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)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Alternatives to detention: How tech ‘solutions’ expand containment (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Data of 600,000 Gaza households exposed in WFP cyber-attack," The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2026 [text]

- See also related Inklings article.

The digital lives of children experiencing displacement (Media@LSE Blog, May 2026) [text]

#NO_LONGER_REFUGEES: How dignity drives Syrians’ return in the post-Assad era (RSC Blog, April 2026) [text]

UK Home Office to use AI age estimation on asylum seekers – how accurate is the technology? (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- See also related EIN article.

Why Digital Access Matters for Refugee Girls in Conflict Settings (ACCORD, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Africa.

Reports: 

AI and Refugee Protection in the African Union: Smart Borders or Fortress Africa?, CIGI Policy Brief, no. 238 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, ) [text]

Community-Centered Connectivity in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda: An Internet Society Case Study (Internet Society, May 2026) [access]

LLMs as annotators of credibility assessment in Danish asylum decisions: evaluating classification performance and errors beyond aggregated metrics, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 98 (Univ. of Copenhagen, May 2026) [text]

Machine Learning Prediction of Conflict-Driven Refugee Migration: Evidence from Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine (SUNY Buffalo, 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (13 May 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

Immigration: Trump’s puzzling Australia exemption (The Interpreter Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Living Under Restriction: Structural Exclusion, Distress, and Security Perceptions among Rohingya Refugees, RLI Working Paper No. 81 (Refugee Law Initiative, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Australian media's response to the end of indefinite detention: towards a rights-based treatment of people seeking asylum?," Media International Australia, OnlineFirst, 28 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Exploring the Role of Common Pool Resources and (Mal)Coping in Socio-Environmental Dynamics: A Case Study of the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 22 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"The good faith requirement in New Zealand refugee law," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Interrogating local organisational capacity in humanitarian localisation: insights from Bangladeshi NGOs in the Rohingya response," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 11 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Navigating the overlap of climate-induced and conflict-induced displacement: perspectives from humanitarian practitioners in the Philippines," npj Climate Action, 5:8 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Sensible Tactics or Missed Opportunity? Evaluating the Exceptional Treatment of Migration and Refugee Decisions in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act," Federal Law Review, vol. 53 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

*"Singapore’s Migration Controls Seek to Balance Population Growth, Global Ambitions, and National Priorities," Migration Information Source, 4 March 2026 [text]

Multimedia:

The Role of Immigration as South Korea Navigates Demographic Decline, 25 Feb. 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (12 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Absent Tech: Data, Violence and (Non)Credibility at the EU Borders," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 4 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Automated Decision-Making in Australia's Migration System: Risks and Opportunities," Chapter in Automation in Public Governance: Theory, Practice and Problems (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming Nov. 2025) [preprint]

"Digital Literacy, Information Precarity, and Gendered Exclusion Among Ukrainian Refugee Women in Hungary," International Journal of Communication, vol. 19 (2025) [open access]

"Digital/Postcolonial Belongings: Migration, Digital Practices & the Everyday," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Latest Articles, 19 May 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

"Exploring trends and issues in information technology and information systems for humanitarian supply chain: the crossbreed literature review," Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, EarlyCite, 20 May 2025 [open access]

First Monday, vol. 29, no. 8 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migration narratives on social media: Digital racism and subversive migrant subjectivities." See related news story from Toronto Metropolitan Univ.

"'I think they’re the real villains in all of this': Crimmigrant visuality and representations of people smuggling in state use of Twitter/X," Theoretical Criminology, OnlineFirst, 28 May 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"An investigation into telemedicine utilization for refugee mental health: a systematic review," Globalization and Health, 21:31 (May 2025) [open access]

"Meeting refugees on Instagram: Platformisation of news and knowledge production about refugees in digital social space," Digital Geography and Society, In Press, 27 June 2025 [open access]

"Reimagining diaspora humanitarianism in the digital age: exploring the near and far diaspora dynamics among Congolese refugees in Nairobi, Kenya," Fennia: International Journal of Geography, vol. 203, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (4 July 2025)

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. As introduced in this issue, three "Perspectives on Displacement" thought pieces are featured, followed by a mix of original articles. Contents of vol. 44, no. 2, June 2025 include:

Perspectives on Displacement: Responses to "From Forced Migration to Displacement?"

• Displacement as Decolonial Praxis: Centring Intersectionality in Forced Migration Studies. A Response to Owen’s ‘From Forced Migration to Displacement?’ [open access]
• Towards Global Displacement Studies?: A Response to Owen’s ‘From Forced Migration to Displacement?’ [open access]
• Refuting State-Centric Framings: Response to David Owen’s ‘From Forced Migration to Displacement?’ [free full-text]

Articles:

• Evacuations as Displacement: Conceptual and Legal Challenges [abstract]
• Criminalisation and Control: Mediterranean Maritime Search and Rescue Workers’ Perceptions of Uses of Law [open access]
• Fairness and Efficiency in the Review of Asylum Decisions: Data-Driven Insights and Lessons From Australia’s Failed Fast Track Process [abstract] [preprint]
• Failing Asylum-Seekers: Limited Judicial Review of Refugee Status Determination Decisions in Brazil [open access]
• Mind the Empathy Gap: An Analysis of Agency and Emotional Encounters in the Asylum Appeals of Former Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors [open access]
• Navigating a Paradox: Well-Being and Dimensions of (Non-)Belonging of Syrian Refugees in Austria [open access]

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (Focus on Australia)

Request for feedback:

Complementary protection decisions update (Kaldor Centre) [info]

- Input sought for whether or not this free service should be continued. Please complete survey by 15 May 2025.

Short pieces:

Cutting migrant numbers won’t help housing – the real immigration problems not being tackled this election (The Conversation, April 2025) [text]

Fast Track Explained: Australia must give permanent protection to people seeking asylum (Amnesty International, April 2025) [text]

**Visit the Kaldor Centre's Weekly News Roundup for a more extensive round-up of news and information.**

Journal articles:

"Collective Refugee Agency and the Negotiation of Migration Laws in Wartime Australia, 1939–1943," The Historical Journal, FirstView, 15 April 2025 [open access]

"Fairness and Efficiency in the Review of Asylum Decisions: Data-Driven Insights and Lessons from Australia’s Failed Fast Track Process," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 29 March 2025 [preprint]

"Reflections on the Australian Human Rights Commission: lessons from asylum policy," Australian Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 7 April 2025 [open access]

"Sensible Tactics or Missed Opportunity? Evaluating the Exceptional Treatment of Migration and Refugee Decisions in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act," Federal Law Review, vol. 53, no. 1 (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

"Visa journeys and permanent temporariness: navigating welfare state borders and precarious status in Australia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 April 2025 [open access]

"Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia," Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 36, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (21 April 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

10 years since the largest loss of life in the Mediterranean, UNHCR urges decisive action to save lives (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

A Decade of Progress: 10 years of the EU Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management Systems in the Western Balkans (Frontex, EUAA, IOM & UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

"EU tightens asylum rules with list of 7 safe countries," DW, 16 April 2025 [text]

UNHCR examines third-country return hubs for failed asylum seekers as UK reported to be considering partnerships in the Balkans (EIN, April 2025) [text]

Reports:

Between "voluntary" and "forced" return: rethinking deportation in the Netherlands (Finding Agreement in Return Project, April 2025) [access]

Country Report: Cyprus (AIDA, April 2025) [text]

Joint NGO analysis and recommendations: Ensuring a fair and rights-based solidarity mechanism under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (International Rescue Committee et al., April 2025) [text]

The moral conflict underpinning public perceptions of fairness in asylum decision-making, Working Paper, no. RSC 2025/11 (European Univ. Institute, April 2025) [text]

Not as innocent as it seems? The effects of "neutral" messaging on refugee attitudes, Working Paper, no. 11 (UNU-MERIT, April 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Germany.

UNHCR renews its call to strengthen community-based MHPSS interventions across Europe (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 April 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (8 April 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"'Fortress New Zealand': examining refugee status determination for 11,000 asylum claimants through integrated data," Policy Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"The governmentality of funding: Cultures of audit and compliance in Australian refugee and asylum seeker support organisations," TAJA: Australian Journal of Anthropology, Early View, 2 March 2025 [open access]

*"Healthcare, solidarity, and moral community in Myanmar's humanitarian crisis and revolution," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 3 (July 2025) [open access]

"The lawful presence element in the International Criminal Court: why Myanmar’s domestic laws should not be relied upon in a case for deportation or forcible transfer," Griffith Law Review, Latest Articles, 19 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"Patron-client relationship in the Rohingya camps: recent trends and impact on refugee governance," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:5 (March 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Bangladesh.

"Political or environmental refugees? Re-examining the flight of the Vietnamese boat people, 1975-1995," Migration Politics, 13 March 2025 [preprint]

"Still a Negative Case? Japan's Changing Refugee Policy in the Face of New Geopolitical Challenges," Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2024) [full-text] 

"What does it mean to conduct ethical research after disasters? A case study of the 3.11 disaster in Japan," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (18 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Adolescent pregnancy amongst displaced women in Bogota: playing between the barbs of structural violence—a qualitative study," Reproductive Health, Latest Articles, 13 Aug. 2024 [open access]

"The Agency of Refugees and Asylum-Seeking Women in the Face of the Inability of States to Provide Protection Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence," Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 3 (Aug. 2024) [ResearchGate]

- Draws on fieldwork in Greece, Uganda, and Israel.

"A female advantage in asylum application decisions? A gendered analysis of decisions on asylum applications in Italy from 2008 to 2022," Genus: Journal of Population Sciences, 80:13 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"He leads a lonely life: single men’s narratives of dating and relationships in the context of transnational migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 23 Aug. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden and Italy.

"Illegally Crossing an Open Border: The Experiences of Venezuelan Women’s Journeys to Colombia Through Unauthorised Routes," Critical Criminology, Latest Articles, 22 Aug. 2024 [open access]

"'It hurts my heart': Afghan women in London negotiating family relationships and (im)mobility regimes across borders," Population, Space and Place, Early View, 5 Aug. 2024 [open access]

"Knowledge gaps related to HIV and condom use for preventing pregnancy: a cross-sectional study among migrants in Sweden," BMC Public Health, 24:2334 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Migrant survivors of conflict-related sexual violence accessing a specialist health service in Turin, Italy: a qualitative analysis of clinical forensic interview transcripts," Frontiers in Sociology, 8 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Polygyny in Denmark: a study of the instrumentalisation of cultural differences in immigration policies," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 8 Sept. 2024 [open access]

Related post:

-  Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 Sept. 2024)

 

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Webinar: Immigration Reform in 2025, 20 November 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

The Democratic Party Platform and Asylum (The Asylumist Blog, July 2024) [text]

"Do Politicians Realize How Difficult and Rare Immigrating to the U.S. Legally Actually Is?," New York Times, 14 Aug. 2024 [text]

The fifteen categories of immigration cut off by Project 2025 (Niskanen Center, Aug. 2024) [text]

Homeland Security pauses Biden parole program (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

The Immigrant Roots of Our U.S. Olympians (Updated) (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

US is Finally Aiding Stranded Afghan Allies, But Congress Needs to Step Up (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

"U.S. to speed up asylum processing at northern border to deter migrant crossings," CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024 [text]

Reports:

"Don't Tell Me About Your Fear": Elimination of Longstanding Safeguard Leads to Systematic Violations of Refugee Law (Human Rights First et al., Aug. 2024) [text]

Fall 2024 Update for Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy, 9th ed. (West Academic, 2021) [text]

- "This Update includes materials on major developments since the Ninth Edition of Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy went to press in late 2020. This Update is cumulative, including any material in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Updates that remains current."

"Particularly Serious Crime" Bars on Asylum and Withholding of Removal: Legal Standards and Sample Case Law Determinations (Immigrant Defense Project & Harvard Law Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, Aug. 2024) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

U.S. Immigration Courts: Access to Counsel in Removal Proceedings and Legal Access Programs (Congressional Research Service, Aug. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Congress's Untapped Authority to Certify U Visas," Columbia Law Review Forum, vol. 124 (April 2024) [full-text]

"Explaining Asylum Law Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis," Laws, vol. 13, no. 4 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

- "This article’s empirical focus is a study of asylum decisions issued by the US Circuit Courts."

"Forced Back into the Lion's Mouth: Per Se Reporting Requirements in U.S. Asylum Law," Marquette Law Review, vol. 107, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]

"From across the globe – traumatic injuries are an international concern at the US-Mexico border wall," Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 9:e001308 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (5 Aug. 2024)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

"7 questions about migration and the US-Mexico border, answered," Vox, 9 Feb. 2024 [text]

200 Immigration-Related Bills Have Already Been Introduced in State Legislatures in 2024 (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

Immigration is Not an “Invasion” under the Constitution (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"After a Decade of Decline, the US Undocumented Population Increased by 650,000 in 2022," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 28 Jan. 2024 [full-text]

An Analysis of the Senate Border Bill: The Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H. R. 815) (American Immigration Council, Feb. 2024) [text]

- See also related posts on the ImmigrationProf Blog and Immigration Impact blog, as well as a recording of recent webinar "Breaking Down the Border Bill."

FY2023 Immigration Court Data: Case Outcomes (US Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2024) [text]

Immigrants’ Eligibility for U.S. Public Benefits: A Primer (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2024) [text]

US Compliance with the Global Compact on Migration: A Mixed Record (Center for Migration Studies, Feb. 2024) [text]

"What Will It Take to Eliminate the Immigration Court Backlog? Assessing 'Judge Team' Hiring Needs Based on Changed Conditions and the Need for Broader Reform," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 29 Jan. 2024 [full-text]

"Worthy and Unworthy Refugees: Framing the Ukrainian and Syrian Refugee Crises in Elite American Newspapers," Journalism Practice, Latest Articles, 24 Jan. 2024 [open access]

Multimedia:

US Immigration Policy and the Southwest Border, 25 Jan. 2024 [access]

- See also related blog post.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (25 Jan. 2024)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Webinar: Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Southwest Border: The Only Constant is Change, 6 December 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

The Importance of Fair Vetting Procedures for Iranian Refugees (Cardozo ERSJ Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Map the Impact: Immigrants Make Up Over 18% of the Total US Population Growth (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Links to interactive map. 

Shifting Patterns and Policies Reshape Migration to U.S.-Mexico Border in Major Ways in 2023 (MPI Commentary, Oct. 2023) [text]

The U.S.-Mexico Border Problem will not be 'Solved' until all Parts of the Border Enforcement System are Properly Resourced (MPI Commentary, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Can the Biden Immigration Playbook be Effective for Managing Arrivals via Sea?," Migration Information Source, 25 Oct. 2023 [text]

Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts, FY 2018-2023 (TRAC, Oct. 2023) [access]

"The Leadership Limitation on Persecutors and Terrorist Organizations," Cornell Law Review Online, vol. 108 (May 2023) [full-text] 

- Focuses on Sikh asylum-seekers. See also related preprint.

New data analysis shows that Temporary Protected Status for Central American countries should reduce, not increase, irregular migration at the border (FWD.us, Oct. 2023) [text]

Primer: Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Border (American Bar Association, updated Oct. 2023) [text]

"The Toll Paid When Adjudicators Err: Reforming Appellate Review Standards for Refugees," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Violence in the Administrative State," California Law Review, vol. 112 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

Multimedia:

20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, 18 Sept. 2023 [access]

Reforming Asylum for the 21st Century: A Podcast with Immigration Expert Muzzafar Chishti (The Border Chronicle, Oct. 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (25 Oct. 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

"Australia to move last refugee from offshore processing on Nauru – but its cruelty and cost are not over," The Guardian, 24 June 2023 [text]

Bangladesh must suspend pilot project to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: UN expert (OHCHR, June 2023) [text]

A changing picture at the AAT? New data shows success down, consistency up (Kaldor Centre, June 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Japan OKs refugee law change allowing forced repatriation of asylum seekers after repeated rejection," AP News, 9 June 2023 [text]

Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities (The Conversation, June 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

"The Rohingya Crisis and the Myth of Myanmar Sovereignty," The Diplomat, 15 June 2023 [text]

Rohingya Repatriation: The booklet diplomacy (RLI Blog, June 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"From Helplessness to Self-help: Asylum Seeker-led Organization as Platform to Address COVID-19 Support Policy Gaps in Hong Kong," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Humanitarian Futures in Southeast Asia (Nanyang Technological Univ., June 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"I Escaped, But Not to Freedom": Failure to Protect Uyghur Refugees (Uyghur Human Rights Project, June 2023) [access]

Navigating Ethical Dilemmas for Humanitarian Action in Afghanistan (Humanitarian Outcomes, June 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Promoting Regional Responses to Rohingya Displacement in Southeast Asia (Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia Project, June 2023) [text via MMC]

"Protecting the Human Rights of Refugees in Camps in Thailand: The Complementary Role of International Law on Indigenous Peoples," Laws, vol. 12, no. 3 (June 2023) [open access]

Trust in Humanitarian Action: Migrants’ Perspectives (Australian Red Cross, June 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (7 June 2023)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

Brasil: ACNUR aplaude la aprobación del procedimiento simplificado para reconocimiento de personas refugiadas LGBTQIA+ (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

‘I was driven from Uganda for being a lesbian’ (The World Today, June 2023) [text]

Migration and Diversity in South America: A Road of Obstacles (IOM Blog, May 2023) [text]

Statement Marking the 2023 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

They fled war – now, LGBTQ refugees battle discrimination (The World Today, June 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

‘We see you, we love you’: Building bridges for Cape Town’s LGBTQI+ refugees (UNHCR Innovation Service, May 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Disparities in Queer Asylum Recognition Rates on the Basis of Gender: A Case Study of Australia and New Zealand," Virginia Journal of International Law, vol. 63, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"The Intermediary Role of Women Workers for the Inclusion of Women Migrants SOGIESC: Between Recognition and Reflexivity," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 3 June 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

Kenya: "Justice like any other person" - Hate crimes and discrimination against LGBTI refugees (Amnesty International, May 2023) [text]

"Somewhere Over a Green Rainbow?—The Overlooked Intersection between the Climate Crisis and LGBTQ Refugees," Harvard International Law Journal Online (Special Issue, May 2023) [full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (4 May 2023)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

 

Tragedies, not accidents: Tougher Canadian and U.S. border policies will cost more lives (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

"Trilateral Joint Statement," High-level Trilateral Meeting between Colombia, Panama and the United States, Panama City, 11 April 2023 [text]

- More info is provided in this transcript of a subsequent US Dept. of State telephonic press conference. See also related VOA article.

"Why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change," The New Humanitarian, 18 April 2023 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications (several of which are referenced in this post!). 

Reports & journal articles:

2022 Refugee Claim Data and IRB Member Recognition Rates (Refugee Law Lab, March 2023) [access]

- Focuses on Canada.

Biden’s New Border Policies Will Put Further Strain on Mexico’s Struggling Asylum System (Baker Institute, March 2023) [text]

"El Cambio de los Patrones y Políticas Migratorios en las Américas," Migration Information Source, 11 April 2023 [access]

- Follow link to access the article in Spanish and English.

"Concurrent Displacements: Return, Waiting for Asylum, and Internal Displacement in Northern Mexico," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Crisis provoca emigración récord desde Nicaragua, superando los niveles de la Guerra Fría," Migration Information Source, 19 April 2023 [text]

- Follow link to access the article in Spanish and English.

A cry for justice: 5 years of oppression and resistance in Nicaragua (Amnesty International, April 2023) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

"Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization, cases, and deaths of citizens and displaced Venezuelans in Colombia: Complementary comprehensive and safety-net systems under Colombia’s constitutional commitment," PLoS ONE 18(3): e0282786 (March 2023) [open access]

"The So-Called Stateless: Firm Resettlement, African Immigrants, and Human Rights Violations in Mexico," Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 1 (Winter 2023) [full-text]

Sobreviviendo al Darién: La travesía de refugiados y migrantes por la selva – Movimientos mixtos a través del Darién (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]

- See also related IOM news story.

Peru Localization Strategy (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]

Technical Note: Regional Migration Governance in the Americas (OAS, April 2023) [text]

Resource:

Refugee Law Lab Portal (York Univ.) [access]

- "Presents legal analytics about Canadian refugee decisions using data compiled from the Federal Court and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)." See also related news release.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (4 April 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The 2015 EU-Africa joint Valletta action plan on immigration: A parable of complex interdependence," International Migration, vol. 60, no. 6 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

"Former Refugees’ Acculturation Processes and Their Views on Newly Arrived Refugees in Germany," Human Arenas, Latest Articles, 20 Jan. 2023 [free full-text]

"'I’m Going to Tell You Something I Never Told Anyone': Ethics- and Trauma-Informed Challenges of Implementing a Research Protocol with Syrian Refugees," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 2 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Portugal.

"The Racialized Welfare Discourse on Refugees and Asylum Seekers: The Example of 'Scroungers' in Italy," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 2 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

"Relations between positive and negative extended contact experiences and prejudice in host society and refugees: Effects of positive and negative direct contact," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 93 (March 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"The role of fear, closeness, and norms in shaping help towards war refugees," Scientific Reports, 13:1465 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in Poland.

"Salience, preference, and asylum outcomes in Germany and the UK, 2002–2019," Journal of Public Policy, FirstView, 24 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"What a Difference Context Makes: Comparing Communication Strategies of Migration NGOs in Two Neighboring Countries," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Latest Articles, 31 Dec. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Bulgaria and Turkey.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 Feb. 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Seminar series: Forced Migration and Digital Technologies: (Dis)continuities in Actors and Power Relations, Oxford, 24 January-2 March 2023 [info]

Legal/asylum aspects:

DHS Fails to Address Concerns about CBP One as the Agency Expands the App’s Use (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2023) [text]

- Note: "All people who wish to access new programs announced by the Biden administration—including the parole programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans—will be required to use the app." See also related blog post.

Luck of the Draw III: Using AI to Examine Decision-Making in Federal Court Stays of Removal, Refugee Law Lab Working Paper (York Univ., Jan. 2023) [text]

"Machine Learning and Asylum Adjudications: From Analysis of Variations to Outcome Predictions," Applied Research, vol. 10 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Denmark.

"Technology-related Risks to the Right to Asylum: Epistemic Vulnerability Production in Automated Credibility Assessment," European Journal of Law and Technology, vol. 13, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

UK drafts bill to criminalize posting of Channel crossing videos (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2023) [text]

Resource:

Memory Center Platform (SO CLOSE Project) [access]

- "A collection of digital resources on forced migration, cultural heritage and historical memory." The public collection is open to everyone; the other components require user registration. The user guide provides additional information. See also related press release. The project web site can be accessed here.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (18 Dec. 2022)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Access to Health Care for Migrants Along the Mexico-United States Border: Applying a Framework to Assess Barriers to Care in Mexico," Frontiers in Public Health, 14 July 2022 [open access]

"The Epidemiological Follow-up Process for Suspected and Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Migrant Shelters on the Northern Border of Mexico from July to December 2020: Between Contagion Underestimation and Containment," Frontiers in Public Health, 12 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"Fighting for Family Reunification: The Congolese Experience in São Paulo, Brazil," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [postprint]

- Note: The embargo on accessing the full-text of this document has now ended.

"Un geste d’hospitalité aux demandeurs d’asile: Une analyse de la mobilisation du collectif Bridges not Borders," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 38, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Refugee recognition in Brazil under Bolsonaro: the domestic impact of international norms and standards," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 5 Jan. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (16 Jan. 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

 

"Editorial: Instrumentalisation is Not the Only Bad Proposal – But It is the Worst," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 2 Dec. 2022 [text]

"EU Ministers Endorse New Migrant Plan After France-Italy Spat," VOA News, 25 Nov. 2022 [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

Externalization on the Inside (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Frontex, pushbacks and the failure to protect the right to claim asylum in Greece (Free Movement Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Is there a gap in migration policy and practice? Yes, but also so much more (MPC Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Italy migration diplomacy: hanging out with the wrong crowd? (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2022) [text]

New EU Migration Plan, Same Rights Violations (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2022) [text]

The Persisting Tragedy in the Mediterranean and What Stands in the Way of the Shipmaster’s Duty to Render Assistance (Opinio Juris Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Sharing Responsibility for the Sake of Mass Expulsions’ Delegitimization (RLI Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

Third-party interventions before the Court of Justice in migration law cases (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Why do recognition rates for asylum seekers differ so dramatically across the EU? (EUROPP Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Fleeing a Burning House: Why torture survivors take dangerous journeys to seek protection in the UK (Freedom from Torture, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Importance of Personality Traits for Destination-Language Acquisition: Evidence for Refugees in Germany," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 22 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Refugees and asylum-seekers: UK policy (UK House of Lords Library, Dec. 2022) [text]

Refugees as future returnees? Anatomy of the ‘paradigm shift’ towards temporary protection in Denmark, CMI Report, no. 6 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Nov. 2022) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (22 Nov. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (22 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum seekers in the machinery of the state: administrative capacity vs. preferences - Recognition rates in EU member states," European Union Politics, OnlineFirst, 13 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"The Disparate State of Refugee Protection in the European Union," Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, vol. 82, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"Ethics in practice in asylum law: asylum legal aid lawyers’ moral reasoning in respect of 'hopeless cases'," Legal Ethics, Latest Articles, 18 Nov. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

Exile History Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- This inaugural issue focuses on "European migration in the 20th century."

"Framing the 'Refugee Hunter': Gender and Nationalist Perspectives on Border Vigilance in Bulgaria," Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Humanitarian diplomacy as Turkey’s national role conception and performance: evidence from Somalia and Afghanistan," Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Latest Articles, 7 Oct. 2022 [full-text via CMI]

"'Our home, your home?' The precarious housing pathways of asylum seekers in Catalonia," Housing Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"The Standard of Truth: A Critique of the Irish Standard of Proof in Assessing Credibility in Asylum Determinations," Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 3 for a foreword to this article.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (22 Nov. 2022)