New Issues of Alt. Hum., Asyl, EJML, Hum. Exch., Intl. Migr., J. Lat. Am. & Carib. Anthro., JECS, JEMS, Ref. Watch, Routed

*Reminder:  Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

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Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 28 (March 2025)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "The Crisis of the Humanitarian Action in the Age of Climate Change."

Asyl, no. 1 (2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, in English, French or German.

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 27, no. 1 (2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with three that are open access.

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 86 (March 2025) [full-text]

- Issue theme is "Climate change adaptations in humanitarian programming."

International Migration, vol. 63, no. 2 (April 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 22 that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, vol. 12, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Educational Equity for Refugees: Sustainable Practices."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 7 (2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 11 that are open access.

Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2025) [contents]

- Includes a special section on the Mexican and Central American migratory landscape. Two articles are open access and one is freely available.

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 64 & 65 (June/Dec. 2024) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Teaching Migration: Responding to a Mobile Time."

Routed Magazine, no. 26 (Feb. 2025) [text]

- Themed issue on "Remnants of Covid-19 in a mobile world."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Call for applications: "Climate Migration Futures: Shaping The Research Agenda for 2050," 2025 CRS Summer Course on Refugee Issues, Toronto, 2-6 June 2025 [info]

- Early bird application deadline is 15 April 2025; final deadline is 25 April 2025.

Short pieces:

4 ways to prevent and manage climate migration (World Economic Forum, March 2025) [text]

How the Global Migration Crackdown Affects Climate Finance (Carnegie Endowment for Intl. Peace, March 2025) [text]

Just Security’s Climate Archive [access]

- There are categories for "Migration and Displacement," "Disasters" and "Humanitarianism."

Supporting states with displacement indicators for disaster risk reduction (IDMC Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reports:

Funding Climate Mobility Projects: Key Players and Strategies for Growth (Migration Policy Institute, March 2025) [text]

Guide for Planning Mass Evacuations in Disasters (CCCM Cluster, 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related checklist.

Oral update on ExCom Conclusions (2025 theme: Climate action as relevant to the

activities of UNHCR) - NGO Collective Statement/Written Statement (ICVA, March 2025) [text]

"There’s Just No More Land": Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands (Human Rights Watch, March 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 28 (March 2025)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "The Crisis of the Humanitarian Action in the Age of Climate Change."

"Behavioral savings sessions increase the pursuit of solar products among refugees in Uganda," npj Climate Action, 4:32 (March 2025) [open access]

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 86 (March 2025) [full-text]

- Issue theme is "Climate change adaptations in humanitarian programming."

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Climate Change and Environmental Displacement."

"Prioritizing involuntary immobility in climate policy and disaster planning," Nature Communications, 16:2581 (March 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Climate Change, Migration & Conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 18 March 2025 [access]

Climate Refugees: The Fabrication of a Migration Threat, 26 March 2025 [access]

International Protection in the Context of Climate Change in Africa, 27 Feb. 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (10 March 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"An RSF atrocity, a mass evacuation, and another side to mutual aid in Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2025 [text]

UNHCR: DR Congo crisis deepens as funding cuts hit critical humanitarian aid (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

UNHCR’s Grandi hails launch of Kenya’s landmark refugee inclusion plan (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

- See also related statement.

Reports:

Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement, Sudan Brief, no. 1 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

Food insecurity among internally displaced people in Somalia: Trends analysis over time (2017–2024) (FAO & IDMC, March 2025) [text]

Lessons Learned: Anticipating displacement in South Sudan and Burkina Faso (Danish Refugee Council, Dec. 2024; posted March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Risking Their Lives to Survive: Ituri, Land of Violence and Displacement (Médecins Sans Frontières, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Also available in French.

The Shirika Plan: Kenya's bold approach for refugee integration (International Center for Humanitarian Affairs, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Speaking up against EU externalisation: Activist-led migration information campaigns in Senegal, CMI Brief, no. 1 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"The importance of city services to internally displaced persons, returnees, and host residents in Juba, South Sudan," Journal of Urban Affairs, Latest Articles, 17 March 2025 [open access]

"Knowledge, attitude, and perception on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: cross-sectional study among Eritrean refugees in Kampala," Pan African Medical Journal, 49:103 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Local Engagement of Nigerians with Neocolonial EU Humanitarian Return Policies: Civic Policing and Awareness-Raising Activities," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 30 March 2025 [open access]

"A mixed-methods nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey of IDPs, returnees, and host community members in four counties of Jonglei state, South Sudan," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44:48 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (14 March 2025)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (14 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

Cuts in US development assistance (EPRS, March 2025) [text]

"Decolonise How? To change humanitarian aid, we need to change media coverage too," The New Humanitarian, 25 March 2025 [text]

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Europe compounding Trump aid vandalism – Australia must take a different path (The Interpreter Blog, March 2025) [text]

"HNPWhat next?," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2025 [text]

The Humanitarian Reset, ERC letter to IASC Principals (March 2025) [text]

How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save? (CGD Blog, March 2025) [text]

- See also related NYT article. 

"Humanitarian data drought: The deeper damage wrought by US aid cuts," The New Humanitarian, 25 March 2025 [text]

[Posts relating to the US Agency for International Development (USAID)] (Center for Global Development Blog, 2025) [access]

Statement by UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on the impact of global aid cuts on refugees (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

- See also related InfoMigrants interview and UN News article.

TNH Inklings Newsletter (March 2025)

- What’s your humanitarian exit plan?

- HNPWhat next?

US aid cuts are a soft power surrender to China (The Interpreter Blog, March 2025) [text]

US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

[ACAPS Reports on Implications of USAID Cuts and Funding Freeze]

- Afghanistan

- Ukraine

"Between Moscow and Geneva: The Soviet Red Cross and the International Red Cross Movement," Journal of Global History, FirstView, 24 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Intermediary models to advance locally led humanitarian action (ALNAP, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring," Big Data & Society, 21 March 2025 [open access]

What crisis affected communities need from a humanitarian reset: A guide based on two years of conversations with people on the front lines of crisis (Ground Truth Solutions, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"You Already Know Enough: Certainty and Ignorance in Data-Driven Humanitarianism," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 13 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Resources:

The future of aid (ODI) [access]

US Foreign Aid Funding Cuts & Suspensions: Resources & Updates (ICVA) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (13 March 2025)

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for references to new books due out in April 2025, as well as additional titles published in March 2025 and new open access texts.