Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"'Climate Refugees' Do Not Exist as a Concept—But Countries Are Testing New Approaches to Offer Protection," Migration Information Source, 19 March 2026 [text]

"Climate Vulnerability as a Sociopolitical Construct: A Study on Asylum Seekers in Greece," Journal of Disaster Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Climate-induced migration in West Africa: a systematic review of the literature," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 24 March 2026 [open access]

"Do Climate Conditions in Origin Shape Return Migration Intentions? Evidence from West Africans in Germany," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"(Im)mobility in the context of climate change: between legal challenges and legal experiments," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

"'Not Your Climate Refugees': A Maldivian Perspective on Migration and Adaptation," Island Studies Journal, Early Access, 1 April 2026 [open access]

"Resilience From the Margins: Navigating Climate-Induced Migration in Assam," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 16 March 2026 [ResearchGate]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

125,000 Trafficking Victims Worldwide, 30,000 Children: IOM Chief Calls for Global Action (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Europol launches new unit to fight migrant smugglers (InfoMigrants, March 2026) [text]

Suffering for Security: How the Refugee Crisis Leaves People Vulnerable to Human Trafficking (Refugee Research Online, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Strengthening the Capacities of West African States to Develop a Human Rights-Based Response to Smuggling of Migrants and to Effectively Respond to Human Rights Violations Related to Irregular Migration (UNODC & OHCHR, March 2025) [access]

Submission of evidence to inform the new EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (ENS, Jan. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Forced labour, trafficking, and structural exploitation of women migrant workers: International legal perspectives," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Human Trafficking: Challenges and Innovative Approaches for Research, Policy and Practice," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"Human trafficking risks in countries unaccustomed to migration: Romanian assistance providers’ experiences with conflict-affected migrants from Ukraine," European Journal of Criminology, vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Lebanon’s lifeboats: a data-driven exploration of irregular maritime migration to Europe between 2019–2022," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"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) [ResearchGate]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Smuggling Conspiracies," Columbia Journal of Race and Law, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"War, martial law, and mobilisation: Exploring the characteristics of human smuggling at Ukraine’s borders in 2022–2023," European Journal of Criminology, vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"When Aid Comes with Strings: Donor Power and Everyday Anti-Trafficking Work in Moldova," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (26 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for participation: Why peer spaces matter for stateless people’s wellbeing: A University College London research project [info]

- Follow link for info on how to get involved in this project; no deadline indicated.

Webinar: Resolving Statelessness Together, 10 September 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Cambodia: Revised Law Endangers Citizenship (HRW, Sept. 2025) [text]

Can the White House Denaturalize Domestic Opponents? (CATO At Liberty Blog, July 2025) [text]

Cypriot children without Cypriot citizenship: What is the ‘Mixed Marriage Problem’? (ENS Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Ensuring Vocational Inclusion for Stateless Individuals (Global Alliance to End Statelessness Blog, June 2025) [text]

Indian Citizenship: By Religion, Not By Right (ISI, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Living in the shadows: Why stateless people fear Trump's immigration crackdown," NPR, 21 Aug. 2025 [text]

Niger Officially Launches Global Alliance to End Statelessness (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Stateless in South Africa: The untold crisis facing millions without documentation," Independent Online (South Africa), 19 Aug. 2025 [text via CRAI]

"Stateless Tibetans in exile in India yearn for identity and homeland," BBC News, 11 Aug. 2025 [text]

Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part II: Making Sense of the Three Established Exceptions (Just Security, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Trump Administration Releases New Plans to Enforce Birthright Citizenship Order (Boundless Immigration, July 2025) [text]

- See also related Slate article.

Reports: 

The Role of Mukhtars in Supporting Stateless Persons in Lebanon: Challenges, role of civil society and recommendations (SPEAC consortium in Lebanon, 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Spotlight on Statelessness: January-June 2025 - Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0 (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

Statelessness Report 2024 (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia & Togo. Also available in French.

Unmaking Citizens: The Architecture of Rights Violations and Exclusion in India’s Citizenship Trials (National Law School of India Univ. & Queen Mary Univ. of London, 2025) [text via GlobalCit]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (30 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"Back to ruins: The displaced Congolese forced home by M23 rebels," The New Humanitarian, 9 July 2025 [text]

"Rights, not rations: How human relationships can reshape refugee policy," The New Humanitarian, 11 July 2025 [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Sudan War Series (African Arguments, July 2025) [access]

- In this blog series, "through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced, highlight their own experiences, the unique dynamisms within the larger communities affected by war, and readings of their possible futures." Follow the link to view the latest contributions.

Trump’s Africa summit: outsourcing America’s immigration problem? (ISS Today, July 2025) [text]

‘We don’t want to stay here’: UN accused of abandoning refugees in Niger," The Guardian, 27 June 2025 [text]

Reports:

Étude sur l'utilisation des foyers améliorés par les populations déplacées dans les sites autour de Goma (UNHCR & AIDPROFEN, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Evaluation of UNHCR's multi-country L3 Emergency Response to the Sudan Situation, EVO/2025/02 (UNHCR, July 2025) [access]

- Follow link for report, brief, executive summary, and podcast. The management's response will be posted where it becomes available.

Peace Agreement Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda, 27 June 2025 [text]

- See also related commentary on The Conversation and the US Institute of Peace.

Journal articles:

"Forgotten and Neglected, War-Torn Sudan Has Become the World’s Leading Displacement Crisis," Migration Information Source, 16 July 2025 [open access]

"Leveraging Cash Transfers to Mitigate Energy Poverty Among Refugees in Uganda: Distributional Insights and Gendered Lens," Sustainable Futures, In Press, 12 July 2025 [open access]

"Medical xenophobia and healthcare exclusion of refugees and migrants in Africa: A scoping review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 12 (2025) [open access]

"Predictors of Immigrant Acceptance in Africa: A Multi-Sample Analysis of Contact Hypothesis and Neighbourhood Violence," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 4 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Researching migration in West Africa: A systematic and reflexive review," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:52 (July 2025) [open access]

"Tensions and coexistence: host narratives of refugee presence in Nakivale, Uganda," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 14 July 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (3 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

From Data to Action: OECD-UNHCR Datathon Harnessing Data for Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Children (UNHCR Blog, June 2025) [text]

Strengthening adaptive social protection for children in crisis: The role of implementation science (Protect and Invest in People Blog, June 2025) [text]

World Refugee Day: Prolonged refugee separation is harming families — and Canada’s economy (The Conversation, June 2025) [text]

World Refugee Day: The biggest migration routes in the world (UNICEF Blog, June 2025) [text]

Reports: 

Crossing Lines: Realities of migrant children at EU external borders (Save the Children, June 2025) [access]

Denial of Humanitarian Access to Children: A Guidance Note for the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda (UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict & UNICEF, June 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Hunger, Harm, and Hard Choices: The cost of the humanitarian funding crisis for children (World Vision, June 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Lives in transit: migration routes in West Africa - Analysis of the movements and risks faced by children and young people (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2025) [text]

Nurturing childhoods in freedom: Promising approaches in Mexico’s residential care for children on the move (International Detention Coalition, June 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting Children in Migration: A Nexus between Migration and Child Protection (IOM, June 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Through Their Words: Children’s voices in contexts of migration and displacement (UNICEF, July 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (31 May 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Commission proposes to facilitate the application of the safe third country concept (EU Commission, May 2025) [text]

- See also related comments from Amnesty International and ECRE.

Empathy in Action: How Perspective-Taking Shapes Public Support for Ukraine in Eastern Europe (Standford Univ., May 2025) [text]

The European Commission’s Proposal for a Return Regulation: A Perplexing Expulsion Exercise (RLI Blog, May 2025) [text]

- See also related journal article below.

Rejected asylum seekers in Europe: are ‘return hubs’ the right response? (RLI Blog, May 2025) [text]

- See also related post on The Loop.

Starmer announces migration ‘return hubs’ on Albania visit, but Albania doesn’t want them – what’s going on? (The Conversation, May 2025) [text]

- See also related BBC News article.

[Un]Wanted People: Internal Displacement in Russia caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War (RID Blog, May 2025) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports: 

Country Reports (AIDA, May 2025) 

- See updated profiles for Hungary and The Netherlands.

For when the war ends: prospects and policy options for Ukrainian refugees, CEPS Policy Brief, no. 1 (Centre for European Policy Studies, May 2025) [text]

*Four million people, one crossroads: Charting the future of temporary protection - Policy Paper (ICMPD, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guidance on Remote Interviews (EU Agency for Asylum, May 2025) [text]

Strength in numbers: The UK refugee and migration sector in 2025 (Migration Exchange, May 2025) [text via EIN]

UNHCR Recommendations on the continued use of Temporary Protection and Guiding Principles for Transition in relation to the Ukraine Refugee Situation (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

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

"Denmark’s Turn to Temporary Protection Has Made It a Pioneer in Restrictive Immigration Policies," Migration Information Source, 21 May 2025 [text]

"The European Union, ‘Expulsion of aliens’ and the Return Directive: a repressive or protective framework?," Griffith Law Review, Latest Articles, 21 May 2025 [open access]

- See also related blog posts above.

"The European Union’s responsibility to protect refugees," Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Latest Articles, 21 May 2025 [open access]

"Gatekeepers or agents of change? The political agency of lawyers in the Dutch family migration regime," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 16 May 2025 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (16 May 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (16 May 2025)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Webinar: Legal Tools for a Changing Climate [info]

- Will be held on different dates based on region; includes "a live walkthrough of the Climate Mobility Case Database [see below] and Toolkit."

Short pieces:

Disasters Displaced a Record 46 Million People Last Year (Scientific American, May 2025) [text]

Understanding climate migration through a racial justice lens: Haiti as a quintessential example (Open Global Rights, May 2025) [text]

Reports: 

At the mercy of the climate: the impact of climate change on IDPs in Yemen (Holm Akhdar Environmental Consultancy, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Climate refugees: Addressing climate-induced massive migration before it happens (Greek Council for Refugees & World Wide Fund For Nature, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Europe.

Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Disaster Risks (IOM, 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Jordan.

The Impacts of USAID Cuts: Less Climate Resilience, More Forced Displacement (Refugees International, April 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Climate Displacement Can Permanently Hamper Children’s Education and Imperil Future Prospects," Migration Information Source, 7 May 2025 [text]

"From drought to displacement: Assessing the impacts of climate change on conflict and forced migration in West Africa's Sahel Region," Journal of Climate Change and Health, vol. 23 (May-June 2025) [open access]

"Humanitarian management of drought needs better water security data," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 3 (July 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the Horn of Africa.

"In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes," American Political Science Review, vol. 118, no. 4 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Life in Transition: A Study of Climate Migrants' Adaptation and Perceptions in Urban Slums and Rural Villages in Bangladesh," Comparative Sociology, vol. 24, no. 2 (April 2025) [ResearchGate]

"Migrants’ perspectives on environmental change and translocal practices in Morocco, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (June 2025) [open access]

Resource:

Climate Mobility Case Database (Global Strategic Litigation Council, Earth Refuge, Raoul Wallenberg Institute & Zolberg Institute for Migration & Mobility) [access]

- A "free-to-access global database collating
and summarising judicial decisions concerning all forms of internal and cross border
climate-related (im)mobility." Officially launched during this event.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (23 April 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

East, Horn, and Great Lakes of Africa: Leveraging Data for Sustainable Refugee Responses (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Sudan mutual aid groups face survival battle amid army abuse and US aid freeze," The New Humanitarian, 26 Feb. 2025 [text]

Reports:

[ACAPS Reports on Implications of USAID Cuts and Funding Freeze]

- Democratic Republic of Congo

- Ethiopia

- Sudan

Emergency Food Assistance in Ethiopia: Gaps in USAID’s Award Administration, Monitoring, and Incident Reporting Hindered Its Ability to Detect Widespread Food Diversion (USAID Office of Inspector General, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Enhancing community-based social protection for sustainable use of aid in South Sudan: Guidance for conflict and context sensitive aid (Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Les impacts de l'afflux de déplacés sur les 'centres urbains': analyse des dynamiques plurielles dans les chefs-lieux de commune et région (Danish Refugee Council, Jan. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Removing Red Tape to Get Kenya’s Refugee Act Right (Refugees International, March 2025) [text]

Rôles du HCR et du CNAR dans la détermination du statut de réfugié (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

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

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (19 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

The Hidden 30% Cost Premium of Digital Cash Transfers for Refugees (ICTWorks, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

The platform transforming how refugee students learn (UNICEF, Jan. 2025) [access]

- Available in English, Polish and Ukrainian.

Smart borders kill: New frontiers of violence and erosion of rights at the world’s borders (Open Global Rights, Feb. 2025) [text]

Symposium: Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management: Data Protection and Fundamental Rights Concerns (Völkerrechtsblog, Feb. 2025) [access]

Taking innovation global with two-way communications with refugees (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2025) [text]

"US immigration is creating a mirage of mass deportations on Google search," The Guardian, 6 Feb. 2025 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Blockchain-based solution for addressing refugee management in the Global South: transparent and accessible resource sharing in humanitarian organizations," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 24 Feb. 2025 [open access]

"European Biometric Borders and (Im)Mobilities in West Africa: Reflections on Migrant Strategies for Border Circumvention and Subversion," Politics & Policy, vol. 53, no. 1 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Migrants’ and refugees’ digital literacies in life and language learning," ReCALL, FirstView, 19 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Unlocking Artificial Intelligence’s Potential in COI Research, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 44 (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

TikTok trails: Decoding migrant smugglers' visual narratives in migration advertising, 11 Dec. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (5 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

Human Trafficking: In the Czech Republic and Around the World (People in Need, Jan. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Irregular migration vs. migrant smuggling – what is the difference? (UNODC, Jan. 2025) [text]

"Some migrants turn to pricey smugglers or riskier routes after Trump clampdown," Reuters, 24 Jan. 2025 [text]

Trafficked migrant and refugee women in Latin America: State responses and challenges (Dejusticia Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

What is Labor Trafficking? (USCRI, Jan. 2025) [text]

Reports from the Mixed Migration Centre: 

Gendered smuggler-migrant interactions in the Central Sahel (Jan. 2025) [text]

Migrants’ Perceptions of Smugglers in Port Sudan: Service providers and sometimes criminals (Jan. 2025) [text]

Smugglers’ role in migration journeys to Port Sudan: Eritrean, Ethiopian & South Sudanese migrant experiences (Jan. 2025) [text]

Smuggling dynamics on the Eastern Route through Yemen (Jan. 2025) [text]

Other reports, journal articles & book chapters:

Countering Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling in Mixed Migration Movements (UNODC, 2024) [text]

"Legitimacy and Rationalization in European Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis of the Criminalization of Migrant Smuggling," Univ. of Bologna Law Review, vol. 9, no. 2 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

"New pathways to trafficking victims’ protection? Intersection and synergies between the European Pact on Migration and Asylum and Directive (EU) 2024/1712 for third-country national victims," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

"Las Trayectorias Migratorias de Mujeres Venezolanas en Cúcuta, Colombia: Entre Vulnerabilidades, Explotaciones y Trata de Personas," Chapter in Direitos Humanos e Vulnerabilidade e a Proteção a Pessoas Refugiadas na América Latina (Editora Universitária Leopoldianum, Nov. 2024) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 386.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling - Pt. 2 (3 Jan. 2025) 

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling - Pt. 2 (3 Jan. 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Ethiopia: Fighting, Abuses Putting Sudanese Refugees at Risk (HRW, Oct. 2024) [text]

Unrelenting violence in Sudan drives continued refugee exodus (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

"'We live in fear': forced expulsions taint Kenya's safe haven image," BBC News, 6 Nov. 2024 [text]

- See also related BBC News article.

Reports:

Key Considerations: Food Assistance Prioritisation in Refugee Settlements in Uganda and its Impacts (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, Oct. 2024) [text]

Key considerations: Mutual aid lessons and experiences from Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, Oct. 2024) [text]

Understanding the socio-economic profile of refugee arrivals in Mauritania since 2023: Analysis of UNHCR and WFP data on Malian refugees living in Mauritania (UNHCR & WFP, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Engaging Data Literacies in Displacement," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Nigeria and South Sudan.

"Experiences and perceptions of migrant populations in South Africa on COVID-19 immunization: an interpretative phenomenological analysis," BMC Public Health, 24:3126 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 4 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Political Participation for Social Inclusion of Internally Displaced Persons," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Nigeria.

"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]

"The role of institutional architecture in the reception of refugees in South Africa," International Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 5 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"War-related trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees, displaced, and nondisplaced people during armed conflict in Sudan: a cross-sectional study," Conflict and Health, 18:66 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (11 Oct. 2024)

 

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"The Borders of Migrant and Refugee Activism in South Africa," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 22 Jan. 2024 [open access]

"Justifying opposition and support to EU-Africa cooperation on deportation in West Africa," Governance, Early View, 23 Dec. 2023 [open access]

The Palgrave Handbook of South–South Migration and Inequality (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2023) [open access]

- "Drawing on contributions from nearly 70 leading migration scholars, mainly from the Global South, the handbook challenges dominant conceptualisations of migration, offering new perspectives and insights that can inform theoretical and policy understandings and unlock migration’s development potential." 

- Check out the chapters that focus on Africa.

"Perceptions of health: (dis)integration and (mis)integration of refugees in Nairobi, Kenya," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 17 Jan. 2024 [open access]

"The politics of migration policy implementation in Ghana," Governance, Early View, 4 Jan. 2024 [open access]

"Refugees and Host Communities: Critical Issues and Implications for Policy-making in Tanzania," Tanzania Journal of Development Studies, vol. 21, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (3 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Pledges aren’t enough to protect East Africa’s refugees (ISS Today, Nov. 2023) [text]

SADC Member States partner with the African Development Bank and UNHCR to address forced displacement, fragility, and climate resilience in Southern Africa (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Verifying records of over 61,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in Republic of Congo (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Conflict, climate change, food security, and mobility in the Karamoja Cluster: A study to analyse interactions among conflict, food security, climate change, migration and displacement factors (FAO, IGAD & Interpeace, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Critical Turning Point: The Path to Durable Solutions for Refugees in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

Exploring new approaches to urban refugee hosting in Kenya (IIED, Nov. 2023) [text]

Knowledge, resources and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights: The views and experiences of young refugees living in Kyangwali refugee settlement, Western Uganda (Open Univ., June 2023) [text]

Migration and Displacement in Secondary Cities: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2023) [text]

- See also video recording of related webinar.

"Systematic Analysis of the Security and Economic Implications of Migration and Regional Conflict in West Africa," Global Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 22, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"When Legal Inclusion is not Enough: The 'Uganda Model' of Refugee Protection on the Brink of Failure," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 15 Nov. 2023 [open access]

White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa (Govt. of South Africa, Nov. 2023) [text via CRAI]

- See also related press statement. Public comments on the white paper can be submitted until 19 January 2024.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (4 Nov. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa in Transition Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

ECOWAS and UNHCR signed an agreement to strengthen refugee protection and address internal displacements in West Africa (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

The Transient Refugee Trend in the Horn of Africa: Could This Call for a Shift in Policy? (Africa Up Close Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

IGAD and Forced Migration Response in the Horn of Africa: Prospects and Obstacles, IOB Working Paper, no. 5 (Univ. of Antwerp, Oct. 2023) [text]

Protracted displacement in an urban world - Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: building urban solutions, Working Paper (IIED, Oct. 2023) [text]

A Region on the Move 2022: East and Horn of Africa (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

Respecting Her International Obligations? Analyzing Rwanda's 2014 Law Relating to Refugees, IOB Working Paper, no. 6 (Univ. of Antwerp, Oct. 2023) [text]

UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs in Western and Central Africa, Dakar/Online, 12-13 Sept. 2023 [access]

- Follow link for agenda and concept note.

Journal articles:

"Are They Victims of COVID-19? The livelihood and quandaries of sex workers in the New Kuchingoro camp for internally displaced people in Abuja, Nigeria," Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

"Determinants of life satisfaction among migrants in South Africa: an analysis of the GCRO’s quality of life survey (2009–2021)," BMC Public Health, 23:2030 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Dispossession, social reproduction and the feminization of refugee survival: Ethiopian refugees in Nairobi, Kenya," Review of International Political Economy, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Endurance Lost and Found: Unwanted Return and the Suspension of Time," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on returns to Senegal.

"Where is Home without Legal Status? Understanding the Choice to Stay Among Post-Cessation Liberians in Nigeria," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 31 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (23 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

The Business of Human Smuggling in Tunisia (Harvard International Review, Oct. 2023) [text]

How to break the business model of smugglers (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Borderline: Impact of the Ukraine war on migrant smuggling in South Eastern Europe (Global Initiative, Sept. 2023) [text]

"Convergence Between Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking of Goods: Text Analysis of Open-Source Data," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 20 Sept. 2023 [preprint]

The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border (InSight Crime, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Human trafficking in times of conflict: the case of Ukraine," Forced Migration Review, no. 72 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: trends and responses in West Africa (ENACT, July 2023) [access]

- Follow link for research report in English, French and Portuguese. See also related policy brief.

Making each case count: Leveraging Administrative Data on Trafficking in Persons (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

Trafficking in Persons Report 2023 (US Dept. of State, June 2023) [access]

- This edition includes contributions from the Human Trafficking Expert Consultant Network.

"Las víctimas de trata pueden tener acceso a la protección internacional? Análisis de las posibilidades de refugio o de protección subsidiaria en la Unión Europea," Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, no. 74 (2023) [full-text]

"Migrants, Refugees and Human Trafficking," Journal of Nonprofit Innovation, vol. 3, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking of Forcibly Displaced Persons in Greece and Türkiye (Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Study on Illicit Financial Flows Associated with Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons from GLO.ACT Partner Countries to Europe (UNODC, Oct. 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (21 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Reports:

Child alert: Child migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF, Sept. 2023) [access]

- The Spanish version is available here. See also related press release.

Children on the move: Key terms, definitions and concepts (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Aug. 2023) [access]

Data and statistics for children on the move: Essential sources and good practices (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Aug. 2023) [access]

Her Dreams to Achieve: Ensuring Protection and Education for Refugee Girls (USCRI, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

*Recommendations on Family Reunification within the Dublin Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2023) [text]

Refugees and migrants travelling with children in urban centres in West and North Africa: Conditions and needs (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

Responsible Disaggregation of Data on Refugee and Other Forcibly Displaced Children: UNICEF-UNHCR Guidance Note (Sept. 2023) [text]

Toolkit for consultations with children as part of the 2023 Global Refugee Forum process (Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Working with Migrant Children at the Borders of the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom: A Toolkit for Front-line Workers (IOM, Aug. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Ambiguous Ages, Ambivalent Youths: How Asylum Seekers in Germany Navigate Age Categorization," Migration Politics, vol. 1, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Introduction to Special Issue: Family Migration in Times of Crisis," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 27 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Migration aspirations in forced transnational families: the case of Syrians in Turkey," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 6 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Stuck in Greece? Unaccompanied Minors’ Stratified Access to Family Reunification on the Way to Other EU Member States," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 25, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (21 Aug. 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (21 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Nowhere to run: The dilemmas of Eritrean refugees in war-wrecked Sudan (CMI Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Repatriation does little to deter Ethiopian migrants (ENACT Africa, Aug. 2023) [text]

Should Refugee Camps be Abolished? Towards Key Considerations for Self-reliance and True Protection (RLI Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Advocating for Refugee Incentive Workers: A Qualitative Research Study in Three Refugee Contexts in Africa (Oxfam, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Community Conversations: The Impact of Awareness-raising Forums on Migration Attitudes in Ethiopia (IOM, Aug. 2023) [text]

Uganda: Summary of learning from recent research (UNHCR, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Forced Migration and Resilience in the EHAGL Region: Resource Caravans and Passageways of Adult Urban Refugees in Addis Ababa," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Medical Research and the Production of Reliable Data: The Difficulties of a Randomised Clinical Trial Confronted with Real Life in Southern Niger," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3 (Sept. 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "The Influence of the Global Refugee Regime in Africa." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access.

"The reliability of recall measurement in assessing migrant reintegration: Evidence from Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan," International Migration, Early View, 1 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"The role of mindfulness, psychological capital, and social capital in the well-being of refugees in Uganda," Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, vol. 5 (2023) [open access]

"Tanzania’s Open Door to Refugees Narrows," Migration Information Source, 24 Aug. 2023 [text]

Multimedia:

Managing Changing Migration Dynamics and Policies in West Africa for Regional Gain, 24 Aug. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (22 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

At Any Cost—The War in Sudan and Europe's Flawed Migration Policies (MERIP, July 2023) [text]

"How mutual aid networks are powering Sudan’s humanitarian response," The New Humanitarian, 2 Aug. 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Crisis in Sudan: Briefing Note on Displacement from Sudan to South Sudan  (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, 2023) [text]

The Missing Link in Somalia's Peacebuilding Process: The Exclusion of Internally Displaced People, Refugee-led Research Series Working Paper, no. 1 (Refugee-led Research Hub, July 2023) [text]

"Refugee Burden-and-Responsibility Sharing: Revisiting the Debate on the Right to Compensation to Refugee-Hosting States," Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"Rural Displacement and Its Implications on Livelihoods and Food Insecurity: The Case of Inter-Riverine Communities in Somalia," Agriculture, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 2023) [open access]

"Theo-Political Challenges Concerning the Relations of Somali Migration in Kenya: An exploration of the dynamics at the core of imagining 'the Other'," Chapter in Imagining the Other: Mimetic Theory, Migration, Exclusionary Politics, and the Ambiguous Other (Innsbruck University Press, 2023) [open access]

"Understanding the barriers and facilitators of COVID-19 risk mitigation strategy adoption and COVID-19 vaccination in refugee settlements in Uganda: a qualitative study," BMC Public Health, 23:1401 (July 2023) [open access]

UNHCR Position on Returns to Burkina Faso, Update 1 (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

- See also related briefing note.

Multimedia:

Displacement in the Sahel: Exploring Rising Migration and Responses in West Africa, 27 July 2023 [access]

Race, Migration, and Decolonisation (Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration through Ideas Podcast Series, July 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (21 July 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

10 years of displacements in 10 weeks (IDMC Blog, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Sudan.

"Ethiopia: Rights experts denounce mass deportation of Eritreans," UN News, 13 July 2023 [text]

Historical Migrations in Africa: From Flexible Configurations to Transgressive Mobilities (AMMODI Blog, July 2023) [text]

‘Once a refugee, always a refugee’: Uganda’s high court disagrees with passport control officer’s views (AfricanLII, June 2023) [text]

Too many nerds in one room: Theories, theorization, and deconstructing categories (AMMODI Blog, July 2023) [text]

- Summary of discussions that took place at a workshop on "Speaking Back to Theory: Africanist Migration Research Beyond the Categories."

UNHCR urges Ghana to cease forced return of Burkinabe nationals in need of protection (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

Why it’s crucial for internally displaced persons to participate in the peace process following Ethiopia’s Oromia Conflict (Bliss Blog, July 2023) [text]

Zimbabwean migrants: South Africa’s anti-immigrant sentiments are hindering policy reform (The Conversation, July 2023) [text]

Reports:

Addressing Irregular Migration through Principled Programmatic Approaches: Examining the West Africa Route and WFP Operations (IFPRI & WFP, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Crisis of Displacement: Why Burkina Faso Needs the Kampala Convention (Refugees International, July 2023) [text]

Impact Case Study: Exploring refugee knowledge and compliance to COVID-19 guidelines in Uganda (ELRHA, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Onward Bound: Evaluating Cash and Voucher Assistance for Migrants on Sahel's Migration Trail - Research and learnings from the Sahel region (British Red Cross & Samuel Hall, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Senegal: Study on the Needs of Missing Migrants and their Families (IOM, Dec. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (8 July 2023)

 

CFPs/New Issues of Age of Rev., Adv. SE Asia Stud., Border Cross., Hommes & Migr., Innovation, JEMS, Migr. Pol. Pract., Prospects, Society, Voice

CFPs:

Journal of International Migration and Integration [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue proposal entitled "Community Sponsorship and complementary pathways: global movements for resettling refugees driven by local actors." Submit abstracts by 31 July 2023.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]

- Contributions sought for a dossier on "Educational challenges of contemporary human mobility." Submission deadline is 10 August 2023.

New issues:

Age of Revolutions (June 2023) [open access]

- Features a series on "Exiled: Identity and Identification," with nine articles.

Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 16, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Issue focus on "The COVID-19 Pandemic, (Im)Mobilities, and Migration in Southeast Asia."

Border Crossing, vol. 13, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Hommes & Migrations, no. 1340 (2023) [delayed open access]

- Special issue on "Revisiter les migrations européennes." Content becomes freely available after two years.

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, vol. 36, no. 2 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Integrating Refugees in Society and Labour Market through Social Innovation: Needs and Challenges." The editorial and introduction are freely available and six articles are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 13 (2023) [contents]

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

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XII, no. 2 (June 2023) [full-text]

- "Articles in this issue highlight research on a range of migrant populations in diverse settings, including irregular migrant domestic workers, cross-border traders, highly skilled migrants and asylum-seekers."

PROSPECTS: Comparative Journal of Curriculum, Learning, and Assessment, vol. 53, nos. 1-2 (May 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Education in emergencies: Schooling, curriculum, and innovation," with four open access articles.

Society, vol. 60, no. 2 (June 2023) [contents]

- Features a forum on "Forum: (Im)mobilities, Security, and Identities in West Africa Borderlands"; four articles in the forum are freely available and one is open access.

VOICE Out Loud, no. 35 (June 2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on "Localisation: Exploring a multifaceted agenda." 

Tagged Periodicals.