Short pieces:
UNHCR: ‘A reliable immigration pathway could unlock potential’ (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Canada.
New open access book:
Digital Exiles: Refugee Work in the Global Digital Economy (MIT Press, June 2026) [open access]
- "The pursuit of a digital livelihood—from attending coding schools in Berlin to training datasets for AI in crisis-stricken Lebanon to online freelancing in Kenya’s refugee camps—represents an increasingly important income opportunity for refugees. Digital work programs by aid organizations and the private sector aim to help the forcibly displaced become self-reliant and successful workers, yet, for many, it creates new forms of exclusion, precarity, and risk. Combining human stories with insights from five years of multisited research and applied work with leading organizations, the author presents an alternative vision of an inclusive world of work that can help shape the fair digital economy of the future."
Reports:
4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 4-6 June 2026 [access]
- Follow the link to view presentations that have been posted.
Economic and Magnet Effects of Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers: Descriptive Evidence from the United States, HBS Working Paper, no. 91 (Harvard Business School, June 2026) [text]
Labor Mobility and Skills Profiles of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
Lessons from eight years of refugee employment (Univ. of Sydney, June 2026) [access]
- Focuses on Australia.
Pioneering Evidence Shows How Entrepreneurship Model Can Reduce Extreme Poverty Among Refugees (Mercy Corps, June 2026) [access]
- Focuses on East Africa.
Series: Labour market inclusion for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons (International Labour Organization, June 2026)
Shock, awe, and economic fallout: The employment effects of ICE enforcement in US cities (Brookings, May 2026) [text]
- See also related NYT op-ed.
Temporary Protection, permanent effects? The labor market impact of Ukrainian refugees in the European Union, GLO Discussion Paper, no. 1769 (Global Labor Organization, 2026) [text via RePEc]
Uganda Refugee Response: Private Sector Engagement in the Agricultural Sector (UNHCR et al., June 2026) [text]
Journal articles:
"The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]
Research in Globalization [access]
- Special collection on "Forced Migration, Integration, and Employment of Ukrainians: A Global View."
"Working Your Way to Remain: Subjective Well-Being and Employment of Migrants in the United Kingdom," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]
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