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: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

5 ways UNHCR is transforming its transport and infrastructure services for a more sustainable future (UNHCR Blog, June 2026) [text]

When risk is local, but decisions are not: bridging the gap in risk-sharing practice (ODI HPN, June 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles: 

The 5 Dos and Don'ts of Humanitarian Diplomacy (Norwegian Refugee Council, July 2026) [text]

2025 Report on flexible funding: Flexibility that drives resilience (IOM, July 2026) [access]

- Follow link to companion information page on flexible funding; access to the report is provided towards the bottom.

Delivering an ecosystem approach to humanitarian action: proposals from the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action (ODI, June 2026) [text]

"The health outcomes of shelter and settlements interventions in humanitarian crises: a systematic review," Conflict and Health, 20 June 2026 [open access]

Humanitarian Access and Protection Under Siege: A Focus on Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon (Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, June 2026) [text via UCL]

Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2026 (ALNAP, June 2026) [access]

- Follow link for full report and summaries in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

The Impact of Funding Cuts on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti and South Sudan, Working Paper, no. 53 (Researching Internal Displacement, June 2026) [text]

Oppression, liberation and humanitarianism in Palestine, Myanmar and Sudan (ODI, July 2026) [text]

Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Findings from Crisis-specific Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Covering the Period 2015-2025 (OCHA, April 2026) [access]

- "The IAHE Synthesis exercise pulls together the findings from seven inter-agency humanitarian evaluations (IAHEs) covering nine different contexts spanning 2015 – 2025: Mozambique Cyclone Idai (2019), Ethiopia drought (2015-2018), Yemen (2015-2021), Afghanistan (2021-2023), Northern Ethiopia conflict (2021-2023), Somalia drought (2022-2024), and Türkiye/Syria Earthquake (2023-2025). The document also presents a meta-analysis of issues that arise from reading across the evaluations and suggests recommendations that stem from the findings. The synthesis brief (English, Arabic, French, and Spanish versions), as well as the summary and full reports, are available." See also related ICVA Blog post.

Resource:

Solutions from the Start Toolkit: Guidance for Emergency Response (Norwegian Refugee Council) [access]

- "The toolkit is an approach for designing emergency response and preparedness that not only meets basic needs but also creates a pathway toward self-reliance and durable outcomes for displaced people, prioritising sustainable options wherever feasible, strengthening local capacities, and avoiding parallel service delivery systems."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (9 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Building a Community of Experts in Health and Migration in the East and Horn of Africa Region to Address Challenges Connected to Forced Migration," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 4 (April 2026) [open access]

"Investigating supply chain barriers in humanitarian aid delivery: a case study of refugee camps in the Tigray region of Ethiopia," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:14 (May 2026) [open access]

"Neglected tropical diseases elimination activities in South Sudan’s largest refugee camp: lessons from 2 years of work," International Health, vol. 18, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"Physical integrity and bioefficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets 18 months after use among Central African Republic refugees in Gado-Badzere, a high malaria burden camp in Cameroon," Parasite Epidemiology and Control, vol. 33 (May 2026) [open access]

"Vernacular Memoryscapes and Heritage in Displacement-Affected Communities of Benue State, Nigeria," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, Ahead-of-print, 24 April 2026 [open access]

Related post:

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

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: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The case for prioritising national expertise in humanitarian work (HPN, March 2026) [text]

Cutting Aid Means Cutting Rights: Who Decides Which Rights Matter for Internally Displaced Persons? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Haiti and South Sudan.

Internal Displacement in the Context of Hyper Prioritisation (RID Blog, March 2026) [text] 

International aid fell sharply in 2025, says OECD (OECD, April 2026) [text]

- See also related TNH article.

New initiative to strengthen global humanitarian surge capacity (NRC, April 2026) [text]

A Personal Reflection: National Ownership and Localisation in Displacement Contexts – Are We Ready? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

Some Questions for Congress About Trump’s Request for Funding for the Board of Peace (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

USAID Spending at the Country and Sector Level: What Happened in Fiscal Year 2025? (CGD Blog, April 2026) [text]

- See also related posts on who is getting new US foreign assistance contracts and Trump’s proposed FY27 foreign assistance budget.

The Washington Post’s Optimistic Read on Aid Cuts Doesn’t Hold Up (CGD Blog, April 2026) [text]

With over 1,000 aid workers killed in 3 years, often at the hands of Member States, UN Relief Chief demands accountability (OCHA, April 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (26 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

African Court Should Protect People Displaced by Climate Change: Decision Could Promote Rights-Based Adaptation, Durable Solutions (HRW, March 2026) [text]

- Includes a link to HRW's submitted amicus brief; see also UNHCR's brief.

The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

New open access book:

The Climate, Migration and Health Nexus: Opportunities for Interregional Cooperation (Springer, April 2026) [open access]

- "This open access book offers innovative contributions to the climate-migration-health nexus and the role of regional governance in this nexus, emphasizing the importance of interregional cooperation in addressing these challenges. It considers climate change as an intensifier of leading to rising of migration and displacement, in interaction with economic, political, and social factors. These in turn have profound implications for society, particularly in relation to human health and health systems. The spread of infectious diseases, the rise in chronic health conditions, mental health issues, and fragmented access to healthcare are already emerging as critical concerns. This volume fills the gap in the understanding of the intricate climate-migration-health nexus and provides new empirical evidence and data to inform effective interventions and policies."

Reports & book chapters:

Country-specific Displacement Risk Profiles (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2026)

- Read the intro to this series. So far, profiles are available for Bangladesh, Guatemala, Kenya and Nigeria. They use IDMC's Global Displacement Risk Model 2.0 for displacement estimates.

Incorporating Displacement into the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, Remarks delivered at a Technical Briefing on the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Disaster Displacement, Geneva, 23 March 2026 [access]

MECMEA: Managing the impacts of environmental change & conflict on mobility in Eastern Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, 2026) [access]

- This project has produced a synthesis report, four country briefs (Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan), and a related interactive dashboard.

"Not Lex Specialis, Yet: Testing a Complementary Climate-Displacement Regime in Bangladesh in post-ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion 2025," Chapter in Climate on the Move: Migration, Environment, Health, Economy, and Justice in a Changing World (Springer, Forthcoming 2026) [preprint]

Rethinking Planned Relocation as Social Protection in an Era of Increasing Climate Change Risks, RID Working Paper, no. 51 (Researching Internal Displacement, March 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (10 March 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (10 March 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Bridging the gap? Rethinking engagement between migration research, policies and practices, Legon, Ghana, 23-24 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

The limits of counting: What Europe misses about African mobility (MPC Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Little by little: How accessible loans are opening the door to clean cooking in Mauritania (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2026) [text]

"South Sudan power-sharing collapse drives violence and mass displacement," The New Humanitarian, 12 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]

Ua ndege wawili kwa jiwe moja: The EAC’s Coloniality and the Refugee Question (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Tanzania.

Reports:

Equitable Access to Housing, Land, and Property: A Path to Peace and Durable Solutions in CAR (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2025 & Jan. 2026) [access]

- Follow link for the full report in French, and a briefing note and summary in English.

Evaluation of the emergency transit mechanism project in Niger, EVO/2025/15 (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French, and management response.

From ‘Scarcity to Sustainability’: Strengthening the Regional Food-Water Nexus Amid Migration Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, Research Report, no. 3 (UNU, 2025) [text]

Governing inequality: Kenya's state, aid politics and perpetual humanitarian crisis (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, March 2026) [text]

New Evidence of Starvation Crimes in Darfur (Just Security & Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, March 2026) [access]

A roadmap for energy access in displacement settings: Mauritania (Global Platform for Action & UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Sudan: Hallmarks of Genocide in El-Fasher - Report of the independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/61/77 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

Disasters (2025-2026) [access]

- Special article collection on "Resilience in protracted crises: navigating uncertainty in the drylands" that explores "diverse themes and new evidence from Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia." The Editorial is freely available and five articles are open access.

"The making of a suspicious bureaucrat: role-learning and decision-making at a Schengen visa consulate in West Africa," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [open access]

"Social support coping strategies among sub-Saharan African refugees: A systematic review and meta-synthesis," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"'There is No Fixed time': Epidemic Preparedness and Relational Time Among Acholi Refugees in Uganda," Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, vol. 45, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (25 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)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Borders of Care: Asylum, Exclusion and Everyday Survival in South Africa’s Health Care System (RLI Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Cameroonian chief wins UNHCR Nansen Award for his village’s embrace of refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Externalisation: ACHPR Calls on African States to Protect Migrants Amid Rising Deals (Immigration Detention Monitor, Nov. 2025) [text]

From Anticolonial Heroes to Post-Independence Liabilities: Morphing Refugee Categorizations in African Geopolitics (FluchtforschungsBlog, Dec. 2025) [text]

In Ethiopia, an Unfinished Peace Risks Betraying the People of Tigray and the Broader Region (Just Security, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Note: The post includes a link to a special report on "The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Tigray."  

Mapping Migration: Inside Africa's First Comprehensive Atlas of Migration (AMMODI Blog, Dec. 2025) [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, a selection of papers and video of the opening ceremony.

Analyse de Protection: Escalade de la violence, déplacements forcés cycliques dans un contexte de défis de légitimité pour les solutions (Global Protection Cluster, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the DRC.

Assessing the impact of US funding cuts on communities and humanitarian response: Case studies from South Sudan and Mali (ALNAP, Nov. 2025) [access]

Building a locally driven humanitarian future in Somalia (Oxfam, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Enhancing Protection and Asylum: A South-South Dialogue for Rights and Solutions (SIHMA, Nov. 2025) [text]

Forced Displacement Survey: Zambia 2025 (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

From the fringes to the forefront: Refugee leadership within Uganda’s humanitarian coordination mechanisms (Oxfam, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Impacts of displacement: The socioeconomic effects of displacement in Tangaza and Tureta, Nigeria (IDMC, Nov. 2025) [text]

A Refuge Destroyed: RSF Violations in Darfur’s Zamzam Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (Amnesty International, Dec. 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (17 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Associations Between Forced Sexual Initiation, Post-exposure Prophylaxis Cascades and Subsequent Violence Experiences among Displaced Young Women in Ugandan Informal Urban Settlements," AIDS and Behavior, vol. 29, no. 12 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"The Elusiveness of Life: Birth Outcomes among Venezuelan Migrant Mothers in Colombia," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 2 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Feminisation as empowerment: migrant solidarity chains and resistance among migrants displaced by political persecution," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Draws on interviews with migrants who left Turkey and applied for asylum in Europe.

"Gender and intimate partner violence considerations for cash transfer programming in South Sudan," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:18 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Intersectional Harm and Motherhood in the British Asylum System," The British Journal of Criminology, Advance Articles, 2 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Openness, Distrust, and the Making of Belonging: How Intimacy and Belonging are Intertwined in Interpretative Processes of Single Male Refugees from Syria," NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Latest Articles, 18 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Precarious employment and gender-based violence against migrant women," PLoS One 20(12): e0337690 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Wellbeing in the First 1000 Days for Syrian and Afghan refugee women living in Australia: a qualitative study," BMC Women's Health, 25:588 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (6 Dec. 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"Boko Haram is back, and Nigeria’s IDP return policy is in trouble," The New Humanitarian, 5 Nov. 2025 [text]

Escalating Crisis, Rising Floods: Insecurity, Conflict, and Displacement in South Sudan (RID Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

"UN faces scrutiny over refugee transfers from rebel-held DR Congo to Rwanda," The New Humanitarian, 13 Nov. 2025 [text]

UNHCR: Displaced civilians fleeing Sudan’s Darfur, Kordofan regions navigate serious violations, deadly routes (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [text]

- See also related TNH article and MSF press release.

"Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry," The New Humanitarian, 7 Nov. 2025 [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

Reports:

Flooded and Forgotten: Informal Settlements and the Right to Housing in South Africa (Amnesty International, Nov. 2025) [text]

A New Expanded Dataset to Study Refugee Camps in Sub-Saharan Africa 1999–2024, HiCN Working Paper, no. 442 (Households in Conflict Network, 2025) [text via EconPapers]

- See also related LinkedIn post.

No rain, no food, no animals: The human rights impact of drought and displacement in Somalia (Amnesty International, Nov. 2025) [text]

A Region on the Move: Mobility Trends in West and Central Africa (2022-2023) (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"After the funding stops: the human cost of aid dependency in Côte d’Ivoire," Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives (Nov. 2025) [full-text]

"Strangers into Kin: Affinity, Deservingness and Gratitude in ‘Everyday Humanitarianism’ between Locals and Refugees/Migrants in Kigoma, Tanzania," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, nos. 2-3 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"The value of migration corridors in studying health of displaced persons in West Africa," Discover Public Health, 22:691 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (29 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (Other Countries)

Short pieces:

12 years on, Australia’s cruel offshore detention policies continue to leave refugees in limbo with no hope for the future (Amnesty International, July 2025) [text]

Deportations to Eswatini Reflect Unprecedented Expansion of U.S Detention Regime (Immigration Detention Monitor, July 2025) [text]

Dispatch from Guatemala: Five Alarming Trends in US Immigration Detention and Removal (WRC Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

*Immigration Detention Ends in Provincial Jails Across Canada (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2025) [text] 

*South Sudan: End four deportees’ arbitrary detention (Amnesty International, Sept. 2025) [text]

Sri Lanka: Detainees Decry Poor Conditions and Indefinite Detention in Welisara Detention Centre (Immigration Detention Monitor, Sept. 2025) [text]

View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it-takes to rid Australia of former detainees (The Conversation, Aug. 2025) [text]

Publications:

Accessing legal advice in detention: becoming an impossibility (Jesuit Refugee Service, July 2025) [text via EIN]

- Focuses on the UK.

From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention (Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Refugee Law Lab & International Detention Coalition, Sept. 2025) [access]

- See also video of the report launch.

"'Hell before our very eyes': what makes a concentration camp?," Journal of Conflict Archaeology, vol. 20, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Immigration detention of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of physical and mental health impacts," European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Latest Articles, 27 Aug. 2025 [open access]

A Legal Guide for People in Detention Facing Removal to France (BiD, Aug. 2025) [text via EIN]

- Focuses on the UK.

Medical Justice Annual Review: The state of healthcare and harm in UK immigration detention in 2024 (Medical Justice, July 2025) [text via EIN]

"Non-Care in the Detention Hotel: 20 Years of Australia’s Use of ‘Alternative Places of Detention’," Chapter in Refugee Reception and Camps: Local and Global Perspectives (Bristol Univ. Press, 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (United States) (23 Sept. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Breastfeeding Practices Among Long-standing Refugees in Jordan: Insights from a Cross-sectional Study," Frontiers in Public Health, 13 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"Career Construction Experiences of Syrian Refugee Women in Turkish Higher Education: Opportunities and Obstacles," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Do Resilience and Social Support Mitigate Fear of Deportation Among Latina Mothers?," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"'I Will Experience This Trauma Over and Over Again': Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Forced Migration and Structural Violence," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, OnlineFirst, 3 June 2025 [open access]

"Investigating Gender-based violence against internally displaced women in Debre Berhan, Central Ethiopia: A mixed-methods study using the socio-ecological framework," PLoS One 20(8): e0329840 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Resilience among refugee mothers: scoping review of promotion and hindrance factors," BJPsych Open, vol. 11, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Resettlement and Relational Adjustment: Gender and Liberian Couple Relationships After Forced Migration," Journal of Marriage and Family, Early View, 1 July 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"'This caused our journey': The relationship between sexual and gender-based violence and cross-border Sudan to South Sudan migration," Conflict and Health, 19:58 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Types of Sexual, Gender Based Violence Faced by Congolese Male Refugees Face [sic] in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Kenya," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (30 Aug. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market (IAB Forum, July 2025) [text]

From Relief to Resilience: Turkey’s Labor Market Program for Refugees Under the Lens (Devdiscourse, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians.

Reports: 

Enhancing Self-Reliance & Preparedness for Forced Displacement in the Great Lakes Region: Results Achieved and Lessons Learned Report (World Bank, June 2025) [text]

From Burden to Backbone: Rethinking Syrian Refugee Integration in Lebanon’s Economy (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, July 2025) [text]

Making Refugee Self-Reliance Work: From Aid to Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank, June 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report, executive summary and key messages.

Markets Under Fire: An analysis of the local economy, structural setbacks, and adaptation strategies in Gaza (Save the Children, Mercy Corps & Catholic Relief Services, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Pathways to Employment: South Sudan Report (Amahoro Coalition, July 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Pathways to Employment: Tanzania Report (Amahoro Coalition, July 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Sustainable Livelihoods of Refugees in Rwanda: Results from a Survey and Self-reliance Measure (World Bank, June 2025) [text]

- See also related note and Devdiscourse post.

Journal articles:

*"At the Foot of the Mountain: Temporalities of Production and Social Reproduction of Ukrainian Refugee Women in the Czech Republic," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 18 July 2025 [open access]

"From emergency relief to empowerment: Transitioning government-led social entrepreneurship practices to support Ukrainian refugees," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, vol. 24 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"I am a migrant entrepreneur and I can make it: Enabling identities to overcome marginalisation," International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, OnlineFirst, 18 July 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Aspiration Management: Coping Strategies Among Swiss and Finnish Street-Level Bureaucrats Providing Integration Services to Refugees and Migrants," Social Policy & Administration, Early View, 19 July 2025 [open access]

"'Why It’s Different?': Hierarchies of (Non-) Belonging in German Refugee Categorizations," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 22 July 2025 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (23 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunities:

Seminar: What does Trump’s refugee suspension mean for Africa?, Online, 4 June 2025 [info]

Call for applications: AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme, Oxford Univ. [info]

- "Opportunity for African researchers holding an advanced degree to pursue independent academic research on forced migration." Application deadline is 6 June 2025.

Short pieces:

"Dadaab Voices: What aid cuts mean for Kenya’s refugees," The New Humanitarian, 23 May 2025 [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Mauritania: Mass Arrests and Deportations as EU Continues Efforts to Create “Bulwark” Against Irregular Migration (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2025) [text]

Shrinking Spaces of Refuge Leave Displaced Eritreans Asking ‘Where to Next?’ (RLI Blog, May 2025) [text]

UNHCR statement on reduction of food assistance at the Agadez Humanitarian Centre in Niger (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The age of intra-African migration: shifting patterns of regional mobility between two global diasporas, 1850–1960," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:32 (May 2025) [open access]

"The ‘Borders of Berlin’: West African protests and the coloniality of Euro-African deportation cooperation," Geoforum, vol. 161 (May 2025) [open access]

"Explaining re-migration preferences among assisted returnees: evidence from Discrete Choice Experiments in Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 20 May 2025 [open access]

"'Internal localisation' and early action: exploring decision-making and power amongst humanitarian actors in South Sudan," Third World Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Lost Land, Broken Homes: The Struggles of Returnees and Relocated Persons in Northeast Nigeria (Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility et al., May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Shifting protection experiences of displaced Eritreans (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2025) [text]

Supporting Mutual Aid in Sudan: Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Risk and Accountability, BASIC Research Working Paper, no. 40 (Institute of Development Studies, May 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (29 May 2025)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Continued Growth of 287(g) Agreements (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2025) [text]

"How Trump Has Targeted New Groups for Deportation," New York Times, 21 May 2025 [text]

Immigration Court Data: More Asylum Decisions, More Asylum Denials (The Asylumist Blog, May 2025) [text]

Judicial Deference and Presidential Power Under the Alien Enemies Act (Just Security, May 2025) [text]

"Libya looms large in Trump's global forced migration plans," MSNBC, 19 May 2025 [text]

- See also related Vox article.

Miller Says We Can Suspend Habeas Corpus Because of "Invasion"— But His Own Words Belie That Theory (CATO At Liberty Blog, May 2025) [text]

Soft Power Isn’t Charity—It’s Strategy. So Why Are We Gutting It? (International Policy Digest, May 2025) [text]

Supreme Court “De-Documents” 350,000 Venezuelans – and Keeps Everyone in the Dark about What’s Next (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2025) [text]

"Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order on deportations to South Sudan," AP News, 27 May 2025 [text]

- See also related news stories here and here.

The Truth about Medicaid Coverage for Immigrants – and the Looming Threats (Say Ahhh! Blog, May 2025) [text]

"U.S. sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation," NPR, 20 May 2025 [text]

*A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2025) [text]

What is Habeas Corpus and Why is It Important? Here’s What DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Got Wrong (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2025) [text]

Why due process matters for every American, including non-citizens (IRC, May 2025) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (19 May 2025) 

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (19 May 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Isolationism: What It Means for Refugees in Africa’s Central Sahel (USCRI, May 2025) [text]

Landmark Ruling: Western Cape High Court Declares Provisions of Refugees Act Unconstitutional (Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, May 2025) [text]

Measuring absorption capacity: a new tool for inclusive response and integration planning in South Sudan (UNHCR Blog, May 2025) [text]

UNHCR and COMESA forge strategic partnership to enhance support to displaced populations in Southern and Eastern Africa (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

Reports:  

Community-based Assessment of Reintegration and Absorption Capacity of South Sudan (UNHCR & Samuel Hall, May 2025) [access]

- Presented in four reports covering different regions.

Compilation of resolutions on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (UNHCR, May 2025)

- Presented in two parts: 2004-2013; 2014-2023

The Consequences of Reduced Funding in the Ugandan Refugee Response (UNHCR & REACH, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Echoes from the Past, Shadows on the Present: Colonial Legacies and Internal Displacement in Kenya, RID Working Paper, no. 47 (Researching Internal Displacement, May 2025) [text]

Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Sudan (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Hate Speech in Sudan: A driver of conflict and displacement, Refugee-Led Research Working Paper, no. 5 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Kenya: Refugee Policy Review Framework Update as at 30 June 2024 (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Navigating the City: The Internal Migration of Refugees from Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps to Nairobi, Refugee-Led Research Working Paper, no. 3 (Refugee Studies Centre, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

South Sudan: Refugee Policy Review Framework Update as at 30 June 2024 (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Urban Refugee Policies and Legislation in Kenya and Uganda: 2025 Stocktake (Center for Global Development, May 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Access to vaccination among refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review," Discover Public Health, 22:176 (April 2025) [open access]

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 11, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

"Contemporary genealogy of forced displacement in Africa in the light of border conflicts," Discover Global Society, 3:38 (May 2025) [open access]

"Crisis Migration in the Contexts of Civil Wars: A Study on the Defects of New Humanitarianism," African Social Science Review, vol. 13, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

Resource:

 

Atlas of African Migration (Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa) [access]

- "The atlas provides comprehensive migration profiles of African countries. The project is realised through a rigorous desktop research process drawing from credible sources, including government reports, journal publications, and other online databases. The various data sources reveal patterns, trends, drivers, and correlations. The project is designed to provide the migration profiles of all the recognised 54 African countries." Read more about the project in this blog post.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (2 May 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"Aid cuts push South Sudan into uncharted territory," The New Humanitarian, 29 April 2025 [text]

Mastercard Foundation and UNHCR launch $300m partnership for refugee education and livelihoods (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Mutual aid in Sudan (The New Humanitarian) [access]

- "This ongoing series on Sudan profiles youth-led, neighbourhood-based mutual aid groups – known as emergency response rooms – and other local initiatives that have become the backbone of relief efforts amid the world’s largest humanitarian crisis."

“Now I Belong”: refugees in Chad receive national ID numbers (UNHCR Blog, May 2025) [text]

- Also available in French.

"Unforeseen Consequences: The Role of Law and Policy in Exacerbating Sudan’s Displacement Crisis," Columbia Political Review, 7 April 2025 [text]

UNHCR and the Zambian government commence a socioeconomic survey targeting refugees and their host communities (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Reports: 

Key Insights from Route-based Research Along the Main Migratory Routes in East and Horn of Africa (International Organization for Migration, April 2025) [text]

UNHCR Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Update IV (Revision 1) (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Where to next? Eritrean displacement amidst shrinking spaces of refuge (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Bacteriological quality of drinking water and associated factors in Alemwach refugee camp in Dabat District, Northwest Ethiopia," Scientific Reports, 15:13390 (April 2025) [open access]

"Contextualising the institutional approach to the Kampala Convention on IDPs in Africa: A legal hypothesis," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 29 (2025) [open access]

"Hunger, Anger and Strangers: Assembling Refugee Exclusion and Food Insecurity among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa," Chapter in New Directions in South-South Migration (Springer, April 2025) [open access]

"Impact of Legal and Institutional Frameworks on Sustainable Livelihoods for Urban Refugees in Nairobi County, Kenya," Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (17 April 2025)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (Focus on Sudan) (17 April 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"An RSF atrocity, a mass evacuation, and another side to mutual aid in Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2025 [text]

*First Recorded Drop in Sudan Displacement, Yet Humanitarian Crisis Persists (IOM, March 2025) [text]

UNHCR: DR Congo crisis deepens as funding cuts hit critical humanitarian aid (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

UNHCR’s Grandi hails launch of Kenya’s landmark refugee inclusion plan (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

- See also related statement.

Reports:

Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement, Sudan Brief, no. 1 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

Food insecurity among internally displaced people in Somalia: Trends analysis over time (2017–2024) (FAO & IDMC, March 2025) [text]

Lessons Learned: Anticipating displacement in South Sudan and Burkina Faso (Danish Refugee Council, Dec. 2024; posted March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Risking Their Lives to Survive: Ituri, Land of Violence and Displacement (Médecins Sans Frontières, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Also available in French.

The Shirika Plan: Kenya's bold approach for refugee integration (International Center for Humanitarian Affairs, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Speaking up against EU externalisation: Activist-led migration information campaigns in Senegal, CMI Brief, no. 1 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"The importance of city services to internally displaced persons, returnees, and host residents in Juba, South Sudan," Journal of Urban Affairs, Latest Articles, 17 March 2025 [open access]

"Knowledge, attitude, and perception on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: cross-sectional study among Eritrean refugees in Kampala," Pan African Medical Journal, 49:103 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Local Engagement of Nigerians with Neocolonial EU Humanitarian Return Policies: Civic Policing and Awareness-Raising Activities," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 30 March 2025 [open access]

"A mixed-methods nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey of IDPs, returnees, and host community members in four counties of Jonglei state, South Sudan," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44:48 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

*"Using the resilience theory to understand and address migrant pandemic precarity among South African migrant populations," Archives of Public Health, 83:89 (April 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (14 March 2025)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (14 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

Revolutionizing refugee registration: The Digital Gateway in Egypt (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

[Stories re. UNHCR/Vodafone Foundation Instant Network Schools (INS) Program] (UNHCR, March 2025) 

- Digital learning opportunities brighten futures for refugees in South Sudan [text]

- Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR expand digital learning for displaced and host community learners in Mozambique [text]

Students use AI to aid United Nations in Ukrainian refugee response (RIT News, March 2025) [text]

UNHCR Malaysia and TNG Digital Empower Refugees with Financial Access through TNG eWallet (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

Unlocking potential: How digital jobs are changing the lives of refugee women (UNHCR Innovation Service, March 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"AI Use in the Asylum Procedure in Germany: Exploring Perspectives with Refugees and Supporters on Assessment Criteria and Beyond," Chapter in Participatory Artificial Intelligence in Public Social Services: From Bias to Fairness in Assessing Beneficiaries (Springer, March 2025) [open access]

Journal of Interactive Media in Education, vol. 2025, no. 1 (March 2025) [open access]

- Special collection on "Connected Learning in Contexts of Forced Displacement": "This special collection is designed to capture some of the experiences of those engaging in connected learning programmes for refugees and displaced communities; to begin to identify if, and how, these approaches can address some of the underlying assumptions that connected learning carries; and potentially surface more nuanced conceptualisations of what is actually connected in connected learning."

"The Perceptions about the Immigration Phenomenon Communicated Through Social Media Platforms in Italy," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 18 March 2025 [open access]

"Privacy in Displacement: Data Protection for Refugees in Sudan," Journal of Intellectual Property and Information Technology, vol. 4, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Social Media, Digital Resilience, and Knowledge Sustainability: Syrian Refugees' Perspectives," Journal of Intercultural Communication, vol. 25, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugees in Jordan and Türkiye.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (28 Feb. 2025)