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. 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)

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 45, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• UNHCR–Türkiye Relations Over Time: Fluctuations, Continuities and Strategic Use of Informality [open access]
• Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad [open access]
• Where is the Policy in Refugee Studies? Enhancing the Role of Policy Studies in the Study of Refugee Policy [open access]
• Gender and Forced Displacement in Islam: Advancing a Protection Framework for Women [open access]
• International Protection for Victims of Gang Violence: Central American Asylum Claims in Spanish Jurisprudence [abstract]
• Assessing UNHCR Guidance on FGM-Related Asylum Claims: Implementation Gaps, Reaffirmation Needs, or Substantive Ambiguities? [abstract]
• Agency in Action: Mobilisation Efforts of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia [abstract]
• The Place of Safety in Refugees’ Subjective Well-Being [open access]
• ‘Vulnerability’ in Decisions on International Protection in Austria: A Contribution to Equality? [open access]
• Individual Autonomy or Dispersion in Housing Policy? The Effect of Migrant Networks in Self-Selected Housing on Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

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]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (19 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Education: A lifeline for refugee children as the new school year begins (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students (The Conversation, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science's 'equalizing force' (Phys.org, Oct. 2025) [text]

Sudanese students in exile: Learning against the odds (CMI Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

New open access book:

Possibilities of Educational Pathways to Refugee Resettlement: A Personal Journey from Kakuma Refugee Camp to Australia (Lived Places Publishing, Aug. 2025) [open access]

- "How can the lived experience of a refugee demonstrate the transformative power of education, and how can we better support education programmes for refugees? Through a series of vignettes, author William Mude traces his personal journey from schooling in a refugee camp in Uganda, to a serendipitous connection in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, and his subsequent career in public health and academia in Australia, to demonstrate the pivotal role education has played in transforming his life, and the resilience of the human spirit. Highlighting the struggles refugees face, and how education can be a beacon of hope to many, Possibilities of Educational Pathways to Refugee Resettlement provides insights into intragovernmental work around durable solutions, and how this can be enhanced through advocacy."

Reports:

Early childhood education and care for young refugees in Europe: A HERE report (Hub for Education for Refugees in Europe, Sept. 2025) [text]

The recognition of qualifications for refugees and displaced persons in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO, 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report and video recording of related webinar.

Refugee education research digest (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1 (23 Sept. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 2 (23 Sept. 2025)

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 3, Sept. 2025 include:

• Towards black methods in research with refugees [open access]
• Displacement as lived experience. Refugee relief and female leadership in the life and work of Toni Sender (1888–1964) [abstract]
• Transnational belonging and disrupted care relationships [open access]
• ‘And now I feel I don’t have a clear future’: Hauntings and temporal uncertainty in refugee narratives [abstract]
• Tensions and coexistence: host narratives of refugee presence in Nakivale, Uganda [open access]
• “In the hands of the UN”: remembering Gatumba and resisting encampment in Kenya [free full-text]
• ‘Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity [open access]
• Survivalist mobilities: freedom of movement and the economic lives of settlement refugees in Uganda [open access]
• Barriers and backslides: How economic instability impedes refugee self-reliance in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya [abstract]
• Relationship between self-efficacy, coping, and sense of community in native and refugee adolescent girls [abstract]
• Social networks and the dead: learning from South Sudanese military widows in exile in Khartoum (Sudan) [open access]
• Forced displacement and utilization of maternal health care services in host communities: micro-level evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, 1986–2016 [open access]
• Unequal refugeeness. Race, gender, and co-belligerence from Poles in colonial Africa to Ukrainians in Poland [open access]
• Motherhood on the move: forced migrant women from Ukraine [abstract]
• Diaspora at war: mobilization of the Ukrainian diaspora in the first 2 years of the Russian full-scale invasion [open access]
• Climate risks for displaced populations: a scoping review and research agenda [open access]
• ‘NO MORE WALLS IN THE SEAS’: Migration graffscapes and migrants’ messages while en route to and in Europe [abstract] [postprint]
• Stuck in a whirlpool? The role of hope and despair in dealing with risks during Afghan migration journeys [open access]
• The distorting effects of the for-or-against binary in the representation of European refugee hosting societies in 2015–6 [abstract] [postprint]
• Performing, contesting, and resisting internal bordering of refugee rights in Costa Rica [open access]

Five reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

Breastfeeding while migrating through Latin America (Doctors without Borders, Aug. 2025) [text]

The Hidden Costs of Celebrating Syrian Women’s ‘Resilience’ and Questions of Return (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, July 2025) [text]

Trump Launches Attack on Refugee Women (CGRS, July 2025) [text]

- See also related commentary in Mother Jones & Los Angeles Times, and blog post on The Asylumist.

Journal articles:

"Acquiring intangible remittances for Ukraine by female war migrants: is there a ‘cumulative advantage effect’?," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:57 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Cherchez l'homme? The Wartime Migration of Men in Ukraine: Research Note," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 4 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"Comparison of breastfeeding practice among Iranian and Afghan refugee mothers: a prospective cohort study in Iran," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44:263 (July 2025) [open access]

"Exploring disparities and drivers of contraceptive use among Syrian refugee youth: evidence from a mixed-methods study in Jordan," Conflict and Health, 19:48 (July 2025) [open access]

"Gender-based violence and associated factors among internally displaced and refugee women in Africa: A scoping review," International Health Trends and Perspectives, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Social cohesion, trust, and utilisation of maternal health services among refugee and host community women in Bangladesh and Kenya," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Social networks and the dead: learning from South Sudanese military widows in exile in Khartoum (Sudan)," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 July 2025 [open access]

"Ubiquitous waiting: migrant women, temporariness, and waiting as an affective atmosphere," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 Aug. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (17 July 2025)

New Issues of Confl. & Health, E-Migrinter, ERS, Etudes Can., Hist. J., IMR, JEMS, J. Migr. Hist., Migraciones

*Reminder:  Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

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

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Conflict and Health, vol. 18, suppl. 1 (2024-2025) [open access]

- Theme is "Integration of Refugees into National Health Systems: Enhancing Equity and Strengthening Sustainable Health Services for All." The editors note the following: "In this supplement, we explore issues related to the question of integration by focusing on three countries, Lebanon, Jordan, and Uganda, hosting large refugee populations. Our analyses focus in particular on integration of Syrian refugees who fled Syria after the escalation of the civil war in 2012, and on South Sudanese refugees who fled to Uganda around 2013/14." 

E-Migrinter, no. 25 (2025) [open access]

- Features a dossier on "Environnements et migrations."

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 48, no. 11 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Decolonising Refugee Integration Paradigms: Visions for a new politics of inclusion and participation in Europe and beyond." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 48, no. 12 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refugee Resettlement as an Institution." The introduction is freely available and seven articles are open access.

Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies, no. 98 (2025) [full-text] 

- Special issue on "Regards sur l’approche du Canada à l’égard des réfugiés à travers deux siècles et demi (1770-2023) = Examining Canada’s Approach to Refugees across Two and a Half Centuries (1770-2023)."

*The Historical Journal, vol. 68, no. 3 (June 2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "The Refugee Political in the Age of Imperial Crisis, Decolonization, and Cold War, 1930s–1950s."

+International Migration, vol. 63, no. 4 (Aug. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 19 that are open access.

*International Migration Review, vol. 59, no. 2 (June 2025) [contents]

- Features a special collection on "Uprooted Families: Caretaking, Belonging and Inheritance during and after Displacement," and sub-sections on "Refugees and Forced Migration in Society," "Methods and Modeling in International Migration Studies" and "Immigrants as Economic Agents." In total, there are 12 open access articles. 

*International Migration Review, vol. 59, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [contents]

- Includes sub-sections on "Migration Governance and Policies and Public Attitudes," "New Data and Methods for Migration Research," "Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Age: Socio-Demographic and Intersectional Characteristics of Migrants" and "Revisiting Assimilation, Integration, and Ethnic Enclaves." In total, there are seven open access articles. 

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 12 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Two peas in a pod? How to mix methods in ethnic and migration studies." The introduction is freely available and six articles are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 13 (2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 12 that are open access.

*Journal of Migration History, vol. 11, no. 2 (July 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Histories of Knowledge." The introduction is freely available and one article is open access.

Migraciones, no. 63 (June 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles in either English or Spanish.

+UPDATED

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunities:

Symposium: Defending Hope: Immigration Law Under the 2025 Trump Administration, Davis, CA, 18 April 2025 [info]

- Organized by Immigration and Nationality Law Review.

Webinar: Immigration Actions in First 100 Days of Trump Second Term, 24 April 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Asylum Fraud is Real, But It’s Not What You Think (The Asylumist Blog, April 2025) [text]

- " I am speaking here about the fraud perpetrated by the Asylum Office itself. How can the Asylum Office commit fraud, you ask? By pretending to fairly adjudicate asylum applications while at the same time, making it impossible for asylum seekers to properly present their cases–that’s how."

Here’s Where Trump’s Deportations are Sending Migrants (Council of Foreign Relations, April 2025) [text]

"Judge halts Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from 4 countries," CBS News, 10 April 2025 [text]

- See also related Immigration Impact blog post and Refugees International explainer.

Protected No More – How States Are Responding to Immigration Enforcement in Sensitive Locations (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2025) [text]

Trump authorizes military use of public land along southern border (The Hill, April 2025) [text]

Trump is Trying to Deter Us from Representing Immigrants in Court. It Won’t Work (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2025) [text]

"Trump Wants to ‘Terminate’ Legal Immigrants’ Social Security Numbers," Rolling Stone, 10 April 2025 [text]

Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

- See also related update on court actions posted on ImmigrationProf Blog and an Immigration Impact blog post. An unfolding parallel development involves a Salvadoran who was erroneously deported to El Salvador; see update from CNN.

Visa Revocations Disregard South Sudan War Risks, Overlook U.S. Communities’ Embrace of Refugees (Just Security Blog, April 2025) [text]

"What Rights Do Immigrants Have?," New York Times, 9 April 2025 [text]

When Did the Betrayal Begin? (Lawfare, March 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Afghans.

Reports:

The Alien Enemy Act: History and Potential Use to Remove Members of International Criminal Cartels (Congressional Research Service, April 2025) [text]

Asylum Seekers and the Rise in Homelessness, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper, no. 49 (Univ. of Chicago, April 2025) [text]

Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Alien Children at Ports of Entry: An Analysis of Processing and Processing Capacity (Rand, April 2025) [text]

The Impact of U.S. Immigration and Border Externalization Policies on Haitian and Other Black Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Migrants (Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

The New Registration Requirement: Frequently Asked Questions (ILRC, April 2025) [text]

Noncitizen Access to Legal Counsel in Immigration Court Differs by Language Spoken (TRAC, April 2025) [text]

Primer on U.S. Immigration Policy (Congressional Research Service, March 2025) [text]

Trump Immigrant Removals Now 10 Percent Below Biden’s Record (TRAC, March 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times (Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (27 March 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

The Reception of Refugees: The ongoing influence of historical laws and traditional conceptualisations of refugees in Zambia (RLI Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Why Ituri’s war-displaced fear a UN peacekeeper pullout," The New Humanitarian, 23 Dec. 2024 [text]

- Focuses on the DRC.

Year End Reflections from Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, UNHCR’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa: Five Recommendations for 2025 (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Reports:

*Block by block: unpuzzling Africa’s migration governance landscape (Institute of Security Studies, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related ISS Today post.

Bursting at the seams: the impact of war and displacement on Sudan's Eastern cities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2024) [text]

Inspiring inclusion in forced displacement: Learning from Uganda (Univ. of Birmingham, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Localisation of Protection Programming in Garissa & Turkana, Kenya (Danish Refugee Council & Samuel Hall, July 2024) [text]

Strengthening Gender-Sensitive Responsiveness among RLOs in Kenya and Uganda (Heinrich Böll Stiftung, RELON & Samuel Hall, June 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Anticipatory actions: lessons from the storm Ana in Mocuba district, Mozambique," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:18 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Effect of households’ members disability and serious illness on public health insurance subscription among urban refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya," BMC Public Health, 24:3276 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Exploring trauma and resilience of Urban South Sudanese refugees in Sudan," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:57 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Good international citizenship and the protection of internally displaced persons: examining Kenya’s law and policy," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 28, no. 10 (2024) [open access]

"Prevalence of physical and mental health problems among internally displaced persons in White Nile state, Sudan 2023: a cross sectional study," BMC Public Health, 24:3448 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"What if professional mosquito abatement in Africa started in a refugee camp?," MalariaWorld Journal, vol. 15, no 14 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Burundians in Rwanda.

Multimedia:

Authoritarian Sanctuaries: Refugee Politics in East Africa, 13 Dec. 2024 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (8 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Debunking the myth: Who pays for educating unaccompanied minors in public schools? (Niskenen Center Commentary, Oct. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Institutions, not international students, are to blame for rising asylum claims," Policy Options = Options Politiques, 4 Nov. 2024 [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

International conference advances the right to education for refugees and migrants (Jesuit Refugee Service, Nov. 2024) [text]

Measuring foundational learning in forced displacement: field insights and lessons from Mexico (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Reports:

"Highlighting Education in Conflict and Emergencies," Part 7 in NORRAG Special Issue, no. 10 (Oct. 2024) [access via INEE] 

Mapping study on children of Ukraine’s access to education in Council of Europe member states (Council of Europe, Nov. 2024) [access]

Refugee Education Research Digest (Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 4 (2024) [open access]

- Focuses on South Sudanese in Uganda.

"Teaching asylum and immigration law in a hostile environment: online education’s role in navigating social work challenges," Social Work Education, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Unpacking Labels: A Mental Health Perspective on Refugee Students in Higher Education and Their Geographies of Belonging," Grimshaw Review of International Affairs, vol. 1, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (3 Oct. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Linking Labour Market Aspirations to Perceived Discrimination: The Case of Refugees in Norway," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 40, nos. 2&3 (2024) [open access]

"Migration, human capital, and decent work: Venezuelans in Peru," Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 21 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Navigating the Shadows: Syrians under Temporary Protection, Employment, and Hyper-Precarity in Türkiye," Chapter in Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role: Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (Springer, Dec, 2024) [open access]

"Precarious Lives: Status, Vulnerability and the Right to Work for Protection Seekers in Bangladesh and Jordan," Chapter in Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role: Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (Springer, Dec, 2024) [open access]

"Refugees Labor Market Integration in Kenya," Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, vol. 50, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

"Returning to fund refugeehood: dispersal and survival between Uganda and South Sudan," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Status, Vulnerability and Rights in Brazil: Operation Welcome and Its Impacts on Asylum and Social Inclusion of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants," Chapter in Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role: Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (Springer, Dec, 2024) [open access]

- Note: "This chapter examines migration and asylum governance instruments and how their implementation is affecting status determination, vulnerability, and rights, especially the right to work, in Brazil."

"Transnational Labour Mobility and Issue-Linkages in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: A TWAIL Analysis," TWAIL Review, no. 5 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

7 years into the conflict, solutions to displacement in Cabo Delgado remain elusive (IDMC Expert Analysis, Oct. 2024) [text]

M23 conflict caused nearly 3 out of every 4 displacements in the DRC this year (IDMC Expert Analysis, Sept. 2024) [text]

Refugee Creativity, Fun, and Initiative at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi (Wilson Center, Oct. 2024) [text]

Refugee figures in South Sudan hit the half a million mark as thousands arrive, fleeing conflict in Sudan (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]

New open access book:

Voices in the Dark: The Energy Lives of Refugees (Berghahn Books, Oct. 2024) [open access]

- "Humanitarianism is in crisis: refugee numbers increase every year and humanitarian agencies are struggling to meet the needs of displaced people. In refugee camps all over the world, refugees are forced to secure their own access to energy and are provided with limited cooking resources and minimal electricity. Voices in the Dark draws upon a decade of original research to provide evidence on the energy lives of refugees. Focusing on refugee camps in Rwanda and Kenya, the book identifies that urgent change is required within humanitarian responses to forced migration and the climate crisis to ensure that future energy provision in displacement settings is sustainable, reliable and affordable for refugees."

Reports:

Migration Governance Indicators Data on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]

Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants: A Course for Migration Officials in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]

Sudan: Scenarios - A region-by-region analysis of possible developments affecting humanitarian needs and operations in Sudan until December 2025 (ACAPS, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

What displaced people in the DRC think of humanitarian protection and how to learn from it (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multicountry representative survey," BMJ Mental Health, vol. 26, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- See also related post in The Conversation.

"Inhabiting temporariness: the agency-in-waiting of Eritrean refugees in the city," Environment & Urbanization, OnlineFirst, 6 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Ethiopia.

"Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda," Population, Space and Place, Early View, 26 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Securitisation of Refugee Protection: The Judiciary’s Role in the Protection of the Rights of Refugees: Attorney General v. Kituo Cha Sheria & 7 Others," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Traumatised youth harbour feelings of revenge: investigating the association between PTSD symptomatology, vengeance, and willingness to forgive among the Congolese adolescent refugees in Uganda," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (27 Sept. 2024) 

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games:

Comprised of eight athletes and two guide runners, the Refugee Paralympic Team competed in six sports at the 2024 Paralympic Games - Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, Para triathlon, and wheelchair fencing -  and won bronze medals in two events (women's taekwondo & men's 400m)! 

Here is a round-up of UNHCR's coverage of the games:

- Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as final countdown begins (25 Aug. 2024) [text]

- Refugee Paralympic Team takes centre stage at Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony (29 Aug. 2024) [text]

- Zakia Khudadadi takes bronze and an historic first medal for Refugee Paralympic Team (30 Aug. 2024) [text]

- Atangana adds to Refugee Paralympic Team medal tally with 400m bronze (2 Sept. 2024) [text]

- Refugee Paralympic Team leaves Paris with historic medals and lasting legacy (7 Sept. 2024) [text]

- History-making Refugee Paralympic Team shows the power of sport to inspire (8 Sept. 2024) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

"Addressing Equity and Disability Gaps in Immigrant and Refugee Communities: A Psycho-Socio-Educational Framework," Chapter in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2024) [ResearchGate]

Case studies repository: How to make humanitarian action more inclusive with and for persons with disabilities - Experiences from Somalia, Somaliland and Syrian crises responses (Humanity & Inclusion, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration and Ageing: Income Security During Old Age for the Refugee and Migrant Population In Colombia and Peru (HelpAge International, May 2023) [text]

Vulnerability, resilience, and integration of elderly South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: A Case study of Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district, Analaysis & Policy Brief, no. 60 (Univ. of Antwerp, Sept. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Assessment of mental well-being and its socio-economic determinants among older adults in the Rohingya refugee camp of Bangladesh," Scientific Reports, 14:17918 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Attitudes Towards Dementia Among a Diverse Group of Refugees Resettled in the United States," Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, OnlineFirst, 3 Sept. 2024) [open access]

"Migration and disability narratives from an intersectional perspective: a photovoice study," Disability & Society, Latest Articles, 28 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Predicting poor mental health among older Syrian refugees in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nested cross-sectional study," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 8 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Supporting caregivers of children living with disability in a humanitarian context: realist-informed evaluation of the ‘Mighty Children’ programme in Afghanistan," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 9 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (30 July 2024)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

5 strategies to make education refugee-inclusive for Ukrainian students (Education For All Blog, June 2024) [text]

Navigating Higher Education as Sanctuary Students (King's College London, June 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Strengthening evidence-based dialogue on refugee inclusion: Introducing a tool for addressing refugees within education reforms (Education For All Blog, June 2024) [text]

Reports:

Education Under Attack 2024 (Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, June 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and executive summary in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

Educational realities and needs of migrant children and youth in West and North Africa: A quantitative analysis (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2024) [access]

- Available in English and French.

From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Progress in Primary Education for Refugees (UNHCR, June 2024) [text via INEE]

- Note: This report will launched during a webinar that will be held on 14 July 2024. 

How do young refugees and their families encounter England’s education system?, Policy Report, no. 96 (Univ. of Bristol, June 2024) [text]

Supporting Refugees: a primer for language teachers (Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2023) [text]

Unlocking Futures: A Global Overview of Education in Emergencies Financing (Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies, June 2024) [text via INEE]

Journal articles & book chapters:

 

"Exploring higher education demand and opportunities for young refugees in Africa," International Journal of African Higher Education, vol. 10, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Hopeful futures for refugees in higher education: cultivation, activation, and technology," International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 21:38 (June 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Integrating refugees and migrants into higher education in Portugal? An action research experience in a Portuguese university," Etnográfica, Pre-publication, 7 June 2024 [open access]

"Realising the Right to Primary Education for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Cameroon: Appraising the Legal Framework, Compliance and Challenges," Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, Latest Articles, 10 June 2024 [open access]

"Refugees by Another Name: Displaced Learners in Japanese Higher Education," Chapter in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

"South Sudanese Refugees and Community Schools in Cairo: A Home Away from Home," Chapter in Cairo Securitized: Reconceiving Urban Justice and Social Resilience (AUC Press, Jan. 2024) [preprint]

*"The Survivors: Syrian Young Adult Refugee Experiences Navigating the Quebec Education System," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Teacher evaluations of interethnic bullying of an Arab student: The role of perceiving refugees as a threat or benefit," Social Psychology of Education, Latest Articles, 5 June 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the Czech Republic.

"'They usually look happy': approaches to the adaptation of Ukrainian refugees in Czech schools," Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Latest Articles, 9 June 2024 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (23 May 2024)

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: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Reprod. & Sexual Health)

Reproductive and Sexual Health:

"Abortion Experiences and Perspectives Amongst Migrants and Refugees: A Systematic Review," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no. 3 (March 2024) [open access]

"Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudanese refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory qualitative study," PLoS ONE 19(3): e0278731 (March 2024) [open access]

"Centring participant experience: a realist evaluation of a menstruator-friendly facility design project in a refugee settlement, Lebanon," BMC Women's Health, 24:170 (March 2024) [open access]

"Factors associated with family planning use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, West Nile, Uganda: a comparative study," BMC Public Health, 24:754 (March 2024) [open access]

"The hidden burden of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in Palestine refugee camps: a focus on well-being and academic performance," BMC Public Health, 24:726 (March 2024) [open access]

"'I don't want my marriage to end': a qualitative investigation of the sociocultural factors influencing contraceptive use among married Rohingya women residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh," Reproductive Health, 21:32 (March 2024) [open access]

*"Perceptions and attitudes of Rohingya community stakeholders to pregnancy termination services: a qualitative study in camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Conflict and Health, 18:19 (March 2024) [open access]

"Safeguarding in practice: anticipating, minimising and mitigating risk in teenage pregnancy research in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 2 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Unveiling silenced narratives: a scoping review on sexual function challenges in migrant and refugee women," Sexual Medicine Reviews, Advance Articles, 9 March 2024 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (13 March 2024)

- Round-up: Reproductive Health & Rights (3 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Call for registration: Meaningful Refugee Participation Training, Online, 20 March 2024 OR 27 March 2024 [info]

- Organized by APRRN.

- **Note: Please note the corrected date for the first training indicated above!**

Short pieces:

By boat or by plane? If you’re seeking asylum in Australia, the outcome is similarly bleak (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in The Guardian.

Reports of Refoulement in Kyrgyzstan Amidst Fears of Shrinking Asylum Space (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2024) [text]

Strengthened Refugee Status Determination Process in Fiji (Fiji Govt., Feb. 2024) [text]

"UN calls for urgent relocation of 61 asylum seekers stranded on Indian Ocean island," The Guardian, 18 Feb. 2024 [text]

Using biometrics to support cash-based interventions for Afghan returnees (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

​Afghanistan’s unfolding crisis: wellbeing and livelihoods of displaced people before and after the regime change (IIED, Feb. 2024) [text]

"COVID-19 preventive measures in Rohingya refugee camps: An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice," PLoS ONE 19(1): e0282558 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

"Denial from the other side: Experiences of racism as narrated by South Sudanese refugees in Australia," Discourse Studies, OnlineFirst, 9 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights and Protecting Displaced Populations through Human Rights Due Diligence: Recommendations for Taiwan," Innovation in the Social Sciences, Advance Articles, 5 Dec. 2023 [open access]

"Reflections on the multi-sectoral response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps," Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 32, no. 2 (June 2023) [open access]

"Supporting People Seeking Asylum in the Australian Community: A Service Provider Perspective," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 15 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Triple marginalisation: The Plight of Rohingya refugees in India," Routed Magazine, no. 23 (Nov. 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (12 Feb. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Reports & short pieces:

Consolidating Group-Based Refugee Protection (Verfassungsblog, Feb. 2024) [text]

Gender and Forced Displacement in Cities (World Bank, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related guidance note and blog post.

Journal articles:

"Between tradition and change: Impact of displacement on gender norm perceptions among Rohingya refugees in Nepal," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 103 (March-April 2024) [open access]

"Cultural–legal brokering and gender: A study of refugee-serving institutions upon resettlement," International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 33, no. 1 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"A double crisis: the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Syrian refugee women in Jordan," Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 6 (2023) [open access]

The Gendered Violence of Asylum Reporting Requirements (SSRN, Feb. 2024) [preprint] 

- Focuses on the US. An earlier version was presented at the Biennial Emerging Immigration Scholars Conference, Washington, DC, 15 June 2023.

"Risk and abolition: perspectives of front-line domestic violence workers supporting refugee and migrant women on safety and policing," Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice, Latest Articles, 24 Jan. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"The sexual and reproductive healthcare challenges when dealing with female migrants and refugees in low and middle-income countries (a qualitative evidence synthesis)," BMC Public Health, 24:520 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Viable justice: survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and/or torture amongst South Sudanese refugees living in settlements in Northern Uganda," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 20, no. 1 (2024) [postprint]

"'When a story gets a face…': Visual elicitation of Serbian perspectives on Afghan refugee women’s maternity experiences in Serbia," PLOS Glob Public Health 4(2): e0002563 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (2 Feb. 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (2 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Ninth Annual Research and Orientation Workshop on Global Protection of Refugees and Migrants, Kolkata, 8-14 November 2024 [info]

- Apply by 8 March 2024.

Short pieces:

Advocating for protection of refugees in Hong Kong through the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (RLI Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

Call for a Buddhism-Inspired Asian Regional Compact on Internal Displacement (E-International Relations, Jan. 2024) [text]

How international recognition of cultural practices could be a new way to protect refugees (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Bhutanese in Nepal.

Myanmar: Rohingya at Risk in Rakhine Fighting (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Afghanistan cross-border mobility report: two years of mixed migration in review, 15 August 2021-15 August 2023 (IOM, Feb. 2024) [text]

"The 'ASEAN Way' in Migration Governance," Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of South–South Migration and Inequality (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2023) [open access]

Displaced people in Afghanistan’s cities need support (IIED, Jan. 2024) [text]

Empowering Mental Health in the Asia Pacific: Innovative Strategies and Advocacy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (ADSP, APRRN & IRC, Feb. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Hacking migration control: Repurposing and reprogramming deportability," Security Dialogue, vol. 54, no. 6 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

- Draws on "ethnographic research on the governance of migration between Myanmar and Malaysia."

"Living at the Fence – Navigating Complexities While Settling in New Country: Lived Experiences of South Sudanese Refugees in Australia," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Jan. 2024 [open access]

"Navigating the shift in Bangladeshi host community’s perceptions towards the Rohingya refugees: a declining sympathy," Frontiers in Sociology, 6 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Racial Exclusion by Bureaucratic Omission: Non-Enumeration, Documentary Dispossession, and the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar," Social Problems, Advance Articles, 19 Jan. 2024 [preprint]

"The Refugee Crisis and Japan's Double Standards of Protection," Journal of East-West Thought, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2023) [full-text]

"South Asia’s Tibetan Refugee Community is Shrinking, Imperiling Its Long-Term Future," Migration Information Source, 8 Feb. 2024 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (17 Jan. 2024)