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:

• Forced Migration Library (one of my blogs) [monthly posts listing new books; literature-related resource pages]
• Forced Migration Research Archive (RRN & York Univ.) [subject-focused repository]
• Migration Research Hub (IMISCOE) [database with info on experts, publications, datasets & projects] 
• Operational Data Portal (UNHCR) [information platform established to facilitate coordination in refugee emergencies]
• ReliefWeb (OCHA) [portal for humanitarian information]

Data:

• EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database (CRED)
• Global Internal Displacement Database (IDMC)
• Humanitarian Data Exchange (OCHA)
• Microdata Library (UNHCR)
• Migration Data Hub (MPI)
• Migration Data Portal (IOM)
• Missing Migrants Project (IOM)
• Refugee Data Finder (UNHCR)
• Resettlement Data Finder (UNHCR)

Law & policy:

• Asylum Information Database (ECRE) [database of protection information for 23 countries in Europe]
• Disaster Law Database (IFRC) [largest collection of documents relating to disaster law]
• European Country of Origin Information Network (ACCORD) [global database of country conditions information to support RSD procedures]
• Global Database on IDP Laws and Policies (Global Protection Cluster) [scroll down to access]
• Migrant Rights Initiative (Cornell Law School) [legal repository focusing on protection of migrants’ human rights]
• Protection Manual (UNHCR) [UNHCR's repository of protection policy and guidance]
• Refworld (UNHCR) [collects legislation, case law & UNHCR guidance on displaced/stateless persons]

Thematic:

• Climate Mobility Hub (Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law)
• CLIMB Database: Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Degradation (UN Migration Network)
• Database on Statelessness and Human Rights (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion)
• Refugee Mental Health and Wellbeing Portal (UEL)
• Resettlement Plus (Pathways Intl., Univ. of Ottawa & Univ. of Toronto)
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum (SOGICA) Database
• StatelessHub (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion)
• Statelessness Index (European Network on Statelessness)
• Women in Refugee Law Database (WiRL)

Research guides that I have compiled:

• Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web
• Internally Displaced Persons: Guide to Legal Information Resources on the Web
• Statelessness: A Web Research Guide
• UNHCR's Resources and Publications