Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

How 1980s Children’s Books Framed Vietnamese Refugees (JSTOR Daily, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Influencing international policy around child marriage practices (King's College London, May 2026) [text]

Research contributes to child-oriented justice in asylum appeals (Ghent Univ., April 2026) [text]

Ukrainian Children and Youth Abroad: Number, Factors and Prospects of Return, Risks for the State (Govt. of Ukraine, May 2026) [text]

- Note: The attached report is in Ukrainian.

Ukrainian Children under Russian Control: Why Tracing, Return, Reintegration, and Justice Must Be Addressed Together (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

Reports:

Advancing the Rights of Children in Migration: Priorities for the 2026 International Migration Forum (UNICEF, May 2026) [text]

- See also related press release.

Life in the shadows: protection and assistance needs of Afghan children and youth in Pakistan (Mixed Migration Centre, UNHCR & International Data Alliance, April 2026) [text]

Nutritional Status of Refugees and Host Children in Kenya (2025): Survey findings on child nutrition and immunization among refugee and host communities in Turkana Country and urban areas of Nairobi (UNHCR, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Compassion as a Social Emotion in Ethnographic Research with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 16, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Hospitality and Agency in Young Refugees’ Everyday Relationships: A Study of Mutual Becoming," Global Networks, vol. 26, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Living separated from family: the socioeconomic resources and mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in young adulthood," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 22, no. 2 (April 2026) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Refugee Rights, Family Reunification, and the Protection of Child Refugees under the Refugee Convention at 75," International Journal of Refugee Law (Forthcoming) [postprint]

"'Their suffering also plagues us': a narrative ethnographic exploration of humanitarian healthcare workers’ moral experiences of providing pediatric palliative care in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:13 (May 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (7 April 2026)