17 April 2025

Thematic Focus: Education

Focus on the US:

European institutions target ‘scientific asylum-seekers’ from US (The Hill, March 2025) [text]
- See also related news story in Science and post on Phys.org.

The Fight for Immigrant Students’ Education: Policies, Barriers, and What’s at Stake (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2025) [text]

Immigration Enforcement Actions Against International Students (AILA, April 2025) [text]

International Student Visas Revoked (Inside Higher Ed) [access]
- This resource tracks academic institutions whose students have had their legal status changed by the State Dept. As of today, the number is 1400-plus students.

Schools and Immigrant Students Navigate an Era of Rising Immigration Enforcement (Migration Policy Institute, April 2025) [text]

"Some foreign college students are being targeted for deportation. What rights do they have?," ABC News, 31 March 2025 [text]

Targeting Pro-Palestinian Students (and Why That’s Bad for the Jews) (The Asylumist Blog, April 2025) [text]

US: End Campaign of Draconian Campus Arrests (Human Rights Watch, April 2025) [text]

Reports:

Educational challenges in refugee camps in Turkana County, Kenya: a brief literature review (Aries Consult, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Student Mobility: A Post-Pandemic Reset or a Broader Challenge? (Migration Policy Institute, April 2025) [text]

Leaving No Child Behind: Childhood Statelessness and the Fight for Inclusive Education (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, April 2025) [text]

Wise in 5: Language Education for Refugees and Migrants in the UK and Ireland (Open Univ., 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, vol. 12, no. 2 (2025) [open access]
- Special issue on "Educational Equity for Refugees: Sustainable Practices." 

PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment, no. 11 (2025) 
- Includes three articles that focus on recognizing prior learning credentials of migrants/refugees: 1) "Charting a Course Forward: Bringing the Top-Down and the Bottom-Up Together in Recognition, Validation, and Accreditation (RVA) for Migrants and Refugees"; 2) "Measuring Democracy in Design for Migrant and Refugee Skills Recognition"; and 3) "South Africa: Validation, Flexible Pathways and Systems, Inclusivity, Mobility."

"Refugee education for living well in a world worth living in," Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, Latest Articles, 19 March 2025 [open access]

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."

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