21 January 2026

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Internal displacement in 2025: Preserving data and evidence amid growing uncertainty (IDMC, Dec. 2025) [text]

Refugee camps: a persistent paradox (RLI Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

The US is Staying in Most International Organizations, but Slashing Support (CGD Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]
- See also related post on Verfassungsblog.

Waiting for academia: The impact of research on UNHCR policy, programmes and practice (RSC Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Continuity of Care for Forcibly Displaced Persons Living with Chronic Illness (Bristol Univ. Press, 2026) [open access]
- "When people are forced to flee their homes – due to armed conflict, persecution, or human rights violations – continuity of care for those living with chronic illnesses becomes a critical concern. Yet, across the full migratory journey – from displacement and transit, through resettlement, and into possible onward movement such as return or circular migration – access to consistent, appropriate healthcare is often disrupted or fragmented. Responding to the WHO’s global research agenda on health, migration, and displacement, this edited volume brings together international research spanning diverse geographical settings, chronic conditions, population groups, and methodological approaches. It offers evidence and insights from across the entire continuum of mobility, identifying different types of work or strategies that are central to the evolving needs of forcibly displaced people living with chronic diseases."

Reports:

Emerging Perspectives: Essay Competition 2025 - Collection of Essays (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2025) [text]
- "This year’s competition invited young researchers, writers, and thinkers from the Global South to explore the critical theme of 'migration in the context of geopolitical turmoil'."

Identity Management Manual (International Organization for Migration, Jan. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Challenges to healthcare access for migrants in transit: A scoping review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Conducting qualitative research with people in vulnerable situations," International Journal of Qualitative Methods (Dec. 2024-Dec. 2025) [open access]
- Collection of articles with a "focus on examples (theoretical, empirical or methodological) of research with and for people in vulnerable situations," including refugees and migrants.

"The Effects of Assisted Return Programmes on Sustainable Reintegration: A Review," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Everyday acts of resistance: How social workers counter harmful and restrictive asylum policies," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 11 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"A ‘temporal turn’? Proposing time as method," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Jan. 2026 [open access]

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