21 May 2026

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

"Star-studded refugee football team takes the pitch for UN," UN News, 19 May 2026 [text]

Steven Vertovec Appointed President of the New International Panel on Migration (IPM) (Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, May 2026) [text]

Reports:

Against the Current: Three Years of Rescuing People in the Mediterranean (EMERGENCY, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Every Autocrat’s Dream: A Global Snapshot of the Human Rights Harms of US Foreign Aid Cuts (Human Rights Watch, May 2026) [text]

Freedom in the World 2026: The Growing Shadow of Autocracy (Freedom House, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Displacement Forecast 2026 (Danish Refugee Council, April 2026) [access]
- Follow link for this year's report and key findings, as well as access to previous forecasts. See also recording of related webinar.

UNDP–UNHCR Joint Collaboration Framework 2026–2030 (2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"From Barriers to Abuse: Border Hardening and Torture," International Organization (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Imagining Migratory Futures: The Transnational Chain of Actors in Migration Information Campaigns Between Africa and Europe," Special collection in International Migration (2025-2026) [access]
- The editorial is freely available and four articles are open access.

"Performing for multiple audiences: Immigration bureaucracies and horizontal accountability," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Multimedia:

Thinking Borders: Vicki Squire (Thinking Global Podcast Series, May 2026) [access]

Resource:

Celebrating the new Refugee Studies Centre blog [access]
- "A platform for sharing research and reflections on current issues related to forced migration."

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