New Issue of RSQ/Call for Special Issue Proposals

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 43, no. 4, Dec. 2024 include:

• From Mere Life to a Good Life: Shifting Refugee Integration Policy from Outcomes to Capabilities [open access]
• Intelligent Borders: Exploring the Suitability of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Refugee Status Determination Under International Law [abstract] [Academia]
• Through an Hourglass Darkly? Navigating the Risk Landscape of the Reasonably Foreseeable Future [free full-text]
• Women’s Strategies to Cope with Harassment in Za’atari Camp and the Role of Humanitarian Reporting Mechanisms [abstract]

**Note: RSQ's call for proposed Special Issues in 2025 is now open. The submission deadline is 31 December 2024.**

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

African migration report: climate change and migration in Africa (UN Economic Commission for Africa, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Also available in French.

"The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Statehood and Security in the Face of Anthropogenic Climate Change," American Journal of International Law, vol. 118, no. 4 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"The Causes and Policy Responses to Forced Migration and Environmental Degradation in Africa," Annual Review of Resource Economics, vol. 16 (2024) [open access]

Climate and water-related vulnerabilities in refugee hosting communities in northern Jordan: Irbid and Ramtha municipalities (International Water Management Institute, Nov. 2024 [text via CGIAR]

Embracing Knowledge and Expertise: Women’s Leadership and Participation in Addressing Climate-Driven Humanitarian Emergencies Across Asia and the Pacific - Case Studies from Afghanistan (Samuel Hall et al., Nov. 2024) [text]

Environmental Crimes and Forced Migration: An Overlooked Nexus (Istituto Affari Internazionali, Nov. 2024) [text]

"Navigating legal frontiers: Climate change, environmental protection and armed conflict," International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 106, no. 925 (April 2024) [full-text]

"Women on the move? Mainstreaming gender in policies and legal frameworks addressing climate-induced migration," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:53 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (2 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"At a pivotal COP in Baku, humanitarians try to define their climate role," The New Humanitarian, 19 Nov. 2024 [text]

Bearing a Disproportionate Burden: Climate and Migration Injustice (ILPA Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Climate change alone does not cause mass migration (Zukunftsblog, Nov. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Bangladesh.

How Domestic Courts are Using International Refugee Law and Human Rights Law in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

IOM Convenes Global Dialogue on Safe Migration Pathways for a Greener Future (IOM, Nov 2024) [text]

"Mapping the impact of climate change on global displacement," Aljazeera, 22 Nov. 2024 [text]

“Refugees for Climate Action” network launched at COP29 to champion displaced communities fighting climate change (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Why the ICJ Must Address and Uphold Climate Mobility Justice (RID Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Solarization of the Emergency Stockpile in Uzbekistan Completed (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Uncovering climate vulnerabilities experienced by refugees in Jordan (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2024) [text]

Multimedia:

How Can the UNFCCC Loss and Damage Mechanism Help Catalyse Lasting Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Climate Change?,  13 Nov. 2024 [access]

The Reverse of Climate Migration: Should There Be a Right Not to Be Displaced amid Climate Change?, 15 Nov. 2024 [access]

Workshop on International Protection, Disasters and Climate Change in Africa, 30 Oct. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (13 Nov. 2024)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Egypt: Parliament approves controversial asylum law (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in the Global Legal Monitor.

Egypt hosts Africa Chapter of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges (IARMJ) Conference (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Egypt now biggest recipient of Sudanese forced to flee ongoing war (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Gaza Humanitarian Access Snapshot #7: (10 Oct.- 13 Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Iraq: Prime Minister Issues Directives to Assist Lebanese Refugees," Global Legal Monitor, 5 Nov. 2024 [text]

Keep UNRWA alive in Gaza and the West Bank (International Crisis Group, Nov. 2024) [text]

Palestinian Refugees and the Future of Asylum (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Syria and Syrian Refugees: From EU Migration Policies to Israel’s War on Lebanon (TIMEP, Nov. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Food shortages in Gaza: A Protection nightmare (Protection Cluster et al., Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related Just Security blog post and New Humanitarian article.

The Gaza Scorecard (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2024) [text]

"Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged": Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2024) [access]

Material Assistance Shortages: Impact on the Protection Situation in Gaza (Protection Cluster et al., Nov. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 27 (Nov. 024)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Ukraine-Gaza: exchange of views."

"Dignity in Practice: Navigating Humanitarian Response and the Right to Stay Amid Lebanon’s Multiple Migrations," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 1 Dec. 2024 [full-text]

"Exploring relationships between conflict intensity, forced displacement, and healthcare attacks: a retrospective analysis from Syria, 2016–2022," Conflict and Health, 18:70 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Making rent: how forced migrant families access private rental housing in the Biqa’ Valley, Lebanon," Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Unsettled Ground, Unsettled Lives: The Ontological (In)securities of Syrian Refugees in the Shadow of Turkey’s 2023 Earthquake," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 Nov. 2024 [full-text]

"Vaccination coverage and access among children and adult migrants and refugees in the Middle East and North African region: a systematic review and meta-analysis," eClinicalMedicine, vol. 78 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Western Sahara’s Sahrawi Refugees Face an Uncertain Future after 50 Years of Exile," Migration Information Source, 20 Nov. 2024 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (11 Nov. 2024)