This blog will be quiet until early November.
20 October 2024
Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2
Reports:
Debunking the Myth of Immigrants and Crime: Fact Sheet (American Immigration Council, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related blog post.
The Future of U.S. Immigration: Trump and Harris on Key Immigration Policy Areas (National Immigration Forum, July 2024) [text]
Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy (American Immigration Council, Oct. 2024) [text]
"Administrative Violence in Immigration Law," Arizona Law Review, vol. 66, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]
"Agency Entrenchment: Sociological Legitimacy in a Politically Contested Occupation," Law & Social Inquiry, FirstView, 19 Sept. 2024 [free full-text]
- Focuses on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys.
"Black Migrants and Black Lives Matter: Voices of Tension, Racism, Pan-Africanism, and Prospects for Collaboration," UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]
"The Border Crisis and the Right to Seek Asylum," Hofstra Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]
"Forced Back Into the Lion's Mouth: Per Se Reporting Requirements in U.S. Asylum Law," Marquette Law Review, vol. 107, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]
Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Forced Migration, Deterrence, and Solutions to the Non-Natural Disaster of Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border and Beyond."
Related post:
Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1
Short pieces:
Anti-Immigration Rhetoric is an Electoral Vulnerability: Evidence from the 2022 Midterm Elections (AULA Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
CHNV Parole Won’t Last Forever – But There Are Options for Its Beneficiaries to Stay in the US (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
A comic about humanitarian parole (Americas Migration Brief, Oct. 2024) [text]
The Current State of the Border: Crossings Remain Low While Pressure Builds in Southern Mexico (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Explainer: Immigrants and Crime in the United States (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]
Explainer: Immigrants and the Use of Public Benefits in the United States (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]
Explainer: Who Are Immigrants in the United States? (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]
Fighting Over Whether Haitian Immigrants are ‘Legal’ Misses the Point: They’re Legally Vulnerable (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
"The Most Dramatic Shift in U.S. Public Opinion," The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2024 [text]
The Nascent Architecture for Managing U.S. Border Arrivals Shows Promise (MPI, Oct. 2024) [text]
Republicans once championed immigration in the US. Why has the party’s rhetoric – and public opinion – changed so dramatically? (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]
Research shows that DACA benefits both Dreamers and their US-born peers (Brookings Commentary, Oct. 2024) [text]
Though home to about 50 white extremist groups, Ohio’s social and political landscape is undergoing rapid racial change (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]
What is Temporary Protected Status? A global migration expert why the US offers some foreign nationals temporary protection (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]
Why aren’t there more Russian migrants at the border? What the data tells us (Niskanen Center Commentary, Oct. 2024) [text]
Multimedia:
Unpacking the Supreme Court Immigration Cases in the 2023-2024 Term and Looking Forward to What's Ahead, 26 Sept. 2024 [access]
Related post:
18 October 2024
Regional Focus: Europe
Short pieces:
Blog Series on "EU Asylum and Migration Legislation after the Pact" (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog)
- A number of posts have been added to this series in the past week! Review them chronologically or thematically.
"Italy delivers first migrants to Albania under new deal," Reuters, 16 Oct. 2024 [text]
Taking Back Control? The Perils of Poland’s New Migration Strategy (Verfassungsblog, Oct. 2024) [text]
"UK seeks to move 36 Diego Garcia asylum seekers to Romania," The New Humanitarian, 9 Oct. 2024 [text]
**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**
Reports & journal articles:
"Bringing care in: The meaning of care in refugee solidarity movements," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [ResearchGate]
The EU-Mauritania Partnership: Whose Priorities?, Working Paper, no. 21 (ECRE, Oct. 2024) [text]
"Helping in Times of War: How Uncertainty Modulates Aid to Ukrainian Refugees through Compassion and Threat," Human Affairs, Ahead of Print, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Italy.
"Hostile Environments: Housing and Asylum Policies as Drivers of Energy Deprivation Among UK Refugee Communities," Housing, Theory and Society, Latest Articles, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"Online Political Participation of Refugees in Germany: Analysis of a Survey in Bavaria," SAGE Open, 5 Oct. 2024 [open access]
QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 3 (2024) [open access]
- Several articles focus on Europe.
An Uncertain Future: A journey through the move-on period (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.
Related posts:
17 October 2024
Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies
Short pieces:
Audiovisual research provides new insights into how migrants navigate major life events (Leiden Univ., Oct. 2024) [text]
Preserving the Digital Legacy: Safeguarding Against All Odds with UNHCR (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
The screening of asylum seekers’ smartphones at the Dutch border (Utrecht Univ., Sept. 2024) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
CBP One Mobile Application: Violating Migrants’ Rights to Privacy and Freedom from Discrimination (Univ. of Illinois Chicago & National Lawyers Guild of Chicago, Sept. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.
"Digital Migration Infrastructure in return-writing: visualizing the migration landscape of India," Frontiers in Sociology, 24 Sept. 2024 [open access]
The Guide to Usefulness of Existing AI Solutions in Nonprofit Organizations, Part 1 - Humanitarian AI (NetHope, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
"Hate Speech in YouTube Comments on Rohingya Refugees in Thailand and Syrian Refugees in Europe," LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, vol. 17, no.1 (2024) [open access]
Making Digital Learning Work: Lessons from the UNICEF–Akelius Digital Learning Initiative in 12 countries (UNICEF, Oct. 2024) [text]
"Outcome-Driven Dynamic Refugee Assignment with Allocation Balancing," Operations Research, Ahead of Print, 25 March 2024 [preprint]
- Focuses on Switzerland and the US. See also related Harvard Business School post.
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Short pieces:
Breaking Down Barriers: Improving Asylum Laws for Queer Migrants (Think Immigration Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.
Experts call on government to better protect Queer people seeking asylum in the UK (Univ. of Birmingham, Oct. 2024) [text]
Reports & journal articles:
Charting a Path for LGBTIQ+ Justice in Humanitarian Response in Asia and the Pacific (Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group & Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Working Group, Sept. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
"Cross-effects of cultural and gay capitals in access to refugee status on the grounds of SOGI in France: Study of the formal and informal preparations of West African men for asylum trials," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [preprint]
"Experiences of transgender migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, and Uzbekistan living in Russia," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [open access]
Held back: Poverty of LGBTQI refugees in the UK (Micro Rainbow, Sept. 2024) [text via EIN]
"Queering Humanitarian Practices through the Inclusion of SOGIESC Concepts," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (2024) [open access]
"Understanding key priority areas of mental health among queer asylum seekers and refugees in Australia through the lens of structural violence: A modified Delphi method study," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [open access]
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues
Opportunity:
Seminar: Climate Change, Displacement and Gender, Online, 28 October 2024 [info]
Short pieces:
Beyond Individual Persecution: European Court’s Constitutionalism in Afghan Women’s Asylum Case (EJIL: Talk Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related media page.
Palestinian Refugee Women from Syria to Jordan (LSE Review of Books Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Refugee law between resistance and compliance: a reparative reading of a classic feminist struggle (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Reports:
Feminist Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning: The Praxis of Women's Rights and Women-Led Organizations in Conflict, Crisis, and Humanitarian Settings (CARE International & Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
‘Rentrez chez vous, ça va passer...’ - Porter plainte pour violences sexuelles: l'épreuve des femmes migrantes, transgenres et travailleuses du sexe en France (Amnesty International, Sept. 2024) [text]
- See also InfoMigrants related article.
Articles:
"Factors Associated with Attendance to and Completion of Prenatal Care Visits in Colombia Among Urban-Residing Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Women," Journal of Migration and Health, In Press, 11 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"Gender Trajectories of Afghan Immigrants in Multicultural Societies – Analysis," Eurasia Review, 14 Oct. 2024 [text]
"Gender-based violence and its determinants among refugees and internally displaced women in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis," BMC Public Health, 24:2851 (Oct. 2024) [open access]
"The Journey of a Living Statue: Structural Violence and a Honduran Migrant Woman’s Pathway Toward Asylum and Wellbeing," Social Science & Medicine, In Press, 9 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"Legal Challenges and Violence Facing Asylum-Seeking Women at the United States Border," Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law Online, vol. XXIV, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]
"Women’s challenges and gender inequality implications in the UK Home Office’s streamlined asylum process: A practice-based, posthuman perspective," JUST: Journal of Language Rights & Minorities, vol. 3, no. 2 (2024) [open access]
Related post:
16 October 2024
Regional Focus: Asia Pacific
Short pieces:
Bangladesh: New Rohingya Refugees Lack Protection, Aid (HRW, Sept. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Australia.
The pressing case for a new emergency visa to help people fleeing Gaza and
other conflicts (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]
The Responsibility to Protect vs. National Sovereignty: The Case of Rohingya
Refugees in Myanmar and Bangladesh (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Road from Rakhine: The uncertain fate of Rohingyas (Raisina Debates, Oct.
2024) [text]
Reports:
A fair and fast asylum process for Australia: Lessons from Switzerland,
Policy Brief, no. 16 (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2024) [access]
Migration, Pathway to Nation Building (Parliament of Australia, Sept.
2024) [access]
"National Borders among Families: Removal and 'Bare Life' in
India," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission, 9 Sept.
2024 [preprint]
Returning from Pakistan: How are Afghan returnees coping back in their
homeland? (Afghanistan Analysts Network, Sept. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Trapped Between Three Conflicts, Central Asian Migrants Face Problems We
Can No Longer Ignore, Policy Memo, no. 909 (PONARS Eurasia, Aug. 2024) [text]
Journal articles:
"Anxieties about a Porous Border: Australian Government Responses to
Melanesian ‘Boat People’," Australian Historical Studies,
Latest Articles, 10 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"Global Media Sentiments on the Rohingya Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of News Articles from Ten Countries," Journalism and Media, vol. 5, no. 3 (Aug. 2024) [open access]
"Implications of refugee crisis on public sector healthcare organizations:
Empirical observation from Myanmar's Rohingya refugees in
Bangladesh," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (Sept.
2024) [ResearchGate]
"Rewriting Internal Relocation from a Refugee Perspective: The Lived
Experience of Refugees in Afghanistan," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]
Related post:
New Issues of AHMR, AJIL Unbound, Anti-Traff. Rev., Front. Hum. Dyn., Intl. Migr., JEMS, JHA, JMHS, QRP, Refuge, REMHU, REMI
African Human Mobility Review, vol. 10, no. 2 (2024) [open access]
- Mix of articles.
AJIL Unbound, vol. 118 (2024) [open access]
- Theme is "Symposium on Unsettling the Sovereign 'Right to Exclude'," with a preface and seven articles.
Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 23 (2024) [open access]
- Special issue on "Following the Money II."
Frontiers in Human Dynamics [open access]
- Features a research topic on "Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity (CIGS) in Disaster and Humanitarian Response," with an editorial and four articles.
International Migration, vol. 62, no. 5 (Oct. 2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with seven that are open access. Two commentaries are also open access.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 16 (2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with 12 that are open access and one that is freely available.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 17 (2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Beyond 'Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay': The Simultaneous Impacts of Co-agency in Migration." The introduction is freely available and three articles are open access.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 18 (2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with six that are open access.
*Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]
- Mix of articles.
Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Forced Migration, Deterrence, and Solutions to the Non-Natural Disaster of Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border and Beyond." All articles are free to read, but two are also open access.
QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 3 (2024) [open access]
- Mix of articles.
Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- Special symposium issue on "Structures of (Un)Welcome." This issue is now complete.
REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 32 (2024) [open access]
- Special dossier focuses on "Abdelmalek Sayad: Migration, State and Historical Amnesia." The remainder of the issue includes a mix of articles in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 40, nos. 2&3 (2024) [open access]
- Thematic dossier focuses on "Faire et défaire le privilège en migration."
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Tagged Periodicals.
15 October 2024
New Issue of JRS
- Bringing care in: The meaning of care in refugee solidarity movements [abstract] [ResearchGate]
- The ‘inherent vulnerability’ of women on the move: A gendered analysis of Morocco’s migration reform [open access]
- Bridging distance: Transnational and local family ties in refugees’ social support networks [abstract]
- More than a number: Exploring the impact of age(ing) on refugees’ experiences of arrival [abstract]
- Rohingya women as refugees: Examining displacement, refugeehood and ‘bare life’ [abstract]
- Implications of refugee crisis on public sector healthcare organizations: Empirical observation from Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh [abstract] [ResearchGate]
- Bargaining (in)visibility: Rohingya refugees and the politics of visibility in India [abstract]
- Cross-effects of cultural and gay capitals in access to refugee status on the grounds of SOGI in France: Study of the formal and informal preparations of West African men for asylum trials [abstract] [preprint]
- Understanding key priority areas of mental health among queer asylum seekers and refugees in Australia through the lens of structural violence: A modified Delphi method study [open access]
- Direct and vicarious administrative burden: Experiences of UK public services as Homes for Ukraine host [open access]
- Mismanagement and misinterpretations in asylum interviews: Perspectives from South Africa and Sweden [open access]
- Self-generated asylum evidence: Scripting, staging and desperation in the assessment process [open access]
Also included are eight reviews, one of which is open access.
Tagged Periodicals.
14 October 2024
Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters
Opportunities:
Side event: Protection in Law and Practice: Regional and Global Engagement on Displacement in the Context of Climate Change, Geneva, 15 October 2024 [info]
- Taking place during EXCOM's 75th session.
Seminar: Climate Change, Displacement and Gender, Online, 28 October 2024 [info]
Side event: Advancing the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters: Exploring Multi-stakeholder Perspectives, Practice Insights and Legal Frameworks, Geneva, 28 October 2024 [info]
- Taking place during the RCRC's 34th conference.
Side event: People on the Move in a Changing Climate: Locally Led Action, Geneva, 29 October 2024 [info]
- Taking place during the RCRC's 34th conference.
Short pieces:
Desplazamiento como consecuencia del cambio climático en Colombia: escenarios de vulneración de derechos humanos que exige la atención integral del Estado (Departamento de Derecho del Medio Ambiente Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
Extreme weather is disrupting lives in southern Africa: new policies are needed to keep the peace (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]
Uganda’s struggles resettling climate-displaced communities (African Arguments, Oct. 2024 [text]
Reports:
Briefing Note: Anticipatory Action: An innovative tool at the intersection of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response (OCHA & UNDRR, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Enduring Change: A Data Review of Firsthand Accounts of Climate Mobility Impacts (International Refugee Assistance Project et al., Sept. 2024) [access]
- Focuses on the US.
Engaging Local Communities for More Effective Climate Mobility Programming (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]
Flood and Drought Displacement Risk in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan (HABITABLE Project, July 2024; posted Oct. 2024) [text via IDMC]
*Harnessing Development Financing for Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (IDMC & ADB, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Leveraging Collective Intelligence Methods: Participatory Mapping and Citizen-Generated Data to Address Environmental Degradation and Displacement - A Burundi Case Study (IOM & Joint IDP Profiling Service, Sept. 2024) [text]
- A French version is also available.
Mapping human mobility in national and regional disaster risk reduction strategies and related instruments (Platform on Disaster Displacement, UNHCR & UNDRR, Oct. 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report and summary.
Multimedia:
How We Talk about Climate Migration Shapes Treatment of “Climate Refugees," 4 Oct. 2024 [access]
*UPDATED
Related post:
Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects
Short pieces:
A data-driven look at how promoting employment fosters refugee mental health (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Germany's migration policy: Balancing labor needs and deportation (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2024) [text]
ILO launches training to boost market-driven livelihood solutions for refugees and host communities in Jordan (ILO, Oct. 2024) [text]
JD Vance is Correct: Immigration Increases Housing Prices, and That’s Okay (CATO at Liberty Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related Forbes article.
Reports:
Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy (American Immigration Council, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related blog post.
The Role of Immigrant Workers in the Green Transition (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2024) [text]
User Journeys of Cash + Entrepreneurship Participants - The Venezuela Regional Crisis: A journey mapping case study from Colombia (VenEsperanza Consortium, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Using Poverty Lines to Measure Refugee Self-Reliance, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10910 (World Bank, Sept. 2024) [text]
Workers’ Organizations Responding to the Needs of Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons (ILO, Sept. 2024) [text]
Journal articles:
"Negotiating fit into host country work settings: Understanding the interplay between the past and the present in the accounts of skilled refugees," Human Relations, OnlineFirst, 30 Sept. 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on the UK.
"Review of Jordan’s Government Policy on the Issuance of Work Permits to Aid Employment of Refugees," Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Works, vol. 9 (2023) [full-text]
"The role of temporality in refugees’ work-related meaningfulness-making," European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Latest Articles, 28 Sept. 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.
Related post:
News: EXCOM 2024
The 75th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (EXCOM) is taking place this week in Geneva, from 14-18 October 2024. View the discussions via livestream on the session page.
The first order of business is the High-Level Segment on Statelessness during which the Global Alliance to End Statelessness will be officially launched. (See also this related statement from PIERR, or the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights.)
12 October 2024
Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items
Short pieces:
Evacuations in Armed Conflict: A Fine Line Between a Life-Saving Measure and Forced Displacement (EJIL: Talk Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Keynote address at the Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference, 3 June 2024 [text]
- Theme is "Reinforcing rights and legal principles in the face of global challenges: the Global Compact on Refugees."
Reports & journal articles:
"The African Guiding Principles on the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Afr. Comm'n H.P.R.)," International Legal Materials, vol. 63, no. 3 (June 2024) [open access]
AJIL Unbound, vol. 118 (2024) [open access]
- Theme is "Symposium on Unsettling the Sovereign 'Right to Exclude'," with a preface and seven articles.
Interim Report: The Right to Enter (ILA Committee on International Migration and International Law, 2024) [text via Refworld]
Legal considerations on asylum and non-refoulement in the context of ‘instrumentalization’ (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]
- "The term ‘instrumentalization’ has been used, including in some national and supra-national legislation, to describe movements of persons which are forced, encouraged or facilitated with the aim of disrupting essential State functions."
"'Nowhere home'," London Review of International Law, vol. 12, no. 2 (July 2024) [open access]
- "This essay explores the concept of home in international law, the role of international law in the global regime of homemaking, and the prospects and limits of criminalising the destruction of home." Focuses on Gaza.
"A Primer on Trauma-Informed Practice in Refugee Law," Bond Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
"Toward a Taxonomy of Freedom of Movement Claims: Identifying Rights-Based Pathways for Today’s Refugees Beyond the 1951 Refugee Convention," Harvard International Law Journal, vol. 65, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]
Resource:
Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR) [access]
- "The Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights brings together independent human rights experts from the UN and regional systems to address areas of concern and cooperate on joint initiatives to enhance the protection and promotion of human rights of refugees and asylum-seekers." This press release provides more info.
Related post:
Thematic Focus: General
Short pieces:
Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related media page. The awards ceremony will be held in Geneva on 14 October 2024.
Innovating to support refugees’ mental health (UNHCR Innovation Service, Oct. 2024) [text]
"UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’," UN News, 30 Sept. 2024 [text]
Reports:
Funding landscape for research on health, migration and displacement: report for 2016-2020 period (World Health Organization, Oct. 2024) [text]
HLP and protection: from emergency to solutions (Norwegian Refugee Council, Oct. 2024) [text]
Human rights of internally displaced persons: Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/79/334 (UN General Assembly, Sept 2024) [access]
- Transmission of the "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur."
Measuring Irregular Migration (MIrreM) Project [access]
- A number of papers were published in Oct. 2024; see also two related databases, one on Irregular Migration Flow Estimates and Indicators and the other on Irregular Migration Stock Estimates.
Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/79/160 (UN General Assembly, July 2024) [access via Univ. of Oxford]
- Transmission of the "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay: Mobile Indigenous Peoples."
Journal articles:
"Coups and refugee flows in autocracies and democracies," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"From Forced Migration to Displacement?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"Immigration bureaucracies and state-created categories across the globe," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Oct. 2024 [open access]
- See also earlier related article.
"Social Assistance and Forced Displacement: A New Solution to an Old Problem?," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]
Related post:
11 October 2024
Thematic Focus: Solutions
Short pieces & reports:
Durable Solutions Analysis, Jalalabad/Nangarhar (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform & Samuel Hall, Aug. 2024) [text]
Final Yearly Refugee Resettlement Numbers Show Great Progress (National Immigration Forum, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.
Germany’s Federal Admissions Program for People from Afghanistan: The Role of Civil Society in Policy Making and Implementation (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Insights and recommendations from the "The need to belong: pathways towards durable solutions" conference (On the Move Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on South Africa.
Memorandum on the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2025 (White House, Sept. 2024) [text]
- See also related UNHCR press release.
The new EU Resettlement Framework: A flexible harmonization undermining fundamental rights (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Rebuilding the U.S. refugee program: A case study in how to increase state capacity (Niskanen Center, Oct. 2024) [text]
Journal articles:
"Comparing Refugee Resettlement Services: A New Global Dataset and Typology," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 9 Oct. 2024 [abstract]
- See also related dissertation, "Policies for Belonging: A Global Comparison of Refugee Resettlement Programs."
"Empowerment and integration of refugee women: a transdisciplinary approach," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11:1277 (Sept. 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on the US.
"Intentions, Strategies, and Actions: How Refugees Exert Agency in the Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Process from Jordan and Turkey to Germany," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]
"Navigating Vulnerability and Integration: Refugee Resettlement from Rwanda to Third Countries under the Medical Needs Category," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 1 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"'Resettlement is worthwhile for our children’s future': reflections from the Stateless Rohingya refugees in Malaysia," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:46 (Oct. 2024) [open access]
"Where does the future lie? Initial aspirations for return among newly arrived Ukrainian refugees in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2024 [open access]
Related post:
Regional Focus: Americas
Short pieces:
Fact sheet: Fourth Ministerial Meeting on the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection (White House, Sept. 2024) [text]
Haiti: A multi-dimensional crisis leading to continued displacement (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [access]
- See also related press release.
**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.
Reports:
Guía para el registro de personas en situación de desplazamiento forzado interno en México (UNHCR & Govt. of Mexico, Sept. 2024) [text]
Haiti: Increased internal displacement heightens food and health needs in the Grand Sud region (ACAPS, Oct. 2024) [text]
Localization in UNHCR Americas (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- A Spanish version is also available.
Movilidad humana, transferencias monetarias y localización: Estudios de caso en Perú y Ecuador (CALP Network & REACH Initiative, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Necesidades y Satisfacción con la Justicia en Honduras: Brechas de acceso a la justicia para personas desplazadas internamente (Instituto de la Haya para la Innovación del Derecho, Sept. 2024) [text via Refworld]
Unprotected: unveiling gaps in the protection of Venezuelan refugees in Aruba (Amnesty International, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related news story.
Journal articles:
"Invisible Gates Made Visible in Trinidad and Tobago: Projected and Sanctified Violence by the Liberal State upon Illegal Immigrants and Refugees," LIAS Working Paper Series, vol. 11, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
"The power of bureaucracies: Shaping migration policy paradigms in Colombia and Ecuador," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [open access]
Multimedia:
Global Migration and "The Route" to the US (Wilson Center NOW, Oct. 2024) [access]
Tackling the Root Causes: Food Insecurity and Forced Migration in Latin America, 9 Oct. 2024 [access]
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Regional Focus: Africa
Short pieces:
7 years into the conflict, solutions to displacement in Cabo Delgado remain
elusive (IDMC Expert Analysis, Oct. 2024) [text]
M23 conflict caused nearly 3 out of every 4 displacements in the DRC this
year (IDMC Expert Analysis, Sept. 2024) [text]
Refugee Creativity, Fun, and Initiative at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi
(Wilson Center, Oct. 2024) [text]
Refugee figures in South Sudan hit the half a million mark as thousands arrive, fleeing conflict in Sudan (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
New open access book:
Voices in the Dark: The Energy Lives of Refugees (Berghahn Books,
Oct. 2024) [open access]
- "Humanitarianism is in crisis: refugee numbers increase every year and
humanitarian agencies are struggling to meet the needs of displaced
people. In refugee camps all over the world, refugees are forced to secure
their own access to energy and are provided with limited cooking resources
and minimal electricity. Voices in the Dark draws upon a decade of
original research to provide evidence on the energy lives of refugees.
Focusing on refugee camps in Rwanda and Kenya, the book identifies that
urgent change is required within humanitarian responses to forced
migration and the climate crisis to ensure that future energy provision in
displacement settings is sustainable, reliable and affordable for
refugees."
Reports:
Migration Governance Indicators Data on the Implementation of the Global
Compact for Migration in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]
Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants: A Course for Migration Officials
in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]
Sudan: Scenarios - A region-by-region analysis of possible developments
affecting humanitarian needs and operations in Sudan until December 2025
(ACAPS, Oct. 2024) [text
via ReliefWeb]
What displaced people in the DRC think of humanitarian protection and how
to learn from it (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]
Journal articles:
"Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East
Africa: evidence from a multicountry representative survey,"
BMJ Mental Health, vol. 26, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
- See also
related post
in The Conversation.
"Inhabiting temporariness: the agency-in-waiting of Eritrean refugees in the
city," Environment & Urbanization, OnlineFirst, 6 Oct. 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Ethiopia.
"Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from
South Sudan to Uganda," Population, Space and Place, Early View,
26 Sept. 2024 [open access]
"Securitisation of Refugee Protection: The Judiciary’s Role in the
Protection of the Rights of Refugees:
Attorney General v. Kituo Cha Sheria & 7 Others," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Kenya.
"Traumatised youth harbour feelings of revenge: investigating the
association between PTSD symptomatology, vengeance, and willingness to
forgive among the Congolese adolescent refugees in Uganda," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
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10 October 2024
Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality
Opportunities:
Seminar: Rohingya in Post-Coup Rakhine State: Navigating Challenges and Exploring Opportunities for Citizenship and Statelessness, Online, 17 October 2024 [info]
Call for applications: Visiting Research Fellowship & Visiting Stateless Legal Clinic Fellowship, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [info]
- The application deadline for both fellowships is 30 November 2024.
Short pieces:
Building Solidarity: the launch of the Statelessness and Dignified Citizenship Coalition - Asia-Pacific (ENS Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
The Campaign to End Statelessness: April-June 2024 Update (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]
IACHR calls on States to continue adopting measures to prevent and eradicate statelessness in the region (OAS, Sept. 2024) [text]
IACHR condemns arbitrary revocation of nationality of 135 recently released prisoners in Nicaragua (OAS, Sept. 2024) [text]
"Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon's Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness," AP News, 22 Sept. 2024 [text]
A mother’s struggle helps drive a national movement for legal identity in Nepal (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
Palestinian Citizens of Israel Fear Risk of Becoming Stateless Amidst Rising Calls for Citizenship Revocation (ENS Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
Rolling out our new identification toolkit (ENS News, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related editorial.
Trainings for Philippine judges on landmark Rule on Facilitated Naturalization of Refugees and Stateless Persons reaches nationwide coverage (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
UNICEF and UNHCR urge urgent action to end childhood statelessness (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Thailand.
Reports & journal articles:
Briefing note: Addressing statelessness in Europe (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2024) [text]
*From Stateless to Citizens: the journey of the Shona community in Kenya (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0 (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- An update to the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014–2024.
*The #IBelong Campaign: A Decade of Action to End Statelessness, 2014-2024 (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related press release.
Legal briefing: Statelessness and the right to respect for family and private life (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also recording of related webinar.
"Reflexivity and emotion in the citizenship journey of stateless India-Bangladesh enclave dwellers," Discover Global Society, 2:59 (Sept. 2024) [open access]
Multimedia:
Being Stateless: An Oral History Podcast (McMullin Center on Statelessness) [access]
*UPDATED
Related post:
Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2
Reports:
COVID-19 Outbreaks in Refugee Camps: A Simulation Study (World Bank, July 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Jordan.
Expulsion with no exit: one year of war in Gaza, Nota Internacional, no. 309 (CIDOB, Oct. 2024) [text]
Gaza: 1 Year On - Accountability Report (Oxfam, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Israeli obstructions to aid and attacks on humanitarian workers: Médecins du Monde's year in the occupied Palestinian territory (Médecins du Monde, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
Palestine (Gaza): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (Asylos, Sept. 2024) [text]
Turbulent Borders, Displaced Lives: The Christian Narrative in South Lebanon’s Geopolitical Landscape, RID Working Paper, no. 45 (Researching Internal Displacement, Oct. 2024) [text]
Journal articles:
*"An Analysis of the Religious Solidarity Discourses Regarding the Syrian Refugees in Türkiye," Religions, vol. 15, no. 10 (Oct. 2024) [open access]
"Assessing the Intersectional Impact of Domestic Migration Law: Reacting to State-Created Categories and Vulnerabilities of Asylum Seekers in Israel," Israel Law Review, First View, 4 Oct. 2024 [open access]
"Humanitarianism as a tool of statecraft: contested authority, sovereign violence, and humanity in the Syrian civil war," Disasters, Early View, 30 Sept. 2024 [open access]
"An imperial meantime: The invisible violence of a humanitarian peace in Western Sahara," American Ethnologist, Early View, 16 Sept. 2024 [open access]
"Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey," International Social Work, OnlineFirst, 23 Sept. 2024 [open access]
"Migration aspirations in relation to border closures, employment opportunities and risk-taking attitudes: lessons from an online survey experiment," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 18 (2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.
*UPDATED
Related post:
Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1
Short pieces:
Displacement-based Discrimination Impeding Access to Personal Documents (Sada Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on IDPs in Libya. See also related documentary below.
The Double-Edged Sword of Humanitarianism: UNRWA and Struggle for Palestinian Agency in the Colonial Context (Opinio Juris, Oct. 2024) [text]
Gaza Humanitarian Access Snapshot #6 (11 Sept.-9 Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related statement by IASC principals.
*Ignored, Displaced and Powerless: Lebanon’s IDPs Caught Between Escalating Hostilities and Government Neglect (RID Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
"Israel’s Lebanon assault: A double suffering for Syrian refugees," The New Humanitarian, 2 Oct. 2024 [text]
*Lebanese civilians are fleeing the south, fearing an Israeli invasion − a look back at 1982 suggests they have every reason to worry (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]
Joint Statement: Tunisia is Not a Place of Safety for People Rescued at Sea (Amnesty International, Oct. 2024) [text]
One year of war in Gaza (The New Humanitarian, Oct. 2024) [access]
- "A collection of our coverage chronicling humanitarian impacts, aid challenges, and the experiences of Palestinians for whom Gaza is home." See also related OCHA news story.
The Syrian Civil War: A Decade of Conflict, Displacement, and Global Impact (Modern Diplomacy, Oct. 2024) [text]
Syrians escape bombings in Lebanon to the country they once fled (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
- See also related press release.
UNHCR, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sanremo Institute organize a three-day workshop on Asylum Management (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]
A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]
Multimedia:
Gaza’s Intensifying Humanitarian Catastrophe: Expert Perspectives, 30 Sept. 2024 [access]
Internal Shadows: The Unseen Plights of Libya's IDPs (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Sept. 2024) [access]
*UPDATED
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09 October 2024
Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2
New open access book:
From Borders to Pathways: Innovations and Regressions in the Movement of People into Europe (ANU Press, Sept. 2024) [open access]
- "Contributors provide an in-depth exploration of the drivers shaping migration policies, including public opinion and the rise of populist discourses, the contrasting responses to various real and imagined migrant crises, and critiques of recent policy innovations such as refugee finance schemes, ‘safe legal pathways’, and migrant lotteries. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the authors assess socio-political, legal, geo-political and cultural shifts to advocate for a more inclusive, humane and sustainable approach to migration. By challenging dominant narratives of deterrence, extraterritoriality and exclusion, this book advocates for policies that balance Europe’s myriad commitments, values and imperatives, highlighting the need for ethical frameworks that respect the dignity of migrants."
Journal articles:
"Attitudes towards migrants and preferences for asylum and refugee policies before and during Russian invasion of Ukraine: The case of Slovakia," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:44 (Oct. 2024) [open access]
"Demographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Ukrainian war refugees with HIV infection in the Slovak Republic," Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, In Press, 27 Sept. 2024 [open access]
"Fenced Europe: A more-than-human perspective to border control - The case of Białowieża," European Law Open, vol. 3, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Poland.
"Motivations and Views on State Support for Refugees: Distinguishing Between Politically and Socially Engaged," Global Networks, Early View, 28 Sept. 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Ukrainians in Germany.
"A new EUtopia: Understanding Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and the criminalisation of migration in Europe," Contemporary Challenges: The Global Crime, Justice and Security Journal, vol. 5 (2024) [open access]
"The Politics of Legal Facts: The Erasure of Pushback Evidence from the European Court of Human Rights," Law & Social Inquiry, FirstView, 26 Sept. 2024 [open access]
*"Uncertainties of Temporary Protection: Forcibly Displaced People from Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina," Global Networks, Early View, 20 Sept. 2024 [open access]
*UPDATED
Related post:
Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1
Short pieces:
Charting a Course for Change: Policy Responses to Save Missing Migrants in the Central Mediterranean (RLI Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
Navigating the Human Rights Trajectory of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact in Search and Rescue Operations (Opinio Juris Blog, Sept. 2024) [Part 1] [Part 2]
The new EU Reception Conditions Directive: More welfare conditionality for asylum seekers (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]
Rethinking European Security: The Strategic Missteps of EU Border Externalisation in North Africa (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
Secondary Movements: Lack of Progress as the Flipside of Meagre Solidarity (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]
**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**
Reports:
Confronting the legal and political ambiguities of forced migration in a fragmented Cyprus, PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief, no. 1 (PRIO, Oct. 2024) [text]
- A related event will take place in Nicosia on 14 October 2024.
Country Report: Malta (AIDA, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Updated profile.
The Irregular Migrant Population of Europe, MIrreM Working Paper, no. 11 (MIrreM project, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Provides an analysis of the MIrreM Public Database on Irregular Migration Stock Estimates.
Monitoring Fundamental Rights During Screening and the Asylum Border Procedure: A Guide on National Independent Mechanisms (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Sept. 2024) [text]
Remote Immigration and Asylum Advice: What We Know and What We Need to Know (Public Law Project, Sept. 2024) [text via EIN]
Unpacking the crisis regulation: a valuable addition to the European legal framework governing mass influx situations?, Robert Schuman Centre Working Paper, no. 40 (EUI, Sept. 2024) [text]
Who is Who in International Protection in the EU+ (EU Agency for Asylum, Oct. 2024)
- No. 1: Asylum Authorities
- No. 2: Policymaking Authorities
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Opportunities: Addendum
Here are a few more events & opportunities that I learned about today!
Book launch: Making Routes: Mobility and the Politics of Migration in the Global South, Online, 14 October 2024 [info]
RSC Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term 2024, Online or Oxford, 16 October-4 December 2024 [info]
Climate Change Displacement Dialogue Speaker Series, Online, 23 October-26 March 2025 [info]
- Note: The series began on 25 September 2024; view the video recording of the first webinar here.
Discussion with UNHCR’s Madeline Garlick: Critical Themes in Global Forced Migration Policy Today, Ottawa, 25 November 2024 [info]
Related post:
08 October 2024
Opportunities: More Oct. 2024 & New Nov. 2024
Seminars: RLI 15th International Refugee Law Seminar Series, 10 October 2024-21 March 2025 [info]
- The theme is "Moments in Refugee History and the Development of the Modern Refugee Regime: Understanding refugee law and policy today." The first seminar on 10 October 2024 will focus on "The international refugee protection regime and the role of the UN Refugee Agency: Globalisation of humanitarian operations and the changing nature of UNHCR today."
Lecture: The Changing Global Migration Law: Free Movement Regimes and the Creation of the New Migrant, Maastricht/Online, 14 October 2024 [info]
Webinar: The Untold Story: Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border and Beyond, 16 October 2024 [info]
Policy dialogue: Forced migration and social cohesion: What can we learn from societal dynamics in Ghana and Mozambique?, Bonn/Online, 23 October 2024 [info]
Job announcement: Two Postdoctoral Research Associates, University of Münster [info]
- Interested candidates should have expertise in political science and gender studies. Solid experience in research in one of the following two areas is also desirable: international organizations or conflict, violence, and displacement. Apply by 25 October 2024.
Seminar: Narratives of Forced Migration, Displacement, Violence, and Processes of Return Migration in Colombia and Mexico from a Transnational Perspective, Davis, CA, 29 October 2024 [info]
Talk: Fragments of home: refugee housing, humanitarian design and the politics of shelter, London/Online, 19 November 2024 [info]
- For the in-person event: no ticket or pre-registration is required & entry is on a first come, first served basis; for the online event: registration for this event will open 29 October 2024.
Call for registration: IARMJ Africa Chapter Biennial Conference, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 17-21 November 2024 [info]
- Register by 30 October 2024.
Webinar: Executive Master's in Humanitarian Crisis & Emergency Management, Georgetown Univ., 1 November 2024 [info]
- Learn more about this continuing education programme, beginning in Fall 2025.
Seminar: Refugee Law Practitioners in the Nordic Countries, Copenhagen, 14-15 November 2024 [info]
- Register by 4 November 2024.
Symposium: The (Im)possibility of Immigration Reform?, Ithaca, NY/Online, 8 November 2024 [info]
- Focuses on the US.
CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Dangerous journeys: Saving lives and responding to missing migrants and refugees." Submit proposals by 11 November 2024.
CFP: Paper People: Documentation, Identity, and Citizenship in U.S. History, Evanston, IL, 2-3 May 2025 [info]
Submit proposals by 15 November 2024.
Seminar: Coloniality and the racialisation of refugee protection: Reflections on asylum law and policy in South America and the UK, London, 19 November 2024 [info]
Webinar: Immigration Reform in 2025: What Is Possible?, 20 November 2024 [info]
- Focuses on the US.
Lecture: 2024 Kaldor Centre Oration, Sydney, 21 November 2024 [info]
- New flagship lecture hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law.
Call for registration: IARMJ Asia Pacific Chapter Biennial Conference, Melbourne, 25-26 November 2024 [info]
- The theme is "Vulnerabilities in Refugee and Migration Law: People, processes, and systems."
CFP: Information Systems Journal [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Addressing Refugees and Migration Issues through Critical Information Systems Research." Submit abstracts by 30 November 2024.
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