29 September 2026

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Mapping, Governing, Connecting: Highlights from the 2026 UNU Migration Network Research Symposium (UNU-Merit Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

"My plan to cut the number of long-term refugees by half," The World Today, 15 Sept. 2026 [text]

Refugee Studies Centre and UNHCR co-host workshop on refugee rights (RSC, Sept. 2026) [text]
- See also related Univ. of Limerick news story.

Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council 2026 (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]

Statement on Helping Third-Country Nationals (IOM, Sept. 2026 [text]

Reports: 

Between Compassion and Security: Do Permissive Asylum Regimes Affect Transnational Terrorism?, Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2026: Behavioral Economics (ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, 2026) [text]

Draft operational guidance: Participation of affected populations in UNHCR evaluations (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Evaluation Office year in review 2025-2026 (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [access]

Global Risk Report 2026 (United Nations, Sept. 2026) [access]
- See also related UN News story.

JDC Data Update (Aug. 2026) [access]
- Highlights "new reports, datasets, and key insights." Look for previous issues here.

Internal Displacement in the Global North - A New Research Agenda (SSRN, Sept. 2026) [text]

Migration Diplomacy in an Age of Transactionalism (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2026) [text]
- See also related press release.

Solidarities in times of turmoil: Notes from critical humanitarian and reflexive migration studies, MAPS Working Paper, no. 2 (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Sept. 2026) [text]

Transforming Migration Governance: Beyond Criminalization, Issue Brief, no. 1 (OHCHR, Sept. 2026) [text via Refworld]

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