Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"How home gardening became a lifeline in Sudan’s besieged towns," The New Humanitarian, 29 July 2026 [text]

How USAID Cuts Are Creating the Security Crisis Washington Fears (Intl. Policy Digest, Aug. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Opaque, absurd, discretional, and irrational": The Constitutional Court of South Africa strikes down domestic provisions barring access to asylum (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Refugee camps explained: why South Africa has avoided them (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

SADC’s 2026 summit must tackle migration head-on (ISS Today, Aug. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Between Voice and Constraint: Refugee Leadership and Humanitarian Governance in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 4 Aug. 2026 [full-text]

"Cascading displacement in Ethiopia: drought stress, insecurity, and market pressures in the remaking of mobility, settlement, and land claims," Comparative Migration Studies, 31 July 2026 [open access]

"Countdown: Timespaces of Deadlines and Displacement," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 5 (July 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Burundi and Gambia.

"Household food insecurity among refugees: examining variations across different climatic contexts in Ugandan refugee settlements," Global Health Action, vol. 19, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Human Capital in a Fragile State: The Roles of Development Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Conflict, and Economic Conditions in Somalia," Frontiers in Environmental Economics, 29 July 2026 [open access]

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Special Issue: on "Acteurs, Circulations et Matérialités en Afrique = Actors, Circulations, and Materialities in Africa."

"Kakuma Is Not Swahili for 'Nowhere': Narratives of the Host Community and the Meaning of a False Translation," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Les personnes déplacées internes, « parents pauvres de l’aide humanitaire »," Lien social et Politiques, no. 95, (2025; posted April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Cameroon.

"Rethinking humanitarianism: reflections from northern Kenya," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:20 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (21 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

African Court Should Protect People Displaced by Climate Change: Decision Could Promote Rights-Based Adaptation, Durable Solutions (HRW, March 2026) [text]

- Includes a link to HRW's submitted amicus brief; see also UNHCR's brief.

The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

New open access book:

The Climate, Migration and Health Nexus: Opportunities for Interregional Cooperation (Springer, April 2026) [open access]

- "This open access book offers innovative contributions to the climate-migration-health nexus and the role of regional governance in this nexus, emphasizing the importance of interregional cooperation in addressing these challenges. It considers climate change as an intensifier of leading to rising of migration and displacement, in interaction with economic, political, and social factors. These in turn have profound implications for society, particularly in relation to human health and health systems. The spread of infectious diseases, the rise in chronic health conditions, mental health issues, and fragmented access to healthcare are already emerging as critical concerns. This volume fills the gap in the understanding of the intricate climate-migration-health nexus and provides new empirical evidence and data to inform effective interventions and policies."

Reports & book chapters:

Country-specific Displacement Risk Profiles (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2026)

- Read the intro to this series. So far, profiles are available for Bangladesh, Guatemala, Kenya and Nigeria. They use IDMC's Global Displacement Risk Model 2.0 for displacement estimates.

Incorporating Displacement into the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, Remarks delivered at a Technical Briefing on the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Disaster Displacement, Geneva, 23 March 2026 [access]

MECMEA: Managing the impacts of environmental change & conflict on mobility in Eastern Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, 2026) [access]

- This project has produced a synthesis report, four country briefs (Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan), and a related interactive dashboard.

"Not Lex Specialis, Yet: Testing a Complementary Climate-Displacement Regime in Bangladesh in post-ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion 2025," Chapter in Climate on the Move: Migration, Environment, Health, Economy, and Justice in a Changing World (Springer, Forthcoming 2026) [preprint]

Rethinking Planned Relocation as Social Protection in an Era of Increasing Climate Change Risks, RID Working Paper, no. 51 (Researching Internal Displacement, March 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (10 March 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (10 March 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

From camps to neighborhoods: How African cities are reshaping displacement (Africa Can End Poverty, Dec. 2025) [text]

South Africans Oppose Immigration, Express Mixed Attitudes Toward Foreigners (Afrobarometer, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Fragmented asylum: fault lines in regional responses to the Sudanese displacement crisis (Institute of Security Studies, Dec. 2025) [text]

The lives and livelihoods of internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, Dec. 2025) [text]

Réfugiés au Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire: Une Analyse Socio-Ethnographique (UNHCR & African School of Economics, 2025) [text]

Réfugiés au Nord du Bénin: Une Analyse Socio-Ethnographique (UNHCR & African School of Economics, 2025) [text]

*"We are stuck in a vicious cycle": People in Somalia on resilience, livelihoods, and aid (Ground Truth Solutions, Jan. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 11, no. 3 (Sept.-Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles, including one on non-prima facie RSD in Uganda and another on urban refugees in Ethiopia.

"Filling the Humanitarian Gap and a Plural Perspective on Humanitarianism: Communitarian Socio-Cultural Support Practices Among South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda," Nordic Journal of African Studies, vol. 34, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

"The humanitarian-development nexus and its operationalization for health interventions in Mali," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:20 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

Migrations Société, no. 199:1 (2025) [contents]

- Features a dossier on “Migrations forcées au Sahel.”

"Out of Sight, Out of Policy: The Struggles of Urban Refugees in Kenya," Hemispheres: The Tufts University Undergraduate Journal of International Affairs, vol. 48 (2025) [full-text]

"Waiting out the crisis: a strategy for resisting displacement in Burundi," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 Jan. 2026 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (19 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunities:

Side event: Protection in Law and Practice: Regional and Global Engagement on Displacement in the Context of Climate Change, Geneva, 15 October 2024 [info]

- Taking place during EXCOM's 75th session.

Seminar: Climate Change, Displacement and Gender, Online, 28 October 2024 [info]

Side event: Advancing the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters: Exploring Multi-stakeholder Perspectives, Practice Insights and Legal Frameworks, Geneva, 28 October 2024 [info]

- Taking place during the RCRC's 34th conference.

Side event: People on the Move in a Changing Climate: Locally Led Action, Geneva, 29 October 2024 [info]

- Taking place during the RCRC's 34th conference.

Short pieces:

Desplazamiento como consecuencia del cambio climático en Colombia: escenarios de vulneración de derechos humanos que exige la atención integral del Estado (Departamento de Derecho del Medio Ambiente Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]

Extreme weather is disrupting lives in southern Africa: new policies are needed to keep the peace (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Uganda’s struggles resettling climate-displaced communities (African Arguments, Oct. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Briefing Note: Anticipatory Action: An innovative tool at the intersection of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response (OCHA & UNDRR, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Enduring Change: A Data Review of Firsthand Accounts of Climate Mobility Impacts (International Refugee Assistance Project et al., Sept. 2024) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Engaging Local Communities for More Effective Climate Mobility Programming (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]

Flood and Drought Displacement Risk in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan (HABITABLE Project, July 2024; posted Oct. 2024) [text via IDMC]

*Harnessing Development Financing for Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (IDMC & ADB, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Leveraging Collective Intelligence Methods: Participatory Mapping and Citizen-Generated Data to Address Environmental Degradation and Displacement - A Burundi Case Study (IOM & Joint IDP Profiling Service, Sept. 2024) [text]

- A French version is also available.

Mapping human mobility in national and regional disaster risk reduction strategies and related instruments (Platform on Disaster Displacement, UNHCR & UNDRR, Oct. 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report and summary.

Multimedia:

How We Talk about Climate Migration Shapes Treatment of “Climate Refugees," 4 Oct. 2024 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (28 Sept. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"In post-coup Niger, migration becomes legal again," The New Humanitarian, 6 May 2024 [text]

Joint statement: INGOs in DR Congo call for a cessation of hostilities and the respect for International Humanitarian Law (May 2024) [text]

- See also related UNHCR/UNICEF press release.

Mauritania – the latest target in EU migration control (ISS Today, April 2024) [text]

South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric Endangers Migrants (Human Rights Watch, May 2024) [text]

UNHCR launches new learning platform to boost emergency preparedness and response in Africa (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

UNHCR's Regional Director for Southern Africa commends Zambia’s efforts to continue to promote inclusion of refugees into national systems (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 10, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Mix of articles focusing on South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Analysis of Forcibly Displaced Persons in Far North Cameroon (Global Protection Cluster, Feb. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Between Resilience and Radicalisation: Reassessing the Trajectory of Internally Displaced Populations in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique," Kronos, vol. 50, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"'Here we Punish, Here we Discipline': Forced Displacement, Silencing and the Multiple Faces of Violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique," Kronos, vol. 50, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Host Communities and Refugees in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes, JDC Digest, no. 9 (March 2024) [text]

"'Living between here and there': Trans-local coping with urban marginality among internally displaced persons in urban Ethiopia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 March 2024 [postprint]

- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 14 March 2025. See also related journal article.

"The Massalit Will Not Come Home": Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan (Human Rights Watch, May 2024) [text]

"A positive approach for the protection of the internally displaced persons’ right to participate in elections in Nigeria constitutional democracy," Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

The Refugee Response in Uganda (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, May 2024) [text]

"Social Inclusion and Justice for the Internally Displaced by the Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict in Benue State, Nigeria," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 5 May 2024 [full-text]

Multimedia:

The Mediatization of Internal Displacement: Do Media Reports Accurately Represent the Severity of Internal Displacement Driven by Flooding in Burundi as Captured by DTM? (IOM, March 2024) [access]

- Follow link for recording of interview that took place Nov. 2023.

Podcast: Some Subjective Narratives of Ethiopian and Eritrean Refugees in Sudan [access via African Arguments, May 2024]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (3 May 2024) 

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Inclusion statistique des réfugiés et des rapatriés au Burundi : une approche localisée pour collecter des données de bonne qualité (UNHCR Blog, March 2024) [text]

- The English version is here.

Reports:

Assessing the effectiveness of South Africa’s Zimbabwean Dispensation policy (ASILE Project, Feb. 2024) [text]

The Domestication of the Kampala Convention in Mozambique: Workshop Report, Maputo, 22-24 Nov. 2023 (Govt. of Mozambique, UNHCR & IIHL, March 2024) [text]

How Donors Can Better Support Urban Refugees in Kampala and Nairobi (Center for Global Development, March 2024) [text]

National Refugee Policy Implementation Plan (Govt. of Zambia & UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Return and reintegration in the context of Senegal: Strengthening the evidence base (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2024) [text]

Scars of War and Deprivation: An Urgent Call to Reverse Tigray’s Humanitarian Crisis (Refugees International, Feb. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (16 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Info session: Sudan's Conflict & The Humanitarian Repercussions, Cairo/Online, 30 May 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

How the Experiences of Eritrean Refugees during the War on Tigray Highlight Serious Shortcomings in the Fight for Human Rights (RLI Blog, May 2023) [text]

Lessons from Khartoum: Sudan’s refugee crisis and the fallacy of containment policies (RLI Blog, May 2023) [text]

Over 1 million people internally displaced in Somalia in record time (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

"Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict," UN News, 19 May 2023 [text]

UNHCR warns of human suffering due to Malawi’s ‘back to camp’ refugee policy (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Advocacy Note: Participation of Internally Displaced Persons in Electoral Processes in North-East Nigeria (Global Protection Cluster, March 2023) [text]

The Crisis in Sudan (USCRI, May 2023) [text]

Dakar, portrait d’une ville de migration: un hub migratoire avec des défis et opportunités (Mixed Migration Centre & Heinrich Böll Foundation, May 2023) [text]

A Looming Disaster: Sudan’s Refugees Face Dire Humanitarian Conditions in Chad (Soufan Center, May 2023) [text]

Mission Accomplished? The Deadly Effects of Border Control in Niger (Border Forensics, May 2023) [access]

- See also related interview.

No Going Back: The New Urban Face of Internal Displacement in Somalia (Refugees International, May 2023) [text]

Socio-Economic Profile of Refugees in Burundi: Results from the 2019-2020 Socioeconomic Survey (UNHCR & World Bank, May 2023) [text]

The Southern Dream: Exploring Migration Dynamics from the Horn of Africa to South Africa Along the Southern Route (IOM, April 2023) [text]

"'Transcending the Space of Marginality': The Audacious Search for Power and the Transformative Agency of Liberian Residuals in Oru, Southwestern Nigeria," Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change (Palgrave Macmillan, posted May 2023) [ResearchGate]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (17 May 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

CFP: De-centring and Contesting Externalisation in West Africa and Beyond, London/Online, 19 September 2022 AND/OR Movements: Journal for Critical Migration and Border Regime Studies [info]

- Submit abstract by 25 July 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Missing Migrants, Missing Solutions? Reviewing GCM objective 8 in West Africa (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2022) [text]

*Occult threats to safety and protection in a Ugandan refugee settlement (Africa at LSE Blog, July 2022) [text]

Record 36 Million Africans Forcibly Displaced (Africa Center for Strategic Studies, July 2022) [text]

New open access book:

Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE Regional Reader (Springer, July 2022) [open access]

- "This open access Regional Reader examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. The book presents key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on historical trends, geographical patterns, drivers and socio-economic impacts of both voluntary and involuntary migration in West Africa, a region that is characterised by high level of mixed migration flows."

Reports & journal articles:

Adolescent lives in Ethiopia: what are we learning from longitudinal evidence? (GAGE consortium, March 2022) [text]

A Commentary on the UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note: Rwanda, asylum system, and the related Country Policy and Information Note: Rwanda, assessment (Asylos, July 2022) [access]

Evaluation of UNHCR’S Response to the 2019/20 Level 3 IDP Emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ES/2022/03 (UNHCR, Feb. 2022; posted July 2022) [text]

The legacies of armed conflict: insights from stayees and returning forced migrants, WIDER Working Paper, no. 17 (United Nations University, 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Burundi.

Migration Governance and Migration Diplomacy in Uganda: An Agenda for a Migrant-centred Approach (Migration Policy Centre, July 2022) [text]

*"Resistant Resilience: Agency and Resilience Among Refugees Resisting Humanitarian Corruption in Uganda," Civil Wars, Latest Articles, 5 July 2022 [open access]

- See also related blog post.

Urban Refugees and IDPs in Secondary Cities (Cities Alliance, 2022) [access]

- "[P]rovides case studies of good practices from cities in Uganda (Arua), Ethiopia (Adama) and Kenya (Kakuma and Lodwar Town), as well as recommendations based on analysis of their experiences." Follow link for report, summary and brief.

Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies, vol. 5, nos. 1&2 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migration and (In)Equality in the Global South: Intersections, Contestations, and Possibilities." Includes five articles that focus on countries in Africa, including Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and South Africa. 

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (7 July 2022)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (7 July 2022)

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Borderlands in West Africa are ungoverned: why this is bad for security (The Conversation, July 2021) [text]

The Challenges and Experiences of Congolese Refugees Living in Durban, South Africa (Organization for World Peace, June 2021) [text]

Displacement and Invisibility Strategies in Postwar Burundi (AMMODI Blog, June 2021) [text]

Famine in Tigray, Humanitarian Access, and the War Crime of Starvation (Just Security, July 2021) [text]

The political history of Uganda’s refugee policies (Refugee History, July 2021) [text]

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region (UNHCR, July 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Camp Abolition: Ending Carceral Humanitarianism in Kenya (and Beyond)," Antipode, Early View, 27 July 2021 [open access]

"COVID-19 and People on the Move in Africa: The Impact of State Responses to the Pandemic on Migrants, Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Internally Displaced People," COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor, 30 June 2021 [text]

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of Actions Financed by the Asylum Migration Integration Fund (AMIF) (Samuel Hall, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Ethiopia and Sudan.

Re-thinking the displacement financing architecture: The Horn of Africa (ReDSS, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related case studies for Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

"Towards attaining the recommended Humanitarian Sphere Standards of sanitation in Bidibidi refugee camp found in Yumbe District, Uganda," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:17 (July 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

2021 Regional NGO Consultations in the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes (EHAGL) Region, 28 June-1 July 2021 [access]

- Follow the link for the programme, related documents and video recordings.

2021 Regional NGO Consultations in the West and Central Africa Region, 30 June 2021 [access]

- Follow the link for the programme and video recordings. Note: Additional sessions will be held in August and September.

How Can Mobility Systems in sub-Saharan Africa Meet the Public Health Challenges Posed by COVID-19?, 3 June 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (29 June 2021)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (29 June 2021)

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

A dangerous road home for Horn of Africa migrants (ISS Today, May 2021) [text]

Evacuation from Libya: some questions answered by UNHCR (International Refugee Rights Initiative, May 2021) [text]

- Discusses UNHCR's evacuation programmes to Niger and Rwanda.

Introducing "Invisibility in African Displacements" (AMMODI, June 2021) [text]

- Introduction to new blog series.

Kenya and Tanzania: how sport affects nationalism, and attitudes towards refugees (The Conversation, May 2021) [text]

A Single Paper could lead to your Unprecedented Death if you are an Immigrant, Refugee, or Asylum seeker in South Africa (ALU Global Focus, April 2021) [text]

Solar cooperatives give refugees and locals in Ethiopia clean energy and livelihoods (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

UNHCR commends South Sudan as first refugees receive COVID-19 vaccination (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Addressing the plight of Missing and Deceased Migrants in South Africa (ICRC, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Domestication de la Convention de Kampala au Mali (UNHCR, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*From Unilateral Response to Coordinated Action: How Can Mobility Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa Adapt to the Public-Health Challenges of COVID-19? (Migration Policy Institute, June 2021) [text]

"Global health (security), immigration governance and Covid-19 in South(ern) Africa: An evolving research agenda," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 3 (2021) [open access]

Information Sources and Anxiety among Refugees in Kenya during COVID-19, Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Virtual, 26-28 May 2021 [text]

"Land Restitution in Postconflict Burundi," International Journal of Transitional Justice, Advance Articles, 10 May 2021 [free full-text]

"The ‘marketplace of post-conflict assistance’ in Northern Uganda and beyond," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 21 May 2021 [open access]

Migration policy-making in Africa: determinants and implications for cooperation with Europe, EUI Working Paper, no. RSC 2021/54 (European University Institute, May 2021) [text]

Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees in Uganda: Results from the High-Frequency Phone Survey - Second Round (World Bank, March 2021) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (17 May 2021)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

US update:

Once again, the Trump administration plans to reduce the total number of refugees that will be admitted to the US in FY21 to yet another new low, or 15,000. Moreover, despite the release of a State Dept. statement on the administration's intentions, this ABC News article points out that "President Donald Trump has not yet signed a new executive order on admissions and officially set a new cap, so all refugees that were already approved for processing will now be left in limbo overseas." For commentary and more information about resettlement in the US, see the following:

Bipartisan Group of Former U.S. Refugee Resettlement Leaders Urge Support for Admissions (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

"Chaos and Confusion: Impacts of the Trump Administration Executive Orders on the US Refugee Resettlement System," Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, vol. 44, no. 4 (2020) [ResearchGate]

How the Trump Administration’s Refugee Policies Harm Our Iraqi Wartime Allies (Human Rights First, Oct. 2020) [text]

New Historic-Low Refugee Admissions Target Makes a Mockery of Our Nation’s History as a Beacon of Freedom for Those Fleeing Persecution (Center for American Progress, Oct. 2020) [text]

On Research and Scorecards (ISIM Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Recommendations to Rebuild and Strengthen the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (International Rescue Committee, Sept. 2020) [text]

Restoring the United States’ Refugee Resettlement Program (Niskanen Center, Sept. 2020) [text]

"The Trump Administration Already Made Huge Refugee Cuts. It’s Making More," Vox, 1 Oct. 2020 [text]

The Weak Case against Refugee Resettlement (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Blog posts & press:

Calling it "Migration," State Dept. Blacks Out Refugee Data (Immigration Law Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Community Sponsorship, the Pact and the Compact: Towards Protection Principles (Asile Project Forum, Sept. 2020) [text]

"Murder, Media Frenzy, and Poor Refugee Integration in Cyprus," The New Humanitarian, 29 Sept. 2020 [text]

The Pact and Refugee Resettlement: Lessons from Australia and Canada (Asile Project Forum, Sept. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Facilitating Durable Solutions in Somalia: Experiences from Midnimo-I and the Application of Human Security (UN-HABITAT, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Refugee Resettlement: Selected Issues and Questions (Congressional Research Service, Sept. 2020) [text]

Overcoming Barriers to Social Inclusion in Nordic Cities through Policy and Planning (Nordregio, 2020) [text]

The Return Dynamics of Refugees and IDPs in the Provinces of Bujumbura, Cibitoke and Muyinga (International Refugee Rights Initiative, Sept. 2020) [access]

- Follow link for English summary and full report in French.

"Safety Among Newly Resettled Refugees in the USA," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 3 Oct. 2020 [open access]

Social and Solidarity Economy for the Integration of Migrants and Refugees: Experiences from Three European Cities (UNRISD, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (22 Sept. 2020)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (22 Sept. 2020)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

*183 Organizations Send Letter to Trump and Pompeo Asking for a PD of 95,000 (Refugee Council USA, Aug. 2020) [text]

Americans' Attitudes Towards Refugees are Becoming Increasingly Open (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Burundian Refugees Face Uncertain Future after Years in Rwanda," DW, 28 Aug. 2020 [text]

*Congress Must Demand Robust Refugee Consultation Amid Record Low Admissions and COVID-19 (Niskanen Center Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Eleven Refugees Flown from Papua New Guinea to Resettle in US Despite Covid-19 Pandemic," The Guardian, 26 Aug. 2020 [text]

*"Locked Out by COVID, Refugees' Lives on Hold," Reuters, 31 Aug. 2020 [text]

Separate Reports Find That the Integration of Migrants in Germany is Proceeding 'Well' (InfoMigrants, Aug. 2020) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

"The U.S. Hired Me to Protect Refugees. Now It Tells Me to Abandon Them," Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Continuing Welcome: A Progress Report on A Half Welcome (Citizens for Public Justice, June 2020) [access]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Coronavirus, Refugees, and Government Policy: The State of U.S. Refugee Resettlement during the Coronavirus Pandemic," World Medical & Health Policy, Early View, 9 Aug. 2020 [free full-text]

"Cultivating Civic Belonging for Resettled Refugees," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 34, no. 3 (2020) [full-text]
- Focuses on both the US and Canada.

"The Dilemma of Ghana-Based Liberian Refugees and the Challenges of Repatriation and Integration," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 May 2020 [ResearchGate]

"The Impacts of Refugee Repatriation on Receiving Communities," Journal of Economic Geography, Advance Articles, 2 April 2020 [abstract]
- Focuses on Burundi. See also related COMPAS blog post.

"Is Voluntary Repatriation the Preferred Durable Solution? The View of Refugees in South Africa," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 6, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2020) [open access]

"The Legal Abyss of Discretion in the Resettlement of Refugees: Cherry-Picking and the Lack of Due Process in the EU," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 32, no. 1 (March 2020) [preprint]

"Legal Pathways for Refugees to Europe: Developments and Challenges," European Insights, no. 4 (Aug. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for a brief, news articles, and interviews.

*Private Sponsorship in Refugee Admission: Standard in Canada, Trend in Germany?, Research Brief, no. 1 (Ryerson Univ., July 2020) [text]

*"Problematique de l’Integration des Réfugiés Ghanéens dans la Région Centrale au Togo: De 1994 a 2015," Journal de la Recherche Scientifique de l’Université de Lomé, vol. 21, no. 2 (2019) [abstract]

Using Innovative Finance to Increase Refugee Resettlement (Center for Global Development, Aug. 2020) [text]
- See also related blog post.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (9 Aug. 2020)

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Can Migrants and Refugees be Regional Residents in the Great Lakes Region? (Africa at LSE Blog, June 2020) [text]

Covid-19 in South Africa: Whither Migrants? (African Arguments, June 2020) [text]

East Africa: People Seeking Safety are Trapped at Borders due to COVID-19 Measures (Amnesty International, June 2020) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

A Look at Global Changes in Refugee Policies through the Lens of Dadaab (The Conversation, June 2020) [text]

A Refugee-led Response to COVID-19 in Uganda (Rethinking Refuge, June 2020) [text]

What Burundi Teaches Us about Political Crisis and Displacement (Africa at LSE Blog, June 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Estimating Poverty among Refugee Populations: A Cross-Survey Imputation Exercise for Chad, Policy Research Working Paper, no. WPS9222 (World Bank, April 2020) [text]
- See also related Dev4Peace blog post.

Exploring the Multiple Paradoxes and Challenges of Uganda’s Refugee Law, Policies and Practice, Presentation at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies, South Africa, 28 Oct. 2019 [text]

Formal Settlement vs. Emergency Camp: Different Refugee Residence Approaches in Uganda and South Sudan (Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa, March 2020) [text]

"International Criminal Law and Border Control: The Expressive Role of the Deportation and Extradition of Genocide Suspects to Rwanda," Leiden Journal of International Law, First View, 2 June 2020 [free full-text]

Rapid Social Analysis: COVID-19 and Vulnerable Migrants Across Africa, Working Paper, no. 149975 (World Bank, June 2020) [text]

"Socio-environmental Conflicts Between the Refugee Populations and Their Host Communities: The Case of Eritrean Refugees in North Western Tigray, Ethiopia," Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (June 2020) [open access]

"Using an Adaptive Approach to Making Gatekeepers Accountable to Internally Displaced Persons in Mogadishu, Somalia," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 23 May 2020 [ReliefWeb]

"A View from Inside the Kitchen of the Kampala Convention: The Modernisation of the International Legal Regime for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons," International and Comparative Law Quarterly (Forthcoming) [postprint]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (13 June 2020)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (13 June 2020)

Regional Focus: Africa

Events & opportunities:

Seminar: What Does ‘Social Cohesion’ Mean for Refugees and Hosts? Ethnographic Insights from Kakuma, Kenya, Oxford, 23 January 2020 [info]
- See also related blog post below.

*Seminar: Easing Pressure: Uganda and the Global Compact on Refugees, London, 10 February 2020 [info]

Seminar: Understanding the Socioeconomic Profile of Refugees in Kalobeyei, Kenya, Oxford, 13 February 2020 [info]

Job announcement: Senior Research Fellow (Postdoc), Advanced Survey Research on Migration in West Africa, PRIO [info]
- Apply by 15 March 2020.

Blog posts & media:

South Africa: Authorities Must Improve Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Freedom House, Jan. 2019) [text]
- See also related DW article.

UNHCR Seeks International Solidarity for Refugees and Hosts in Sudan (UNHCR, Jan. 2020) [text]
- See also related news story.

What Does ‘Social Cohesion’ Mean for Refugees and Hosts? A View from Kenya (COMPAS Blog, Jan. 2020 [text]

Young African Scholars Making a Difference to Improve the Quality of Life for the Forcibly Displaced (Development for Peace Blog, Dec. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"African Immigrant and Refugee Families’ Perceptions on Informational Support and Health Status: A Comparison of African Immigrants Living in South Africa and the United States," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 5, no. 3 (Sept./Dec. 2019) [open access]

Challenges in EU-African Migration Cooperation: West African Perspectives on Forced Return (MEDAM, Dec. 2019) [text]

*Debt, Danger and Despair: The Unseen Harm of Uganda’s Underfunded Refugee Response (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2019) [text]

Disappearing across the border: circular return and the social dynamics of secrecy and concealment between Uganda’s Nakivale Refugee Settlement and eastern DRC, Congo Research Brief, no. 3 (SSRC, 2019) [text]

Energy and Displacement in Eight Objects: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa (Moving Energy Initiative, Oct. 2019) [text]

*Final Evaluation Report: Preventing Conflict and Building Peace through Addressing the Drivers of Conflict and Instability Associated with Forced Displacement between Burundi and Tanzania (UN Peacebuilding Fund, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Gender Differences in Response to War-related Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Study among the Congolese Refugees in Uganda," BMC Psychiatry, 20:17 (Jan. 2020) [open access]

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol.  vol. 31, nos. 2-3, June/Oct. 2019 [contents]
- Special Issue on the OAU and Kampala Conventions.

Joint Evaluation of the Integrated Solutions Model in and around Kalobeyei, Turkana, Kenya (Govt. of Denmark & UNHCR, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Living on the Fringes of Life and Death: Somali Migrants, Risky Entrepreneurship and Xenophobia in Cape Town," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 5, no. 3 (Sept./Dec. 2019) [open access]

Mali’s Humanitarian Crisis: Overmilitarized and Overshadowed (Refugees International, Dec. 2019) [text]

UNHCR Country Portfolio Evaluation: Angola (UNHCR, Nov. 2019) [text]

Unsafe to Return, Dangerous to Stay: Eritrean Refugees Trapped Between Home and a Hard Place (Canadian Partnership for Reconstruction and Development, Oct. 2019) [text via SSRN]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (11 Dec. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

The 1969 OAU Refugee Convention at 50 (Institute for Security Studies & UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

"Challenges and Emerging Issues Affecting the Management of Refugees in Uganda," Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, vol. 15, no. 1 (Nov. 2018) [full-text]

The Effects of Vouchers for Essential Household Items on Child Health, Mental Health, Resilience, and Social Cohesion among Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

From IDPs to Refugees and Back to IDPs: The Dynamics of Post Election Violence Victims in Kenya: A Case of Busia County, 2007-2015, Thesis (Univ. of Nairobi, Oct. 2019) [text via Univ. of Nairobi IR]

"Home, Again: Refugee Return and Post-Conflict Violence in Burundi," International Security, vol. 44, no. 2 (Fall 2019) [free full-text]

"Insurgency and the Invisible Displaced Population in Nigeria: A Situational Analysis," SAGE Open, 1 April 2019 [open access]

Living in Limbo: Rights of Asylum Seekers Denied (Amnesty International, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related news release.

"Tired of Running": Repeated Displacement and Premature Returns in South Sudan (IDMC, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Part of the "Invisible Majority" thematic series. See also related IDMC blog post.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (15 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 2

The Challenges in Providing Health Care to Syrian Refugees (Future Development Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Factors Associated with Unsuccessful Treatment Outcome in Tuberculosis Patients among Refugees and Their Surrounding Communities in Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia," PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205468 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

Forced Displacement, Migration and Pregnancy Risk: Micro-level Evidence from Burundi, GPS Policy Brief, no. 2 (PRIO, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Health Challenges and Access to Health Care among Syrian Refugees in Jordan: A Review," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 24, no. 7 (2018) [full-text]

"Health Status of Returning Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and the Host Community in a Post-conflict District in Northern Sri Lanka: A Cross-sectional Survey," Conflict and Health, 12:31 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Integrating Human Rights Approaches into Public Health Practices and Policies to Address Health Needs amongst Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review and Meta-ethnographic Analysis," Archives of Public Health, 76:59 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Reducing Chronic Disease through Changes in Food Aid: A Microsimulation of Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Disease among Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East," PLoS Medicine, 15(11): e1002700 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

"Resilience Capacities of Health Systems: Accommodating the Needs of Palestinian Refugees from Syria," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 220 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

"'We need good nutrition but we have no money to buy food': Sociocultural Context, Care Experiences, and Newborn Health in Two UNHCR-supported Camps in South Sudan," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 18:40 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1 (4 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

"Africa’s Hidden Crisis: Conflict, Drought and Displacement in Ethiopia," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 9 Aug. 2018 [text]

Burundian Refugee Returns Must be Voluntary and Sustainable (UNHCR, Aug. 2018) [text]

Displacement Tracking Matrix: Burundi (IOM, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Eritrea Has Slashed Conscription. Will It Stem the Flow of Refugees? (The Conversation, Aug. 2018) [text]

Eritrean Refugees and the Ugandan Asylum System (International Refugee Rights Initiative, July 2018) [text]

Fear Dampens Hope among Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2018) [text]

Informing Durable Solutions by Micro-data: A Skills Survey for Refugees in Ethiopia (World Bank, July 2018) [text]

Leaving Millions Behind: The Harmful Consequences of Donor Fatigue in the Democratic Republic of Congo [text]

Peace Deal Alone Will Not Stem Flow of Eritrean Refugees (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2018) [text]

Record Number of Forcibly Displaced People Lived in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017 (Pew Research Center, Aug. 2018) [text]

Refugee Representatives Set to Meet South Sudan Peace Talk Parties (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text]

Returning from Libyan Detention, Young Gambians Try to Change the Migration Exodus Mindset (IRIN, Aug. 2018) [text]

"The Rise of Displacement in Africa," Small Wars Journal, 1 Aug. 2018 [text]

"There is pressure on us": Burundian Refugees in Tanzania Pushed to Return (African Arguments, Aug. 2018) [text]

Violence in Africa: Trends, Drivers and Prospects to 2023 (Institute for Security Studies, Aug. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"We can’t go home": What Does Peace Mean for Eritrea’s Refugees? (African Arguments, Aug. 2018) [text]

"We Need to Talk": Dialogue and Peace Agreements in Burundi (International Refugee Rights Initiative, July 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (25 July 2018)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (25 July 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Assessing the Needs of Refugees for Financial and Non-Financial Services – Jordan (MicroFinanza et al., July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related summary.

Beyond Cash: Making Markets Work in Crisis (Mercy Corps, April 2018) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for brief and full report.

Decent Work for Whom? Economic Integration of Refugees and Other Foreign Nationals in the Middle East, Briefing Paper, no. 9 (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2018) [text]

"GDP and Refugees: An Economic Argument for Accepting Refugees," Marriott Student Review, vol. 2, no. 2 (2018) [full-text]

The Jordan Compact Would Work Better If We Listened to Refugees (Refugees Deeply, July 2018) [text]

"The Law and Policy of Refugee Cities: Special Economic Zones for Migrants," Chapman Law Review, vol. 21, no. 2 (2018) [full-text]

Lending to Refugees: How the Wisdom of the Crowd Proves Banks Wrong (Refugees Deeply, July 2018) [text]

Migrants Malta Does Not Want are Powering Its Economy (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2018) [text]

National Refugee Resettlement Forum 2018, Wellington, 15-16 May 2018 [access]
- This year's theme was "Self-sufficiency – Sustainable and Meaningful Employment: Realising Opportunities for Refugees and Employers." Follow link for programme and a selection of presentations.

Nationalism, Immigration, and Economic Success (Project Syndicate, July 2018) [text]

Return Migration and Economic Outcomes in the Conflict Context: The Economic Consequences of Refugee Return, GLM/LIC Policy Brief, no. 25 (Institute of Labor Economics, Aug. 2018) [text]
- Focuses on Burundi.

Self-reliance in Kalobeyei? Socio-Economic Outcomes for Refugees in North-West Kenya (Refugee Studies Centre, Aug. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tailor Made: How Syrian Refugee Women are Finding Their Own Way to Join the Jordanian Economy (Oxfam, Aug. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economics Aspects (17 July 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Africa

2017 Africa Report on Internal Displacement (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Dec. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for report, data and key messages.

2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview: South Sudan (OCHA, Dec. 2017) [text]

AU Migration Governance: Non-aligned Views on Migration Governance in Africa (ECDPM, Dec. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Durable Solutions for Somali Refugees: A Case Study of the Involuntary Repatriation of Dadaab Refugees (Heritage Institute for Policy Studies, Dec. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Kinship, Nomadism, and Humanitarian Aid among Somalis in Ethiopia," Disasters, vol. 42, no. 1 (Jan. 2018) [free full-text]

“Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hygiene and Sanitation in a Burundian Refugee Camp: Implications for Control of a Salmonella Typhi Outbreak in 2016,” Pan African Medical Journal, vol. 28 (2017) [open access]

"Lake Chad: The World's Most Complex Humanitarian Disaster," The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2017 [text]

Putting Protection at the Heart of the New Global Compact: Refugee Perspectives from Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2017) [text]

Sahel Refugees: Human Face of a Regional Crisis (World Bank, Fall 2017) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Djibouti’s New Refugee Laws (UNHCR, Dec. 2017) [text]

The World’s Largest Refugee Camp: What the Future Holds for Dadaab (The Conversation, Dec. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (28 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications.