Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Beyond ‘bad actors’: Why do some employers use irregular migrant workers? (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Disposable, but indispensable: Irregularised migrants in Europe’s labour markets (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How trade unions and employers’ associations react to irregular migrants: Variations in policy preferences across five European countries (MPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

Labour mobility programmes for refugees: origins, benefits and limitations (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports:

Final report of the evaluation of the implementation of UNHCR’s Southern Africa Regional Stepped-up Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Strategy (2021–2024), EVO/2025/19 (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Unlocking refugee work authorisation in Kenya: a practical framework for economic inclusion, institutional alignment, and national growth (Kenya Coalition for Refugee Economic Inclusion, March 2026) [text via NRC]

Journal articles:

"Entrepreneurial resilience of refugees in the Arctic region," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, EarlyCite, 11 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations: How Multinational Enterprises Can Drive Refugee Employment," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 24 March 2026 [open access]

"Multi-Trillion Dollar and Multi-Million Worker Contributions: An Economic Accounting of Birthright Citizenship," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026 [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Skilled personnel risk management under war-induced forced migration: implications for labor market sustainability," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 21 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

"Why Don’t They Work? Understanding the Complexity of Work Intentions Among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Meeting Labor Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection, 26 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on Europe.

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- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (10 March 2026)