This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. Note that the OA items herein were previously referenced on either this blog or the Forced Migration Library blog as of 1 June 2025.
Bronze OA:
"The Fragile Yet Unmistakable Long-Term Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Migration Information Source, 5 June 2025
- Author = Jordan
Diamond OA:
"Beyond the Waters: The Impact of the Kerala Floods on Migrant Households and Left Behind Families," Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIV, no. 2 (June 2025)
- Scroll to p. 4.
- Authors (2) = Ireland (lead), India (1)
"Examining Types of Domestic Violence Against Afghan Women in Mashhad, Iran," Gender and Sustainability in the Global South, Ahead of Publication, 3 July 2025
- Authors (2) = Afghanistan (lead), Iran (1)
"Exploring Refugees’ Survival and Coping Mechanisms within the Framework of Migrant Integration and Malta’s Immigration Policy," Migracijske i etničke teme, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025)
- Author = Nigeria
"Exploring Trends and Issues in Information Technology and Information Systems for Humanitarian Supply Chain: The Crossbreed Literature Review," Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, EarlyCite, 20 May 2025
- Authors (4) = Malaysia/Indonesia (lead), Malaysia (3)
"Filling the Gap or Taking the Lead? Refugee Led Organisations in Uganda," Fennia: International Journal of Geography, vol. 203, no. 1 (2025)
- Authors (6) = Uganda (5, incl. lead), Norway (1)
"Petro-politics, Gender Violence and Human Trafficking in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region," Migration Politics, 4:3 (2025)
- Author = Nigeria
"Relational Accountability Dynamics in Refugee-led Education Systems," Fennia: International Journal of Geography, vol. 203, no. 1 (2025)
- Author = Kenya
"Using Photovoice Methodology to Capture Narratives of Sri Lankan Northern Muslims Displacement," Fennia: International Journal of Geography, vol. 203, no. 1 (2025)
- Authors (2) = Sri Lanka
Gold OA:
Note: Article processing charges (APCs) and other fees are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.
"Agile Inheritance and Vernacular Governance – Land, Legitimacy, and Migrant Agency in Peri-urban Zimbabwe," Discover Sustainability, 6:593 (July 2025)
- Author = South Africa
- APC = USD 1390
"Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services within Nineteen Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in 2022," BMC Health Services Research, 25:814 (June 2025)
- Authors (15) = Bangladesh (10, incl. lead), Bangladesh/Canada (1), Netherlands (2), Kenya (1), UK (1)
- APC = USD 3290
"Balancing Retributive and Restorative Justice Processes at the National Level: Addressing Violence Against Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda," Journal of African Law, vol. 69, no. 2 (June 2025)
- Authors (2) = Portugal/South Africa (lead), Portugal (1)
APC = USD 3550
"Capturing Degrees of Centring of Refugees in an Academic Literacy Course in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Retrospective Look at Course Design through the Lens of Actor-network Theory," Perspectives in Education, vol. 43, no. 2 (2025)
- Authors (3) = South Africa
- APC = ZAR 3500
"COVID-19 Induced Challenges in Refugee Management: Lessons Learned from Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 26 June 2025
- Authors (2) = Bangladesh
- APC = CHF 1175
"Deployment and Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines for Refugees and Migrants in Regular and Irregular Situations: A Mixed-method Multicountry Study," BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025)
- Authors (16) = Norway (lead), US (1), Burkina Faso (1), Switzerland/Australia (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (2), Ecuador (2), Nepal (2), Pakistan (2), Philippines (2), Rwanda (1)
- APC = GBP 2275
"Economic Welfare of Refugees and Nationals in Kenya: A Comparative Panel Data Analysis," Economies, vol. 13, no. 7 (June 2025)
- Author = Kenya
- APC = CHF 1800
"Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion among Women in Refugee Settings in Ethiopia," Conflict and Health, 19:37 (July 2025)
- Authors (11) = Kenya (6, incl. lead), US (3), Kenya/Ethiopia (1), Ethiopia (1)
- APC = USD 3290
"Exploring Factors That Shaped Syrian Refugees Integration into Lebanon’s National Health System using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework," Conflict and Health, 18:79 (July 2025)
- Authors (6) = Lebanon/Canada (lead), Lebanon (4), US (1)
- APC = USD 3290
"Exploring the Barriers and Facilities Migrants Face in Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines in Malaysia: A Qualitative Study," PLoS One 20(6): e0326045 (June 2025)
- Authors (3) = Malaysia
- APC = USD 2382
"Forced Displacement, Household Composition, and Mental Health: How Gendered Family Structures Relate to Adolescent Girls’ Well-being," BMC Public Health, 25:2066 (June 2025)
- Authors (6) = US (3, incl. lead), Colombia (3)
- APC = USD 3290
"Humanitarian Observatories: Insights for Reforming Humanitarianism from Below," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:10 (June 2025)
- Authors (5) = Netherlands (2, incl. lead), Colombia (1), DRC (1), Ethiopia (1)
- APC = USD 1390
"Institutional Asymmetries in Border Crisis Response: State Constraints and Non-State Adaptability in the 2023 Peru-Chile Migration Emergency," Frontiers in Political Science, 3 June 2025
- Author = Peru
- APC = CHF 725
"An Investigation into Telemedicine Utilization for Refugee Mental Health: A Systematic Review," Globalization and Health, 21:31 (May 2025)
- Authors (8) = Iran
- APC = USD 3190
"Mental Health and Structural Injustice: A Qualitative Investigation of Interlocking Patterns of Disadvantage among Displaced Populations in Nairobi, Kenya," Conflict and Health, 19:40 (July 2025)
- Authors (5) = Netherlands/Kenya (lead), Kenya (3), Netherlands/Denmark (1)
- APC = USD 3290
"Leveraging Cash Transfers to Mitigate Energy Poverty Among Refugees in Uganda: Distributional Insights and Gendered Lens," Sustainable Futures, In Press, 12 July 2025
- Author = Kenya
- APC = USD 2340
"Medical Xenophobia and Healthcare Exclusion of Refugees and Migrants in Africa: A Scoping Review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025)
- Authors (3) = South Africa/Australia (lead), South Africa (2)
- APC = USD 2670
"Post-crisis Health Reality and Wellbeing of Children within Syria: A Scoping Review of Research from 2012 to 2024," Conflict and Health, 19:39 (July 2025)
- Authors (7) = China/Syria (3, incl. lead), China (4)
- APC = USD 3290
"Sexual Health of Syrian Women in Protracted Forced Displacement: The Syndemic Interplay of Violence, War Trauma, Poor Mental Health and Food Insecurity," BMJ Public Health, vol. 3, no. 2 (2025)
- Authors (10) = US/Lebanon (lead), Lebanon (5), US/Qatar (1), US (3)
- APC = GBP 2275
"Towards Universal Health Care Coverage in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Integrating Refugees into National Health Systems," Conflict and Health, 18:80 (July 2025)
- Authors (3) = Lebanon/Canada (lead), US (2)
- APC = USD 3290
"Transgression: Afghan Refugee Women as gelumjum," SAGE Open, 7 May 2025
- Authors (2) = Pakistan
- APC = USD 2100
"Vulnerabilities of Rohingya and Host Community Children in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study on Child Labor, Well-being, and the Impact of COVID-19," PLOS Glob Public Health 5(7): e0004865 (July 2025)
- Authors (4) = UAE/Bangladesh (lead), Australia (1), UAE/Jordan (1), UAE (1)
- APC = USD 2496
Hybrid OA:
Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.
"Being 'Resettlement-minded': Intersectional Dimensions of Refugee Resettlement Strategies and Refusals in Jordan," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 48, no. 12 (2025)
- Authors (4) = Canada (2, incl. lead), Palestine (1), Jordan (1)
- APC = USD 4390
"Crafting a Transnational Partnership Amidst a Protracted Displacement Crisis: The R4V Platform in Latin America," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025)
- Author = Argentina
- APC = USD 3650
"Evaluating the Impact of Two Decades of USAID Interventions and Projecting the Effects of Defunding on Mortality up to 2030: A Retrospective Impact Evaluation and Forecasting Analysis," The Lancet, vol. 406, no. 10500 (July 2025)
- Authors (15) = Brazil (3, incl. lead), Spain (7), Mozambique (2), Spain/Mozambique (1), US (1), Brazil/Spain (1)
- APC = USD 8680
"Latin American Female Migrants’ Negotiation of Sex Work, International Borders and Internal Barriers in Istanbul," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, vol. 43, no. 3 (May 2025)
- Authors (2) = Mexico/Australia (lead), UK (1)
- APC = USD 3650
"Logistics of Unfreedom: The Labour Trafficking of Venezuelan Truck Drivers in Brazil," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, vol. 43, no. 3 (May 2025)
- Authors (2) = UK (lead), Brazil (1)
- APC = USD 3650
"'Online business does not demand who you are': The Case of Congolese Refugee YouTubers in Nairobi," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 8 July 2025
- Authors (2) = UK (lead), Kenya (1)
- ACP = USD 4390
"Strengthening Humanitarian Aid: Qatar's NGO-Driven Framework for Supporting Syrian Refugees in Türkiye," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 4 (Aug. 2025)
- Author = Qatar
- APC = USD 3500
"Tracing Housing Aid Modalities and Solutions to Protracted Displacement: Experiences among Sri Lanka’s Northern Muslims," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 20 June 2025
- Authors (5) = Norway (2, incl. lead), Sri Lanka (2), Lebanon (1)
- APC = EUR 4421
"Vulnerabilities of People with Different Types of Disabilities in Disasters: A Rapid Evidence Review and Qualitative Research," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 3 (July 2025)
- Authors (8) = Australia (2, incl. lead), Vietnam (4)
- APC = USD 3590
Books/Book chapters:
"Lives in Translation: Listening to the Voices of Asylum Seekers," Chapter in Field Research on Translation and Interpreting (Benjamins Publishing Co., May 2025)
- Author = Hong Kong
Migración, Estado y políticas: Dinámicas de los movimientos y organizaciones de migrantes y respuestas gubernamentales (CLASCO, May 2025)
- Editors (3) = Brazil, Argentina, Chile
"Persistence: Model Asylum Narratives and a Recognizable 'Transgenderness'," Chapter in Breaking and Making Models (ICI Berlin Press, 2025)
- Author = UK/South Africa
Reshaping Rohingya Futures: Coping Strategies and Emerging Agencies (Springer, June 2025)
- Editor = Bangladesh
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