Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians)

Reports & journal articles:

"Attitudes of Ukrainian refugees in Austria: gender roles, democracy, and confidence in international institutions," Genus: Journal of Population Sciences, 81:3 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Building Bridges or Forging Bonds? Exploring the Role of Social Capital in the Reception of Ukrainian Refugees in Italy," Journal of Regional Science, Early View, 3 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe: Increased flexibility but insufficient data hinders future assessment of effectiveness (European Court of Auditors, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Available in multiple languages.

Displaced Ukrainians: Challenges and outlook for integration in the EU (European Parliament, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Navigating Displacement: The Intertemporal Migration and Settlement Experiences of Ukrainians in Latvia," Global Networks, vol. 25, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

Policy Paradox: How Robust Host-Country Support for Ukrainian Refugees Can Foster Integration and Return (MPI, Feb. 2025) [text]

Still at risk: Homelessness among displaced Ukrainians in the UK (British Red Cross, Feb. 2025) [access]

Ukraine’s fight for its people: Strategies for refugee and diaspora engagement (Chatham House, Feb. 2025) [text]

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Displacement by Design: Resisting Denmark's Race-based Housing Laws (Open Society, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Flattening the Map: How Human Movement is Turned into a Logistical Problem: The Cases of Asylum and Humanitarian Relief," Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften, vol. 24, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"The impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the reform of the common European asylum system," European Politics and Society, Latest Articles, 3 Dec. 2024 [open access]

Legal Aid Provision to Displaced People from Ukraine: Promising Practices from Ukraine, Poland and Sweden, with Recommendations (Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

*"Limiting the Right to Access Asylum: A Case Study of Latvia’s Response to the Migration Crisis on the Latvia-Belarus Border," Baltic Yearbook of International Law Online, vol. 22, no. 1 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

Migrant Rights: A Practical Guide to Litigation and Administrative Action at the EU Level (Open Society, June 2024) [text]

Overview of the Role of UNHCR in EU+ Countries, Who is Who in International Protection in the EU+, no. 7 (EU Agency for Asylum, Dec. 2024) [text]

*"Rejected: The Difficulties Faced by ‘Failed’ Asylum Seekers in the Accessibility, Adequacy, and Affordability of Housing in Malta," European Journal of Homelessness, vol. 18, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

Safe third country concept in the EU pact on migration and asylum (European Parliament, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Solidarity through EU Funding in the EU's Migration Policies," Chapter in Transnational Solidarity in Crisis: How Law Shapes Critical Transformations of Our Time (Nomos, Forthcoming 2024) [preprint]

Understanding and combatting intersectional discrimination in housing for people with a migratory background (Come HoMe Project, Dec. 2024) [access via MMC]

- Follow link for research report and case studies on Turin, Thessaloniki and Malta.

*UPDATED

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunity:

Webinar: Externalizing EU Migration Management Policies: Responsibility and Justice for Human Rights and Refugee Protection Violations, 20 October 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

EU migration policy: Between 'spectacular change' and 'lack of solidarity' (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2022) [text]

We can respond flexibly to the arrival of refugees – if we want to (Univ. of Helsinki, Oct. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Displacement from Ukraine: the EU’s financial response (PICUM & ECRE, Oct. 2022) [text]

"The European Union's migration management aid: Developing democracies or supporting authoritarianism?," International Migration, Early View, 17 Oct. 2022 [open access]

"'I do not trust any of them anymore': Institutional distrust and corrective practices in pro-asylum activism in Finland," Current Sociology, OnlineFirst, 14 Oct. 2022 [open access]

The Implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive: Six Months On (UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

Latvia: Return home or never leave the woods (Amnesty International, Oct. 2022) [text]

 

Temporary Protection of Ukrainians in the European Union (Japan Institute of International Affairs, Oct. 2022) [text]

Study on Language Assessment for Determination of Origin of Applicants for International Protection (EUAA, Sept. 2022) [text]

The Ukrainian Refugee Situation: Lessons for EU Asylum Policy (Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, Sept. 2022) [text]

"'We have nothing to hide': Legitimacy narratives, researcher positionality and the ethics of accessing the Dutch deportation apparatus," International Migration, Early View, 14 Oct. 2022 [free full-text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 Oct. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (12 Oct. 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunity:

ECRE & UNHCR Roundtable: Taking stock of the EU’s response to the Ukrainian Displacement, 7 September 2022 [info]

Blog post:

Legalising Refoulement: Pushbacks and Forcible ‘Voluntary’ Returns from the Latvian-Belarus Border (RLI Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia have their European prospects confirmed. What does it mean for migration policies? (ICMPD Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

Reports & books/book chapters:

"Conditional Hospitality Toward Internal Refugees: Sweden During the Great Northern War, 1700–1721," Chapter in Baltic Hospitality from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2022) [open access]

Contesting Cosmopolitan Europe: Euroscepticism, Crisis and Borders (Amsterdam Univ. Press, Aug. 2022) [open access]

- See esp. chapters 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9.

Journal articles:

"Criminalisation, race, and citizenship in UK border control," Citizenship Studies, vol. 26, nos. 4-5 (2022) [free full-text]

"The EU’s Hospitality and Welcome Culture: Conceiving the 'No Human Being is Illegal' Principle in the EU Fundamental Freedoms and Migration Governance," Human Rights Review, vol. 23, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [free full-text]

"European Divergent Approaches to Protection Claims Based on the Eritrean Military/National Service Programme," International Community Law Review, vol. 24, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

"International Legal Principles, Penal Populism and Criminalisation of ‘Unwanted Migration’: An Italian Cautionary Tale," International Community Law Review, vol. 24, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

"Peripheral Humanitarianism: Ephemerality, Experimentation and Effects of Refugee Provisioning in Paris," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, In Press (Forthcoming) [postprint]

"Shrinking the space for civil society: (De)Politicizing the obstruction of humanitarian NGOs in EU border management," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 Aug. 2022 [open access]

"'They tell us to keep our distance, but we sleep five people in one tent': The opportunistic governance of displaced people in Calais during the COVID-19 pandemic," Social & Cultural Geography, Latest Articles, 4 Aug. 2022 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (17 Aug. 2022)

Round-up: Ukraine

Opportunities:

Panel Discussion: Refugees and the War in Ukraine, 29 April 2022 [info]

Webinar: Public Narratives on Refugees: Sustaining Solidarity in Times of Crisis, 4 May 2022 [info]

Webinar: Temporary Protection for People Fleeing the War in Ukraine. Challenges Ahead and the Way Forward for a Common EU Response, 5 May 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Biden Administration Creates New Parole Program for Ukrainians (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2022) [text]

- See also related PBS News Hour article.

Discussion Forum: EU Temporary Protection Responses to the  Ukraine War and the Future of the EU Asylum System [access]

- "The Forum features a kick-off Paper, followed by contributions written by renowned refugee law and policy scholars." Currently, there are 8 contributions. The forum will run until the end of May 2022.

Facebook group helps Ukrainian refugees with autistic children (InfoMigrants, April 2022) [text]

Have Ukrainians been persecuted? (Niskanen Center Commentary, April 2022) [text]

"Here’s what Ukrainians with disabilities face as we cope with war," The New Humanitarian, 18 April 2022 [text]

*"‘I hope we’ll get through this’: the Ukrainian refugees arriving in Tijuana," The Guardian, 28 April 2022 [text]

‘Nobody wants to run from the war’ – a voice from Ukraine’s displaced millions describes the conflicting pulls of home, family and safety (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Providing temporary protection to Ukrainians: what the U.S. can learn from the EU (Niskanen Center Commentary, April 2022) [text]

Research helping to amplify Ukrainian refugee voices (Monash Univ., April 2022) [text]

"Stateless Ukrainians: No nationality and now, no home," Al Jazeera, 26 April 2022 [text]

Ukraine refugees need urgent, ongoing health care. We’ve worked in refugee camps and there’s a right way to do it (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

UNHCR and partners call for urgent support for refugees from Ukraine and their hosts (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

"What the EU’s policy toward Ukrainians may mean for other refugees," The New Humanitarian, 21 April 2022 [text]

Why Is the UN Collecting the Biometric Data of Ukrainian Refugees? (Infosecurity, April 2022) [text]

Reports & articles:

Guidance on vaccination and prevention of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks for countries hosting refugees from Ukraine (WHO, April 2022 update) [text]

- See also related supplement on "Obtaining proof of vaccination status and assessing vaccination records of refugees from Ukraine."

Situation Overview: Movement of Ukrainians back into Ukraine from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova (UNHCR, April 2022) [infographic]

Ukraine Conflict: Addressing Acute Needs, Protecting Displaced Populations and Maintaining Food Systems (WFP, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Updated Information Sheet: Measures in Response to the Arrival of Displaced People Fleeing the War in Ukraine (ECRE, updated 25 April 2022) [text]

"Vaccination of Ukrainian Refugees: Need for Urgent Action," Clinical Infectious Diseases, Advance Articles, 11 April 2022 [open access]

Multimedia:

Temporary protection directive (EPRS, 27 April 2022) [access]

Ukraine Displacement Updates (Melissa Siegel) [update 1] [update 2]

Ukrainian Refugees in Latvia: An interview with Agnese Lāce, 11 April 2022 [access]

Resource:

Ukrainian Migration Information Hub (CReAM) [access]

- "These pages offer background data on the demographics of the Ukrainian population in Europe and Ukraine, as well as the latest information on prevailing visa/asylum policies across Europe. Our academic network has also produced accessible summaries of the most pertinent scientific literature on migration, and policy briefs that may help inform integration policies."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Round-up: Ukraine (16 April 2022)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: El Acceso a la Nacionalidad Española por Parte de Personas Apátridas: La Necesaria Reforma del Código Civil, 7 October 2020 [info]

- Scroll to bottom of page to register.

Webinar: Together We Can: A Consortium to Protect the Stateless in Times of COVID-19, 8 October 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Côte d’Ivoire Adopts Africa’s First Legal Process to Identify and Protect Stateless People (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

A European without a Country (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Experiencing the Anticipation of Statelessness: A South Asian Perspective of Mass Exclusion from Citizenship (Critical Statelessness Studies Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

More Progress on Statelessness in Central Asia as Turkmenistan Becomes Latest Country to Champion Universal Birth Registration (UNHCR, Aug. 2020) [text]

The Need for a Residence Permit for Stateless People in Belgium (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

On Stateless Activism and True Engagement (Critical Statelessness Studies Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

A Stateless Person’s Take on ‘Stateless’ (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Statelessness Determination in Europe and Beyond: Trends and Good Practices (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Statelessness in a Global Pandemic: An Old Problem in the Face of a New Threat - A Statement by the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) to the 16th Southern African Civil Society Forum (Aug. 2020) [text]

Time for All Nationality Laws to Uphold Women and Men’s Equality, says UN and Civil Society Leaders (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

Understanding and Addressing Childhood Statelessness in the UK: Introducing Our New Project (ENS Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Dominican Republic Move on Citizenship (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Move to Strengthen Healthcare for Stateless Students (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Thailand.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (10 Aug. 2020)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Event reminder:

Conference: Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention, Budapest, 4-5 May 2017 [info]
- Registration deadline is 15 March 2017.

Publications:

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2017 (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

Child Refugees without Nationality: A Short Overview of Statelessness Policy and Practice in Spain (ENS Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child, Quick Reference Guide: Statelessness and Human Rights Treaties (UNHCR & Unicef, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Ending Statelessness through Belonging: A Transformative Agenda?," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 30, no. 4 (Jan. 2016) [free full-text]

Handbook on Statelessness in the OSCE Area: International Standards and Good Practices (OSCE & UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil And Political Rights, Quick Reference Guide: Statelessness and Human Rights Treaties (UNHCR, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Living in Limbo: Latvia's 'Non-citizen' Policy Leaves Thousands Feeling Stateless," Vice News, 15 Feb. 2017 [text]

Mapping Statelessness in Austria (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text]

Stateless Persons’ Entitlement to Citizenship and Denmark’s Call for Dilution of State Obligations (ENS Blog, March 2017) [text]

"Statelessness Determination: The Swiss Experience," Forced Migration Review, no. 54 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

The Sustainable Development Goals and Addressing Statelessness (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

"There is an Unlikely Legal Loophole That Lets Stateless Undocumented Immigrants Stay in the US," Quartz, 22 Feb. 2017 [text]

Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to Help Protect Children from Statelessness in Serbia (ENS Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Will Nepal Give Equal Citizenship Rights to Women? (openDemocracy, March 2017) [text]

New network:

Statelessness Network Asia Pacific [access]
- "Our goal is to promote collaboration and information sharing on statelessness in Asia & the Pacific." See also related ENS blog post.


Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (3 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Events & opportunities:

Symposium: Detention or Protection? Vulnerable and Stateless People in Detention, Amsterdam, 25 April 2016 [info]

Seminar: Statelessness Determination Procedures: Policy Options, Practical Experiences and Challenges, Dublin, 5 May 2016 [info]

Meeting: #StatelessKids Youth Congress 2016, Brussels, 11-13 July 2016 [info]
- Deadline for applications is 15 May 2016.

CFP: MIPJ: Media, Information, International Relations and Humanitarian Affairs [info]
- Contributions sought that focus on refugees, IDPs or stateless people. Submission deadline is 1 June 2016.

Publications:

Change is in the Air: Statelessness and Citizenship in Canada (ENS Blog, April 2016) [text]

The Eligibility for Refugees to Acquire Ugandan Citizenship (CRAI Blog, March 2016) [text]

Is Latvia Condemning Older Generations to Non-citizenship? (ENS Blog, March 2016) [text]

Observations by the Representative Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kyrgyz Republic on the Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legal Acts of Kyrgyz Republic ("Deprivation of Nationality as a Measure of Counteraction to Terrorist Activities") (UNHCR, March 2016) [text]

"The Origins of UNHCR’s Global Mandate on Statelessness," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 2016) [abstract]

Peoples without a State: Locations and Causes of Statelessness (US Dept. of State, March 2016) [map via ReliefWeb]

"Stateless Persons and the Question of Rights," Global Policy, vol. 7, no. 1 (Feb. 2016) [free full-text]

Statelessness and Nationality: The Case of Non-Citizens in Latvia, Master's thesis (Uppsala Univ., Spring 2015) [text]

"Strengthening the Protection of Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention in Immigration Control Proceedings," European Journal on Migration and Law, vol. 17, nos. 2-3 (2015) [full-text via Academia.edu]

UNHCR Observations on the Modalities Surrounding the Citizenship Test (Medborgerskabsprøven) and the Naturalization Test (Indfødsretsprøven) (UNHCR, Feb. 2016) [text]

"Who Belongs? Statelessness and Nationality in West Africa," Migration Information Source, 7 April 2016 [text]

Workshop on Researching Statelessness and Citizenship in Asia and the Pacific, Melbourne, 27-29 Jan. 2016: Summary Report [text via Refworld]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (15 March 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Durable Solutions

10% of Refugees from Syria: Europe’s Resettlement and Other Admission Responses in a Global Perspective (ICMC, July 2015) [text]

Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2015: Settling in (European Commission & OECD, July 2015) [text]

Integration of Refugees in Latvia: Participation and Empowerment - Understanding Integration in Latvia through the Participation of Refugees, Integration Stakeholders’ Experiences, and Research (UNHCR, June 2015) [text]

The Integration Outcomes of U.S. Refugees: Successes and Challenges (MPI, June 2015) [text]
- Also watch related video.

"Policy vs. Practice: The Effectiveness of Refugee Integration Policies in the Czech Republic," European Spatial Research and Policy, vol. 22, no. 1 (June 2015) [open access]  

Solution Strategies, UN Doc. No. EC/66/SC/CRP.15, 63rd Meeting of the EXCOM Standing Committee, 8 June 2015 [text]

UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 1-3 July 2015 [access]
- The theme was "In Pursuit of Solutions."  Follow the link for a number of background papers and watch for the final report.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: More on Resettlement (26 June 2015)
- Thematic Focus: Resettlement (23 June 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

The CEAS at a Crossroads: Consolidation and Implementation at a Time of New Challenges - UNHCR's Recommendations to Latvia for the EU Presidency January-June 2015  (UNHCR, Jan. 2015) [text]

"I'm in the Dublin procedure – what does this mean?": Information for Applicants for International Protection Found in a Dublin Procedure, Pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 (European Union, Jan. 2015) [text via Refworld]

Information Note on Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on Common Procedures for Granting and Withdrawing International Protection (Recast) (ECRE, Dec. 2014) [text via Refworld]

New Approaches, Alternative Avenues and Means of Access to Asylum Procedures for Persons Seeking International Protection, Liberty and Security in Europe Paper, no. 77 (CEPS, Jan. 2015) [text]

Tarakhel v. Switzerland: Where Does the Dublin System Stand Now? (EDAL, Dec. 2014) [text]

UNHCR Comments and Recommendations on the Draft Modification of Certain Migration, Asylum-related and Other Legal Acts for the Purpose of Legal Harmonisation (UNHCR, Jan. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (6 Jan. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

News:

As of 1 January 2015, the work of the Statelessness Programme based at Tilburg University in the Netherlands will be folded into the newly established Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion.  The Institute aims to serve as an expert source of research and information; build partnerships across disciplines and stakeholders; and function as a catalyst for new ideas and approaches.  It currently hosts an Online Forum on Statelessness. Read more about the Institute's work plans here.  See also this related blog post.

Opportunity:

Regional Statelessness Course: Middle East and North Africa, Istanbul, 8-12 December 2014 [info]
- Registration deadline is 29 October 2014.

Publications:

Churches Advocate for the Rights of Stateless People (World Council on Churches, Sept. 2014) [text]
- Follow link for "Den Dolder Recommendations."

A Comparative Analysis of Nationality Laws in the MENA Region (Statelessness Programme, Sept. 2014) [text]

The First Global Forum on Statelessness, The Hague, 15-17 Sept. 2014 [info]
- This blog post offers some highlights from the forum; see also keynotes by Nils Muižnieks and Volker Turk and photos.

Refugee Status, Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality, and Statelessness within the Context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 33 (UNHCR, Oct. 2014) [text]

Should Nationality have a "Minimum Content"? – Italian Supreme Court Passes Landmark Decision (ENS Blog, Sept. 2014) [text]

Stateless in Bahrain (Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Sept. 2014) [text]

Statelessness among Children in Latvia: Current Situation, Challenges and Possible Solutions (ENS Blog, Sept. 2014) [text]

Still Stateless, Still Suffering: Why Europe Must Act Now to Protect Stateless Persons (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (15 Sept. 2014)

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

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Opportunities:

Ask the Experts: Deprivation of Citizenship, Online, 11 April 2014 [info]
- Live Q&A.  *See also related NYT article.

Reminder! Statelessness and International Law Course, Oxford, 17-18 May 2014 [info]
- The deadline for applications is 25 April 2014.

Reminder! UNHCR Award for Statelessness Research [info]
 - Submit nominations by 1 May 2014.

Publications:

Abandoned by Parents, Neglected by the State (ENS Blog, March 2014) [text]

*Deprivation of Citizenship Resulting in Statelessness and Its Implications in International Law: Further Comments (Univ. of Oxford, April 2014) [text]

Expert Meeting: Interpreting the 1961 Statelessness Convention and Avoiding Statelessness Resulting from Loss and Deprivation of Nationality - Summary Conclusions (UNHCR, March 2014) [text]
- Note: The expert meeting was held in Tunis, 31 Oct.-1 Nov. 2013.

Kuwait's Stateless: Not Giving Up the Fight (RI Blog, March 2014) [text]

Parliamentarians Discuss the Need to Eradicate Statelessness in Europe (PACE, April 2014) [text]

Preventing Childhood Statelessness in Europe: Issues, Gaps and Good Practices (European Network on Statelessness, April 2014) [text]

Protect Rohingya Rights - Before It's Too Late (RI Blog, March 2014) [text]

Lords Deal Blow to Home Office Plans to Make Terror Suspects Stateless (Bureau of Investigative Journalism, April 2014) [text]
- See also related Open Society Foundation press release.

"Stateless in Riga," New Eastern Europe: A Quarterly Journal of Central and Eastern European Affairs, no. 1 (2013; posted online March 2014) [full-text]

UNHCR Ghana Holds Two Day Workshop on Statelessness (UNHCR Ghana, March 2014) [text]

We Need to Talk about the Nation-State (ENS Blog, March 2014) [text]

Blog:

StatelessApatride [access]
- Updates on UNHCR's work on statelessness in West Africa, provided by the Regional Representation for West Africa based in Dakar.  See also this related news article reporting on recent training for journalists in Dakar.

*updated

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness, esp. in the UK (17 March 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Europe

Asylum Applicants and First Instance Decisions on Asylum Applications: 2012, Data in Focus, no. 5/2013 (Eurostat, May 2013) [text via EMN Belgium]

"Asylum Seekers/Refugees' Orientations to Belonging, Identity & Integration into Britishness: Perceptions of the Role of the Mainstream and Community Press," Observatorio (OBS*), vol. 7, no. 1 (2013) [full-text]

A City Says Yes! Reflections on the Experiences of the Save Me Campaign to Promote Refugee Resettlement in Germany (European Resettlement Network, May 2013) [access]
- Launch of publication at event promoting resettlement.  Follow link for text and event information.

Initial Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on Law Proposal No. 579/Lp11 Amending the Asylum Law of the Republic of Latvia (UNHCR, May 2013) [text]

"Refugees in Serbia – Twenty Years Later," Journal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA, vol. 63, no. 1 (2013) [full-text]

Social Networks, Social Capital and Refugee Integration (Nuffield Foundation, April 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

New Issues of Fahamu Refugee News, J. Intl. Humanit. Legal Stud., Perspective, Refugee News, RSQ

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 21 (Dec. 2011) [full-text] [blog]
- Lead article is on the "Bangkok Principles on the Status and Treatment of Refugees." Others focus on readmission agreements, refugees in Israel, and refugee protection in Latvia.

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 2, no. 1 (Nov. 2011) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "The Right to Education for Children in Emergencies."

Perspective Magazine, no. 2 (2011) [full-text]

- Includes a feature on climate displacement.

Refugee Newsletter (Nov. 2011) [full-text]

- Published by UNHCR's regional office in Australia.

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4 (Dec. 2011) [contents]

- The theme for this issue, "Protracted Displacement: The Challenges of Protection," is based on a research project at the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC).

Tagged Periodicals.

Publications: Aid Workers, Latvia & Nationality, Palestinians/Lebanon, Southern Sudan & Nationality, Women

"Humanitarian Workers: Aid For The Aid Givers," The World Today, vol. 67, no. 2 (Feb. 2011) [full-text]
- Free access to articles in current issue.

Latvia: The Perilous State of Nationality Rights (Refugees International, Jan. 2011) [text]

Socio-Economic Survey of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon (American University of Beirut, Dec. 2010) [text]

Submission to the AU Peace and Security Council on the Right to a Nationality in the Context of the Referendum in Southern Sudan (Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative, Jan. 2011) [text]

Women in Need of International Protection (Caritas Internationalis, Dec. 2010) [text]

Tagged Publications.