30 June 2024

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 June 2024)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. The OA items herein were previously referenced on either this blog or the Forced Migration Library blog as of 30 June 2024.

Authors of the OA materials listed below are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

Bronze OA: 

"Aux marges du 'développement', les espaces discrets du contrôle migratoire: Quand le 'panafricanisme entrepreneurial' fait frontière en Tunisie" Cahiers d’Études africaines, no. 254 (2024) 
- Note: This is a delayed access journal; the full-text will be freely available after two years.
- Author = Tunisia

"Circumventing Undocumented-ness: Ethnic Migrants Along the Thai-Burma Border Pursue Multiple Mobilities," Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, no. 38 (2024) 
- Author = Thailand

- Authors (2) = Ethiopia

"Décourager les départs? Acteurs, ambivalences et réceptions de la dissuasion migratoire en Afrique,” Cahiers d’études africaines, no. 254 (2024) 
- Note: This is a delayed access journal; the full-text will be freely available after two years.
- Authors (3) = Tunisia (lead), France (1), France/Senegal (1)

- Author = Costa Rica

- Author = Thailand

"'Quand la radio met sur le droit chemin': campagnes de sensibilisation et lutte contre la migration en Casamance au Sénégal," Cahiers d’études africaines, no. 254 (2024) 
- Note: This is a delayed access journal; the full-text will be freely available after two years.
- Author = Senegal

Diamond OA:

"Female Refugees: The Most Vulnerable of the Vulnerable, According to the Theory of Social Reproduction," Cadernos EBAPE.BR, vol. 22, no. 2 (2024)
- Authors (2) = Brazil

"Hopeful Futures for Refugees in Higher Education: Cultivation, Activation, and Technology," International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 21:38 (June 2024)
- Authors (5) = UK (2, incl. lead), Uganda (3)

"Multiple Encounters: Queer Migrants and Bureaucratic Violence," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023)
- Authors (2) = Brazil

"Quality of Life of Venezuelan Migrants in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic," CSP: Cadernos de saúde pública, 40(6): e00147423 (June 2024)
- Authors (4) = Brazil (3, incl. lead), Canada (1)

- Author = Mexico

"Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024: Inside the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 - Highlighting the Grey Zones," Cahiers de l'EDEM, no. 5 (May 2024)
- Author = Rwanda

Gold OA:

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

"Climate-induced Migration in the Global South: An In Depth Analysis," npj Climate Action, 3:47 (June 2024)
- Authors (8) = Saudi Arabia (3, incl. lead), US (1), Japan (2), Bangladesh (2)
- APC = USD 1290

"A Conceptual Framework on Pre-and Post-Displacement Stressors: The Case of Syrian Refugees," Frontiers in Public Health, 25 April 2024
- Authors (3) = Lebanon
- APC = USD  2095

"Gender, Culture, and Migration: A Qualitative Study of the Socioeconomic Challenges Facing Afghan Women Refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan," African Journal of Reproductive Health, vol. 28, no. 5 (2024) 
- Authors (6) = China (5, incl. lead), Pakistan (1)
- APC = USD 500

"Integrating Syrian Refugees into Lebanon’s Healthcare System 2011–2022: A Mixed-method Study," Conflict and Health, 18:43 (May 2024)
- Authors (9) = Lebanon (7, incl. lead), US (1), Lebanon/Canada (1)
- APC = USD 3190

"Mapping Cooperation: Insights into Colombia's Humanitarian Response to Migration from Venezuela," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 21 Feb. 2024
- Authors (4) = Colombia (2, incl. lead), US (2)
- APC = USD 1285

"Prevalence and Predictors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Refugees in Egypt," Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, vol. 99 (June 2024)
- Authors (5) = Egypt
- APC = USD 2190 (after 1 May 2024)

Green OA:

Note: Depositing postprint versions of journal articles in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA) is a cost-free way to provide open access to your work. The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

"From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities," Economic Development and Cultural Change, Just Accepted, 1 April 2024 
- Preprint version posted on Nagoya Univ. website 
- Authors (6) = Japan (4, incl. lead), Bangladesh (2)

Hybrid OA:

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

"Between Informality and (Il)legality: Congolese Migrants’ Survival Mechanisms in South Africa," ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 709, no. 1 (Sept. 2023)
- Author = South Africa
- APC = USD 3250

"Realising the Right to Primary Education for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Cameroon: Appraising the Legal Framework, Compliance and Challenges," Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, Latest Articles, 10 June 2024
- Authors (2) = South Africa
- APC = ZAR 8258

"Research Co-production within Humanitarian Health: Reflections on Our Practice," International Review of Qualitative Research, OnlineFirst, 24 March 2024
- Authors (2) = UK (lead), Lebanon (1)
- APC = USD 3200

"Spatialities of Shabaab: Exploring the Intersections of Lifestage, Space and Mobility amongst Refugee Young People in Urban Jordan," Children's Geographies, Latest Articles, 8 June 2024
- Authors (3) = UK (lead), Jordan (2)
- APC = USD 2990

Books/Book chapters:

"Asylum Seeking as Survival Strategy: The Narratives of Indonesian Work Seekers in Japan," Chapter in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) 
- Authors (2) = Indonesia (lead), Japan (1)

"South Sudanese Refugees and Community Schools in Cairo: A Home Away from Home," Chapter in Cairo Securitized: Reconceiving Urban Justice and Social Resilience (AUC Press, Jan. 2024)
- Preprint version posted in Academia.edu
- Authors (2) = Austria (lead), Egypt (1)

"Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Consequences for Egyptian Migrant Workers," Chapter in Public Policy in the Arab World: Responding to Uprisings, Pandemic, and War (Edward Elgar, June 2024)
- Authors (2) = Egypt

Related post:

28 June 2024

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

5 strategies to make education refugee-inclusive for Ukrainian students (Education For All Blog, June 2024) [text]

Navigating Higher Education as Sanctuary Students (King's College London, June 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Strengthening evidence-based dialogue on refugee inclusion: Introducing a tool for addressing refugees within education reforms (Education For All Blog, June 2024) [text]

Reports:

Education Under Attack 2024 (Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, June 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report in English and executive summary in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

Educational realities and needs of migrant children and youth in West and North Africa: A quantitative analysis (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2024) [access]
- Available in English and French.

From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Progress in Primary Education for Refugees (UNHCR, June 2024) [text via INEE]
- Note: This report will launched during a webinar that will be held on 14 July 2024. 

How do young refugees and their families encounter England’s education system?, Policy Report, no. 96 (Univ. of Bristol, June 2024) [text]

Supporting Refugees: a primer for language teachers (Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2023) [text]

Unlocking Futures: A Global Overview of Education in Emergencies Financing (Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies, June 2024) [text via INEE]

Journal articles & book chapters:
 
"Exploring higher education demand and opportunities for young refugees in Africa," International Journal of African Higher Education, vol. 10, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Hopeful futures for refugees in higher education: cultivation, activation, and technology," International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 21:38 (June 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Uganda.

"Integrating refugees and migrants into higher education in Portugal? An action research experience in a Portuguese university," Etnográfica, Pre-publication, 7 June 2024 [open access]

"Realising the Right to Primary Education for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Cameroon: Appraising the Legal Framework, Compliance and Challenges," Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, Latest Articles, 10 June 2024 [open access]

"Refugees by Another Name: Displaced Learners in Japanese Higher Education," Chapter in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

"South Sudanese Refugees and Community Schools in Cairo: A Home Away from Home," Chapter in Cairo Securitized: Reconceiving Urban Justice and Social Resilience (AUC Press, Jan. 2024) [preprint]

*"The Survivors: Syrian Young Adult Refugee Experiences Navigating the Quebec Education System," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Teacher evaluations of interethnic bullying of an Arab student: The role of perceiving refugees as a threat or benefit," Social Psychology of Education, Latest Articles, 5 June 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on the Czech Republic.

"'They usually look happy': approaches to the adaptation of Ukrainian refugees in Czech schools," Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Latest Articles, 9 June 2024 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Cartagena+40: Latin America and the Caribbean address protection responses to displacement in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Climate Mobility Justice, the Right to Stay, and the Problem with Mobility Regimes (RID Blog, June 2024) [text]

Expanding refugee protection for a changing climate (UNSW, June 2024) [text]

Exposure to extreme weather events increases public support for climate migrants (USAPP Blog, June 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

How the Inter-American Court Could Advance Protection for Climate-Displaced Individuals (Just Security Blog, June 2024) [text]

UN Refugee Agency sounds the alarm on climate change pounding refugee communities (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

"Youth Voices on Migration, Environment and Climate Change" Blog Series (IOM, May & June 2024) [access]

Reports:

Cambio climático, desastres y desplazamiento en el Norte de Centroamérica: Análisis de casos en El Salvador y Honduras ((MOVE-LAM, UPeace & RESAMA, Feb. 2024) [access]

International migration from climate-affected areas in Iraq: Exploring the influence of climate change on mobility patterns (IOM, June 2024) [text]

Migraciones Ambientales en el Gran Chaco Americano (ICMPD, Redes Chaco & RESAMA, 2024) [access via LinkedIn) 
- See also earlier related article (scroll to p. 7) and an English translation of that article. 

Planet on the move: Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, environmental change and conflict (International Union for Conservation of Nature, June 2024) [access]

Planned relocations of people in the context of the adverse effects of climate change and disasters, UN Doc. no. A/HRC/56/47 (UN Human Rights Council, June 2024) [text]
- See also the submissions that helped inform this report and a summary of a related side event.

Presentación oral con relación a la solicitud de opinión consultiva sobre emergencia climática y derechos humanos por parte de la República de Colombia y la República de Chile (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]
- See also related press release.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis," npj Climate Action, 3:47 (June 2024) [open access]

"Escape from Heat, Drought and Extreme Weather: When Local People Have Nothing Left to Survive," Chapter in 3 Degrees More: The Impending Hot Season and How Nature Can Help Us Prevent It (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

"Falling Through the Protection Gaps: Inappropriate Protection of Climate Displaced Persons in the International Refugee Legal Structure," Transnational Human Rights Review, vol. 10 (2023) [full-text]

"'Millions of climate refugees are coming!' A critical media discourse analysis on climate change-induced migrants in Flemish press," Environmental Sociology, Latest Articles, 19 June 2024 [open access]

"Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation," Ambio: A Journal of Environment and Society, Latest Articles, 7 June 2024 [open access]

Related post:
 

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Did COVID-19 Put Language Certificate Acquisition on Hold? Uptake and Outcomes of Language Training amongst Refugees," Societies, vol. 14, no. 6 (May 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Belgium.

"Experiences in temporary host countries and their impact on integrating resettled refugees," Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, no. 38 (2024) [full-text]
- Focuses on South Korea.

"The language politics of uncertainty: On the temporal consequences of Germany’s newcomer integration policy," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 6 June 2024 [free full-text]

"Migrant integration in Turkey: Travels of a concept across borders and domains of knowledge production," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 26 March 2024 [open access]

"The Poor Integration Results of the Common European Asylum System Compared to the Temporary Protection Directive: The Case of the Netherlands," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 8 June 2024 [open access]

"Return intentions among Ukrainian refugees in Europe: A Cross-National Study," International Migration, Early View, 22 June 2024 [open access]

"A Scoping Review of Instruments Used in Measuring Social Support among Refugees in Resettlement," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no. 6 (June 2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Assessing the US Refugee Admissions Program: Looking Back and Moving Forward, 20 June 2024 [access]

Humanizing Refugee Resettlement (Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast Series, June 2024) [access]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"It takes a village: why resettling refugees should be a community effort," ANU Reporter, 18 June 2024 [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Marking the Biden Administration's Progress in Restoring the US Refugee Admissions Program (Center for Migration Studies, June 2024) [text]

"Myanmar refugees in Thailand start interviews for US resettlement," VOA News, 23 May 2024 [text]

Resettlement brings renewed hope for Congolese refugee family in Tanzania (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

"Using Operations Research to Improve the Refugee Resettlement Process," Yale Insights, 25 June 2024 [text]

Why are IDPs in Kabul Reluctant to Return to Their Places of Origin Following the Taliban's Takeover? (RID Blog, June 2024) [text

Reports:

Building on Regular Pathways to Address Migration Pressures in the Americas (Migration Policy Institute, June 2024) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish.

Humanitarian Pathways and Ezidi Family Unification in Europe Ten Years After Genocide (Refugees International, May 2024) [text]

Realising Australia’s Positive Vision and Global Leadership on Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways: Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper on the 2024-25 Humanitarian Program (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2024) [text]

Safe Homes: Key Lessons From Hosting People Displaced from Ukraine in Private Homes (IFRC & Red Cross EU Office, June 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report and case studies. See also related European Commission article.

Solutions in Action: Towards the 2030 Roadmap [text via RCOA]
- NGO Statement at the Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (CRCP), Geneva, 5-7 June 2024.

Staying Safe: Inter-Agency insights on Protection and Accountability for Refugees from Ukraine (Regional Refugee Response for the Ukraine Situation, June 2024) [text]

Related post:

26 June 2024

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Can Appeals to Religious Values Mitigate Anti-Refugee Sentiment? Experimental Evidence From Lebanon," Political Research Quarterly, OnlineFirst, 19 June 2024 [open access]

"The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and internally displaced persons: constraints and opportunities," Chapter in Public Policy in the Arab World: Responding to Uprisings, Pandemic, and War (Edward Elgar, June 2024) [open access]

"Defining, operationalising and translating ‘vulnerability’ in humanitarian work in Jordan," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 June 2024 [open access]

"Externalising Migration Controls through Development Programs in Egypt," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 23 Feb. 2024 [Academia]

"Frequency of SARS-COV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccine uptake and protection among Syrian refugees," BMC Infectious Diseases, 24:570 (June 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Turkey.

"Perceived threat, compassion, and public evaluations toward refugees," Political Psychology, Early View, 14 June 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"Prevalence and predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress among refugees in Egypt," Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, vol. 99 (June 2024) [open access]

"Research Co-production within Humanitarian Health: Reflections on Our Practice," International Review of Qualitative Research, OnlineFirst, 24 March 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Lebanon.

"Spatialities of shabaab: exploring the intersections of lifestage, space and mobility amongst refugee young people in urban Jordan," Children's Geographies, Latest Articles, 8 June 2024 [open access]

Related posts:

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Exclusive: Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse, UN says," Reuters, 11 June 2024 [text]

FAO sounds alarm over high risk of famine across the whole Gaza Strip amidst humanitarian access constraints (FAO, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related Reuters article.

"Israeli ‘military pause’ to allow limited aid into Gaza," The New Humanitarian, 17 June 2024 [text]

New IPSOS opinion poll: Jordan’s population continues to show great understanding for refugees (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Reports:

Gaza Strip: recent developments and humanitarian update since 31 May 2024 (ACAPS, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Handcuffed like dangerous criminals": Arbitrary detention and forced returns of Sudanese refugees in Egypt (Amnesty International, June 2024) [text]

"The Politics of Migration and Refugee Rentierism in the Middle East," POMEPS Studies, no. 50 (March 2024) [text]
- Contributions to a Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) workshop, held in Glasgow on 23 September 2023.

Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Jordan (WHO, June 2024) [text]

Related posts:

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

159 Civil Society Organizations Endorse Recommendations for the Implementation of Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection (CEDA, June 2024) [text]

Canada at a crossroads: Understanding the shifting sands of immigration attitudes (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

"Cartagena +40: nueva hoja de ruta liderada por Chile," DW, 4 June 2024 [text]

"Hunger, healthcare, and schools: Reasons to leave Venezuela (along with a Maduro poll win)," The New Humanitarian, 25 June 2024 [text]

IACHR: States Must Strengthen National Protection Systems for Refugees (OAS, June 2024) [text]

"Will Mexico’s new president use the border as leverage?," The Dispatch, 6 June 2024 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports:

Building on Regular Pathways to Address Migration Pressures in the Americas (Migration Policy Institute, June 2024) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish.

Costa Rica: Access to Protection (Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas, June 2024) [text]
- See key findings in the Americas Migration Brief.

Forced Migration in Canada (University of Ottawa, 2024) [text]
- "Forced Migration in Canada is intended to be a comprehensive repository of teaching and learning resources related to displacement to, and in, Canada, from colonization and slavery, to trafficking, statelessness and refugee protection and resettlement. In each section, we have compiled multimedia resources to introduce students, researchers and the general public to the key issues."

Imagining Brazil: Reasons to migrate, destination choice, and life in a new country in the accounts of Haitian migrants (MIDEQ, April 2024) [text]

Migrants in Colombia: Between government absence and criminal control (Washington Office on Latin America, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Situación humanitaria en Colombia 2023, CODHES Informa, no. 113 (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, April 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Time is Now: Mexico Must Grant Haitians Refugee Protections under the Cartagena Declaration (CDH Fray Matías & NYU, April 2024) [access]
- Available in English, Spanish and Creole.

Violence-driven displacement in Mexico: Why including internally displaced persons in national statistics is necessary to inform a protection-based response (Joint Data Center, May 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Expanding the border: Increased securitisation and the proliferation of checkpoints at Mexico's southern border," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

"The Importance of Administrative Appeals as Second Instance Bodies to Strengthen Migration and Asylum Systems," Refugee Law & Migration Studies Brief, vol. 1, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]
- Focuses on Costa Rica.

*"Mapping cooperation: insights into Colombia's humanitarian response to migration from Venezuela," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 21 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Peru’s Historical Anxiety about Asian Immigration May Have a Contemporary Twist," Migration Information Source, 20 June 2024 [text]

"Quality of life of Venezuelan migrants in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic," CSP: Cadernos de saúde pública, 40(6): e00147423 (June 2024) [open access]

"Resilience strategies ‘on the move:’ Navigating the border regime in Mexico and the US," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

"The Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis, Out-Migration, and Household Change Among Venezuelans in Venezuela and Abroad," Demography, vol. 61, no. 3 (June 2024) [open access]

Resource:

Cartagena +40: 40 aniversario de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre los Refugiados 1984-2024 (ACNUR) [access]
- "En 2024 se cumple el 40 aniversario de la Declaración de Cartagena, que dará lugar al proceso de Cartagena+40, por el cual los países de América Latina y el Caribe trabajarán conjuntamente hacia la adopción de un nuevo plan estratégico regional: la Declaración y el Plan de Acción de Chile 2024-2034."

*UPDATED

Related post:

25 June 2024

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 37, no. 2, June 2024 include:

Original articles
  • Humanitarian hacking: Merging refugee aid and digital capitalism [free full-text]
  • Beyond victim and hero representations? A comparative analysis of UNHCR’s Instagram communication strategies for the Syrian and Ukrainian crises [open access
  • Adaptive religious coping with experiences of sexual and gender-based violence and displacement [open access]
  • Child marriage and displacement: A qualitative study of displaced and host populations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq [open access]
  • Reflections on arts-based research methods in refugee mental health: The role of creative exercises in nurturing positive coping with trauma and exile [abstract]
  • How Rohingya refugee parents support children’s prosocial development in crisis-affected and resettlement contexts: Findings from India and Canada [abstract]
  • There seems to be some disparity then between our Syrian and Iraqi refugee children who seemed to have everything’: Constructing ‘good refugees’ and the ensuing equity issues in Australian schools [abstract]
  • Multilevel governance ‘from above’: Analysing Colombia’s system of co-responsibility for responding to internal displacement [open access
  • How do perceptions, fears, and experiences of violence and conflict affect considerations of moving internally and internationally? [open access]
  • Temporary turn in the asylum regime and the deportable refugee: The case of Syrians in Türkiye [abstract]
  • Using forced migration to foster emergence? International aid and development policies in Cameroon [abstract]
  • Refugee livelihood perspectives: Post-traumatic growth in histories of Vietnamese, Bosnian, and Tamil Refugees in Australia [open access]
  • South African attitudes towards refugee settlement: Examining the importance of threat perceptions [open access]
  • Changing tactics in negotiating refugee assistance policies and practices: A case study of an asylum seeker-led organization in Hong Kong [abstract]
  • Multi-scalar and diasporic integration: Kurdish populations in Europe between state, diaspora and geopolitics [open access]
  • Disciplining subjectivity in Australian migrant deterrence campaigns [abstract]
  • The EU’s normative justifications of refugee resettlement [open access]

Field Reflections
  • Coproducing a film resource for asylum seekers in the UK—A field reflection [open access]
  • Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues [open access]
  • En route to decoloniality—A different light on Northern research on urban refugees in Southern contexts: A case from Jordan [abstract]

Six reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

News: New Resource on Externalization

"Externalizing Asylum: A Compendium of Scientific Knowledge" is a new resource that serves two functions: It publishes original analyses that explore and explain different facets of the concept and its impacts, and it points visitors to a wealth of additional references for further study. A great example of how research can provide scientifically rigorous information to help shape debates on key issues! 


New Issues or Anglistik, ANNALS, Cahiers de l'EDEM, Cahiers d'Etudes Afr., Disasters, EJML, JMHS, Kyoto Rev., Migr. Stud., Mondi Migranti, Neth. Intl. Law Rev., Ref. Law & Migr. Stud., Routed, VOICE

*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.

Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies
, vol. 35, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- Features "Selected Papers from the 2022 Conference of the German Association for the Study of English," with a sub-section on "Nomadworld: Global Mobility and the New Anglophones."

*ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 709, no. 1 (Sept. 2023) [contents]
- Special issue on "Migration and Crime in a Divided World," with four open access articles.

Cahiers de l'EDEM [access]
- Les Cahiers "se proposent de présenter quelques arrêts récents d’une juridiction nationale ou internationale dans ses domaines d’études, à savoir la mise en œuvre du droit européen de l’asile et de l’immigration en droit belge."

Cahiers d’Études africaines, no. 254 (2024) [delayed open access]
- Special dossier on "Les équivoques de la dissuasion à la migration = The Ambiguities of Migration Deterrence." The introduction is free to read. The full-texts of the remaining articles will become available in two years.

Disasters, vol. 48, no. 3 (July 2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with eight that are open access.

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 26, no. 2 (June 2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Asylum for Containment: The contradictions of European external asylum policy." The introduction is freely available and one article is open access.

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 22, no. 2 (2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with two that are open access.

Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 2 (June 2024) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, no. 38 (2024) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity?"

Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 2 (June 2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Urban Encounters." The introduction is open access. Two other articles that are not a part of the special issue are also open access. 

Mondi Migranti: Rivista di studi e ricerche sulle migrazioni internazionali, no. 1 (2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "The welcoming of refugees and grassroots solidarity in Europe and North America."

Netherlands International Law Review, vol. 71, no. 1 (May 2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Externalisation of Migration and Border Controls and Accountability Challenges in International Law," with seven open access articles.

Refugee Law & Migration Studies Brief, vol. 1, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, focusing on the US.

Refugee Law & Migration Studies Brief, vol. 1, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Routed Magazine (May 2024) [full-text]
- This issue complements the Oxford Migration Conference, the theme of which was "Transformation and Resilience." 

VOICE Out Loud, no. 37 (2024) [full-text]
- Issue theme is "Anticipatory action: Shaping the future of humanitarian response."

Tagged Periodicals.

24 June 2024

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

All Eyes on Rafah: sharing images of war comes with a moral responsibility. What can we make of this AI-generated anomaly? (The Conversation, May 2024) [text]

Balancing Security and Human Rights: AI’s Role in EU Border Management (RLI Blog, May 2024) [text]

Deadly border technologies are increasingly employed to violently deter migration (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

Do humanitarians have a moral duty to use AI to reduce human suffering? Four key tensions to untangle (ALNAP Blog, June 2024) [text]

The Rise of Digital Border Surveillance and the Militarization of Migration Control (International Development Blog, June 2024) [text]

Space-Based Data Risks to Refugee Populations (Carnegie Council, June 2024 [text]

Reports:

AI risks and realignments in humanitarian crisis contexts (iMMAP & UCL, April 2024) [text]

Navigating Humanitarian AI: Lessons Learned from Building a Chatbot Proof-of-Concept (Refugee Solidarity Network, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Communication Relations on Twitter During the Migrant 'Crisis' in Slovenia," Dve domovini = Two Homelands, no. 59 (2024) [open access]

"Digital Evidence in Refugee Status Determination," AJIL Unbound, vol. 118 (2024) [open access]

"Externalising Refoulement Through New Technologies: The Case of Frontex’s Specific Situational Pictures under the Lens of EU Non-Contractual Liability," Netherlands International Law Review, vol. 71, no. 1 (May 2024) [open access]

Forced Migration Review, no. 73 (May 2024) [open access]
- Issue focuses on "Digital disruption and displacement." See also related blog post.

"Frontex as a hub for surveillance and data sharing: Challenges for data protection and privacy rights," Computer Law & Security Review, vol. 53 (July 2024) [open access]

"Internet access, place and belonging in the British asylum system," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 5 June 2024 [open access]

"A qualitative investigation of gender-based violence prevention and response using digital technologies in low resource settings and refugee populations," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Resilience pathways: Using digital literacy for self-reliance among young women refugees in Kenya," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

"Vulnerability, Digital Technologies and International Law: Reflections on Contemporary Migration Flows," Law, Technology and Humans, OnlineFirst, 20 May 2024 [open access]

Multimedia:

Book Talk: The Walls Have Eyes  (Just Security Podcast Series, June 2024) [access]

Related post:

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles

"Cultural Dynamics of Irregular Ethiopian Migration: Insights from Kembata Emigrants to the Republic of South Africa," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 2 (June 2024) [full-text]

"Epilogue: The Power of Arts for Future Making in East Africa: From Kakuma Refugee Camp and Beyond," Nordic Journal of Africa Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Trust in Transit: External Migration Control and Migrants’ Perceptions of Humanitarian Borderwork in the Sahel," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 17 June 2024 [open access]
- "Compares two key locations for West African transit migration in Niger and Mali."

Reports:

EHAGL Summary of Learning from Impact Evaluations on Forced Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Note: EHAGL = East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes.

IGAD Policy Framework on Refugee Protection (Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Jan. 2024) [text]

The Lives and Livelihoods of the Displaced in Sudan: Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees, Working Paper, no. 1705 (Economic Research Forum, May 2024) [text]

“No papers, no rights”: Access to documentation as a pathway to justice for migrants in the Global South (MIDEQ, May 2024) [text]
- Focuses on South Africa.

The Role of Refugee-Led organisations in the global South: a case study of South Africa Refugee-led Network - Challenges and Opportunities for Refugee Leadership Authors (South Africa Refugee-Led Network, 2023) [text]

Securing cost-effective, sustainable water services for refugees, host communities in Eastern Africa: A decade of experience (UNICEF et al., June 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report and executive summary.

South Sudan: Summary of learning from recent research (UNHCR, Jan. 2024) [text]

Where Are We Going Wrong? Chronic Cycle of Hunger and Displacement in Somalia (Islamic Relief, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

African refugees neglected as crises worsen (ISS Today, June 2024) [text]

"The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest - More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?," Vox, 23 June 2024 [text]
- Focuses on Kenya.

"Dadaab voices: Despair as refugee food rations in Kenya slashed by 60%," The New Humanitarian, 13 June 2024 [text]

Displaced by violent conflict: the world’s most neglected crises are in Africa – six essential reads (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

Host Communities Embrace and Support Forcibly Displaced People across West and Central Africa (UNHCR, June 2024) [text via AllAfrica]

"Migrants turn to Mauritania as new EU transit route," DW, 10 June 2024 [text]

Speech by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the University of Nairobi (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]
- See also related video recording of the a/m speech. Note: A Refugee Resource Centre was also launched at the Univ. of Nairobi; see more info. in this press release.

When displaced persons lead research: experience from East Africa (LERRN, June 2024) [text]

"Why is South Sudan so dangerous for local aid workers?," The New Humanitarian, 5 June 2024 [text]

Related post:

21 June 2024

World Refugee Day Series: Open Access Materials - Refugee Participation in Research/Knowledge Production

The theme for this year's World Refugee Day is "solidarity with refugees." This post focuses on solidarity within the research context, i.e., the extent to which displaced persons are able to participate in the research and knowledge production process. Here is a round-up of recent short pieces, journal articles, book chapters and reports that were referenced on my blog over the last two years:

Short pieces:

Collaboration Between Academia and RLOs to Advance Refugee-led Advocacy (LERRN, Feb. 2024) [text]

Conducting Research “With” Not Only “About” Refugees (LERRN Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

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

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

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

When displaced persons lead research: experience from East Africa (LERRN Blog, June 2024) [text]

Guidelines:

Guidelines for Co-produced Research with Refugees and Other People with Lived Experience of Displacement (May 2023) [access]
- "These Guidelines have been developed through an extensive collaborative process involving refugee leaders, academics, practitioners and policymakers from around the world" and are available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. See also information about the consultation process.

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

Journal articles:

"Always the Ideal? Exploring the Risks of Refugee Participation in Research," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

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

"Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 25 March 2024 [open access]

"Co-writing and inclusive publications," Forced Migration Review, no. 70 (June 2024) [open access]

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

"Coproducing a film resource for asylum seekers in the UK—A field reflection," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 March 2024 [open access]

"Displaced Syrian academics: unheard voices in academia," Forced Migration Review, no. 70 (June 2024) [open access]

"Engaging refugee women and girls as experts: co-creating evidence on sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian crises using creative, participatory methods," Evidence & Policy: A journal of research, debate and practice, vol. 18, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Ethical considerations of 'going public': public and media co-dissemination of research findings with refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Exclusion from the conversation: reflections from Afghan refugees," Forced Migration Review, no. 70 (June 2024) [open access]

"From anecdote to evidence: researching RLOs in East Africa and the Middle East," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 83 (July 2023) [full-text]

"‘Intimacy as method’: Ethnographic reflections on equitable knowledge production in migration research," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

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

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

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

"Participatory approaches and methods in gender equality and gender-based violence research with refugees and internally displaced populations: a scoping review," Conflict and Health, 17:58 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Standard Involvement is Not Enough: A Mixed Method Study of Enablers and Barriers in Research Meetings with Forced Migrants," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]

"Using participatory video for co-production and collaborative research with refugees: critical reflections from the Digital Place-makers program," Learning, Media and Technology, vol. 49, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"What Does it Mean to Adopt a Trauma-Informed Approach to Research?: Reflections on a Participatory Project with Young People Seeking Asylum in the UK," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13 July 2023 [open access]

Reports & book chapters:

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

Co-production of Knowledge in Forced Migration Studies: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Challenges and the Possibilities for the Emergence of Best Practices, LERRN Working Paper, no. 21 (Carleton Univ., Jan. 2024) [text]

Exploring the value and replicability of integrating refugees and host community members into research activities in refugee settings (Population Council, Feb. 2024) [text]

Making the Results of Humanitarian Evaluation Accessible to Communities: Why it frequently fails and what to do about it (Humanitarian Advisory Group, April 2024) [text]

"Participatory research among youth – too little, too much, too romanticised? Reflections on co-research with young refugees," Chapter in Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society: Reclaiming the Future (Routledge, June 2023) [open access]

The Right to Research: Historical Narratives by Refugee and Global South Researchers
(McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Jan. 2023) [info]
- Features "nine works by refugee and host-community researchers from across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Identifying the intrinsic challenges of making space for diverse voices within a research framework and infrastructure that is inherently unequal, this edited volume offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear." Note: While this is not an open access book, the text has been made freely available to a specific group of readers via the Carleton University institutional repository. See this blog post for more information.

Resource:

Refugee-led Research Hub [info] [website]
- "Aims to support scholars and researchers from displaced communities, predominantly in Eastern Africa, to be leaders in knowledge production and decision making in the field of Forced Migration Studies and humanitarian research." The Hub includes "a global network of affiliated scholars and researchers who participate in activities as staff, mentors, research leads, and learners." Follow the "website" link to access their reports.

20 June 2024

World Refugee Day Series: Open Access Materials - Research Resources

Numerous resources and tools have been developed over the years to provide information and research support to the field of forced migration studies and to facilitate access to a wide variety of open access/freely available materials. 

This list directs you to a small subset of them:

General:

Data:

Law & policy:

Thematic:

Research guides that I have compiled:


Event: World Refugee Day

Today is World Refugee Day! The 2024 theme is "solidarity with refugees":

"Refugees need our solidarity now more than ever. Solidarity means keeping our doors open, celebrating their strengths and achievements, and reflecting on the challenges they face. Solidarity with people forced to flee also means finding solutions to their plight – ending conflicts so they can return home in safety, ensuring they have opportunities to thrive in the communities that have welcomed them, and providing countries with the resources they need to include and support refugees." 

See also the UN Secretary-General's video message, the High Commissioner's statement and an announcement from the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR).

To find out how World Refugee Day is being recognized and celebrated around the world, select countries from the drop-down menu on this page  and/or follow the live blog.

Finally, learn more about global attitudes towards refugees from the annual UNHCR-Ipsos survey

19 June 2024

World Refugee Day Series: Open Access Materials - Postprints

A postprint is defined as "A digital draft of a research journal article after it has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication, but before it has been typeset and formatted by the journal." Other terms used are "author accepted manuscript" (AAM) or "accepted manuscript." Authors who self-archive or share free postprint versions of journal articles via repositories and websites are engaging in green open access. The benefits that authors gain from other types of open access are the same for the green route, that is, enhanced discoverability, increased usage and greater citation impact. The biggest difference is that green OA does not require authors to pay any fees to make their research freely available. 

Postprints tend to be deposited in either institutional or subject repositories. As such, they will generally appear in the search results of standard search engines like Google Scholar. That said, green versions of scholarly content can still be challenging to locate. Here are a few resources that can help: 

- Yesterday, I referenced the pages I maintain that list hybrid OA articles published in OUP's three refugee journals - those pages *also* record postprints that are available! See IJRL, JRS (2014-2021), JRS (2022+) and RSQ.
- I often discover postprints via the Unpaywall browser extension that I have installed on Chrome; it will display a green unlocked symbol when it has identified a free version of a paywalled article.
- Any postprints I reference on this blog are labeled as such; to view them, follow this link, then hit "ctrl-f" to open up the "find" function and look for instances of "postprint".

A primary remit of the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA) is to offer authors a space for  depositing their postprints. Here are two recent examples:
- "A Mile in Their Shoes: Understanding Healthcare Journeys of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 20, no. 2 (2024)
- "The Relationship between Human Rights and Refugee Protection: An Empirical Analysis," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 25, no. 10 (2021)

For further guidance on self-archiving, both generally and in FMRA specifically, check out these blog posts: