Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Gender-Based Violence and the Struggle for Justice: Rohingya Women at the Intersection of Law and Displacement (Oxford Human Rights Hub, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Bangladesh.

Navigating Livelihood and Belonging: The Everyday Realities of African Migrant Women in Cape Town (On the Move Blog, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

At What Cost?: Women-Led Organizations, Funding Cuts, and the Price of Survival (Refugees International & Women’s Refugee Commission, July 2026) [access]

- See also related blog post.

Beyond the breaking point: The continuing impact of funding cuts on women’s organizations in humanitarian settings (UN Women, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

In Spite of Fear: Women's experiences navigating the compounding challenges of displacement and insecurity in Southeast Burma (Karen Human Rights Group, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Displaced women, law and competing patriarchies in late Ottoman Serbia," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 8 July 2026 [open access]

"'The perpetrators are with us, who will help us': Sexual violence and victimisation of young female refugees in Northern Nigeria," International Review of Victimology, OnlineFirst, 17 July 2026 [open access]

"Transforming Masculinities and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse by Aid Workers: A Qualitative Review," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Transitioning from Survival to Sustainable Livelihoods: Challenges Faced by Refugee Women in South Africa," Societies, vol. 16, no. 8 (July 2026) [open access]

"Women, Space, Resistance: Kurdish Refugee-Migrants' Narratives from Lavrio and Skaramagas Camps in Greece," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 5 (July 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

International Refugee Law and the Global Compact - Where are the Women?, 27 April 2026 [access]

- One presentation is also available via the a/m link.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 July 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (9 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

CareLine: Using AI Responsibly to Help Answer Refugees’ Queries (UNHCR Blog, July 2026) [text]

Explainer: How UNHCR is using AI to support refugees and improve operations (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

‘High-Impact’ or Not? How DHS Classifies AI in Immigration Enforcement (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"What the WFP cyber-attack has in common with visa scandals," The New Humanitarian, 16 July 2026 [text]

York U awarded $2.5M to investigate, mitigate impact of increasing digital surveillance on refugees (York Univ., July 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Digital Community Engagement in Protracted Crises: A Methodological Framework for Longitudinal Research using the Upinion Platform, HADRI Global Development Working Paper, no. 2 (Western Sydney Univ., 2026) [text]

- Focuses on refugee populations in Greece and the Netherlands.

"The humanitarian AI paradox: Key opportunities, challenges and research needs for the use of AI in humanitarian mental health response," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Mediated information grounds: living with(in) pareshani, social networks and gendered media practices among the Rohingya refugees," Information, Communication & Society, Latest Articles, 8 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Australia and Bangladesh.

"Mobility as climate change adaptation in South Africa: Exploring the legal and policy significance of artificial intelligence," Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, vol. 18, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Prácticas digitales y experiencias afectivas entre mujeres mexicanas solicitantes de asilo atrapadas en Tijuana, México," Migraciones, vol. 67 (2026) [open access]

"When digital aid meets reality: A socio-technical analysis of feasibility requirements in cash-based interventions," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 231 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (7 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Commissioner HHS Briefing to the PRC Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees, IDPs and Migrants on the Humanitarian Situation in Africa (African Union, July 2026) [text]

Do aid cuts fuel violent conflict in Africa? How to promote peace (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Findings from emergency response in Sudan: a 48-hour joint humanitarian effort (Humanitarian Practice Network, July 2026) [text]

"More than 53,000 immigrants have been deported or repatriated by South Africa in a crackdown," AP News, 13 July 2026 [text]

UNHCR and partners launch Multi-Purpose Hub in Addis Ababa to expand protection, information, and access to services for people on the move (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Advancing Protection under Article I(2): Interpretative clarity, operational support and pathways forward for African States Parties to the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung et al., June 2026) [access]

- Available in English, French and German. See also related LinkedIn post.

Communication in Protracted Refugee Encampment: A Humanitarian and Development Approach to Youth Engagement (FilmAid Kenya, April 2026) [text]

Gaps and Needs: Improving Access to Legal Identity and Facilitating the Safe and Dignified Return for Migrants Without Proof of Identity (International Organization for Migration, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Draws on case studies from Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and Nigeria.

Journal articles:

"An assessment of the Water-Energy-Food nexus in Bidibidi refugee settlement towards the design of sustainable energy technologies," Energy Nexus, vol. 23 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Between hope and sorrow: exploring Burundian refugees’ everyday struggles and aspirations in Chatsworth township in Durban, South Africa," African Identities, Latest Articles, 15 July 2026 [open access]

"Conflict, drought, and displacement: determinants of return intentions among South Sudanese refugees," Comparative Migration Studies, 13 July 2026 [open access]

"Excluded Lives: Migrant Status and Access to Healthcare in South Africa," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 23, no. 6 (June 2026) [open access]

"We will stay-put or die remaining: why some communities choose active immobility in conflict zones in Nigeria," Mobilities, Latest Articles, 5 July 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (12 July 2026)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (12 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The 2014 law relating to refugees in Rwanda: analyzing the gap between theory and reality," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Building Resilience in the Context of the Security Crisis in Burkina Faso: The Case of Internally Displaced Persons," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 18 June 2026 [full-text]

"Empirical Insights into Managing Internal Displacement from the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Opportunities for Enhanced Crisis Governance in Africa," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 July 2026 [open access]

"Everyday humanitarianism amongst Tanzanian elites: a new perspective on localisation," Geoforum, vol. 175 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

"'How far I go is not my choice': Immobility, administrative violence and ontological insecurity amongst young people in situations of forced migration in South Africa," Comparative Migration Studies, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"Indigenous wisdoms and the decolonial efforts in migration studies in South Africa," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Policy Coherence Enigma and Historical Amnesia in Economically Inclusive Solutions for Protracted Refugees: The Cases of Kenya and Uganda," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 July 2026 [open access]

"'They do ask, but it is not the way you ask': data collection as communication for internally displaced persons in South Sudan," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (13 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS) (Eurostat & UN, Feb. 2026) [text via Refworld]

Understanding Statelessness in Australia: A study on statelessness in Australia (McMullin Centre on Statelessness, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Journal articles:

"Adding Family Complications to Birthright Citizenship," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Administrative inclusion without legal incorporation among Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India," Discover Global Society, 4:102 (June 2026) [open access]

"The Protection of Stateless Migrants in South Africa: The Constitutional Rationale for a Statelessness Determination Procedure," International Human Rights Law Review, vol. 15, no. 1 (2026) [ResearchGate]

"Unequal Citizenship: How Citizenship Revocation as an Anti-Terrorism Tool Devalues Citizenship in the United Kingdom & Denmark," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Are there any reliable estimates of the global stateless population? (ISI, June 2026) [access]

The Black Box: Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID (Global Movement Against Statelessness, June 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (8 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Event report: Assessing the Implications of Uganda's Shift from Group Status Refugee Recognition (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, June 2026) [text]

The long horizon of displacement in Eastern and Southern Africa (UNHCR Data Insight, June 2026) [text]

- "Refugees in Eastern and Southern Africa remain in exile for a median period of almost 16 years... ." See also related press release.

Migration: why this policy field is emerging as a priority in Liberia (African Arguments, June 2026) [text]

Migration in Somalia: People on the Move ( Blog On the Move, May 2026) [text]

Research Findings Verification Workshop: Legal Frameworks for Refugees/Asylum Seekers and Children on the Move in Malawi (Blog On the Move, May 2026) [text]

‘Some people’s lives matter more than others’: local responders in Sudan feel ignored as the world focuses on other crises (The Conversation, May 2026) [text]

Statement by the Regional Women-Led Organizations Support Platform for the Sudan Situation (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

US-Africa migrant deals ramp up as government transparency fails (ISS Today, May 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Economies of Care: Return Migration from South Africa to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Berghahn Books, June 2026) [open access]

- "Crises and displacement have shaped practices and relations of care among Zimbabwean migrants and their families upon their return from South African urban areas. Through ethnographic research primarily in Bulawayo, Economies of Care addresses the intersection of kinship, state functions and migration in sustaining livelihoods amidst Zimbabwe's economic and political instability. It offers an in-depth analysis of how bureaucratic and intimate care structures intertwine, making it an essential resource for scholars of migration, anthropology and African studies."

Reports & journal articles:

The African Review, vol. 53, no. 3 (June 2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugees, Displacement and the Politics of Belonging in Tanzania." The editorial is freely available.

"Care and Politics in Action: The Humanitarian Relief by Somali Businesswomen in Zambia to Puntland," Africa Spectrum, OnlineFirst, 4 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Regional Trends: Forced Displacement in West and Central Africa (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

"'Standing on the shoulders of giants': the relationship between the African and global refugee conventions," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (27 May 2026)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (27 May 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Death, distrust, and desperation: The unending saga of Sudanese refugees trapped in northern Niger," The New Humanitarian, 25 May 2026 [text]

Kenya: Security Versus Protection? (Immigration Detention Monitor, April 2026) [text]

New Research Partnership to Promote Peace and Co-operation in Border Areas in Africa (LERRN, May 2026) [text]

South Africa: New Waves of Xenophobic Attacks (HRW, May 2026) [text]

"Sudanese authorities carry out deportations and abuse of South Sudanese," The New Humanitarian, 14 May 2026 [text]

UN Human Rights project transforms refugee camps into communities (OHCHR, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

Reports:

Enhanced Protection and Solutions for Refugees through Inclusion in Chad’s National Digital Identity System (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

Enhanced Protection and Solutions for Refugees through Inclusion in Ethiopia’s National Digital ID Program (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

Missing Migrants on the Eastern Southern Africa Route: Characteristics, risks and recommendations (IOM, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

The political impact of refugees in Africa (CGIAR, 2025) [text]

Protection and Assistance Services Along the Western Africa Atlantic Route: Availability and Gaps (UNHCR & ICVA, May 2026) [text]

- See also info on a "new online dashboard to map protection and assistance services available ‎to refugees and migrants along key routes, starting with the Western Africa Atlantic Route."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (6 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

"Editorial: Trauma-informed perinatal care for asylum-seeking and refugee women survivors of conflict-related and gender-based violence in the UK," British Journal of Psychiatry, FirstView, 8 May 2026 [free full-text]

Study visit to Luxembourg on good practices in upholding the rights of asylum-seeking and refugee women and girls (ECRE, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"At the Heart of the Heartless Bureaucracy of the UK Asylum System: Refugee Women’s Experiences of the State of Limbo in Between Violence and Protection," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 4 (April 2026) [open access]

"A grounded theory exploration of wellbeing and liveable space for Uganda-based forced migrant women, forcibly displaced due to conflict," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [postprint]

"Minor Wives: Married Girls in US Immigration Detention," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [full-text]

"Prevalence and predictors of domestic violence among Rohingya refugee and neighboring host communities in Bangladesh," Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]

"Trends in Trauma: Increasing rates of sexual and domestic violence among female Latin American asylum seekers," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 5 May 2026 [postprint]

"Vulnerabilities and Inequities: Challenges Experienced by Professionals Engaged with Migrant and Refugee Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Canada," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 5 (April 2026) [open access]

"Women Asylum Seekers and Intermediaries in South Africa," Modern Africa, vol. 14, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (30 March 2026)

New Issues of AHMR, DPCE Online, Geopol., GILJ, IJMHSC, Jap. J. Cult. Anthro., J. Am. Ethnic Hist., JEMS, JIMI, JIRS, JMHS, MPP, NJMR, REMI

Authors of open access articles in these journals are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

__________________________________________________________________

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- The five articles in this issue focus variously on South Africa's asylum policy/system and Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, as well as rural-urban youth migration and irregular migration in Ethiopia.

DPCE Online, vol. 73, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Features a thematic section on "Climate Displacement in a Warming World: Comparative and European Public Law Perspectives."

Geopolitics, vol. 31, no. 2 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Questioning the Safe Haven: Interdisciplinary Inquiries into Violence in Refugee Reception and Settlement," with a focus on Europe; the introduction and eight articles are open access. 

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal [access]

- The following issues were recently published online: 1) vol. 39, no. 2 (Winter 2025); 2) vol. 39, no. 3 (Spring 2025); 3) vol. 40, no. 1 (Fall 2025); and 4) vol. 40, no. 2 (Winter 2026). All articles can be accessed via the a/m link.

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 22, no. 2 (April 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is freely available and another that is open access.

Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, vol. 90, no. 2 (2026) [contents]

- Features a thematic section on "Refugee Economies and Creation of Places."

Journal of American Ethnic History, vol. 45, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles and reviews.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 9 (2026) [contents]

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

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 1 (2026) [contents]

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

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 27, no. 1 (March 2026) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 14 that are open access.

*Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

*Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XV, no. 1 (April 2026) [open access]

- "Through this special issue, we aim to support and inform the second International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), featuring articles aligned with the objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Global Compact for Migration)." Note: In its previous issue, the journal editors had announced that MPP would be discontinued! However, as the current introduction notes, IOM has apparently decided to continue publishing the journal in order to support migration scholarship that finds solutions to ongoing challenges.

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 16, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 41, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

- Features a dossier on "Repenser le nexus sécurité-migration: nouveaux terrains, nouvelles logiques de sécuritisation contemporaines = Rethinking the Security-Migration Nexus: New Fields, Renewed Contemporary Securitisation Logics."

*UPDATED

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"African champions chart the way on the Global Compact for Migration," ISS Today, 5 May 2026 [text]

Beyond Humanitarianism: Reclaiming Health Equity for Internally Displaced Populations (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Mozambique.

Fleeing Sudan’s War: Refugees Detail Three Years of Trauma (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

- See also related TNH articles.

"How Sudan’s El Obeid survives drone strikes and siege warfare," The New Humanitarian, 29 April 2026 [text]

Transnational State Repressions, Abductions, and Refoulements in the Horn of Africa (Refugee Research Online, April 2026) [text]

Reports:

Guidance Note on Eritrea (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

- This note "supersedes UNHCR’s Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Eritrea of April 2011."

Left Behind: Protection Gaps Leaving Somalia’s Displaced Exposed (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [text]

Many Doors, Uneven Outcomes: Dispute Resolution Pathways for Housing, Land, and Natural Resource Disputes in Nigeria (Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2026) [text]

“Stuck between a country we fled and a destination we may not reach”: Examining mixed movement dynamics in Madagascar (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2026) [text]

- This report examines "the case of Pakistani asylum seekers in the country and the position of Madagascar as a transit country along the Western Indian Ocean Route."

When aid disappears: Lessons from South Sudanese mutual aid (Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Five articles focus variously on South Africa's asylum policy/system and Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, as well as rural-urban youth migration and irregular migration in Ethiopia.

"Counting the costs of war: A holistic, multi-level assessment of the impact of conflict on Sudan," African Security Review, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2025 [open access]

Multimedia:

Emergency Response Rooms and Collective Action in Sudan (Into Africa Podcast Series, April 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (10 Africa 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Call for submissions: IJRL/ACMRL Workshop for Prospective Authors, Online, June 2026 [info]

- Submission deadline is 12 April 2026.

Seminar: Safe third country concept: A tool for containment and illegalization of mobility, Online, 15 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: 51st Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 18 May–26 June 2026 [info]

- Register by 20 April 2026.

Short pieces:

Rights in danger? How the EU’s new regulation on crisis situations undermines the principle of non-refoulement (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

State exploitation of regime fragmentation: A case study of Sudan’s weaponisation of an institutional gap in the international protection legal framework (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Why Migration Definitions Still Matter for Refugee Protection (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

14th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Nairobi, 17-21 November 2025 [access]

- Follow link for conference documents & report, a selection of papers, and video of the opening ceremony.

Accessible Legal Aid for Asylum Seekers (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

"Le droit d’asile face au droit pénal," Revue des droits de l'Homme, no. 29 (2026) [open access]

- Note: This is a master's thesis.

Navigating Discretion in Refugee Protection: How Humanitarian Organisations Can Make a Positive Impact?, RLI Working Paper, no. 82 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Credibility as a Fuzzy Concept in Refugee Law: A Systematic Literature Review," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [preprint]

"Evolving asylum deterrence practices in Africa: The case of Tunisia and South Africa," Rivista di Diritti Comparati, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"International Refugee Law: From a Self-Contained Regime to an International Protection Framework," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access] 

"Legally Excluded, Structurally Persecuted: Rethinking Asylum Beyond the Refugee–Economic Migrant Divide," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026 [full-text]

"The twice displaced: UNHCR’s role in evacuations," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access] 

Multimedia:

Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees, 10 Feb. 2026 [access]

*Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations, 11 March 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (6 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

African countries should resist Europe’s assertive migration diplomacy (ISS Today, Feb. 2026) [text]

As Sudan war approaches fourth year, humanitarian agencies appeal for support to refugees (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

How African Governments Responded to the 2025 Aid Shock (CGD Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Regional protection scheme needed for Sudan’s displacement crisis (ISS Today, Feb. 2025) [text]

USD 91M Appeal Launched to Support Migrants Along Key African Migration Corridors (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Aid and Accountability for Sudanese Refugees in Chad (Refugees International, Feb. 2026) [text]

Aid, Interrupted: Conflict Dynamics Following the USAID Suspension in Africa (Univ. of Sydney, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related CGD Blog post.

"Everything belongs to the agencies": performative refugee elections in Kakuma refugee camp, Refugee-led Research Working Paper, no. 10 (Refugee Studies Centre, Nov. 2025) [text]

What communities have taught us about effective and accountable humanitarian aid in Chad (Concern & Ground Truth Solutions, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Ecological Paradoxes of Conflict: The Dual Impact of Armed Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises on Africa's Ecosystems," African Journal of Ecology, vol. 64, no. 2 (March 2026) [free full-text]

"Entwined economies of violence: understanding borderland conflict and resource politics in northern Kenya," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

"Exploring a Scalar Nexus Approach to Understanding Environmental Change Around Refugee Settlements in Uganda," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Latest Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Migrants’ Right to Membership of Political Parties: Reappraisal," Constitutional Court Review, vol. 15, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on South Africa.

"Sudanese refugees in Chad: addressing overwhelming mental health needs through sustainable partnerships," BJPsych Open, vol. 12, no. 2 (March 2026) [open access] 

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (6 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: Meeting Labor Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection, 26 February 2026 [info]

- Discussion and launch of "Building Refugee-Inclusive Labour Mobility Pathways: A visa evaluation framework." Focuses on Europe.

Short pieces:

Decent Work for Refugees: Advancing Inclusion and Business Sustainability (UNHCR Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Immigrants Use Less Welfare at Every Income Level (CATO At Liberty Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related testimony relating to welfare fraud.

Right to work when home no longer works for you (IDRC, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Thailand. See also related UNHCR story.

Reports:

Can Words Shift Views? How Policy Communication Shifts Support for Low-Skilled Immigration, Migration Insight Series, no. 17 (Univ. of British Columbia, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023 (CATO Institute, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Between active citizenship and exploitation: understanding exhaustion and disposability in un(der)paid and low-paid labor by refugees in the Netherlands," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Immigration Politics: Socio-economic Contributions and Securitisation of Immigration in Botswana," Migration and Development, OnlineFirst, 12 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Migrant livelihoods and the power of social ties: evidence from Johannesburg’s informal sector," Development Southern Africa, Latest Articles, 4 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Refugee inflows and macroeconomic performance: evidence from a cross-country panel (2000–2023)," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Unwelcome Neighbours: Poverty and Anti-immigrant Sentiment in Morocco," Migration and Development, OnlineFirst, 12 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Women's Studies International Forum (2026) [contents]

- Special issue collection on "Are Resources Wasted?: Employment and Career Barriers for Educated Refugee Women in Turkey." Note: Three articles that focus on Syrian women are freely available.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (28 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

"The Bhasan Char project was never about protection, it’s about Rohingya confinement," The New Humanitarian, 27 Jan. 2026 [text]

Congress Should Stop DHS’s Lawless Misuse of Mandatory Immigration Detention (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

EU: New Return Regulation Threatens to Significantly Expand Detention, Warn UN Special Procedures (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2026) [text]

ICE's Delayed Detention Data is Out, Two Record Highs: 70,000 People Detained, 40,000 on Ankle Monitors (Austin Kocher Substack, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related post on the best source of detention data.

Invisible and Detained: How Immigration Detention Reproduces Gender-Based Violence Against Migrant Women in South Africa (Lawyers for Human Rights, Feb. 2026) [text]

A Legal Black Hole: Does Iraq Have the Right to Detain Prisoners Transferred from Syria? (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

Poland – More Migrant Children to be Detained Following Controversial Legislative Changes (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2026) [text]

Sweetening Migrant Detention in Third Countries (Refugee History Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

The Taken - Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

Visualising Confinement: Creating 3D Models of Greek Detention Centres (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

We Told You So: Now What for Northeast Syria? (Just Security, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"'Doing Head Miles': The Meaning and Mental Health Consequences of Immigration Detention in the Context of Criminal Deportation," SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, In Press, 5 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Health in immigration detention: Evidence brief for policy and practice (WHO & Global Detention Project, Jan. 2026) [text]

New ICE arrest data show the power of state and local governments to curtail mass deportations (Prison Policy Initiative, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Provides an update to their earlier report, Hiding in Plain Sight: How local jails obscure and facilitate mass deportation under Trump.

"Protecting human rights in detention: Does anybody care?," Alternative Law Journal, OnlineFirst, 6 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Profiting Off Pain: Privatized Detention, Mass Surveillance and the Drive for Immigrant Prosecutions (National Immigration Project & American Univ., Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Rethinking Preventive Detention," UCLA Law Review, vol. 73 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

New books:

FYI: These titles include subsections that focus on immigration detention.

Forced Migration and Health Justice (Oxford Univ. Press, Feb. 2026) [info]

Gender Equality Behind Bars: A Feminist Approach to Penality Policies Worldwide (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb. 2026) [info]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (25 Jan. 2026) 

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (25 Jan. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Africa's Migration Transition: A Long-Run Historical Perspective," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Bridging the Implementation Gap: Refugee Governance and Institutional Coordination in Uganda’s Borderlands," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 22 Jan. 2026 [full-text]

"Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes toward Refugees," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 133, no. 9 (Sept. 2025) [preprint]

- Focuses on Kenya and Uganda.

"Forced displacement in Africa: Could the Tanzanian Maasai obtain justice? The East African Court of Justice case under the lens of the Ogiek case before the African Court," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Human Rights in Resettlement Policies of European Bilateral Development Finance Institutions Operating in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hitting the Mark?," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Introducing a Survivor-Centred Policy Framework for Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement in Uganda," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The subversion of politics: Political prohibitions on refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Typology of Internally Displaced People: Insights from Northern Nigeria," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

End of Year Reflections (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on West and Central Africa.

New Refugee Law Practitioners' Handbook (Univ. of Cape Town, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on South Africa. Note: Info only, no full-text access available.

Reports & book chapters:

Can development assistance prevent conflict? (PRIO, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on South Sudan and Mozambique. See also related policy brief.

Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection (Govt. of South Africa, Dec. 2025) [text via UCT]

- Note: The deadline for public comments has been extended to 15 February 2026. See also related Facebook post from the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

In the shadow of law: navigating ECOWAS free movement law in West African borderlands, MOBILE Working Paper Series, no. 79 (Univ. of Copenhagen, Dec. 2025) [text]

"Introduction," Hanno Brankamp, Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya (Duke Univ. Press, Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

Mapping African Migration: Insights from UN DESA Data on Patterns, Trends, and Misconceptions, SWP Working Paper, no. 03 (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Dec. 2025) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Rethinking aid in Sudan and South Sudan: Recommendations from the Kampala meeting (Rift Valley Institute, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (19 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

2025: A Year of Reckoning for the Humanitarian System - and ReliefWeb at 30 (ReliefWeb Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Digital Borders and Virtual Rights: A Brief Overview of Technology and Forced Migration from a Liberal Feminist Perspective (RLI Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

IOM and TelcoCB Partner to Expand Digital Inclusion for Migrants in the Republic of Korea (IOM, Jan. 2026) [text]

A New Digital Gateway Opens for Refugees in India (UNHCR Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

South Africa’s new immigration policy takes a digital direction – will it succeed? (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Adapting Mobile Technology to Enhance Access to Quality, Equitable and Inclusive Education in Fragile Contexts: The Case of Kakuma Refugee Camp Primary Schools," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 6, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"AI at the Borders: How the EU AI Act Can Prove to Be Incompatible with Fundamental Rights for Refugees," Georgetown Journal of International Law, vol. 56, no. 3 (2025) [full-text] 

"The Digital Turn in Migration," Chapter in Understanding Digital Responsibilities (Bristol Univ. Press, Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Exploring the Digital Literacies of Refugees from a Funds-of-knowledge Perspective," Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, vol. 12, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

- Thematic issue in progress on "Digitalization and Migration: Rethinking Socio-Economic Inclusions and Exclusions." See additional articles that have been published.

"Technologies for the Integration of Children with Migration Background in Early Education: A Systematic Review," International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, Latest Articles, 12 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Understanding exposure of informal, displaced and migrant populations to e-waste processing residues in the context of Nigeria," Discover Environment, 4:32 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (5 Jan. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

From camps to neighborhoods: How African cities are reshaping displacement (Africa Can End Poverty, Dec. 2025) [text]

South Africans Oppose Immigration, Express Mixed Attitudes Toward Foreigners (Afrobarometer, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Fragmented asylum: fault lines in regional responses to the Sudanese displacement crisis (Institute of Security Studies, Dec. 2025) [text]

The lives and livelihoods of internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, Dec. 2025) [text]

Réfugiés au Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire: Une Analyse Socio-Ethnographique (UNHCR & African School of Economics, 2025) [text]

Réfugiés au Nord du Bénin: Une Analyse Socio-Ethnographique (UNHCR & African School of Economics, 2025) [text]

*"We are stuck in a vicious cycle": People in Somalia on resilience, livelihoods, and aid (Ground Truth Solutions, Jan. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 11, no. 3 (Sept.-Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles, including one on non-prima facie RSD in Uganda and another on urban refugees in Ethiopia.

"Filling the Humanitarian Gap and a Plural Perspective on Humanitarianism: Communitarian Socio-Cultural Support Practices Among South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda," Nordic Journal of African Studies, vol. 34, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

"The humanitarian-development nexus and its operationalization for health interventions in Mali," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:20 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

Migrations Société, no. 199:1 (2025) [contents]

- Features a dossier on “Migrations forcées au Sahel.”

"Out of Sight, Out of Policy: The Struggles of Urban Refugees in Kenya," Hemispheres: The Tufts University Undergraduate Journal of International Affairs, vol. 48 (2025) [full-text]

"Waiting out the crisis: a strategy for resisting displacement in Burundi," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 Jan. 2026 [open access]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (19 Dec. 2025)

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Egypt ramps up Sudanese refugee deportations with little UNHCR pushback," The New Humanitarian, 4 Dec. 2025 [text]

"It’s time for a reckoning at the UN in Syria, and beyond," The New Humanitarian, 11 Dec. 2025 [text]

Moroccan families search for their missing children (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2025) [text]

South Africa: latest target in Israel's relocation of Palestinians? (ISS Today, Dec. 2025) [text]

Tunisia: Abusive Prosecutions of Refugee Group (HRW, Nov. 2025) [text]

Understanding UNRWA: The complex history and politics of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (FluchtforschungsBlog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Reports:

“All My Dreams Have Been Erased”: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2025) [text]

Assistance to Palestine refugees, UN Doc. No. A/C.4/80/L.17 (UN General Assembly, Nov. 2025) [access]

- This draft resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly; it extends UNRWA's mandate to 30 June 2029.

Cost of Inaction: The Impact of WFP Assistance Cuts on Refugees in Jordan Food Security (World Food Programme, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UN Doc. No. A/C.4/80/L.16 (UN General Assembly, Nov. 2025) [access]

- This draft resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly. 

Multimedia:

A short history of the Gaza Strip, 15 Oct. 2025 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (21 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"An Exploration of Refugees’ Perceptions, Agency, and the Structural Conditions Shaping Their Lives in South Africa," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 11 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"The Fate of Sub-Saharan Migrants and Refugees," Chapter in The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa (Springer, Nov. 2025) [open access]

"Institutional and policy networks in disaster management in the Horn of Africa: insights from Kenya," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Transnational Indigenous Displacement," with two articles on the DRC and Ethiopia, respectively.

"Land for refugees: sharing and exchanging in Northern Uganda," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 9 Dec. 2025 [free full-text]

"The mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the pastoral drylands of the Horn of Africa," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Where to flee? Preferences for host communities among displaced people in Congo," PLoS One 20(12): e0337530 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (10 Dec. 2025)