Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Ethiopia Crafts a Roadmap for Refugee Inclusion amid Global Aid Cuts," Migration Information Source, 18 Feb. 2025 [text]

"Experiences in building social connectedness and sense of belonging: Voices from African migrants in Australia," Scientific Reports, 16:5418 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"Exploring Afghan Refugees’ Post-Resettlement Experiences in North America: A Scoping Review," Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, OnlineFirst, 11 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Informing Integration Policies Through Research: A Scoping Literature Review on Factors Influencing Migrants’ Integration in Switzerland," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Navigating Vulnerability in the Context of Resettlement: Syrian Youth in Türkiye," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Dec. 2025 [contents]

- Special issue on “Interrogating the ‘Complementarity’ of Complementary Pathways: A Transnational Evaluation of Policy and Practice.” Five articles are open access.

"Revisiting the 'Imperative of Categories': Women at Risk in Resettlement Practice," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Sweden's New Resettlement Policy: Introducing Gender and Gender Equality as Governing Tools in Migration Governance," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Ties that help carry on: family and school friendships in supporting Ukrainian refugees," Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland, Estonia, and Lithuania.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (23 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

New book:

Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees (McGill-Queen's University Press, Sept. 2025) [open access]

- This book "is a rich oral history based on interviews with 145 former refugees, sharing deeply moving accounts of oppression, concentration camps, genocide, and perilous escapes over land and sea. Survivors reflect on their first impressions of Canada – the unfamiliar snow and cold, the unexpected kindness of neighbours, and occasional encounters with racism. Through their experiences, we come to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Canada’s refugee programs. These stories reveal how refugees’ attachment to Canada grew over the years and how multiculturalism policies facilitated that. Ordinary Canadians played a decisive role in the first mass refugee movement through newly created private sponsorship programs – a role for which the United Nations awarded the Nansen Medal to the Canadian people in 1986."

- Note: This book has been made "available to readers, scholars, and students located in the Global South, where the majority of forced migration unfolds, whose institutions lack the resources to purchase access to these books, as well as to those in other regions who are part of non-profit or community organizations concerned with displacement and who lack alternate forms of access to the book, or the resources needed to purchase these publications." Please refer to the access conditions in the bibliographic record.

Reports: 

4Mi Cities Montevideo: Diagnosis of integration experiences in Montevideo (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Evaluation of the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund (UK Home Office, Sept. 2025) [text]

Poner fin al desplazamiento forzado prolongado: integración local, retorno y reubicación (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Colombia.

Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO) Insights: Embarks, Economic Activity, and Housing between 2015 and 2021 (UK Home Office et al., Sept. 2025) [text]

Refugee Resettlement for Fiscal Year 2026: Refugee Populations At-Risk (Human Rights First, Sept. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Shaping the future of community sponsorship in the UK and beyond: expanding pathways for refugee resettlement (Univ. of Birmingham, Sept. 2025) [access]

Still on the journey home: Challenges and Barriers for Syrian Refugees in Jordan Returning to Syria (Norwegian Refugee Council, Sept. 2025) [text]

Ukrainian War Refugees in Estonia: Sociodemographic Portrait and Support Policies (International Centre for Defence and Security, Sept. 2025) [text]

What Drives Refugees' Return After Conflict?, Working Paper, no. 12118 (CESifo, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in Europe. See also related press release.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (13 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Bureaucratic Bordering: The Bureaucracy of Asylum Casework in Britain," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Latest Articles, 19 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"Communication-Related Vulnerability of War Refugees: The Case of Ukrainians Escaping Russia's Invasion," Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Estonia.

"Diaspora at war: mobilization of the Ukrainian diaspora in the first 2 years of the Russian full-scale invasion," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 28, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Emotional dimension associated with the migratory experience of adult refugees and asylum seekers," Scientific Reports, 15:33798 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Spain.

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 27, nos. 2-3 (Sept. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles. Four articles and one case report are open access.

"Examining Refugees’ Personal Identity Rights in Light of ECHR Articles 3 and 8 and Relevant ECtHR Decisions," The Age of Human Rights Journal, no. 25 (2025) [open access]

"Front stage contestation and back stage consultation: how Amsterdam navigated the governance of undocumented migrants," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:74 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Helping Ukrainian war refugees in Poland: The emergence of a political assemblage," Political Psychology, Early View, 16 Sept. 2025 [ResearchGate]

"How Did You Get Here? Syrian Art and the ‘Aestheticization’ of the Refugee Journey Towards Europe," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"'NO MORE WALLS IN THE SEAS': Migration graffscapes and migrants’ messages while en route to and in Europe," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 28, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [postprint]

"Sanctioned discrimination: asylum seekers and the UK’s hostile environment," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 23 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"The well-being of Afghan refugees in Türkiye within liminal legality," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"Worth a try? Left-wing media’s discursive struggle on the hardened European asylum law," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 17 Sept. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (30 Sept. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Next Episode on Gender-Based Asylum (Verfassungsblog, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection (The Hill, Aug. 2025) [text via HRW]

Reports:

Conflict-related sexual violence: report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. S/2025/389 (UN Security Council, July 2025) [access]

- Available in multiple languages. See also related press release.

Mixed movements in South-Eastern Europe: The experiences of women on the move (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

Study on the assessment of the existing referral pathways for forcibly displaced and stateless people who have experienced gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation and

abuse (SEA) in Estonia (UNHCR, May 2025) [access]

Unravelling Gender-Based Persecution in Germany’s Asylum Process: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Legal and Judicial Practices, Working Paper, no. 79 (Refugee Law Initiative, July 2025) [text]

Women on the Move in Ethiopia (UN Women & Mixed Migration Centre, July 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (5 Aug. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Birthright Citizenship: when “home” becomes a game of border politics (LSJ Online, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on both Australia and the US.

Breaking Down Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related 

Kuwaiti government must end campaign of mass citizenship stripping and repeal recent amendments to Nationality Law (Minority Rights Group, Feb. 2025) [text]

Living Statelessness in the Legal ‘in-between’: Migrants from Thailand in Japan (CSS Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Press release on the first anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa (African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Feb. 2025) [text]

"UK to deny citizenship to small boat refugees," BBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 [text]

Unpacking the intersection between Islamophobia and Statelessness (CSS Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

"US appeals court rejects Trump's emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship," Reuters, 20 Feb. 2025 [text]

- Additional legal proceedings relating to this issue can be viewed here (select "Immigration and Citizenship" from the topic menu).

Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship: Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2025) [text]

*Voices from the Margins: Grassroots Resilience in the Face of Statelessness in Lebanon (Borders & Limitations Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related Minority Rights Group post.

"Watchdog points to loophole leaving children born in Estonia without citizenship," Estonian Public Broadcasting, 17 Feb. 2025 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (5 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Reports:

Competing for Talent: What Role Can Employment- and Skills-Based Mobility Projects Play? (Migration Policy Institute, April 2024) [text]

Designing and Implementing Market-led Interventions in Forced Displacement Settings (ILO, Feb. 2024) [text]

Estimating the wage premia of refugee immigrants: Lessons from Sweden, Working Paper, no. 4 (UNU-MERIT, Feb. 2024) [text]

Impacto Fiscal de la Migración Venezolana en Colombia: Realidad versus Potencial (IOM, April 2024) [text]

Labor market integration of refugees in Germany: new lessons after the Ukrainian crisis, Social Protection & Jobs Discussion Paper, no. 2404 (World Bank, April 2024) [text]

Refugees find employment in very different settlement contexts, INFLUX Policy Brief, no. 1(2) (CMI et al., April 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in Estonia.

Skilled Worker Visas for Refugees: An Evaluation of the UK's Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot (DTMP) (Refugee Studies Centre, April 2024) [text]

- Note: A related seminar will be held in Oxford on 5 June 2024.

Talent Has No Borders: Creating Connections for Refugees and other Displaced People to Decent Digital Livelihoods (Finn Church Aid & Na’amal, April 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- A video recording of a related webinar is available here.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (7 May 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

Conducting Country of Origin Information Research on Statelessness: Training Handbook (Asylos, Nov. 2023) [text]

Digital Exclusions: Legal Identity, Identification, and the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 15 (Univ. of Copenhagen, Dec. 2023) [text]

Ending Statelessness for Displaced Children: Impact on Early Childhood Education, Working Paper No. 401 (iFo, Aug. 2023) [text]

Malaysia’s proposed amendments to citizenship provisions in its Federal Constitution: The potential for progress being overshadowed by regression (McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Oct. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Citizenship Outside the Courts," UC Davis Law Review, vol. 57, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Estonia's 'Return to Europe': The relationship between neoliberalism, statelessness, and Westward integration in post-independence Estonia," Political Geography, vol. 108 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

"Much room for change: access to surgical care for stateless individuals in Pakistan," Globalization and Health, 19:93 (Nov. 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

Protecting Futures: Addressing Lack of Access to Education for Children without Legal Identity, 28 Nov. 2023 [access]

“Writing Saved Me”: A Journalist’s Experience as a Stateless Refugee, 6 Nov. 2023 [access]

- The speaker is a stateless Rohingya refugee in the US.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (11 Dec. 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Humanitarian biometrics in Yemen: The complex politics of humanitarian technology (NCHS Blog, June 2021) [text]

Reports:

How Refugees in South Africa Use Mobile Phones for Social Connectedness, Paper presented at C&T '21: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech, 20-25 June 2021 [text]

The Networks and Narratives of Anti-Refugee Disinformation in Europe (Institute for Strategic Dialogue, July 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Blockchain-Driven Identification Procedures in the Migration Context: Regulatory Challenges and Fundamental Rights Issues," Diritti fondamentali, no. 2/2021 (May 2021) [SSRN]

"Digital Communication at the Time of COVID-19: Relieve the Refugees’ Psychosocial Burden and Protect Their Wellbeing," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 2 Aug. 2021 [free full-text]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Reducing the Addiction of Social Networking Sites among a Sample of Syrian Female Refugees in Jordan," Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities), vol. 16, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Perceptions Toward the Use of Digital Technology for Enhancing Family Planning Services: Focus Group Discussion with Beneficiaries and Key Informative Interview with Midwives," Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 23, no. 7 (July 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Jordan.

"Research on the move: exploring WhatsApp as a tool for understanding the intersections between migration, mobility, health and gender in South Africa," Globalization and Health, 17:71 (July 2021) [open access]

"Spatio-Temporal Machine Learning Analysis of Social Media Data and Refugee Movement Statistics," ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 10, no. 8 (July 2021) [open access]

"Unpacking algorithms as technologies of power: Syrian refugees and data experts on algorithmic governance," Digital Geography and Society, vol. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Estonia and Turkey.

*Multimedia:

Innovation as a driver of change: the use of new and emerging technologies and humanitarian data, 24 June 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (25 June 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Arresting (Non)citizenship: The Policing Migration Nexus of Nationality, Race and Criminalization," Theoretical Criminology, vol. 24, no. 1 (2020) [postprint]

"An EU Regularization Directive: An Effective Solution to the Enforcement Deficit in Returning Irregularly Staying Migrants," Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 26, no. 9 (2019) [SSRN]
- Note: This issue is explored in more depth in this German-language open access volume.

"The EU Regulatory Competition in Asylum Law," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Ahead of Print, 25 March 2020 [open access]

"Facing the Challenge of Migratory Vulnerability in the European Court of Human Rights," Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, vol. 38, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

German Law Journal, vol. 21, spec. issue no. 3 (April 2020) [open access]
- Special issue on "Border Justice: Migration and Accountability for Human Rights Violations." Many of the articles focus on the European Union and its member states.

"The Grandhotel Cosmopolis: A Concrete Utopia? Reflections on the Mediated and Lived Geographies of Asylum Accommodation," Comparative Migration Studies, 8:16 (April 2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

"The Impact of Negative Parasocial and Vicarious Contact with Refugees in the Media on Attitudes toward Refugees," Mass Communication and Society, vol. 23, no. 2 (2020) [ResearchGate]
- Focuses on Germany.

"The Role of Lawyers, Judges and Country Experts in British Asylum and Immigration Law," International Journal of Law in Context, First View, 31 March 2020 [postprint]

"The Texture of Narrative Dilemmas: A Qualitative Study in Frontline Professionals Working with Asylum Seekers in the UK," British Journal of Psychiatry (Forthcoming, 2020) [postprint]
- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 2022.

"Untold Stories: A Study of Sudanese and Syrian Refugees in Estonia," RIMCIS: International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 9, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 April 2020)

Regional Focus: Europe

Blog posts/media: 

"How the Media Contributed to the Migrant Crisis," The Guardian, 1 Aug. 2019 [text]
- Long read by author of Lights in the Distance.

Migration Governance in Greece and the First Steps of the New Government: Securitization and Lack of Integration Measures (Cities of Refuge Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

The Road from Yemen: Retracing the Steps of the Displaced (IDMC Blog, June-July 2019)
- Four-part series: Part 1: Berlin, Part 2: Greece, Part 3: Djibouti, Part 4: Mayotte.

Turkey’s Refugee Policy and Its Commitment to Development (CGD Blog, July 2019) [text]

UNHCR Concerned at New Measures Impacting Rescue at Sea in the Central Mediterranean (UNHCR, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Focus is on Italy.

Reports & journal articles:

Access to Asylum Procedure at the External Borders of Poland: Current State of Affairs and Future Challenges (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, June 2019) [text]

Access to Legal Aid for Asylum-Seekers in Estonia (UNHCR, July 2019) [text]

"EU External Migration Policy: Taking Stock and Looking Forward," Global Affairs, Latest Articles, 10 April 2019 [open access]

"The EU's Approach to the Syrian Crisis: Turkey as a Partner?," Uluslararası İlişkiler = International Relations, vol. 16, no. 62 (2019) [open access]

"A Refugee Crisis without Refugees: Policy and Media Discourse on Refugees in the Czech Republic and Its Implications," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Ahead of Print, 27 July 2019 [open access]

"Supporting Access to Healthcare for Refugees and Migrants in European Countries under Particular Migratory Pressure," BMC Health Services Research, 19: 513 (July 2019) [open access]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (26 July 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (26 July 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Opportunities:

PhD Scholarship, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [info]
- The window for submitting applications is open until 19 February 2018.

Statelessness Summer Course, Tilburg, Neth. 30 July-3 August 2018 [info]
- Submit applications by 15 March 2018.

Publications:

Arbitrary Deprivation of Citizenship (Amnesty International, Dec. 2017) [text]
- From a seminar held in London on 31 October 2016.

*Birth Registration and Statelessness (European Network on Statelessness, Nov. 2017) [infographic re. Refworld]

*ENS Statement to Bulgaria’s Presidency of the European Union on Addressing Statelessness in Europe (European Network on Statelessness, Dec. 2017) [text]

Good Practices Paper (Action 7): Ensuring Birth Registration for the Prevention of Statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

Mapping Statelessness in Estonia (UNHCR, 2016) [text]

Mobilising to Address Statelessness in the Netherlands (ENS Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

The Obligation to Grant Nationality to Stateless Children under Customary International Law (SSRN, Nov. 2017) [text]

Statelessness and the Rohingya Crisis (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

Statelessness in a State? (SSRN, Nov. 2017) [text]
- Focuses on the Makonde community in Kenya.

Statelessness in Sweden and the Case of Unreturnable Moroccan "Street Children" Left at Risk of Statelessness (ENS Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

Statelessness Working Papers (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Dec. 2017) [access]
- Five new papers are now available and address such topics as cross-border gestational surrogacy in Japan, stateless children in Australia, deprivation of nationality in the Netherlands, statelessness determination in Europe, and addressing statelessness in Malaysia.

Typology of Stateless Persons in Japan (Study Group on Statelessness in Japan, Dec. 2017) [text via UNHCR]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (6 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

CEAS Reform: State of Play of Negotiations on the Dublin IV Regulation (AIDA, Nov. 2017) [text]
- Summarizes Estonia's recent proposal and the European Parliament's earlier report. See also related Reuters article.

The Changing Influx of Asylum Seekers in 2014- 2016: Member State Responses (European Migration Network) [info]
- This study was launched in May and EMN's National Contact Points were requested to respond by 31 Oct. 2017.

EMN Policy Brief on Migrants’ Movements through the Mediterranean (European Migration Network, Dec. 2017) [text]
- Presents "trends in asylum applications and irregular movements of non-EU migrants across the EU and Norway over...the period 2012-2016."

EU-Africa Summit: Shaping the Future of Migration Today (Center for Global Development, Nov. 2017) [text]

Europe’s Growing Muslim Population (Pew Research, Nov. 2017) [text]
- "Muslims are projected to increase as a share of Europe’s population – even with no future migration."

How a Fingerprint Can Change an Asylum Seeker’s Life (IRIN, Nov. 2017) [text]

How Europe’s Panic over Migration and Terrorism is a Big Opportunity for Africa (IRIN, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Influencing the EU’s Foreign Policy on Asylum and Migration: Populist Political Dynamics and Cooperation with (Un)safe Third Countries," Global Politics Review, vol. 3, no. 2 (2017) [open access]

Return: No Safety in Numbers, Policy Note, no. 9 (ECRE, Dec. 2017) [text]
- See also related ECRE case study that focuses on returns to Afghanistan. Note: The European Migration Network has launched a study on "The effectiveness of return in EU MemberStates: challenges and good practices linked to EU rules and standards."

Saving Lives at Sea: A Two-week Rescue Mission with SOS MEDITERRANEE (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2017) [text]

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

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Deputy Editor, Free Movement web site [info]
- Application deadline is 31 July 2017.

Publications:

28 Days Later… The Rule That Leaves New Refugees in the UK Destitute (One Small Window Blog, June 2017) [text]

Allocation of Responsibility in Times of ‘Crisis’: The Impact of the Exit and Entry Human Rights Principles on Responsibility-Sharing in the EU (RLI Blog, June 2017) [text]

Central Mediterranean Route: Commission Proposes Action Plan to Support Italy, Reduce Pressure and Increase Solidarity (European Commission, July 2017) [text]

A Critical Look at the Italian Immigration and Asylum Policy: Building ‘Walls of Laws’ (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2017) [text]

EU: Boat Migration Demands Shared Responsibility (Human Rights Watch, July 2017) [text]

EU Asylum Policies: The Power of Strong Regulating States (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, July 2017) [text]

E.U. Needs to Offer Work Visas to Bring Migration Under Control (Refugees Deeply, June 2017) [text]

Europe's Risky Experiment: Can Aid Be Used to Deter Migration? (Devex, July 2017) [text]

"Europeans Support a Proportional Allocation of Asylum Seekers," Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 1, art. no. 0133 (June 2017) [free full-text]
- See also related Stanford University news story.

Explanatory Memorandum Pertaining to UNHCR's Submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Developments in the Management of Asylum and Reception in Greece (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

In Depth Look at the New Home Office Settlement Policy for Refugees after Five Years (Free Movement Blog, July 2017) [text]

Italy/Greece: Update on the Implementation of the Hotspots (AIDA, June 2017) [text]

Migration into the EU [What Think Tanks are Thinking] (EPRS, June 2017) [text]

Updated Recommendations to the Republic of Estonia for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, July-December 2017 (UNHCR, June 2017) [text]

Who is Dropping the Ball on Refugees? (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, June 2017) [access]
- Follow link for infographic.

“Why does the media keep showing those same pictures?” A Greek Host Community’s Ongoing Struggle (The Migrationist Blog, July 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (21 June 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Event:

Public talk: Statelessness as Displacement in Situ, London, 12 July 2017 [info]

Publications:

Academic Highlight: Weil on Denaturalization and the Supreme Court (SCOTUSblog, June 2017) [text]
- See also related NYT article reporting on outcome of Maslenjak v. United States.

Addressing the Risk of Statelessness in Chile: From Strategic Litigation to #Chilereconoce, Working Paper, no. 2017/03 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2017) [text]
- See also related OSF press release.

Barriers to Citizenship Facing Stateless Children Born in the UK (ENS Blog, June 2017) [text]

Childhood Statelessness Prevention in the Migratory Context: The Experience of Syrian Asylum Seekers in Belgium, Working Paper, no. 2017/04 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2017) [text]

"Children of Rape of Refugee Women, and Statelessness, in Egypt," Forced Migration Review, no. 55 (June 2017) [open access]

"Estonian Citizenship Policy: The Restoration of a Country Leads to Statelessness for Some," Migration Information Source, 1 June 2017 [text]

How Well Do We Really Understand Statelessness? (ENS Blog, June 2017) [text]

In Our Backyard: The Caribbean’s Statelessness and Refugee Crisis (Order from Chaos Blog, June 2017) [text]

Nowhere People Have a Right to Somewhere (Univ. of Melbourne, June 2017) [text]
- Discusses establishment of new Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School. See also related Pro Bono News story.

"Overview and Analysis of Recommendations on Nationality & Statelessness," 27th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, May 2017) [text]

Re-imagining Myanmar Citizenship in Times of Transition, Working Paper, no. 2017/01 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2017) [text]

Statelessness and International Development: The Importance of Incorporating Stateless Populations into Development Processes (LIDC Blog, May 2017) [text]

Statelessness, Citizenship & Inclusion: Highlights of the Dedicated Programme for Academics, New York, 5-9 June 2017 [text]

Statelessness in India, Working Paper, no. 2017/02 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2017) [text]

"Why Union Law Can and Should Protect Stateless Persons," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 19, no. 2 (2017) [abstract]
- An earlier working paper version is available via SSRN.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (24 May 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Born in the Americas: The Promise and Practice of Nationality Laws in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia (Open Society Foundations, March 2017) [text]

Data Collection on Stateless Persons in Canada Canadian Centre on Statelessness, 2017) [text]

Diplomatic Protection for the Stateless Rohingya (APPS Policy Forum, March 2017) [text]

"The Extraordinary Statelessness of Deepan Budlakoti: The Erosion of Canadian Citizenship through Citizenship Deprivation," Studies in Social Justice, vol. 11, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Good Practices Paper (Action 2): Ensuring That No Child is Born Stateless (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

The Gray Zone (Slate, March 2017) [text]
- Discusses ethnic Russians in Estonia.

"Life in De Facto Statelessness in Enclaves in India and Bangladesh," Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Stateless in the United States: The United Nations' Efforts to End Statelessness and American Gender Discrimination in Lynch v. Morales-Santana," Southern California Law Review, vol. 90, no. 1 (Nov. 2016) [full-text]

Sweden’s Temporary Asylum Laws: The Impending Problems for Stateless Refugees (ENS Blog, March 2017) [text]

UN Refugee Agency Applauds Haiti Vote on Statelessness (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (13 March 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Solutions

"Co-producing across Organisational Boundaries: Promoting Asylum Seeker Integration in Scotland," Voluntas, OnlineFirst, 12 Dec. 2016 [open access]

Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative Promotes Canada’s Private Refugee Sponsorship Model (UNHCR, Dec. 2016) [text]

Integration of Refugees in Estonia: Participation and Empowerment - Understanding Integration in Estonia through the Participation of Refugees, Integration Stakeholders’ Experiences, and Research (UNHCR, Dec. 2016) [text]
- Note: Two earlier reports were issued on Latvia and Lithuania.

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee (Re)Settlement: Law, Policy and Service Provision in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK."

The Progressive Resolution of Displacement Situations (IOM, Dec. 2016) [text]
- See also related IOM blog post.

Resettlement of Refugees and Private Sponsorship in Ireland, ESRI Research Series, no. 55 (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Unsettled Integration: Pre- and Post-migration Factors in Congolese Refugee Women’s Resettlement Experiences in the United States," International Social Work, vol. 59, no. 6 (2016) [free full-text]
- Note: This article is freely available until the end of Jan. 2017.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (16 Dec. 2016)

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Regional Focus: Europe

12 Graphs: Nine Numbers on Migration (EPRS, Jan. 2017) [text]

EASO Guidance on Reception Conditions: Operational Standards and Indicators (European Asylum Support Office, Sept. 2016) [text via Refworld]

European Refugee Crisis: Legal Analysis of Laws Relating to Border Control and Asylum in Europe (Thomson Reuters Foundation & IRC, Sept. 2016) [text]

"Exploring the Role of Ad Hoc Grassroots Organizations Providing Humanitarian Aid on Lesvos, Greece," PLoS Currents: Disasters, Edition 1 (Nov. 2016) [open access]

Finding Home (Time) [access]
- "With 'Finding Home,' TIME will follow [four Syrian babies born in Greek refugee camps] and their parents, documenting in photo and video, in print, online and on social media, the first year of this stateless generation."

Home and Away: Understanding Europe's Refugee Crisis, Lexington, VA, Fall 2016 [access]
- Follow link for various audiovisual resources relating to the annual German Law in Context seminar at Washington and Lee School of Law.

The Manufacture of Hatred: Scapegoating Refugees in Central Europe (Refugees Deeply, Dec. 2016) [access]
- Follow link for video of discussion.

Protecting Refugee Property and Dignity: A Brief Comment on the Legal and Ethical Basis of the Danish "Jewelry Law" (RefLaw Blog, Dec. 2016) [text]

Recommendations to Malta and Estonia for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (UNHCR, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Shifting Immigration Policies in Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis across the European Union: A Case Analysis of Germany, Hungary, and Lithuania," Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union Journal, vol. 2016, Art. 9 (2016) [open access]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (22 Dec. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Publications:

2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview: Ukraine (OCHA, Nov. 2016) [text]

Bandwagoning on Germany: Lessons from the Refugee crisis and Future Prospects of EU Migration Policy, DIIS Policy Brief (Danish Institute for International Studies, Nov. 2016) [text]

Better Protecting Refugees in the EU and Globally (UNHCR, Dec. 2016) [text]
- See also related HC speech and UNHCR news story.

The EU-Turkey Agreement: A Controversial Attempt at Patching up a Major Problem (European Papers, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Global Migration and Extraterritorial Controls: The Case of International Refugee Policy in Ukraine," International Journal of Sociology, vol. 46, no. 3 (2016) [abstract]
- See also earlier working paper version.

Handbook for the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Implementation of the Hotspots in Italy and Greece: A Study (ECRE et al., Dec. 2016) [text]

No Direct Flight: New Maps Show the Fragmented Journeys of Migrants and Refugees to Europe (Postcards from... Blog, Nov. 2016) [text]

"Refugee Quota: Is Estonia Ready to Receive Refugees? A Review of the Literature on Migration and Ethnic Minorities in Estonia," RIMCIS: International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 5, no. 3 (2016) [open access]

Report on the Results of Monitoring Use of the Unified Information Database of Internally Displaced Persons by Divisions of Social Protection for the Population in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kharkiv Regions (UNHCR, Oct. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Understanding Migration and Asylum in the European Union (Open Society Foundations, updated Dec. 2016) [text]

Resource:

Migration Data Catalogue and Dynamic Data Hub: EU Migration Data at a Glance (European Commission) [access]
- "These tools centralise migration related data, to better understand migration flows, trends and their impact on societies across the EU."

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (30 Nov. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Arrivals by Sea, New Italian "Emergency" and EU Solidarity: Asilo in Europa's Position and Recommendations (Asilo in Europa, April 2014) [text]

Challenges of the Common European Asylum System, Tallinn, 20 March 2014 [info]
- See also related UNHCR news article; also includes link to video of conference.

ECRE Reaffirms Its Call for the Suspension of Transfers of Asylum Seekers to Bulgaria under the Recast Dublin Regulation (ECRE, April 2014) [text]

Keep Shining a Light on Bulgaria's Refugee Policy (RI Blog, April 2014) [text]

"Protecting the Rights of Migrants in Europe: The Role of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe," Migration Policy Practice, vol. IV, no. 1 (Feb./March 2014) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- Scroll to p. 28.

Refugee Action Wins Case on Behalf of Destitute Asylum Seekers (Free Movement, April 2014) [text]
- See also new campaign against low asylum support rates in the UK.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (4 April 2014)

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Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Case Watch: UK Supreme Court Confronts Statelessness in al-Jedda Case (Open Society Foundations, June 2013) [text]

Estonia Should Eliminate Child Statelessness (Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, June 2013) [text]

Learning about Statelessness in the Netherlands (ENS Blog, June 2013) [text]

NGO Statement on Statelessness, 57th Meeting of the EXCOM Standing Committee, Geneva, 25-27 June 2013 [text via ENS Blog]

Note on Statelessness, 57th Meeting of the EXCOM Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/64/SC/CRP.11, Geneva, 25-27 June 2013 [text]

One Year after the Violence Began: Civil Society Organizations Deeply Concerned by the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation of Stateless Rohingya (Minority Rights Group International, June 2013) [text]

Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons in the Americas, 43rd Regular Session of the Organization of American States, La Antigua, Guatemala, 4-6 June 2013 [text via Refworld]

Reduction of Statelessness and Access to Nationality: The Need for EU-regulation. The Showcase of Stateless Roma in Slovenia, Thesis (Lund University, 2013) [text]

Setting the Bar Higher: The UNHCR NGO Consultations and Getting Serious about Eradicating Statelessness (ENS Blog, June 2013) [text]

Stateless Saudi Driven to Self-immolation (Refugees International Blog, June 2013) [text]

Stateless Zimbabwe Residents Gain Citizenship (IRIN, June 2013) [text]

Supra-national Citizenship: An Increasingly Powerful Tool of Protection… and Exclusion (Oecumene Blog, June 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications.