CFPs/New Issues of Esp. Pop. Soc., Global Justice, Hum. Exchange, JEMS, J. Org. Change Mgmt., Mashriq & Mahjar, Migraciones, Periplos, SCR, Terr. Pol. Gov.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

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CFPs: 

Comparative Migration Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Durable Solutions in Motion: Rethinking Return and Belonging from a South-South Perspective." Submission deadline is 30 September 2026.

Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Citizenship, Statelessness and Emerging Technologies." Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

Design for Humanity Journal [info]

- New diamond open access journal published by Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA). The theme of the first issue is "Designing for Displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 October 2026.

New issues: 

Espace populations sociétés, vol. 2025/3-2026/1 (2026) [open access]

- Features a dossier on "Trajectoires de mobilités et parcours de vie."

Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Ubuntu and Migration: Reflections from African Perspectives."

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 87 (Aug. 2026) [full-text]

- Thematic issue on "Local leadership in a changing humanitarian architecture."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 15 (2026) [contents]

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

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 16 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "International Norm Dynamics in Return and Readmission: A Research Agenda." The introduction is freely available and five articles are open access.

*Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 39, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Past, Present and Future Changes in Migrant Entrepreneurship Landscape." The editorial is freely available and two articles are open access.

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Special issue on “Marriage across Different Migratory Movements: Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa.” 

Migraciones, no. 66 (March 2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "For a Political Ecology of Migration: Understanding Mobility, Immobility and Resistances in the Socioecological Transformation."

Migraciones, no. 67 (July 2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Estudios sobre Migraciones, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "Discursos de odio y resistencias migrantes."

Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Territory, Politics, Governance, vol. 14, no. 8 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Nudging protection seekers elsewhere within Fortress Europe." The introduction is freely available and six articles are open access.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

Performing Truth: The Epistemic Paradox of Queer Asylum (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Jurisprudence related to LGBTIQ Applicants in International Protection, Fact Sheet, no. 47 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2026) [text]

Trump Administration Immigration Policies Endanger Persecuted LGBTQI+ People (Human Rights First, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Faire face aux persécutions et partir : les ressorts de la migration d’exilé·es LGBT+ ayant demandé l’asile en France," Espace populations sociétés, vol. 2025/3-2026/1 (2026) [open access]

"How precariously employed gay, bisexual, and queer immigrant and refugee men in Toronto make meaning of work, health, and wellbeing," Scientific Reports, 29 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"'Manufacturing Vulnerability' in UK Asylum: Shifting Standards of Proof and Sexual Diversity," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

"Same-sex marriage and migration: politics of belonging, state regulations, and new ways of doing family across borders," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 31 Aug. 2026 [free full-text]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Theorizing Queer Kinship and the Normative Family in the Canadian Sponsorship of Syrian Refugees," ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, Forthcoming, 13 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians.

"Transforming Destinations: The Impact of Integration Interventions on the Mobility Decisions of Displaced LGBTIQ+ Persons in Mexico," Migraciones, vol. 67 (July 2026) [open access]

"Undoing intimacy, redrawing borders. Dealing with sexual violence in queer asylum support organizations," Emotion, Space and Society, vol. 60 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on France.

Related posts:

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

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity - Pt. 2 (8 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access books:

Diasporic Marginalities and the Second-Best Destination: Exploring Migration from Turkey to Italy (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]

- "Drawing on decade-long ethnographic fieldwork and more than 100 interviews with families and second-generation young adults, the book traces trajectories of arrival, through asylum, irregular transit, family reunification, and work networks, and the gradual consolidation of lives in which onward-migration remains a live horizon. Through the concepts of 'learning to stay' and 'diasporic marginalities', the analysis moves between intimate family routines and wider transnational social fields. It examines gendered labor, religious and associational infrastructures, and the digital comparisons through which migrants position Italy against more established diasporic centers in Europe. Destinations, the book argues, are structurally produced positions, not chosen endpoints, a reframing that opens new ground for understanding how precarity, aspiration, and belonging are negotiated across mobile lives."

Migration Governance in Central and Eastern European Cities Post-2015 (Springer, Aug. 2026) [open access]

- "For decades, CEE cities were primarily shaped by emigration. However, more than a decade of unprecedented change—from the 2015 European refugee reception crisis to the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which triggered the largest forced displacement in Europe since World War II—has transformed the region into one of Europe’s most dynamic new immigrant destinations. This volume offers the first comprehensive account of how nine diverse CEE cities across Poland, Czechia, Hungary, and Romania are navigating this new reality. Moving beyond traditional Western-centric models, the book explores the ‘local turn’ in migration studies through the experiences of capital cities such as Warsaw, Prague, and Budapest. It also examines rapidly diversifying second-tier cities like Kraków and Brno, as well as border and shrinking cities including Lublin, Oradea, Płock, and Łomża. Readers are introduced to the innovative CEE Local Migrant Governance Index (CEELMiG), a novel tool designed to measure and compare local policies across CEE cities—capturing integration strategies, coordination mechanisms, migrant participation, research on diversity, and the funding schemes of inclusive measures. From ‘mainstreaming by accident’ to the rise of grassroots solidarity, the book highlights how local administrators, activists, and residents are bridging service gaps and redefining urban citizenship in contexts marked by crisis and illiberal pressures."

Journal articles:

"Displaced citizenship: war-driven political action and temporalities of displacement among Ukrainians," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 26 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Rank, Degrading Treatment, and the Italy-Albania Agreement," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 5 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Un/making protection: EU temporary protection and the governance of the Ukrainian displaced in Vienna in a global perspective," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Well-being Consequences of Irregularization: A Counterfactual Analysis to Explain Differences in Life Satisfaction Between Rejected and Recognized Asylum Seekers in Germany," Social Indicators Research, 184:33 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 Sept. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Ceuta: a test of Europe’s new migration pact – and a familiar failure (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2026) [text]

Conclusion of Research Project: Criminalising Asylum in Ireland (Maynooth University, Aug. 2026) [text]

EU: ‘Return hub’ plans in Rwanda and Uganda risk becoming ‘cruel black holes’ for human rights (Amnesty International, Sept. 2026) [text]

Why collaboration between civil society actors and the local government matters for migration (ODI Comment, Aug. 2026) [text]

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

Reports & book chapters:

"EU Migration Policy and Dissensus over Liberal Democracy," Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of Dissensus over Liberal Democracy in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]

Justice Journeys in Displacement: A Baseline Assessment of Access to State-Guaranteed Legal Aid for Forcibly Displaced Populations in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (UNDP, Aug. 2026) [text]

Lives on hold: Intentions and Perspectives of Internally Displaced People in Ukraine (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

Migration routes in focus: Route-based approaches between protection and control, SWP Comment, no. 32 (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Aug. 2026) [text via EconStor]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (21 Aug. 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (21 Aug. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation Watch (Human Rights First & Refugees International, Aug. 2026) [access]

"The Buck Stops with Us: Municipal Innovation and the New York City Asylum Application Help Center," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 Aug. 2026 [full-text]

"Does unauthorized immigration drive community crime rates? Evidence from 11,500 U.S. neighborhoods," Journal of Urban Affairs, Latest Articles, 10 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Immigration Federalism and the Promise of State Constitutions," Lewis & Clark Law Review, vol. 30, no. 1 (2026) [full-text]

"Manufacturing Confusion: How Executive Branch Failures Contributed to the Collapse of Intelligible Asylum Standards—and Six Administrative Actions to Promote Systemic Coherence in the U.S. Asylum System," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 25 Aug. 2026 [full-text]

"What Constitution? The Dual State Theory in Immigration Law & Practice," SMU Law Review, vol. 79, no. 1 (2026) [full-text]

Resources:

2026 Supplement to the Seventh Edition of Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (Foundation Press, 2026) [text via SSRN]

- "This Supplement covers developments since the publication of the seventh edition of Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy in January 2019. It incorporates and replaces all prior supplements."

Fall 2026 Update for Asylum, Refugees, and Other Humanitarian Protections (West Academic, June 2026) [text via SSRN]

Immigration Law & Policy: Syllabus Supplements (Just Security, Aug. 2026) [access]

- "This immigration law syllabus supplement offers curated articles from Just Security’s archives, intended to be combined with traditional casebooks and other materials in a law school or other higher education classroom setting where recent immigration events are relevant."

Immigration Response Playbook (American Immigration Council and Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, Aug. 2026) [access]

- "A new online resource for state and local leaders [that] brings together policy examples, legal frameworks, and other tools from jurisdictions across the country to help communities understand their options and make informed decisions."

ImmProf Blog Resource Library [access]

- Click on the "drop down menu for immigration syllabi, crimmigration syllabi, other syllabi, exams, and exercises."

“In Focus” Syllabus Supplements: ICE and CBP Operations in Minnesota and Other States (2025–2026) (Just Security, Aug. 2026) [access]

- "This supplement includes materials focused on the legal frameworks, evidentiary record, and accountability mechanisms relevant to ICE and CBP immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and other states, including fatal encounters and use-of-force incidents."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (27 Aug. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: Voluntary Departure in the Era of Mass Detention: Pitfalls, Protections, and Practice, 17 September 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

"The Great Delegalization," The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 [access via ImmProf Blog]

- "More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away."

More Sneaky Ways to Deny Asylum, Courtesy of the Asylum Office (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

No Fly Zone (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Second Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for most immigrants who had it (Pew Research Center, Aug. 2026) [text]

The Time to Pay the Asylum Fee Is Now (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

"Trump Officials Now Restricting All Legal Immigration Categories," Forbes, 18 Aug. 2026 [text]

*United States: IACHR expresses concern over the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals (OAS, Aug. 2026) [text]

The United States’ human rights practices are taking a nosedive (The Conversation, Aug. 2026) [text]

Wrong in 1993, Still Wrong in 2026: Al Otro Lado and Incompetence in the US Supreme Court (OpinioJuris, Aug. 2026) [text]

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

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (4 Aug. 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (4 Aug. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Briefing: The EU Return Regulation: What refugee and migrant communities and advocates need to know, Online, 10 September 2026 [info]

- Register by 7 September 2026.

Short pieces:

The EU and the Taliban: Deportations Prioritised Over Human Rights (ISPI Commentary, Aug. 2026) [text]

The Iron Ladies of Europe find common cause on migration (The Interpreter Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

*Spain: Humanitarian and Rights Crisis in Ceuta (HRW, Aug. 2026) [text]

Reports & chapters:

Asylum in Europe: The situation of applicants for international protection and temporary protection applicants and beneficiaries in 2025 (AIDA/ECRE, Aug. 2026) [text]

"The European Union's Dublin Regulation," Entry in The Sage Encyclopedia of Refugee Studies (Sage, Sept. 2025; posted Aug. 2026) [preprint]

Observations on safeguarding Ukrainians displaced across Europe (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, June 2026) [access]

Protection of volunteers and humanitarian workers in Ukraine: Analysis of risks, needs, and support priorities (Relief Coordination Centre, Aug. 2026) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Available in English and Ukrainian.

Returning Home from Abroad: Reintegration Barriers, Outcomes and Implications for Ukraine’s Recovery (IOM, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Route-Based Approach: South-West Asia (SWA) Route to Europe (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (6 Aug. 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (6 Aug. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

"Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children," NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 [text]

The Status That Was Always Meant to Bend: Germany’s Second Suspension of Family Reunification (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Ukrainian refugee children in UK risk losing mother tongue, study warns (Univ. of York, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Consequences of Growing Up Displaced: Evidence from Displaced Children in Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11429 (World Bank, July 2026) [text]

Data Analysis of Asylum Applications by Unaccompanied Minors in 2025, Fact Sheet, no. 46 (EU Agency for Asylum, Aug. 2026) [text]

Practical Tool for Guardians (EU Agency for Asylum, June 2026)

- The asylum procedure

- Introduction to international protection

Journal articles:

"Between a Bloc and a Far Place: ‘Humanitarian’ Child Placement and Human Rights amid Greece’s Transition to a Long-Lasting Democracy," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, Ahead-of-print, 1 July 2026 [open access]

"Death Anxiety and Trauma in Forcibly Displaced Children in the Gaza Strip: A Critical Review of Emerging Research, 2024–2025," Current Psychiatry Reports, vol. 28, no. 1 (Dec. 2026) [open access]

"In Its Second Term, Trump Administration Quietly Expands Family Separation," Migration Information Source, 30 July 2026 [text]

"The stranglehold of asylum: the dim violence of bureaucracy in the lives of young unaccompanied exiles," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 July 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

"To Exclude or Protect: Unaccompanied Minors and the Failures of Immigration Law," Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Ahead of Print, 30 June 2026 [abstract]

- Note: This article is slated to be published under the subscribe to open access model (S2O) in the last quarter of the year.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (15 July 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports:

Charting the Crackdown: The misuse of crowd-control weapons in immigration enforcement protests across the United States, June 2025-June 2026 (Physicians for Human Rights & UC Berkeley Human Rights Center, July 2026) [access]

- See also related news release.

Debt and the Deportation Agenda: Immigration Fines under the Second Trump Administration ( NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic, Aug. 2026) [text]

How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Policy and the Roots of Trump-Era Nativism (Center for Migration Studies, May 2026) [text]

Improving Asylum at and Beyond the U.S. Border: The Case for a Fair and Effective Protection Framework with a Modern Border and Reception System (ACLU, July 2026) [access]

Slammed Doors: Use of Asylum Cooperative Agreements to Unlawfully Reject Asylum Cases (Human Rights First, July 2026) [access]

- See also related CGRS/NIPNLG Practice Advisory.

Journal articles:

Kentucky Law Journal, vol. 114, no. 4 (2025-2026) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Immigration Law in Kentucky and the United States: A Discussion on Current Changes in Immigrants’ Legal Landscape." 

"Mexican Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 16 July 2026 [text]

"Perceived threat drives support for coercive border enforcement against unauthorized crossings," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Persons Enough to Punish: Illegality, Deportability and the Hierarchy of Personhood in US Immigration," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 5 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

Saint Louis Univ. Law Journal, vol. 70, no. 4 (2026) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "The Supreme Court and Immigrants' Rights in a Second Trump Era."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (4 Aug. 2026)

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)