Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Expediting Your Case with USCIS (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

New Immigration Court Statistics: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

No Experience Required: US Hiring Immigration Judges Who Don't Have Any Immigration Law Experience (The Hill, Feb. 2020) [text]
- References the recent House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Courts in Crisis: The State of Judicial Independence and Due Process in U.S. Immigration Courts."

No Fame Required: Where Matter of L-E-A- Went Wrong (RefLaw Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

Rethinking Chevron? (Jeffrey S. Chase Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

The Role of Judges to "Say What the Law is": Judicial Oversight of Immigration Adjudication (Innovation Law Lab Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

The State of Immigration in Our Union (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Supreme Court Allows Public Charge Clause That Kept Nazi-era Refugees from the US (The Conversation, Jan. 2020) [text]

Travel Ban 4.0: "Proclamation on Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry" (ImmigrationProf Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related article in The New Humanitarian.

Reports & journal articles:

Cubans, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans Increase in Immigration Court Backlog (TRAC, Jan. 2020)

Dismantling Asylum: A Year into the Migrant Protection Protocols (American Friends Service Committee, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related blog posts from Immigration Impact and Refugees International, and a Human Rights Watch Q&A.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 34, no. 1 (Fall 2019) [free full-text]
- Mix of articles focusing variously on Pereira v. Sessions, Chevron deference in immigration, ICE, LGBTI asylum seekers, credible testimony, educating unaccompanied minors in federal custody and other developments.

*Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means‐​Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2016: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, Immigration Research and Policy Brief, no. 5 (CATO Institute, Jan. 2020) [text]

"'Pattern of Discrimination': The United States, Refugees and Barriers to Asylum," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 8 (2020) [full-text]

Policies Affecting Asylum Seekers at the Border: The Migrant Protection Protocols, Prompt Asylum Claim Review, Humanitarian Asylum Review Process, Metering, Asylum Transit Ban, and How They Interact (American Immigration Council, Jan. 2020) [text]

Use of Video in Place of In-Person Immigration Court Hearings (TRAC, Jan. 2020) [text]

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Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (21 Jan. 2020)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (21 Jan. 2020)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

2019 Report Card: The Trump Administration's Performance on Refugee and Humanitarian Protection (Refugees International, Sept. 2019) [text]

"Central American Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 15 Aug. 2019 [text]
- See also Spanish version.

"Humanitarian Capital: How Lawyers Help Immigrants Use Suffering to Claim Membership in the Nation-state," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 March 2019 [preprint]

Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 1998-2018 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Aug. 2019) [text]
- See also related ImmigrationProf blog post.

Increasing Numbers "Remain in Mexico" Awaiting Immigration Court Hearings (TRAC, Aug. 2019) [text]

"An Overview and Critique of US Immigration and Asylum Policies in the Trump Era," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 14 Aug. 2019 [open access]

"Universal Representation: Systemic Benefits and the Path Ahead," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 14 Aug. 2019 [open access]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (12 Sept. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

New Issues of Confl. Med., Dis. Prev. & Mgmt., IJMBS, JEiE, JID, Kanere, New Crim. Law Rev., OxMo, Reset. News

Confluences Méditerranée, vol. 2016/4, no. 99 (2016) [contents]
- Focus of this issue is "Syrie: entre fragmentation et résilience."

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, vol. 26, no. 1 (Feb. 2017) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Post-disaster Resettlement and Livelihood Vulnerability in Rural China."

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee (Re)Settlement: Law, Policy and Service Provision in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK."

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [open access]
- Includes "'Trapped in Impermanence': Making Architectural Modifications to IDP Camp Shelters as a Self-settlement Strategy" and "Socio-economic and Health Implications of Urban Renewal on Internally Displaced Persons in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria."

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 2, no. 1 (Dec., 2016) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Kanere: Kakuma News Reflector (Dec. 2016) [full-text]
- News and views from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya.

New Criminal Law Review, vol. 20, no. 1 (Winter 2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Criminal Justice Adjudication in an Age of Migration."

Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 6, no. 2 (Jan. 2017) [full-text]
- Includes articles on LGBTI refugees, asylum-seeker children in the Netherlands, forced displacement in Colombia, Syrian military deserters, Portugal's response to refugees, and voluntary repatriation of Afghan women refugees.

Resettlement News, nos. 33-34 (Jan.-July 2016) [full-text]
- Lead article is "The Controversy over Safeguard Policies."

Tagged Periodicals.

CFP/New Issues of Disasters, FEX, ICRC Review, JEMS, J. Immig. Min. Health, Ref. Watch, Ref. Watch Online, REMHU

CFP:

Journal for Palestinian Refugee Studies [info]
- Submissions sought for forthcoming Autumn edition; email editor with ideas and for deadlines.

New issues:

Disasters, vol. 38, no. s2 (July 2014) [contents]
- Special supplement issue on "The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake."

Disasters, vol. 38, no. 4 (Oct. 2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles; includes an open access article on "Nation-building policies in Timor-Leste."

Field Exchange, no. 47 (April 2014) [full-text]
- Mix of news, field articles, and research relating to the emergency food and nutrition sector.

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 95, no. 890 (June 2014) [free full-text]
- Theme is "Violence against Health Care, Part II: The Way Forward"; articles are free until 28 Sept. 2014.

*Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 40, no. 10 (2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Living in Fear: Rejected Asylum Seekers Living as Irregular Migrants in England."

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 16, no. 5 (Oct. 2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Assessing Adherence to Accepted National Guidelines for Immigrant and Refugee Screening and Vaccines in an Urban Primary Care Practice: A Retrospective Chart Review," "Noninfectious Disease among the Bhutanese Refugee Population at a United States Urban Clinic," "Nutritional Status of Refugee Children Entering DeKalb County, Georgia," "A Systematic Review of Naturalistic Interventions in Refugee Populations," and "Malnourished Children in Refugee Camps and Lack of Connection with Services after US Resettlement."

Refugee Watch, no. 42 (Dec. 2013) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including two on forced migration studies and two on refugees in Nepal.

Refugee Watch Online (Sept. 2014) [full-text]
- Online companion to Refugee Watch journal; introduction focuses on "Transitional Justice and Displacement."

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 22, no. 42 (Jan./June 2014) [full-text]
- Special focus on "Migrant Children and Adolescents."

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Tagged Periodicals.

New Book Titles

FYI, please check out my Pinterest page for new books due out in Sept. 2014. I've also added information about a few additional titles to the Aug. 2014 and New Legal Texts book boards.

Tagged Publications. 

New Book Titles

Please check out my Pinterest page for references to new books due out in July 2014. Several new titles were also added to the June 2014 and New Legal Texts boards.

Tagged Publications.

News: 20th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda

Today is the "International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda." It also marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the genocide.  Here are a few reflections that focus on lessons learned and assessments of the international community's response:

20 Years after the Genocide in Rwanda: Lessons Learned and Unlearned (UN Secretary-General, April 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Available in multiple languages.

Failure to Prevent: International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide (Center for the Prevention of Genocide & National Security Archive, April 2014) [access]
- Part of a larger feature on Rwanda 20 Years Later: "The initiative includes the posting of a series of 'electronic briefing books' that provide in-depth background to pivotal events before and during the genocide when international action could have made a difference."  One of these books, presented in three parts is "The Rwandan Refugee Crisis: Before the Genocide."  (Note: Click on the "Document" links to view PDFs of the originals.)

Genocide of Rwandan Tutsi 1994 (MSF, March 2013) [text]
- Part of MSF's Speaking Out case study series.  Several more recent case studies look at "the humanitarian consequences of the genocide affected-refugees and host populations."

The Rwandan Genocide: Twenty Years on (Oxfam Policy & Practice Blog, April 2014) [text]

Twenty Years on: The Rwandan Genocide and the Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response (Humanitarian Space, April 2014) [text]

Web site:

Genocide and Justice: Rwanda Twenty Years On (Thomson Reuters Foundation) [access]
- "To mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide, we showcase a selection of first-person accounts, features and factsheets highlighting the challenges of achieving justice and reconciliation in a country still haunted by the killings."

[Map credit: USHMM]

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: Detention

"Australia Will Keep Detaining Refugees Indefinitely, Whatever the World Thinks," Time, 6 March 2014 [text]

Cyprus: Abusive Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers Flouts EU Law (Amnesty International, March 2014) [text]

Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law: Safeguarding Principles (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2013) [access]
- Follow link for final report and national reports.

Immigration Detention in Tanzania: A Prison Survey Report (Asylum Access, Dec. 2013) [text]

"LGBTI Migrants in Immigration Detention: A Global Perspective," Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, vol. 37, no. 1 (2014) [full-text]

"People Detained for Prolonged Periods in Immigration Detention Experienced Significant Psychological and Interpersonal Difficulties that Make it Difficult to Rebuild their Lives Following Release from Detention," Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 61, no. 1 (Feb. 2014)  [free full-text]

Private Security Firms Prosper as More Migrants Detained (IRIN, March 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention (28 Feb. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

The Africa Regional Session at UNHCR's Annual Consultations with NGOs is currently under way in Geneva.  For more information, read the background paper and follow live tweets from the Fahamu Refugee Programme (particularly with regard to the cessation of Rwandan refugee status).

Publications:

Case Studies in Asocial Reproduction: Refugees and Cross Border Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa (SSRN, April 2013) [text]

Modern Challenges to Traditional Justice: The Struggle to Deliver Remedy and Reparation in War-affected Lango (Feinstein International Center, June 2013) [text]

Repatriation: The Politics of (re)-Constructing and Contesting Rwandan Citizenship, Working Paper, no. 92 (RSC, June 2013) [text]

A Return to the Sahel - The Perpetual Crisis (Refugees International Blog, June 2013) [text]

Simultaneous yet Contradictory Relationships between the Turkana and Refugees in Kakuma Area, Northwestern Kenya (SSRN, April 2013) [text]

What is Happening to Rwandan Refugees in Uganda? (Le Monde Diplomatique, June 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: Even More May 2013

Funding:

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration is offering a number of funding opportunities with May deadlines.  Check out the list available on their web site.

Events & opportunities:

Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism in a Refugee Camp, Oxford, 14 May 2013 [info]

The Human Trace: The Rise of Humanitarian Remote Management, Copenhagen, 16 May 2013 [info]
- Register by 15 May 2013.

New Directions in Resettlement: Implications for Refugees and the Settlement Sector, Webinar, 15 May 2013 [info]
- Note: This Webinar was re-scheduled from 26 March 2013. Free event but registration is required.

Saving the World: Does Faith-based Humanitarian Aid Deliver Relief or Redemption?, New York, 15 May 2013 [info]

UNHCR Award for Statelessness Research [info]
- Nomination deadline extended to 22 May 2013.

Bhutanese Refugee Re-settlement Workshop, London, 22-23 May 2013 [info]
- Free event but registration is required.

The (Mis)treatment of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel, Oxford, 28 May 2013 [info]

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: Last Minute April/More May 2013 

Tagged Events & Opportunities.  

Armed Conflict and Transitions

ODI's Humanitarian Policy Group and the Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit at the University of York are offering an advanced course on "Conflict, Crisis and Transitions," 18-25 July 2012. While the initial deadline has passed, applications are still being accepted.  Here's a partial description:

The past decade has seen a surge in attention to supporting countries affected by and recovering from conflict. A parallel growth has also occurred in the number of professionals working in the fields of humanitarian, development and post-conflict recovery policymaking and practice. They are faced with a myriad of challenges associated with contexts transitioning from conflict to peace, yet rarely have the opportunity to reflect upon the critical concepts, practical challenges and policy dilemmas involved in supporting effective transitions.

The concept of "transitions" is also addressed in this recent policy paper from the International Peace Institute: "Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States: Lessons from the First Generation of Transition Compacts." Moreover, the Refugee Studies Centre has issued a new policy briefing that examines legacies of past conflicts entitled, "Displacement, Transitional Justice and Reconciliation: Assumptions, Challenges and Lessons."

Recent resources that focus on armed conflict include:

Alert 2012! Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding (Escola de cultura de pau, 2012) [info]
- Check back for the PDF.

The Causes, Character and Conduct of Armed Conflict, and the Effects on Civilian Populations, 1990-2010, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 26 (UNHCR, April 2012) [text]

Conflict Barometer 2011 (Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, 2012) [access]
- Place an order for the print version or follow the instructions for downloading the digital version.

"Predicting Armed Conflict, 2010-2050," International Studies Quarterly, Forthcoming, 2013 [text]

Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, Conflict Trends, no.1 (Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset, April 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
- "Focus countries include Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, and Somalia."

The Role of Women in Conflict Situations, Washington, DC, 2 May 2012 [access]
- Audio of discussion hosted by the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement "on the intersections between conflict, displacement and peace—with a focus on the contributions women can make and the importance of incorporating gender perspectives into humanitarian and peacebuilding policies."

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.   

Publications on Canadian Immigration Policy, Interpreters, Justice in the Balkans, Peacebuilding, Persecution

"Interpreter-Mediated Therapy for Refugees: A Need for Awareness and Training," Graduate Student Journal of Psychology, vol. 13, no. 2 (2011) [full-text]

Only Genuine Justice can Ensure Durable Peace in the Balkans (Human Rights Comment, Nov. 2011) [text]

"Pointers to Discriminatory Canadian Immigration Policies," Transnational Social Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2011) [full-text via SSRN]

Refugees and the Peacebuilding Process, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 224 (UNHCR, Nov. 2011) [text]

What Does "Persecution" Really Mean? (The Asylumist, Oct. 2011) [text]

- See related post on "What is persecution?".

Tagged Publications.

New Law/Policy Items

"Asylum for Former Mexican Police Officers Persecuted by the Narcos," Boston College Third World Law Journal, vol. 31, no. 2 (Spring 2011) [full-text]

- Scroll down to p. 245.

Independence for South Sudan, Uncertainty for Those Displaced from the South (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, July 2011) [text]

Indications of Progress? Assessing the Use of Indicators in UNHCR Operations, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 214 (UNHCR, July 2011) [text]

Unequal Before the Law? The Future of Legal Aid (Solicitors Journal & Jures, June 2011) [text]

The United Nations Rule of Law Indicators: Implementation Guide and Project Tools (UN Dept. of Peacekeeping Operations & OHCHR, 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tagged Publications.