Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces (US):

"DHS Issues $84 Billion in Civil Fines Against Immigrants in US," Bloomberg News, 23 July 2026 [text]

Is Debanking the New Immigration Policy? (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2026) [text]

Proposed DHS Work Authorization Rule Threatens Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors (HRW, July 2026) [text]

New open access book:

The Refugee Trap: The Economics of Displacement (Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2026) [open access]

- "Refugee movements are one of the defining issues of the Twenty-First Century. But what difference does it actually make to be a refugee? To what extent are refugees economically distinctive compared to citizens or other groups of migrants? Drawing upon original data collected in camps and cities across East Africa, The Refugee Trap shows that becoming a refugee changes the economic constraints people face in important ways; they confront a series of poverty traps that make them systematically worse off compared to citizens. These relate to trauma, dispossession, uprootedness, and rights. By understanding the mechanisms underlying these traps, we can in turn identify the policy interventions needed to support restoration, and thereby address the sources of economic disadvantage that result from forced displacement."

Reports: 

Analyzing Access to Livelihood Opportunities Among Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Egypt (AUC Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, March 2026) [text]

Economic and social impacts of hiring and labor market inclusion of refugees and migrants in Brazil (2018-2024): Expanded Summary (UNHCR & Federal University of Minas Gerais, July 2026) [text]

- See also executive summary.

Labor Market Impacts of ICE Activity in Trump 2.0, Working Paper, no. 35129 (NBER, April 2026) [text]

- See also related news story.

Lower Immigration Means Lower Productivity Growth (Yale Univ. Budget Lab, May 2026) [access]

- Follow link for analysis and data. Focuses on the US.

Making Labour Migration Pathways Work for Displaced People: Lessons from Latin America (Migration Policy Institute, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"From protection to precarity: labour market integration and economic vulnerability among Ukrainian refugees," Research in Globalization, vol. 13 (Dec. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Slovakia. 

"Refugees’ Economic Integration and Firms," Journal of Human Resources, Ahead of Print, 13 July 2026 [preprint]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (10 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

UNHCR: ‘A reliable immigration pathway could unlock potential’ (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

New open access book:

Digital Exiles: Refugee Work in the Global Digital Economy (MIT Press, June 2026) [open access]

- "The pursuit of a digital livelihood—from attending coding schools in Berlin to training datasets for AI in crisis-stricken Lebanon to online freelancing in Kenya’s refugee camps—represents an increasingly important income opportunity for refugees. Digital work programs by aid organizations and the private sector aim to help the forcibly displaced become self-reliant and successful workers, yet, for many, it creates new forms of exclusion, precarity, and risk. Combining human stories with insights from five years of multisited research and applied work with leading organizations, the author presents an alternative vision of an inclusive world of work that can help shape the fair digital economy of the future."

Reports:

4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 4-6 June 2026 [access]

- Follow the link to view presentations that have been posted.

Economic and Magnet Effects of Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers: Descriptive Evidence from the United States, HBS Working Paper, no. 91 (Harvard Business School, June 2026) [text]

Labor Mobility and Skills Profiles of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Lessons from eight years of refugee employment (Univ. of Sydney, June 2026) [access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Pioneering Evidence Shows How Entrepreneurship Model Can Reduce Extreme Poverty Among Refugees (Mercy Corps, June 2026) [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Series: Labour market inclusion for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons (International Labour Organization, June 2026)

- Includes briefs focusing on Germany, Kenya and Uganda. See also related news release.

Shock, awe, and economic fallout: The employment effects of ICE enforcement in US cities (Brookings, May 2026) [text]

- See also related NYT op-ed.

Temporary Protection, permanent effects? The labor market impact of Ukrainian refugees in the European Union, GLO Discussion Paper, no. 1769 (Global Labor Organization, 2026) [text via RePEc]

Uganda Refugee Response: Private Sector Engagement in the Agricultural Sector (UNHCR et al., June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Research in Globalization [access]

- Special collection on "Forced Migration, Integration, and Employment of Ukrainians: A Global View."

"Working Your Way to Remain: Subjective Well-Being and Employment of Migrants in the United Kingdom," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (5 June 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (United States) (5 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Discussion panel: Supporting Resilience and Facilitating Safe and Regular Migration Pathways in a Changing Climate: Lessons Learned from GCM Implementation, Side event at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), 8 May 2026 [info]

- See also other related side events.

Short pieces:

Designing denial of reparations: Race, the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and Climate IDPs (OpinioJuris, April 2026) [text]

- Contribution to the symposium on "Beyond Containment – Confronting Racial Hierarchies in International Law."

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion: From emerging practices to legal obligations on climate- and disaster-related displacement (Nansen Initiative +10 Blog, April 2026) [text]

Leave to Remain for “Climate Refugees”: UK Human Rights Appeal Granted on Climate Change Grounds (RLI Blog, April 2026) [text]

A Reappraisal of Social Protection in the Context of Climate Change-induced Internal Displacement (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

The REP Fund Announces Key Partners for Landmark Carbon Financing Initiative in Uganda and Rwanda (UNHCR Blog, April 2026) [text]

Sinking Sovereignty: The Legal Vacuum for Climate-Displaced Populations in the South Pacific and Bangladesh (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

Strategic litigation and the rights of disaster-displaced persons (Nansen Initiative +10 Blog, May 2026) [text]

The United States Has an Internal Displacement Problem (Carnegie Endowment, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on disaster displacement.

Using Adaptive Mobility to Avoid Displacement: The Way Forward for Law in the Context of Climate Change? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

When Climate Change Meets Immigration Law: The Legal Gap for Climate-Displaced People (Georgetown Environmental Law Review Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (7 April 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Webinar: Between Commitment and Implementation: Refugee Protection in East Africa, 21 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Amid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran is Starving Sudan (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

Basic Services and Humanitarian Support Amidst Conflict: To Whom to Turn as a Congolese IDP? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

"DRC joins US list of third-country deportation destinations," DW, 6 April 2026 [text]

Funding shortfalls put lifelines at risk for Sudanese refugees in Chad (WFP, April 2026) [text]

Three years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

Trade in all directions: How wars, crime and instability are fueling and expanding migration routes across Africa (InfoMigrants, April 2026) [text]

"Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement," The Guardian, 2 April 2026 [text]

New open access book:

Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda: Agency, Gender, and Politics of Self-Organizing in Exile (McGill-Queen’s University Press, April 2026) [open access]

- "Self-organization plays an essential yet often overlooked role in the everyday lives of refugees in exile. By self-organizing, they challenge restrictions, claim political representation, foster social relations and belonging, and create ongoing economic opportunities. While government authorities and aid organizations are supposed to provide protection and assistance, refugees often continue to face adversities, restrictions, and risks, prompting them to establish and maintain their own support systems. Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda offers nuanced insight into the problems arising from the aid system and especially the significance of the spectrum of informal and formalized self-organizations. [The authors] draw on a gender-sensitive understanding of relational agency and situated knowledge and use empirical research in Uganda’s camp Kyaka II and the capital, Kampala, to reveal how individuals collectively contribute to their own support in times of emergency and in everyday life."

Reports:

The case for large cash transfers: supporting refugees to meet basic needs and build resilience (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Exhausted: Three years of displacement and the collapse of survival systems in Sudan and the region (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [text]

- See also related news release.

Somali systems: from aid-centred to state-led crisis response (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Authoritarian legacies: how 1970s African dictators shaped contemporary refugee policies," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 March 2026 [open access]

"Forced migrant arrivals can reduce political trust in African host communities," World Development, vol. 203 (July 2026) [open access]

"'Human beings should not be deported': The Horn of Africa’s hegemon contests the EU’s norm to readmit," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [open access]

"Nigeria Aims to Capitalize on Regional Integration amid Evolving Emigration Patterns," Migration Information Source, 8 April 2026 [open access]

"Trajectories of migration aspirations through urban and temporal lenses: rethinking (im)mobility decision-making in Dakar, Senegal," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:21 (April 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (27 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Opportunity:

Seminar: International Refugee Law and the Global Compact: Where are the Women?, Online, 27 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

From Doubt to Denial: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2026 (RSC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How humanitarian aid agencies approach empowerment for refugee women (LSE Review of Books, March 2026) [text]

Sexual and reproductive healthcare: Are we failing newly-arrived refugee and asylum-seeking women? (Lens Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports:

"No One Came To My Rescue": Gang rape, sexual slavery, and mass displacement of women in Oromia, Ethiopia (Amnesty International, March 2026) [access]

Seeking Safety from War: Violence and rights abuses against women from Ukraine (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"Double immobility: Syrian refugee women navigating the voluntary and forced marriage binary in Egypt," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 9 (2025) [postprint]

- Note: The embargo period for accessing this article has now ended.

"Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Includes a focus section on "Vulnerabilità legate al genere: nuove sfide per la tutela di migranti e richiedenti asilo = Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers"; the introduction is in English, while other contributed articles are in either English, Italian or Spanish.

"Refugee Camps as Contested Gendered Spaces: Afghan Women's Liminality, Inequality, and Agency in Germany," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 2 (March 2026) [open access]

"Social determinants of postpartum depression among refugees and internally displaced women in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study," Scientific Reports, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Understanding barriers for refugees and migrants when accessing abortion care in Europe: a scoping review," BMC Public Health, 21 March 2026 [open access]

"Walking with Afghan women: using mobile methods to understand differentiated embedding within different places across England," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Legal Training and Workshop: Enhancing Asylum Claims on the basis of Gender-Based Violence, 4 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (24 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (24 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Ali's friend died awaiting a visa. A new pathway offers hope to LGBTQI+ refugees like him," SBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Are all queer asylum-seekers created equal? (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

New open access books:

Decolonizing Queer Migration: Iranian Voices in Exile (Bristol Univ. Press, March 2026) [open access]

- "What happens to sexual and gender identities when crossing borders under duress? This book offers an unprecedented account of how forced migration shapes the lives of queer Iranian individuals. Tracing movements from Iran through transition countries to Western resettlement, the book explores how identities are expressed, negotiated, silenced, and reimagined along the way. Engaging de/postcolonial theory and participatory methods, the authors centre the voices of non-heterosexual and non-cisnormative Iranians in exile."

East African Queer and Trans Displacements (Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026) [open access]

- "Bringing together diverse case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, this open access collection serves as the first in-depth examination of queer and trans displacement in East Africa. ...The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. ...But East Africa cannot be reduced to a site from which LGBTQI+ displacement emanates. Several countries in the region act as either host countries or transit points, even as they produce LGBTQI+ refugees of their own. These complex social, political and legal dynamics make East Africa a productive site for theorising queer and trans displacement. The region offers insights into how, when and why LGBTQI+ Africans move, the social obstacles they face, and the different survival strategies they deploy."

Journal articles:

"'Aquí puedo ser yo': adolescencia migrante LGBT+ y sus procesos de transición en México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

"Archives of affective ambivalence in the governance of queer asylum," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Presumption of dishonesty: Epistemic injustice towards asylum seekers," Ethical Perspectives (Forthcoming) [postprint]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"Immigration and Deportation Attitudes: Sexuality, Economic Contributions, and Respondents’ Partisanship," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 12 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Protecting Transgender Immigrants in Donald Trump’s America: Ensuring Fair Adjudication and Maximizing Persuasive Advocacy of Transgender Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) Seekers’ Claims," UCLA Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 33 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"'We need a warm hug to remind us that we are loved': a qualitative study of psychosocial health and wellbeing among lesbian forced migrants," BMC Public Health, 26:778 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden. See also related news release.

Multimedia:

Book Launch: The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge, 12 Feb. 2026 [access] 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (16 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Book chapters:

"African Legal Tools for Facilitating Climate Justice in Cross-Border Displacement in Eastern Africa: Surpassing the Bleak Legal Ideal in International Refugee Law," Chapter in Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa (Bristol Univ. Press, Jan. 2026) [open access]

"'Burdens and Threats': Displaced Populations in Eastern Africa’s Climate Agenda," Chapter in Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa (Bristol Univ. Press, Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Human Rights in Motion and People on the Move: Navigating Individual and Collective Claims Amidst Climate Change," European Yearbook on Human Rights, vol. 2 (2025) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Desires for In Situ Adaptation Versus Out-Migration? The Impact of Flooding and Cyclones on Polder Communities in the Bangladesh Delt," Geo: Geography and Environment, vol. 12, no. 2 (July-Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Moving on the edge: climate change-induced hazards and the politics of (im)mobility in Rohingya refugee camps," Climate and Development, Latest Articles, 5 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Recognizing Arab Climate Refugees Under Both International and Regional Law," UC Law Environmental Journal, vol. 32, no. 1 (2026) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Is Climate-Vulnerable Africa Prepared for Increased Displacement?, 26 Jan. 2026 [access]

[Launch event for Forced Migration Review, no. 7, "Climate change: choices for displaced people"], 26 Nov. 2025 [access]

Migration amid Climate Change: Adaptation, Displacement, and People Trapped in Place, 27 Jan. 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (30 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Bridging classrooms: teacher-led innovations on the front line and global lessons on refugee education (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

"The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France," Politico, 1 July 2025 [text]

"Global South universities have much to teach on refugee inclusion," Times Higher Education, 10 June 2025 [text]

How refugee schools in Malaysia are reimagining adolescent wellbeing (Monash Univ. Lens, June 2025) [text]

In Trumponomics, Banning Foreign Students Hurts Trump’s Own Economic Success Metric: Trade Deficit (CGD Blog, June 2025) [text]

New report demonstrates impact of programme preparing refugees for academic life (Univ. of Leicester, June 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Reports:

Movilidad, migración y el derecho a la educación superior en América Latina y el Caribe: mapeo de rutas hacia la educación superior para personas refugiadas y migrantes venezolanas (UNESCO, June 2025) [access]

Refugee Education Research Digest (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

Refugee Higher Education Global Newsletter, vol. 5 (June 2025) [text]

- Previous volumes can be accessed here.

Unlocking Potential: Enhancing teacher certification pathways for refugees in East Africa (Save the Children, June 2025) [text]

- A recording of the report launch webinar is available here.

Multimedia: 

World Refugee Day Spotlight: Gaza, displacement, and the right to education, 19 June 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (2 June 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Ethiopia hosts high-level dialogue on refugee inclusion and support to host communities (UNHCR, June 2025) [text]

Informal Pathways of Integration for Internally Displaced Persons in Urban Settings in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lessons for Policy Makers (RID Blog, June 2025) [text]

Resettlement as a Temporal Border (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Niger.

Resettlement or Relocation? The Politics of Palestinian Resettlement in Eastern Africa (RLI Blog, June 2025) [text]

Q&A: Why Challenging the Trump Administration’s Ban on Refugee Resettlement is So Important (Refugees International, June 2025) [text]

Reports: 

UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2026 (UNHCR, June 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report and data set. See also related briefing note.

Integration between challenges and opportunities: a study on socio-economic conditions of refugees in Italy (UNHCR et al., June 2025) [text]

Safe Pathways for Refugees V: OECD-UNHCR study on pathways used by refugees (OECD & UNHCR, June 2025) [access]

- Follow link for current report and related dashboard, as well as previous editions as of 2019. The press release is available here.

Staying safe: Inter-agency insights on protection and accountability for refugees from Ukraine (UNHCR, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Community Sponsorship in the Basque Country: Empowering Autonomy and Integration Through a Constructive Private and Public Partnership," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 10 June 2025 [open access]

"Exploring Refugees’ Survival and Coping Mechanisms within the Framework of Migrant Integration and Malta’s Immigration Policy," Migracijske i etničke teme, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"The Fragile Yet Unmistakable Long-Term Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Migration Information Source, 5 June 2025 [text]

"(L)earning ‘belonging’: processes of inclusion and exclusion in Malta’s migrant integration programme," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 21 June 2025 [open access]

"Living Pro Bono Loco: My Year in the Access to Justice Gap and the Humanitarian Refugee Crisis in the American Southwest," Richmond Public Interest Law Review, vol. XXVIII, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

"Welfare Pluralism and a Policy Window in Refugee Policies: The Emergence and Proliferation of Community Sponsorship in Europe, 2013–2023," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 3 June 2025 [open access]

Multimedia:

Making Migrant Return and Reintegration Sustainable: Lessons from Two Continents, 25 June 2025 [access]

What does Trump’s refugee suspension mean for Africa?, 4 June 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (30 May 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Social Network Analysis and Resettled Refugees: A BSA Social Network Analysis Study Group (SNAG) Online Symposium, 27 March 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Afghan refugees in 2025: The far-reaching impact of US aid cuts (Raisina Debates, March 2025) [text]

Christians Fleeing Persecution Now Blocked from US Entry by White House (Cato At Liberty Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

I study refugees, and here are the facts on the history and impact of refugee resettlement in the US (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

Mexico marks a milestone: 50,000 refugees and asylum-seekers find stability and rebuild their lives (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

"Prefoulement" is still refoulement (OpenGlobalRights, March 2025) [text]

Three years since the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive: from emergency to longer-term solutions - Joint Statement (Oxfam et al., March 2025) [text]

U.S. Dept. of State Ends Historical Agreement with Resettlement Agencies, Putting into Question Promised 90 Day Review (Documented NY, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Policies for Belonging: A Global Comparison of Refugee Resettlement Programs, Dissertation (American Univ., July 2024) [text]

Refugee Integration Policies in Eastern Africa: Local, National and Global Perspectives - Summary Report (ICVA, Jan. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Adaptation models of Ukrainian refugees in Germany," Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, vol. 38, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Beyond shelter: a scoping review of evidence on housing in resettlement countries and refugee mental health and wellbeing," Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Latest Articles, 5 March 2025 [open access]

"Integration as a totalizing institution: a moral economy of street-level knowledge production on immigrant integration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 March 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

"Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe: A Scoping Review of Interventions," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 1 March 2025 [open access]

"Life's trajectory: aid, support and humanitarian efforts for Ukrainian refugees," Policy Studies, Latest Articles, 27 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Slovakia.

Refugee Survey Quarterly,  vol. 44, no. 1 (March 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

"Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:14 (March 2025) [open access]

"Stressors faced by forcibly displaced Ukrainians in England within 6 months of arrival: A qualitative study," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 371 (April 2025) [open access]

"Waithood and creativity in the absence of resettlement: evidence from 'residual' Liberian refugees in Nigeria," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 12 March 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (27 Feb. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians) (27 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Improving migration statistics and promoting ‘good legal identity’ for migrants in East and Horn of Africa (UNECA, Dec. 2024) [text]

A lack of funding is forcing humanitarian agencies to prioritise (Africa at LSE Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Asylum seekers and refugees in Arua: legal challenges and opportunities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

The Humanitarian and Displacement Situation in Sudan (USCRI, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Humanitarian Crisis and Response of Non-Governmental Organisations in the Tigray War," Chapter in Tigray: War in a Digital Black Hole (Langaa Research & Publishing, Oct. 2024) [full-text]

"The impact of the Tigray War on refugees from Tigray and Eritrea in Sudan: 'In the middle of life and death'," Chapter in Tigray: War in a Digital Black Hole (Langaa Research & Publishing, Oct. 2024) [full-text]

"Media Coverage of Internally Displaced Persons in Two Selected Newspapers in Nigeria," Journal of Migration and Health, In Press, 1 Jan. 2025 [open access]

Navigating the City: The Internal Migration of Refugees from Camps to Nairobi, Refugee-led Research Working Paper, no. 3 (Refugee-led Research Hub, Dec. 2024) [text]

A Sharper Lens on Vulnerability: A Statistical Analysis of Migrant Youth Vulnerability in Sudan and Ethiopia 2022-2023 (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2024) [text]

The Sudan Crisis: How Over a Year of Violence and Humanitarian Access Restrictions Have Produced Famine Conditions (Insecurity Insight, Jan. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Year in Review: Displacement in Sudan (IOM, Jan. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Dispatches from Ukraine, Sudan and Lebanon: The Neglected Experiences of Africans Caught up in Global Conflicts (African Arguments, Jan. 2025) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (30 Dec. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

The Reception of Refugees: The ongoing influence of historical laws and traditional conceptualisations of refugees in Zambia (RLI Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Why Ituri’s war-displaced fear a UN peacekeeper pullout," The New Humanitarian, 23 Dec. 2024 [text]

- Focuses on the DRC.

Year End Reflections from Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, UNHCR’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa: Five Recommendations for 2025 (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Reports:

*Block by block: unpuzzling Africa’s migration governance landscape (Institute of Security Studies, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related ISS Today post.

Bursting at the seams: the impact of war and displacement on Sudan's Eastern cities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2024) [text]

Inspiring inclusion in forced displacement: Learning from Uganda (Univ. of Birmingham, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Localisation of Protection Programming in Garissa & Turkana, Kenya (Danish Refugee Council & Samuel Hall, July 2024) [text]

Strengthening Gender-Sensitive Responsiveness among RLOs in Kenya and Uganda (Heinrich Böll Stiftung, RELON & Samuel Hall, June 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Anticipatory actions: lessons from the storm Ana in Mocuba district, Mozambique," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:18 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Effect of households’ members disability and serious illness on public health insurance subscription among urban refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya," BMC Public Health, 24:3276 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Exploring trauma and resilience of Urban South Sudanese refugees in Sudan," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:57 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Good international citizenship and the protection of internally displaced persons: examining Kenya’s law and policy," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 28, no. 10 (2024) [open access]

"Prevalence of physical and mental health problems among internally displaced persons in White Nile state, Sudan 2023: a cross sectional study," BMC Public Health, 24:3448 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"What if professional mosquito abatement in Africa started in a refugee camp?," MalariaWorld Journal, vol. 15, no 14 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Burundians in Rwanda.

Multimedia:

Authoritarian Sanctuaries: Refugee Politics in East Africa, 13 Dec. 2024 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (8 Dec. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

7 years into the conflict, solutions to displacement in Cabo Delgado remain elusive (IDMC Expert Analysis, Oct. 2024) [text]

M23 conflict caused nearly 3 out of every 4 displacements in the DRC this year (IDMC Expert Analysis, Sept. 2024) [text]

Refugee Creativity, Fun, and Initiative at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi (Wilson Center, Oct. 2024) [text]

Refugee figures in South Sudan hit the half a million mark as thousands arrive, fleeing conflict in Sudan (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]

New open access book:

Voices in the Dark: The Energy Lives of Refugees (Berghahn Books, Oct. 2024) [open access]

- "Humanitarianism is in crisis: refugee numbers increase every year and humanitarian agencies are struggling to meet the needs of displaced people. In refugee camps all over the world, refugees are forced to secure their own access to energy and are provided with limited cooking resources and minimal electricity. Voices in the Dark draws upon a decade of original research to provide evidence on the energy lives of refugees. Focusing on refugee camps in Rwanda and Kenya, the book identifies that urgent change is required within humanitarian responses to forced migration and the climate crisis to ensure that future energy provision in displacement settings is sustainable, reliable and affordable for refugees."

Reports:

Migration Governance Indicators Data on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]

Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants: A Course for Migration Officials in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]

Sudan: Scenarios - A region-by-region analysis of possible developments affecting humanitarian needs and operations in Sudan until December 2025 (ACAPS, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

What displaced people in the DRC think of humanitarian protection and how to learn from it (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multicountry representative survey," BMJ Mental Health, vol. 26, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- See also related post in The Conversation.

"Inhabiting temporariness: the agency-in-waiting of Eritrean refugees in the city," Environment & Urbanization, OnlineFirst, 6 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Ethiopia.

"Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda," Population, Space and Place, Early View, 26 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Securitisation of Refugee Protection: The Judiciary’s Role in the Protection of the Rights of Refugees: Attorney General v. Kituo Cha Sheria & 7 Others," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Traumatised youth harbour feelings of revenge: investigating the association between PTSD symptomatology, vengeance, and willingness to forgive among the Congolese adolescent refugees in Uganda," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (27 Sept. 2024) 

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

The Complicated Relationship Between Climate, Conflict, and Gender in Mozambique (New Security Beat, Feb. 2024) [text]

UNHCR appeals to strengthen the protection of people displaced by climate change at a historical IACHR hearing (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

- See also related video recording below.

Unbearable Heat: Climate Displacement and Hardened Borders in the Americas (Dejusticia, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

La acción humanitaria en 2022-2023: La emergencia climática agudiza otras crisis (IECAH & MSF, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Decolonizing refugeehood: The rise of climate refugees as a new legal subjectivity," Journal of Political Ecology, vol. 31, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Escaping the Silence: Identifying Asylum Pathways for Environmental Activists Based on Domestic Violence Precedent," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 38, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Gendered effects of climate change and health inequities among forcibly displaced populations: Displaced Rohingya women foster resilience through technology," Journal of Climate Change and Health, In Press, 7 Feb. 2024 [open access]

Human mobility in the context of disasters, climate change and environmental degradation in the Euro-Mediterranean region: Challenges and insights (EuroMed Rights, Feb. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Inclusion of Migration and Migrants in Climate-resilient Development Pathways in the Context of the European Green Deal (IOM, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Iran Faces Dwindling Water and Escalating Climate Pressures, Aggravating Displacement Threats," Migration Information Source, 6 March 2024 [text]

"Local sources of vulnerability to climate change and armed conflicts in East Africa," Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 355 (March 2024) [open access]

"Nexus dynamics: the impact of environmental vulnerabilities and climate change on refugee camps," Oxford Open Climate Change, vol. 4, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Climate emergency, displacement and migration: voices and proposals from affected communities and civil society, 29 Feb. 2024 [access]

IACHR Hearing on "Human Rights of Persons in Human Mobility due to the Effects of Climate Change = Derechos humanos de personas en movilidad humana por efectos del cambio climático," 29 Feb. 2024 [access via IACHR] [access via YouTube]

- See also related news story.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (13 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Displacement in Sudan: Worse than the Worst-Case Scenario (CHA Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Europe’s migration deals in the Sahel must be revised (ISS Today, Nov. 2023) [text]

Kenya’s Bold New Shirika Refugee Plan is Model for Future (RI Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Pan-African responses to Europe’s restrictive immigration regime (African Arguments, Nov. 2023) [text]

South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

‘You reach a point where you have nothing. You will just die’: In East African refugee camps, food scarcity is a mortal concern (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Bridge over troubled waters: migration governance and rule of law in Kenya and Ethiopia (Institute for Security Studies, Nov. 2023) [text]

Conflict Trends in Africa, 1989–2022, Policy Brief, no. 5 (PRIO, 2023) [text]

Equal Partnerships: African Intermediary Cities as Actors and Partners in Urban Migration Governance (Samuel Hall, Nov. 2023) 

- City reports have been issued for Kumasi, Ghana, Saint Louis, Senegal and Gulu, Uganda.

"Factors associated with health-seeking patterns among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency, Northeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study," Conflict and Health, 17: 54 (Nov. 2023) [open access]

A ground breaking opportunity to increase access for registration of community groups in Dadaab (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

"How Freedom of Movement Infringes on the Right to Leave," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 22 Nov. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the "ECOWAS area, drawing on original research material collected mainly in Abuja, Nigeria, but also in Senegal, Guinea, and The Gambia."

Invisible: The regional displacement crisis triggered by the Sudan conflict (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2023) [text]

Landless and displaced: The struggle for housing, land and property rights in eastern DR Congo (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2023) [text]

*Mutual aid in Sudan: the future of aid? (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]

*"My Life, My Plans and My Dreams are Falling Apart": Voices from the Sudan Conflict (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Oxfam’s Engagement with Refugee-led Organisations in West Nile (Uganda): Lessons on opportunities and challenges (Oxfam, Dec. 2023) [text]

Somali refugees in Kenya: increasing camp-urban mobility (IIED, Nov. 2023) [text]

Multimedia:

Kenya’s refugee policy: Towards coherence? (Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration through Ideas, Nov. 2023) [access]

- More episodes in this podcast series are available here.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (16 Nov. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Pledges aren’t enough to protect East Africa’s refugees (ISS Today, Nov. 2023) [text]

SADC Member States partner with the African Development Bank and UNHCR to address forced displacement, fragility, and climate resilience in Southern Africa (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Verifying records of over 61,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in Republic of Congo (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Conflict, climate change, food security, and mobility in the Karamoja Cluster: A study to analyse interactions among conflict, food security, climate change, migration and displacement factors (FAO, IGAD & Interpeace, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Critical Turning Point: The Path to Durable Solutions for Refugees in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

Exploring new approaches to urban refugee hosting in Kenya (IIED, Nov. 2023) [text]

Knowledge, resources and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights: The views and experiences of young refugees living in Kyangwali refugee settlement, Western Uganda (Open Univ., June 2023) [text]

Migration and Displacement in Secondary Cities: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2023) [text]

- See also video recording of related webinar.

"Systematic Analysis of the Security and Economic Implications of Migration and Regional Conflict in West Africa," Global Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 22, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"When Legal Inclusion is not Enough: The 'Uganda Model' of Refugee Protection on the Brink of Failure," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 15 Nov. 2023 [open access]

White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa (Govt. of South Africa, Nov. 2023) [text via CRAI]

- See also related press statement. Public comments on the white paper can be submitted until 19 January 2024.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (4 Nov. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa in Transition Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

ECOWAS and UNHCR signed an agreement to strengthen refugee protection and address internal displacements in West Africa (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

The Transient Refugee Trend in the Horn of Africa: Could This Call for a Shift in Policy? (Africa Up Close Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

IGAD and Forced Migration Response in the Horn of Africa: Prospects and Obstacles, IOB Working Paper, no. 5 (Univ. of Antwerp, Oct. 2023) [text]

Protracted displacement in an urban world - Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: building urban solutions, Working Paper (IIED, Oct. 2023) [text]

A Region on the Move 2022: East and Horn of Africa (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

Respecting Her International Obligations? Analyzing Rwanda's 2014 Law Relating to Refugees, IOB Working Paper, no. 6 (Univ. of Antwerp, Oct. 2023) [text]

UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs in Western and Central Africa, Dakar/Online, 12-13 Sept. 2023 [access]

- Follow link for agenda and concept note.

Journal articles:

"Are They Victims of COVID-19? The livelihood and quandaries of sex workers in the New Kuchingoro camp for internally displaced people in Abuja, Nigeria," Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

"Determinants of life satisfaction among migrants in South Africa: an analysis of the GCRO’s quality of life survey (2009–2021)," BMC Public Health, 23:2030 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Dispossession, social reproduction and the feminization of refugee survival: Ethiopian refugees in Nairobi, Kenya," Review of International Political Economy, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Endurance Lost and Found: Unwanted Return and the Suspension of Time," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on returns to Senegal.

"Where is Home without Legal Status? Understanding the Choice to Stay Among Post-Cessation Liberians in Nigeria," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 31 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (23 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Beyond humanitarian assistance: Enabling refugees' economic empowerment through entrepreneurship and investment (Development for Peace Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

- Discusses two recent reports, both of which are referenced below.

"Refugees Are an American Immigration Success Story," Forbes, 12 Oct. 2023 [text]

Spotlight on the Economic Contributions of TPS Holders (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Square pegs in round holes: using trade conditionalities to foster migration cooperation between the EU and third countries (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Unintended Consequences: The Effect of Harsh Italian Migrant Policies on Irregular Agricultural Work (RLI Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Advancing Refugee Entrepreneurship: Guidelines for the Private Sector, Governments, and the Development Community (World Bank, Sept. 2023) [text]

Best Practices from the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region of Successful Cooperation with the Private Sector (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

Finding urban solutions for Ethiopia’s Eritrean refugees (IIED, Oct. 2023) [text]

In the Shadows: Ukrainian Domestic Workers in Poland (CARE, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

The integration of applicants for international protection in the labour market (European Migration Network, 2023) [access]

- See also related Flash and Inform.

Refugee Entrepreneurship Survey 2023 (Loughborough Univ., Oct. 2023) [text]

Refugee-Related Investment: Myth or Reality? (World Bank, Sept. 2023) [text]

Report on Employment and Economic Integration Situation of Internally Displaced Persons (People in Need, 2023) [text via Relief]

- Follow link for report in English and Ukrainian.

A Winding Path to Integration: Venezuelan Migrants' Regularization and Labor Market Prospects (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2023) [text]

- The report is available in English and Spanish.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (5 Oct. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Reports:

Children displaced in a changing climate: Preparing for a future that’s already underway (UNICEF, Oct. 2023) [access]

- Available in English, French and Spanish.

Connecting Climate Justice & Migrant Justice: A Guide to Countering Dangerous Narratives (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants et al., Sept. 2023) [access]

"It’s Time for Us to be Included": An Assessment of Refugee and Displaced People’s Participation in National Adaptation Planning (Refugees International, Oct. 2023) [text]

Loss and Damage and Displacement: Key Messages for the Road to COP 28 (Loss and Damage Collaboration & Researching Internal Displacement, Sept. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for brief in Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Neighbours and Navigators: Preparing for Climate Mobility from Tuvalu and Kiribati to Aotearoa (Univ. of Auckland, Sept. 2023) [text]

Thinking about Tomorrow, Acting Today: The Future of Climate Mobility (IOM, Sept. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report and summary version in English, French and Spanish.

Journal articles:

"Climate Migration in the International and Domestic Regulation of Migration," University of South Australia Law Review, vol. 5 (2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on domestic law in Australia and New Zealand.

"Compelled and constrained migration: restrictions to migration agency in the Marshall Islands," Frontiers in Climate, 4 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"How Recognition and Implementation of the Right to a Healthy Environment Can Advance the Human Rights of Migrants," Environmental Rights Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2023) [postprint]

"The Refugee Burden of Proof: Legal Gaps and Future Considerations for Climate Migrants," Pace Law Review, vol. 43, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

"Where are All the Climate Migrants? Explaining Immobility amid Environmental Change," Migration Information Source,  4 Oct. 2023 [text]

Multimedia:

Migration, Disasters, and Climate Change in Eastern Africa, 26 Sept. 2023 [access]

Trapped Populations: When Climate Migration Isn’t Possible, 19 Sept. 2023 [access]

Resource:

CLIMB Database: Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Degradation (UN Network on Migration) [access]

- "This online database compiles over 1578 national policy instruments in 172 countries and over 230 bilateral and/or regional policy instruments containing provisions of relevance to human mobility in the context of disasters, the adverse effects of climate change, and environmental degradation."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (27 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Nowhere to run: The dilemmas of Eritrean refugees in war-wrecked Sudan (CMI Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Repatriation does little to deter Ethiopian migrants (ENACT Africa, Aug. 2023) [text]

Should Refugee Camps be Abolished? Towards Key Considerations for Self-reliance and True Protection (RLI Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Advocating for Refugee Incentive Workers: A Qualitative Research Study in Three Refugee Contexts in Africa (Oxfam, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Community Conversations: The Impact of Awareness-raising Forums on Migration Attitudes in Ethiopia (IOM, Aug. 2023) [text]

Uganda: Summary of learning from recent research (UNHCR, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Forced Migration and Resilience in the EHAGL Region: Resource Caravans and Passageways of Adult Urban Refugees in Addis Ababa," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Medical Research and the Production of Reliable Data: The Difficulties of a Randomised Clinical Trial Confronted with Real Life in Southern Niger," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3 (Sept. 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "The Influence of the Global Refugee Regime in Africa." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access.

"The reliability of recall measurement in assessing migrant reintegration: Evidence from Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan," International Migration, Early View, 1 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"The role of mindfulness, psychological capital, and social capital in the well-being of refugees in Uganda," Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, vol. 5 (2023) [open access]

"Tanzania’s Open Door to Refugees Narrows," Migration Information Source, 24 Aug. 2023 [text]

Multimedia:

Managing Changing Migration Dynamics and Policies in West Africa for Regional Gain, 24 Aug. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (22 Aug. 2023)