Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Asylum and Forced Displacement in the EU Enlargement Process: Contributions to inform the European Commission 2026 Enlargement Package in the area of asylum (ECRE, June 2026) [text]

A common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the European Union (European Parliament, June 2026) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, June-July 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Romania.

Criminalising Asylum in Ireland: Prosecuting Asylum-Seekers without a Valid Passport or Equivalent Document (Irish Refugee Council & Maynooth University, May 2026) [text via Refworld]

UNHCR recommendations to the Dutch Government (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"'Access Gaps as Drivers of Vulnerability'—Access to social services for refugees through the lens of vulnerability: An intersectional analysis in Türkiye," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Alternatives to Return: An Ideal-Typical Categorization of State Responses to Non-Repatriated Irregular Migrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Rebuilding home on 'hot ground': spiritual obligation and the decision to return to Srebrenica," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"The role of medical evidence certifying PTSD for legal outcomes in Swedish asylum cases 2016–2020," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 404 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"A spatial analysis of secondary movements and desertification in EU asylum governance," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 25 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Asylum Interviews in Southern Italy: Narratives, Credibility and Consequences (NCCR On the Move Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

A Draconian Return System: High Humanitarian Cost of the Forthcoming Return of Irregular Migrants (Verfassungsblog, Feb. 2026) [text]

*Spain's new migrant regularization explained (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

The Steering Committee’s ‘Preliminary Draft Text’ for the Chișinău Declaration: Nothing is Wrong with the ECtHR’s Migration Case-Law (EJIL: Talk Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports:

Budgeting for Asylum, Migration and Inclusion in Europe after 2027 (ECRE, Feb. 2026) [text]

Mixed movements in South-Eastern Europe: Understanding Diverse Motivations and Intentions (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Routes in flux: Is EU migration policy working? Falling arrivals, shifting routes, and the EU’s new migration strategy (Mixed Migration Centre, Feb. 2026) [access]

- Follow link for texts of report and related article.

Transitioning to What? Legal Statuses Available After Temporary Protection for People Displaced from Ukraine (ECRE, Feb. 2026)

- Paper 1: Germany, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Republic of Moldova

- Paper 2: Belgium, France and Spain

- Paper 3: Poland and Italy

Journal articles:

"Field reflections from training Finnish asylum officials," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"'No Safe Haven' and the Politics of Accountability: The Extradition and Exclusion of Rwandan Genocide Suspects," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

"Organisational determinants of administrative decision-making quality in European asylum offices: a qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)," Comparative Migration Studies, 10 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Still Deserving? Social Construction of Ukrainian Refugees Changing Over Time," Nationalities Papers, FirstView, 3 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"'They are lovely men': Compassionate exclusion used to justify a protest outside asylum seeker accommodation," British Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 65, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ireland.

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 Feb. 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (4 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians)

Reports & journal articles:

"Experiences of externally displaced Ukrainian women: a longitudinal study of financial resilience recovery, economic behavioral decisions, and financial inclusion in displacement," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:6 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"A framework for understanding precarious economic incorporation of Ukrainian refugees in Central Eastern Europe," Comparative Migration Studies, 7 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Labor market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Europe: Employment gaps, skill mismatches and economic gains (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

PTSD and refugees' underemployment: Evidence from displaced Ukrainians, RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, no. 26019 (Rockwool Foundation, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Turning crisis into potential: Leveraging the skills of forced Ukrainian migrant women in Poland," PLoS One 21(1): e0338655 [open access]

"Ukrainian displaced women entrepreneurs in EU countries: Pathways to inclusion in the European business environment," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 114 (Jan.-Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (18 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Ambivalent Technologies: Everyday Life and Digital Practices in the Matamoros Refugee Camp," Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3 (July 2025) [open access]

"Copy-paste paths: Migrants’ networked practices in the platform economy," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Norway.

"Magic bullet or questionable remedy? Discussing the use of Meta advertising to recruit hard-to-reach migrants for surveys," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 22 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"The Role of Social Media Content in Migration Aspirations: Mixed-Methods Evidence from Two Senegalese Regions," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 12 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Stateless Studies in an Age of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Opportunities & Setting a Future Agenda," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- See also related blog post.

Technology and Forced Migration: Ukrainian Migrants in Central and Eastern Europe (Routledge, Aug. 2025) [info]

- Two chapters are open access, the Preface and "Chapter 1: Migration and technologies dilemmas."

"Why sovereignty matters for humanitarian data," Big Data & Society, 28 July 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (19 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Forced Migrants in Nordic Histories (Helsinki Univ. Press, June 2025) [open access]

- "[This book] sheds light on the often-overlooked histories of forced migrants in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden during the 20th and 21st centuries. It offers the first comparative, region-wide volume focused specifically on the histories of refugees and other groups of forced migrants across the Nordic countries. Nordic historiographies have long tended to marginalise or omit the presence of these migrants, producing a perception of forced migration as something ‘new’ or ‘exceptional’. This volume challenges that notion by uncovering the long and varied histories of forced migration within, between, to, and from the Nordic region. In doing so, it repositions forced migrants as integral to the shaping of Nordic societies."

AIDA country reports (June 2025):

Updated profiles for Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and Ukraine.

Journal articles:

"Bordering Asylum: Examining the EU’s Border Procedures under the Asylum Procedures Regulation (EU) 2024/1348," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 June 2025 [open access]

"Determinants of refugees’ generalised and institutional trust: evidence from Germany," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 10 June 2025 [open access]

"Non-exceptional humanitarian spaces: the emergency reception of Ukrainian refugees as contingency planning for domestic mass displacement in Romania," City, Territory and Architecture, Latest Articles, 20 June 2025 [open access]

"Unpolitics, domestic pressures, or else? The opposition of Visegrád Group countries to the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum," Journal of European Integration, Latest Articles, 19 June 2025 [open access]

"Volunteering for Refugees as a Journey of Growth and Pain," Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, vol. 35, no. 4 (July/Aug. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (28 June 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Colombian-German Migration Agreement: An Insufficient Strategy (Fluchtforschung Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

German party leaders are united against immigration – but there is little evidence for a key part of their argument (The Conversation, Feb. 2025) [text]

Post-Conflict Resettlement in Karabakh: Rebuilding Livelihoods (RID Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

The Vanishing Archive: UNHCR Archives’ Recovery and Preservation of the Records from the Former Yugoslavia (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports:

Country Guidance: Explained (EU Agency for Asylum, Feb. 2025) [text]

How Social Capital and Support Structures Shape the Experiences of People Affected by the War in Ukraine: The Case of Ukraine, Poland, and Germany (International Rescue Committee, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mixed Movements in South-Eastern Europe: Challenges Along the Route and Drivers of Onward Movements (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Pushed, Beaten, Left to Die: European Pushback Report 2025 (11.11.11 et al., Feb. 2025) [text]

Return or regularization? A temporal analysis of rejected asylum seekers in Germany, RSC Working Paper, no. 6 (European Univ. Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Ukraine Emergency Three Years On: 2025 Update (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 Feb. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (United Kingdom) (8 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Opportunity:

Call for registration: 2025 Queer Displacements: Regional challenges, global solidarity, practical solutions, Melbourne, 4-5 September 2025 [info]

- The early bird deadline is 16 March 2025.

Short pieces:

Gender identity and migration in South Africa: A layered experience (Dejusticia Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

How the Nationality and Borders Act is endangering queer asylum in Britain (openDemocracy, Jan. 2025) [text]

"How Trump could impact U.S. LGBTQ+ asylum rules," Context News, 24 Jan. 2025 [text]

Intersections of Vulnerability or Power?: Individual Efforts to Shelter LGBTIQ+ Displaced People in Beirut (Borders and Limitations, Nov. 2024) [text]

Book chapters & journal articles:

"Challenges and support for LGBTQIA+ refugees in Luxembourg and in the DACH countries," Chapter in Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2023/2024 (transcript Verlag, Jan. 2025) [open access]

- Note: DACH countries = Germany, Austria & Switzerland. Scroll to p. 79.

"Coloniality in queer asylum: towards theorising ‘colonial surveillance’ and its resistances," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 Jan. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark & Germany.

"Combining Photovoice and Videovoice for Participatory Research: Visual Storytelling with LGBTQ+ Refugees and Migrants," Journal of Participatory Research Methods, vol. 5, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil.

"Credibility Assessments in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Asylum Cases: Evidence from a Quantitative Study of Case Law in Switzerland," Swiss Journal of Sociology, vol. 50, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

"(In)credibly queer? Assessments of asylum claims based on sexual orientation," Legal and Criminological Psychology, vol. 30, no. 1 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Queer refugees and human rights: on the limits of recognition," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 24 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Situation queer migration: displacement and a sense of belonging in Georgian queer migrants," Chapter in Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2023/2024 (transcript Verlag, Jan. 2025) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 39.

"Solidarity test: challenges of forced LGBTIQ migration and activism in Central-Eastern European countries in the context of Russia’s war on Ukraine," European Societies, vol. 26, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (13 Dec. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Migration deterrence strategies are popular amongst politicians, but what do we know about their effectiveness? (ODI Insights, Dec. 2024) [text]

What happens when governments require public officials to report irregular migrants? A look at recent developments in Sweden (MPC Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

New book:

Migration and Central Europe: Challenges and Legal Responses, Studies of the Central European Professors’ Network (Central European Academic Publishing, 2024) [full-text]

- This book is a product of the Central European Professors’ Network's research on "Migration and Central Europe," which focused on "the interpretation of the UN Refugee Convention; the examination of EU and Member States' competences; the role and jurisprudence of national constitutional courts; and the related jurisprudence of the Council of Europe, including the ECtHR, from a Central European perspective, and its further development. The group...also provide[d] an overview of the theory and practice of return of irregular migrants, including readmission agreements, as well as difficulties of implementation and dilemmas related to legal certainty."

Journal articles:

"Administrative Lawfare at the European Union’s External Borders: Some Perspectives on Administrative Regulation of NGO Search and Rescue Activities in Italy and the Situation at the Polish-Belarusian Border," Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 16, no. 3 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

Borders in Globalization Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Border Temporalities in and Beyond Europe."

"Boundary obstacles in social innovation: refugees, volunteers, and caseworkers navigating Denmark’s paradoxical borderscape," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Capitalizing on a crisis: the European Union Trust Fund for Africa," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 30, no. 4 (2024) [open access]

"The drivers of multilevel governance as a mode of policymaking: the case of asylum-seekers' reception in Italy," Italian Political Science Review = Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politic, FirstView, 27 Dec. 2024 [open access]

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is open access.

"Governance in Crisis. Examining the Role of TSOs in Asylum Seekers Reception in France and Italy," Nonprofit Policy Forum, Ahead of Print, 17 Dec. 2024 [open access] 

"Immigrants’ condition of expulsability: A comparative approach to the German and French legal framework," Oñati Socio-Legal Series, vol. 14, no. 6 (2024) [open access]

"Navigating contradictions: justifications and imaginaries of the initiators of European migration information campaigns," International Migration, Early View, 27 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Out of sync: temporal governance and agency in refugee families with temporary protection status in Denmark," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Unequal refugeeness: Race, gender, and co-belligerence from Poles in colonial Africa to Ukrainians in Poland," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 30 Dec. 2024 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 Dec. 2024)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (13 Dec. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum Denial Beyond Borders: The International Dimensions of British Responses to Tamil Asylum Seekers in the 1980s," History Workshop Journal, Advance Articles, 7 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Devious refugees and harmless borders? How Frontex inverts deviance and blame," Race & Class, OnlineFirst, 4 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"The Migration Decision-Making Process Among Ukrainian Refugees: Different Contexts of Reception," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in the Czech Rep., Poland and Israel.

"The multiplicity of state agencies, categories of inclusion and exclusion, and experiences of young asylum seekers," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 31 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"'Now I Do Not Eat, it is Just For My Children': Mapping Food Access Disruption Among Refugees and Migrants in Athens, Greece," Glocality, vol. 7, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Public attitudes towards immigrants: A curious case of Croatia," International Migration, Early View, 24 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"Three-dimensional trust: disentangling trust relations in the context of converted asylum seekers," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Why do civil society organisations working on international protection tend to have positive dispositions towards refugees? A macro-level opportunity structure model," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 8, no. 5 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Protection in the UK: The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, 30 Oct. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 Nov. 2024)

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Authors in the "Global East"

Here is another periodic round-up of recent scholarly literature by forced migration authors affiliated with institutions based in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Baltics -- additional regions that are not always well-represented in my open access coverage. Includes journal articles, journal issues, books and book chapters.

Journal articles:

"Achieving Better Integration of Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Republic: Making Use of Expertise and Addressing Cultural Differences," Nonprofit Policy Forum, Ahead of Print, 15 May 2024 [open access]

- Authors (3) = Czech Rep.

"Addressing Statelessness through the Hungarian Citizenship Act," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 5, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Hungary

"Between Legal Fortress and Uncertainty: Comparative Analysis of the Refugee Law Frameworks in Hungary and Indonesia," Zbornik radova: Pravnog fakulteta Novi Sad, vol. 52, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

- Author = Hungary/Indonesia

"Beyond 'Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay': The simultaneous impacts of co-agency in migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 6 June 2024 [open access]

- Authors (4) = Romania (2, incl. lead), Switzerland (1), Netherlands (1)

"Boundary-Making and Political Activism in Protracted Exile: Second-Generation Tibetan Refugees in India," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 20 April 2023 [open access]

- Author = Poland

"The Catholic Church and Refugees in Slovenia," Religions, vol. 15, no. 4 (March 2024) [open access]

- Author = Slovenia

"Challenges of Ethnographic Research with War Migrants from Ukraine," Etnografia Polska, vol. 67, nos. 1-2 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Changes in the Involvement of Polish Local Governments in Public Policies Addressing Involuntary Migration Following the 2022 Inflow of Ukrainian Forced Migrants," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 13, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Corporate Human Rights Responsibility in Illiberal Regimes: The Example of the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis in Hungary," Business and Human Rights Journal, vol. 9, no. S1 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Hungary

"The COVID-19 pandemic and refugees. A scoping review," Social Change Review, vol. 21, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Romania

"Environmentally driven migration in EU discourse: norms, policies and realities," UCL Open Environment, vol. 6 (March 2024) [open access]

- Author = Slovakia

"Exposing Covert Border Enforcement: Why Failing to Shift the Burden of Proof in Pushback Cases is Wrong," European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, vol. 4, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"From compassion to controversy: Unraveling the impact of societal resilience on the tapestry of attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, In Press, 16 Feb. 2024 [open access]

- Authors (20) = Israel (7, incl. lead), Lithuania (2), Poland (3), Romania (3), Georgia (3), Czech Rep. (1), Estonia (1)

"Frontline of Refugee Reception Policy: Warsaw Reception Centers During the 2022 Ukrainian Crisis," Nonprofit Policy Forum, Ahead of Print, 12 Aug. 2024 [open access]

- Authors (2) = Poland

"Gazing Toward and Beyond the Borders: Syrian Refugees and Organizations Supporting Them in Turkey," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Latest Articles, 6 Dec. 2023 [open access]

- Authors (2) = Poland

"Has the war in Ukraine changed Europeans’ preferences on refugee policy? Evidence from a panel experiment in Germany, Hungary and Poland," Journal of European Public Policy, Latest Articles, 2 Feb. 2024 [open access]

- Authors (4) = Poland (lead), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), UK (1)

"High-skilled precarity: The situation of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic and Poland," Sociological Studios, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Czech Rep. (2, incl. lead), Poland (1)

"Imagining a Better World: Assessing the Immediate and Delayed Effects of Imagined Contact on Attitudes towards Refugees in Elementary School," Frontiers in Psychology, 28 April 2024 [open access]

- Authors (6) = Croatia (4, incl. lead), Switzerland (2)

"Interpreters as cultural experts? Asylum practices in Slovakia," Jindal Global Law Review, vol. 14, no. 2 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Author = Slovakia

"Lessons Learnt? War, Exile and Hope among Child Refugees in the Czech Republic," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 13, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Czech Rep.

"Mass mobilizations for helping war refugees: The role of fear, closeness, and norms," Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, vol. 5 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (6) = Poland

"Multifaceted Hospitality: The Micro-Dynamics of Host–Guest Relations in Polish Homes after 24 February 2022," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 13, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Own or public? Later livelihoods of Ukrainian war migrant households in Poland," International Migration, Early View, 10 June 2024 [open access]

- Authors (3) = Poland

"People act when feeling obliged: Prosocial intentions toward Ukrainian refugees in Poland during the first two weeks of the war in Ukraine," Current Issues in Personality Psychology (Jan. 2024) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Perceptions of Ukrainian and Other Refugees among Eighth-Graders in Slovenia: Characteristics of Students towards Inclusion of Refugee Students in Mainstream Schools," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 2024) [open access]

- Author = Slovenia

"'The Plan Is No Plan': Ontological Security and Resilience of Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Labour Market," Czech Sociological Review, Prepublished online, 19 July 2024 [open access]

- Authors (4) = Czech Rep.

"The Principle of Solidarity and the Challenges of System and Social (Dis)Integration: In Anticipation of the New EU Rules on Migration and Asylum," EU and Comparative Law Issues and Challenges Series, vol. 8 (2024) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Croatia

"Providing asylum: Spatial distribution of accommodation facilities for Ukrainian refugees against the background of local conditions in a less developed Polish region," Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum, vol. 23, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Refugee Protection in Romania Before Communism, Under the 1923 and 1938 Constitutions (I)," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 18, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Author = Romania

"Refugees and (Im)Migrants: (Re)Conceptualizing and (Re)Contextualizing Migration in the Media," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 4 April 2024 [open access]

- Authors (2) = Slovenia

"Reimagining 'Integration' in the Light of the New Forms of Mobility," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 29 Dec. 2023 [open access]

- Authors (2) = Latvia

"The Role of FRONTEX and EASO in the Field of Asylum Policies and the Guarantee of Respecting People's Rights and Integrity," Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Development, vol. 11, no. S1 (2024) [open access]

- Author = Albania

"Russian Aggression against Ukraine and the Making of Refugees: Ideology, Tools, Identities," Innovation in the Social Sciences, vol. 2, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]

- Author = Ukraine/Taiwan

*"'The schools try, but…': A holistic perspective on the social adaptation of Ukrainian refugee students in Czech schools," Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, vol. 48 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Authors (7) = Czech Rep. (6, incl. lead), Czech Rep./Ukraine (1)

"Social Inclusion of Gen Z Ukrainian Refugees in Lithuania: The Role of Online Social Networks," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 2024) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Lithuania

"Solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia: what motivates those who help?," Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 26, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Slovakia

"Special Proceedings and Alternatives to Detention for Migrant and Refugee Children," Biuletyn Stowarzyszenia Absolwentów i Przyjaciół Wydziału Prawa Katolickiego, OnlineFirst, 9 Jan. 2024 [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Statelessness: A Radical Rethinking of the Dominant Citizenism Paradigm," Annual Review of Law and Social Science (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

- Author = Hungary/Austria

"Teacher evaluations of interethnic bullying of an Arab student: The role of perceiving refugees as a threat or benefit," Social Psychology of Education, Latest Articles, 5 June 2024 [open access]

- Authors (5) = Czech Rep. (2, incl. lead), Austria/Norway (1), Norway (1), US (1)

"'They usually look happy': approaches to the adaptation of Ukrainian refugees in Czech schools," Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Latest Articles, 9 June 2024 [open access]

- Authors (8) = Czech Rep.

"To Whom Does the Knowledge Belong? The Researcher-Researched Relationship and Vulnerability in Refugee Studies," Ethics in Progress, vol. 14, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Poland (lead), Uganda (1)

"War and Women: An Analysis of Ukrainian Refugee Women Staying in the Czech Republic," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 11 (2024) [open access]

- Authors (8) = Czech Rep.

"'We Want Our Freedom Back, That's Our Only Need': A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Needs Among Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants Crossing from Belarus to Lithuania," Frontiers in Public Health, 1 May 2024 [open access]

- Authors (8) = Spain/Lithuania/Saudi Arabia (lead), Lithuania (5), Spain (2)

"'What I Want versus What I Will Agree to': An Analysis of the Views of Ukrainian Refugees toward Work," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Poland

Journal issues:

Dve Domovini = Two Homelands, no. 59 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Labor Migration in Ukraine and the Post-Soviet Space." The journal is published in Slovenia, and several authors are based there, while others are in Croatia and Ukraine.

Polish Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 75, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Children, youth and adults in the context of migration, refugeeism, and war trauma—challenges and tasks of education." All authors are based in Poland.

Books/book chapters:

"Formosa as a Safe Haven? Taiwan’s Public Opinion on Potential Asylum Mechanisms and Refugees," Chapter in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

- Author = Czech Rep.

“Human Security in Times of War: The Role of the State and Non-state Actors in Protecting the Ukrainian Refugees in Romania,” Chapter in The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Global Politics and Security (Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 183.

- Authors (2) = Romania (lead), US (1)

Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment of Ukrainian Refugees: The Case of Visegrad Group Countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]

- Editors (3) = Poland (2), Hungary (1); authors are based in Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. 

"The Role of Nationalism and Political Identity in Shaping Japanese People’s Perceptions of Immigrants and Refugees," Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Czech Rep.

"Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: Two Schools Under One Roof—One Is Offline, the Other One Online," Chapter in Designing Democratic Schools and Learning Environments: A Global Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, March 2024) [open access]

- Author = Poland

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Authors in the "Global East" (12 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Reports & journal articles:

"Deploying an ageing-astute lens in migration studies: Current research and future directions," International Migration, vol. 62, no. 4 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

Not Invisible: Strengthening Protection for Children with Disabilities in Migration and Displacement (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Resettlement of Older Syrian Refugees in Canada: Key Individual Factors of Social Inclusion," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Situation and needs of interpreters working with deaf, migrant, refugee and asylum seeking victims of gender-based violence in the Spanish context," Cadernos de Tradução, vol. 44, no. S1 (2024) [open access]

"Unveiling the missing pieces: Addressing research gaps in tackling loneliness among older migrants," International Migration, vol. 62, no. 4 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

Focus on Ukrainians:

"At home, even the walls help": Exploring the palliative care needs, experiences, preferences, and hopes of older people with serious illness in Ukraine (HelpAge International, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Capacity of Polish and Romanian stakeholders to provide support to Ukrainian refugees with disabilities in the metropolitan areas of Warsaw and Bucharest (Collegium Civitas & Romanian Academy of Sciences) [info]

Czechia - Older Refugees from Ukraine: Assessing and Supporting Their Needs (IOM, June 2024) [text via EC]

A Resilient Picture: Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine (Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Situation of Parents of Children with Autism in the Context of Refugeeism and War Trauma," Polish Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 75, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Poland.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (24 May 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Change We Can’t Believe in: A Bleak Review of Labour’s Promises on Asylum (RLI Blog, July 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.  

The Door Opens for a New Chapter in European Cooperation on Migration (MPI Commentary, July 2024) [text]

The Gradual Emergence of the Refugee Issue in Türkiye (Australian Outlook, July 2024) [text]

*Labour promised to scrap the Rwanda policy. But its new approach aims to be just as tough on asylum seekers (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

The role of Courts in the era of EU externalization policies: A focus on Libya, Tunisia, and Niger (RLI Blog, July 2024) [text]

UK Border Force returns migrants in the Channel to France – expert Q&A (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

Warmth, Laughter, and the Smell of Buns: Perceptions of Home among Forced Migrants from Ukraine, Spotlight on Ukraine, no. 10 (ZOIS, July 2024) [text]

- Interviews were conducted with Ukrainians in Germany and the Czech Rep.

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

New open access book:

Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment of Ukrainian Refugees: The Case of Visegrad Group Countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]

- This volume "presents good practices in humanitarian assistance and empowerment of Ukrainian refugees in various areas: emergency aid to large groups crossing the border, organisation of support in places of temporary stay, learning local languages, inclusion of children in school and adults in the labour market, and inclusion in the local community. It indicates the forms of international protection and the scope of their application by migrants from Ukraine, and discusses the temporary protection status dedicated to Ukrainian refugees."

Reports:

Country Report: Hungary (AIDA, July 2024) [text]

- Updated profile.

The Guarantees of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Respect of Legal Counselling, Assistance and Representation in Asylum Procedures (ECRE, June 2024) [text via Refworld]

Voices from the Camps: Living Conditions and Access to Services in Refugee Camps on the Greek Mainland (Mobile Info Team, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"'Europe was a dream for me. This dream came true but remains unfulfilled at the same time': Navigating life aspirations among forced migrants in Austria and Italy," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept 2024) [open access]

"HIV-infected Latin American asylum seekers in Madrid, Spain, 2022: A prospective cohort study from a major gateway in Europe," Eurosurveillance, vol. 29, no. 29 (July 2024) [open access]

"The role of sub-national actors in coordinative Europeanisation: insights from the digitalisation of asylum services," Comparative European Politics, Latest Articles, 16 July 2024 [open access]

"Time and displacement: changed temporal experiences of refugee families after reunion," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 23 July 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

Resource:

Ukraine is Home (UNHCR) [access]

- "This online portal aims to provide timely and impartial information to millions of people displaced by the full-scale war. It is designed to help Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced make informed decisions regarding potential return—or continued stay in host countries or host communities.  Users can find guidance on accessing the Government’s compensation mechanisms for destroyed or damaged homes, and eligibility requirements when applying from abroad; personal documents to obtain before and bring when returning to Ukraine; and access to free legal aid and cash assistance provided by UNHCR and its local partners, amongst others."

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 July 2024)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (12 July 2024)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Jordan: New Alliance allows more refugees to access university studies (UNHCR, July 2024) [text]

"Largest global mapping of higher education opportunities for refugees to be launched," Times Higher Education, 21 June 2024 [text]

New project will map routes to higher education for Venezuelan refugees and migrants (UNESCO, June 2024 [text]

University of Nairobi and UNHCR launch Refugee Resource Centre, to foster research and policy changes on forced displacement (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Reports:

Education of Refugee Children and Youth from Ukraine: An Analysis of Major Challenges and Trends Based on Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) and Other Data (UNHCR et al., June 2024) [access]

Refugee students from Ukraine in the Polish education system (Center for Citizenship Education, April 2024) [text via UNICEF]

Rohingya Children in India: Access to Education and the Quest for a Better Future (Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Critical Studies of Inter-Asian Societies Project, Feb. 2024) [text]

UNHCR Engagement with Academia: Ensuring an effective response to refugees’ situations and empowering forcibly displaced people through data and education (UNHCR, July 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Romania.

Journal articles:

"Development of a tailored educational strategy in primary schools to cope with volatility of education in internally displaced camps: a case study from Northwest Syria," Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, Latest Articles, 17 May 2024 [open access]

"Digital learning in pandemic times: assessing academic readiness among refugee children in Malaysia," Early Child Development and Care, Latest Articles, 2 April 2024 [open access]

"Governance and Duty in Global Refugee Education: A Kantian Perspective," Frontiers in Education, 1 July 2024 [open access]

"Language learning, gender and education: Understanding the agency and affordances of refugee-background women with emergent literacy," Linguistics and Education, vol. 81 (June 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden and New Zealand.

"Learning Together Through Shared Book Reading: Experiences of Burmese Refugee Mothers and Their Preschoolers," Early Childhood Education Journal, Latest Articles, 14 May 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

Polish Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 75, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Children, youth and adults in the context of migration, refugeeism, and war trauma—challenges and tasks of education."

"Stuffing the Refugee Education Pipeline: The Integration Process and the Exclusion of Refugees from Knowledge Production in a Western Destination Country," Frontiers in Education, 1 July 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Norway.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (28 June 2024)

New Issues of Comp. Migr. Stud., Disasters, Dve Domo., GILJ, Hum. Exch., Hum. Leader, JEMS, JIMI, Pol. Q., Polish J. Educ. Stud., Soc. Res., Zarch

Comparative Migration Studies [open access]

- Special collection on "The Ethics of Migration Policy Dilemmas."

Disasters, vol. 48, no. S1 (July 2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "Local knowledge as the basis of disaster management and humanitarian assistance," with a focus on China, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Six articles are open access.

Dve Domovini = Two Homelands, no. 59 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Labor Migration in Ukraine and the Post-Soviet Space."

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 38, no. 2 (Winter 2024) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 85 (June 2024) [full-text]

- Issue theme is "Women-led organisations in humanitarian response."

The Humanitarian Leader, vol. 6, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 13 (2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "Arts-based approaches, migration and violence: intersectional and creative perspectives." The introduction is freely available and five articles are open access.

Journal of International Migration and Integration [contents]

- Special collection on "Claiming time: refugees and asylum seekers dealing with the production of different temporal regimes by politics of asylum and reception." The editorial is freely available and four articles are open access.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 25, no. 2 (June 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with nine that are open access.

The Political Quarterly, vol. 95, no. 2 (2024) [open access/free full-text]

- Features a sub-section on "Immigration and Asylum Policy After Brexit."

Polish Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 75, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Children, youth and adults in the context of migration, refugeeism, and war trauma—challenges and tasks of education."

Social Research: An International Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 2 (Summer 2024) [contents]

- "As many of our regular readers know, Social Research was launched in 1934 by the University in Exile scholars who were brought out of Germany to the New School in 1933 as Hitler was consolidating his power. How better to celebrate this than by organizing an issue on exile? ...Some of the pieces in this issue look at exile forced by war and political persecution. Some reflect on the difference between being an exile and being a refugee, and one in particular argues that a new vocabulary is needed."

ZARCH Journal, no. 22 (2024) [open access]

- Features thematic dossier on "Entre la permanencia y la temporalidad. Campos, urbanidad y tiempo."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"It takes a village: why resettling refugees should be a community effort," ANU Reporter, 18 June 2024 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Marking the Biden Administration's Progress in Restoring the US Refugee Admissions Program (Center for Migration Studies, June 2024) [text]

"Myanmar refugees in Thailand start interviews for US resettlement," VOA News, 23 May 2024 [text]

Resettlement brings renewed hope for Congolese refugee family in Tanzania (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

"Using Operations Research to Improve the Refugee Resettlement Process," Yale Insights, 25 June 2024 [text]

Why are IDPs in Kabul Reluctant to Return to Their Places of Origin Following the Taliban's Takeover? (RID Blog, June 2024) [text] 

Reports:

Building on Regular Pathways to Address Migration Pressures in the Americas (Migration Policy Institute, June 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Humanitarian Pathways and Ezidi Family Unification in Europe Ten Years After Genocide (Refugees International, May 2024) [text]

Realising Australia’s Positive Vision and Global Leadership on Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways: Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper on the 2024-25 Humanitarian Program (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2024) [text]

Safe Homes: Key Lessons From Hosting People Displaced from Ukraine in Private Homes (IFRC & Red Cross EU Office, June 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report and case studies. See also related European Commission article.

Solutions in Action: Towards the 2030 Roadmap [text via RCOA]

- NGO Statement at the Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (CRCP), Geneva, 5-7 June 2024.

Staying Safe: Inter-Agency insights on Protection and Accountability for Refugees from Ukraine (Regional Refugee Response for the Ukraine Situation, June 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (5 June 2024)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Reports & journal articles:

"Adaptive religious coping with experiences of sexual and gender-based violence and displacement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 March 2024 [open access]

- Note: Data were "collected in Turkey and Tunisia with thirty-eight Levantine and African women."

Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia (Center for Reproductive Rights, April 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Report available in English and Hungarian.

"Conflict-Induced Displacement of Ukrainian Women, Pregnancy, COVID-19, and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Poland," International Studies Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Note: The postprint version is currently under embargo and will become available 27 Sept. 2024.

"Does volunteering impact refugee women's life satisfaction, empowerment, and wellbeing? Experimental evidence, local knowledge, and causal reasoning," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 347 (April 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugee women in Jordan.

"Migration process of Venezuelan women to Brazil: living conditions and use of health services in Manaus and Boa Vista, 2018–2021," BMC Public Health, 24:1051 (April 2024) [open access]

Revista CIDOB d'afers internacionals, no. 133 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migraciones y violencias desde una perspectiva de género."

"Trauma-informed care for women who are forced migrants: a qualitative study among service providers," Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, OnlineFirst, 14 March 2024 [open access]

"War and Women: An Analysis of Ukrainian Refugee Women Staying in the Czech Republic," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 8 April 2024 [postprint]

"What to Pack? The Semiotics of Be-Longing(s) of Syrian Displaced Women," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Women Navigating Durable Solutions to Displacement: Experiences from Ninewa Governorate (IOM, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Iraq.

Multimedia:

African Refugee Women and Gendered (In)visibility, 26 March 2024 [access]

Refuge in a cold climate: the impact on women, 27 Nov. 2023 [access]

Women Leading Change in Displacement Settings (LetsTalkIDPs Podcast, March 2024) [access]

- Focuses on Cameroon.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (13 March 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Reprod. & Sexual Health) (13 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Advanced Course on Childhood Statelessness and the Child’s Right to a Nationality, Online, 26 September-14 November 2024 [info]

- Apply by 15 May 2024.

Short pieces:

5Qs: Fisher Proposes Partial Solution to Issues of Stateless People (Univ. of Michigan, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US. Note: The Stateless Protection Act referenced in the a/m interview was re-introduced on 20 March 2024. 

Are we on the right track to address statelessness in Europe? (European Network on Statelessness, March 2024) [text]

Discussion on Regressive Constitutional Amendments Still Ongoing in Malaysia (Institute on Statelssness & Inclusion, April 2024) [text]

The Finnish reform of the Nationality Act from a statelessness perspective: the good, the bad and the ugly (ENS Blog, April 2024) [text]

Ghost Citizens: Researching the Legal Limbo of Stateless Persons (Univ. of Ottawa, April 2024) [text]

India Activates Discriminatory Citizenship Law (Human Rights Watch, March 2024) [text]

A state of statelessness: The fate of Tamil peoples from Sri Lanka in India (Raisina Debates, April 2024) [text]

Understanding the Zone of Statelessness in Assam (CSS Blog, April 2024) [text]

Reports:

Cote d'Ivoire: Report on Statelessness 2023 (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

- Also available in French.

From a traditional international law approach to a human rights-based approach to statelessness, Working Paper, no. AEL 2024/05 (European Univ. Institute, 2024) [text]

Launch of two new StatelessnessINDEX countries - Georgia and Türkiye (European Network on Statelessness, March 2024) [text]

- See also related ENS blog post on Turkey.

OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe, Skopje, North Macedonia, 17 October 2023: Final Outcome Document [text]

Statelessness in Kazakhstan: Analysis of National Legislation (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- See also related story.

Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic: Analysis of National Legislation (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Czechia (Organization for Aid to Refugees & European Network on Statelessness, 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Czech.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (8 March 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (8 March 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Debate: Rethinking the Law and Politics of Migration (Verfassungsblog, Feb.-March 2024) [access]

- "2023 has seen an uptick in migratory flows and a concomitant escalation of restrictionist governmental approaches to migration control. Newly introduced measures increasingly violate even long-established human rights norms and/or the rule of law, while also failing to provide real solutions to the challenges that (im)migration governance poses. Language of crisis, necessity, emergency and deterrence have been pervasive, combined with an increasingly nativist and exclusionary nationalist discourse within even established liberal democracies. Legal commentary has mostly remained reactive, leaving little space for discussion of what an alternative legal and political approach to migration governance might look like. In this symposium, scholars of migration law take stock of the current framework, its policies and normative assumptions and discuss where to go from here."

EU-UK cooperation on migration and asylum (European Parliament, March 2024) [text]

“Get that judge out of my sight”: The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill (Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Op-ed: Two years since the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive: The dilemma of unity over fragmentation for the transitioning phase," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 1 March 2024 [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports:

An inspection of asylum casework: June - October 2023 (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2024) [text]

- "This inspection examined asylum decision making since the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 was introduced."

Institutional contexts of the conditions of irregular migrants in Europe: a theoretical analysis, PRIME Research Paper (Migration Policy Centre, 2024) [text]

Latest Asylum Trends 2023: Annual Analysis (EU Agency for Asylum, Feb. 2024) [PDF] [web page]

- See also related press release.

Unveiling a Tragedy: Underground Economies and Criminal Syndicates as Precursors to African, Middle East and Asian Migration Fatalities in the Mediterranean Sea, IMS Policy and Working Paper, no. 2 (Lebanese American Univ., 2023) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

“Human Security in Times of War: The Role of the State and Non-state Actors in Protecting the Ukrainian Refugees in Romania,” Chapter in The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Global Politics and Security (Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023) [ResearchGate]

- Scroll to p. 183.

"'Like we would help brothers or sisters'? Practising Solidarity with Greek Civil War Refugees in Socialist Czechoslovakia and the GDR in the Shadow of World War II," International Review of Social History, FirstView, 26 Feb. 2024 [free full-text]

"'They seem so like us': The discursive representation of Ukrainian refugees in Western media,” University Studies in Humanities, no. 15 (2024) [open access] 

Multimedia:

Ukrainians in the EU: What Is Next After the Temporary Protection Directive?, 4 March 2024 [access]

Resource:

The Migration Communication Campaigns Database (Migration Policy Centre) [access]

- "As migration has become a highly polarised issue, communication campaigns are increasingly used to try to shape public perceptions and attitudes towards migration. They’ve been conducted locally, nationally, and internationally by a range of organisations—from governments to sports teams to religious groups to international organisations. Despite this growth, there has been little research on migration communications campaigns and a lack of data for analysis and stocktaking. The Migration Communications Campaigns Database aims to change this." Follow link above to search the database, read a related background report, and submit details of campaigns to add to the database. See also my related blog post, "Feature: Advocacy & Communication Strategies".

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (24 Feb. 2024)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (24 Feb. 2024)