Regional Focus: Australia

Achieving Change in Australian Refugee Policy: A Case Study in the Limits of Law and Political Activism? (Refugee Research Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Australia and People Seeking Asylum Who Arrive by Boat," Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Oxford Univ. Press, Sept. 2018) [free full-text]

"Australia’s Extraterritorial Asylum Policies and the Making of Transit Sites," Chapter in Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century (E-International Relations, Aug. 2018) [open access]

Australia’s Man-made Crisis on Nauru: Six Years on (Refugee Council of Australia & Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Sept. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Australia’s Refugee Policy: Not a Model for the World," International Studies, vol. 55, no. 1 (2018) [Academia]

"The Economic Cost of Australia’s Asylum Policies," Right Now Magazine, 21 Aug. 2018 [text]

Europe Wants to Process Asylum Seekers Offshore: The Lessons It Should Learn from Australia (Order from Chaos Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

"Factors That Inhibit and Facilitate Wellbeing and Effectiveness in Counsellors Working with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia," Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, vol. 12 (Aug. 2018) [open access]

"First Asylum Seekers Reach Australia Since 2014," VOA News, 27 Aug. 2018 [text]

"An Interview with the Honourable Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister of Home Affairs," International Migration, vol. 56, no. 5 (Sept. 2018) [free full-text]

"A Look into Australian Policy on Asylum Seekers and Refugees: A Humanitarian Effort or a Violation of Human Rights?," Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Economics and World Affairs, vol. 1, no. 1 (2018) [full-text]

Offshoring Asylum and Migration in Australia, Spain, Tunisia and the US: Lessons Learned and Feasibility for the EU (Centre for European Policy Studies, Sept. 2018) [text]
- Scroll to p. 9 for the Australia case study.

"Refugees in Indonesia Don't Want to Get on Boats. They Want Basic Rights," The Guardian, 30 Aug. 2018 [text]

"To Stop Italy’s Xenophobic Treatment of Refugees, the UN Should First Hold Australia Accountable," QZ, 23 Sept. 2018 [text]

"Where Now for Immigration Policy?," Inside Story, 29 Aug. 2018 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Oceania (20 Aug. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

Opportunity:

Summer Short Course on Palestinian Refugees, Cairo, 21-22 & 24-26 July 2018 [info]
- Application deadline is 5 July 2018.

Publications:

20 Donors Announce Contributions at Pledging Conference to Bridge Severe Funding Gap for Palestine Refugee Agency (UN, June 2018) [text]

101 Facts & Figures on the Syrian Refugee Crisis (American Univ. of Beirut, Jan. 2018) [text]

Algeria: Inhumane Treatment of Migrants (Human Rights Watch, June 2018) [text]
- See also related IOM press release.

Contemplating a Forcible Return to Syria (RefLaw Blog, June 2018) [text]

Forced and Unlawful: Israel's Deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum-seekers to Uganda (Amnesty International, June 2018) [text]

"Head of U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees Warns of Cuts," New York Times, 25 June 2018 [text]

"How Yemen Became a Humanitarian Nightmare: Untangling a Complex War," New York Times, 13 June 2018 [text]

In the Hands of the Libyan Coast Guard: Pushbacks by Proxy (Open Migration Blog, June 2018) [text]

“No Shelter Here,” New Republic, 26 June 2018 [text]
- Article on Africans in Israel.

Raqqa: Avoiding Another Humanitarian Crisis (Refugees International, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons on Her Visit to Libya, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/38/39/Add.2 (UN Human Rights Council, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Return Migration: A Regional Perspective (Regional MMS, May 2018) [text]

Stranglehold: Coalition and Huthi Obstacles Compound Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis (Amnesty International, June 2018) [text]

Syrian Refugees - Iraq: Humanitarian Inter-Agency Interventions, Information Kit, no. 17 - End-Year Report 2017 and 2018 Plan (UNHCR, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Tunisia’s Role in the EU External Migration Policy: Crimmigration Law, Illegal Practices, and Their Impact on Human Rights," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 29 June 2018 [open access]

"UN Fears New Syrian Offensive Could Strand up to 200,000 Civilians," IRIN, 25 June 2018 [text]

Vulnerability Assessment of Refugees of Other Nationalities in Lebanon 2017 (UNHCR, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Yarmouk: A Late Obituary for the Capital of the Palestinian Diaspora (openDemocracy, June 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (7 June 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Australia

"Australia: A Welcoming Destination for Some," Migration Information Source, 15 Feb. 2018 [text]

Changing Australian Attitudes to People Seeking Asylum & Refugees, with Jana Favero of the ASRC (The Strife, Feb. 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Heading North, Staying North? The Increasing Importance of International Migrants to Northern and Remote Australia (Lowy Institute, Jan. 2018) [text]

The Legitimisation of Australia’s Deterrent Migration Policy (e-International Relations, Jan. 2018) [text]

Nurturing Strengths, Challenging Myths: People Seeking Asylum and the Role of Support and Advocacy Organisations (Univ of Newcastle, Jan. 2018) [text]

People Seeking Asylum and Higher Education in Australia: Post-National Symposium Report (Curtin University, March 2018) [text via APO]

Playing God: The Immigration Minister's Unrestrained Power (Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project, May 2017) [text]

Punishment not Protection: Australia’s Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Papua New Guinea (Amnesty International, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Scathing UN Migration Report Mars Australia's First Week on Human Rights Council," The Guardian, 1 March 2018 [text]

"Scott Morrison's Delay Tactics Tore Refugee Families Apart, Advocates Say," The Guardian, 30 Jan. 2018 [text]

Update on Humanitarian Situation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers on Manus Island (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]
- Includes link to latest fact sheet.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (23 Jan. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Publications:

Antropologi Indonesia, vol. 38, no. 1 (2017) [open access]
- Special issue on "Forced Migration and Protracted Transit in Indonesia and Southeast Asia."

Competing Expectations: Non-refoulement Claim Policy in Hong Kong, Thesis (Univ. of Hong Kong, Dec. 2017) [text]

"Europe Sends Afghans Back to Danger," IRIN, 4 Jan. 2018 [text]

"Family Language Policy in Refugee-background Communities: Towards a Model of Language Management and Practices," Journal of Home Language Research, vol. 2 (2017) [open access]

Going “Home” to Displacement: Afghanistan’s Returnee-IDPs (IDMC & Samuel Hall, Dec. 2017) [text]
- See also related IDMC blog post.

A Long Way to Go: Irregular Migration Patterns, Processes, Drivers and Decision-making (ANU Press, Dec. 2017) [free full-text]
- Includes chapters on Sri Lankan maritime arrivals, irregular migration from Afghanistan, and Indonesia as a transit country, among others.

Rohingya crisis: 

Desperate, Destitute, Damaged: The Plight of Myanmar's Persecuted Rohingya Muslim Refugees (IOM Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

‘I still don’t feel safe to go home’: Voices of Rohingya Refugees (Oxfam, Dec. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase (International Crisis Group, Dec. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Rohingya Crisis: A Summary of Findings from Six Pooled Surveys (MSF, Dec. 2017) [text]

The Rohingya Survey 2017 (Xchange, Dec. 2017) [access via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Survey of Myanmar Refugees Finds Health, Safety Worries, but Community Spirit Strong (UNHCR, Dec. 2017) [text]

Will Rohingya Refugees Start Returning to Myanmar in 2018? (International Crisis Group, Dec. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific, esp. Rohingya Crisis (11 Dec. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Australia

Australians’ Attitudes Toward the Treatment of Asylum Seekers Arriving by Boat, Paper presented at the 2017 Australian Sociological Association Conference (Univ. of Western Australia, 2017) [text]
- Scroll to p. 67.

Book Review: Bridging Troubled Waters: Australia and Asylum Seekers (Refugee Research Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA): The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants (Govt. of Australia, Dept. of Social Services, Nov. 2017) [text]

The Construction of Opposing Discourses as Strategies for Challenging Racism in Discussions about Asylum Seekers in Western Australia, Paper presented at the 2017 Australian Sociological Association Conference (Univ. of Western Australia, 2017) [text]
- Scroll to p. 13.

A Long Way to Go: Irregular Migration Patterns, Processes, Drivers and Decision-making (ANU Press, Dec. 2017) [free full-text]

"Mediating Role of Psychological Capital in the Relationship between Social Support and Wellbeing of Refugees," International Migration, Early View, 5 Dec. 2017 [preprint]

*Medical Expert Mission, Papua New Guinea, 10 to 16 November 2017 (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

"The Physical and Mental Health Problems of Refugee and Migrant Fathers: Findings from an Australian Population-based Study of Children and Their Families," BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 11 (Nov. 2017) [open access]

"Single Mothering as Experienced by Burundian Refugees in Australia: A Qualitative Inquiry," BMC Nursing, 16:70 (Nov. 2017) [open access]

"Sovereign Relations? Australia's ‘Off-Shoring’ of Asylum Seekers on Nauru in Historical Perspective," Chapter in Against International Norms: Postcolonial Perspectives (Routledge, May 2017) [preprint]

UNHCR Fact Sheet on Situation of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (UNHCR, Dec. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (22 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

The Application of Human Rights Jurisdiction by the Netherlands to Avoid Asylum Claims by International Criminal Court Witnesses (SSRN, Nov. 2017) [text]

The Case for Italy’s Complicity in Libya Push-Backs (Refugees Deeply, Nov. 2017) [text]

Desperate Journeys: Update, January to September 2017 (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]
- See also related UNHCR press release.

"Europe's Plan to Close Its Sea Borders Relies on Libya's Coast Guard Doing Its Dirty Work, Abusing Migrants," The Intercept, 25 Nov. 2017 [text]

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Ukraine Country Programme (Universalia, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also the management response.

Far Beneath the European Average: The Treatment of Afghan Migrants in Bulgaria (Afghanistan Analysts Network, Nov. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Four Decades of Cross-Mediterranean Undocumented Migration to Europe: A Review of the Evidence (IOM, Nov. 2017) [text]

Frozen and Forgotten: The Neglected Displacement Crisis on Europe’s Doorstep (IRIN, Nov. 2017) [text]

Greece: As Winter Nears, Asylum Seekers Stuck in Tents on Islands (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2017) [text]

Human Rights Violations by Design: EU-Turkey Statement Prioritises Returns from Greece over Access to Asylum, Policy Brief, no. 2017/29 (Migration Policy Centre, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Legal Responses to the EU Migrant Crisis: Too Little, Too Late?," Chapter in Migration in the 21st Century (E-International Relations, Forthcoming 2018) [preprint]

*National Monitoring System Report on the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IOM Ukraine, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related IOM press release.

*Statement to the United Nations Security Council (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (20 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Australia

News:

The stand-off on Manus Island continues. The 400-plus refugees and asylum-seekers who  are refusing to move from the now-closed detention centre to an alternative facility are facing forcible eviction. For an update, read the Kaldor Centre's latest weekly news round-up. Additional commentary is included below.

Publications:

'Boat People’ and Borders: Changing Political Debate on Asylum Seekers (Refugee Research Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

Cleaning up the Manus Damage (The Interpreter Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]

The Ethics of Medical Practice in Offshore Detention Facilities (The Conversation, Nov. 2017) [text]

History, Headlines and the Law: What's Shaping Refugee Policy in Australia?, Sydney, 2 Nov. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for video and podcast.

History Suggests Refugees on Manus and Nauru can be Resettled in Australia without Reviving Boat Arrivals (Refugee Research Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

How Australia Got into the ‘Dead End’ of Refugee Offshore Detention (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2017) [text]

How to Avoid a Violent End to the Manus Island Stand-off (The Inside Story, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Negotiating Narratives, Accessing Asylum: Evaluating Language Policy as Multi-level Practice, Beliefs and Management," Multilingua:  Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, vol. 36, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [free full-text]

Telling Stories? Credibility in Asylum Interviews (Language on the Move, June 2017) [text]

UN Slams Australia’s Human Rights Record (The Conversation, Nov. 2017) [text]
- Includes link to the Human Rights Committee's concluding observations; see also related Guardian article.

UNHCR Urges Australia to Stop Unfolding Humanitarian Emergency (UNHCR Canberra, Nov. 2017) [text]

UNHCR Urges Humane Approach on Manus Island (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (30 Oct. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Australia

Australia Should Not Coerce Vulnerable People to Return to Harm (UNHCR, Aug. 2017) [text]

*"Australia’s Asylum Politics: Localised, Globalised," e-International Relations, 26 July 2017 [text]

Australia’s Long History of Offshore Detention (Lowy Interpreter, Sept. 2017) [text]

"The Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) Dataset: A Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants in Australia," Australian Economic Review, vol. 50, no. 3 (Sept. 2017) [free full-text]

Expert Roundtable on Mental Health in Refugee Status Determination, Canberra, June 2017 [summary]

"Exploring Physical Activity Engagement and Barriers for Asylum Seekers in Australia Coping with Prolonged Uncertainty and No Right to Work," Health and Social Care in the Community, vol. 25, no. 3 (May 2017) [full-text via Academia.edu]

"Exploring the Relationship between Housing and Health for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Australia: A Qualitative Study," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 14, no. 9 (Sept. 2017) [open access]

*"The Future of Offshore Processing," e-International Relations, 25 July 2017 [text]

How Australia Can Both Stop Boats and Protect Refugees (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Not for Export: The Failure of Australia’s Extraterritorial Processing Regime in Papua New Guinea and the Decision of the PNG Supreme Court in Namah (2016)," Monash University Law Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (2016) [full-text]

"Stopping Boats, Saving Lives, Securing Subjects: Humanitarian Borders in Europe and Australia," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 23, no. 3 (2017) [postprint]

"'We are Like Animals': Negotiating Dehumanising Experiences of Asylum-Seeker Policies in the Australian Community," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Access, 31 Aug. 2017 [full-text via Academia.edu]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (28 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Event:

Conference: Disasters: Leading Disaster Studies for 40 Years, London, 14 September 2017 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed. Note that attending in person is by invitation only; if you would like to participate, contact j.nesbitt@odi.org.uk with your name and organization.

Publications:

The Central Mediterranean Route: Migrant Fatalities, January 2014-July 2017 (IOM, July 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Developing Recommendations on Official IDP Statistics (JIPS, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also the related Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS).

Global Shapers Survey 2017 (World Economic Forum, Aug. 2017) [access]
- This annual survey is "designed to highlight youth perceptions on the state of the world and action-oriented recommendations in five areas: Global Outlook, Governance, Values, Technology, and the Workplace." A question on refugees was included. Follow the link above to access the full report and data. See also this related Amnesty International news article and WEF blog post.

"Governing Migration through Death in Europe and the US: Identification, Burial and the Crisis of Modern Humanism," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 23, no. 3 (2017) [postprint]

Hurricane versus Monsoon (IRIN, Aug. 2017) [text]

IOM Framework for Addressing Internal Displacement (IOM, Sept. 2017) [text]

Missing Migrants and Their Families: The ICRC’s Recommendations to Policy-makers (ICRC, Aug. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Oxytocin-enforced Norm Compliance Reduces Xenophobic Outgroup Rejection," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 114, no. 35 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, UN Doc. No. A/72/202 (UN General Assembly, July 2017) [text via Refworld]

"Stopping Boats, Saving Lives, Securing Subjects: Humanitarian Borders in Europe and Australia," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 23, no. 3 (2017) [postprint]

UN Global Compact on Migration: Preventing Torture of Migrants Should be at the Core of the Compact, APT Position Paper (Association for the Prevention of Torture, July 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (24 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe - Indiv. Countries

Aegean Island Refugees Fear Greek Government Aid Takeover (IRIN, July 2017) [text]

"Asylum as Construction Work: Theorizing Administrative Practices," Migration Studies, Advance Access, 4 July 2017 [open access]
- Includes case study of the former Austrian Federal Asylum Office.

Greece: Site Profiles (UNHCR, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guilty of Travelling: When Immigration Detention is Worse than Prison (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2017) [text]

An Island at Breaking Point: Filling Information Gaps relating to Refugees and Displaced People in Chios, Greece (Refugee Rights Data Project, July 2017) [text]
- See also related Border Criminologies blog post.

Italy’s Bluff to Close Its Ports to Migrant Boats Heightens Tensions in the Mediterranean (The Conversation, July 2017) [text]

Making Refugee Aid Add Up in Greece (Chatham House, July 2017) [text]

New Guidance for the Public and for Professionals on Immigration and Asylum Related Legal Issues (Bar Standards Board, June 2017) [access]
- Follow link to access both documents.

"Sheltering, Hosting or Receiving Refugees: The Unresolved Ambiguities of the La Linière Refugee Camp," Alternatives Humanitaires/Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 5 (July 2017) [full-text]

Slipping through the Cracks: How Britain’s Asylum Support System Fails the Most Vulnerable (Refugee Action, July 2017) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

Unjust to Everyone? Responses to Deportation of Asylum Seekers in Finland (openDemocracy, May 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - General (13 July 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe - General

Event:

Project findings: Multiple Crises? The Many Faces of Migration and Reception Systems in the Mediterranean, London, 19 June 2017 [info]
- *Note: The date for this event has changed.* It was originally scheduled for 4 May 2017.

Resources:

Accelerated, Prioritised and Fast-track Asylum Procedures: Legal Frameworks and Practice in Europe (AIDA, May 2017) [text]

The EU External Policy on Migration and Asylum: What Role for Italy in Shaping Its Future? (Observatory on European Migration Law, May 2017) [text]

Fourth Annual Report: Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights (Frontex, May 2017) [text]

Guide on Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights: Prohibition of Collective Expulsions of Aliens (European Court of Human Rights, April 2017) [text]

Nostalgia and Legitimacy: Understanding the Externalization of European Migration Policy, Oxford, 10 May 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

The Poor Implementation of the EU Relocation Scheme and the Actions for Annulment of Decision No 1601/2015: The Margins for Reaffirming the Rule of Law (Observatory on European Migration Law, May 2017) [text]

[Seminars on European Migration Law] [access]
- Follow the link for videos of past seminars organized by the Observatory on European Migration Law.

Tool:

Comparator: Compare Key Asylum Indicators between 20 Countries (AIDA) [access]
- This resource "has now been updated with the information provided in the 2016 Update of the Country Reports. Reflecting the addition of the chapter on content of protection in the Country Reports, this new section has been added to the topics discussed in the Comparator. The Comparator allows users to compare legal frameworks and practice between the countries covered by the database in relation to the core themes covered: asylum procedure, reception, detention and content of protection. The different sections of the Comparator define key concepts of the EU asylum acquis and outline their implementation in practice."

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (12 May 2017)

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

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

"Comparing Cooperation on Migration Control: Italy–Libya and Australia–Indonesia," Irish Yearbook of International Law, vol. X (Forthcoming) [preprint via SSRN]

"Deconstructing the Meanings of and Motivations for Return: An Afghan Case Study," Comparative Migration Studies, 4:21 (Dec. 2016) [open access]

Hong Kong Rejects Asylum for Snowden Helpers (Human Rights Watch, May 2017) [text]

"India Turns on Rohingya Refugees Seeking Their Deportation as Kashmir Boils," Thomson Reuters Foundation, 12 May 2017 [text]

"Left to Die at Sea: State Responsibility for the May 2015 Thai, Indonesian, and Malaysian Pushback Operations," Irish Yearbook of International Law, vol. X (Forthcoming) [preprint via SSRN]

Mixed Movements in South-East Asia 2016 (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

Multi-cluster Needs Assessment of Prolonged IDPs (REACH, Jan. 2017; posted May 2017) [text]
- Assessment of "IDPs displaced in Afghanistan between 1st January 2014 and 1st March 2016, also referred to as ‘prolonged IDPs,’ to reveal their vulnerabilities, compare their needs with those of their host communities and inform humanitarian response plans."

Resettling Nearly Half a Million Afghans in Nangrahar: The Consequences of the Mass Return of Refugees (Afghanistan Analysts Network, May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Sri Lankan Civil War and Australia's Migration Policy Response: A Historical Case Study with Contemporary Implications," Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 2 (May 2017) [open access]

"The Trouble With India's New Citizenship Bill," The Diplomat, 11 March 2017 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (1 May 2017)

Tagged Publications.

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 30, no. 1, March 2017 include:

• ‘Barahunga Amahoro—They Are Fleeing Peace!’ The Politics of Re-Displacement and Entrenchment in Post-War Burundi [abstract]
• Internally Displaced Persons and Elections under Military Conflict in Ukraine [abstract]
• Goals without Means: A Mertonian Critique of Australia’s Resettlement Policy for South Sudanese Refugees [abstract] [ResearchGate]
• Classed Landscapes of Care and Belonging: Guardianships of Unaccompanied Minors [abstract]
• Status Determination of Indochinese Boat Arrivals: A ‘Balancing Act’ in Australia [abstract]
• Developing and Validating the Refugee Integration Scale in Nairobi, Kenya [free full-text]

Eleven book reviews are also featured.

Finally, this issue includes a retraction notice for the article "Environmental Conflict between Internally Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Iraq."  Readers are encouraged to refer to the article that was plagiarized, "Environmental Conflict between Refugee and Host Communities," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 42, no. 3 (2005) (which is also available full-text via ResearchGate).

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Australia

Opportunity:

Call for commentary: Asylum Insight [info]
- Analysis of issues relevant to Australian asylum policy are sought. No deadline indicated.

Publications:

Australia’s Refugee Policy an Opportunity for the ICC to Combat Image of Bias (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

Boat Arrivals and Boat 'Turnbacks' in Australia since 1976: A Quick Guide to the Statistics (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2017) [text]

Explainer: How Australia Decides Who is a Genuine Refugee (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Manus and Nauru: This is How Rest of the World Sees Australia's Refugee Policy," Australian Financial Review, 1 March 2017 [text]

Refugee Alternatives: Improving Policy, Practice and Public Support, Sydney, 22-23 February 2017 [info]
- Presentations are expected to become available in mid-March. In the meantime, video of the plenary session is available here.

Seven Facts about Papua New Guinea Refugees (Borgen Project, March 2017) [text]

State of the Nation 2017: Refugees and People Seeking Asylum in Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Thousands of Asylum Seekers Given Days to Lodge Complex Applications or Face Loss of Rights," The Guardian, 26 Feb. 2017 [text]

To Close Camps, Australia Must Not Send Asylum Seekers Back to Danger (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

"US Officials Not Yet Authorized to Vet Pacific Refugees," Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2017 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (17 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Australia

Australia's Humanitarian Program: A Quick Guide to the Statistics since 1947 (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Banning Refugees from Australia: Not Targeting Those Preying on the Vulnerable – Just Preying on the Vulnerable (Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Controlling Irregular Migration in the Asia-Pacific: Is Australia Acting against its Own Interests?,"  Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [open access]
- Note: This is a gold OA journal.

Migration to Australia: A Quick Guide to the Statistics (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2017) [text via APO]

Offshore Processing Centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea: Contract Management of Garrison Support and Welfare Services (Australian National Audit Office, Jan. 2017) [text via APO]
- See also related SBS news article and the Immigration Dept.'s response.

"Rights and Queues: On Distributive Contests in the Modern State," Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 55, no. 1 (2016) [full-text]
- Includes discussion of right to asylum in Australia.

"US Officials Visit Manus Island as Australia's Refugee Deal Set to Proceed," The Guardian, 22 Jan. 2017 [text]

Vulnerability of Displacement: Challenges for Integrating Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Host Communities, Paper presented at OzCHI 2016: 28th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Launceston, Tasmania, 29 Nov.- 2 Dec. 2016 [text]  

Young Newly Arrived Migrants and Refugees in Australia: Using Digital Storytelling Practices to Capture Settlement Experiences and Social Cohesion (Western Sydney Univ., April 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (6 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunities:

Request for tenders: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, UK [info]
- Literature review sought on how Home Office acts in best interest of the child; submit letter of interest by 31 January 2017.

CFP: Spaces and Places of the Journey to the UK: Assessing the Legal Framework for People Fleeing Conflict, Lincoln, UK, 10 April 2017 [info]
 - Submit abstracts by 20 February 2017.

Publications:

"Anatomy of a Refugee Wave: Forced Migration on the Balkan Route as Two Processes," EuropeNow, 4 Jan. 2017 [text]

Asylum Statistics 2016: Sharper Inequalities and Persisting Asylum Lottery (AIDA, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Deaths at the Borders Database: Evidence of Deceased Migrants’ Bodies Found Along the Southern External Borders of the European Union," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Jan. 2017 [free full-text]

Don’t Forget Us: Voices of Young Refugees and Migrants in Greece (Norwegian Refugee Council, & Mercy Corps, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Europe’s African 'Wall' Now Almost Complete (Martin Plaut Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

A Happy New Year for Migration and Asylum Policy? A Critical Review of the Legal and Policy Developments in 2016 in Relation to the Crisis of the European Union (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Learning from the Canaries: Lessons from the 'Cayucos' Crisis (International Peace Institute, May 2016) [text]

Separated: The Challenges of Relocation and Family Reunification for Refugees Arriving in Greece (ActionAid, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (14 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Australia

Addressing the Pain of Separation for Refugee Families (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2016) [text]

"Extraterritorial Detention Contracting in Australia and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights," Business and Human Rights Journal, vol. 1, no. 2 (July 2016) [free full-text]

Journal of Pacific History, vol. 51, no. 3 (2016) [access]
- Three free full-text articles in the "Pacific Currents" section of this issue "explore the domestic political and legal ramifications of the [detention] centres for Nauru and PNG, and...examine the impact on Australia’s reputation in the Pacific region." The articles include "Australia’s Detention Centres on Manus Island and Nauru: An End of Constructive Pacific Engagement?," "Australia’s Detention Centre and the Erosion of Democracy in Nauru" and "Money, Manipulation and Misunderstanding on Manus Island."

"'The most brutal immigration regime in the developed world': International Media Responses to Australia's Asylum-Seeker Policy," Refuge: Canada's Journal of Refugees, vol. 32, no. 3 (2016) [open access]

Refugee Communities Intercultural Dialogue: Building Relationships, Building Communities (Australian Catholic Univ. & Univ. of South Australia, 2015; posted Nov. 2016) [text via APO]

Speaking Up: The Global Refugee Youth Consultations in Australia Report (Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network, Refugee Council of Australia & Global Refugee Youth Consultation, Nov. 2016) [text via BroCAP]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (18 Nov. 2016)

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New Book Titles

Please visit my Pinterest page to learn about new books due out in December 2016. I have also included additional titles on the November 2016, New Legal Texts and Reference Books boards.

If you are not a member of Pinterest, these new titles are listed below for your reference (organized by title).

December 2016:

Henry F. Carey, ed., The Challenges of European Governance in the Age of Economic Stagnation, Immigration, and Refugees, Lexington Books, Dec. 2016

Thibaut Raboin, Discourses on LGBT Asylum in the UK: Constructing a Queer Haven, Manchester University Press, Dec. 2016

Amy K. Levin, ed., Global Mobilities: Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants in Museums and Archives, Routledge, Dec. 2016

Nadya Hajj, Protection Amid Chaos: The Creation of Property Rights in Palestinian Refugee Camps, Columbia University Press, Dec. 2016

Luca Mavelli & Erin Wilson, eds., The Refugee Crisis and Religion: Secularism, Security and Hospitality in Question, Rowman & Littlefield, Dec. 2016

November 2016:

Christian K. Højbjerg, Jacqueline Knörr & William P. Murphy, eds., Politics and Policies in Upper Guinea Coast Societies: Change and Continuity, Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2016; see esp. "Challenging the Classical Parameters of “Doing Host–Refugee Politics”: The Case of Casamance Refugees in The Gambia" and "Historicizing as a Legal Trope of Jeopardy in Asylum Narratives and Expert Testimonies of Gender-Based Violence"

Alexander Betts, Louise Bloom, Josiah Kaplan & Naohiko Omata, Refugee Economies: Forced Displacement and Development, Oxford University Press, Nov. 2016

New Legal Texts:

Violeta Moreno-Lax & Efthymios Papastavridis, eds., 'Boat Refugees' and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach - Integrating Maritime Security with Human Rights, Brill/Nijhoff, Nov. 2016

Maria Fletcher, Ester Herlin-Karnell & Claudio Matera, eds., The European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Routledge, Dec. 2016; see esp. Part III: Border Controls, Immigration, Asylum and AFSJ Paradigms

Reference Books:

Thomas E. Doyle, Robert F. Gorman & Edward S. Mihalkanin, Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations, 3rd ed., Rowman & Littlefield, Dec. 2016


Tagged books.

Regional Focus: Australia

News:

"Refugees on Nauru and Manus Island to be Resettled in US – as It Happened," The Guardian, 13 Nov. 2016 [text]

UNHCR to Endorse Australia-United States Relocations as "Offshore Processing" Arrangements Fail Refugees (UNHCR, Nov. 2016) [text]

Publications:

Briefing on Lifetime Visa Ban (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2016 [text]
- Note: Includes a link to the Senate's inquiry into the "Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2016", which in turn provides access to submissions relating to the bill.

"Detention and Delusion in Australia's Kafkaesque Refugee Law," Refugee Survey Quarterly (Forthcoming; posted Aug. 2016) [preprint via SSRN]

"Exclusionary Practices: The Difficulty of Entering the United States and Australia," Case study in Children on the Move: An Urgent Human Rights and Child Protection Priority (FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Nov. 2016) [text]

Refugee and Asylum Policy in Australia: Between Resettlement and Deterrence (EPRS, Nov. 2016) [text]

Six Months Later: A Reflection on What Has Changed since the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea Ordered an End to Detention on Manus Island (Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, Oct. 2016) [text]

UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Concludes His Official Visit to Australia, 1-18 November 2016 (UN, Nov. 2016) [text]
- See also related press release and video.

The War on Boats: Let's Bring Facts to National Conversation (Pursuit, Nov. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (17 Oct. 2016)

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Regional Focus: Australia

"The Australia-Cambodia Refugee Relocation Agreement is Unique, but Does Little to Improve Protection," Migration Information Source, 21 Sept. 2016 [text]

"Human Rights in Papua New Guinea: Is This Where We Should be Settling Refugees?," Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 22, no. 1 (2016) [full-text via SSRN]

Island of Despair: Australia's "Processing" of Refugees on Nauru (Amnesty International, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Leaked UNHCR Report: Manus Island World’s Worst," The Saturday Paper, 8 Oct. 2016 [text]

"Q&A: Australia's Sovereign Borders," ABC, 10 Oct. 2016 [access]
- Follow link for video and transcripts. See also related analyses from The Conversation and Inside Story on the number of migrants that come to Australia each year.

"'They Change Us': The Social and Emotional Impacts on Music Facilitators of Engaging in Music and Singing with Asylum Seekers," Music and Arts in Action, vol. 5, no. 2 (2016) [open access]

Why Stopping the Boats Does not Solve the Problem - Part III (Jesuit Refugee Service, Oct. 2016) [text]

Young Newly Arrived Migrants and Refugees in Australia: Using Digital Storytelling Practices to Capture Settlement Experiences and Social Cohesion (Western Sydney University, April 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (20 Sept. 2016)

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