Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Aug. 2025)

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 Aug. 2025.

Authors of the OA materials listed below are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

Bronze OA:

"Forced Evacuations and the Politics of Return in South Lebanon: Legal and Identity Implications," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 Aug. 2025

- Author = Lebanon

Diamond OA:

"Climate Migration in the Horn of Africa: A Study of the Relationship between Climate Change, Migration, and Adaptation Strategies among Pastoral Communities," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025)

- Author = Tanzania

"An Exploration of Integration Journeys, Identity, and Well-Being with Syrian Refugee Youth," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Saudi Arabia (lead), Canada (2)

"Fostering the Human Rights of Migrant Children Through Art and Educational Practices at the United States-Mexico Border," Studies in Social Justice, vol. 19, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Mexico

"Gender-based Violence and Associated Factors among Internally Displaced and Refugee Women in Africa: A Scoping Review," International Health Trends and Perspectives, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Nigeria (2, incl. lead), Nigeria/US (1)

"Types of Sexual, Gender Based Violence Faced by Congolese Male Refugees Face [sic] in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Kenya," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Kenya

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.

"Breastfeeding Practices among Long-standing Refugees in Jordan: Insights from a Cross-sectional Study," Frontiers in Public Health, 13 Aug. 2025

- Authors (7) = Jordan

- APC = CHF 3150

"Community Health Workers for Mental Health Care in Refugee Camps: A Scoping Review," International Journal for Equity in Health, 24:217 (Aug. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Jordan (lead), US (1)

- APC = USD 3690

"Comparison of Breastfeeding Practice among Iranian and Afghan Refugee Mothers: A Prospective Cohort Study in Iran," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44:263 (July 2025)

- Authors (7) = Iran

- APC = USD 2790

"Cradles of Resilience: Fertility and the Fear of Erasure among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:58 (Aug. 2025)

- Author = Lebanon

- APC = USD 1490

"Exploring Disparities and Drivers of Contraceptive Use among Syrian Refugee Youth: Evidence from a Mixed-methods Study in Jordan," Conflict and Health, 19:48 (July 2025)

- Authors (4) = US (2, incl. lead), Jordan (2)

- APC = USD 3290

"Handwashing with Soap and Influencing Factors in Crisis-affected Refugee Populations in Kenya and Uganda," Conflict and Health, 19:53 (July 2025)

- Authors (5) = Kenya (4, incl. lead), UK (1)

- APC = USD 3290

"Investigating Gender-based Violence Against Internally Displaced Women in Debre Berhan, Central Ethiopia: A Mixed-methods Study Using the Socio-ecological Framework," PLoS One 20(8): e0329840 (Aug. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Ethiopia

- APC = USD 2382

"'This caused our journey': The Relationship Between Sexual and Gender-based Violence and Cross-border Sudan to South Sudan Migration," Conflict and Health, 19:58 (Aug. 2025)

- Authors (10) = South Sudan (6, incl. lead), US (1), Canada (2), UK (1)

- APC = USD 3290

"Trauma-Informed Participatory Research in Displacement Studies: Ethical and Methodological Considerations from Lebanon and Beyond," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 12 June 2025

- Author = Lebanon

- APC = USD 2800 

"Universal Public Health Insurance for Afghan Refugees in Iran: A Contextual Analysis," Globalization and Health, 21:46 (Aug. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Iran

- APC = USD 3190

Green OA:

"Building a Professionally Socialized Immigration Bar in Nigeria: A Case Study," Fordham Law Review, vol. 94 (Forthcoming, 2026)

- Preprint version posted on SSRN

- Authors (2) = US (lead), Nigeria (1)

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.

"Exploring the Roles and Challenges of National Development Experts on the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh," Development in Practice, vol. 35, no. 5 (2025) 

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh (lead), UK (1)

- APC = USD 3300

"Social Cohesion, Trust, and Utilisation of Maternal Health Services among Refugee and Host Community Women in Bangladesh and Kenya," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (11) = US (5, incl. lead), Bangladesh (3), Kenya (2), Kenya/Belgium (1)

- APC = USD 3590

"Social Networks and the Dead: Learning from South Sudanese Military Widows in Exile in Khartoum (Sudan)," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 July 2025

- Authors (2) = Sudan (lead), UK (1)

- APC = EUR 4421

"Through the Lens of Perception: Unpacking Subjectivity in Brazil's Refugee Status Determination," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025)

- Author = Brazil

- APC = USD 3500

"The Use and Impact of Digital Interventions on Mental Health and Wellbeing of Forced Migrants: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies," Computers in Human Behavior, In Press, 24 July 2025

- Authors (4) = Hong Kong SAR (3, incl. lead), UK (1)

- APC = USD 3780

Books/Book chapters:

"Migrant and Refugee Solidarity in Urban South Africa," Chapter in Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, vol. 2 (Springer, Aug. 2025)

- Authors (2) = South Africa

"Refuging Practices for Migrant and Asylum-Seeking Populations in Central America: Mexico and Costa Rica," Chapter in Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, vol. 2 (Springer, Aug. 2025)

- Author = Chile 

"Solidarity Practices Among Informal Migrant Networks in Cities of Ghana," Chapter in Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, vol. 1 (Springer, Aug. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Ghana

"Urban Solidarity and Mobilities in the Latin American Southern Cone: Local Experiences in Global Debates," Chapter in Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, vol. 2 (Springer, Aug. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Chile

Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, 2 vols. (Springer, Aug. 2025)

- Vol. 1: Frontiers of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality

- Vol. 2: Global Perspectives of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality

- Editors (2) = Canada (lead), Ghana (1)

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Asylum claims from U.S. citizens have jumped since Trump took office, figures show," Globe and Mail, 27 Aug. 2025 [text]

Protecting Queer Refugees in Muslim-majority Niger? How Organizational Designs of Refugee Status Determination May Helpe [sic] Solve Moral Conflicts (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Volatile Bodies: The Queer Syrian Refugee as a Site of Postwar Fantasy in Lebanon (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"La credibilidad en tela de juicio: Sesgos y estereotipos en el proceso de petición de asilo por motivos de orientación sexual o identidad de género en España," Migraciones, no. 63 (2025) [open access]

"Fetishised and fictionalised: invisibility as a veil and obstruction for femme-presenting queer refugee women in Lebanon," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Aug. 2025 [Academia]

"Fighting to Be Felt: Queer Necropolitics and Self Defense as Resistance for Trans Syrian Refugee Sex Workers in Lebanon," Journal of Homosexuality, Latest Articles, 23 July 2025 [Academia]

"How Does Necropower Shape the Everyday Experience of LGBTQ+ People Seeking Asylum in England and Wales? Perspectives From Providers and Directly Affected People," Sociology Compass, vol. 19, no. 7 (July 2025) [open access]

"I just want to be free...": Emerging evidence on the lives, experiences and movement intentions of displaced sexual and gender minorities in Kenya (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2025) [text]

Inclusion of LGBTIQ+ People in Humanitarian Response in Ukraine (Outright, 2025) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Available in English and Ukrainian.

"The Limits of Refugee Status Determination Through Credibility Assessment: Empirical Evidence from Sexual Orientation Asylum Cases," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 July 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Trans 'Enough' for Protection? Experimenting with Credibility in Refugee Status Determination," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 29 July 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Trans refugees, faith and SOGI protections: global development frameworks and international relations," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 12 Aug. 2025 [ResearchGate]

"'You won’t break my soul': Practicing Queer Joy and Resilience with LGBTQ+ Refugees," Music and Arts in Action, vol. 9, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (18 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Breastfeeding Practices Among Long-standing Refugees in Jordan: Insights from a Cross-sectional Study," Frontiers in Public Health, 13 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"Career Construction Experiences of Syrian Refugee Women in Turkish Higher Education: Opportunities and Obstacles," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Do Resilience and Social Support Mitigate Fear of Deportation Among Latina Mothers?," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Investigating Gender-based violence against internally displaced women in Debre Berhan, Central Ethiopia: A mixed-methods study using the socio-ecological framework," PLoS One 20(8): e0329840 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Resilience among refugee mothers: scoping review of promotion and hindrance factors," BJPsych Open, vol. 11, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Resettlement and Relational Adjustment: Gender and Liberian Couple Relationships After Forced Migration," Journal of Marriage and Family, Early View, 1 July 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"'This caused our journey': The relationship between sexual and gender-based violence and cross-border Sudan to South Sudan migration," Conflict and Health, 19:58 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Types of Sexual, Gender Based Violence Faced by Congolese Male Refugees Face [sic] in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Kenya," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (30 Aug. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2

Reports: 

First Meeting of the Follow-up and Coordination Mechanism of the Chile Plan of Action, Online, 17-18 July 2025 

- See the agenda, concept note, TOR for the Cartagena+40 Process, TOR for the Support Platform, and a list of priorities for the 2025-2027 Biennium. 

On the Brink: Americas Overview - The devastating toll of aid cuts on people forced to flee (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

- See also the Spanish version.

Unwelcome: The devastating human impact of migration policy changes in the United States, Mexico and Central America (Médecins Sans Frontières, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also the Spanish version.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Foreign or Domestic Affairs? Unpacking Mechanisms Behind Colombia and Peru's Policies on Venezuelan Displacement," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 14 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"A new approach to exploring agency in migration research: The case of south-to-south migration among Venezuelan youth," Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 178 (Nov. 2025) [preprint]

"Protection and Charity: Refugeehood and Homelessness in North America in Historical Perspective," Chapter in Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, Vol. 1 (Springer, Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Refuging Practices for Migrant and Asylum-Seeking Populations in Central America: Mexico and Costa Rica," Chapter in Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, Vol. 2 (Springer, Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Through the Lens of Perception: Unpacking Subjectivity in Brazil's Refugee Status Determination," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

*"Urban Solidarity and Mobilities in the Latin American Southern Cone: Local Experiences in Global Debates," Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, Vol. 2 (Springer, Aug. 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (29 Aug. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Next Episode on Gender-Based Asylum (Verfassungsblog, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection (The Hill, Aug. 2025) [text via HRW]

Reports:

Conflict-related sexual violence: report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. S/2025/389 (UN Security Council, July 2025) [access]

- Available in multiple languages. See also related press release.

Mixed movements in South-Eastern Europe: The experiences of women on the move (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

Study on the assessment of the existing referral pathways for forcibly displaced and stateless people who have experienced gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation and

abuse (SEA) in Estonia (UNHCR, May 2025) [access]

Unravelling Gender-Based Persecution in Germany’s Asylum Process: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Legal and Judicial Practices, Working Paper, no. 79 (Refugee Law Initiative, July 2025) [text]

Women on the Move in Ethiopia (UN Women & Mixed Migration Centre, July 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (5 Aug. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: On the Move: Rapidly Evolving Migration Trends and Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 8 September 2025 [info]

- See also info re. this webinar in Spanish.

Short pieces:

"Central America’s protection networks are collapsing. Will anyone notice before it’s too late?," The New Humanitarian, 6 Aug. 2025 [text]

Diplomatic Asylum as Safe Havens? Analysing the Political Crime Exception in Mexico v. Ecuador (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

[Dispatches from Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico] (WOLA & Women's Refugee Commission, July/Aug. 2025) [Honduras] [Guatemala] [Mexico]

Meet the Scholars Producing Critical Country Conditions Reports at the Migration & Asylum Lab (Austin Kocher Substack, Aug. 2025) [text]

- "Their lab produces meticulously researched bulletins on conditions in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela, and Cuba, with recent attention to Ecuador and Nicaragua."

Safe Third Country Agreement with Paraguay (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

"‘This is no life’: Trump deportees unable to return home left in limbo in Panama," The Guardian, 6 Aug. 2025 [text]

Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Are Fueling a Crisis for Displaced People in the Americas (Refugees International, Aug. 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish. See also related UNHCR report in Pt. 2 of this post.

"US plans to fund deportations from Costa Rica, document shows," Reuters, 1 Aug. 2025 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (31 July 2025)

Admin: August Break

This blog will be quiet for the next two weeks or so.

Opportunities: A Few More Aug. & Sept. 2025

CFP: Emerging Scholars Network Annual Workshop, 24 October 2025 [info] 

- Scroll down to view details. Submission deadline is 18 August 2025.

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course 2025, Online, 18-24 February 2026 [info]

- Early bird submission deadline is 31 August 2025. Otherwise, the overall deadline is 30 September 2025.

Seminar: Countering misinformation about refugees and migrants: An evidence-based framework, Florence, Italy/Online, 4 September 2025 [info]

Call for registration: Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world, 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, Sydney/Online, 23 October 2025 [info]

- The early bird deadline is 5 September 2025.

Seminar: The complexity of parenthood in forced migration: Risks, commitments and dilemmas, Malmö, Sweden/Online, 11 September 2025 [info]

Related post:

- Opportunities: More August & September 2025

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"After Resettlement," New York Review of Books, 12 Aug. 2025 [text via Pulitzer Center]

- "How has a group of Liberian refugees, resettled in the US nearly twenty-five years ago after fleeing civil war, fared in a country that has changed vastly since admitting them?"

The Future of U.S. Refugee Resettlement and Lessons from Other Countries (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Integration at What Cost? The CJEU Rules on Civic Integration Obligations for Refugees (ADiM Blog, July 2025) [text]

Key Performance Indicator Framework Research Workshop in Uganda: A Collaborative Approach to Refugee Integration (On the Move Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

UNHCR welcomes renewed commitment to the voluntary return of refugees from DRC and Rwanda (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

"US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans," Reuters, 25 July 2025 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Building Communities on the Playing Field: How Sports Are Used for Integration," Migration Information Source, 6 Aug. 2025 [text]

A Complementary Pathways Program for Australia: A Vision and Roadmap to Achieve 10,000 Complementary Pathway Places for Refugees by 2030 (Refugee Council of Australia, May 2025) [text]

"Determinants of Refugees’ Identification with Country of Origin and Host Country and Their Naturalization Intentions: Evidence from Germany," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 

Latest Articles, 6 Aug. 2025 [open access]

Enfoque de soluciones duraderas para la población en situación de desplazamiento forzado en Colombia, El Reto Ante la Tragedia Humanitaria del Desplazamiento Forzado, no. 25 (CODHES, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"An Exploration of Integration Journeys, Identity, and Well-Being with Syrian Refugee Youth," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Making a New Journey: Comparing the Settlement Experiences of Adult and Child Refugees in Atlantic Canada," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Social cohesion among Syrian and Turkish children, adolescents, and young adults in Turkey: Data from Turkey," Scientific Data, 12:1417 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"'When to Return Home' under International Law," Yeditepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi = Yeditepe University Law Faculty Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (2025) [full-text]

- Uses cases studies of Burundi and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (4 Aug. 2025)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"International aid agencies hold secret collaboration meeting with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation," The New Humanitarian, 8 Aug. 2025 [text]

- See also related follow-up article. 

"Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan," AP News, 31 July 2025 [text]

- See also related UNHCR/IOM press release.

More of the Same, But Worse: Netanyahu’s “New” Plan in Gaza (Just Security, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Refugees without refuge: Afghans in Iran," The New Humanitarian, 5 Aug. 2025 [text]

"A tipping point in Israel’s genocide in Gaza?," The New Humanitarian, 1 Aug. 2025 [text]

The Unyielding Right to Assist Civilians in Gaza (EJIL: Talk Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related Human Rights Watch news release and MSF report.

Reports: 

The Principle of Non-Refoulement for Refugees Facing Real Risks: An In-Depth Analysis of a Contemporary Iraqi Judicial Precedent, Publication Series, no. 1 (Strategic Center for Conflict Resolution, 2025) [text via SSRN]

A route-based approach to migrant deaths and disappearances in the Middle East and North Africa region: Enhancing data driven responses (International Organization for Migration, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Community health workers for mental health care in refugee camps: a scoping review," International Journal for Equity in Health, 24:217 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the MENA region.

"Cradles of resilience: fertility and the fear of erasure among Syrian refugees in Lebanon," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:58 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Forced Evacuations and the Politics of Return in South Lebanon: Legal and Identity Implications," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 Aug. 2025 [full-text]

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 2 (2025) [open access] 

- Mix of articles.

"Migration in the Maghreb: Introduction," Journal of North African Studies, Latest Articles, 16 July 2025 [free full-text]

- Provides an overview of the articles that will appear in a forthcoming special issue.

"Trauma-Informed Participatory Research in Displacement Studies: Ethical and Methodological Considerations from Lebanon and Beyond,"International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 12 June 2025 [open access]

"Universal public health insurance for Afghan refugees in Iran: a contextual analysis," Globalization and Health, 21:46 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Urban Citizenship During a Protracted Crisis: Syrian Refugees’ Access to Rights and Services in Izmir, Turkey," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (29 July 2025)

News: 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

[Note: This post was updated on 25 Sept. 2025 with links to additional resources.]

The U.S. Department of State has published the 49th edition of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Normally released in the spring, this edition was "delayed as State Department officials worked under the orders of political appointees in the agency to cut language in the report. This year’s report, which covers actions in 2024, is much shorter and less detailed than last year’s," according to the New York Times. Human Rights Watch determined that "The report omits several categories of rights violations that were standard in past editions, including women, LGBT people, persons with disabilities, corruption in government, and freedom of peaceful assembly. The administration has also grossly mischaracterized the human rights records of abusive governments with which it has or is currently seeking friendly relations."

Appendix A of the report sets out the "Notes on Preparation of the Country Reports and Explanatory Materials," which includes a list of the types of human rights violations that are covered. While the current report includes a paragraph on "Protection to Refugees," when compared with the 2023 edition, there are notable changes to the wording used as well as deletions of the kinds of protection reviewed. Moreover, references to IDPs, stateless persons and refoulement have been removed. Here are the relevant passages from this year's and last year's reports:

2024:

"c. Protection to Refugees

As defined in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, refugees generally are persons outside their country of nationality or, if stateless, outside their country of former habitual residence, who are unable or unwilling to return to that country based on a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.  Under certain regional instruments, such as the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, the term 'refugee' may also refer to persons who have fled their country because their lives, safety, or freedom have been threatened by, among other things, generalized violence or internal conflict.  The Protection to Refugees section covers abuse against refugees and asylum seekers.  It also reviews the government’s extension of assistance and protection to refugees, including resettlement in another country."

2023:

"Protection of Refugees: As defined in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, refugees generally are persons outside their country of nationality or, if stateless, outside their country of former habitual residence, who are unable or unwilling to return to that country based on a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.  Under certain regional instruments, such as the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, the term 'refugee' may also refer to persons who have fled their country because their lives, safety, or freedom have been threatened by, among other things, generalized violence or internal conflict.  The Protection of Refugees section covers abuse and discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers.  It also reviews the government’s extension of assistance and protection to refugees, including protection against refoulement, the provision of temporary protection, and support for voluntary repatriation, longer-term integration opportunities, and resettlement in another country.

'Protection against refoulement' refers to whether the government refrained from (1) expelling or returning a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group; or (2) expelling, returning, or extraditing a person to another state where there are substantial grounds for believing that they would be in danger of being subjected to torture.

Status and Treatment of Internally Displaced Persons (if applicable): This optional section is included if there were large numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in a country.  It covers the causes of displacement and number of IDPs, restrictions on their movement, targeting of specific groups, and any government failure to provide protection or humanitarian assistance to IDPs.  It reports if IDPs suffered abuses of their human rights and whether the government promoted the safe, voluntary, and dignified return, resettlement, or local integration of IDPs.

Stateless Persons (if applicable): This section is included if a country has a significant number of habitual residents who are stateless (not recognized as nationals by any state under the operation of its law).  It reviews whether the government has effectively implemented laws and policies to provide such persons the opportunity to gain nationality on a nondiscriminatory basis.  The section examines, among other matters, whether there is violence or discrimination against members of resident stateless populations in employment, education, housing, health services, marriage or birth registration, access to courts, or the owning of property."

This Politico article includes more examples of changes due to be made. The author also points to the likely impact of these changes: "The annual report is widely anticipated and read in capitals around the world, and it is relied upon heavily by advocacy organizations, lawyers and others who consider it a reliable, fact-based document. Asylum officers, for instance, use it to assess whether someone seeking protection has a credible fear of persecution should they be forced to return to their country." Now, "With the Trump administration’s changes, human rights activists worry about the quality of the report, and whether it can possibly convey a comprehensive snapshot of a country’s rights record." 

And The Asylumist notes, "The State Department Reports represent yet another example of our government institutions debasing themselves in slavish devotion to the President’s agenda. While the new Reports are bad news for asylum seekers, there are many other sources for more honest reporting on country conditions. Asylum seekers will need to rely on those sources to counter the anodyne State Department Reports, and to support their claims for protection. ."

This ECOI Blog post provides a listing of additional commentary.

For background, CSIS has compiled a helpful overview of what the human rights reports are, why they were created, how they are used, and how they have evolved over the years. The Congressional Research Service has also published an In Focus with info on how the reports are prepared.

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Refugee scholarship programme marks milestone towards gender equity amid declining resources (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Includes links to more information about DAFI, the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative.

Reports & book chapters: 

 

ASPIRE: A Sustainable Place for Inclusive Refugee Education - A place-based study of Nottingham and Oxford (Univ. of Nottingham & Refugee Education UK, 2025) [access]

- Follow link for final project report, lessons learned and info on educational activities in Nottingham and Oxford.

Estudio sobre el desplazamiento forzado de docentes e impacto de la violencia generalizada en centros educativos de Honduras (Save the Children & UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

Global 15by30 Refugee Higher Education Conference Report (UNHCR, 2025) [text]

"The Inclusion of Refugees and Students at Risk in the Higher Education System: A Literature Review," Chapter in What’s New in Human Rights Doctoral Research, vol. VII: A collection of critical literature reviews (Padova University Press, 2025) [ResearchGate]

- Scroll to p. 109.

Mobility, migration and the right to higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean: mapping pathways to higher education for Venezuelan refugees and migrants (UNESCO, Aug. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Decolonising solidarity in higher education: navigating barriers and enablers in advocacy with people from displaced backgrounds," International Journal of Inclusive Education, Latest Articles, 9 Aug. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Scotland, Australia, England and Aotearoa New Zealand.

"Editorial: Forced migration in education: challenges and opportunities," Frontiers in Education, 7 Aug. 2025 [open access]

- Discusses the articles included in the research topic of the same name.

"Fostering the Human Rights of Migrant Children Through Art and Educational Practices at the United States-Mexico Border," Studies in Social Justice, vol. 19, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"International Students in the United States," Migration Information Source, 24 July 2025 [text]

Music and Arts in Action, vol. 9, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Music Education Among Refugee and Migrant Youths: Including, Sharing, Belonging." 

"Shifting the paradigm of teaching migrant and refugee children: inclusive welcome practices for ECEC," Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Latest Articles, 22 July 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1 (11 July 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 2 (11 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

"The JDC in 2024: From Data and Evidence to Impact," JDC Newsletter (May 2025) [text]

- Includes a link to the April 2025 literature review.

LERRN Awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant to Reimagine Responses to Forced Migration (LERRN, July 2025) [text]

- See also related news release from the Univ. of Auckland.

New open access books:

Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection (Springer, Aug. 2025)

- Volume 1: Frontiers of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality

- Volume 2: Global Perspectives of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality

- The first volume "offers novel insights into the resilience of migrants and refugees and challenges Eurocentric and colonial perspectives of urban solidarity, sanctuary, and hospitality" while the second volume "offers the first comprehensive global overview of urban and local initiatives, policies, and practices towards including and protecting migrants in vulnerable situations and refugees."

Reports & journal articles:

"Displaced Communities: Can They Be Healthy," Societies, vol. 15, no. 7 (July 2025) [open access]

Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 39, no. 1 (Spring 2025) [open access]

- Roundtable on "Ethical Dilemmas and Migration Policymaking."

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Towards a New Conceptualization and Assessment of Institutional Responses to Migration Crises across World Regions." The introduction is freely available and six articles are open access.

"Migration, space and place," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:55 (July 2025) [open access]

"Reflections on the Interconnection Between Humanitarianism and National Identity in Asylum-Seeker Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Japan and Türkiye," Bilig, no. 114 (2025) [full-text]

"Refugee Return without Refoulement: Rethinking State Strategies to Evade Asylum Norms," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 29 July 2025 [open access]

Studies in Social Justice, vol. 19, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "The Productive Tension of Borders: Engaging with Acts of Sovereignty, Solidarity, and Resistance across Borders."

Study on human rights monitoring in the context of migration: Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/60/57 (UN Human Rights Council, July 2025) [access]

- Scroll down to the relevant doc. symbol to access the various language editions of the document.

"Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective," The Lancet Public Health, vol. 10, no. 8 (Aug. 2025) [open access] 

Resources:

The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action [access]

- "A collaboration between an international group of artists, activists, curators, and an archivist to create a participatory community archive that documents, preserves, and raises the visibility of art related to displacement. Any artist or cultural producer anywhere in the world who wants to preserve and share work narrating or contemplating displacement experiences can participate by uploading images, text, audio, and video to the website, including descriptions for their items." More info is provided here and in this Perhaps Magazine essay.

Immigrant, migrant, and refugee research (Sage, July 2025) [access]

- A "collection of free-to-read research highlighting the experiences of immigrants, migrants, and refugees, offering a research-backed perspective into the lives and challenges migrants face."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (25 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunities:

CFP: Human mobility and environmental change [info]

- Submissions to this thematic collection can be made any of five participating journals. The deadline is 7 September 2025.

4th Online Course on Climate Change and Forced Displacement, 13 October–7 November 2025 [info]

- Apply by 15 September 2025.

Short pieces:

The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: A Win for Climate-Displaced Persons? (EJIL: Talk Blog, July 2025) [text]

NIPA+10: A Decade of Progress Towards Better Protection for People Displaced in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change (Platform on Disaster Displacement, July 2025) [text]

Permanent Temporariness and Climate Outsiders: Refugee Camps as Ecological Sacrifice Zones in the MENA Region (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, July 2025) [text]

A Single Paragraph’s Promise: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and the Understated Question of Human Displacement (Verfassungsblog, July 2025) [text]

Reports:

Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change (WHO, July 2025) [text]

Intersecting Drivers of Iraqi Emigration: Security, Economy and Environmental Stressors (IOM, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

'That Suffering Haunts Me Even Here’: The Struggle for Human Rights of the Antandroy People Displaced by Climate Change from Southern Madagascar (Amnesty International, July 2025) [access]

- Also available in French.

Journal articles:

"Climate Migration, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Motivation," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 39, no. 1 (Spring 2025) [open access]

"Climate Migration in the Horn of Africa: A Study of the Relationship between Climate Change, Migration, and Adaptation Strategies among Pastoral Communities," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit - Overview," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles,  5 Aug. 2025 [free full-text]

Questions of International Law (July 2025) [open access]

- Zoom Out on "Invisible in Law: Environmental and Climate Migrants and the Gap in International Protection," with three contributions available online and one forthcoming.

"Understanding Vulnerability to Natural Hazards of Displaced Persons in Cox’s Bazar," Land, vol. 14, no. 7 (July 2025) [open access]

"When boundaries are blurred: infrastructure needs in support of the climate displaced," Frontiers in Climate, 29 May 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (24 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

A New Chapter with Dignity: How EU Co-Funded Cash Assistance Helps Rohingya Families Rebuild in Indonesia (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Palau lawmakers reject US request to accept third country refugees," Reuters, 28 July 2025 [text]

UNHCR urges Pakistan to exempt Afghans with international protection needs from involuntary return (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related IOM news release, and articles from AP News and Reuters.

Reports: 

Asia & the Pacific Regional Trends: Forced Displacement and Statelessness 2024 (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

No safe haven: Human rights risks faced by persons involuntarily returned to Afghanistan (OHCHR & UNAMA, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugees and Migrants from South-West Asia to Europe: A Panoramic/Route-Based Approach (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Cascades of violence to genocide: sovereignty, nationalism and the predicament of the Rohingya of Myanmar," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 1 July 2025 [open access]

- See also related news release.

"Compliance and coloniality: aid bureaucracy and the failures of ‘localisation’ in Myanmar's complex emergency," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Deter, detain, deport and demonise: should others follow the Australian crimmigration model?," Australian Journal of International Affairs, Latest Articles, 13 June 2025 [open access]

"Exploring the roles and challenges of national development experts on the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh," Development in Practice, vol. 35, no. 5 (2025) [open access]

"Immigration Lawyers as Para-State Actors: Deportation of Non-Residents in Aotearoa New Zealand," Societies, vol. 15, no. 4 (April 2025) [open access] 

Multimedia:

Reconceptualizing 'Human Mobility' from a Human Security Perspective: What is 'Safe and Secure' Corridors for All? What is Japan’s Role?, 13 June 2025 [access]

- Follow link for presentations and a video recording of the forum.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (16 July 2025) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

Caucasus Analytical Digest, no. 140 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Forced Displacement: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the South Caucasus."

"Ethnic Nationalism and Attitudes Towards Refugees in the Czech Republic," European Review, FirstView, 28 July 2025 [open access]

"Exploring refugee experiences of migration management: A socio-legal inquiry into visual artworks and social media," Ethnicities, OnlineFirst, 30 July 2025 [open access]

"Framing Migration and Migrants Through Border Crises: The Case of Ceuta and Melilla," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Non-member migrants in spaceless zones: the spatial membership frame of embassies and consulates in the European Court of Human Rights," International Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 17 June 2025 [open access]

"Shielding from Culpability: The Responsibility System in EU’s Asylum and Migration Policy," UC Law SF International Law Review, vol. 48, no. 2 (2025) [full-text]

"Synchronizing out of gridlock: how the Council of the EU reached agreement on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum," Journal of European Integration, Latest Articles, 5 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"The Uncertainty of Forced Displacement: How Language and Violence Shaped Displacement Trajectories During Russia's Invasion of Ukraine," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 30 July 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (10 Aug. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

As protesters and politicians call for the closure of asylum hotels, what are the alternatives? (The Conversation, Aug. 2025) [text]

"EU court rules against Italy on Albania migrant camps scheme," Reuters, 1 Aug. 2025 [text]

- See also related Amnesty International news release.

France grants asylum to a Gazan mother and her son in landmark ruling (InfoMigrants, July 2025) [text]

"Portugal's top court blocks bill restricting immigration," Reuters, 9 Aug. 2025 [text]

Reports: 

Country Reports (AIDA, July & Aug. 2025) 

- See updated profiles for Italy and Türkiye.

Data Analysis of Asylum Applications by Sex and Age in 2024, Fact Sheet, no. 35 (EU Agency for Asylum, Aug. 2025) [text]

"I knew nothing would be easy without papers": A glance at undocumented migrants’ access to housing, employment, and healthcare in Brussels and Paris (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2025) [text]

Self-assessment Tool on the Quality of the Asylum Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, July 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (25 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Short pieces & opportunities:

The End of an (Unlawful) Era: On the Danish Supreme Court´s judgement concerning the non-penalization of refugees (Verfassungsblog, July 2025) [text]

Note: Visit this post for a listing of upcoming opportunities that includes law-related courses with application deadlines in August and September 2025.

Reports & book chapters: 

"Agency and frustration: overcoming obstacles at the UNHCR," Chapter in Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities (Bristol Univ. Press, July 2025) [open access]

International Agreements for the Transfer of Refugees and Asylum-seekers (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

- Available in English and Spanish.

"The Role of History in International Law Scholarship: A Personal Reflection," Keynote speech at 32nd Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Conference, Canberra, 2-4 July 2025 [text]

Route-Based Approach: Establishing Multi-Purpose Hubs - A Guide (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

- See also related note.

Journal articles:

"Canadian and Australian Immigration Policy Trends: An Institutional Isomorphic Comparative Historical Analysis," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 28 July 2025 [open access]

"The International Law Commission and the Development of International Migration Law," Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, vol. 27, no. 1 (2025) [postprint]

"Interpretation, Translation and Confusion in Refugee Status Determination Procedures," International Journal for the Semiotics of Law = Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, OnlineFirst, 24 July 2025 [open access]

- See also related response to this article.

"Refugees and conflicts: 74 years after Geneva, where do we stand?," Peace & Security = Paix et Sécurité Internationales, no. 13 (2025) [open access]

"Sketches of fairness in EU and international law: Focus on the asylum and migration pact," European Law Open, FirstView, 14 July 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (7 July 2025) 

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (7 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

As Global Aid Abandons Ugandan Refugees, Refugee-led Organizations Present a Promising Path Forward (Refugees International, July 2025) [text]

The Impact of the Presence of Refugees in North Western Tanzania (LERRN, July 2025) [text]

"In Darfur’s displacement epicentre, community kitchens shoulder the load," The New Humanitarian, 22 July 2025 [text]

Trump's Deportation Deals Signal a Troubling Shift in U.S.-Africa Relations (ISS Today, Aug. 2025) [text]

Urgent support needed as over 1.3 million war-displaced Sudanese begin to return home: Joint IOM-UNHCR-UNDP press release (July 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles::

"Building a Professionally Socialized Immigration Bar in Nigeria: A Case Study," Fordham Law Review, vol. 94 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Note: The final published version will be freely available on the law review's website.

Documentation Campaign: Report from the multi-stakeholder meeting with RLOs, civil society, human rights actors, & legal experts (Re:BUILD, July 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya and Uganda.

"Handwashing with soap and influencing factors in crisis-affected refugee populations in Kenya and Uganda," Conflict and Health, 19:53 (July 2025) [open access]

"The integration of migration into municipal development planning in the city of uMhlathuze in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:59 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Irankunda v. Director of Asylum Seeker Management: Strengthening Non-Refoulement and Sur Place Protections in South Africa," Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 33, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on Burundians.

"Refugees like us: Arab African encounters at a migratory crossroads," HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, vol. 15, no. 2 (2025) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Ethiopian and Yemeni refugees in Djibouti.

"The Rippling Effects of European Migration Governance in Africa: A Critical Research Agenda and Analytical Approach," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 1 Aug. 2025 [open access]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"The Role of Art in the Liminal Setting of Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (18 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

Deploying frozen assets for humanitarian needs? Responding to the ODA crisis (HPN, July 2025) [text]

Fixing the Spending Crisis at the Department of State (CGD Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

"State Department addresses decision to destroy 500 tons of emergency food," ABC News, 17 July 2025 [text]

- See also related Reuters article.

"What does a crisis look like? The ethics of humanitarian imagery," The New Humanitarian, 15 July 2025 [text]

"What the spread of the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory means for humanitarian aid," The New Humanitarian, 24 July 2025 [text]

What will rescission do to foreign aid? Details are murky. Here's what we found out (Goats & Soda Blog, July 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related CGD blog post.

Reports & journal articles:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 29 (July 2025)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Communication challenges in the era of fake news and 'post-truth' = Communication : les défis à l’ère des fake news et de la 'post-vérité'."

Coordinating in Crisis: Strengthening NGO coordination and collective response in rapid onset humanitarian emergencies (ICVA, June 2025) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"Humanitarian virtue: identifying ethics and values in humanitarian thinking," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

IASC Policy on Protection in Humanitarian Action: An Aide Memoire (Global Protection Cluster, Oct. 2024) [text]

On the brink: The devastating toll of aid cuts on people forced to flee (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

- See also related briefing note.

The Power of Flexible Funding in Enabling Adaptive Programing (Re:BUiLD program, July 2025) [access]

Strengthening Leadership of Local and National Actors in Humanitarian Coordination: Practical Case Studies (UNICEF, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for English and Arabic versions; also available in French and Spanish.

Multimedia:

When USAID Freezes, Who Pays? The Dangerous Myth of Remittances in Global Crises, 12 March 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (10 July 2025) 

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Big Budget Act Creates a ‘Deportation Industrial Complex’ That Will be Hard to Dismantle (Just Security, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Can the U.S. deport someone who’s lived here for 30 years without an immigration hearing?," Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2025 [text]

Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

Green Card Interviews for Asylees – or – The End of the “Pause” (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Immigration and Refugee Policy Under Trump (Refugee Watch Online, July 2025) [text]

Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

The impact of reassigning 6,700 federal workers to immigration (Niskanen Center, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Key U.S. Refugee and Asylum Policy Developments Since January 20, 2025," International Refugee Law Interest Group Newsletter, vol. 1 (Summer 2025) [text]

Masked and armed agents are arresting people on US streets as aggressive immigration enforcement ramps up (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

One in Five ICE Arrests Are Latinos on the Streets with No Criminal Past or Removal Order (CATO At Liberty Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Race and empathy help explain why not all refugees are welcomed equally (United States Politics & Policy Blog, July 2025) [text]

A Reminder from Brad Swanson in the Nation: "What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan" (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2025) [text]

Should I Stay or Should I Go? On the Morality of Working in Immigration Enforcement (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Trump is Building a Machine to Disappear People," New York Times, 23 July 2025 [text]

"Trump’s losing support fast on what used to be his most winning issues," MSNBC, 27 July 2025 [text]

Unpacking Florida’s immigration trends − demographers take a closer look at the legal and undocumented population (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Before ICE: A Guide for Parents at Risk of Deportation or Detention (Documented, July 2025) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

"Beyond ICE: State and Local Authorities Become Central to Trump Administration Deportations Strategy," Migration Information Source, 30 July 2025 [text]

Immigration Law: An Open Casebook, Version 3.0 (Kit Johnson) [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]

Managing migration under pressure: Lessons from the Biden presidency to build a migration policy in the national interest (Brookings, July 2025) [text]

Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America (American Immigration Council, July 2025) [text]

Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy (American Immigration Council, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related press release.

Ukraine Assistance: U.S. Coordinated on a Broad Range of Aid to Displaced Persons and Refugees Amidst Various Challenges (US Government Accountability Office, July 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

United States: Human rights situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, 24 July 2025 [access]

- Public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. See more info from Refugees International and testimony from Human Rights First.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (21 July 2025)