Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Oct. 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 Oct. 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:

"The Reality of Migration and Asylum in the Maghreb Countries: Trying to Understand through Statistical Data," Journal of El-Hikma for Philosophical Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (3) = Algeria

Diamond OA:

"Amazon, Humanitarian Crisis and Logistics: The Military Intervention of Venezuelan Migration in Brazil as a War of Conquest," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025)

- Author = Brazil

"Análisis cuantitativo del autoempleo entre refugiados reasentados en Canadá," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025)

- Author = Mexico

"Borders without Belonging: Statelessness, Displacement, and Human Insecurity in Post-Handover Bakassi," Brazilian Journal of African Studies = Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos, vol. 10, no. 19 (Jan.-June 2025)

- Author = Nigeria

"Does the Parent’s Country of Origin Have Any Responsibility for an Undocumented Child? Case Study: Undocumented Children of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Malaysia," Innovation in the Social Sciences, Advance Articles, 2 Sept. 2025

- Authors (4) = Indonesia

"Immunisation Coverage among Refugee Afghan Children in Islamic Republic of Iran," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 31, no. 8 (2025)

- Authors (5) = Iran

"Refuse to Let Die: Humanitarian Pastoral Powers and Biopolitical Resistance on the U.S.-Mexico Border," Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2024)

- Author = Lebanon

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.

"Associations of Psychological Distress, Alcohol and Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviour in Forcibly Displaced Persons and Migrants in Nigeria," Conflict and Health, 19:65 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (17) = Nigeria 

- APC = USD 3290

"Barriers and Facilitators to Mental Health Service Utilisation among Refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda: A Qualitative Study," BMC Psychiatry, 25:925 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (18) = Uganda (17, incl. lead), Somalia (1)

- APC = USD 3290

"Characterization of International Migration Movements Toward Chile: A Scoping Review of Scientific Articles and Official Reports," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025)

- Authors (9) = Chile (7, incl. lead), Spain (2)

- APC = USD 3040

"The Climate Exodus: A Multivariate Analysis of Migration Drivers in Northern Bangladesh," Environmental Research: Climate, vol. 4, no. 4 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 675 (for Group B: lower middle-income countries)

- Note: The publisher of this journal has exceptionally waived APCs for articles published before the end of 2025.

"Climate Induced Migration and Internal Displacement in Rural India," Discover Environment, 3:169 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (3) = India

- APC = USD 1390

"Climate-induced Migration and Climate Immobility in Ghana: A Socio-ecological Mixed Method Study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025)

- Author = Ghana

- APC = USD 3040

"A Comparative Analysis Between the Rohingyas and Urdu-speaking Population in Bangladesh: Repatriation or Statelessness?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 Sept. 2025

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

- APC = CHF 725 (conceptual analysis article)

"Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Syrian Refugee Women and Girls in Lebanon: Knowledge, Symptoms, and Health-seeking Behaviors," BMC Women's Health, 25:477 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (11) = Lebanon (8, incl. lead), Lebanon/Saudi Arabia (1), Lebanon/Ireland (1), UK/Lebanon (1)

- APC = USD 2890

"Determinants of Health Information Seeking Behavior among People at Risk of Statelessness in Ghana," Scientific Reports, 15: 33532 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Ghana (2, incl. lead), Hong Kong (1)

- APC = USD 2690

"Economic Factors Influencing Utilization of World Health Organization Recommended ANC Visits among Women in Jordan: An Analysis of Jordan Population and Family Health Survey 2023," Archives of Public Health, 83:251 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (10) = Sierra Leone (lead), US (1), Uganda (7), Sudan (1)

- APC = USD 2990

"Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Depression Severity among Women in Informal Settlements of Uganda," BMC Psychology, 13:1054 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (8) = US (4, incl. lead), Uganda (4)

- APC = USD 1990

"From Displacement to Hunger: How Migration Due to Conflict Affects Food Security in Yemen," PLoS One 20(10): e0333830 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Bangladesh

- ACP = USD 2382

"From Victim to Activist: The Portrayals of Ukrainian Refugee Women in Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita During the Full-Scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022–2025)," Journalism & Media, vol. 6, no. 4 (Sept. 2025)

- Author = Ukraine

- APC = CHF 1200

"A G-local Call for Culturally Responsive Prevention and Care of Gender-Based Violence against Women Migrants and Refugees," Frontiers in Sociology, 29 Sept. 2025

- Author = Morocco

- APC = CHF 450 (opinion article)

"Healthcare Access among Sub-Saharan Migrants and Refugees in Tunisia: An Interpretative Qualitative Study," BMC Medicine, 23:547 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (12) = Tunisia/Spain (2, incl. lead), Tunisia (4), Morocco (1), UK (3), Spain/Sweden/Tunisia (1), Spain (1)

- APC = USD 4190

"Regular vs. Irregular Migration from Indian Punjab: Evaluating Socio-economic Contexts, Economic Gains and Developmental Effects," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:79 (Oct. 2025)

- Authors (4) = India

- APC = USD 1490

"The Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects," Discover Global Society, 3:103 (Sept. 2025)

 Authors (3) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 1390

"Vulnerabilities of Climate Change-induced Displacement and Migration in South Asia," Discover Global Society, 3:115 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Bangladesh

- APC = USD 1390

"'Where will we find them?' They are just like droppings: Perceptions of Health Care Workers Regarding Access to Health Promotion among Urban Migrants in Botswana," BMC Health Services Research, 25:1232 (Sept. 2025)

- Authors (3) = Botswana

- APC = USD 3290

Hybrid OA:

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

"Intent Versus Impact: Is the Choice Between Encampment and Out-of-Camp a Factual Hard Policy Dilemma?," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 24 Oct. 2025

- Authors (3) = Ethiopia (2, incl. lead), Netherlands (1)

- APC = USD 3400

"Interconnected Experiences of Violence: Exploring the Nexus of Sexual Violence, Migration, and Asylum Plans for People on the Move (PoM) in Latin America," Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, vol. 6, no. 2 (2025)

- Authors (11) = Mexico (8, incl. lead), Geneva (2), Brazil (1)

- APC = EUR 1150

"The Polysemy of Solidarity in Migrant Transnational Engagements: Synergies of In-Kind and Social Remittances from Uruguayans in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2025

- Author = Argentina

- APC = USD 4390

Books/Book chapters:

"Acceding to the Refugee Convention: Indonesia’s Persistent Reluctance," Chapter in Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law (Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025)

- Author = Indonesia

"Migration, Security, and the State: A Critical Review of the Securitisation of Migration in Africa," Chapter in Security-Development Nexus in Africa: Progress Towards the Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals (UJ Press, Oct. 2025)

- Authors (2) = South Africa (lead), Zimbabwe (1)

"Universities and UNHCR: Teaching International Refugee Law in Pakistan," Chapter in Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law (Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Norway (lead), Pakistan (1)

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 28 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Asylum Interviews in the UK: The Problem of Evidence and the Possibility of Applied Anthropology," Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale, vol. 33, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Between Solidarity and Anxiety: Populist Radical Right Narratives on Ukrainian Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe," Government and Opposition, FirstView, 6 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Blocking Migration: The Underside of European Politics," Populations, vol. 1, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Differences by gender and origin in the representation of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in the Spanish press (2002–2022)," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 12, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Law enforcement agents at European borders: perceptions of migration, and the networked and relational exercise of discretion in policy implementation," Political Research Exchange: An ECPR Journal, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"The polysemy of solidarity in migrant transnational engagements: synergies of in-Kind and social remittances from Uruguayans in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Proposal of the European Commission for a Return Regulation: balancing effective return policy and fundamental rights protection of the migrant," ERA Forum, Latest Articles, 24 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"The ties that bind and break: a natural experiment on the role of (in)stability in local and transnational social ties for loneliness among refugees," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (31 Oct. 2025) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Aid workers who support migrants on trial in Italy and Tunisia (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

Displacement, Emplacement, and Reintegration: IDP Experiences in Ukraine, 2014-2021 (RID Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"European Commission delays decision on asylum seeker quotas," Euronews, 14 Oct. 2025 [text]

- Note: The European Annual Asylum and Migration Report (EAAMR) referenced in the article was supposed to have been issued on 15 October 2025. See also related EC's description of "Implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum."

Forgotten Displacement: The Struggles of Internally Displaced Persons in Serbia (RID Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"German media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners," DW, 20 Oct. 2025 [text]

Legal Walls, Silent Violations: How Germany and Greece Are Quietly Redefining EU Asylum Norms (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Netherlands to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

"The Pact for the Mediterranean," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 23 Oct. 2025 [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports:

All Packed-Up and Ready? Assessment of the State of Play on Pact Implementation, Policy Note, no. 49 (ECRE, Oct. 2025) [text]

EU Migration and Asylum at a Crossroads: Planning for Uncertainty (European Policy Centre, Oct. 2025) [text]

Fortress in the Sand: EU Externalisation Policies and Trans-Saharan Migration Routes (Médecins Sans Frontières, Oct. 2025) [text]

The importance of refugees and their descendants for understanding population heterogeneity, Stockholm Research Reports in Demography, no. 24 (Stockholm Univ., Oct. 2025) [text]

Protracted Displacement and Precarious Housing: Access to Adequate and Affordable Accommodation in Ukraine (IOM, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Synthesis of evaluative evidence on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine (IASC et al., Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Comments on the European Commission’s Proposal to Amend the Safe Third Country Concept (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

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

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (10 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Applying the HDP Nexus Approach to better respond to Forced Displacement (GIZ & UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- "Field missions and follow-ups were conducted in Mexico, Mauritania, and Mozambique. Desk-based research covered Niger, Ethiopia, and Uganda."

Coordination in Transition: How NGOs are Navigating and Adapting beyond the IASC (ICVA, Oct. 20250 [text]

Global Protection Update: Protection in a Prioritised Humanitarian Response (Global Protection Cluster, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Complementarity: Rebalancing Power for a People-Centred System – “As local as possible, as international as necessary” (ICVA, Oct. 20250 [text]

A lifeline at risk: food assistance at a breaking point (WFP, Sept. 2025) [text]

UNHCR Guidelines on Localization: Engaging and Partnering with Local and National Actors (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

- See also related executive summary.

Journal articles:

Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, including five contributions to a debate on "Future of humanitarian and development aid" which are all either freely available or open access. Note: These articles are also part of the virtual issue on "Critical perspectives on the future of aid."  

Voice Out Loud, no. 39 (Sept. 2025) [full-text] 

- Issue theme is "The Challenge of Humanitarian Communication: Bridging Principles and Public Perception."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (31 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1

Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel:

A year-long Australian-led endeavor came to fruition at the UN when a global declaration to protect aid workers was launched on 22 September 2025 with 100+ states signing on. Learn more from this post on The Conversation and SBS News podcast interview with the Australian Red Cross.

Short pieces:

A critical step toward saving lives: helping humanitarian workers respond to substance use with empathy and care (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

False economies: why underfunding local humanitarian actors puts everyone at risk (ODI Insights, Oct. 2025) [text]

Global Fragility Act 2.0? Amid a Possible Bipartisan Revival, a Chance to Make U.S. Peace Efforts More Effective (Just Security, Oct. 2025) [text]

The legal reform needed to match Australia’s global humanitarian promises (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Resets, Grand Bargains, and what they say about humanitarian reform," Inklings Newsletter (27 Oct. 2025) [text]

"Three humanitarian takeaways from UN80 reform plans," Inklings Newsletter (3 Oct. 2025) [text]

Why Humanitarian Evidence Summaries are Essential in Turbulent Times (K4DD Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Remaking humanitarianism: Dispatches from the future, 25 Sept. 2025 [access]

Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series (The New Humanitarian, Sept. & Oct. 2025)

- Two recent episodes focus on "Rethinking UNGA" and "How to make people care? Emergency aid’s marketing problem." 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (24 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

"Belize signs ‘safe third country’ agreement as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown," PBS Newshour, 21 Oct. 2025 [text]

Displacement in Haiti Reaches Record High as 1.4 Million People Flee Violence (IOM, Oct. 2025) [text]

*Five Lessons for the World Bank to Strengthen Migration Response in the Americas (Refugees International, Oct. 2025) [text]

Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Tapachula: Once a transit hub, now a dead-end border town (MSF, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Mexico.

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

Reports:

Canadian public opinion about immigration and refugees (Environics Institute & Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Oct. 2025) [access]

Internal Displacement in Ecuador: Establishing a Baseline on the Impact of Violence and Internal Displacement in Ecuador (2022–2024) - Executive Summary (Defensoría del Pueblo de Ecuador & UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Migración extracontinental en tránsito por las Américas: caracterización, necesidades y retos (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Amazon, humanitarian crisis and logistics: the military intervention of Venezuelan migration in Brazil as a war of conquest," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025) [open access]

"Beyond Cooperation: The Role of Origin Countries in Deportation Efforts, Evidence from Mexico (1942 to 1964)," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission, 14 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Characterization of international migration movements toward Chile: A scoping review of scientific articles and official reports," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025) [open access]

"Proving Fear: the corporeal witness and its role in asylum seeking," Journal of Somaesthetics, vol. 11, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on "Central American asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border."

"Refuse to Let Die: Humanitarian Pastoral Powers and Biopolitical Resistance on the U.S.-Mexico Border," Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2024) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (13 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2

Reports:

Bangladesh Migration Snapshot Report 2024 (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Crisis Compounded: Afghanistan’s Returnees Face an Escalating Water Emergency (Mercy Corps, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Displaced (NTU Singapore, Oct. 2025) [access]

- "A collection of feature stories and three documentaries capturing the courage, loss, and resilience of Myanmar refugees along the Thai-Myanmar border. The students’ work reflects the realities they witnessed during their 12-day trip to Mae Sot, a Thai border town that shelters tens of thousands of displaced people from Myanmar." On this page, scroll to view text of book, photos and videos.

Displacement, democracy and development: an alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation (United Against Inhumanity & United Nations Association – UK, Sept. 2025) [text]

Kazakhstan: Migration Data Mapping Report (International Organization for Migration, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mapping Social Cohesion 2025 (Scanlon Foundation Research Institute, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Australia. See also recording of related webinar.

The Responsibility of Host Countries to Protect Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution: Examples from South and Southeast Asia (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Oct. 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

"A comparative analysis between the Rohingyas and Urdu-speaking population in Bangladesh: Repatriation or Statelessness?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"The Curious Case of Bhasan Char: Island Relocation and the Politics of Refugee Containment in the 'Global South': The Case of Bangladesh," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission, 14 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"The Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh: challenges and prospects," Discover Global Society, 3:103 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (30 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began," The Guardian, 1 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Australia deports first foreign detainees to Nauru in controversial deal," BBC News, 28 Oct. 2025 [text]

- See also related RCOA media release.

Between Recognition and Repatriation: Why the Rohingya Crisis Remains Unsettled (RLI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

China: No Letup in Forced Returns to North Korea (HRW, Oct. 2025) [text]

Fleeing Necessity: Rethinking Criminal Exemptions for Refugees Under Thai Jurisprudence (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Rohingya Refugees and Their Crises in Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Conference on Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

- See also related NGO statement.

UNHCR in the Philippines: Five Decades of Protection, Hope and Humanity (UN, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (4 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"Aid cuts and elections: How the humanitarian rollback has caused 'chaos' in Cameroon," The New Humanitarian, 13 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Around four million people displaced across Africa’s Sahel, UN warns," Al Jazeera, 10 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Burkina Faso rejects proposal to accept deportees from the US," AP News, 10 Oct. 2025 [text]

Crisis in eastern DRC: The Congolese government and M23 rebels in a standoff over migration (African Arguments, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Dadaab refugees decry divisive and unfair food aid cuts," The New Humanitarian, 22 Oct. 2025 [text]

"Liberia agrees to accept wrongly deported migrant Abrego, US says," Reuters, 24 Oct. 2025 [text]

Making a Case for Aid: Less Donor-Curated Visibility, More Redistribution of Narrative Power (African Arguments, Oct. 2025) [text]

"'Remember we exist', refugees in Malawi say as aid is slashed," The New Humanitarian, 20 Oct. 2025 [text]

Rethinking Refugee Differentiated Assistance Model: Refugees’ Struggle for Survival in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, Turkana County, Kenya (RLI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Sudan’s displaced are in homes, not just camps – and aid keeps missing them," The New Humanitarian, 15 Oct. 2025 [text]

UNHCR announces closure of its Southern Africa Bureau as part of realignment review (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Basic Service Assessment and Socio-Economic Profiling in Kebribeyah, Somali Region, Ethiopia - Final Report (UNHCR, June 2025) [text]

"Credibility and/or anxiety: The moderators of political information on migration," Social Science Research, vol. 132 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on a European migration information campaign that was aimed at Nigerians.

"Intent Versus Impact: Is the Choice Between Encampment and Out-of-Camp a Factual Hard Policy Dilemma?," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 24 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Ethiopia.

"Migration, Security, and the State: A Critical Review of the Securitisation of Migration in Africa," Chapter in Security-Development Nexus in Africa: Progress Towards the Agenda 2063 and Sustainable Development Goals (UJ Press, Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Mission Impossible? Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the 'Congo Crisis', 1960–1964," Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 15, no. 2 (Summer 2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Emergency Media Briefing on the Dire Situation in El Fasher, North Darfur, 28 Oct. 2025 [access]

- See also related statement and UNHCR briefing note.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (8 Oct. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (8 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Reports & book chapters:

Jurisprudence on LGBTIQ Applicants in International Protection, Fact Sheet, no. 39 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2025) [text]

LGBTIQ Applicants in Asylum and Reception Systems, Fact Sheet, no. 38 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Nature-Based Social Prescribing with LGBTQIA+ Asylum Seekers and Refugees: A Feasibility Study Using ‘Friends in Nature’," Chapter in Social Connection in Everyday Spaces (Bristol Univ. Press, Oct. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Journal articles:

"Decoding Sexual Orientation in Refugee Status Determination: The Influence of Accounts of Emotions on Decision-Making in Sweden," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"The (dis)advantages of (in)visibility: an analysis of the role of sexual orientation and gender identity in recent flows of forced migrants to Brazil," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:67 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Feeling Queer in Translation: Credibility and (dis)order in the Asylum Process," Social Text (Forthcoming) [postprint]

- Focuses on Greece.

"'Forced' Refugees versus 'Voluntary' Migrants: Deconstructing a Binary through SOGIESC Claims of Asylum," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 37, no. 2 (June 2025) [postprint]

- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 23 July 2026.

"‘How would you define your sexuality?’ analyzing the questions asked in official asylum interviews with sexual minorities," Psychology, Crime & Law, Latest Articles, 18 Sept. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Queer Iranians in Iran and in exile: Negotiating identity following forced migration," Routed Magazine (July 2025) [text]

"Seeing it first-hand: interpreters’ insights from working with LGBTIQA+ individuals settling in Australia," Frontiers in Communication, 23 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Multimedia:

The aid sector’s LGBTQI+ blindspot (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, 2 Oct. 2025) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (30 Aug. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

*"Análisis cuantitativo del autoempleo entre refugiados reasentados en Canadá," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025) [open access]

"Labor Market Integration of Ukrainian Refugees in Romania," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 10 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Migrants, Refugees and Employer Discrimination," British Journal of Industrial Relations, Early View, 1 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Neoliberal economic policies as a root cause of forced migration from Arab Spring countries: the case of Syria," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Participatory, Project-Based Approach to Migrant Employment Research: Engaging Entrepreneurs Through Social Innovation," The Qualitative Report, vol. 30, no. 10 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Poland.

"Refugee men and women in the segmented VET market in Germany: on their career prospects and the role of resource inequality," Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 17:22 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Regular vs. irregular migration from Indian Punjab: evaluating socio-economic contexts, economic gains and developmental effects," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:79 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"A Stratified Premium: The Hierarchy of Waiting for Employment-Based Lawful Permanent Residence," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 27 Oct. 2025 [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (28 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The $100,000 H-1B Fee That Could Derail “Made in America” (CGD Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Article series on "Refugees in the global economy" (openDemocracy, Oct. 2025) [access]

- Read the introductory article for more info, and follow the a/m link for 10 of the 13 contributions posted to date. 

In Ethiopia, a Groundbreaking Right to Work Directive Transforms Lives for the Better (World Bank, Oct. 2025) [text]

"The Hyundai raid reflects a broken U.S. immigration system," The Diplomat, 18 Sept. 2025 [text via Niskanen Center]

IOM and Bank of Agriculture Sign Agreement to Boost Livelihoods for Migrants and Displaced Persons in Nigeria (IOM, Oct. 2025) [text]

Refugees in Germany: Many still at risk of poverty (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

Self-reliance and financial inclusion: Bridging policy and private sector solutions – highlights from UNHCR ExCom Side Event (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

White card, irregular job: When legal rights fail migrants in Austria (MPC Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Beyond the Border: Labor Market Effects of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies in El Salvador, Discussion Paper, no. 18135 (Institute of Labor Economics, Sept. 2025) [text]

Evaluación final del proyecto: "Mejora de la autosuficiencia y la resiliencia de la población refugiada y migrante procedente de Venezuela y de acogida en Colombia, a través de la integración en el mercado laboral," EvO/2025/05 (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

High-level forum in CAR on forced displacement and the role of the private sector (UNHCR, Sept. 2-25 [text]

- See also related report.

Jobs and Employment for Forcibly Displaced Communities in the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region (UNHCR & Mastercard, Oct. 2025) [text]

Migration Governance Insights: Data‑driven Perspectives to Enhance Labour Migration Pathways (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (29 Sept. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (29 Sept. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles, focusing on violence and gender roles/challenges:

"Effect of intimate partner violence on depression severity among women in informal settlements of Uganda," BMC Psychology, 13:1054 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Forced migration and women’s empowerment: evidence from Rohingya refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on India.

*"From Victim to Activist: The Portrayals of Ukrainian Refugee Women in Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita During the Full-Scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022–2025)," Journalism & Media, vol. 6, no. 4 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"A G-local Call for Culturally Responsive Prevention and Care of Gender-Based Violence against Women Migrants and Refugees," Frontiers in Sociology, 29 Sept. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Morocco.

"'I Am a Princess Who Moves Around a Lot': Syrian Refugee Women and the Shifting Roles and Responsibilities During Early Settlement in Southwestern Ontario," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Major life events and acculturation trajectories of refugees: The example of divorced Syrian refugees in Germany," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 109 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"Rape Myths in the European Court of Human Rights’ Non-Refoulement Case Law on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 36, nos. 1-2 (March/June 2024) [postprint]

"Unravelling the tapestry of struggle: an exploration of socio-economic challenges faced by internally displaced women in Bangladesh amidst the COVID-19 crisis," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 21, no. 1 (Feb. 2025) [ResearchGate]

"Violence Against Women and Central American Migration," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 24 Oct. 2025 [full-text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (27 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Reports:

Development of Referral Pathways for Refugee and Asylum-seeking Victims of Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Lithuania (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [access]

Legal Identity, Gender and Migration: Understanding Barriers to Access (International Organization for Migration, 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- "A desk study was conducted, including a review of numerous studies on access of women, girls and SOGIESC to legal identity system across various settings. Additionally, the assessment used a case study approach by focusing on three countries – Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia."

Migration and gender in the UK (Migration Observatory, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles, focusing on reproductive & maternal health:

"Beyond Birth Support: How Doulas Navigate Anti-Racism Advocacy for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women in UK Maternity Care," Frontiers in Public Health, 15 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Correlates of sexually transmitted infections among Syrian refugee women and girls in Lebanon: knowledge, symptoms, and health-seeking behaviors," BMC Women's Health, 25:477 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Economic factors influencing utilization of World Health Organization recommended ANC visits among women in Jordan: an analysis of Jordan population and family health survey 2023," Archives of Public Health, 83:251 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Forced migration and fertility: disruption and adaptation outcomes of women fleeing to Türkiye from Syria," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"'Vulnerable and strong at the same time': Forcibly displaced young women’s lived experiences of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as unaccompanied girls seeking asylum in Sweden," PLOS Glob Public Health 5(10): e0005241 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (25 Sept. 2025) 

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (25 Sept. 2025)

OA Week 2025: Why Deposit in FMRA?

In the end, there are multiple ways to provide open access to your work, some easier, some harder, some cost-free, some not. No matter which option you choose, please consider depositing the end result in the Forced Migration Research Archive! Some benefits of FMRA to consider:

- serves as a centralized showcase for scholarly work on a defined subject area

- offers greater visibility, which translates to more opportunities for discoverability via search engines and Google Scholar

- provides a unique and permanent URL referred to as a "handle," which means that digital objects can be reliably located over time

- supports author compliance with funder open access requirements

- captures information on "visits" and "views" via the "statistics" link at the top of the page (some records will also display data gathered by the Altmetrics and PlumX widgets)

- ensures the preservation of research over the long-term

- contributes to information equity by making available a diverse set of open access materials to the wider public

Some concrete outcomes of depositing in FMRA may resonate more strongly for authors and researchers than others. For example:

- articles published in low-profile diamond journals that gain greater visibility in Google Scholar 

- postprints have a place to be deposited by authors who lack access to institutional repositories

- access to unique materials not available elsewhere online that can be freely retrieved

And keep in mind that FMRA's mediated deposit process ensures that submissions can be accomplished quickly and easily!

OA Week 2025: Open Access Journal Articles

While FMRA's initial focus was on prioritizing Green open access, its scope was soon expanded to include a fuller range of OA materials as well as certain types of grey literature. This post focuses on costs associated with publishing hybrid, gold and diamond open access articles.

Hybrid open access articles were discussed in yesterday's post regarding the impact of their APCs on the ability of certain authors to pursue open access publishing. Yet many other authors may not perceive these APCs as a barrier because they are affiliated with institutions that subsidize these costs through "transformative agreements" negotiated with journal publishers. Normally, the publisher will automatically apply the terms of an agreement to your article, if you are eligible. However, if you would like to review any agreements your institution has already negotiated in order to help you decide which journals to submit a manuscript to, visit the ESAC Registry or contact your academic library for more information (see, e.g., info from the libraries at American Univ. of Beirut and Wits Univ. - click on the "transformative OA agreements" menu).

Here is an example of an article deposited in FMRA that was made open access through an agreement between certain Dutch institutions and Sage.

The APCs for gold open access articles may also be covered by transformative agreements. More generally, financially-strapped authors who wish to publish in a gold journal are potentially eligible for a waiver or discount, which hybrid journals normally do not offer. Visit individual publisher sites for specific details (see, e.g., BioMed Central/Springer, Frontiers, MDPI, PLOS) or contact your academic library. 

Diamond open access journals are fully open access but do not charge any fees to publish. A recent study estimated that "there are between 17,000 and 29,000 diamond journals worldwide." However, they can be difficult to identify because 1) they are not well-represented in journal indexes like the Web of Science and Scopus, and 2) only around a third of them are listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). In addition, because they typically do not have stable funding sources, their long-term sustainability is often at greater risk. 

The forced migration field benefits from a variety of diamond journals, many of which are listed on this table. Unfortunately, one of them - Refugee Review - ceased operations due to funding challenges. But as described in this earlier post, its issues were recently included in FMRA to ensure long-term access.

OA Week 2025: Green Open Access

The "Green" route to open access refers to the process of depositing or self-archiving postprint versions of journal articles in institutional or subject-based repositories. It's a cost-free alternative to paying the fees required for publishing an open access article in Hybrid journals. While pursuing this route to open access can be burdensome for authors due to the often confusing self-archiving policies journal publishers have in place, conditions - both positive and negative - are increasingly conducive for going green now!

First, check out this table charting article processing charges (APCs) for a selection of forced migration-related Hybrid journals over a five-year period. While each journal publisher no doubt uses a different strategy for setting prices, the general trend is up (with the exception of Inderscience), consistent with the larger context. For many authors, these fees can be prohibitive. And while most Gold journal publishers offer need-based waivers or discounts, including to LMICs, Hybrid journal publishers generally do not. Exceptions are made for institutions that have specifically negotiated agreements that allow their own authors to publish at reduced rates. (Although see EIFL for one example of agreements that account for country-affiliation as well as institutional-affiliation.)

Authors for whom APCs represent a major obstacle still have the option to provide open access to research published in Hybrid journals via the green route. But what about other obstacles like lengthy embargo periods and not having a repository to deposit in? Here are three silver linings to consider!

The number of "zero embargo" Hybrid journal publishers appears to be increasing (i.e., those who allow the immediate deposit of postprints in a repository). These publishers include a wide range of academic presses, professional associations and commercial entities. Consider submitting your manuscript to one of the many journals in their portfolios, such as the European Journal of Migration Law (Brill), International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care (Emerald) or International Migration Review (Sage)! 

Some Hybrid journal publishers have actually reduced the duration of their embargo periods (i.e., the amount of time that must pass before the text of an accepted manuscript could be accessed in a repository). For example, Oxford Academic has had a 24 month-embargo period in place for many years, but it recently lowered it to 12 months. Good news for authors who have published in the International Journal of Refugee Law, Journal of Refugee Studies, Migration Studies or Refugee Survey Quarterly!

As for authors lacking ready access to a repository, either because they are not affiliated with an academic institution or because their institution does not have one, they now have the option to use the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! 

Here are a few examples of green OA in FMRA:

- A postprint version of an article published in a zero embargo journal (International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care)

- A postprint version of an article published in an Oxford Academic journal whose embargo period is now 12 months (International Journal of Refugee Law)

- A postprint version of an article that is not located in any other repository but was also shared on ResearchGate

If you are interested in using the Green route to open access but aren't sure how to proceed, here are some FMRA guidelines for submitting postprints that might be helpful no matter which repository you choose to use for self-archiving purposes. Or if you prefer to interact directly with someone on our support team, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Educational stakeholders’ perspectives on educational transitions and future careers for young refugees in rural areas undergoing depopulation," Intercultural Education, Latest Articles, 8 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom," Chapter in Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump (Oxford Univ. Press, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"The Influence of Transnational Cultural Capital on Black Immigrant and Refugee Youth Perspectives of School Discipline," Chapter in Migrant Children and Youth: Wellbeing and Integration Around the World (Emerald Publishing, Oct. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Revisiting Ukrainian refugees struggling to integrate into Czech school social networks," Social Psychology of Education, vol. 28, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Universities and UNHCR: Teaching International Refugee Law in Pakistan," Chapter in Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law (Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1 (21 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Education: A lifeline for refugee children as the new school year begins (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students (The Conversation, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science's 'equalizing force' (Phys.org, Oct. 2025) [text]

Sudanese students in exile: Learning against the odds (CMI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

New open access book:

Possibilities of Educational Pathways to Refugee Resettlement: A Personal Journey from Kakuma Refugee Camp to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, Aug. 2025) [open access]

- "How can the lived experience of a refugee demonstrate the transformative power of education, and how can we better support education programmes for refugees? Through a series of vignettes, author William Mude traces his personal journey from schooling in a refugee camp in Uganda, to a serendipitous connection in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, and his subsequent career in public health and academia in Australia, to demonstrate the pivotal role education has played in transforming his life, and the resilience of the human spirit. Highlighting the struggles refugees face, and how education can be a beacon of hope to many, Possibilities of Educational Pathways to Refugee Resettlement provides insights into intragovernmental work around durable solutions, and how this can be enhanced through advocacy."

Reports:

Early childhood education and care for young refugees in Europe: A HERE report (Hub for Education for Refugees in Europe, Sept. 2025) [text]

The recognition of qualifications for refugees and displaced persons in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO, 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report and video recording of related webinar.

Refugee education research digest (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1 (23 Sept. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 2 (23 Sept. 2025)

OA Week 2025: FMRA Activity Update

Open Access Week 2025 starts today, and it provides an opportunity for a long overdue update of what the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA) has been up to since it was launched two years ago! After a brief review, I will use examples from FMRA’s holdings to illustrate the various ways authors have provided open access to their research and, in the process, hopefully encourage others to follow suit. (If you are not yet familiar with the FMRA, you can get a brief introduction via this FAQ.) 

Here is a summary of FMRA's efforts since its inception:

1) Special collections: The FMRA website features curated collections from researchers who have engaged with the Refugee Research Network and who have significantly contributed to the field of refugee research. The first was established in memory of Dr. Abdel Aziz Thabet, a child psychiatrist in Gaza who was also an affiliated scholar at the Centre for Refugee Studies until his death in 2020. We sought out and received permission from the Arab Journal of Psychiatry to include a number of Dr. Thabet's journal articles in the FMRA, along with various open access pieces that he co-authored.

2) Global South journals: FMRA is working with the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group to support long-term preservation of and access to the content of its flagship journal, Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration. Because authors retain copyright over their contributions, they must provide their express approval to include their articles in FMRA. A separate deposit form was created for this purpose. Articles that have been contributed to date have the advantage of being indexed by Google Scholar, which in turn will hopefully lead to greater discoverability and readership. Here is one example.

3) At-risk content: We learned recently that the Refugee Review, a unique peer-reviewed journal that was a product of the Emerging Scholars and Practitioners on Migration Issues (ESPMI) Network, was not able to retain its presence online due to funding issues. To ensure continued access to the archives over the long-term, we were able to track down copies of the five issues and gain permission from editors to deposit them in FMRA. The collection can be viewed here.

4) Author outreach: FMRA's collection is still relatively small: 117 items as of this writing. For a variety of reasons, it can be challenging for institutional repositories to increase their deposit rates. One strategy that FMRA has adopted is to solicit content directly from authors. To date, these targeted efforts have translated to 48 deposits, or 40% of the collection. A particular "selling point" for authors may be  FMRA's "mediated deposit" service; in other words, a librarian undertakes all of the cataloguing required for an item to be officially uploaded to the system. All that is required for authors to make a submission is the completion of this very short form, with a PDF attached. Please give it a go!

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

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

Webinar series: Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law, 30 September–15 December 2025 [info]

- Three-part series exploring themes presented in the a/m newly-published open access book. The second seminar on 28 October 2025 will focus on "UNHCR and Norm Diffusion."

Book launch: Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law, London, 29 October 2025 [info]

Call for registration: 14th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Nairobi, 17-21 November 2025 [info]

- This year's theme is "Protecting the Integrity of the Refugee and Migration Systems."

Seminar: Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law, Oxford, 26 November 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

The Refugee Convention in the 21st Century: Myths and Facts (Refugees International, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights," Reuters, 25 Sept. 2025 [text]

- Video of the US-hosted side event on "Global Refugee Asylum System: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It" is available on YouTube. See also related civil society letter to UN Member States and commentary from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Just Security.

"UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat," AP News, 17 Sept. 2025 [text]

The US Proposal to Reinvent International Refugee Law (EJIL: Talk Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Global Strategy on Strengthening National Asylum Systems (2025-2030) (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Introduction," Chapter in Irregular Migration, Refugee Status and the Law: Protection from Dangerous Migratory Journeys (Routledge, Aug. 2025) [abstract]

- A postprint version of this chapter is currently under embargo and will be available 1 March 2027.

Judicial Guidelines for the Analysis of Social Media Evidence in Refugee, Protection and Migration appeals (International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Look Who’s Talking: Reflections on Authorship and Situated Knowledge in Refugee Law Scholarship," Chapter in Research Agenda for Refugee Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Out of sight, out of mind? Migrant deaths and disappearances at sea and the interplay of the law of the sea and human rights law obligations," Chapter in ASCOMARE Yearbook on the Law of the Sea 2024, vol. 4 (2024) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 335.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi: Externalization of migration governance and its effect on the human rights of migrants, UN Doc. No. A/80/302 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2025) [access via Refworld]

- Available in all UN languages.

Multimedia:

Introduction to International Disaster Law (Audiovisual Library of International Law, July 2025) [access]

Related posts:

- New Issue of IJRL (20 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (19 Sept. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (19 Sept. 2025)

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 37, no. 2, June 2025 include:

• Towards a Theoretical Account of the Refugee in International Law [open access]
• ‘Forced’ Refugees versus ‘Voluntary’ Migrants: Deconstructing a Binary through SOGIESC Claims of Asylum [abstract] [embargoed postprint]
• Bordering Asylum: Examining the EU’s Border Procedures under the Asylum Procedures Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 [open access]
• Internally Displaced Persons and Exclusion Clauses [open access]

In addition, readers will find freely-available case law summaries; a freely-available overview of "International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit" and the texts of two UNHCR documents: "Guidelines on International Protection No. 14: Non-penalization of refugees on account of their irregular entry or presence and restrictions on their movements in accordance with Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees" and "Legal considerations on asylum and non-refoulement in the context of ‘instrumentalization’; as well as two book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (Other Countries)

Short pieces:

Australia’s quiet returnees from Syria are in fact a loud warning (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Al-Hol detention camp in northeast Syria.

Criticism over German government plan to indefinitely detain migrants to be deported (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2025) [text]

The UK is failing to protect vulnerable people in immigration detention: Medical Justice Annual Review (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Advocacy Brief: Restrictions of movement, detention and alternatives to detention under the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Causing a Stir: Unwanted Aliens and the Cauldron of Crimmigration Controls Post NZYQ," Univ. of Queensland Law Journal, vol. 44 (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Detained Migrant Children, Autonomy, and Positive Duties," Ethics & International Affairs, FirstView, 8 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Nauru.

Experiences and challenges faced by migrant women affected by immigration detention (UN Women, Oct. 2025) [text]

Promising Practices and Peer Learning on Alternatives to Detention in Asia-Pacific under the framework of the GCM and the GCR (IOM et al., Sept. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention, 16 Sept. 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (United States) (18 Oct. 2025)