Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunity:

Webinar: Cross-border Legal Aid Interventions in Humanitarian Contexts: Sharing Good Cross-Border Practices, 20 November 2024 [info]

- See related concept note.

Short pieces:

"Humanitarians: Stop using fear of migration to drive fundraising and advocacy," The New Humanitarian, 15 Oct. 2024 [text]

Prioritising health in humanitarian work: the need for comprehensive and inclusive research [text]

Protecting essential service personnel is a vital part of humanitarian action (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Redefining leadership in humanitarian action between Global North and Global South (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]

"What lies ahead for the UN’s new relief chief," The New Humanitarian, 11 Oct. 2024 [text]

New open access book:

Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move (Routledge, Oct. 2024) [open access]

- "This book investigates how the evolving situation of different forced migrants is accounted for and addressed in humanitarian action in order to improve their access to support and assistance. Bringing together case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific, this book focuses on a diversity of operational modalities and types of assistance provided by both traditional and non-traditional humanitarian actors to address the specific needs of displaced children, women, people with disabilities and older people, as well as trafficked migrant workers. This book adopts a broad perspective on humanitarian action, acknowledging how its boundaries are challenged and expanded in forced migration contexts. Its operational and theoretical insights will be useful for a range of readers, from humanitarian and migration researchers and students to practitioners and policymakers."

Reports:

The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings (Médecins Sans Frontières, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Falling short? Humanitarian funding and reform (Development Initiatives, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian.

Neutrality, Access, and Making Localisation Work (Global Interagency Security Forum, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Strengthening Legal Aid and Access to Justice in Humanitarian Settings: A compilation of learning on relevant strategies and effective practices (Global Protection Cluster, Nov. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines," Disasters, Early View, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

"Understanding leadership challenges faced by humanitarian aid workers: insights from the experiences of NNPHL training participants," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:15 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (7 Oct. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum Denial Beyond Borders: The International Dimensions of British Responses to Tamil Asylum Seekers in the 1980s," History Workshop Journal, Advance Articles, 7 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Devious refugees and harmless borders? How Frontex inverts deviance and blame," Race & Class, OnlineFirst, 4 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"The Migration Decision-Making Process Among Ukrainian Refugees: Different Contexts of Reception," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in the Czech Rep., Poland and Israel.

"The multiplicity of state agencies, categories of inclusion and exclusion, and experiences of young asylum seekers," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 31 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"'Now I Do Not Eat, it is Just For My Children': Mapping Food Access Disruption Among Refugees and Migrants in Athens, Greece," Glocality, vol. 7, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Public attitudes towards immigrants: A curious case of Croatia," International Migration, Early View, 24 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"Three-dimensional trust: disentangling trust relations in the context of converted asylum seekers," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Why do civil society organisations working on international protection tend to have positive dispositions towards refugees? A macro-level opportunity structure model," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 8, no. 5 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Protection in the UK: The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, 30 Oct. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 Nov. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The contradictions in Hungary’s immigration policy and communication (MPC Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

"Diego Garcia asylum seekers offered direct transfer to the UK," The New Humanitarian, 4 Nov. 2024 [text]

EU Leaders Should Uphold Right to Asylum in Europe (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2024) [text]

EU Pact Instruments on Asylum and Minimum Human Rights Standards (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Europe is not prepared for the looming Lebanese refugee crisis (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Fair and Fast Asylum Processing: Lessons from Switzerland (Just Security Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Paths to Peace: Reconciliation Strategies for Ukraine’s Displaced Populations (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

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

New open access books:

Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role: Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (Springer, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- "This book analyses the characteristics and impacts of existing and emerging asylum governance instruments and their practical implementation in selected countries hosting large communities of refugees around the world. Particular focus is given to the cases of Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Jordan, Niger, Serbia, South Africa and Turkey. Attention is put into regional and country-specific asylum instruments and actors from the perspective of their effectiveness, fairness and consistency with refugee protection and human rights standards as well as the UN GCR commitments. By doing so, the book identifies key lessons learned and offers a critical view on policies framed as 'promising practices' so as to inform future steps in the UN GCR implementation and asylum governance more generally. As such, the book provides a better understanding of the concept of 'mobility' in asylum governance, and the ways in which it is articulated into legal and policy instruments framed as 'protection' and - in the language of the UN GCR - 'third country solutions' for refugee mobility, including resettlement, private/community sponsorships, humanitarian corridors, in the European Union and around the world."

Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe (Bloomsbury Academic, Sept. 2024) [open access]

- "Refugees have existed since ancient times but it was in the early modern era that they first became a distinct social and political category. This open access book maps the early modern ‘invention of the refugee’ and in the process uncovers their impact on local, regional, and transnational politics. With case studies ranging from Scandinavia to the Maghreb, Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe traces how refugees transformed Europe. Topics explored include: the development of refugees as a political group in early modern societies; the role of displaced minorities in forging humanitarian networks; and the impact of refugees on migration management and imperialism. Most notably, this collection of essays moves beyond discussions of expulsion and flight to shine a spotlight on how states responded critically and constitutionally to refugees – as a means of galvanizing social groups, reinforcing identities, promoting activities, and expanding bureaucratic reach."

Reports:

Clear Principles, Divergent Practices: The Right to Know in National Security Related Immigration Matters in EU Member States (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Oct. 2024) [text via Refworld]

Jurisprudence on the Application of the Temporary Protection Directive: Analysis of Case Law from 2022-2024 (EU Agency for Asylum, Oct. 2024) [text]

Moldova's Temporary Protection: Addressing Displacement from Ukraine and Planning for the Future (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (18 Oct. 2024)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Beyond the Data: The ‘why’, ‘who’ and ‘how’ of conflict and violence displacement in 2023 (RID Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Do refugees have a duty to be grateful? (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]

Innovation and partnerships to improve socioeconomic data on forced displacement (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

A New Discovery Tool for Household Survey Questionnaires on Forced Displacement: Towards Data Quality and Consistency (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

UNHCR High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (Nov. 2024) [text]

UNHCR’s Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

UNHCR’s photo quality initiative: enhancing photo standards in refugee registration (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Reports:

75th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Geneva, 14-18 October 2024 [access]

- Follow link for video recordings of the discussions, documentation, statements and the report of the session. See also related news stories here and here.

Ethics Guidelines of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies (Netzwerk Fluchtforschung, 2024) [access]

- Available in English and German. 

Guidance Package for UNHCR’s Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]

*IASC Policy on Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Nov. 2024) [text]

An independent evaluation of UNHCR's decentralization and regionalization reform, EVO/2024/10 (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]

- See also executive summary.

Monitoring progress towards solutions to internal displacement: A development-oriented indicator framework (UNDP, Sept. 2024) [text via Refworld]

UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2024 (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report and data.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Ain’t I a Migrant?: Global Blackness and the Future of Migration Studies," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"The Distinction between Refugees and Immigrants: Philosophical Arguments, International Law, and Citizens’ Attitudes in 26 Countries," Comparative Sociology, vol. 23, no. 5 (2024) [open access]

Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (Oct. 2024) [contents]

- Includes a special feature on "Forced Displacement and the City." The editorial is freely available and 8 articles are open access.

*"From Forced Migration to Displacement?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, 2nd ed. (Edward Elgar, Oct. 2024) [info]

- Note: Chapters 1, 6, 9 and 13 are free to access.

Multimedia:

Nothing about us without us (Borders and Belonging Podcast Series, Oct. 2024) [access]

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (12 Oct. 2024)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Bouncing between war-torn countries: Displacement in Lebanon and Syria highlights cyclical nature of cross-border refuge (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

"Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF," The Guardian, 6 Nov. 2024 [text]

- See also related MSF report.

Rethinking the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Light of the Israeli War on Lebanon (RLI Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

"The risk of return: As Israel bombs Lebanon, Syrian deportees face detention, conscription, or worse," The New Humanitarian, 16 Oct. 2024 [text]

- See also related Human Rights Watch report.

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them (Nov. 2024) [text]

Tunisia: UN experts concerned over safety of migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking (OHCHR, Oct. 2024) [text]

"Under Israeli bombs, civil society fills the void left by the Lebanese state," The New Humanitarian, 14 Oct. 2024 [text]

What does genocide do to migration categories? (MPC Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

*Whose Legal Duty to Aid? (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

"With UNRWA under pressure, another aid lifeline for Palestinians fears it may be next," The New Humanitarian, 30 Oct. 2024 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Coping mechanisms and 'homemaking' in the face of environmental challenges: exploring the experiences of adolescent refugees in Jordan," Local Environment, Latest Articles, 25 Oct. 2024 [open access]

Critical Funding Needs in the Middle East and North Africa (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]

"From forced displacement to forced immobility: the Israeli mobility regime to the post-disengagement Gaza Strip," Monções: UFGD Journal of International Relations, vol. 13, no. 25 (2024) [open access]

New Displacement from Lebanon Post September 2024 (Bahar Organization, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Positionnements et ambivalences face au privilège de mobilité des 'internationaux' dans les territoires palestiniens occupés," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 40, nos. 2&3 (2024) [open access]

"Power sharing in community-engaged research with Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Using community engagement to shape intervention fit to context," SSM - Mental Health, vol. 6 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Psychiatric symptom profiles of inpatient refugees in Egypt: insights from a single center study," Middle East Current Psychiatry, 31:92 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

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Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (10 Oct. 2024)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (10 Oct. 2024)

Opportunities: More Nov. 2024 & New Dec. 2024

Request for suggestions: IJRL Book Reviews [info]

- No deadline indicated.

Lecture: Human Rights Protection of Environmentally Displaced Persons in Latin America: The Brazilian Case, Birmingham, UI, 13 November 2024 [info]

Webinar: To Stay or Go: Factors Shaping Ukrainian Refugees’ Intentions Whether to Return to Ukraine, 13 November 2024 [info]

CFP: Enduring migratory precarity over time and across generations: Life course and longitudinal perspectives [info]

- Chapters sought for an edited collection. Submit abstracts by 15 November 2024.

Invitation to tender: Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, Strengthening the Capacity of NGOs and Local Governments to Identify and Address Statelessness in Refugee and Migration Contexts in Europe and Central Asia [info]

- Submit proposals by 18 November 2024.

Lecture: Understanding the Logic of Migration Crises in the Mediterranean, Cairo, 18 November 2024 [info]

Call for registration: 2024 Emerging Scholars Network Annual Workshop, Sydney, 20-22 November 2024 [info]

- Register by 20 November 2024.

Webinar: Mobilising Civil Society for Nationality Rights in Africa: Advancing the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness, 20 November 2024 [info]

Discussion with UNHCR’s Madeline Garlick: Critical Themes in Global Forced Migration Policy Today, 25 November 2024 [info]

Seminar/Film launch: Borders of Exclusion: The Power of Visual Counter-Narratives in Epistemic Knowledge, Brighton, UK/Online, 28 November 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.

CFP: Postgraduate Dissertation Competition, Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law [info]

- Submission deadline is 2 December 2024.

Seminar: Displacement, War and the Future of Sudan, London, 10 December 2024 [info]

CFP: Anti-Trafficking Review [info]

- Contributions sought for special issue on "Climate Change and Work on a Heated Planet." Deadline is 15 December 2024.

CFP: 2025 Idaho Law Review Symposium: Immigration Law and the Shifting Borders of American Federalism, Moscow, Idaho, 28 March 2025 [info]

- Submit proposals by 20 December 2024.

**See also forthcoming Centre for Refugee Studies, Refugee Law Initiative and Refugee Studies Centre seminars.

Related posts:

- Opportunities: Addendum

- Opportunities: More Oct. 2024 & New Nov. 2024

New Book Titles

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

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published; it introduces a new feature called "Perspectives on Displacement," or "short think pieces that propose a new or provocative way of thinking about a contemporary aspect of the refugee and displacement fields, along with reactions to those proposals." The first thought piece is "From Forced Migration to Displacement?" and is open access - comments are welcome!

The following articles are included in vol. 43, no. 3, Sept. 2024:

• Recognising Palestinian Refugees: Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee Convention in Turkey [open access]
• A Policy Analysis of the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelans in Colombia: Normalising Exceptionality using Humanitarian Discourses [open access]
• The Challenge of Evaluating the Impact of NGOs on the Human Capital and Life Satisfaction of Syrian Refugees in Turkey [abstract]
• “Where is Home?” Perceptions of Home and Future among Ukrainian Refugees in Norway [abstract]
• Wanted Refugees: The Forming of an Instrument Constituency for Refugee Resettlement in the European Union [open access]

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