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: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunity:

Webinar: 2026 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 25 February 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Beyond Residual Functions: The IRMCT, the ‘Stateless Eight’, and the Human Rights Obligations of Security Council Subsidiaries (EJIL: Talk Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

From invisible to registered: supporting civil registration and legal documentation for Roma and Egyptians in Montenegro (COE, Jan. 2026) [text]

Stateless in Paradise (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Working together with stateless communities for change: developing guidelines for meaningful, collaborative advocacy on statelessness (ENS Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

2025 Year in Review (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, Jan. 2026) [text]

*An Advocacy Toolkit for Civil Society: Advancing the Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples’ Rights Relating to the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa (Lawyers for Human Rights et al., Nov. 2025) [text]

Birth Registration for Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [access]

- Available in English and French.

"Birthright Citizenship, Denaturalization, and the Specter of Statelessness," UCLA Law Review Discourse, vol. 73 (2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Citizenship Denied: From Dred Scott to Deportation, TMI Social Science Review, no. 22 (Thurgood Marshall Institute, April 2025; posted Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Navigating citizenship in Moldova: Legal changes and rights-based implications (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2026) [text]

"Questioning the eradication framing of global statelessness work: IBelong and beyond," Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 30 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Statelessness in Denmark: 10 Facts with Recommendations from UNHCR (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

Knowledge Webinar Series (Global Alliance to End Statelessness) [access]

- Follow link for recordings of past sessions. 

Sites of Statelessness: Laws, Cities, Seas, 20 Jan. 2026 [access]

- Book discussion.

*Resource:

Legal Atlas
on Birth Registration: A new global tool to strengthen
every child’s right to identity (Child Identity Protection & UNICEF) [access]

- A database of country profiles that provide information on birth registration laws and regulations. The first profile provided is on Cameroon. More info is provided in this LinkedIn post.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (15 Jan. 2026) 

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

Global Forced Migration and U.S. Resettlement Meeting, Washington, DC, 9 June 2025 [info]

- Note: This is the fifth meeting on this issue; info on past events is available here.

Short pieces:

Starmer says migrants should speak English – but all of the UK’s languages are important for integration (The Conversation, May 2025) [text]

UNHCR statement on the recent return of Rwandan refugees from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

- See also related ABC News story.

Reports & journal articles:

Converting Data into Action: How the Government-led Durable Solutions Progress (DSP) Survey Supports Solutions to Internal Displacement in Somalia (IOM, May 2025) [text]

Enhancing municipalities’ access to funding for refugee inclusion & integration (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

"A socio-spatial perspective on fostering a sense of belonging among refugee families resettled in Canadian small cities," Wellbeing, Space and Society, vol. 8 (June 2025) [open access]

Securing solutions to forced displacement through socio-economic inclusion (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Colombia.

"Social cohesion among Syrian and Turkish children, adolescents, and young adults in Turkey," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 3 (June 2025) [open access]

"The transformative potential of refugee-with-refugee value co-creation during resettlement," Journal of Service Theory and Practice, EarlyCite, 19 May 2025 [preprint]

- Focuses on New Zealand.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (20 May 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Application of the Cessation Clauses to the Refugee Problem in Rwanda: opportunities and challenges," Rwanda Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Business, vol. 3, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"'The Greatest and Most Important Human Right': Citizenship and Bureaucratic Indifference in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence," Migration Politics, Accepted manuscript, 22 Feb. 2024 [open access]

- "[A]nalyzes letters sent by refugees in Kenya to UNHCR headquarters in Geneva between 1983 and 1994."

"Influence of socio-economic factors on the mental health of vulnerable populations at risk in Kakuma refugee camp," Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Investigation of COVID-19 outbreak at a refugee transit centre, Kisoro District, Uganda, June–July 2022," PLOS Global Public Health 4(3): e0002428 (March 2024) [open access]

Journal of Development Studies, vol. 60, no. 3 (2024) [contents]

- Special issue on “How Close is Close? Assessing Uganda’s Progressive Refugee Policy in the Era of COVID-19.” The introduction is freely available.

"Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda," Geoforum, vol. 150 (March 2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Voices Rising: Refugee-Led Solutions, 9 Feb. 2024 [access]

- Panel discussion that focused on the "Voices Rising: Refugee-led Solutions Conference" held in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (14 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"After two years in Poland, Ukrainian refugees ask when – and if – they will go home," The New Humanitarian, 5 March 2024 [text]

"America has a good model for how to handle immigration: America," Vox, 1 March 2024 [text]

Between “Go-and-See and Come-and-Tell” Visits: Reflections on the Repatriation Decision-Making Process of Rwandan Refugees in Uganda (Kujenga Amani, March 2024) [text]

Poland has opened its arms to nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees, but will they be able to stay for the long term? (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Feeling at Home? A Dynamic Analysis of the Impact of Discrimination, Refugee-Specific, and Participation Characteristics on Recently Arrived Refugees’ Belonging," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 6 March 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugees in the Netherlands.

The History of Resettlement: Celebrating 25 years of the ATCR (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- Note: The Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR) have been renamed as the Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (CRCP).

An inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes (October 2022 – April 2023) (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2024) [text]

"'Let the State Decide It All for Me': The Role of Migration and Integration Policy in the Decision-Making of Ukrainian Refugee Women in Germany," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 6 March 2024 [open access]

"Reintegration Programs and the Willingness of Displaced Persons to Return Home: Analyzing the Role of Social Infrastructure in North-East Nigeria," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 15 Feb. 2024 [ResearchGate]

"Socio-economic Integration Strategies of 'Former Rwandan Refugees' in Yaoundé, Cameroon," Journal of Critical Global Issues, vol. 1, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (23 Feb. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Commitments reaffirmed for safe, dignified and voluntary returns of Congolese and Rwandan refugees (Nov. 2023) [text]

How the Welsh language is being promoted to help migrants feel at home (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

Modest Proposals for Actors Supporting Third Country Solutions for Refugees (RLI Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Over 30,000 Refugees Resettled from Rwanda (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]

UNHCR, Governments of Burundi and Tanzania agree to scale up voluntary repatriation to Burundi (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Includes link to a Joint Communiqué in French and English.

Reports:

Impacts of Extremist Ideologies on Refugees' Integration: Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Tajikistan, Working Paper, no. 10612 (World Bank, Nov. 2023) [text]

Interiorization strategy: a strategy to support the socio-economic integration of refugees from Venezuela (R4V & Govt. of Brazil, Dec. 2023) [text]

- Also available in Spanish.

The Unmet Potential of Community Consultations in U.S. Refugee Resettlement (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2023) [text]

- See also related video recording below.

Multimedia:

Engaging Local Voices: Letting Cities Inform National Refugee Resettlement Goals, 14 Nov. 2023 [access]

The Importance of Community Consultations in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Network, 30 Nov. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (8 Nov. 2023) 

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

How a small team of journalists report on one of the biggest refugee camps on earth (Reuters Institute, April 2022) [text]

*"‘My children cry with hunger’: refugees denied UN aid rations at Malawi camp," The Guardian, 25 April 2022 [text]

*South Africa’s COVID relief measures mostly excluded refugees: a neglect of duty (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa (WFP & UNHCR, April 2022) [text]

Xenophobia is on the rise in South Africa: scholars weigh in on the migrant question (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Reports: 

After the Coup: Burkina Faso’s Humanitarian and Displacement Crisis (Refugees International, April 2022) [text]

- See also French version.

Beyond the Cessation Clause: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda: From Refugees to East African Citizens?, ASC-TUFS Working Papers, vol. 2 (2022) [text]

Impact of COVID-19 on human settlements, gender, and migrants and refugees in South Africa: methodology report (Human Sciences Research Council, March 2022) [text]

Kenya Analytical Program on Forced Displacement (UNHCR, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee Mobility and Uncertain Lives: Challenges and Agency of South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda, ASC-TUFS Working Papers, vol. 2 (2022) [text]

Social protection and the inclusion of persons of concern: Regional analysis of the inclusion of UNHCR Persons of Concern in government social protection systems and implications for future action (UNHCR, April 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Evaluation of public health surveillance systems in refugee settlements in Uganda, 2016–2019: lessons learned," Conflict and Health, 16:15 (April 2022) [open access]

"No Hope for the ‘Foreigners’: The Conflation of Refugees and Migrants in South Africa," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 15 April 2022 [open access]

"Return without Refoulement: How States Avoid Hosting Refugees after Recognition,” Geopolitics, Under Review, 20 March 2022 [preprint]

- Focuses on Burundian refugees in Tanzania.

Multimedia:

Localizing Research: Lessons from Sudan, 29 March 2022 [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (8 April 2022)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (8 April 2022)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The Constitutionality of the National Health Insurance Bill: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers," Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, vol. 25 (March 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on South Africa.

"COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among refugees in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Northern Uganda," Journal of Global Health Reports, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

"The Disappearance of Refugee Rights in South Africa," Obiter, vol. 43, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Do Refugee Camps Offer a Refuge from Conflict? A Spatially Explicit Analysis of Conflict Incidence at 1,543 Refugee Camps Across Africa (1997–2020)," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 28 March 2022 [open access]

"Migration drivers and migration choice: interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa," Comparative Migration Studies, 10:10 (March 2022) [open access]

"Perceptions and Attitudes of the Local Community towards Urban Refugees Living in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study," Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, vol. 3, no. 3 (March 2022) [open access]

"The right to water for internally displaced persons in the Sahel region," International Review of the Red Cross, FirstView, 9 March 2022 [delayed open access]

- Note: The complete text will eventually be made freely available on ICRC's website.

"Risky journeys: Risk and decision-making among potential irregular migrants in Senegal and Guinea," International Migration, Early View, 31 March 2022 [open access]

"Rwandan Refugee Rights in Uganda: Between Law and Practice–Views from Below," ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, vol. XX-XXI (2020-21) [preprint]

"Using Land to Promote Refugee Self-Reliance in Uganda," Land, vol. 11, no. 3 (March 2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Unpacking migration challenges in East Africa and the Horn, 22 March 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 April 2022)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

Report: Community sponsorships for quota refugees could supplement authorities’ measures (Finnish Govt., May 2021) [text]

- Note: The referenced report is available in Finnish.

Understanding Refugee Worries in the Integration Process (FluchtforschungsBlog, July 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Germany.

We’re Welcoming Refugees! A How-To Guide for Talking to Your Neighbors about Refugees (RI Blog, July 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"What Faith-Based Groups Often Miss in Refugee Resettlement," Sojourners Magazine, 1 July 2021 [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

"Canada’s Private Sponsorship Model Represents a Complementary Pathway for Refugee Resettlement," Migration Information Source, 9 July 2021 [text]

"Finding the Gap: Immigrant Integration Outcomes and Settlement Service Provision in the Republic of Ireland," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 5 July 2021 [open access]

"How a Policy Network Matters for Refugee Protection: A Case Study of Japan’s Refugee Resettlement Programme," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 17 June 2021 [abstract]

"The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return," American Political Science Review, FirstView, 17 May 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

"‘Our Most Foreign Refugees’: Refugees from Vietnam in Britain," Chapter in When Boat People were Resettled, 1975–1983: A Comparative History of European and Israeli Responses to the South-East Asian Refugee Crisis (Springer, 2021) [open access]

Refugee Voices on Integration in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Results from the survey and profiling exercise (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

- See also summary report and related press release.

Repatriation, Insecurity, and Peace: A Case Study of Rwandan Refugees (Springer, July 2020) [full-text]

"Resettlement Experiences of Syrian Refugees in the United States: Policy Challenges and Directions," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 28 June 2021 [free full-text]

Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways and Key Priorities for 2022: Summary of UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union (UNHCR, July 2021) [text]

"Structures and Strategies for Social Integration: Privately Sponsored and Government Assisted Refugees," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 8 July 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Canada.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (23 June 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (23 June 2021)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Reports:

Bibliographies on Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Social Integration, MiReKoc Working Paper ( Koç University, Aug. 2020) [text]

Factors Affecting Refugees' Repatriation Process: The Case of Refugees at the Rwanda Embassy in Kenya, MA Research Project (United States International University Africa, 2020) [text]

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: Iraq Country Report, Working Paper (RESPOND Project, Sept. 2020) [text]

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: Poland Country Report, Working Paper (RESPOND Project, Aug. 2020) 

IOM Resettlement (IOM, 2020) [text]

Rebuilding the US Refugee Resettlement Program (Center for Migration Studies, Aug. 2020) [text]

Syrians Barometer 2019: A Framework for Achieving Social Cohesion with Syrians in Turkey (UNHCR, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Welcoming Week: Celebrating & Supporting Our Refugee Neighbors, Webinar, 16 Sept. 2020 [access]

- Focuses on the US. Follow link for video recording.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt 1 (22 Sept. 2020)

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 32, no. 3, Sept. 2019 include:

• Gardening in Displacement: The Benefits of Cultivating in Crisis [free full-text]
• ‘I Stand on My Own Two Feet but Need Someone Who Really Cares’: Social Networks and Social Capital among Unaccompanied Minors for Becoming Established in Swedish Society [abstract]
• The Refugee Integration Survey and Evaluation (RISE): Results from a Four-Year Longitudinal Study [abstract]
• Participatory Visual Research with Displaced Persons: ‘Listening’ to Post-conflict Experiences through the Visual [abstract]
• Cessation Clauses, Uncertain Futures and Wellbeing among Rwandan Urban Refugees in Cameroon [abstract]
• Positioning in the Oral Narratives of Displaced Syrian Women [abstract]
• The Feminization of Forced Migration during Conflict: The Complex Experiences of Algerian Women Who Fled in the ‘Black Decade’ [abstract]
• Prejudice-relevant Correlates of Attitudes towards Refugees: A Meta-analysis [abstract] [preprint]

Also included are five book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Africa

2019 Retreat of ECOWAS Ambassadors, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 15-16 April 2019 [Eng. text & Fre. text via ReliefWeb]
- Theme was "Mixed Flows and Durable Solutions in the ECOWAS Region."

"After Deportation, Some Congolese Returnees Face Detention and Extortion," Migration Information Source, 23 May 2019 [text]

CMFS Brief: Nigerian Migrants (to Europe) (IOM, May 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

CMFS Brief: Somali Migrants (to Europe) (IOM, May 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Internal Displacement in Urban and Rural Areas: An Analysis of IDP Distribution and Access to Services in Nigeria and Ethiopia (IOM, May 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Little Known Story of the Polish Refugees Who Fled to East Africa during World War II," QZ, 16 May 2019 [text]

"Precarious Hope and Reframing Risk Behavior from the Ground Up: Insight from Ethnographic Research with Rwandan Urban Refugees in Yaoundé, Cameroon," Conflict and Health, 13:18 (May 2019) [open access]

"Precarious Mobility: Infrastructures of Eritrean Migration through the Sudan and the Sahara Desert," Africa Human Mobility Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (Jan.-Apr. 2019) [full-text]

A Region on the Move: 2018 Mobility Overview in the Horn of Africa and the Arab Peninsula (IOM, May 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Tale of Two Camps: The Dissociation of Kakuma and Dadaab under the Self-Reliance Agenda in Kenya (RLI Blog, May 2019) [text]

Trying to Soften the Landing for Returning Migrants (openDemocracy, May 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Nigerians.

UNHCR and the Pan-African Parliament Agree to Step Up Cooperation on Forced Displacement (UNHCR, May 2019) [text]

"The Value of Human Dignity in the Refugee Protection," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (Jan.-Apr. 2019) [full-text]
- Focuses on South Africa.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (13 May 2019)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Africa

"EU-ALS Summit Overshadowed by AU Document Thwarting EU Plans for 'Disembarkation Platforms'," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 1 March 2019 [text]

Final Report on the 2018 Registration Operation for Rwandan Refugees: The Kivus, Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR, Dec. 2018) [Eng. text/
French text via ReliefWeb]

Leave No One Behind: Shining a Spotlight on Adolescent Congolese Refugees in Rwanda (ODI, March 2019) [text]

Local Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Capacity and Complementarity (ODI, March 2019) [text]

"Prospects for the Global Compacts in Africa: Combining International Solidarity with Home-Grown Solutions," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Feb. 2019 [free full-text]

"Regional Solutions and the Global Compact on Refugees: The Experience from Africa," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 21 Feb. 2019 [free full-text]

"Revisiting the Sphere Standards: Comparing the Revised Sphere Standards to Living Standards in Three Urban Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:6 (March 2019) [open access]

Study Shows Why African Refugees Stay Put Despite End to Conflict at Home (The Conversation, March 2019) [text]
- Note: Article includes link to text of 2018 study entitled "Patterns of the Refugee Cycle in Africa: A Hazardous Cycle with No End in Sight?"

Tanzania Country Refugee Response Plan: The Integrated Response Plan for Refugees from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 2019-December 2020 (UNHCR, March 2019) [text]

We Asked Senegalese Migrants Why They Leave Home. Here’s What They Told Us (The Conversation, March 2019) [text]

"What Promise Does the Global Compact on Refugees Hold for African Refugees?," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 19 March 2019 [free full-text]

Within and Beyond Borders: Tracking Displacement in the Lake Chad Basin - Regional Displacement and Human Mobility Analysis (IOM, March 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (7 March 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

Access to Socio-Economic Rights for Refugees in Africa: Some Recommendations (Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa, Nov. 2017) [text]

Aid Appeals Seek over US$3 Billion as South Sudan Set to Become Africa’s Largest Refugee and Humanitarian Crisis (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Forced Displacement and Mixed Migration Challenges in the IGAD Region," Great Insights Magazine, vol. 7, no. 1 (Winter 2018) [full-text]

Foresight Africa Viewpoint – Africa and Europe: Toward Real Partnership on Migration (Africa in Focus Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

Grandi Praises Uganda’s ‘Model’ Treatment of Refugees, Urges Regional Leaders to Make Peace (UNHCR, Jan. 2018) [text]

How Weavers in Burkina Faso are Now on Europe’s Migration Front Line (IRIN, Feb. 2018) [text]

Implementation of the Cessation Clause: A Useless Mechanism, a Motive of Insecurity (LAMenparle, Feb. 2018) [text]
- Discusses the situation of Rwandans in Uganda. See also related East African article.

Kampala Convention: Why the 30th Summit of the AU Heads of States Missed Opportunity to Tackle Perpetual IDPs Problem (HelpAge International, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Passports for Sale: How Sudan Profits From Syrians (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2018) [text]

Prices, Products and Priorities: Meeting Refugees’ Energy Needs in Burkina Faso and Kenya (Moving Energy Initiative, Jan. 2018) [text]

Somalia: Thousands Homeless as Settlements Razed (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Condemns Forced Returns of Cameroon Asylum-seekers from Nigeria (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (23 Jan. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Solutions

News & developments, esp. in U.S.:

"First 30 Central American Refugees Arrive in Australia after Fleeing Gang Violence," Sydney Morning Herald, 16 Dec. 2017 [text]

"Judge Partially Lifts Trump Administration Ban on Refugees," PBS News Hour, 23 Dec. 2017 [text]

"Refugee Admissions to U.S. Plummet in 2017," USA Today, 3 Jan. 2018 [text]
- See also related Reuters article.

"State Department Tells Refugee Agencies to Downsize U.S. Operations," Reuters, 21 Dec. 2017 [text]

"Up to 200 Refugees to Leave Manus Island and Nauru for United States in January," Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Dec. 2017 [text]

Publications:

"Crowdsourcing Refugee Resettlement," Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2018) [text]

Durable Solutions for Australian Refugee Partnerships (Refugee Research Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

“If you could do one thing…”: Local Actions to Promote Social Integration (British Academy, Dec. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for key lessons, essay collection and case studies. See also earlier related blog post.

In Wake of Cuts to U.S. Refugee Program, Global Resettlement Falls Short, Top 10 Migration Issues of 2017, no. 6 (Migration Information Source, Dec. 2017) [text]

*Joint NGO Recommendations on Durable Solutions for the Global Compact on Refugees’ Programme of Action (DRC et al., Dec. 2017) [text]

Local Integration as a Durable Solution? The Case of Rwandan Refugees in Uganda, IOB Discussion Paper, no. 2017.02 (Univ. of Antwerp, 2017) [text]

"Rethinking Frameworks for Refugee Advocacy: An Analysis Grounded in Political and Democratic Institutions," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Dec. 2017 [abstract]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (7 Dec. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

Burundian Refugee Returns: Joint Response Plan, Sept. 2017 - Dec. 2018 (UN Country Team in Burundi, Nov. 2017) [text]

Communiqué Final: Réunion Tripartite Congo-Rwanda-UNHCR du 3 au 4 Avril 2017 – Kigali [text]
- Note: Rwandan refugee status will end 31 December 2017. See also related East African article.

The Human Rights Situation of Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur, 2014-2016 (OHCHR et al., Nov. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Protection Fallout: How Increasing Capacity for Border Management Affects Migrants' Vulnerabilities in Niger and Mali (Global Public Policy Institute & DRC/RMMS, Nov. 2017) [access]

Recognising Nairobi's Refugees: The Challenges and Significance of Documentation Proving Identity and Status (Norwegian Refugee Council & Harvard Law School, Nov. 2017) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Refugee and Host Population Empowerment (ReHoPE): Stocktake Report (UNDP, Nov. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugees Warn of Looming Civil War in Cameroon (IRIN, Nov. 2017) [text]

Underlying Tensions: South Sudanese Refugees and Pathways to Conflict Prevention in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Conciliation Resources, Nov. 2017) [text]

Weighing the Risks: Protection Risks and Human Rights Violations Faced by Migrants in and from East Africa, Briefing Paper, no. 5 (DRC & RMMS, Oct. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

What Uganda’s Struggling Policy Means for Future of Refugee Response (Refugees Deeply, Nov. 2017) [text]

Why Doesn’t South Sudan’s Refugee Exodus Spur East Africa to Action? (IRIN, Nov. 2017) [text]

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Europe/Africa Cooperation re. Migration (6 Nov. 2017)
- Regional Focus: Africa (3 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 29, no. 3, Oct. 2017 include:

• Different in the Same Way? Language, Diversity, and Refugee Credibility [abstract]
• Bringing Rwandan Refugees ‘Home’: The Cessation Clause, Statelessness, and Forced Repatriation [abstract]
• No Country of Asylum: ‘Legitimizing’ Lebanon’s Rejection of the 1951 Refugee Convention [open access]
• Refugees or Border Residents from Myanmar? The Status of Displaced Ethnic Kachins and Kokangs in Yunnan Province, China [open access]

Note that two articles are open access - a first for IJRL!

Also included are case law summaries, three book reviews and the texts of three UNHCR documents: 1) Note on Legal Considerations for Cooperation between the European Union and Turkey on the Return of Asylum Seekers and Migrants; 2) Legal Considerations on the Return of Asylum Seekers and Refugees from Greece to Turkey as Part of the EU–Turkey Cooperation in Tackling the Migration Crisis under the Safe Third Country and First Country of Asylum Concept; 3) Legal Considerations on Refugee Protection for People Fleeing Conflict and Famine Affected Countries.

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Africa

Assistance to Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in Africa: Report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/72/354 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2017) [text via Refworld]

Environmental Resource Management in Refugee Camps and Surrounding Areas: Lessons Learned and Best Practices (ISIM, Aug. 2017) [report] [biblio./lit. rev.]
- Field research was undertaken in Djibouti and Ethiopia.

"An Evaluation of Kenya's Parallel Legal Regime on Refugees, and the Courts' Guarantee of Their Rights," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 21 (2017) [open access]

Hidden Figures: Women on the Move in Libya - Insights from the Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative (4Mi) in Libya, Mali and Niger (Danish Refugee Council, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mixed Migration in West Africa: Data, Routes and Vulnerabilities of People on the Move - Extended Summary (Regional MMS, Aug. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Neglected Northern Uganda Mustn’t be Ignored Any Longer (IRIN, Sept. 2017) [text]

Non-Refoulement in the Context of Internal Displacement: The Case of IDPs in South Sudan’s Protection of Civilian Sites (Norwegian Refugee Council, Sept. 2017) [text]

The Politics of Repatriation: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda, 2003-2017, Working Paper, no. 2017.9 (Univ. of Antwerp, Aug. 2017) [text]

Responding to Refugee Crises: Lessons from Evaluations in South Sudan as a Country of Origin (OECD, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Responding to Refugee Crises: Lessons from Evaluations in Ethiopia and Uganda as Countries of Destination (OECD, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb] 

"Starting from Scratch in Uganda," BBC, 15 Sept. 2017 [text]

Research Project:

The Politics of Return: An AHRC/ESRC Funded Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research (PaCCS) Project - Exploring the Dynamics of Return and Reintegration of Refugees in Central and Eastern Africa (London School of Economics & Political Science) [access]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (14 Sept. 2017)


Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

Before the Desert: Conditions and Risks on Mixed Migration Routes through West Africa (RMMS, June 2017) [text]

Central African Republic: Humanitarian Brief (OCHA, June 2017) [text]

Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (UNHCR, 2017) [access]
- Note that four of the five countries participating in a roll-out of the CRRF are in Africa: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. See also related UNHCR news story re. Tanzania.

"Migration from Eritrea Slows," The Economist, 25 May 2017 [text]

Rapid Protection Assessment: DRC/Angola Situation (UNHCR, May 2017) [text]
- See also related UNHCR briefing note and press release.

The Reality Behind Uganda’s Refugee Model (Refugees Deeply, May 2017) [text]

Recommendations on Refugee and IDP Returns and Movements (ACTED et al., May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focus is on Nigeria.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/35/39 (UN Human Rights Council, June 2017) [text via Refworld]
- Includes section on Eritrean refugees.

"UN Resettles Albino Refugees Due to Threats in Malawi," VOA News, 12 June 2017 [text]

‘Voluntary’ Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees in Uganda: Between Law and Practice - Views from Below, IOB Working paper, no. 6 (Univ. of Antwerp, May 2017) [text]


Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (24 May 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Event: 

Lecture: Saving Brown Women from Brown Men? "Refugee Women," Gender and the Politics of Protection, London, 17 May 2017 [info]

Publications:

Expanding GBV Prevention and Response Programming in Santo Domingo to Benefit Adolescent Refugee Girls (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Case study for "Strengthening GBV Prevention & Response in Urban Contexts."

Gender Identities and the Decision to Return: The Case of Rwandan Refugee Men and Women in North Kivu, DRC, Thesis (University of Witwatersrand, March 2017) [text]

The Gender-Based Effects of Displacement: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, Working Paper, no. 21 (KNOMAD, April 2017) [text]

Protecting Refugee Women from Gender-based Violence (PACE, April 2017) [text]

Recognizing Sexual and Gender-based Violence as Persecution Grounds for Women Seeking Refugee Status and Asylum, Thesis (Columbia Univ., 2017) [text]

Recommendations for Addressing Women’s Human Rights in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Outcome of Expert Meeting in Geneva (EU & UN Women, Nov. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugee Women in the Sahrawi Camps: Towards Gender Equality," International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies, vol. 1, no. 4 (2016) [full-text via ResearchGate]

Report on the Legal Rights of Women and Girl Asylum Seekers in the European Union (UN Women, March 2017) [text]
- See also related UN Women news story.

Site Planning: Guidance to Reduce the Risk of Gender-Based Violence, Trial ed. (Global Shelter Cluster, Sept. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tightening of Borders Makes Women Invisible along Balkan Refugee Route (Refugees Deeply, April 2017) [text]

Women Refugees at Risk of Sexual Assault in Berlin Shelters (IRIN, May 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (23 March 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.