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)
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