Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Australia’s Long History of Externalisation (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Executive expulsions from Assam: A historical look at citizenship regulation (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

How does Australia’s migration system actually work? 5 common myths busted (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Migration is dropping, but public concern is climbing. Why? (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Mobility Should Not Erase Citizenship: Internal Displacement and India’s Electoral Roll Revision (RID Blog, June 2026) [text]

Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents (HRW, July 2026) [text]

Twenty years of UN resolutions – and the Rohingya still wait (The Interpreter Blog, July 2026) [text]

UNDP and UNHCR chiefs urge sustained investment as Afghanistan faces unprecedented refugee returnee influx (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

From making the 'Refugee City' to being ethnically cleansed from it?, 3 June 2026 [access]

- Focuses on Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Canada's proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

A pesar del cierre de oficina en Guyana, ACNUR reafirma su compromiso con las poblaciones desplazadas en el país (ACNUR, July 2025) [text]

"This family self-deported to Mexico, and lost everything," Reuters, 26 July 2025 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports: 

Análisis de los indicadores de gobernanza de la migración a nivel regional (International Organization for Migration, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Exilio: Un viaje entre el desarraigo y la esperanza (ACNUR, July 2025) [text]

External State Actors and Irregular Migration in Latin America: Assessing Chinese, Russian, and Iranian Patterns (Florida International University, June 2025) [text]

Guía de Monitoreo: prevención de la tortura y malos tratos en contextos de movilidad (RINDHCA, April 2025) [text via Refworld]

Memorias de Cartagena+40: 40 años de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre Refugiados (ACNUR, July 2025) [access]

Refugee Law Lab Consultation Report on Bill C-2 (Refugee Law Lab, July 2025) [text via SSRN]

- Focuses on Canada.

Journal articles:

"Crafting a Transnational Partnership Amidst a Protracted Displacement Crisis: The R4V Platform in Latin America," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies, no. 98 (2025) [full-text] 

- Special issue on "Regards sur l’approche du Canada à l’égard des réfugiés à travers deux siècles et demi (1770-2023) = Examining Canada’s Approach to Refugees across Two and a Half Centuries (1770-2023)."

"Spectrums of Power: The Plight of Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 15 July 2025 [open access]

"A tale of two homecomings: the fragmented reintegration of first- and 1.5-generation returnees in Mexico," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:54 (July 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Before & After Deportation: How to Prepare, Protect, and Rebuild, 25 July 2025 [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]

- Follow link for webinar recording, presentation slides, and a copy of the Deportation Preparation Manual.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (9 July 2025)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (9 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

"Chinese nationals are trying to get from Indonesia to Australia by boat. This is why they're risking their lives," ABC News [Australia], 19 May 2024 [text]

"Denial of humanitarian assistance is a death sentence in Myanmar," The New Humanitarian, 11 June 2024 [text]

Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on? (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

The Philippines: Six years after conflict, progress and challenges for IDPs (IDMC, May 2024) [text]

"Tighter asylum deportation rules take effect in Japan," VOA News, 10 June 2024 [text]

UNHCR trains judges on application of the Law "On Refugees" in Kazakhstan (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

New open access book:

Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

- "This edited volume fills a gap in current research on asylum seekers and refugees. By focusing on two East Asian countries, Japan and Taiwan, this volume offers material for comparison and reflection on an area of the world in which this theme is still relatively underdeveloped. By approaching the theme through the different perspectives of human rights, social construction through media representation and public opinion, and lived experiences, the book offers a multifaceted and sophisticated analysis of the phenomenon."

Reports:

Displacement from Myanmar: How We Got Here and What More Can Be Done (CPD & ADSP, April 2024) [text]

From Crisis to Collaboration: Reflections on ASEAN’s protection mechanisms for forced migration (Centre for Policy Development, April 2024) [text]

"I Escaped with Only My Life": Abusive Forced Evictions in Pakistan (Human Rights Watch, May 2024) [access]

Perilous Journeys: Unravelling Irregular Migration from Pakistan (Govt. Pakistan & IOM, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Thirteenth Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 7-8 May 2024 [access]

- Follow link for meeting summary and participant pack.

Voices of the Displaced: Perspectives of newly arrived Myanmar refugees in Thailand (The Border Consortium, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Energy access and sustainable development for displaced populations: Achieving energy justice in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 114 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities," Economic Development and Cultural Change, Just Accepted, 1 April 2024 [preprint]

- See also related news release.

"'What Kind of Court Is This?' Perceptions of International Justice Among Rohingya Refugees," Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 2 (May 2024) [open access]

- See also related Just Security blog post.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (22 May 2024)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (22 May 2024)

 

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Biden’s approach to migration management in the Americas (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2024) [text]

Differences in State Sunshine Laws Can Threaten Transparency Around Immigration Detention and Enforcement (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2024) [text]

Four countries that will shape migration in 2024 – and beyond (Niskanen Center, April 2024) [text]

FY 2024 Government Funding Package is a Mixed-Bag on Immigration (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2024) [text]

- See also related post.

How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under the Biden administration (Pew Research, March 2024) [text]

Immigration in the 2024 Presidential Election (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2024) [text]

Texas’ SB4 & the Rights of Asylum Seekers (RLI Blog, March 2024) [text]

Through the Darién Gap: A New Path for Chinese Asylum Seekers to the United States (Wilson Center, March 2024) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

"Trump says migrants are fueling violent crime. Here is what the research shows," Reuters, 12 April 2024 [text]

Undermining the Right to Seek Asylum: Analysing the Proposed US Border Measures’ Impact on the Fundamental Human Rights of Migrants (Oxford Human Rights Hub, March 2024) [text]

U.S. Christians more likely than ‘nones’ to say situation at the border is a crisis (Pew Research, March 2024) [text]

Reports:

The Backlash to the Backlash: The Moral and Electoral Failure of Anti-Immigrant Political Campaigns in the U.S. 2018-2023, CLALS Working Paper, no. 46 (American Univ., Feb. 2024) [text]

Border Security: Border Patrol's Missing Migrant Program (GAO, March 2024) [access]

No Right to Life: Lives Lost and the Legalized Violence That Shaped a Humanitarian Crisis in the Arizona Borderlands, CLALS Working Paper, no. 44 (American Univ., Nov. 2023) [text]

Raising the Credible Fear Screening Standard Will Endanger Lives But Won’t Fix the Border (Human Rights First, March 2024) [text]

Safe Mobility Offices: Awareness, Migrants’ Interest, and Potential Influence on Mixed Migration Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (11 March 2024)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

Biden defends immigration policy during State of the Union, blaming Republicans in Congress for refusing to act (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

"The Health Impacts of Migrating by Sea," UC San Diego Today, 7 March 2024 [text]

- "A new study of migrant drowning deaths in the Pacific Ocean lays the groundwork for future research." See also related Guardian article.

Illegal Immigrants Have a Low Homicide Conviction Rate: Setting the Record Straight on Illegal Immigrant Crime (Cato at Liberty blog, Feb. 2024 [text]

- See also related blog post.

List of 120+ Biden Actions to Help Try To ‘Shut the Border’ (Cato at Liberty Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

What Should Courts do if a Future President Invokes the Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants? (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The 14th Circuit," Washington University Law Review, vol. 102, no. 3 (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

"Differentiated legality: understanding the sources of immigrants’ deportation fear," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 47, no. 6 (2024) [postprint]

From Hope to Heartbreak: The Disturbing Reality of Border Patrol's Confiscation of Migrants' Belongings (ACLU et al., Feb. 2024) [text]

"Innocence and danger at the border: migrants, 'Bad' mothers, and the nation’s protectors," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:13 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"No Escape: How the Library of Congress Weaponized Internal Relocation Against Persecuted Sikhs and How to Fight Back," Asian American Law Journal, vol. 31 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"Plane Hijackings between Cuba and the United States and the Opportunity for Diplomacy (1958–1973)," The Historical Journal, First View, 19 Feb. 2024 [open access]

- Note: The US initially viewed "hijackers as political asylum seekers rather than criminals."

"Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park," Migration Information Source, 28 Feb. 2024 [text]

Multimedia:

Suspended Lives: Navigating Everyday Violence in the US Asylum System, 2 Feb. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (23 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Americas: States must end racist treatment of Haitian asylum seekers (Amnesty International, June 2023) [text]

Are Venezuelans actually returning to the “patria”? (Americas Migration Brief, June 2023) [text]

Case in Brief: Canadian Council for Refugees v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) (Supreme Court of Canada, June 2023) [text]

- See also related press release.

Gang Violence Displaces 165,000 in Haiti, Hinders Aid Efforts (IOM, June 2023) [text]

Joint Statement on the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection (US Dept. of State, June 2023) [text]

- See also related joint IOM-UNHCR statement.

Militarized Borders, Mass Detentions: Mexico´s Migration Policy (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2023) [text]

The Northern Triangle Crisis: Will U.S. Surveillance help? (RLI Blog, June 2023) [text]

"Stronger Colombian-Venezuelan ties fail to ease migrant hardships," The New Humanitarian, 15 June 2023 [text]

"Why are More and More Chinese Migrants Risking Their Lives to Cross the US Southern Border?," The Diplomat, 9 June 2023 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports:

Applying the New Burden of Proof: Lessons from the Canadian Experience, Refugee Law Clinic Briefing Paper, no. 2 (Univ. of London, Jan. 2023) [text]

- Discusses burden of proof clause in UK Nationality and Borders Act 2022.

Desplazamiento interno, migración y retorno en la frontera norte de México: Una perspectiva desde 12 ciudades (IOM, June 2023) [text]

Discriminación hacia la población refugiada y migrante según la encuesta Pulso de la Migración (GIFMM, iMMAP & R4V, June 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.

Human mobility in Chile 2022: Promoting integration and contributing to the country's development (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

Multimedia:

Un enfoque imperfecto pero constructivo: examinando la respuesta de América Latina y el Caribe al desplazamiento de venezolanos, 25 May 2023 [access]

Migration Narratives in Northern Central America, 7 June 2023 [access]

*A Mixed Welcome: Haitian Migration within the Caribbean, 27 June 2023 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (7 June 2023)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Confronting gendered constructions of refugee deservingness and representations: Syrian refugee women strategising for humanitarian aid in Turkey," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 9 (2023) [Bilkent Univ. IR]

"Gender-Based Religious Persecution," Minnesota Law Review, vol. 107, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Intergenerational trajectories of inherited vulnerabilities amongst young women refugees in South Africa," Comparative Migration Studies, 11:10 (May 2023) [open access]

"Los refugiados y desplazados internos frente a la explotación sexual y las misiones de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz," Revista Electrónica de Derecho Internacional Contemporáneo, vol. 5. no. 5 (2022) [open access]

"Malnutrition and gender disparities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: The need for action, Frontiers in Nutrition, 7 March 2023 [open access]

- See also related blog post.

"Resolving What is a 'Forced' Abortion and Sterilization Procedure under Section 601(a) of the IIRIRA: Expanding Asylum Eligibility Beyond China's One-Child Policy to Protect Marginalized Women," Columbia Human Rights Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Under one roof: Strategic intersectionality among women negotiating the Calais border under lockdown," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, OnlineFirst, 16 May 2023 [open access]

Women's Participation in Childbearing Decision-Making and its Effects on Short-Interval Births in Rohingya Refugee Camps of Bangladesh, Preprints with The Lancet, 15 May 2023 [preprint]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (19 May 2023)

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

Americas Migration Brief [info]

- "News and analysis related to migration from across the Americas and Caribbean." Browse current issues or sign-up for free subscription.

Migrants don’t cause crime rates to increase — but false perceptions endure anyway (The Conversation, Jan. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Chile.

Number of Migrants Who Embarked on the Dangerous Darien Gap Route Nearly Doubled in 2022 (IOM, Jan. 2023) [text]

- See also related Radio Free Asia article, "'We're all fleeing persecution': Chinese asylum-seekers head to US via Darién Gap."

Venezuelans’ Brave and Perilous Journey through Ecuador (IOM, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Why Afghan refugees in Brazil are making dangerous US journeys," The New Humanitarian, 2 Feb. 2023 [text]

New open access book:

Asylum and Resettlement in Canada: Historical Development, Successes, Challenges and Lessons (Genova Univ. Press, Dec. 2022) [open access]

- "Canada is considered the world leader in the protection of refugees. Notwithstanding this generally positive perception, the Canadian protection system exhibits a series of deficiencies, ranging from detention policies and deportation in the case of asylum seekers, down to the integration obstacles and other associated challenges encountered by resettled refugees. In addition, other challenges including violence, vulnerability, denial of rights, and growing hostility toward migrants and refugees undermine the overall health and image of the system."

Reports & journal articles:

Claim Types in Canada’s Refugee Determination System: An Empirical Snapshot (2013-2021), Refugee Law Lab Working Paper (York Univ., Jan. 2023) [text]

Conferencia Regional sobre Migración (CRM) = Regional Conference on Migration 2022 (Refworld) [access]

- "La Conferencia Regional sobre Migración (CRM), conocida como Proceso Puebla, fue creada en febrero de 1996 en ocasión de la Cumbre Presidencial Tuxtla II con el fin de coordinar políticas y promover la cooperación sobre migración entre sus once Países Miembros: Belice, Canadá, Costa Rica, Estados Unidos, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá y República Dominicana. La CRM cumple funciones como foro para la discusión abierta de temas migratorios regionales y el intercambio de información y experiencias para alcanzar mayor coordinación y cooperación en la región y busca la unión entre países para proteger los derechos humanos de los migrantes y crear una red de leyes migratorias coherentes y adecuadas, además de reforzar los vínculos entre migración y desarrollo." Follow link to access relevant conference documents.

Immigration policy ‘on the fly’: A critical review of pandemic policymaking in Canada, Working Paper, no. 13 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Nov. 2022) [text]

Mapping Canada's Refugee Determination System: 1950-2020 (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Migrant Visibility, Agency, and Identity Work in Hospitality Enterprises," Migration and Society, Online First, 1 June 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil. 

La opinión pública respecto de la migración en América Latina y el Caribe (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Jan. 2023) [text via Refworld]

"The Power of Categorization: Reflections on UNHCR's Category of 'Venezuelans Displaced Abroad’," Chapter in Measuring Migration Conference 2022: Conference Proceedings (Transnational Press London, Dec. 2022) [open access via CEEOL]

"Refugeehood Reconsidered: The Central American Migration Crisis," Submitted to Problema anuario de filosofía y teoría del derecho, 18 Jan. 2023 [preprint]

Reunión Ministerial en Lima acerca de la Declaración de Los Ángeles sobre Migración y Protección, 6 Oct. 2022 [text]

"Social cohesion and attitudinal changes toward migration: A longitudinal perspective amid the COVID-19 pandemic," Frontiers in Sociology, 23 Jan. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Chile.

Multimedia:

La protection des réfugié.e.s au Canada [access]

- "Une série de vidéos pédagogiques sur les migrations forcées au Canada," from Prof. Christina Clark-Kazak at the Univ. of Ottawa.

Resource:

COVID 19 Immigration Policy Tracker [access]

- Database that "codifies almost 400 administrative actions related to borders and immigration that were implemented by the Canadian government since January 2020."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (16 Jan. 2023)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (16 Jan. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Balancing Resettlement, Protection and Rapport on the Frontline: Delivering the Resettlement Assistance Program during COVID-19," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 38, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"The Civic Engagement and Social Integration of Refugees in Germany," Nonprofit Policy Forum, vol. 13, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"'I Have to Start All over Again': The Role of Institutional and Personal Arrival Infrastructures in Refugees’ Home-making Processes in Amsterdam," Comparative Population Studies, vol. 47 (2022) [open access]

*"Making the Match: Understanding the Destining Process of Government-Assisted Refugees in Canada," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 30 May 2022 [open access]

"Multidimensionality in the Integration of First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Europe: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 19 April 2022 [open access]

"Public Policy Brief Through the Federal Government: The Social, Civic, and Cultural Integration of Resettled Refugees in Canada and Germany," Federalism-E, vol. 23 (2022) [open access]

"Rohingyas and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu: a replicable model of semi-permanent resettlement in low-resource settings," Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Latest Articles, EarlyCite, 31 Jan. 2022 [ResearchGate]

"Social Connections and Resettlement Experiences of the Chinese Refugees in the United Kingdom: Implications for Policy and Practice," Social Development Issues, vol. 44, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Making Social Cohesion Work for Everyone: What Can We Learn from Development Interventions on How to Promote Inclusion and Reduce Xenophobia?, 17 May 2022 [access]

*Seeking Safety: Regional Protection Options for Central Americans, 24 May 2022 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (30 May 2022)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Call for applications: 1st Online Course on Statelessness, 21 June-16 July 2021 [info]

- Apply by 17 May 2021.

Webinar: Statelessness and International Criminal Law, 17 May 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

The Campaign to End Statelessness: January-March 2021 Update (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

Navigating intersecting statelessness: Syrian Kurds in Europe (ENS Blog, May 2021) [text]

Russia’s Constitutional Court delivers questionable ruling on nationality stripping (ENS Blog, April 2021) [text]

Statusless and Stateless Chinese Migrants in the UK (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2021) [text]

UK Home Office should seek to remove barriers faced by stateless children born in the UK rather than making it more difficult for them to acquire British citizenship (ENS Blog, May 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and International Law (Univ. of Melbourne, April 2021) [text]

- Focuses on India.

Desk Review on Populations at Risk of Statelessness: Children of Philippine Descent in a Migratory Setting in Gulf Cooperation Council (GSS) Countries and Persons of Japanese Descent (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

"Ghosts in America: Working Towards Building a Legal Framework for Stateless Individuals in the United States," Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 53, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

Good Practices Brochure: Stateless Women and Girls (CARE, OCHA & UN Women, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Asia.

I Am Human (UNHCR, April 2021) [text] 

- Focuses on the UK. See also related UNHCR news story and ENS blog post.

Situation assessment of statelessness, health and COVID-19 in Europe (European Network on Statelessness, April 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report and policy brief.

"Stateless Persons and Social Rights," Chapter in Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights (Edward Elgar, 2020) [preprint]

"Statelessness in the COVID-19 Pandemic," The Lancet, vol. 397, no. 10284 (April 2021) [free full-text]

We are like "stray animals": Thousands Living on the Margins due to Statelessness in Zimbabwe (Amnesty International, April 2021) [text] 

Multimedia:

How to Protect Every Child’s Right to a Nationality: A Discussion Among Treaty Body Experts, 15 April 2021 [access]

Statelessness and the Right to Health beyond the pandemic, 21 April 2021 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (2 April 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (2 April 2021)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Bangladesh: Rohinyga Refugees Allegedly Tortured (Human Rights Watch, April 2021) [text]

Biden’s Decision to Pull Troops from Afghanistan Risks a Major Refugee Crisis (Just Security Blog, April 2021) [text]

"Chinese man seeking ‘freedom and equality’ says he travelled to Taiwan in dinghy," The Guardian, 4 May 2021 [text]

"Critics denounce Japan asylum reform as human rights violation," Reuters, 22 April 2021 [text]

"First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire," UN News, 25 April 2021 [text]

"‘From complex to chaotic’: Myanmar coup shrinks frontline aid," The New Humanitarian, 3 May 2021 [text]

"India and COVID-19 vaccines: A national crisis with global ripples," The New Humanitarian, 4 May 2021 [text]

Indian Supreme Court’s Stance on the Deportation of Rohingya Refugees Violates International Law (Just Security Blog, April 2021) [text]

Know the Myths from the Facts: Nine Things about the Refugee Issue in Malaysia (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

“'Significant' changes introduced to claiming refugee status in New Zealand,” New Zealand Herald, 28 March 2021 [text]

Turning Their Back on the Rohingyas: A Border Control Regime Blind to the Collapse of Burmese ‘Democracy’ (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Our Thoughts: Rohingya share their experiences and recommendations (ACAPS & IOM, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Recommendations for addressing internal displacement and cross-border movements in Afghanistan (IDMC, April 2021) [text]

"Rohingya Refugees and the Urgency of Solutions," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Online, 20 April 2021 [full-text]

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2019Nu61740 before the Seoul High Court (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

- The case involves a Syrian "whose refugee claim is based on the risk of forced military conscription by the Syrian government into the reservist army in the context of ongoing armed conflict and violence in Syria."

*"‘A welcoming refuge?’ The experiences of European Jewish refugees in the Dutch East Indies, set against other Asian destinations, 1933-1965," Jewish Culture and History, Latest Articles, 26 April 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Country Case Study: Malaysia (Melissa Siegel) 

- Part 1: History of Migration [access]

- Part 2: Migration Policies [access]

- Part 3: Current Migration Situation [access]

Country Case Study: Pakistan (Melissa Siegel) 

- Part 1: History of Migration [access]

- Part 2: Migration Policies [access]

- Part 3: Current Migration Situation [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (16 April 2021)

New Issues of Gender Questions, IJMHSC, Intl. Migr., ICRC Rev., Migraciones Int., Migr. Pol. Pract., Ped. Annals, Ref. Watch, Rts. in Exile News

Gender Questions, vol. 8, no. 1 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Transnational Migration, Gender and Sexuality in the Global South." The editorial is freely available.

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 16, no. 1 (2020) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with most focusing on health and well-being issues affecting refugees and IDPs. One article on "Drug use and criminality among unaccompanied refugee minors" is open access.

International Migration, vol. 58, no. 3 (June 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "New Chinese Migration Modalities." Also includes general articles, two of which are open access, and commentaries, all three of which are freely available.

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 101, no. 911 (Aug. 2019; posted June 2020) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "Children and War."

Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 11 (2020) [open access]
- Six articles available in both Spanish and English on a range of topics.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. X, no. 2 (April–June 2020) [full-text]
- "[T]his special issue...discusses the emerging effects of COVID-19 for migrants and migration policy worldwide from a range of perspectives including the humanitarian, economic and data-related implications of the new pandemic."

Pediatric Annals, vol. 49, no. 5 (May 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Care of the Child Who is an Immigrant or Refugee." The editorial is freely available.

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, vol. 54 (Dec. 2019) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, including one on the Global Compact on Refugees and another on asylum law in South Asia.

Rights in Exile Newsletter
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers; follow links for the May 2020 (no. 112) and June 2020 (no. 113) issues.

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Europe:

Breaking Gridlocks and Moving Forward: Recommendations for the Next Five Years of EU Migration Policy (ICMPD, Nov. 2019) [text]

Europe's Outsourced Migration Controls: Refocusing on Peace, Rights and Development (Saferworld, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "Drawing on the cases of Libya, Niger and Turkey, this briefing analyses Europe’s approach of outsourcing border controls, the interests driving this model, its negative implications for peace, rights and stability, and how it ends up reinforcing the very factors that compel people to move in the first place."

Policies and Tools to Enhance Readmission Cooperation: Presidency Discussion Paper (Council of the European Union, Nov. 2019) [text via ECRE]

Towards a New European Consensus on Migration and Asylum (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Dec. 2019) [text]

What are the Roles of Intercultural Mediators in Health Care and What is the Evidence on Their Contributions and Effectiveness in Improving Accessibility and Quality of Care for Refugees and Migrants in the WHO European Region?, Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report, no. 64 (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Nov. 2019) [text]

Greece & Italy:

"Acts for Refugees’ Right to the City and Commoning Practices of Care-tizenship in Athens, Mytilene and Thessaloniki," Social Inclusion, vol. 7, no. 4 (2019) [open access]

Asylum, Relocation and Return of Migrants: Time to Step up Action to Address Disparities between
Objectives and Results (European Court of Auditors, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "In this audit, we assessed whether the EU-funded support action for Greece and Italy had achieved its objectives and whether the asylum and return procedures were effective and swift. ..."

How Do Migrants Participate Politically within Restrictive Contexts? Citizenship, Belonging, and Participation in Italy, PRIO Policy Brief, no. 15 (PRIO, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Influence of Post-migration Living Difficulties on Post-traumatic Symptoms in Chinese Asylum Seekers Resettled in Italy," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 27 Nov. 2019 [preprint]

Outspoken but Unheard: How Diasporas in Europe Shape Migration Along the Central Mediterranean Sea Route (REACH & Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- "The present assessment, conducted by REACH in collaboration with the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), aims to explore the relationship between diaspora members in Italy and refugees and migrants along the CMR, in countries of origin, en route, and at destination. The study presents three case studies on refugees and migrants from Mali, Eritrea and Bangladesh."

The Role of EASO Operations in National Asylum Systems (ECRE, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "[T]his report analyses the role of EASO Operations in Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Malta in supporting the national authorities to promote efficiency and quality in their asylum procedures, and presents findings for improved and sustainable operational support to asylum systems under pressure."

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (19 Nov. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (19 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement - Pt. 2

Africa:

"Challenging the Risks-based Model of Involuntary Resettlement Using Evidence from the Bui Dam, Ghana," International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 35, no. 4 (2019) [ResearchGate]

"Developing against Development: Resistance as Participation in Development Induced Displacement in Kenya," Mambo!, vol. XV, no. 6 (2018) [full-text]

"Effects of Conservation-induced Displacement on the Bacha of Southwest Ethiopia," Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 14, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

Left with Nowhere to Go: Stories of Survivors of Forced Evictions in Nigeria's Mega City (Amnesty International, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Legitimation of Expulsion in Development Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of World Bank Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Development & Postcolonial Studies Working Paper, no. 6 (Univ. of Kassel, April 2019) [text]

"The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam‐builders," Development Policy Review, vol. 36, no. S1 (March 2018) [open access]

"Livelihood Impacts of Displacement and Resettlement on Informal Households: A Case Study from Kigali, Rwanda," Habitat International, vol. 86 (April 2019) [open access]

"The Merowe Dam in Northern Sudan: A Case of Population Displacement and Impoverishment," Chapter in Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa (Springer, May 2019) [abstract]
- See also related thesis.

"Mining-induced Displacement and Resettlement: The Case of Rutile Mining Communities in Sierra Leone," Journal of Sustainable Mining, vol. 18, no. 2 (May 2019) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement - Pt. 1 (13 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States

"9,000 Nepalis Face Deportation as Trump Administration Prepares to Cancel Residency Permits," Washington Post, 24 April 2018 [text]

Court Orders Trump Administration to Accept New DACA Applications -- Ruling Stayed for 90 Days (ImmigrationProf Blog, April 2018) [text]

Debating the Immigration Debate (The Asylumist Blog, April 2018) [text]

Department of Justice Ignores Its Own Evaluators’ Recommendations on Immigration Courts (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2018) [text]

DOS on Revisions to Travel Ban (Presidential Proclamation 9645, Apr. 10, 2018) (Immigration Law Blog, April 2018) [text]

Extreme Vetting of Immigrants: Estimating Terrorism Vetting Failures, Policy Analysis, no. 838 (Cato Institute, April 2018) [text]

"Hundreds of Immigrant Children Have Been Taken from Parents at U.S. Border," New York Times, 20 April 2018 [text]

Immigration Court Cases Now Involve More Long-time Residents (TRAC Immigration, April 2018) [text]
- See also related HRW comment.

NIPNLG v. DHS: Records Regarding the Termination of TPS for Haiti (NLG National Immigration Project, April 2018) [access]

Practice Advisory: Overcoming the Asylum One-Year Filing Deadline for DACA Recipients (CLINIC, April 2018) [text]

The Prevalence of Evidence (The Asylumist Blog, April 2018) [text]

A Profile of Immigrants from Travel Ban-affected Countries in the United States (George Mason Univ., April 2018) [text]

"A Two-Way Street: How Immigration Shapes Everyday Life in Silicon Valley," Migration Information Source, 4 April 2018 [text]

U.S. Approves Far Fewer Muslim Refugees, Immigrants, & Travelers (CATO at Liberty Blog, April 2018) [text]

*The What and the Why of Torture Convention Relief (The Asylumist Blog, April 2018) [text]

"Why So Many Chinese Asylum Seekers are Stuck in the U.S.," Axios, 20 April 2018 [text]

Resource:

The Waiting Game (ProPublica) [access]
- "Based on the real case files of five asylum seekers from five countries and interviews with the medical and legal professionals who evaluate and represent them, The Waiting Game is an experimental news game that lets you walk in the shoes of an asylum seeker, from the moment they choose to come to the United States to the final decision in the cases before an immigration judge."

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (12 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States

Event & opportunity:

CFP: The Return of Sanctuary Cities: The Muslim Ban, Hurricane Maria, and Everything in Between, Detroit, 23 March 2018 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 3 December 2017.

Talk: Aid and Multilateralism in an Era of Populist Politics, London, 7 December 2017 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Publications:

"Appeals Court Partly Reinstates Trump’s New Travel Ban," New York Times, 13 Nov. 2017 [text]

Asylum Outcome Continues to Depend on the Judge Assigned (TRAC, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Coercive Population Control and Asylum in the U.S.," Social Sciences, 6(4), 137 (Nov. 2017) [open access]

"DHS Inspector General: Travel-ban Confusion Led Agents to Violate Court Order," Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2017 [text]

"Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order on Denying Funding to Sanctuary Cities," Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2017 [text]

"How Trump is Building a Border Wall That No One Can See," Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2017 [text]

Hundreds of Immigrants Will Get to Resubmit DACA Renewals Originally Rejected as “Late” (Vox, Nov. 2017) [text]

The Latest Assault on Immigrants and the Need to Preserve TPS (ACS Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

The Perils and Pitfalls of Applying for a Green Card (The Asylumist, Nov. 2017) [text]

A Profile of Current DACA Recipients by Education, Industry, and Occupation (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2017) [text]

This Map is a Whole New Way of Looking at Immigration in the US (World Economic Forum Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection for Haitians," New York Times, 20 Nov. 2017 [text]
- Here is the order from DHS.

Resources:

Best Practices in Representing Asylum Seekers (LegalEd, Nov. 2017) [access]
- "This video series...walks you through the preparation for an asylum case before the immigration courts."

ICE Extreme Vetting Initiative: A Resource Page (Brennan Center for Justice, Nov. 2017) [access]
- "This resource page is intended to provide journalists, policy-makers, and the public information about the ICE Extreme Vetting Initiative.. ." See also related Just Security blog post.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (9 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 29, no. 1, March 2017 include:

• Editorial: The Enduring Relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention [abstract]
• Hearing Differently: Knowledge-Based Approaches to Assessment of Refugee Narrative [abstract]
• A Comparative Analysis of Statelessness Determination Procedures in 10 EU States [abstract]
• Chinese Pressure to Repatriate Asylum Seekers: An International Law Analysis [abstract]
• The Tale of Two Men: Testimonial Styles in the Presentation of Asylum Claims [abstract]

Also featured are case law summaries, four book reviews, and three documents: EXCOM Conclusion, no. 112 on International Cooperation, EXCOM Conclusion, no. 113 on Youth, and the Guidelines on International Protection, no. 12: Claims for Refugee Status related to Situations of Armed Conflict and Violence... .

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: United States

Event:

Remote Control of Asylum Seekers: The US Experience, Sydney, 11 April 2017 [info]
- Discussion of "US efforts towards ‘remote control’ of asylum seekers – on sea, land, air, and in countries of origin – and the role of law, norms and politics in limiting them."

Publications:

Betraying Family Values: How Immigration Policy at the United States Border is Separating Families (Women's Refugee Commission, LIRS & KIND, March 2017) [text]

"Citizens-in-Waiting, Deportees-in-Waiting: Power, Temporality, and Suffering in the U.S. Asylum System," Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 1 (March 2017) [free full-text]

Former U.S. Officials Reject Revised Refugee Ban Executive Order (Human Rights First, March 2017) [text]

In Trump Presidency, Nearly 2,500 Refugees Have Entered U.S. from Six Travel-restricted Countries (Pew Research, March 2017) [text]

Inhumane Proposal to Separate Women and Children Fleeing Violence Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers (IntLawGrrls Blog, March 2017) [text]

Iraq Is Off the Travel Ban List, but Iraqis Most in Need Not Helped by Trump’s New Order (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

"Is the Chinese Exclusion Case Still Good Law? (The President Is Trying to Find Out)," Nevada Law Journal (Forthcoming, 2017) [preprint via SSRN]

Largest Deportation Campaign in US History is No Match for Trump's Plan (The Conversation, March 2017) [text]

The Legality of the 3/6/17 Executive Order, Part I: The Statutory and Separation of Powers Analyses (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

The Legality of the 3/6/17 Executive Order, Part II: The Due Process Clause Analysis (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

President Trump’s Immigration Ban: Unlawful Executive Orders and Bureaucratic Resistance (Forced Migration Forum, March 2017) [text]

Sanctuary 101, Part I: What Trump’s Executive Order Doesn’t Do, Cannot Do, and Has Little to Do with (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

Sanctuary 101, Part II: What is a “Sanctuary Jurisdiction”? Let's Stop Mystifying the Answer (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

"Seeking a Rational Approach to a Regional Refugee Crisis: Lessons from the Summer 2014 'Surge' of Central American Women and Children at the US-Mexico Border," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Speaking Truth to Justice: APLA/PoLAR Respond to the Trump Executive Order on Immigration (Association for Political and Legal Anthropology/PoLAR, Feb. 2017) [access]
- Series of "commentaries from scholars working on the politics and law of borders and migration." 

The 'Travel Ban' Executive Order as Separation-of-Powers Test Case (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Still Mired in Prejudice (Human Rights Watch, March 2017) [text]

Visas and Politics in the Age of Trump (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

What We Know about Illegal Immigration from Mexico (Pew Research, March 2017) [text]

What's Wrong with Trumped-Up Immigration Enforcement Measures, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 438 (Boston College Law School, March 2017) [text]

"Where Trump Gets His Fuzzy Border Math," New Republic, 10 March 2017 [text]
- Discusses role played by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) in helping to shape anti-immigration public policy.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States & Canada (8 March 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Book Titles

Please visit my Pinterest page to learn about new books due out in September 2016. I've also added information about a few new titles to the August 2016 and New Legal Texts book boards.

If you are not a member of Pinterest, these new titles are listed below for your reference (organized by title).

September 2016:

Laura Madokoro, Elusive Refuge: Chinese Migrants in the Cold War, Harvard University Press, Sept. 2016

Sara L. McKinnon, Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politics, University of Illinois Press, Sept. 2016

Peter Tinti & Tuesday Reitano, Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour, Hurst Publishers, Sept. 2016

Nicolás Rodríguez Serna & David James Cantor, eds., The New Refugees: Crime and Displacement in Latin America, Institute of Latin American Studies, Sept. 2016

Andrew Geddes & Peter Scholten, The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe, Sage Publishing, Sept. 2016

Lucy Hovil, Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging, Palgrave Macmillan, Sept. 2016

Linda Rabben, Sanctuary and Asylum: A Social and Political History, University of Washington Press, Sept. 2016

August 2016:

Thayer Scudder, Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians, Springer, Aug. 2016

Caroline B. Brettell, Gender and Migration, Polity, Aug. 2016

Alex Bellamy & Tim Dunne, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect, Oxford University Press, Aug. 2016

New Legal Texts:

Allehone M. Abebe, The Emerging Law of Forced Displacement in Africa: Development and Implementation of the Kampala Convention on Internal Displacement, Routledge, Sept. 2016

Itamar Mann, Humanity at Sea: Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law, Cambridge University Press, Sept. 2016

Eric Fripp, Nationality and Statelessness in the International Law of Refugee Status, Hart Publishing, Sept. 2016

Gina Clayton, Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law, 7th ed., Oxford University Press, July 2016

Tagged books.