06 December 2023

Thematic Focus: General

Event: 

Global Refugee Forum 2023, Geneva, 13-15 December 2023 [info]
- The Forum "is designed to support the practical implementation of the objectives set out in the Global Compact on Refugees: Ease pressures on host countries, enhance refugee self-reliance, increase access to third-country solutions and improve conditions in countries of origin. It provides the opportunity for States and stakeholders to announce concrete pledges and contributions, highlight progress made, share good practices and take stock of the challenges and opportunities ahead." Follow the link for the programme, background documentation and access to pledges. The meeting will be livestreamed, and webcasts and speeches will be made available after the fact. See also related news story.

Short pieces:

[2023 Nansen Refugee Award Winners] (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Note: The award ceremony will be held the first evening of the Global Refugee Forum, 13 Dec. 2023.

*Chronic Refugees: A Burden on Poor Countries (PRIO Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Meaningful participation of refugees and stateless people in the Global Refugee Forum 2023 and beyond (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Overlooked and undervalued: tracking funding to refugee-led organisations (Development Initiatives Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

New open access book:

Lived Refuge: Gratitude, Resentment, Resilience
(Univ. of California Press, Nov. 2023) [open access]
- "In a world increasingly shaped by displacement and migration, refuge is both a coveted right and an elusive promise for millions. While conventionally understood as legal protection, it also transcends judicial definitions. In Lived Refuge, Vinh Nguyen reconceptualizes refuge as an ongoing affective experience and lived relation rather than a fixed category with legitimacy derived from the state. Focusing on Southeast Asian diasporas in the wake of the Vietnam War, Nguyen examines three affective experiences—gratitude, resentment, and resilience—to reveal the actively lived dimensions of refuge. Through multifaceted analyses of literary and cultural productions, Nguyen argues that the meaning of refuge emerges from how displaced people negotiate the kinds of safety and protection that are offered to (and withheld from) them. In so doing, he lays the framework for an original and compelling understanding of contemporary refugee subjectivity."

Reports:

2023 Global Compact on Refugees Indicator Report (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [access]
- See also related press release.

The 2023 Global Refugee Forum (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Nov. 2023) [text]

Faith actors and the Global Compact on Refugees: a local role, a global norm?, Working Paper, no. RSC 2023/64 (European Univ. Institute, Nov. 2023) [text]

Mixed Migration Review 2023: Highlights - Interviews - Essays - Data (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2023) [access]
- Follow link for full report, press release and video recording of launch event.

Progress 2023: Periodic Global Report on the State of Solutions to Internal Displacement (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]

Review of global flow estimates and the identification of major migration corridors, Working Paper, no. 51 (KNOMAD, Nov. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Effects of Three Facets of National Identity and Other Socioeconomic Traits on Attitudes Towards Immigrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 10 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"The inconsistency of immigration policy: the limits of 'Top-down' approaches," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Rethinking the migration state: historicising, decolonising, and disaggregating," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Dec. 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture: Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees, Online, 15 Nov. 2023 [access]

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture: Who Gets Believed? A conversation with Dina Nayeri, 20 Nov. 2023 [access]

Resource:

Refugee and Asylum Seeker Populations by Country of Origin and Destination, 2000-2022 (Migration Policy Institute) [access]
- Map using UNHCR data.

*UPDATED

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