New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends [open access]
• Credible fictions: how states stage refugee governance for geopolitical gain [open access]
• Asylum access adjudication: a multi-level framework for socio-legal research [open access]
• Accountability without accounting: missing and inconsistent labeling of refugee and asylee students in state datasets [abstract]
• Digitalisation of the Finnish asylum procedure: from efficiency to procedural vulnerabilities [open access]
• The racialized, racializer, and anti-racializer: religion and the racialization of refugees in South Korea [abstract]
• Making Rafha: explaining the establishment of Saudi Arabia’s first and only refugee camp [open access]
• Perceived discrimination of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: the empowering role of refugee-led organizations [abstract]
• Forced migration and fertility: disruption and adaptation outcomes of women fleeing to Türkiye from Syria [open access]
• Constrained paths: legal status and mobility governance of Syrian refugees after the 2023 earthquakes [abstract]
• ‘The threat of forced return is the government’s last resort’: structural, cultural, and direct violence towards Syrian refugees in Lebanon [abstract]
• ‘Partial returns:’ displacement, mobility, and translocal connections in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina [open access]
• Land for refugees: sharing and exchanging in Northern Uganda [free full-text]
• ‘Chileans ex Romania’: Resettlement, Containment, and the Limits of UNHCR’s Global Ambitions during the Cold War [abstract]
• Intermediaries and opacity: understanding refugee family reunification through migration infrastructures [abstract] 
• The ties that bind and break: a natural experiment on the role of (in)stability in local and transnational social ties for loneliness among refugees [open access]
• When the best is the enemy of the good: the ironic negotiation process of Japan’s controversial asylum amendment bill [abstract] 

Three reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published and features a special section on "Chilean Refugees in the UK." Contents of vol. 35, no. 3, Sept. 2022 include:

• Chilean Refugees in the UK [abstract]
• Recovering Refugee Stories: Chilean Refugees and World University Service [open access]
• Journeys to Health: The Case of Chilean Exiles in the UK [abstract] [embargoed postprint]
• (Re-)Construction of Identity and Belonging after Forced Migration: A Sociology of Knowledge Approach [open access]
• Displaced Selves: Older African Adults in Forced Migration [open access]
• The Social Construction of Age and ‘Best Interests’ Discourses: An Intersectional Analysis of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Policy for Children [abstract]
• Friends as Family: Using Composite Psychotherapy Case Material to Explore the Importance of Friendships for Unaccompanied Adolescent Refugees Coping with the Challenges of Resettlement in Ireland [abstract]
• Making ‘The Process’: Sexual Vulnerability and Burundian Refugee Boys and Young Men’s Strategies for Onward Migration from Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda [open access]
• Indeterminate Liminality and the Refugee Journey: Partition and Hindu Sindhi Women’s Life Narratives [abstract]
• Geographies of Shame: Diachronic and Transnational Shame in Forced Migrants with Experiences of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence [abstract] [ResearchGate]
• The Constructive Influence of the Homeland in Refugee Organizing: Darfurian Asylum Seekers in Israel [abstract] [ResearchGate]
• The Secret Life of Energy in Refugee Camps: Invisible Objects, Technologies, and Energy Systems in Humanitarianism [abstract]
• Refugee Participation through Representative Committees: UNHCR and the Sudanese Committee in Beirut [open access]
• On the Inside: Shatila Camp as a Space of Respite for Syrian Refugees [abstract]
• Participation as Confrontation: Resistance Within and Outside the Mesas de Participación Established for IDPs in Colombia [open access]
• Beyond Agency as Good: Complicity and Displacement after the Siege of Sarajevo [abstract]
• Japanese Newspaper Portrayals of Refugees—A Frame Analysis from 1985 to 2017 [abstract]
• When Being a Good Samaritan is Not Good Enough: Church Sanctuary and Privileged Responsibility [open access]
• Are Refugees (Really) a Hard-to-Survey Group? Fieldwork Experience with Syrian Refugees in Germany [abstract]

Six reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Education

Blog posts:

How can refugee participation enhance refugee education? Lessons from LERRN (LERRN, Feb. 2021) [text]

The Protracted Reality of Syrian Children in Lebanon: Why Go to School with no Prospects? (Centre for Lebanese Studies, Feb. 2021) [text]

The Role of Refugee Community Schools in Egypt and the Impact of Covid-19 on their Sustainability (African Arguments, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports:

The Causes of Female Student Dropout in a Secondary School in the Dadaab Refugee Camps of Kenya, Working Paper, no. 12 (LERRN, Jan. 2021) [text]

Collaboration Across Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and Education in Emergencies (INEE & The Alliance, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Global Cost of Inclusive Refugee Education (UNHCR & World Bank, January 2021) [access]

International Perspectives on School Settings, Education Policy and Digital Strategies: A Transatlantic Discourse in Education Research (Verlag Barbara Budrich, Feb. 2021) [open access]

- Part II focuses on “Migration, Refugees and Public Education,” with four chapters.

Investigating Corporal Punishment in Refugee Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenya, Working Paper, no. 13 (LERRN, Jan. 2021) [text]

Policy Implications of Refugee Education in Urban Settings: A Case Study of the Experience of Refugee Community-Based Schools in Cairo, Master's thesis (American University in Cairo, Jan. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"'First and foremost, we are teachers, not refugees': Requalification measures for internationally trained teachers affected by forced migration," European Educational Research Journal, OnlineFirst, 27 Jan. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Austria.

Global Education Review, vol. 7, no. 4 (2020) [open access]

- Special issue on "Modern Didactic Approaches and Methods for Second Language Teaching to Students with a Migrant or Refugee Background," with three articles that focus on refugees in Côte d’Ivoire, Greece and Turkey.

International Journal of Inclusive Education, vol. 25, no. 2 (2021) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugees and Inclusive Education." One article is open access.

"New-arrivals challenged by remote teaching: creating solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic," Education in the North, vol. 27, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"An Overview of Mobile Learning for Refugee Students: Juxtaposing Refugee Needs with Mobile Applications’ Characteristics," Challenges, vol. 11, no. 2 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

"Pedagogical love in Finland and Australia: a study of refugee children and their teachers," Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Latest Articles, 5 Jan. 2021 [open access]

"Recovering Refugee Stories: Chilean Refugees and World University Service," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2021 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (26 Jan. 2021)

Regional Focus: Australia

Publications:

"Almost 300 Asylum Seekers Prevented from Sailing to Australia in Past Year," The Guardian, 11 Nov. 2018 [text]

Australian Immigration 2001–2013: Exploring Attitudes Towards Asylum Seekers and Immigrants, Thesis (Australian National University, Oct. 2018) [text]

Can Opposing Groups Agree to Disagree? (Refugee Research Online Blog,  Nov. 2018) [text]

"The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre: A Legal Taxonomy," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 20, no. 4 (2018) [abstract]

Mapping Social Cohesion: The Scanlon Foundation Surveys 2018 (Scanlon Foundation et al., Nov. 2018) [access]
- "E]ight new immigration questions in this year’s survey provide deeper insight into the perceived value of immigration to the nation, and the potential issues influencing public opinion on immigration numbers." Follow link for press release, companion web site, videos and full report. Previous reports are available here. See also related Guardian article.

"Michelle Bachelet: New UN Human Rights Chief was One of Australia's First Political Refugees," ABC News (Australia), 21 Nov. 2018 [text]

"Process in the Community, Detain Offshore or 'Turn Back the Boats'? Predicting Australian Asylum-seeker Policy Support from False Beliefs, Prejudice and Political Ideology," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 15 Oct. 2018 [ResearchGate]

"Refugee Protection and State Security in Australia: Piecing Together Protective Regimes," Australian Journal of Administrative Law, vol. 24, no. 4 (2018) [preprint]

Researchers for Asylum Seekers Interdisciplinary Conference, Melbourne, 15 Nov. 2018 [info]
- This Refugee Research Online blog post provides an overview of the conference. During the month of January, the blog will also post conference abstracts for all presentations given.

"Seeking Asylum: Factors Driving Irregular Migration from Indonesia to Australia During the Fifth Wave 2008-2013," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 24 Dec. 2018 [abstract]

"The Shadow Other: Representations of the Manus Island Riots in Two Australian Newspapers," Australian Journalism Review, vol. 40, no. 1 (July 2018) [ResearchGate]

"Unlikely New Residents are Reviving Australian Country Towns," The Economist, 12 Jan. 2019 [text]

Until When: The Forgotten Men of Manus Island (Amnesty International & Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related Guardian article.

Resource:

Research Briefs (Kaldor Centre) [access]
- "In addition to its easily accessible Factsheets, the Kaldor Centre produces deeper research briefs on key contemporary issues." Most briefs were updated Aug. 2018.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (6 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 29, no. 1, March 2016 include:

• Night-Time and Refugees: Evidence from the Thai-Myanmar Border [abstract] [ResearchGate]
• Alleged Terrorists and Other Perpetrators of Serious Non-Political Crimes: The Application of Article 1F(b) of the Refugee Convention in the Netherlands [abstract]
• Structure and Agency in Swedish Municipalities’ Reception of Unaccompanied Minors [free full-text]
• Harvesting from a Repotted Plant: A Qualitative Study of Karen Refugees’ Resettlement and Foodways [abstract]
• Chilean Exiles, Reconciliation and Return: An Alternative View from Below [abstract]
• Caring, Contributing, Capacity Building: Navigating Contradictory Narratives of Refugee Settlement in Australia [abstract]
• Risk Factors Associated with Culture Shock among Asylum Seekers from Darfur [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Europe

Events & opportunities:

CFP: Europe’s Crisis: What Future for Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy?, Migration and Law Network 2016 Conference, London, 27-28 June 2014 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 February 2016.

Seminar: Counting and Accounting for Migrant Deaths along the Southern External Borders of the EU, Oxford, 22 February 2016 [info]

Internships: Three Legal Internships, ECRE [info]
- Candidates sought to assist with development of AIDA and EDAL databases. Application deadline is 4 March 2016.

Publications:

The Beginning of the End of Border-free Schengen? (IntLawGrrls Blog, Feb. 2016) [text]

"Europe's Failed 'Fight' against Irregular Migration: Ethnographic Notes on a Counterproductive Industry," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Feb. 2016 [open access]

Humanitarian Europe?: Report on a Roundtable Meeting on the Humanitarian and Policy Responses to the 2015 Refugee and Migrant Movements through Lesvos, Greece and into the European Union, London, 9 Dec. 2015 (ODI HPN, Feb. 2016) [text]

Implementing the European Agenda on Migration: Commission Reports on Progress on Priority Actions (European Commission, Feb. 2016) [access]
- Provides links to a number of different documents.

Journeys to Europe: The Role of Policy in Migrant Decision-making (ODI, Feb. 2016) [access]
- Follow link for policy brief, report and infographics.

Moving Forward on Asylum in the EU: From Crisis to Responsibility, Oxford, 8 Feb. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

"Overwhelmed by Refugee Flows, Scandinavia Tempers its Warm Welcome," Migration Information Source, 10 Feb. 2016 [text]

Political Bias in Court? Lay Judges and Asylum Appeals, Working Paper, no. 2015:2 (Uppsala University, May 2015) [text]

Press Coverage of the Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: A Content Analysis of Five European Countries (UNHCR, Dec. 2015) [text]

"Refugees or Immigrants? The Migration Crisis in Europe in Historical Perspective," Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, vol. 9, no. 4 (Jan. 2016) [text]

"Stepping in to Plug the Gaps: The Role of Volunteers in the European Humanitarian Crisis - A Tale from Lesvos," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 12 Feb. 2016 [text]

Tariq al-Euroba: Displacement Trends of Syrian Asylum Seekers to the EU, MPC Research Report, no. 2016/1 (Migration Policy Centre & INTERSOS, 2016) [text]

UNHCR Concerned over Increasing Restrictive Measures, Urges Effective Comprehensive European Response (UNHCR, Feb. 2016) [text]

"The Use of English as ad hoc Institutional Standard in the Belgian Asylum Interview," Applied Linguistics, Advance Access, 10 Dec. 2015 [full-text via ResearchGate]

"'Vivir tres vidas diferentes': Trayectorias e Identidades de Exiliados Chilenos en Portugal = 'Living three different lives': Social Trajectories and Identities of Chilean Political Refugees in Portugal," Atenea, no. 512 (2015) [open access]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (8 Feb. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Americas

Event:

Discussion: Twenty Five Years Later: Reflecting on the Immigration Act of 1990, Washington, DC, 8 December 2015 [info]

Publications:

Brazil Plan of Action: One Year of Implementation (UNHCR, Dec. 2015) [text]

Central America’s Violent Northern Triangle, CFR Backgrounder (Council on Foreign Relations, Dec. 2015) [text]

"El Reconocimiento y el Derecho a la Ciudadania en los Desplazados por el Conflicto Armado en Colombia = The Recognition and the Right to Citizenship in People Displaced by the Armed Conflict in Colombia," Nova et Vetera, vol. 23, no. 67 (2014; posted Dec. 2015) [full-text via SSRN]

"Fear and (In)Security: The Canadian Government’s Response to the Chilean Refugees," Refuge, vol. 31, no. 2 (2015) [open access]

Fighting Syrian Refugees… with Lies (The Asylumist Blog, Dec. 2015) [text]

The Power of Sharing Knowledge Helps Countries Tackle Forced Displacement (World Bank, Dec. 2015) [text]

"Recognizing and Confronting State Subjectivity in Asylum Adjudications," Refuge, vol. 31, no. 2 (2015) [open access]

US Humanitarian Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis (EPRS, Dec. 2015) [text]

Web sites:

 Humans of New York [access]
 - Will begin featuring Syrian refugees who are resettled to the U.S.

 Immigrant Success [access]
- "A place for immigrants to the US to share their stories of success."

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas, incl. U.S. Admission of Syrian Refugees (1 Dec. 2015)

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

New Issues of APMJ, EJML, Global Justice, IJHR, Migr. Stud., Plein Droit, Rts. in Exile, Transcult. Psych.

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 24, no. 4 (Dec. 2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Japan and international refugee protection norms: Explaining non-compliance."

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 17, no. 4, 2015 [contents]
- Mix of articles, including one on monitoring returned migrants.

Global Justice Monitor, no. 47 (2015) [full-text]
- Theme is "Atrocities - Impunity - Refugees."

International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 19, no. 7 (2015) [contents]
- Special issue on "Critical perspectives on the security and protection of human rights defenders." Includes "Protecting human rights defenders at risk: asylum and temporary international relocation."

Migration Studies. vol. 3, no. 3 (Nov. 2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including one on deportation. Two articles are freely available, including the editorial which focuses on the refugee crisis.

Plein Droit, no. 105 (2015) [contents]
- Theme is "Naufrage de l’asile." Several articles are freely available.

Refuge, vol. 31, no. 2 (2015) [open access]
- General issue, with articles on asylum adjudication in the U.S., the Plattsburgh, NY Border Crisis of 1987, asylum-seekers from Darfur in Israel, forced displacement in the Great Lakes region, Chilean refugees in Canada. Three articles focus on youth/unaccompanied minors.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 65 (Dec. 2015) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 6 (Dec. 2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including three that focus on refugee trauma.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Issue of JRS

A new issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is now available.  Contents for vol. 26, no. 3, Sept. 2013 include:

Special Feature: Supervising the Refugee Convention:

• Introduction [extract] [preprint]
• Roundtable on the Future of Refugee Convention Supervision [extract] [summ. concl.]
• Is there a Need for Better Supervision of the Refugee Convention? [abstract]
• Lessons from Supervisory Mechanisms in International and Regional Law [abstract]
• A Proposal for Enhanced Supervision of the Refugee Convention [abstract]

Articles:

• ‘White Tigers’: Researcher Roles in Relation to Linking Social Capital within Tamil Voluntary Associations in Norway [abstract]
• Exiles, Art, and Political Activism: Fighting the Pinochet Regime from Afar [abstract]
• In Search of Sanctuary: Border Closures, ‘Safe’ Zones and Refugee Protection [abstract]
• Resettlement of Somali Bantu Refugees in an Era of Economic Globalization [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.