Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Americans lean toward keeping legal immigration steady, see high-skilled workers as a priority (Pew Research Center, Dec. 2024) [text]

Census Bureau Improves Methodology to Better Estimate Increase in Net International Migration (Random Samplings Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Immigration: the Nuts and Bolts of a Complex Issue," Journal of the San Juan Islands, 27 Nov. 2024 [text]

Legal Pathways and Enforcement: What the U.S. Safe Mobility Strategy Can Teach Europe about Migration Management (MPI, Dec. 2024) [text]

Mass Deportations Will Undermine Our Safety (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

Policy Options: Protecting Immigrant Communities at the State and Local Level (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

The Public Framing of Mass Deportation (Just Security Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war (The Conversation, Dec. 2024) [text]

Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to US − but their journeys could become more costly and dangerous (The Conversation, Dec. 2024) [text]

What Will Mass Deportations Look Like? (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

Yes, Philadelphia is a sanctuary city − but that offers undocumented immigrants little protection from mass deportations (The Conversation, Dec. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Biden’s Mixed Immigration Legacy: Border Challenges Overshadowed Modernization Advances," Migration Information Source, 10 Dec. 2024 [text]

"Bridging the Policy Gap: A Critical Autoethnography of Asylum Accompaniment," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 16 Dec. 2024 [full-text]

"Critical Immigration Legal Theory," Boston Univ. Law Review, vol. 104, no. 6 (Oct. 2024) [full-text]

- See also related response.

"The Immigration Subpoena Power," Columbia Law Review (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

"With Fear, Favor, and Flawed Analysis: Decision-Making in U.S. Immigration Courts," Boston College Law Review, vol. 65, no. 8 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Biden Legacy on Immigration: A Complex Picture, 17 Dec. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (5 Dec. 2024) 

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Reports:

Exploring Refugees’ Intentions to Return to Ukraine: Data Insights and Policy Responses (Migration Policy Institute, Dec. 2024) [access]

- Follow link to access report and related webinar recording.

Guidelines on the EU approach to community sponsorship (EU Agency for Asylum, Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related news article.

Operational Guidelines on Complementary Pathways (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also companion page on UNHCR's website.

PROGRESS 2024: Periodic Global Report on the State of Solutions to Internal Displacement, 2nd ed. (IOM & Georgetown Univ., Dec. 2024) [access]

- See also related Q&A.

Refugees’ Experience Prior to Resettlement Predicts Early Socioeconomic Integration in the U.S. (Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Dec. 2024) [text]

The Role of ‘Unity’ in Refugee Communities: A Case Study of Integration Mechanisms in Leeds (UK), RLI Working Paper, no. 73 (Univ. of London, Oct. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (20 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Legal Pathways and Enforcement: What the U.S. Safe Mobility Strategy Can Teach Europe about Migration Management (MPI, Dec. 2024) [text]

UNHCR, Governments of Burundi and Tanzania reaffirm their commitment to supporting Burundian refugees voluntary return and sustainable reintegration (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related FAQ.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Navigating 'Promising Victimhood': Discretionary Practices of UNHCR Caseworkers in Rwanda’s Refugee Resettlement Process," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 Dec. 2024 [open access]

“The Relationship Between the Geographical Location of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees and Their Integration into the Host Society: The Case of Metropolitan Lima,” Chapter in Territorios, sustentabilidad y gobernanza ante la nueva normalidad (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Settlement Intentions of Ukrainian Pre-War and Forced Migrants in Poland: Challenges for Migrant Integration Policy at the Local Level," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 9 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Shaping Norms: Australia, G.J.L. Coles, and the Evolution of the UN Refugee Agency's Repatriation Culture," Australian Journal of Politics & History, Early View, 3 Dec. 2024 [access via X]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (7 Dec. 2024)

Opportunity/New Issues of Alt. Hum., Asian Yrbk. Intl. Law, Crit. Crim., DiGeSt, Disasters, EJML, Geopolitics, GILJ, Global Net., IMR, JIMI, NJMR, Soc. Incl.

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

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

Opportunity:

Call for proposals: Special issues of Refugee Survey Quarterly 2025 [info]

- Submission deadline is 31 December 2024.

New issues:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 27 (Nov. 024)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Ukraine-Gaza: exchange of views."

Asian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 28 (2022; published Dec. 2024) [open access]

- Features a set of seven "papers that were selected from the 2023 DILA International Conference on the topic of 'Refugee Protection and Border Control: Asian State Practice'." 

Critical Criminology, vol. 32, no. 2 (June 2024) [contents]

- Features two special issues, one on "The Criminalization-to-Deportation Pipeline in the United States" and the other on "Critical Engagements with Gender, Race and Class in Crimmigration Controls." Nine articles are open access.

DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes."

Disasters, vol. 49, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) [contents]

- Features special issue articles on "Famine and food security: new trends and systems or politics as usual?" Fifteen articles are open access.

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is open access.

Geopolitics, vol. 30, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Embedding Externalisation." The introduction is freely available and three articles are open access.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 38, no. 3 (Spring 2024) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Global Networks, vol. 25, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) [contents]

- A number of articles focus on refugee, migration and diasporas. Sixteen are open access.

*International Migration Review, vol. 58, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [free full-text]

- Special issue on "International Migration Review at 60: Evolving and Emerging Models of International Migration Research." While all articles are freely available, 8 of them are open access.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 25, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 10 that are open access.

+Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 14, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Engaging with Three Predicaments of Transnational Migration Research in the Postcolonial Condition."

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 15, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Social Inclusion, vol. 12 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Theorizing as a Liberatory Practice? The Emancipatory Promise of Knowledge Co-Creation With (Forced) Migrants."

+UPDATED

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Contested future-making in containment: temporalities, infrastructures and agency," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:54 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

Ethics and Literary Practice II: Refugees and Representation (MDPI, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- Note: This is a reprint of a special issue that was published in Humanities."

"The Neoliberal Understanding of Human Rights and the Failure to Protect Refugees," Journal of Law and Political Economy, vol. 4, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

"A New Life, or Shadows of the Past? Everyday Emotional Experiences of Forcibly Displaced Kurdish Immigrants," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 15, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Recovering African contestation and innovation in global politics: Francis Deng and sovereignty-as-responsibility," International Theory, vol. 16, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

"Threats, Victims, and Survivors: The Racialized Gendering of Syrian Refugees and Literary Contestations of Dominant Media Narratives," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"The United States, Europe, and the Global Compacts: Honoring the Right to Remain and the Right to Migrate," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 18 Dec. 2024 [full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (19 Dec. 2024) 

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunity: 

Call for participation: DYNAMIG survey of policy-actors in Europe and Africa [info]

- Scroll to bottom for survey instructions.

Short pieces:

Impact of Refugee Leadership and Meaningful Participation in Sports: The Case of Afghan Olympic Cyclist Masomah Ali Zada (Wilson Center, Dec. 2024) [text]

"'Major milestone' on solutions to internal displacement: Top adviser," UN News, 4 Dec. 2024 [text]

- Includes link to video recording of final press briefing by the UN Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement before the conclusion of his mandate.

Statement by UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection to the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Reports:

3rd Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Abidjan/Online, 19-21 Sept. 2024 [access]

- Follow link for papers, presentations and video recordings of sessions.

Internal Displacement in 2024: Monitoring the crisis, measuring progress (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Dec. 2024) [access]

Mixed Migration Review 2024: Highlights, Interviews, Essays, Data – Migration politics, migration narratives and public opinions in 2024: the year of elections (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report PDF, an online version and a video recording of the launch event. See also related press release.

Position Paper on Urban Mobility & Governance (Samuel Hall, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Seventy-fifth session (14–18 October 2024), UN Doc. No. A/79/12/Add.1 (UN General Assembly, Oct. 2024) [text]

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Annual report pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 428 (V), UN Doc. No. A/79/12 (UN General Assembly, 2024) [text]

Towards the More Effective Use of Irregular Migration Data in Policymaking (Migration Policy Institute, Dec. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (26 Nov. 2024)

New resource: Guidelines for Libraries

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has just published the first-ever IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees | Migrants | Immigrants | Asylum seekers. Here's the abstract:

"In the face of the largest global refugee crisis since the second world war, library support to displaced persons is one of the most vital things that we as library community can provide right now. Libraries play a crucial role as trusted community spaces and welcoming sanctuaries for all, regardless of their displacement, limbo state, or any kind of intersectional vulnerability they may face at the same time, like gender identity, childhood, third age, or disability. With this work libraries contribute to the two-way integration process: they empower displaced individuals to integrate into the host communities, helping them recover from their traumas, while they also allow both displaced and host communities to learn from each other and appreciate the cultural diversity. The first-ever IFLA guidelines for libraries supporting displaced populations aim to serve as a vehicle to expand the traditional role of librarianship, entering a new learning space for libraries."

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

Mexico’s Judicial Reform: A Feminist Critique of its Risks for Rule of Law, Migration, and Human Rights (Wilson Center, Dec. 2024) [text]

UNHCR warns of devastating spike in risk of gender-based violence for women and girls forced to flee (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Mujeres refugiadas y migrantes de Venezuela en Perú: ¿quiénes son y qué barreras enfrentan para su integración socioeconómica? (ILO, Nov. 2024) [text]

Rights of Women and Girls in the Asylum Procedure: ECRE'S Analysis of the Main Challenges to Women and Girls' Access to a Fair Asylum Procedure and Implementation Considerations for the Asylum Procedures Regulation (ECRE, Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also info and concept note for related webinar.

Journal articles:

"Access and use of sexual and reproductive health services among asylum-seeking and refugee women in high-income countries: A scoping review," PLoS ONE 19(11): e0312746 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes."

"Experiences and Concerns of Pregnant Refugee Women from Nigeria Seeking for Asylum in Germany: A qualitative analysis," Midwifery, vol. 141 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Gender Apartheid and Asylum: Establishing General Risks of Gender-Based Persecution in International Refugee Law," Politics & Gender, FirstView, 13 Dec. 2024 [free full-text]

- Focuses on Afghan women.

"Invisibilization of the unwanted Others? Feminist, queer, and postcolonial perspectives on the 1951 Refugee Convention’s drafting," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 107 (Nov.-Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Resilience Against All Odds: How Refugee Women from Ukraine Find Courage Through Transnational Families," Global Networks, vol. 25, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Poland.

"Treading water in transit: understanding gendered stuckness and movement in Tunisia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"The Women of Al-Hol: Deservingness and the Politics of Vulnerability and Security," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 15, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (22 Nov. 2024)

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for a two-part listing of references to new books. Part 1 highlights new books due out in December 2024, while Part 2 lists additional November 2024 titles as well as new open access texts.

Round-up: Situation for Displaced Syrians Post-Assad

Selection of news/commentary on what the fall of the Assad regime means for Syrians displaced over 13+ years of conflict (in chronological order):

• Q&A: Access Center for Human Rights on Challenges for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Refugees International, 9 Dec. 2024) [text]
• Return of refugees: A pyrrhic victory for Turkey? (Brookings, 9 Dec. 2024) [text]
• "Syria faces huge humanitarian challenges as it begins post-Assad era," The New Humanitarian, 9 Dec. 2024 [text]
• As Many Syrian Refugees Return Home, Others Cannot (Human Rights Watch, 10 Dec. 2024) [text]
• As Syria shifts, Council of Europe member states must avoid hasty returns of refugees (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, 10 Dec. 2024) [text]
• "Where do six million Syrian refugees live today?," Aljazeera, 10 Dec. 2024 [text]
• Displaced again: forced mobility from Lebanon to Syria (The Loop Blog, 11 Dec. 2024) [text]
• Don’t Rush Syrian Refugees’ Return (CSIS, 11 Dec. 2024) [text]
• Northeast Syria: Displacement Worsens Aid Crisis (Human Rights Watch, 11 Dec. 2024) [text]
• Thousands of Syrians line up at Turkish, Lebanese borders (InfoMigrants, 11 Dec. 2024) [text]
• "At Syria’s border with Lebanon, refugees return home while others flee fearing the worst," CNN, 12 Dec. 2024 [text]
• "Europe’s Syrians shaken by debate over repatriation to their war-ravaged homeland," Politico, 12 Dec. 2024 [text]
• "Editorial: Syria in the headlines; undermining the right to asylum in the background," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 13 Dec. 2024 [text]
• "Op-ed: The fall of the Assad regime: A time for hope but tinged with uncertainty," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 13 Dec. 2024 [text]
• "Syria: European reactions to the overthrow of the Assad regime," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 13 Dec. 2024 [text]
• "Palestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria," AP News, 14 Dec. 2024 [text]

UNHCR statements & stories:

• Statement on Syria by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (UNHCR, 9 Dec. 2024) [text]
• Syria: UNHCR comment on asylum processing suspension and returns (UNHCR, 10 Dec. 2024) [text]
• What do recent events in Syria mean for Syrian refugees? (UNHCR, 11 Dec. 2024) [text]
• UNHCR urges more support for Syria and safety for aid workers as humanitarian activities slowly resume (UNHCR, 13 Dec. 2024) [text]
• Position on Returns to the Syrian Arab Republic (UNHCR, 16 Dec. 2024) [access] (avail. in English, Arabic, Korean, Russian & Spanish)

Maps/infographics:

• Internal displacement within Syria (as of 8 December 2024) (UNHCR, 9 Dec. 2024) [access]
• Iraq: Population Profile - Breakdown Overview - Syrian Refugees Registration (November 2024) (UNHCR, 8 Dec. 2024) [access]
• Syrian Refugees in Jordan (as of 30 November 2024) (UNHCR, 3 Dec. 2024) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (2 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"International protection for LGBT applicants," Law Society Gazette, 13 Nov. 2024 [text]

"'It's not a right' — Kenya blocking Canadians from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees," Yahoo News, 6 Dec. 2024 [text]

"The moral imperative to protect Lebanon’s LGBTIQ+ displaced," The New Humanitarian, 4 Nov. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Memory and trauma in LGBTQ+ women’s asylum claims on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) grounds: disregarded, dismissed and denied, RLI Working Paper, no. 74 (Univ. of London, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Practical Guide on applicants with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics (EU Agency for Asylum, Nov. 2024) [access]

- Follow link to access the three complementary parts of the guide that focus respectively on cross-cutting-elements, examination-procedure and reception. There is also a related information note.

Journal articles:

"'I Had the Feeling I Had the Rehearsal with You': Autoethnographic Reflections on Preparing Applicants for Their Asylum Interview within LGBTIQ+ Organisations," DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Belgium.

"Legal hostilities: Navigating queerness, emotion, and space in asylum law," Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, OnlineFirst, 20 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"LGBTQ Asylum and Refugee Protection: Problems and Prospects," Capital University Law Review, vol. 52, no. 1 (Oct. 2024) [full-text]

"Missiles and Misfits: Reimagining Home and Security for Queer Internally Displaced Persons From South Lebanon," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 4 (2024) [full-text]

"Queering the humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality: Implications for humanitarian action, IHL effectiveness and gender justice," International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 106, no. 925 [full-text]

"Seeking Asylum in the United States: Intersectional Analysis of the Experiences of Transgender Women from the Central American Northern Triangle," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 11 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Surviving Exile: Queer Displaced People’s Lived Experiences of Aid, Risks and Coping in Kakuma," Gender Issues, vol. 41 (2024) [open access] 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (17 Oct. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Displacement by Design: Resisting Denmark's Race-based Housing Laws (Open Society, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Flattening the Map: How Human Movement is Turned into a Logistical Problem: The Cases of Asylum and Humanitarian Relief," Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften, vol. 24, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"The impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the reform of the common European asylum system," European Politics and Society, Latest Articles, 3 Dec. 2024 [open access]

Legal Aid Provision to Displaced People from Ukraine: Promising Practices from Ukraine, Poland and Sweden, with Recommendations (Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

*"Limiting the Right to Access Asylum: A Case Study of Latvia’s Response to the Migration Crisis on the Latvia-Belarus Border," Baltic Yearbook of International Law Online, vol. 22, no. 1 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

Migrant Rights: A Practical Guide to Litigation and Administrative Action at the EU Level (Open Society, June 2024) [text]

Overview of the Role of UNHCR in EU+ Countries, Who is Who in International Protection in the EU+, no. 7 (EU Agency for Asylum, Dec. 2024) [text]

*"Rejected: The Difficulties Faced by ‘Failed’ Asylum Seekers in the Accessibility, Adequacy, and Affordability of Housing in Malta," European Journal of Homelessness, vol. 18, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

Safe third country concept in the EU pact on migration and asylum (European Parliament, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Solidarity through EU Funding in the EU's Migration Policies," Chapter in Transnational Solidarity in Crisis: How Law Shapes Critical Transformations of Our Time (Nomos, Forthcoming 2024) [preprint]

Understanding and combatting intersectional discrimination in housing for people with a migratory background (Come HoMe Project, Dec. 2024) [access via MMC]

- Follow link for research report and case studies on Turin, Thessaloniki and Malta.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 Dec. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for input: EUAA Asylum Report 2025 [info]

- Submit feedback and publications by 10 January 2025.

Call for proposals: Research and analysis of jurisprudence on international protection and registration in the EUAA Case Law database [info]

- Submit proposals by 16 January 2025.

Short pieces:

"Editorial: Do’s and really just Don’ts on Asylum and Migration," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 5 Dec. 2024 [text]

Dining with a new partner? The end of Ireland’s à la carte approach to the EU Common European Asylum System (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

Most Diego Garcia migrants finally transferred to the UK, but what happens next? (Free Movement Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian.

Poland: Brutal Pushbacks at Belarus Border (HRW, Dec. 2024) [text]

Pushbacks and Power Plays: The Human Cost of the EU’s Migration Policies (RLI Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

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

New open access books:

Asylum and Nonreligion: Emotions, Evidence-making and Credibility (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- "This open access Palgrave Pivot explores the experiences of nonreligious asylum seekers in Northern Europe. While religious persecution is often cited as a reason for seeking asylum, nonbelievers also face significant persecution in their home countries due to their lack of religious affiliation. Despite this, their experiences are frequently overlooked in academic discussions, and asylum assessment centers have been slow to develop frameworks that address their unique challenges. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research from Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the challenges nonbelievers face, as well as the opportunities they create as agents within the system."

Polish Cities of Migration: The Migration Transition in Kalisz, Piła and Płock (UCL Press, Nov. 2024) [open access]

- "Polish Cities of Migration analyses how Poland is transitioning to a new identity as a ‘country of immigration’, although its ‘country of emigration’ identity remains strong outside a handful of bigger cities. The book explores two interconnected puzzles: how Poland’s migration transition is influenced by the fact that it is simultaneously a country of emigration, and why migrants are spreading out beyond the metropolises, often settling with their families in smaller cities with limited labour markets, cities from which Poles themselves continue to migrate. It argues that migrants’ feeling of comfort in such locations can be explained mostly by network and lifestyle considerations. These link to impressions that local Poles – who used to be migrants themselves, and/or have family and friends abroad – possess pragmatic and accepting attitudes towards migration, particularly from Ukraine."

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (29 Nov. 2024)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (29 Nov. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

A blueprint for economic inclusion in fragile contexts: lessons from refugee support initiatives (Let's Talk Development Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Niger and Rohingya in Bangladesh.

Business Leaders Convene to Advance Private Sector Investment in Displacement-Affected Areas of Africa (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See more info on the "2024 Africa Roundtable on Private Sector Solutions to Internal Displacement" here.

A Glimpse into Entrepreneurship in Challenging Contexts: Some Thoughts (Refugee Research Online, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

"Lessons learned from when the Obama administration deported millions of people," NPR, 5 Dec. 2024 [text]

- "Could deporting immigrants open up their jobs for Americans? President Obama's administration deported more than 3 million people, and an economist studied those effects."

The Overlooked Impact of Immigration on the Size of the Future U.S. Workforce (MPI, Nov. 2024) [text]

Safeguarding refugee rights in business (UNHCR Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

Why Immigrants Aren’t Stealing Jobs: ‘Brain Waste’, the Economic and Employment Gaps Under-Employed High-Skilled Immigrants Could Fill (Refugee Research Online, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Without immigration, Germany’s labor market would collapse within decades: study (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

3rd Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Abidjan/Online, 19-21 Sept. 2024 [access]

- See papers/presentations available under "Session 1 – Firms and entrepreneurship in the context of forced displacement​" and "Session 6 – Labor market effects of regularization programs​." 

"Elusive privilege: class, race and gender in Ukrainian war migrants’ (un)employment in France," Dialectical Anthropology, Latest Articles, 25 Nov. 2024 [open access]

Forced Migration Review, no. 74 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

- Thematic issue on "Financing displacement response." Includes articles that focus on work and economic issues.

"How to match protections along with skills? Limitations of the match-motive matrix for temporary migrant workers," International Migration, vol. 62, no. 6 (Dec. 2024) [free full-text]

New Approaches to Labour Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees (European Parliament, Dec. 2024) [text]

"No representation without taxation: Which political parties support contributivism and how?," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Nov. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy, UK, France, and Germany.

*The UNDP’s Proposal for a ‘Türkiye Compact’: Is it Politically Feasible? (Centre for Applied Turkish Studies Network, Dec. 2024) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (21 Nov. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

2024 Deadliest Year for Aid Workers, Security Council Pressed to Ensure Justice, Protection (UN, Nov. 2024) [text]

"From Gaza to Sudan: The limits and future of humanitarian aid," The New Humanitarian, 30 Oct. 2024 [text]

"Save the Children staff report 'obvious blunders' amid restructuring," The New Humanitarian, 26 Nov. 2024 [text]

UNHCR and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) to launch early warning system for emergencies (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

UNHCR receives record level of early funding to support refugees and displaced people as emergencies escalate (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Emergency Watchlist 2025: A World out of Balance (International Rescue Committee, Dec. 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

Forced Migration Review, no. 74 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

- Thematic issue on "Financing displacement response." 

Guidance note for donors: Promoting inclusive and locally-led action through humanitarian pooled funds (Govts. of Denmark, Switzerland & UK, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Campaign on a Global Scale: The International Red Cross and the 1956 Hungarian Refugees, CWIHP Working Paper, no. 99 (Wilson Center, Oct. 2024) [text]

Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership (ICVA, Oct. 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish, country profiles, and recording of launch event.

The Reality of Aid Report 2023: 30 Years of Amplifying Southern Voices (Reality of Aid, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Scoping review and thematic analysis of informed consent in humanitarian emergencies," BMC Medical Ethics, 25:135 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

The State of Shelter in Conflict-affected Countries (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2024) [access]

Stronger humanitarian engagement requires local knowledge (Danish Institute for International Studies, Dec. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (12 Nov. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Children in Migration and International Family Law: The Child’s Best Interests Principle at the Interface of Migration Law and Family Law (Springer, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- "This open access book offers readers a better understanding of the legal situation of children and families migrating to the EU. Shedding light on the legal, practical, and political difficulties at the intersection of international family law and migration law, it demonstrates that enhanced coordination between these policy areas is crucial to improving the legal situation of families on the move. ...The authors’ approach involves a rigorous analysis of the relevant statutory framework, case law, and academic literature, with particular attention given to the best interest of the child in all its facets. The book examines how this principle can be more effectively applied and suggests ways to foster a more fruitful understanding of its regulatory potential."

Journal articles:

"Alternating temporalities experienced by North African unaccompanied minors in The Netherlands: a story of waiting and hypermobility," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"British children associated with ISIS in camps in North-East Syria: counter-terrorism, security and children’s rights concerns in repatriation decision-making," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 3 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Children’s problems [لكشام]: A mixed-methods study on physical violence experienced by children living in the Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria," Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 166 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Mental health issues of children and young people displaced by conflict: A scoping review," PLOS Mental Health 1(6): e0000076 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"The uncounted and unseen challenges of refugee foster families in Kampala, Uganda," Adoption & Fostering, vol. 48, nos. 3-4 (Oct.-Dec. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (11 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

35 years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the best interests of the child remain a contentious issue: A case study on the repatriation of children from ISIS (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Reports:

From Congregate to Community-Based Care: Strengthening Reunification and Support of Unaccompanied Children (Women's Refugee Commission, Oct. 2024) [access]

- Focuses on the US. Follow link for report, brief and snapshot.

Guía para presentar solicitudes de reconocimiento de la condición de refugiado de niñas, niños y adolescentes en Colombia (Govt. of Colombia, UNICEF & UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text via Refworld]

Insights on Child Marriage: Discussions on Gender-Based Violence (UNRWA, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

*“It does not feel like real life”: Children’s everyday life in Greek refugee camps (Save the Children, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Missing Futures: The Urgent Need to Protect Gaza’s Children & Safeguard their Futures (Save the Children, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children (Yale Univ., Dec. 2024) [access]

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors’ Journey to Greece: Displacement, Protection, and the Impact on Mental Health, RLI Working Paper, no. 72 (Univ. of London, Oct. 2024) [text]

UNHCR Guidelines on international legal standards relating to family reunification for refugees and other beneficiaries of international protection (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (20 Nov. 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (20 Nov. 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Addendum

Invariably, as soon as I post a list of references relating to a region or theme on my blog, a new related resource will subsequently appear that I wasn't aware of at the time! Here is an example:

My post, "Regional Focus: Asia Pacific," appeared yesterday. Today, I learned about the latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of International Law which features a set of seven "papers that were selected from the 2023 DILA International Conference on the topic of 'Refugee Protection and Border Control: Asian State Practice'." Countries covered include Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Philippines and Thailand.

Plus, the volume is open access!

So rather than waiting to highlight these papers in the next Asia-Pacific post, I am letting you know now!

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Access to legal identity and civil documentation among the Muhamahsheen in Yemen (Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2024) [text]

The CJEU’s statelessness related case law: A step forward to reduction of statelessness in the Member States?, Pázmány Law Working Paper, no. 4 (Pázmány Péter Catholic Univ., Nov. 2024) [text]

Czechia Protection Brief: Statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

ISI 10-year Anniversary Report (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, Nov. 2024) [text]

"On the Road to Nowhere: The Unique Challenges Stateless People Face in Removal Proceedings and the Untenable Legal Limbo Following Final Orders of Removal," CUNY Law Review, vol. 27, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Preserving Statehood through Population and Government: Safeguarding Nationality and Franchise in the Context of Sea-Level Rise and Mobility," Chapter in New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, vol. 20 (2022, published Nov. 2024) [postprint]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Romania (European Network on Statelessness, Nov. 2024) [text]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Türkiye (European Network on Statelessness, Dec. 2024) [text]

*The Transformative Power of Citizenship: Findings from the 2024 Socioeconomic Study of the Shona Community in Kenya (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [access]

- See also related press release.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (9 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

UNHCR and NANSEN Study Day on Statelessness, Brussels, 19 December 2024 [info]

Webinar: Statelessness Remedies, 21 January 2025 [info]

- Focuses on the UK. Organized by ILPA.

Short pieces:

70th Anniversary of the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Serbia.

Birthright Citizenship and Undocumented Immigrants (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related post on The Conversation.

Launch of the Global Statelessness Fund (ISI, Dec. 2024) [text]

A life-changing experience: reflecting on the "Statelessness in Scotland” workshop in Edinburgh (ENS Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Stripped of citizenship, these Nicaraguans live in limbo scattered across the world," AP News, 29 Nov. 2024 [text]

UNHCR applauds Turkmenistan for resolving statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

UNHCR, EU pledge continued support as thousands of returning South Sudanese refugees receive ID cards (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Multimedia:

Citizens of Nowhere: Statelessness and the quest to belong, 21 Nov. 2024 [access]

Conférence sur l’apatridie, Paris, 5 Dec. 2024 [access]

Taller sobre Derecho a la Nacionalidad y ciudadanía legal en Uruguay, Montevideo, 19 Nov. 2024 [access]

- See also related UNHCR news story.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (20 Nov. 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (20 Nov. 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Are the Villagers of Irakkandi Alright? Displaced by War, Returned to Struggle (Refugee Watch Online, Nov. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Sri Lanka.

Australia Passes Harsh New Anti-Migration Laws (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related post on the Women's Agenda and commentary from Amnesty International and UNHCR.

Thailand: Cambodian Refugees Forcibly Returned (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2024) [text]

UNHCR calls on Tajikistan to halt forcible return of Afghan refugees and uphold international protection standards and commitments (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

UNHCR Marks 37 Years of Protection and Partnerships in Sri Lanka (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

New open access books:

Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia: Between Humanitarianism and Sovereignty (Berghahn Books, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- "Despite being long-term hosts to refugee populations, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia are not yet part of the 1951 Refugee Convention. In all three states, refugees are regulated as discretionary humanitarian exceptions to immigration legislation. With contributions from scholars within and outside the region, this book promotes new thinking on protection of refugees and on resolving tensions between states, actors and institutions in the region. It evaluates the key concepts of sovereignty, security and humanitarianism in this context, the different bases of protection by state and non-state actors and the meaning of responsibility and regionalism in Southeast Asia."

South Asia Migration Report 2024: Remittances, Resilience and Rehabilitation (Routledge, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- "The theme of SAMR 2023, ‘Remittances, Resilience, and Rehabilitation,’ reflects the post-pandemic migration landscape’s critical areas. This volume presents a collection of chapters aiming to provide a nuanced understanding of contemporary South Asian migration, especially post-COVID-19. It delves

into themes like remittances, resilience, reintegration, social mobility, climate change, and gender dynamics in migration. The chapters offer insights into migration crises, such as the Rohingyas in Bangladesh, challenges faced by internal migrants during COVID-19, and gender dynamics in circular

migration in the Sundarbans."

Reports & journal articles:

Asia-Pacific Migration Data Report 2023 (IOM, 2024) [text]

"A critical analysis of the factors influencing peaceful coexistence between Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 26 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Humanitarian aid practices on the Thai-Myanmar border after the coup: beyond depoliticization and inequality," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:16 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"National Borders among Families: Removal and ‘Bare Life’ in India," Migration Politics, vol. 3, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"RANZCP Position Statement 46: A missed opportunity to provide sophisticated guidance on asylum seeker and refugee policy," Australasian Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 2 Dec. 2024 [open access]

-  Note: RANZCP = Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, UN Doc. No. A/C.3/79/L.46/Rev.1 (UN General Assembly, 13 Nov. 2024) [text]

- Note the call in para. 36 to hold a "high-level conference, at the earliest possible time in

2025, on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar."

"Through an Hourglass Darkly? Navigating the Risk Landscape of the Reasonably Foreseeable Future," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (18 Nov. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunities:

Call for new members: Each One Take One: A global solidarity movement of universities collaborating with UNHCR to develop impact-led agendas to respond to global forced displacement [info]

Call for participation: Times Higher Education’s and UNHCR’s higher education survey on opportunities for refugees [info]

- Submit responses by 31 January 2025. See the 15by30 Roadmap report for background.

 

Short pieces:

Children of Migrants Often Outperform in Argentina’s Education System; However, Some Still Lag Behind (MPC Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Egypt: Education Restricted for Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2024) [text]

*"How Sudan’s mutual aid groups are supporting out of school children," The New Humanitarian, 9 Dec. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Access to Tertiary Education for Refugees with Disabilities in Dadaab Refugee Camps, LERRN Working Paper, no. 26 (Carleton Univ., Nov. 2024) [text]

Secondary Education and Child Marriage in Forced Displacement and Crisis Settings (Secondary Education Working Group, Nov. 2024) [access via INEE]

- Available in English and French.

Transforming Education Access through Transportation for Refugee and Earthquake-Impacted Children in Türkiye (Education Cluster, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Implementing a migrant and refugee mentoring program through action research," Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 22 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Pedagogical Practices of Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees in Brazilian Schools," Educação & Sociedade, vol. 45 (2024) [open access]

"Pull-Out Classes for Newly Arrived Students from Ukraine: An Obstacle to Social Inclusion," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Dec. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Austria.

"Safety, Belonging and Success in Education for Refugees in Europe: A Systematic Review," European Journal of Education, Early View, 27 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Teaching and Learning in Refugee/(Im)Migrant Communities Around the World," Special issue of Social Sciences (2023-2024) [access]

*"Understanding policies through storytelling: Refugees and inclusion," Support for Learning, Early View, 19 Nov. 2024 [open access]

Resource:

INEE Minimum Standards, 2024 Edition Orientation Pack (Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, Dec. 2024) [access]

- "This orientation pack supports trained facilitators who are knowledgeable about the INEE Minimum Standards, 2024 Edition (INEE MS), in organizing and delivering introductory sessions on the Standards."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (22 Nov. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Catastrophic Flooding and its Impact on Displaced People in Chad (Wilson Center, Dec. 2024) [text]

Commemorating 15 years of the Kampala Convention (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Externalization of migration control in Africa: An African perspective (ADiM Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Governments commit to strengthening regional responses for refugees and migrants along routes in Southern Africa (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Indian Ocean Island States validate key findings on mixed migration along the Western Indian Ocean Route (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa gain support on international refugee law (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Power up: how mini-grids make energy accessible in refugee camps (Utrecht Univ., Nov. 2024) [text]

The promise and limits of perspective-taking (Development Impact Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region continue to face almost daily attacks," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2024 [text]

"Warring parties target local aid volunteers as fighting escalates in Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 13 Nov. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Energy for Household Uses in Refugee Settlements in Uganda: Desk Review for the Uganda refugee response (Save the Children & U-Learn, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Internal Displacement in Africa: An overview of trends and developments (2009-2023) (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Nov. 2024) [access]

- Available in English and French. See also related press release.

Mainstreaming Accountability Culture in a Refugee Response Context (U-Learn, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Refugee Welfare in Kenya: Challenges and Solutions, LERRN Working Paper, no. 28 (Carleton Univ., Nov. 2024) [text] 

Journal articles:

"From Policy to Reality: Examining the Rippling Effects of Return Migration Governance in Nigeria," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 4 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Inhabiting temporariness: the agency-in-waiting of Eritrean refugees in the city," Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Religion, Refugees, and International Order: A Global History of Solidarity, Dislocation, and Reintegration in South Sudan," Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"The right to the city for urban refugees? Living in the shadow of the camp in Nairobi, Amman and Addis Ababa," Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Water supply for refugees and their host communities in protracted situations: costs and financing options for sustaining services in Ethiopia and Uganda," Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Uncorrected proof, 19 Nov. 2024 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (13 Nov. 2024)