Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

New open access book:

Migration and Cities: Conceptual and Policy Advances (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

- "This open access book brings together different perspectives on migration and the city that are usually discussed separately, to show the special character of the urban context as a territorial and political space where people coexist, whether by choice or necessity. Drawing on heterogeneous situations in cities in different world regions (including Europe, North America, the Middle East, South, Southeast and East Asia and the Asia Pacific) contributions to this volume examine how migration and the urban context interact in the twenty-first century."

Reports:

Intersessional panel discussion on the human rights of migrants in transit, 15 May 2024 [access]

- Follow link for documents and statements. See also related Human Rights Watch news dispatch.

Report 2023 (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, May 2024) [text]

Report on the third global consultation on the health of refugees and migrants, Rabat, Morocco, 13-15 June 2023 (WHO, May 2024) [text]

- See also related news release and executive summary.

Revisiting migrants’ contributions with a human rights-based approach: a discussion on facilitating and hindering factors, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/56/54 (UN General Assembly, May 2024) [access]

- Scroll for the report in all six UN languages.

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]

"Early action in the asylum support sector: a scoping review," Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Early View, 24 May 2024 [open access]

"Is the Humanitarian Protection System Falling Apart or Quietly Evolving?," Migration Information Source, 30 May 2024 [text]

"Morality in the Refugee Regime? Arguing for More (Political) Realism in Admitting Refugees," Perspectives on Politics, FirstView, 28 May 2024 [open access]

"The Role of Academics as Refugee Policy Advocates: Lessons from Australia," Policy Studies, Latest Articles, 3 May 2024 [open access]

"Stress, resilience, and coping resources in the context of war, terror, and migration," Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, vol. 57 (June 2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Borders & Belonging Podcast Series, Season 2 (CERC Migration) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (14 May 2024)