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)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

African States Shouldn’t Help the US Endanger Refugees (African Arguments, July 2026) [text]

Central African Republic Latest ‘Third Country’ for US Deportees (HRW, June 2026) [text]

Equatorial Guinea: US Third Country Deportations to Another Country Accused of Widespread Corruption and Human Rights Abuses (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

How voluntary and safe are Burundian refugee returns from Tanzania? (ISS Today, June 2026) [text]

Kenya wants to close refugee camps: the promise and risks of its ambitious new plan (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Migration starts beyond South Africa’s borders – responses should too (ISS Today, July 2026) [text]

- See also related African Arguments post.

"Sudan’s aid crisis is also a crisis of accountability," The New Humanitarian, 8 July 2026 [text]

Reports & book chapters:

African Regional Economic Communities: The potential of free movement protocols in enhancing refugees’ access to rights and advancing solutions, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 46 (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

From Promise to Practice: Delivering on Uganda’s Refugee Model (Refugees International, June 2026) [text]

Understanding Ebola risk in Ituri's IDP sites: perceptions, prevention constraints and response needs (Mercy Corps, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on the DRC. Also in French.

UNHCR Position on Voluntary Returns to Sudan (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

"Visa and Mobility in Africa: Challenges and Way Ahead," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Why is Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Largely Invisible? (World of Migration Podcast Series, June 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (12 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

UNHCR: ‘A reliable immigration pathway could unlock potential’ (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

New open access book:

Digital Exiles: Refugee Work in the Global Digital Economy (MIT Press, June 2026) [open access]

- "The pursuit of a digital livelihood—from attending coding schools in Berlin to training datasets for AI in crisis-stricken Lebanon to online freelancing in Kenya’s refugee camps—represents an increasingly important income opportunity for refugees. Digital work programs by aid organizations and the private sector aim to help the forcibly displaced become self-reliant and successful workers, yet, for many, it creates new forms of exclusion, precarity, and risk. Combining human stories with insights from five years of multisited research and applied work with leading organizations, the author presents an alternative vision of an inclusive world of work that can help shape the fair digital economy of the future."

Reports:

4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 4-6 June 2026 [access]

- Follow the link to view presentations that have been posted.

Economic and Magnet Effects of Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers: Descriptive Evidence from the United States, HBS Working Paper, no. 91 (Harvard Business School, June 2026) [text]

Labor Mobility and Skills Profiles of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Lessons from eight years of refugee employment (Univ. of Sydney, June 2026) [access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Pioneering Evidence Shows How Entrepreneurship Model Can Reduce Extreme Poverty Among Refugees (Mercy Corps, June 2026) [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Series: Labour market inclusion for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons (International Labour Organization, June 2026)

- Includes briefs focusing on Germany, Kenya and Uganda. See also related news release.

Shock, awe, and economic fallout: The employment effects of ICE enforcement in US cities (Brookings, May 2026) [text]

- See also related NYT op-ed.

Temporary Protection, permanent effects? The labor market impact of Ukrainian refugees in the European Union, GLO Discussion Paper, no. 1769 (Global Labor Organization, 2026) [text via RePEc]

Uganda Refugee Response: Private Sector Engagement in the Agricultural Sector (UNHCR et al., June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Research in Globalization [access]

- Special collection on "Forced Migration, Integration, and Employment of Ukrainians: A Global View."

"Working Your Way to Remain: Subjective Well-Being and Employment of Migrants in the United Kingdom," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (5 June 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (United States) (5 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Canada gave Ukrainians safety, but building a future was harder (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Community refugee sponsorship: how the Home Office can get its new safe‑and‑legal route right (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

Integration from Day One: Northern Ireland’s Refugee Integration Strategy From an International and Comparative Perspective (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Beyond Control Signalling: Designing Integration Policies for Better Outcomes and Public Trust (Migration Policy Institute, July 2026) [text]

Exploring Intra-Regional Complementary Pathways for Refugees in South and Southeast Asia (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Local Integration Experiences of Young Afghan Women in the Greater Toronto Area (Centre for Refugee Studies, May 2026) [access]

OECD-UNHCR Safe Pathways for Refugees - 2026 update (June 2026) [text]

- "OECD-UNHCR study on pathways used by refugees linked to family reunification, study

programmes and labour mobility between 2019 and 2024."

Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2027 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- See also related briefing note and dashboard.

Refugees Integration in Uganda: Perspective of Refugees, Stakeholders and the Host Community (Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa, May 2026) [text]

"Resettlement: Protection or Control?," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"The Causes and Consequences of Administrative Burdens in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Comparing Refugee Integration Experiences in the UK: Community Sponsorship and the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"The Evolution of the UK’s Refugee Resettlement Policies and the Emergence of Sponsorship Initiatives: A Historical Institutionalism Approach," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 1 July 2026 [open access]

"Permanent temporary: the temporal and digital dimensions of refugee resettlement in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 26 June 2026 [open access]

"Refugee Integration Through Service Systems: A Latent Class Analysis of Resettlement and Mental Health Service Utilization," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 8 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Rural and regional settlement of former refugees and humanitarian migrants: a place-based perspective," Australian Geographer, Latest Articles, 7 July 2026 [open access]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Ukrainian Protection-Holders’ Perceptions of Agency, Resources and Welfare Access During Settlement in Berlin and Munich," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 16 June 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (4 June 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (4 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Hiding in plain sight: How women survive Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2026 [text]

No safety, no way out: The Rohingya girls caught between aid cuts and child marriage in Bangladesh (Global Voices, July 2026) [text]

The Solo Woman Researcher in the Field (AMMODI Blog, July 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Local Integration Experiences of Young Afghan Women in the Greater Toronto Area (Centre for Refugee Studies, May 2026) [access]

Localising climate and gender policy in Adjumani District, Uganda: women refugees at the frontlines of climate crisis, Policy Brief, no. 2 (Nottingham Trent University, June 2026) [text]

New American Women (Immigrants and Refugees) in Utah (Utah State Univ., June 2026) [text]

Secure Land, Secure Futures: Closing the Gender Gap in Displacement Contexts in Mali (Norwegian Refugee Council, June 2026) [access]

- Available in French and English.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (3 June 2026)

New Issue of JRS & Opportunity

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 2, June 2026 include:

• Waiting out the crisis: a strategy for resisting displacement in Burundi [open access]
• The role of collective hypervisibility in everyday lives of refugees: the Syrian refugee hubs in metropolitan areas of Turkey [abstract]
• ‘I needed this journey’: home visits in wartime as transformative events [open access]
• Jonathan, a refugee who wants to be a Black Korean [abstract]
• Refuge by ‘technical’ means: humanitarianism, bureaucratic asylum, and the politics of refracted mandates in postcolonial India (1947–1981) [open access]
• ‘Uganda likes refugees too much’: domestic narratives on refugee protection [abstract]
• Reproductive health injustice in internally displaced persons camps in Nigeria [abstract]
• Telling the gendered story: the construction of migrant subjectivities in UNHCR’s animated information campaign [open access]
• Ambivalent intersectional solidarity: Berlin’s LGBTIQ+ civil society alliances during the war in Ukraine [open access]
• Art, agency, and access: refugee experiences and resistance in the context of EU’s migration management [open access]
• Field reflections from training Finnish asylum officials [open access]

Two reviews are also included.

Separately, JRS has announced a call for contributions to a special issue on "Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 July 2026.

Tagged Periodicals.

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)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Supporting Self-Reliance in Protracted Displacement," JDC Newsletter (May 2026) [text]

- Includes link to May 2026 literature review.

Workshop explores the long-term economic impact of forced migration (Univ. of Gothenburg, May 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Cash Transfers and Employment among Syrian Refugees: Evidence from Rule-Based Eligibility in Türkiye, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 18670 (IZA Network at LISER, May 2026) [text]

Evaluation of the pathways to economic inclusion and self-reliance of refugees and host communities in Rwanda, through the scaling up graduation approach: phase 1, EVO/2025/20 (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

Papers, Paychecks, and Plans: Analyzing the Venezuelan Diaspora in Latin America (Center for Global Development, May 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Uganda's Pioneer Refugee Model: Advances in Inclusion, Self-Reliance, and Pathways Forward, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11368 (World Bank, May 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Central Asian Migrants Look Beyond Russia, Yet New Destinations Carry Challenges Too," Migration Information Source, 7 May 2026 [text]

"Civil War–Induced Displacement and Human Capital," Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 141, no. 2 (May 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Mozambique.

"The impact of armed conflicts and forced migration on labour markets: systematic literature review and future research agenda," Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 37, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"A scoping review of economic integration interventions and programs for refugees," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 21 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Future-Ready Cities: Unlocking Immigrant Talent for Inclusive Economic Growth, 19 May 2026 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (19 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (19 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Cultural community as an information ground of Middle Eastern women refugees in Sweden: a road to better integration into society," Information Research, vol. 31, no. ISIC (2026) [open access]

"Deportation after resettlement: The conditional belonging of Bhutanese Americans in the United States," Transformative Social Work, vol. 4, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Does the Form of Conflict Termination Shape the Scale, Timing, and Selectivity of External Refugee Return? Comparative Evidence from 30 Countries, and Three Selected Cases (Bosnia, Liberia, and Sri Lanka)," Araneum: Richmond Journal of American & Global Affairs, vol. 3, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

"Participation and learning: a quasi-experimental examination of refugee settlement program and its impacts on refugees’ socioeconomic capabilities," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 30 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Resistance, Intentionality, and Endurance: Understanding Asylum-Seeking Mothers’ Agency During Resettlement in Montreal, Canada," Transcultural Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 21 May 2026 [open access]

"Sacrificing the Few to Save the Many: The Moral Economy of Resettlement to Norway," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

*"The Social Integration of International Migrants: Evidence from the Networks of Syrians in Germany," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 134, no. 4 (April 2026) [preprint]

"The Socio-Cultural Adaptation of Ukrainian Refugees in the EU: The Role of Cultural Events," Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series History, no. 69 (2026) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (4 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Alternatives to detention: How tech ‘solutions’ expand containment (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Data of 600,000 Gaza households exposed in WFP cyber-attack," The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2026 [text]

- See also related Inklings article.

The digital lives of children experiencing displacement (Media@LSE Blog, May 2026) [text]

#NO_LONGER_REFUGEES: How dignity drives Syrians’ return in the post-Assad era (RSC Blog, April 2026) [text]

UK Home Office to use AI age estimation on asylum seekers – how accurate is the technology? (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- See also related EIN article.

Why Digital Access Matters for Refugee Girls in Conflict Settings (ACCORD, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Africa.

Reports: 

AI and Refugee Protection in the African Union: Smart Borders or Fortress Africa?, CIGI Policy Brief, no. 238 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, ) [text]

Community-Centered Connectivity in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda: An Internet Society Case Study (Internet Society, May 2026) [access]

LLMs as annotators of credibility assessment in Danish asylum decisions: evaluating classification performance and errors beyond aggregated metrics, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 98 (Univ. of Copenhagen, May 2026) [text]

Machine Learning Prediction of Conflict-Driven Refugee Migration: Evidence from Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine (SUNY Buffalo, 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (13 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

How Fear of Deportation Silences Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (Refugee Research Online, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

US Court Rules to Protect Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors (HRW, May 2026) [text]

Who Sees Displaced Women? Gender-Based Violence, Forced Displacement and Protection Politics in Central Africa (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Attractiveness for Status? The Link Between Physical Attractiveness and Male Refugees' Romantic Relationships in Germany," Journal of Marriage and Family, Early View, 20 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians and Afghans.

"Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Burden and Perceptions among Asylum-seeking Women in Berlin, Germany: A Cross-sectional Study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Fixing Our Borders of Injustice: The Fall of Chevron Brings New Hope for Gender-Based Violence Asylum," Catholic Univ. Law Review, vol. 75, no. 4 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Gender and Community Forestry: Analyzing Women’s Engagement in Forestry Management Near Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda," International Journal of Forestry Research, 23 May 2026 [open access]

"Impact of gardening and nutrition support provided to women in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Food Policy, vol. 141 (June 2026) [open access]

"Integrating Gender Equality into International Refugee Law: The Contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union," European Journal of International Law, Advance Articles, 20 May 2026 [open access]

"Reconceiving Forced Marriage into Armed Groups as Forced Recruitment in International Refugee Law," European Journal of International Law, Advance Articles, 24 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad, 22 May 2026 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (11 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA) (11 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

Invisible by Design: How the EU Asylum AI Systems Evade the Regulatory Gaze (Verfassungsblog, April 2026) [text]

It’s OK to not be OK: Digital mental health in Mahama Refugee Camp (UNHCR Innovation, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Rwanda.

Piloting AI for Humanitarian Information: Reflections on Our Collaboration with Dataminr (ReliefWeb Blog, April 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

"The Digital Turn in Asylum Determination through the Lens of Superdiversity," Chapter in Power, Mobility and Voice: Jan Blommaert's Unfinished Business (Multilingual Matters, 2026) [open access]

Mental Health in Conflict and Forced-Displacement Settings: Leveraging Digital Technology for Targeting and Assistance, presentation at Better Data for Better Jobs and Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AI, 8 Dec. 2025 [access]

- Note: A related concept note was formerly available via this document; I'm sharing the URL for info purposes.

"Migrants’ Communicative Practices in Polycentric Spaces: Anomie, Stability and Change," Chapter in Power, Mobility and Voice: Jan Blommaert's Unfinished Business (Multilingual Matters, 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

Journal articles:

"Building centaur responders: is emergency management ready for artificial intelligence?," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 3 (July 2026) [open access]

"Demystifying the Digital Transformation of Humanitarian Supply Chains Through AidTech," Logistics, vol. 10, no. 5 (May 2026) [open access]

"Digitised Migration: Entangled and Uneven Landscapes," International Migration (2025-2026) [access]

- Special collection. The introduction is freely available and six articles are open access.

"Empowering adult migrants through digital technology: language learning, identity, and career pathways," Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung, Latest Articles, 13 April 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany and the US.

"Framing the crisis: X/Twitter discourse on Ukrainian war refugees in Poland," PLoS One 21(5): e0346666 (May 2026) [open access]

"Harnessing AI to Enhance Inclusion for Refugees with Disabilities: Mitigating Bias, Promoting Equity in Humanitarian and Resettlement Efforts," Disability and the Global South, vol. 13, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Introversion to Digital Ghettos: Wilful Self-Exclusion of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"Vulnerable human rights in cyberspace: a multi-case study of Ugandan refugees’ digital risks," Online Media and Global Communication, vol. 5, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (13 April 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)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunity:

Webinar: Between Commitment and Implementation: Refugee Protection in East Africa, 21 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Amid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran is Starving Sudan (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

Basic Services and Humanitarian Support Amidst Conflict: To Whom to Turn as a Congolese IDP? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

"DRC joins US list of third-country deportation destinations," DW, 6 April 2026 [text]

Funding shortfalls put lifelines at risk for Sudanese refugees in Chad (WFP, April 2026) [text]

Three years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

Trade in all directions: How wars, crime and instability are fueling and expanding migration routes across Africa (InfoMigrants, April 2026) [text]

"Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement," The Guardian, 2 April 2026 [text]

New open access book:

Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda: Agency, Gender, and Politics of Self-Organizing in Exile (McGill-Queen’s University Press, April 2026) [open access]

- "Self-organization plays an essential yet often overlooked role in the everyday lives of refugees in exile. By self-organizing, they challenge restrictions, claim political representation, foster social relations and belonging, and create ongoing economic opportunities. While government authorities and aid organizations are supposed to provide protection and assistance, refugees often continue to face adversities, restrictions, and risks, prompting them to establish and maintain their own support systems. Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda offers nuanced insight into the problems arising from the aid system and especially the significance of the spectrum of informal and formalized self-organizations. [The authors] draw on a gender-sensitive understanding of relational agency and situated knowledge and use empirical research in Uganda’s camp Kyaka II and the capital, Kampala, to reveal how individuals collectively contribute to their own support in times of emergency and in everyday life."

Reports:

The case for large cash transfers: supporting refugees to meet basic needs and build resilience (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Exhausted: Three years of displacement and the collapse of survival systems in Sudan and the region (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [text]

- See also related news release.

Somali systems: from aid-centred to state-led crisis response (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Authoritarian legacies: how 1970s African dictators shaped contemporary refugee policies," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 March 2026 [open access]

"Forced migrant arrivals can reduce political trust in African host communities," World Development, vol. 203 (July 2026) [open access]

"'Human beings should not be deported': The Horn of Africa’s hegemon contests the EU’s norm to readmit," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [open access]

"Nigeria Aims to Capitalize on Regional Integration amid Evolving Emigration Patterns," Migration Information Source, 8 April 2026 [open access]

"Trajectories of migration aspirations through urban and temporal lenses: rethinking (im)mobility decision-making in Dakar, Senegal," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:21 (April 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (27 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)

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends [open access]
• Credible fictions: how states stage refugee governance for geopolitical gain [open access]
• Asylum access adjudication: a multi-level framework for socio-legal research [open access]
• Accountability without accounting: missing and inconsistent labeling of refugee and asylee students in state datasets [abstract]
• Digitalisation of the Finnish asylum procedure: from efficiency to procedural vulnerabilities [open access]
• The racialized, racializer, and anti-racializer: religion and the racialization of refugees in South Korea [abstract]
• Making Rafha: explaining the establishment of Saudi Arabia’s first and only refugee camp [open access]
• Perceived discrimination of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: the empowering role of refugee-led organizations [abstract]
• Forced migration and fertility: disruption and adaptation outcomes of women fleeing to Türkiye from Syria [open access]
• Constrained paths: legal status and mobility governance of Syrian refugees after the 2023 earthquakes [abstract]
• ‘The threat of forced return is the government’s last resort’: structural, cultural, and direct violence towards Syrian refugees in Lebanon [abstract]
• ‘Partial returns:’ displacement, mobility, and translocal connections in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina [open access]
• Land for refugees: sharing and exchanging in Northern Uganda [free full-text]
• ‘Chileans ex Romania’: Resettlement, Containment, and the Limits of UNHCR’s Global Ambitions during the Cold War [abstract]
• Intermediaries and opacity: understanding refugee family reunification through migration infrastructures [abstract] 
• The ties that bind and break: a natural experiment on the role of (in)stability in local and transnational social ties for loneliness among refugees [open access]
• When the best is the enemy of the good: the ironic negotiation process of Japan’s controversial asylum amendment bill [abstract] 

Three reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Begin with the end in mind: Reducing barriers to refugees’ access to work (UNHCR Innovation, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Indonesia.

"Correspondence: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh should be allowed to work," The Lancet Psychiatry, Online First, 3 March 2026 [free full-text] 

Forced Migration and Labour Market Allocation: The Case for Venezuela (NIESCR Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Brazil.

How immigration enforcement is hitting businesses (Niskanen Center, Feb. 2026)

- Focuses on the US.

Immigrants Make the Labor Market Great: Analysis of the February 2026 Jobs Day Release (Center for American Progress, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Forbes article.

Immigrants Use Less Welfare, Even Counting Their US-Born Children (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

Spotlight on Market-Based Programming: Economically Empowering Displaced Populations (RID Blog, March 2026) [text]

Transforming Uganda’s refugee response: Accelerated self-reliance (Nasikiliza Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Building Refugee-Inclusive Labor Mobility Pathways: A Visa Evaluation Framework (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also info regarding related self-assessment tool.

"Do refugees and asylees have diverging trajectories? Immigrant status categories and long-term employment," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Employer logics in the low-wage sector and their influences on refugees’ labor market entry and sustainable employment," Labour and Industry: A journal of the social and economic relations of work, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"'My Phone Is Like My Office': Refugee Women’s Social Media Entrepreneurship in Dar‐es‐Salaam," Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (18 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians) (18 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Opportunity:

Report launch: Refugee Family Reunion: ‘Inaccessible pathways for child relatives’ report launch, London, 17 March 2026 [info]

- Focuses on the UK.

Short pieces:

10 Facts about Children on the Move (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Dec. 2025) [text]

The EU’s new age assessment legislation: a persistent threat to the Fundamental Rights of the Child? (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Family Separation as Policy: The Human Cost for Children (USCRI, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Growing Up Displaced: Understanding and addressing child protection risks in Uganda (Danish Refugee Council, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Ten alarming trends for children in armed conflict (Unicef, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Advocacy and Assessment: Ethical Dilemmas and Practice Considerations in Pediatric Asylum Evaluations," American Journal of Bioethics, Latest Articles, 25 Feb. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Exploring coping strategies among adolescents during COVID-19 and war displacement: A qualitative analysis comparing two crisis settings," Journal of Research on Adolescence, vol. 36, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainian refugees in Germany.

"In the Rays of the Sun, Children Sway: Children’s Movement Processes During a Playful Holistic Movement Intervention in Asylum Centers," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Protective Paradox: Caregiving in Protracted Crises Across 72 Countries," Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 26 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Specialised Mental Health Care for Children in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating Local and Community-Owned Approaches," Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict-Affected Areas, vol. 23, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"'You can’t just say you need to breastfeed': identifying barriers and solutions to appropriate infant feeding in emergencies," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:5 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (10 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (Americas) (10 Feb. 2026)