Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book/book chapters:

"The Beginnings of Activism? Refusal as Political Engagement for Refugees in Slovakia," Chapter in Everyday Revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Balkans (Routledge, July 2026) [open access]

The British Asylum System in Policy and Practice (Bristol Univ. Press, July 2026) [open access]

- "This clear and concise guide demystifies the UK asylum process from application to post-decision outcomes, placing each stage in its wider historical and policy context. Featuring vivid vignettes and empirical data to bring policy to life, it bridges theory, practice and lived experience to show how national decisions are encountered on the ground."

"Refugee Satire as a Form of Resistance: Polish Displaced Persons Take a Ghost Train and Resettle on Saturn," Chapter in Everyday Revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Balkans (Routledge, July 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Distributing mobility: regressive asylum agreements and racialised difference," London Review of International Law, Advance Articles, 15 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK Supreme Court's legal decision AAA (Syria) and others and the migration agreement under which asylum-seekers were forcibly transferred to Rwanda.

"Migrant Securities: Community Obligations, Informal Care, and Everyday Security among Uzbek Migrants in Russia," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 16 July 2026 [full-text]

"Narrative negotiation over migrant agency: framing fire, resistance, and criminalisation in the #FreeTheMoria6ampaign," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Greece.

"To speak or not to speak. The responses of social workers and volunteers to adverse conditions in supporting refugees," European Journal of Social Work, Latest Articles, 18 July 2026 [open access]

"Transnational Engagements among Ukrainian Refugees Residing in Norway under Temporary Protection," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 22 July 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (23 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Czech nonprofits applied lessons learned during the COVID‑19 pandemic to the Ukrainian refugee crisis – but had little say in key decisions (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

The New EU Return Regulation: A Step Towards Crimmigration? (EJIL: Talk Blog, July 2026) [text]

A New Prime Minister, a New Deal: Time for an ambitious UK–EU pact on small boats (MPI Commentary, July 2026) [text]

Towards effective realisation of refugee rights in Northern Ireland: reflections on the role of a university migration policy clinic in a unique local setting (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

- Note: This is the final post in the series, "International Law and Refugee Rights in Northern Ireland."

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

Reports:

Afghan Asylum Applications & Recognition Rates in the EU+: Evolving Trends (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Assessment pursuant to Article 4 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2323 (European Commission, July 2026) [access]

- "[A] first assessment on the current application of the new responsibility rules under the Pact on Migration and Asylum. It covers the first three weeks since the Pact entered into application (12 June 2026)."

Asylum Report 2026: Executive Summary (EU Agency for Asylum, June 2026) [access]

- Note: Multiple language versions of the executive summary of the Asylum Report 2026 are now available. Follow the a/m link and use the drop-down menu to locate them.

Country Reports (AIDA, July 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for The Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia and Sweden.

Data analysis of decisions on asylum applications and recognition rates at second or higher instances in 2025, Fact Sheet, no. 45 (EU Agency for Asylum, July 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 July 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (13 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: 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)

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)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Addressing irregularity and migrant vulnerabilities in Sweden, PRIME Policy Brief, no. 14 (EUI Migration Policy Centre, May 2026) [text]

Asylum Report 2026 (EU Agency for Asylum, June 2026) [access]

- Follow link for report, fact sheets, and additional resources.

Country Report (AIDA, June 2026)

- Updated profile available for Czechia.

False Narratives and the Reality of History: The Deportation of Soviet Koreans in 1937, RID Working Paper, no. 52 (Researching Internal Displacement, June 2026) [text]

How prepared is the EU for another migration crisis? Reassessing the situation in the wake of the Iran conflict and the Sudanese civil war (European Parliament, June 2026) [text]

Irregular migrants in Croatia: legal gaps, labour market pressures, and policy options, PRIME Policy Brief, no. 12 (EUI Migration Policy Centre, May 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on Qualification for International Protection (EU Agency for Asylum, June 2026) [text]

*Questions and Answers: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (Human Rights Watch, June 2026) [access]

The 'Risk of Absconding' under the EU Pact (UNHCR, 2026) [text]

UNHCR recommendations to Denmark on strengthening refugee protection in Denmark, Europe and globally (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

*Resource:

Handbook on European Law relating to Asylum, Borders and Immigration, 4th ed. (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, June 2026) [access]

- "This handbook provides an overview of the European legal standards relevant to asylum, borders and immigration, explaining both applicable Council of Europe and EU measures. The handbook is intended for lawyers, judges, prosecutors, border guards, immigration officials and others working with national authorities, and for national human rights institutions, non-governmental organisations and other bodies that may be confronted with legal questions in the areas covered." This new edition incorporates developments since 2020 (when the third edition was published) in EU legislation and case law from the ECtHR and EU Court of Justice.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (9 June 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Seminar: Refugees Return from Egypt: Legal Frameworks, Historical Contexts, and Contemporary Practices, Cairo, 14 June 2026 [info]

- *Note: This seminar has been postponed until further notice.

Consultancy: Regional Study on Gender Dynamics, Risks, and Decision-Making Related to Syrian Returns in Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye, and Syria [info]

- Submit proposal by 21 June 2026.

Short pieces:

Mixed migration through Iran (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2026) [access]

- Infographic.

Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

United Arab Emirates: Targeting of Shia Migrants for Deportation Amidst Iran War (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Downward Refugee-Led Accountability: Rethinking Humanitarian Governance by studying the Syrian Cross-Border Response, RLI Working Paper, no. 84 (Refugee Law Initiative, April 2026) [text]

International Protection Considerations with Regard to Asylum-Seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]

Not Yet Home: Evidence and recommendations on Syrian refugee returns from Türkiye (FORCE4Refugees & Upinion, May 2026) [text via ICVA]

Palestinians Returning to Lebanon: Possibilities, Readmission and Risks, RLC Briefing Paper, no. 6 (Refugee Law Clinic, May 2026) [text]

Returning to Syria: Supporting safe and inclusive returns from Jordan and Lebanon (Humanity & Inclusion, ) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Vulnerability Assessment Framework: Socio-Economic Survey on Refugees - Jordan (UNHCR, May 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 45 (2026) [open access]

- Thematic dossier on "Chercher refuge au-delà de l’Europe: Réfugiés, migrants et exilés européens au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (xixe-xxe siècles) = Seeking Refuge Beyond Europe. European Refugees, Migrants and Exilees in the Middle East and North Africa, 19th and 20th centuries."

"Exploring the Drivers of Hesitancy Towards Covid-19 Vaccine Among Syrian Refugees Residing in Mount Lebanon: A Qualitative Study," IJID Regions, In Press, 23 May 2026 [open access]

"Forced Displacement Trauma: Palestinian Nakba Narratives across Three Refugee Generations in Gaza," Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Latest Articles, 14 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Humanitarianism in the West Bank: Structures, Power, and the Limits of Aid, 19 May 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (19 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

Journal articles:

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

- Focuses on Syrians and Afghans.

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

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

- Focuses on the US.

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

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

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

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

Multimedia:

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

Related posts:

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

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

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but it’s not fake claimants (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

UNHCR: Reaffirming protection for LGBTIQ+ refugees (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"'Already emancipated'? Queer refugee women in the Netherlands, dirty labor and the paradox of respectability," Chapter in Feminist and Queer Imaginaries of Hope in a Turbulent Era (Edward Elgar, April 2026) [open access]

"Frozen Identity: How Rigid Conceptions of Sexuality Endanger Lesbian Asylum Claims," Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, vol. 21, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Governing Legibility: Recognition, Protection, and Mental Health Among LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom and Lebanon," Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Latest Articles, 18 April 2026 [open access]

"Migrations LGBT+ vers la France : appropriations et négociations des catégories migratoires," Lien social et Politiques, no. 95 (2025; posted April 2026) [open access]

"Queer refugees in times of Dutch homonationalism, the dangerous straight male refugee and the limits of safety," Politics, Groups, and Identities, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]

Restrictive Immigration: The Reduction of Support Provisions for Vulnerable Asylum Seekers, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 93 (April 2026) [text]

- "The paper builds on contemporary literature of queer migration and Nordic asylum models, with a particular focus on Denmark."

"'Working the Pages': Entrepreneurship Strategies of Venezuelan Trans Women Refugees Who Enter Sex Work in Brazil During COVID-19," Gender, Work & Organization, Early View, 29 April 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (27 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Conference: The Refugee Convention at 75: Perspectives Within and Beyond, Oslo, 22-23 June 2026 [info]

- Note: While registration details for the overall conference are not yet available, the plenary keynotes and roundtable have been opened up to the public to attend.

Short pieces:

75 years of lives changed (UNHCR, April 2026) [access]

- "Throughout 2026, a series of national, regional and global dialogues will ask a fundamental question: how can the international protection system respond more effectively to the realities of displacement today?" See also related announcement.

Blog Forum: Safe Third Country (Externalizing Asylum, April 2026) [access]

- The contributions can be accessed via the a/m link for via the editorial.

Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts: movement, mass displacement and maintaining family links (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, April 2026) [text]

Enforced disappearances: universal responses to a worldwide phenomenon (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, May 2026) [text]

- Note: See also the blog authors' recent open access book on enforced disappearances.

Reports: 

Call for input for thematic report on international humanitarian law challenges for internally displaced persons (OHCHR, April 2026) [access]

- The call is now closed; the inputs received are available via the a/m link.

International Protection Considerations with Regard to Asylum-Seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]

Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practice in the context of refugee and migrant movements (UNHCR, International Maritime Organization & International Chamber of Shipping, May 2026) [access]

- Updated version. Available in multiple languages. See also related press release.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (9 April 2026) 

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (9 April 2026) 

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

"Editorial: Trauma-informed perinatal care for asylum-seeking and refugee women survivors of conflict-related and gender-based violence in the UK," British Journal of Psychiatry, FirstView, 8 May 2026 [free full-text]

Study visit to Luxembourg on good practices in upholding the rights of asylum-seeking and refugee women and girls (ECRE, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"At the Heart of the Heartless Bureaucracy of the UK Asylum System: Refugee Women’s Experiences of the State of Limbo in Between Violence and Protection," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 4 (April 2026) [open access]

"A grounded theory exploration of wellbeing and liveable space for Uganda-based forced migrant women, forcibly displaced due to conflict," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [postprint]

"Minor Wives: Married Girls in US Immigration Detention," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [full-text]

"Prevalence and predictors of domestic violence among Rohingya refugee and neighboring host communities in Bangladesh," Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]

"Trends in Trauma: Increasing rates of sexual and domestic violence among female Latin American asylum seekers," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 5 May 2026 [postprint]

"Vulnerabilities and Inequities: Challenges Experienced by Professionals Engaged with Migrant and Refugee Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Canada," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 5 (April 2026) [open access]

"Women Asylum Seekers and Intermediaries in South Africa," Modern Africa, vol. 14, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (30 March 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

About half of Americans continue to say Trump administration is doing ‘too much’ on deportations (Pew Research Center, May 2026) [text]

Data: Eligible Immigrant Voters Play a Key Role in Elections in Hundreds of Swing Districts (American Immigration Council, April 2026) [text]

‘The farther away, the better’ is the problematic logic behind U.S. third‑country deportations (The Conversation, May 2026) [text]

Fluctuating Hallucinations: On the Boundaries of Immigration Judges’ Discretion in the Determination of Asylum Based on Political Opinions (Immigration Law Blog, April 2026) [text]

New–and Dangerous–Questions at the Asylum Office (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [text]

Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration (CATO At Liberty Blog, April 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Trump Restrictions on Legal Immigration Could Sharply Reduce U.S. Population Growth (MPI, April 2026) [text]

USCIS Cut Green Card Approvals in Half to Help ICE Arrest Legal Immigrants (CATO At Liberty Blog, April 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Mapping the Undocumented & Temporary Status Populations: Understanding current undocumented and temporarily protected populations in the United States (FWD.us, April 2026) [access]

Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy (FWD.us, April 2026) [access]

- See also related summary with links to additional resources.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (11 April 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Illusion of Safety: Evaluating the US-Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ADiM Blog, March 2026) [text]

Land, Life, and the Long Walk Home: The Case of Guatemala’s Maya Returnees (RLI Blog, April 2026) [text]

Producing immobility in Venezuela’s context of large outmigration (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2026) [text]

"What happened to the 300,000 asylum seekers stranded in Mexico by Trump?," The New Humanitarian, 23 April 2026 [text]

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

Reports:

Informe Técnico de Condiciones de Vida de la Población Venezolana en las ciudades de estudio, 2024 (Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, ACNUR & Banco Mondial, April 2026) [access]

- Focuses on Peru.

Infrastructuring pathways: traversing the legal infrastructure of mobility in South America, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 89 (Univ. of Copenhagen, March 2026) [text]

Intentions to Return to Venezuela (UNHCR, March 2026) [access]

Mapping the Humanitarian Visa Policy in Brazil (Univ. of Sheffield, April 2026) [text]

- Also available in Portuguese. See also related news release.

Transit Migration: The Impact of Changes in US Immigration Policies on Central American and Mexican Transit Countries (Georgetown Univ., Feb. 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (31 March 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Closing the compliance gap in migration and asylum after Hungary's elections (EPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

EU ‘return hubs’: what are they, and how will they change the rights of migrants and asylum seekers? (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]

Restricted leave and new government powers to curtail the liberty of non-nationals in the UK (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2026) [text]

What the research says about the UK’s proposed immigration reforms (openDemocracy, March 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, March & April 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Cyprus, Ukraine and the UK.

Freedom of Religion or Belief for All: Recognising and Protecting the Non-Religious in the Asylum System (Univ. of York, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

IRC Italy Monitoring Report 2025: Profiles and needs of people arriving to Trieste from the Balkan route (International Rescue Committee, April 2026) [text]

Mixed migration routes to Italy: Findings from IOM's survey data in 2025 (International Organization for Migration, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Practical Guide on Subsequent Applications (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (25 March 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (25 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Reports:

Age as a verdict: Harmful age assessments of unaccompanied migrant children in Poland (Médecins Sans Frontières & Save the Children, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Age Assessment Practices in EU+ Countries (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

*Displaced Again: The compounding impact of repeated displacement on children in Lebanon (International Rescue Committee, April 2026) [text]

A Generation at Risk: Protecting Children in Conflict Zones (IMPACT Initiatives, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guidance on Child Marriage: Programming for married girls and girls at risk of child marriage in forced displacement and crisis settings (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

“I am still looking for my daughter”: crimes against humanity committed by Russian authorities against children from Ukraine, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/61/CRP.8 (UN Human Rights Council, March 2026) [access]

- This paper complements the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine’s latest report to the Human Rights Council. Available in English, Russian and Ukrainian. 

Inaccessible legal pathways: Reuniting child relatives with family members with protection status in the UK (King’s College London, March 2026) [access]

Indefinite Separation: What Asylee Families Are Facing (USCRI, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Practical guide on the best interests of the child in the framework of international protection (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

What About My Children: Family Separation Among Parents Deported to Honduras (Women’s Refugee Commission & Physicians for Human Rights, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related blog posts (here and here) and the recording of an interview with one of the authors.

Willing Accomplices: Gazprom and Rosneft’s Role in the Transport and Indoctrination of Ukraine’s Children (Yale Univ., March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Russia. See also related Reuters article.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Community Resistance: Immigration Law in the Face of Mass Deportation & Repression, UC Davis Immigration & Nationality Law Review Symposium, Davis, CA, 17 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Affirmative Asylum Cases Dismissed and Sent to Court Without an Interview (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [text]

American Immigration Attitudes by the Civic Health Institutions Project (ImmProf Blog, March 2026) [text]

"Explainer: How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants," The Guardian, 21 March 2026 [text]

*A First Look at the Latest ICE Arrest Data Published by the Deportation Data Project (Austin Kocher Substack, March 2026) [text]

A German Right-Wing Influencer Has Requested Asylum in the U.S. Does She Have a Case? (The Asylumist Blog, March 2026) [text]

Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

How Secretary Mullin Can Reform DHS (Just Security, March 2026) [text]

Interview with an Immigration Judge: Larry Burman (The Asylumist Blog, March 2026) [text]

Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on "Somali Rocket Docket" (bklg Blog, March 2026) [text]

US Supreme Court to hear landmark asylum case on border ‘turnbacks’ (UNSW, March 2026) [text]

- See also related posts on Just Security, Lawfare, and SCOTUSBlog. 

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

Reports:

Asylum Cooperative Agreements: Denial of Due Process and Risks of Return to Danger (CGRS, March 2026) [text]

Temporary Protected Status (TPS): An Overview (American Immigration Council, March 2026) [text]

- See also related SCOTUSBlog post.

Resource:

Cuban Migration Projection Dashboard (Niskanen Center, March 2026) [access]

- "This dashboard projects monthly Cuban migration encounters at US borders under three scenarios using a scenario-conditional model calibrated against historical data. It does not use time-series forecasting or machine learning. Each projection is the output of a structured set of assumptions about route accessibility, enforcement posture, and regime behavior."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (9 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

"Ali's friend died awaiting a visa. A new pathway offers hope to LGBTQI+ refugees like him," SBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Are all queer asylum-seekers created equal? (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

New open access books:

Decolonizing Queer Migration: Iranian Voices in Exile (Bristol Univ. Press, March 2026) [open access]

- "What happens to sexual and gender identities when crossing borders under duress? This book offers an unprecedented account of how forced migration shapes the lives of queer Iranian individuals. Tracing movements from Iran through transition countries to Western resettlement, the book explores how identities are expressed, negotiated, silenced, and reimagined along the way. Engaging de/postcolonial theory and participatory methods, the authors centre the voices of non-heterosexual and non-cisnormative Iranians in exile."

East African Queer and Trans Displacements (Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026) [open access]

- "Bringing together diverse case studies and interdisciplinary perspectives, this open access collection serves as the first in-depth examination of queer and trans displacement in East Africa. ...The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. ...But East Africa cannot be reduced to a site from which LGBTQI+ displacement emanates. Several countries in the region act as either host countries or transit points, even as they produce LGBTQI+ refugees of their own. These complex social, political and legal dynamics make East Africa a productive site for theorising queer and trans displacement. The region offers insights into how, when and why LGBTQI+ Africans move, the social obstacles they face, and the different survival strategies they deploy."

Journal articles:

"'Aquí puedo ser yo': adolescencia migrante LGBT+ y sus procesos de transición en México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

"Archives of affective ambivalence in the governance of queer asylum," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Presumption of dishonesty: Epistemic injustice towards asylum seekers," Ethical Perspectives (Forthcoming) [postprint]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"Immigration and Deportation Attitudes: Sexuality, Economic Contributions, and Respondents’ Partisanship," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 12 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Protecting Transgender Immigrants in Donald Trump’s America: Ensuring Fair Adjudication and Maximizing Persuasive Advocacy of Transgender Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) Seekers’ Claims," UCLA Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 33 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"'We need a warm hug to remind us that we are loved': a qualitative study of psychosocial health and wellbeing among lesbian forced migrants," BMC Public Health, 26:778 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden. See also related news release.

Multimedia:

Book Launch: The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge, 12 Feb. 2026 [access] 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (16 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Confrontation in Court: How to Hold the Trump Administration Accountable for Violating Court Orders (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Discusses "how widespread the administration’s defiance of court orders has become in immigration cases."

The Deeper Problem with ICE’s Arrest Warrants (Just Security, March 2026) [text]

- See also earlier related post.

DOJ Moves to End Administrative Immigration Appeals to Speed Up Mass Deportations (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

How the Media Frames Immigration Policies (Immigration Lab Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

ICE and Deportations: How Trump Is Reshaping Immigration Enforcement (Council on Foreign Relations, Feb. 2026) [text]

Is Being in the Country Illegally a Crime? (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

News from the Asylum Office: Blocking Work Permits & Updating Statistics (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

What Got Lost in the Border Debate: How President Biden Transformed the Immigration System (Immigration Lab Blog, March 2026) [text]

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

Reports: 

A Better Way on Immigration (AILA, Feb. & March 2026) [access]

- "A series of policy briefs examining the real-world consequences of the Trump Administration’s first year and outlining a forward-looking framework for reform." Three are currently available.

Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border: February 2026  (Univ. of Texas, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Agency Capture in Immigration Law," SMU Law Review, vol. 78, no. 4 (2025) [full-text]

"The Elusive Nexus Standard: Differing Approaches to the Asylum Nexus Standard as Applied to Religious Persecution Perpetrated by Gangs," Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, vol. 33, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

"Escalation of ICE Operations Emboldens State and Local Lawmakers to Constrain Its Operations," Migration Information Source, 26 Feb. 2026 [text]

"The Grass Really is Greener on the Other Side: Immigration and Changes in Expressed Sentiments Online," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 2 March 2026 [open access]

"Living in Limbo: The Impact of DACA’s Uncertainty on Mental Well-Being and Policy Pathways," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 28 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

President Trump's 'Third Country Deportations,' Explained (1A Podcast Series, March 2026) [access]

Related posts: 

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (19 Feb. 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (19 Feb. 2026)