?
(RLI Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
"How Will Indonesia Handle the Growing Number of Refugee Arrivals," The Diplomat, 7 Dec. 2023 [text]
"Moving Beyond 'Checkbook Diplomacy'? Japan's Changing Refugee Policy,"
The Diplomat, 16 Dec. 2023 [text]
Statement on UNHCR’s protection response in Bangladesh (UNHCR, Dec. 2023)
[text]
Thailand: Recent Refugees Pushed Back to Myanmar (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2023) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
Afghanistan Protection Brief (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
Afghanistan-Pakistan: Forced return of Afghans from Pakistan (ACAPS, Dec.
2023) [text
via ReliefWeb]
*"Analysing the Case of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Different Levels of Solidarity," Partecipazione e Conflitto, vol. 16, no. 3 (2023) [open access]
Conflict Trends in Asia, 1989–2022 (PRIO, 2023) [text]
Crisis Mounts for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, Asia Report, no. 335
(International Crisis Group, Dec. 2023) [text]
Journeys of Pakistani migrants and refugees to Thailand (Mixed Migration
Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]
"Providing permanent protection to refugees in Australia: Real change or
window dressing?," Alternative Law Journal, OnlineFirst, 6
Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Refugees’ Presence in Malaysia: Unravelling its Pull Factors," Journal of Ethnic and Diversity Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
*UPDATED
Related post:
15 December 2023
Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items
Short pieces:
The Advancement and Protection of the Human Rights of Refugees and Other Migrants in the Age of the Global Compacts (RLI Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
UN and regional human rights experts launch platform to coordinate advocacy on rights of refugees and asylum-seekers (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
"Astronauts and Asylum: Investigating the Intersection Between Outer Space and Immigration," Univ. of Pittsburgh Law Review, vol. 84, no. 3 (2023) [open access]
- "This Note explores the emerging intersection of outer space and immigration, specifically whether the United States can lawfully adjudicate asylum claims from astronauts."
"Conceptualization Shapes Practice: Apostasy-Based Refugee Claims and International Human Rights Law," Journal of Human Rights Practice, Advance Articles, 2 Nov. 2023 [open access]
"Culture and credibility: the assessment of asylum seekers’ statements," Psychology, Crime & Law, Latest Articles, 10 Nov. 2023 [open access]
"The Global Compact on Refugees: Inadequate Substitute or Useful Complement?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 28 Nov. 2023 [open access]
Nordic Asylum Practice in relation to Religious Conversion: Insights from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. PPLA/2023/02 (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
"Reviewing the Reviews: The Global Compacts' Added Value in Access to Asylum Procedures and Immigration Detention," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 22 Nov. 2023 [open access]
Thematic COI Sources Toolkit (Asylos, Nov. 2023) [access]
- Provides access to a wide variety of Country of Origin Information sources organized by topic.
"Travel Document," Chapter in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming 2024) [preprint]
Multimedia:
A Passport to Opportunity: The Importance of Refugee Access to Travel Documents (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2023) [access]
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects
Short pieces:
The Global Refugee Forum can markedly improve refugee economic inclusion (Order from Chaos Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
States Facing Worker Shortages Are Helping Migrants Secure Employment with New Resource Clinics (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.
Unlocking Opportunities: Income Generation for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (PRIO Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
Barreras a la Integración de los Migrantes y Refugiados Venezolanos en Colombia: Lecciones de Política de la Encuesta Pulso de Migración (Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, June 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report in Spanish and English.
A Forgotten Response and an Uncertain Future: Venezuelans’ Economic Inclusion in Colombia (Refugees International, Nov. 2023) [text]
From Refugees to Citizens: Labor Market Returns to Naturalization, Discussion Paper, no. 16651 (Institute of Labor Economics, Dec. 2023) [text]
"'I Can't Create a Future with a Temporary Permit': Refugees and Long-Term Temporary Protection in Denmark," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 13, no. 4 (2023) [open access]
"Often Shut Out of the Financial System, Refugees and Other Migrants Face Economic Integration Challenges," Migration Information Source, 6 Dec. 2023 [text]
The Productivity Effects of Forced Migration: Evidence from Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia (Inter-American Development Bank, Dec. 2023) [text]
"Refugee Labour Mobility to the EU: A Tool Contributing to Fairer Sharing of Responsibilities in the Context of Forced Displacement?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 8 Dec. 2023 [open access]
Refugee Struggle, Professional Downgrading, and Skills Mismatches in the Labor Market: A Comparison with Hosts in Uganda (SSRN, Nov. 2023) [text]
Retos y oportunidades para la integración económica de la población venezolana en el mercado laboral peruano (World Bank, Oct. 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report in Spanish and English.
Related post:
14 December 2023
Thematic Focus: Education
Short pieces:
Former refugee wins global Nansen award for championing education for displaced children (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
Getting degrees recognized helps refugees follow their dreams in Brazil (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.
Reports:
- See also video recording and slides of related webinar.
Education in Eastern Chad: Needs and Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]
Ending Statelessness for Displaced Children: Impact on Early Childhood Education, Working Paper No. 401 (iFo, Aug. 2023) [text]
Enhancing Education Opportunities (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.
Including Refugee Learners in National Education Systems (UNICEF, Dec. 2023) [text]
Learning is a Lifeline: Access to Education for Refugee Children in Kenya (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Paving pathways for inclusion (UNESCO & UNHCR, 2023) [access]
- "UNESCO and UNHCR have collaborated to identify gaps and highlight enabling and constraining factors for inclusion through a comprehensive analysis of data and policies in the top 35 low- and middle-income refugee-hosting countries and seven in-depth country case studies." Follow link to access two reports, one on evidence-based policy-making for refugee education and the other a global overview of refugee education data. Two databases that formed the basis for these reports can also be accessed via the a/m link. Case studies and background papers for Chad, Colombia, Ecuador, Jordan, Pakistan, Peru and Uganda are also available.
The right to higher education for refugees and forcibly displaced people: Briefing note compendium (UNESCO, 2023) [text]
- Compilation of nine briefing notes.
Journal articles, book chapters & dissertations:
"Humanizing Education for Immigrant & Refugee Youth," Educação & Realidade, vol. 48 (2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Brazil.
"Introduction: education and migration as a field of research," Chapter in Research Handbook on Migration and Education (Edward Elgar, Dec. 2023) [free full-text]
Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2023) [contents]
- Note: This is for information purposes only; the complete text of this open access journal issue has not yet been posted!
Learning to navigate 'unsettlement': young refugees' (re-)engagement with post-15 education in Greece, Dissertation (Univ. of Oxford, 2023) [text]
"Social Emotional Learning with Refugees in East Africa: Understandings, Implementation, and Impact," Current Issues in Comparative Education, vol. 25, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
"The Time Politics of Refugee Resettlement and Higher Education in the United States," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
Related post:
13 December 2023
Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2
Journal articles:
"'Are you a refugee like us? Oh then we have hope!' Affective discursive encounters in doing insider Other research," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 9 Dec/ 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on Eritreans in Switzerland.
"Belarusian – Polish Border: The Politics of Cross-Border Migration," Border Crossing, vol. 13, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
"COVID-19 vaccination coverage for half a million non-EU migrants and refugees in England," Nature Human Behaviour, 4 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"The Danish and British Asylum Externalization Schemes: Details and Impediments," Journal of War and Peace Studies, vol. 5 (Oct. 2023) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 157.
"Interpreters as cultural experts? Asylum practices in Slovakia," Jindal Global Law Review, Latest Articles, 9 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Intervenir dans l’espace du droit sans être professionnel du droit: les interprètes face aux avocats dans le contentieux de l’asile," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 39, no. 4 (2023) [delayed open access]
- Focuses on France. Note: The full-text of the article will be freely available in a year.
"MacDermott Lecture 2023: Confounding the rule of law: conflating immigration, nationality, and asylum in the UK," Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, vol. 74, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]
"Making the most of language acquisition of Syrian asylum permit holders in the Netherlands: the role of policy factors examined," Journal of Social Policy, FirstView, 1 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Mobilising memories and practices from the past: Refugees’ belonging in the Norwegian outdoors," Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift = Norwegian Journal of Geography, Latest Articles, 5 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Reframing Special Protection and Immigration as an Emergency: Italy’s Not-So-Novel Approach," Italian Review of International and Comparative Law, vol. 3, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
"The Securitization of Asylum: A Review of UK Asylum Laws Post-Brexit," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 10 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Self-selection of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons in Europe," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 6 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Upholding Maritime Migrants’ Rights at the Borders of Europe – J.A. and Others v. Italy," Italian Review of International and Comparative Law, vol. 3, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
Related post:
Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1
Short pieces & reports:
Boroughs warn of rising refugee homelessness amid ‘dangerous winter conditions’ (London Councils, Dec. 2023) [text]
"Editorial: Asylum reforms: Parliament fights its corner," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 8 Dec. 2023 [text]
Finland’s recent eastern border closure follows a predictable pattern of responses to unwanted migration (RLI Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
*How the bill to declare Rwanda a ‘safe’ country for refugees could lead to a constitutional crisis (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]
Intoxicating Sovereignty: From Brexit to The UK Supreme Court Judgment on Rwanda as a safe country for asylum seekers (RLI Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
Migration: toujours plus de morts du fait de l’inaction des États européens (Médecins Sans Frontières, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Rising tensions at the EU’s External Borders with Russia: The Unwanted Return of Instrumentalised Migration and Problematic Responses (EJIL Talk Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill 2023-24 (UK House of Commons Library, Dec. 2023) [text]
"'This is inexcusable': What's behind deteriorating conditions in Greek island asylum camps?," The New Humanitarian, 4 Dec. 2023) [text]
*Who counts as a refugee? Four questions to understand current migration debates (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.
Multimedia:
The Weaponization of Time and Migration Governance in Europe (Thinking Global, Dec. 2023) [access via E-International Relations]
*UPDATED
Related post:
Regional Focus: Africa
Short pieces:
Displacement in Sudan: Worse than the Worst-Case Scenario (CHA Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Europe’s migration deals in the Sahel must be revised (ISS Today, Nov. 2023) [text]
Kenya’s Bold New Shirika Refugee Plan is Model for Future (RI Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Pan-African responses to Europe’s restrictive immigration regime (African Arguments, Nov. 2023) [text]
South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
‘You reach a point where you have nothing. You will just die’: In East African refugee camps, food scarcity is a mortal concern (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
Conflict Trends in Africa, 1989–2022, Policy Brief, no. 5 (PRIO, 2023) [text]
Equal Partnerships: African Intermediary Cities as Actors and Partners in Urban Migration Governance (Samuel Hall, Nov. 2023)
"Factors associated with health-seeking patterns among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency, Northeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study," Conflict and Health, 17: 54 (Nov. 2023) [open access]
A ground breaking opportunity to increase access for registration of community groups in Dadaab (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]
"How Freedom of Movement Infringes on the Right to Leave," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 22 Nov. 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on the "ECOWAS area, drawing on original research material collected mainly in Abuja, Nigeria, but also in Senegal, Guinea, and The Gambia."
Invisible: The regional displacement crisis triggered by the Sudan conflict (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2023) [text]
Landless and displaced: The struggle for housing, land and property rights in eastern DR Congo (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2023) [text]
*"My Life, My Plans and My Dreams are Falling Apart": Voices from the Sudan Conflict (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Oxfam’s Engagement with Refugee-led Organisations in West Nile (Uganda): Lessons on opportunities and challenges (Oxfam, Dec. 2023) [text]
Somali refugees in Kenya: increasing camp-urban mobility (IIED, Nov. 2023) [text]
Multimedia:
Kenya’s refugee policy: Towards coherence? (Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration through Ideas, Nov. 2023) [access]
- More episodes in this podcast series are available here.
*UPDATED
Related post:
12 December 2023
Opportunities/New Issues of Alt. Hum., Border Cross., ERS, Eur. J. Life Writ., GILJ, Intl. Migr., Intl. Rev. Red Cross, JEMS, JHA, Migr. & Div., Migr. Stud., REMI
Opportunities:
Call for applications: Deputy and Associate Editors, Migration Studies [info]
- Apply by 2 January 2024.
CFP: Journal of Global Diaspora and Media [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Researching gender and digital media in migration and diaspora settings."
- Submit abstracts by 30 January 2024.
Call for proposals: Agenda setting papers for Migration Politics [info]
- Opportunity to participate in a ‘Virtual Residency’ to help authors develop papers that "substantially move forward or initiate a particular debate or field of inquiry." Submit proposals by 31 January 2024.
CFP: Journal of Humanitarian Affairs [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Facets of everyday humanitarianism: transnational humanitarian action in global ‘crisis’." Submit papers by 31 January 2024.
New issues:
Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 24 (Nov. 2023) [full-text]
- Issue theme focuses on "Central America: A forgotten subcontinent?"
Border Crossing, vol. 13, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
- Mix of articles. Note: The journal is currently not charging a publication fee to publish.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 11 (2023) [contents]
- Special issue on "Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents." The introduction is freely available.
European Journal of Life Writing, vol. 12 (2023) [open access]
- Issue includes a "cluster" on the Refugee Tales project.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 2 (Winter 2023) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
International Migration, vol. 61, no. 6 (Dec. 2023) [contents]
- Mix of articles and commentaries, with 14 of the former and two of the latter open access.
International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 105, no. 924 (Dec. 2023) [full-text]
- Themed issue on "Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict."
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 19 (2023) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with four that are open access and one that is freely available.
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2 (Nov. 2023) [open access]
- Special issue on "The Future of Humanitarian Medical Data Studies: Theory and Applications."
Migration & Diversity, vol. 2, no. 3 (2023) [open access]
- Mix of articles.
Migration Studies, vol. 11, no. 4 (Dec. 2023) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with seven that are open access.
Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 39, no. 4 (2023) [delayed open access]
- Features a thematic dossier on "Les intermédiaires de la migration." Articles become open access after a year.
11 December 2023
Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2
Reports:
Digital Exclusions: Legal Identity, Identification, and the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 15 (Univ. of Copenhagen, Dec. 2023) [text]
Ending Statelessness for Displaced Children: Impact on Early Childhood Education, Working Paper No. 401 (iFo, Aug. 2023) [text]
Malaysia’s proposed amendments to citizenship provisions in its Federal Constitution: The potential for progress being overshadowed by regression (McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Oct. 2023) [text]
Journal articles:
"Citizenship Outside the Courts," UC Davis Law Review, vol. 57, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.
"Estonia's 'Return to Europe': The relationship between neoliberalism, statelessness, and Westward integration in post-independence Estonia," Political Geography, vol. 108 (Jan. 2024) [open access]
"Much room for change: access to surgical care for stateless individuals in Pakistan," Globalization and Health, 19:93 (Nov. 2023) [open access]
Multimedia:
Protecting Futures: Addressing Lack of Access to Education for Children without Legal Identity, 28 Nov. 2023 [access]
“Writing Saved Me”: A Journalist’s Experience as a Stateless Refugee, 6 Nov. 2023 [access]
- The speaker is a stateless Rohingya refugee in the US.
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1
Opportunities:
Global Refugee Forum Linked Event: Multi-Stakeholder Approaches Towards Ending Statelessness, 12 December 2023, Online, 12 December 2023 [info]
Call for registration: 2024 World Conference on Statelessness, Kuala Lumpur, 26-29 February 2024 [info]
- Note: Tickets are going quickly!
News: Marking the 9th anniversary of the decade-long #IBelong campaign
- UNHCR issued various press releases and news stories including:
1) UNHCR reports progress on tackling statelessness (4 Nov. 2023) [text]
2) UNHCR reports steady progress on tackling statelessness [focuses on Africa] (4 Nov. 2023) [text]
3) Central Asian Network on Statelessness prepares for GRF 2023 (13 Nov. 2023) [text]
4) On the 9th anniversary of the #IBelong campaign, the Americas advances towards preventing and reducing statelessness (20 Nov. 2023) [text]
5) UNHCR calls for improved access to birth registration to confirm legal identity and prevent statelessness in Ukraine (1 Dec. 2023) [text]
Short pieces:
Can EU help Belarusians who face the choice between statelessness and prison? (openDemocracy, Oct. 2023) [text]
Colombia: IACHR Commends New Nationality Law (OAS, Nov. 2023) [text]
Home at last: How Niger is working towards the eradication of the risk of statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
‘I have no rights’: what happens to stateless people in Australia after the High Court’s ruling? (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
Our Hands Extended: International Calls to End Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws (ENS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Reconstructing statelessness (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on Italy.
Stateless in Germany 'denied the right to have rights' (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2023) [text]
The stateless paradox: Island Nations Caught in the 'Lost States' Narrative (Völkerrechtsblog, Oct. 2023) [text]
Stocktake of Critical Statelessness Studies to date (2020-2023): Renewing the Call for Innovative Contributions to the Field (CSS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Surrogacy Arrangements: Can Article 8 of the ECHR Combat Child Statelessness? (ENS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
"Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem," CMS Migration Update, 23 Oct. 2023 [text]
UNHCR and Viet Nam convene discussions to prevent, end statelessness in the region (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]
Related post:
08 December 2023
Regional Focus: United States
Short pieces:
Let Us Not Forget That Asylum is a Human Right (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
*Mid-sized cities are clamoring for migrants (Niskanen Center Commentary, Dec. 2023) [text]
UNHCR and UC Law San Francisco Announce First Sergio Vieira De Mello Chair in the United States for International Refugee Law (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
What We Know About the Senate Negotiations That Could Wreck Asylum in the US (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
- See also earlier related WOLA commentary.
Journal articles:
"Astronauts and Asylum: Investigating the Intersection Between Outer Space and Immigration," Univ. of Pittsburgh Law Review, vol. 84, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]
- "This Note explores the emerging intersection of outer space and immigration, specifically whether the United States can lawfully adjudicate asylum claims from astronauts."
*"The End of Asylum Redux and the Role of Law School Clinics," Yale Law Journal, vol. 133 (2023) [full-text]
"Lessons from Vietnam: Informing Refugee Policy in Haiti and Afghanistan from Post-Vietnam United States Policy," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, vol. 37, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]
Reports:
- Follow link for fact sheet and Tracker of Reported Attacks Against Asylum Seekers and Migrants Stranded in Mexico due to the Asylum Ban; see also related press release.
Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Univ. of Texas at Austin, Nov. 2023) [text]
New census projections show immigration is essential to the growth and vitality of a more diverse US population (Brookings Institution, Nov. 2023) [text]
Opportunities for Welcome: Lessons Learned for Supporting People Seeking Asylum in Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Portland, Maine (Women's Refugee Commission, Nov. 2023) [text]
An Unprecedented Migration Crisis: Characterizing and Analyzing its Depth (The Dialogue, Nov. 2023) [text]
The Urgent Need for (Re)Designating El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal, and Guatemala for Temporary Protected Status (FWD.us, Nov. 2023) [text]
*UPDATED
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Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2
New open access book:
- "The long-term consequences of COVID-19 have been tough for children around the world, but even more so for young children already in humanitarian crisis, whether due to conflict, natural disasters, or economic and political upheaval. This book investigates how organizations around the world responded to these dual challenges, identifying solutions, and learning opportunities to help to support young children in ongoing and future crises. Drawing on research and voices from the Global South, this book showcases innovations to mobilize new funds and re-allocate existing resources to protect children during the pandemic. It provides important evidence on understudied and overlooked vulnerable populations, recognizing that researchers from the Global South are best positioned to fill these research gaps, contextualize findings, and support the uptake and adoption of recommendations by local decision-makers and practitioners in those same contexts."
Journal articles & book chapters:
"'The Best Risky Point': Agency and Decision-Making in Young Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers' Stories of Leaving Home and Travelling to Australia," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
"Coercive measures against minors in the Swedish asylum process: legal uncertainty, ambivalence and experiences of intrusiveness," Nordic Journal of Social Research, vol. 14, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
"COVID‐19 vaccination of children with refugee backgrounds in Western Australia: a retrospective observational study," Medical Journal of Australia, OnlineFirst, 4 Dec. 2023 [open access]
"Family-like Relationships and Wellbeing of Young Refugees in Finland, Norway, and Scotland," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 12 (Dec. 2023) [open access]
"Problematizing Early Marriages: Development Narratives and Refugee Experiences in Jordan," Chapter in Muslim Marriage and Non-Marriage: Where Religion and Politics Meet Intimate Life (Leuven University Press, Nov. 2023) [access]
- Scroll to p. 61.
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1
Short pieces:
Kindertransport’s complex legacy: saving children from the Nazis while leaving their families behind (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Hotel Accommodation, Removal from Child Welfare System and Risk of Trafficking (RLI Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.
Reports:
The Centrality of Children and Their Protection in Humanitarian Action: An Introduction (Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Dec. 2023) [text]
Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Proposed Rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families) - "Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule" (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
Migration experiences of children on the move through Honduras (Mixed Migration Centre, Centro de Desarrollo Humano & UNICEF, Nov. 2023) [text]
Missing persons and their families: International legal framework (ICRC, Dec. 2023) [text]
Supporting Refugee Girls to Thrive: A Plan International policy brief for the 2023 Global Refugee Forum (Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Related post:
07 December 2023
News: Climate Mobility Hub Launched
The Hub includes the following sections:
- Facts: "Research-backed answers to basic questions about climate-related mobility."
- Solutions: "Policies that help people stay in place, when that’s their choice, or enable safe ways to move."
- Voices: "Hear from people affected by the impacts of climate change – sharing what this means for their lives, land, identity and rights."
An extensive listing of resources is also provided, with links to books, journal articles, book chapters, commentary and blog posts.
Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2
Journal articles:
"Deserving of Assistance: The Social Construction of Ukrainian
Refugees," Ethnopolitics, Latest Articles, 4 Dec. 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on the Czech Rep. and Poland.
"Drawing Together in Scotland: The Opportunities and Challenges for Young
Refugees within a ‘Relational Wellbeing’ Approach to Integration,"
Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 12 (Dec. 2023) [open access]
"Nature and Belonging in the Lives of Young Refugees: A Relational Wellbeing
Perspective," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 11 (Nov. 2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Finland.
"A need for a tenure arrangement for refugees on customary land," African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, vol. 6, no. 5 (2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Uganda.
"Public attitudes towards co-ethnic migrant integration: evidence from South
Korea," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles,
29 Nov. 2023 [open access]
"Racial Othering and Relational Wellbeing: African Refugee Youth in
Australia," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 11 (Nov. 2023) [open access]
"Spatial Integration of Refugees: Towards a Post-Migrant Approach,"
Urban Planning, Ahead of Print, 15 Nov. 2023 [open access]
- "The proposed debate is based on collaborative teaching and research
activities conducted in 2021 and 2022 in Berlin, Germany, and Irbid, Jordan...
."
*"The Time Politics of Refugee Resettlement and Higher Education in the United States," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
*UPDATED
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1
Short pieces:
Commitments reaffirmed for safe, dignified and voluntary returns of Congolese and Rwandan refugees (Nov. 2023) [text]
How the Welsh language is being promoted to help migrants feel at home (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
Modest Proposals for Actors Supporting Third Country Solutions for Refugees (RLI Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
Over 30,000 Refugees Resettled from Rwanda (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]
UNHCR, Governments of Burundi and Tanzania agree to scale up voluntary repatriation to Burundi (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Includes link to a Joint Communiqué in French and English.
Reports:
Impacts of Extremist Ideologies on Refugees' Integration: Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Tajikistan, Working Paper, no. 10612 (World Bank, Nov. 2023) [text]
Interiorization strategy: a strategy to support the socio-economic integration of refugees from Venezuela (R4V & Govt. of Brazil, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Also available in Spanish.
The Unmet Potential of Community Consultations in U.S. Refugee Resettlement (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2023) [text]
- See also related video recording below.
Multimedia:
Engaging Local Voices: Letting Cities Inform National Refugee Resettlement Goals, 14 Nov. 2023 [access]
The Importance of Community Consultations in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Network, 30 Nov. 2023 [access]
Related post:
Regional Focus: Americas
Short pieces:
Deportations and Protection Risks in the Americas (Jesuit Refugee Service, Nov. 2023) [text]
The International Community is Failing the Human Rights of Forced Migrants Crossing the Deadly Darien Gap (Connecting Ideas Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
IOM, UNHCR, Partners Seek USD 1.59 bn for Refugees, Migrants from Venezuela and Host Communities (IOM, Dec. 2023) [text]
IOM, UNHCR call for stronger response in the Americas as half a million people cross the Darien jungle (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
USAID Announces Nearly $485 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Western Hemisphere (USAID, Nov. 2023) [text]
"The Venezuelan Exodus," Excerpt from Foundations of International Relations (Bloomsbury, 2022; posted Nov. 2023) [text]
**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.
Reports:
IDPs in Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
Personas Migrantes y Refugiadas provenientes de Venezuela (OAS, Nov. 2023) [text]
“This Hell Was My Only Option”: Abuses Against Migrants and Asylum Seekers Pushed to Cross the Darién Gap (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2023) [text]
- See also Spanish version.
An Unprecedented Migration Crisis: Characterizing and Analyzing its Depth (The Dialogue, Nov. 2023) [text]
Journal articles & book chapters:
Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 24 (Nov. 2023) [full-text]
- Issue theme focuses on "Central America: A forgotten subcontinent?"
"Incorporating migrants into National COVID-19 Vaccination Plans in Latin America: A comparative analysis of policies in seven countries," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 9 (2024) [open access]
"Mexicans vs Central Americans: Violented Migrants Crossing Mexico," Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Latest Articles, 30 Aug. 2023 [open access]
"Policy preferences in response to large forced migration inflows," World Development, vol. 174 (Feb. 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.
"Transnational ambivalence: incorporation after forced and compelled return to Mexico," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 12 (2023) [Academia]
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06 December 2023
New Issue of RSQ
- Subtracting Development through the Production of Il/legality of Young Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon [free full-text]
- Making Room for Refugee Interpretation of Labelling: A Case Study from the Turkish–Syrian Border [abstract]
- Where is Home without Legal Status? Understanding the Choice to Stay Among Post-Cessation Liberians in Nigeria [open access]
- Canada’s Implementation of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: Advancing Foreign Policy Objectives and the Status Quo? [open access]
- Australia, Indonesia, and East Timorese Family Reunions [abstract]
- A Critical Analysis of Japan’s Decision to Accept Ukrainians Following the Russian Invasion in 2022 [open access]
- Critiquing Trends and Identifying Gaps in the Literature on LGBTQ Refugees and Asylum-Seekers [open access]
Tagged Periodicals.
Opportunities update!
Just an FYI that I indicated the wrong deadline for the RLI Conference CFP in my earlier "Opportunities" round-up! Here is the corrected information:
CFP: Pacts, Promises and Refugee Protection, 8th Annual RLI Conference, London, 3-5 June 2024 [info]
- Deadline for paper, panel and poster proposals is 29 January 2024.
Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters
Short pieces:
10 things to know about climate change and displacement (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]
"1.2 million in Latin America displaced by disasters, study finds," Axios, 28 Nov. 2023 [text]
COP28 – climate mobility: the goal is sustainable adaptation – either in place or on the move (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]
COP28: with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]
Human Mobility at COP28 (IOM, Nov. 2023) [access]
- Provides info on the climate migration-related events taking place at COP28.
Refugees and displaced people from climate frontlines call for greater inclusion at COP28 (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
UN Common Messages on Internal Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change for COP28 (UN, Nov. 2023) [text]
UNHCR and UC Law San Francisco Announce First Sergio Vieira De Mello Chair in the United States for International Refugee Law (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
UNHCR calls for urgent global action at COP28, highlighting climate change’s impact on the displacement crisis (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
"What happened on COP28’s big humanitarian day?," The New Humanitarian, 4 Dec. 2023 [text]
Journal articles:
"Climate refugees or labour migrants? climate reductive translations of women’s migration from coastal Bangladesh," Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 50, no. 6 (2023) [open access]
"Health Problems of Increasing Man-Made and Climate-Related Disasters on Forcibly Displaced populations: A Scoping Review on Global Evidence," Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, vol. 17 (2023) [open access]
Reports:
Advances in data collection on the environmental change-migration nexus, Policy Brief, no. 21 (KNOMAD, Nov. 2023) [text]
Aftershock: An assessment of how climate change is influencing migration and vulnerability in Libya (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]
Bridging the science–policy gap in the climate migration field, Policy Brief, no. 22 (KNOMAD, Dec. 2023) [text]
Climate Displacement Litigation: Navigating the Human Rights Landscape - A Global Review (Displacement Solutions, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Disaster risks, migration, and forced displacement: Understanding the link between disaster risk, migration and forced displacement in Colombia (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
IASC Guidance on Environmental Responsibility in Humanitarian Operations (IASC, Dec. 2023) [text]
Inadequate and inequitable: water scarcity and displacement in Iraq (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]
Overview of Strategic Plan for Climate Action 2024–2030 (UNHCR, updated Nov. 2023) [text]
Resilience on the move: Migration’s powerful role in creating climate resilience (Climate and Migration Coalition, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]
Working toward durable local integration solutions for drought-displaced people, Policy Brief, no. 20 (KNOMAD, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on Ethiopia.
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