Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

Anti-Trafficking State of Play 2026 (USCRI, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Statement on World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 2026 (OHCHR, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Child trafficking in the context of statelessness, migration and forced displacement: report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Siobhán Mullally, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/62/41 (UN Human Rights Council, May 2026) [access] 

- See also related inputs submitted to the rapporteur to assist in the preparation of her report.

"The Criminalisation of Humanitarian Actors under Counter-Smuggling Measures and Facilitation Laws," Section 4 in Criminalisation and Constraint of Humanitarian Action at Sea, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 48 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- Scroll to p. 18.

Smuggling dynamics within and to Mauritania (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2026) [access]

- Available in English and French.

Study on the collection and improvements of EU Statistics on Trafficking in Human Beings (European Commission, July 2026) [text]

Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in Asylum and Reception, Situational Update, no. 26 (EU Agency for Asylum, July 2026 [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, vol. 7, no. 1 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Human Trafficking, Enslavement and CRSV, with a Focus on Nigeria."

"The Migration–Trafficking Nexus: Child Refugees at Risk and the Slow Violence that Deepens Their Vulnerability," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"People-smuggling through Mexico and the role of organised crime and corruption," Chapter in Organised Crime and Migration: Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico (Univ. of London Press, 2026) [open access]

*"Le recours aux passeurs pour limiter le risque de détention-expulsion du pays de transit : la traversée du Mexique par les migrants centraméricains, 2009-2019," Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Underinclusion by Design in Human Trafficking Protection" Iowa Law Review, vol. 112 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"When return becomes re-victimization: Gendered structural violence and Nigerian victims of trafficking," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

  

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (2 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces (US):

"DHS Issues $84 Billion in Civil Fines Against Immigrants in US," Bloomberg News, 23 July 2026 [text]

Is Debanking the New Immigration Policy? (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2026) [text]

Proposed DHS Work Authorization Rule Threatens Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors (HRW, July 2026) [text]

New open access book:

The Refugee Trap: The Economics of Displacement (Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2026) [open access]

- "Refugee movements are one of the defining issues of the Twenty-First Century. But what difference does it actually make to be a refugee? To what extent are refugees economically distinctive compared to citizens or other groups of migrants? Drawing upon original data collected in camps and cities across East Africa, The Refugee Trap shows that becoming a refugee changes the economic constraints people face in important ways; they confront a series of poverty traps that make them systematically worse off compared to citizens. These relate to trauma, dispossession, uprootedness, and rights. By understanding the mechanisms underlying these traps, we can in turn identify the policy interventions needed to support restoration, and thereby address the sources of economic disadvantage that result from forced displacement."

Reports: 

Analyzing Access to Livelihood Opportunities Among Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Egypt (AUC Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, March 2026) [text]

Economic and social impacts of hiring and labor market inclusion of refugees and migrants in Brazil (2018-2024): Expanded Summary (UNHCR & Federal University of Minas Gerais, July 2026) [text]

- See also executive summary.

Labor Market Impacts of ICE Activity in Trump 2.0, Working Paper, no. 35129 (NBER, April 2026) [text]

- See also related news story.

Lower Immigration Means Lower Productivity Growth (Yale Univ. Budget Lab, May 2026) [access]

- Follow link for analysis and data. Focuses on the US.

Making Labour Migration Pathways Work for Displaced People: Lessons from Latin America (Migration Policy Institute, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"From protection to precarity: labour market integration and economic vulnerability among Ukrainian refugees," Research in Globalization, vol. 13 (Dec. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Slovakia. 

"Refugees’ Economic Integration and Firms," Journal of Human Resources, Ahead of Print, 13 July 2026 [preprint]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (10 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Between Two Crises: Mobility, Belonging, and Survival among Lebanese Venezuelans (Borders and Limitations Blog, June 2026) [text]

*"Latin America: Understanding the Anti-Immigrant Turn in the Region," IMISCOE Bulletin, no. 15 (June 2026) [text]

"Venezuela in-depth: Attention fades even as earthquake needs spiral," The New Humanitarian, 28 July 2026 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports:

Cuban migration dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean (January - May 2026) (IOM, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Desplazamiento interno en Ecuador: Soledad en la respuesta institucional, RID Working Paper, no. 54 (Researching Internal Displacement, July 2026) [text]

- See also earlier related report published by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI).

[National Reports for Brazil, Chile and Ecuador] (ACCESS Project, June 2026) [access]

- Follow link for three reports that "provide information on the existent barriers, relevant caselaw on barriers to accessing asylum, and the socio-legal factors influencing adjudication."

Regularization and the Formation of Social Capital: Evidence from Forced Migrants in Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11427 (World Bank, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Beyond Persecution: Rethinking the 1951 Refugee Convention in the Caribbean Context," UWI St. Augustine Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The Fiction of Non-Entry in South American Airports: Evidence from Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador," Federalismi,it: Rivista di diritto pubblico italiano, comunitario e comparato, no. 11 (2026) [open access]

- See also related national reports above.

"Infrastructuring pathways: traversing the legal infrastructure of mobility in South America," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (Forthcoming, 2026) [open access]

- Fieldwork was conducted in Brazil, Chile and Colombia.

"Regional to national: pragmatic implementation of South American migration policies," Globalizations, Latest Articles, 7 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Brazil.

"The Trump Effect: US Immigration Policy and Transit Migrants in Central America," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 July 2026 [full-text]

Multimedia:

What do Venezuela’s Earthquakes Mean for its Refugee Crisis and for U.S. Immigration Policy?, Forced From Home, no. 7 (Refugees International, July 2026) [access]

Resource:

Procedural Barriers to Access Asylum and Judicial Outcomes in Chile (2013–2024) (ACCESS Project, July 2026) [access]

- "[A] repository of 584 judicial decisions that document the various administrative obstacles to formalizing asylum applications in Chile. The dataset includes 292 rulings from the Court of Appeals (first instance) and 292 corresponding decisions from the Supreme Court (second instance)."

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Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (6 July 2026)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (6 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Short pieces:

Counting the Votes in the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Decision (Just Security, July 2026) [text]

The Odd One Out? Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality in Nicaragua and the Regional Outlook (Globalcit Blog, June 2026) [text]

A short guide for stateless Palestinians in Europe, by stateless Palestinians in Europe (ENS Blog, July 2026) [text]

Spotlight series: Statelessness (Global Voices, July 2026) [access]

- "Drawing from our global network, this spotlight brings together diverse perspectives that explore the realities of statelessness, the systems that perpetuate it, and the movements working to dismantle it. We aim to highlight not only the challenges, but also the resilience, resistance, and visions for change emerging from affected communities worldwide."

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Discrimination Concerning Nationality in the Case Law of Judicial Bodies," Copernican Journal of Law, no. 4 (2026) [open access]

- "The focus will be on analysing the extent to which the requirements of non-discrimination and the prevention of statelessness are reflected in the case law of universal and regional judicial or quasi-judicial human rights protection bodies."

"From Last Resort to Intimidating Enforcement Tool: Denaturalization in the Trump Era," Migration Information Source, 24 June 2026 [text]

"'Geo-Cultural' Identity and Addressing Statelessness: A Critical Analysis of Rohingya Refugees in the Context of Bangladesh," IUBAT Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Menores extranjeros en riesgo de apatridia," Derechos y libertades: Revista de Filosofía del Derecho y derechos humanos, vol. 54 (2026) [open access]

"Persuading to Ratify: A Calculus of the Ratification of the Statelessness Convention in Asia," Chapter in Statelessness in Asia (Cambridge University Press, Dec. 2024; posted July 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the Philippines.

Related posts:

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

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (8 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

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

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

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

Reports & journal articles:

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

- Focuses on refugee populations in Greece and the Netherlands.

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

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

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Australia and Bangladesh.

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

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

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

- Focuses on Uganda.

Related post:

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

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

The Escalating Threat of Third Country Deportations (The Asylumist Blog, July 2026) [text]

FIFA World Cup 2026: Americans Welcomed the World Despite Restrictive Immigration Policies (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

An immigration law error in the court’s asylum decision threatens immigration courts (SCOTUSblog, July 2026) [text]

Key Trump Deportation Strategies: Removing, Replacing, and Pressuring Immigration Judges (Just Security, July 2026) [text]

Trump’s New Anti-Legal Immigration Rules Target Students, Spouses of US Citizens (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2026) [text]

US: Haitians Set to Lose Protections, Risk Return to Violence (HRW, July 2026) [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian and post on Immigration Impact.

Why It’s Wrong to Involuntarily Mobilize Reserve JAGs for Immigration Cases (Just Security, July 2026) [text]

- Note: JAGs = Judge Advocates General

**Visit the Americas Migration Brief and ImmProf Blog for more extensive round-ups of news and publications.**

Reports:

Agents of Chaos and Cruelty: How the Trump Administration's National Deportation Policing Force Has Attacked American Communities (ACLU, July 2026) [text]

Immigration Militarization, WashU Law Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 26 (Washington Univ. in St. Louis, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Albanians from Kosovo in the United States: To Stay, Migrate, or Return," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 9 July 2026 [open access]

"Comparative Visions for a U.S. Group-Based Asylum Proposal," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 57, no. 3 (2026) [full-text]

"Estimates of the Size and Composition of the Undocumented Immigrant Population in the U.S. in 2024," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 16 July 2026 [full-text]

"Third-Country Deportations: Legal and Ethical Problems," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 17 July 2026 [full-text]

"The Trump Effect: US Immigration Policy and Transit Migrants in Central America," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 July 2026 [full-text]

Multimedia:

“My Freedom was Taken from me.” Exposing Trump’s Shady Third Country Deportation Deals, Forced from Home Podcast Series, no. 6 (Refugees International, June 2026) [access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (7 July 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (7 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Children detained under ‘one-in-one-out’ scheme lays bare the UK scheme’s brutal reality (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2026) [text]

Federal Court Delivers Major Blow to Trump Detention Policy of Jailing Immigrants with No Hearing, No Explanation (American Immigration Council, July 2026) [text]

A High Court ruling could allow hundreds of former detainees to sue the government. A legal expert explains why (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

How many children are affected by parental immigrant detention? (Brookings, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Inhumane Detention Conditions Aren’t Uncommon, They’re Part of the Problem (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Tunisia-Libya border: UN experts alarmed by alleged system of mass detention, expulsion and trafficking (OHCHR, July 2026) [text]

US: Türk alarmed at deaths in ICE custody, calls for urgent preventive action (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

- See also related article in The Guardian reporting the 22nd death in 2026.

Reports & journal articles:

"Can Immigration Detention Ever Be in the Best Interests of the Child? The Detention of Unaccompanied Minors in Europe under International and European Law," The Age of Human Rights Journal, vol. 27 (2027) [open access]

Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System (Human Rights Watch, June 2026) [access]

"The Immigration Habeas Deluge: Adjudicating Mass Government Torts," Indiana Law Journal, vol. 102 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Monitoring and evaluation of remote medico-legal report assessments when documenting evidence of torture for asylum seekers detained on Diego Garcia," Torture Journal, vol. 36, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

A ripple effect of suffering: Children and young people’s experiences of parental immigration detention and deportation (Australian Human Rights Commission, July 2026) [access]

- See also related post on The Conversation and Univ. of Sydney news release.

"When Detention Becomes a Death Sentence: The Urgent Need for Greater Due Process Protections for ICE Detainees," Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 79, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"You’re Only Getting Out Deported or Dead": Abusive US Immigration Detention at Ft. Bliss (Human Rights Watch, July 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (8 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

The Missing Child in the Chișinău Declaration (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Ukrainian families have been torn apart by the war – reunifying them is no easy task (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

US immigration policies interfere with prenatal care and parenting choices, hurting people and communities (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Beyond Return: Child and Family Wellbeing among Refugee and IDP Returnees in Ukraine and Syria (World Vision, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Children’s Right to Family Life in the Context of Migration and Asylum Policies (Women's Refugee Commission, June 2026) [text]

- Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants regarding "Children’s right to family life in the context of migration and asylum policies."

Enforcing the Rights of Children in Migration: Final Report (International Law Association, 2026) [text]

Explainer for Parents and their Helpers Seeking Family Reunification (Women's Refugee Commission, June 2026) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Family Reunification: A right, not a privilege (Caritas Europa, June 2026) [text via InfoMigrants]

A ripple effect of suffering: Children and young people’s experiences of parental immigration detention and deportation (Australian Human Rights Commission, July 2026) [access]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Their Future, Their Voice: Centering Displaced Children in Global Protection and Policy (US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Criminalización de menores migrantes no acompañados: una comparativa entre México y España," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, no. 34 (2026) [open access]

"The Impact of Intergroup Collaboration on In-Group Bias Between Rohingya Refugee and Bangladeshi Host Community Children," Developmental Science, vol. 29, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"Normalization of abuse and barriers to reporting among adolescents and young people in settings of displacement in Nigeria," Conflict and Health, 8 June 2026 [open access]

"Syria, the Homeland. Feeling at Home in Rotterdam? The Multiple Feelings of Belonging of Resettled Syrian-Born Youngsters with a Refugee Background," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 24, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (11 June 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)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The European Dream: Migration Narratives of Transpinays," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"An Experimental Test of Stereotype Congruency in Credibility Assessments of Sexual Orientation Asylum Claims," Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 40, no. 3 (May/June 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Protection for All? Inclusion of Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees in Indonesia," International Migration Review, vol. 60, no. 2 (June 2026) [free full-text]

"Quantifying Homonegativity Among Refugees in Germany: First Evidence and Implications for LGBTQI Refugees’ Safety," Sexes, vol. 7, no. 3 (June 2026) [open access]

"Queer Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Forced Return to the Closet," LSE Undergraduate Political Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians and Syrians.

"Telling asylum stories differently: arts-based methods and vignettes of SOGIE asylum claims in Sweden," Social & Cultural Geography, Latest Articles, 17 June 2026 [open access]

"A Trauma-Informed Analysis of Resettlement Policies for LGBTQI+ Refugees and Asylees in the United States," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 7 (July 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 1 (8 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"'Avoid using the term': Oxfam in Africa retracts LGBTQ censorship guide," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2026) [text]

"For LGBTQ+ People, America's Promise of Refuge is Fading," Time Magazine, 20 June 2026 [text]

For LGBTIQ+ refugees in Kenya, digital work remains more a dream than reality (Africa at LSE Blog, July 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Delivered to Danger: How the Trump Administration’s Third-Country Agreements Threaten the Lives of LGBTQ Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Immigration Equality, June 2026) [access]

"Migration, Identity, and Time: The Experiences of Queer Iranians in Exile," Chapter in Time and Temporalities in Migration Law (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Shaping SOGIESC Asylum in the European Union: The Court of Justice on Trial," Chapter in 30 Years of LGBT Case Law at the CJEU (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Unravelling the knot of credibility assessment in SOGIESC asylum," Chapter in Credibility Assessment in Queer Asylum Cases: Believe it or Not? (Bristol Univ. Press, Forthcoming Jan. 2027) [preprint]

- Focuses on jurisprudence from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (28 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

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

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

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Journal articles:

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

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

Multimedia:

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

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

Related post:

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

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

In rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, emphasizing the promise of equality in the Declaration of Independence (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on CATO At Liberty blog and author's assessment via ImmProf blog.

Interview with Radha Govil, the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (ENS, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the Global Caselaw Database, launched in early June 2026. See also related update on a recent ECtHR ruling.

On the journey to EU integration, Ukraine must address statelessness (ENS Blog, June 2026) [text]

Rights groups warn of ‘egregious’ impact of asylum support reforms on stateless people (EIN, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Statelessness and the organisation of humanity (CSS Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Twice Stateless: The Double Erasure of Bhutanese Refugees," The Diplomat, 6 July 2026 [text]

UNHCR welcomes efforts to address statelessness among Kurdish communities in Syria (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

The unrealized promise of equal citizenship: new Legal Atlas maps gender discriminatory nationality laws (ENS, June 2026) [text]

What the world misses when it doesn’t understand statelessness (Global Voices, July 2026) [text]

**See also ISI's Monthly Bulletin for more news, information & resources.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (3 June 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Attitudes Towards Russia and President Vladimir Putin and the Willingness to Help Ukrainian Refugees Among Americans," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 6 (June 2026) [open acccess]

"Beyond borders: A qualitative study on the use of forensic medical evaluations in securing humanitarian parole and Title 42 exemptions," Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 36, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Deportations to Perilous Places: Protecting Against Third Country Removal in Immigration Court," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

"Humanitarian Immigration Programs of the United States," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

"Immigrants and the Battle for Our Nation in the Courts," Univ. of the Pacific Law Review, vol. 57, no. 3 (2026) [full-text]

"Lost in Translation: Indigenous Latin American Migrants in the U.S. Asylum-Seeking Process," Backstory, vol. 2, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The Origins, Consequences, and Uncertain Legacy of the Trump Administration’s Humanitarian, Refugee, and Immigration Policies: A Comprehensive Analysis," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 23 June 2026 [full-text]

"Prolonged Deportable Statuses of Southeast Asians in the United States," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 5 June 2026 [open access]

"Rendition to a Place of No Return," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (Spring 2026) [full-text]

"Syrian Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 11 June 2026 [text]

"Unstable Foundations: Asylum Law and Policy under the Biden Administration," Cornell International Law Journal, vol. 58, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (7 July 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Abandoning Principles: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v. Al Otro Lado Denying Asylum to Arriving Migrants (Just Security, June 2026) [text]

The Founders Lived Through—and Loved—High Immigration Rates (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2026) [text]

How do US “third country removals” work and are they legal? (Amnesty International, June 2026) [text]

- See also related Just Security post on the recent US-Central African Republic deportation agreement.

"I Helped Write the Refugee Act. Trump is Trampling It," Time Magazine, 9 June 2026 [text]

Immigration in the Supreme Court, 2025 Term (ImmProf Blog, July 2026) [text]

Incompetence and Laziness in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, June 2026) [text]

Rumors of Asylum’s Death Have Been Greatly (Somewhat? Slightly?) Exaggerated (The Asylumist Blog, June 2026) [text]

- See also related ImmProf blog post.

Sanitized and Unreviewable: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v Doe on Ending Temporary Protected Status for 1.3m Noncitizens (Just Security, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on the CATO At Liberty blog.

"The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration," Wired, 27 May 2026 [text]

States Advance ICE Masking Bans, Data Protections, and Immigration Enforcement Guardrails in 2026 (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

**Visit the Americas Migration Brief and ImmProf Blog for more extensive round-ups of news and publications.**

Resource:

Immigration Habeas Tracker: Government Obstruction, Judicial Trust, and Accountability (Just Security) [access]

- "This searchable resource tracks U.S. federal immigration habeas cases filed on or after Jan. 20, 2025, with a specific focus on federal judges’ findings of government misconduct toward the courts."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (2 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Brasil recibe 75.600 solicitudes de asilo en 2025 y supera los 165.000 refugiados reconocidos (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Broken immigration promises are based on false narratives (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Dominican Republic: Receiving Third-Country Deportations from the United States Undermines Refugee Protection (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

"There and back: A migrant’s odyssey in post-Trump Latin America," The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2026 [text]

Uruguay reafirma su compromiso con las personas refugiadas a 20 años de una ley pionera (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports & book chapters:

"Canada's Visa Regime: A Global Model at a Crossroads," Chapter in Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]

Cuban mixed migration: US fuels departures and restricts access (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2026) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Desplazamiento forzado en 2025: Tendencias en las Américas (ACNUR, June 2026) [access]

- An English version is also available.

Desplazamiento forzado interno en México: Procesos políticos y dinámicas de violencia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Nov. 2025) [full-text]

Desplazamiento forzado y otras situaciones de violencia en México (Save the Children & Consorcio de Respuesta Humanitaria en México, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"La migración y el desplazamiento interno en América Latina y el Caribe," Capítulo de Informe sobre Democracia y Desarrollo 2026 (UNDP, Mayo 2026) [access]

- Scroll to p. 203 in the full report; an English version is also available.

Rebuilding Lives in Guatemala: Understanding Returnee Profiles and Reintegration Challenges (Migration Policy Institute, June 2026) [text]

Tendencias Nacionales: El desplazamiento forzado en Ecuador (ACNUR, June 2026) [text]

Related posts:

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

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

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• Refugee law-making, state sovereignty and the paradox of non-independent territories [abstract]
• The changing landscape of immigration detention in Australia: preventive ‘crimmigration’ and the legislative response to NZYQ [open access]
• A more just social group test for the US [abstract]
• The removal of international protection as a process of administrative rebordering [abstract]

In addition, readers will find freely available case law summaries; two book reviews; and the following items from the 76th session of UNHCR's Executive Committee meeting: 1) Opening remarks by the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection; 2) the High Commissioner's opening statement; and 3) the text of the Note on International Protection.

Tagged Periodicals.