Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Accompaniment in protracted urban displacement: learning from a community-based response to Venezuelan displacement in Peru (HPN, Jan. 2026) [text]

Catatumbo’s ‘Care-Land’: how local initiatives sustain humanitarian relief amid escalating violence in Colombia’s borderland with Venezuela (The Conversation, Feb. 2026) [text]

Development-Induced Displacement of Indigenous Communities in Ecuador (RID Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Displaced by Violence, Excluded from Healthcare: Compounding Injustices Facing Colombia’s IDPs (RID Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Tras Maduro, un enfoque mesurado de la migración venezolana es más esencial que nunca (MPI, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Also available in English.

Reports & journal articles:

Overlooking Lived Experiences: Access to Asylum & Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement (Univ. of British Columbia, Jan. 2026) [text]

Rapport d’analyse: Cohabitation personnes déplacées internes – communautés hôtes, impacts socio-économiques, historique de déplacement et intentions de retour (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Reformando la frontera vertical? De las deportaciones a la contención al interior del territorio mexicano," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

"Theorizing participation in the migrant caravans: Perspectives from migration and social movement studies," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"The ‘vulnerability paradox’: how institutional legacies shaped Colombia's response to Venezuelan displacement," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants: Current Developments and Likely Futures, 17 Feb. 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (3 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Africa's Migration Transition: A Long-Run Historical Perspective," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Bridging the Implementation Gap: Refugee Governance and Institutional Coordination in Uganda’s Borderlands," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 22 Jan. 2026 [full-text]

"Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes toward Refugees," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 133, no. 9 (Sept. 2025) [preprint]

- Focuses on Kenya and Uganda.

"Forced displacement in Africa: Could the Tanzanian Maasai obtain justice? The East African Court of Justice case under the lens of the Ogiek case before the African Court," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Human Rights in Resettlement Policies of European Bilateral Development Finance Institutions Operating in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hitting the Mark?," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Introducing a Survivor-Centred Policy Framework for Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement in Uganda," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The subversion of politics: Political prohibitions on refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Typology of Internally Displaced People: Insights from Northern Nigeria," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

As the U.N. Seeks Its Next Secretary-General, a Growing Number of Countries Favor a Woman for the Post (Just Security, Dec. 2025) [text]

UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi lauds refugee champions at his final Nansen Refugee Award ceremony (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

From the Ground Up: Regional Perspectives on Advancing the Global Compact on Refugees - Global Synthesis Report (Independent Diplomat, 2025) [access via IPS article]

Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, Geneva, 15-17 Dec. 2025 [info]

- Meeting documentation and recordings are available here; see also the HC's opening speech and related press releases, here and here. This news story summarizes the HC's final public address, given on the closing day of the GRF.

Note on the Mandate of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

"World Bank Forcible Resettlement: The Need for More Inspection Panel Scrutiny," Chapter in Perspectives on Accountability at International Financial Institutions (Brill/Nijhoff, Dec. 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

UNHCR at 75: Challenges and Opportunities, 26 Nov. 2025 [access]

Related posts:

- News: New UNHCR Leadership (19 Dec. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: General (11 Dec. 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Growing Concern of Land Appropriation and Displacement for Ilmenite Mining in Sri Lanka’s North-East Regions (Refugee Watch Online, April 2025) [text]

The Historical Roots and Legal Implications of Rohingya Migration towards India (RLI Blog, April 2025) [text]

*"In Myanmar, a disaster in a war zone means a slow and difficult aid response," The New Humanitarian, 22 April 2025 [text]

"Myanmar confirms 180,000 Rohingya eligible to return, Bangladesh says," Al Jazeera, 4 April 2025 [text]

"Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees in limbo after deportation from US," The Guardian, 21 April 2025 [text]

- See also related article in The Diplomat.

Reports:

Executive summary: recent trends in Rohingya cross-border displacement and outlook for 2025 (ACAPS, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Legal Empowerment of Refugees in Southeast Asia: The ARPR Project (Asylum Access, April 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Disentangling Anti-Refugee Sentiment: An Empirical Investigation of the Rohingya Crisis," Economics Letters, In Press, 18 April 2025 [preprint]

- Focuses on Bangladesh.

"Indian Women, Refugees, and Decolonization across India, British Malaya, and China, 1940–1953," The Historical Journal, FirstView, 15 April 2025 [open access]

"Partition, Bengali Refugee Critiques of Postcolonial State and Capitalism, and the Subaltern Origins of the Cold War in India, 1947–1950," The Historical Journal, FirstView, 15 April 2025 [open access]

"A qualitative study on behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccine amongst refugees and migrants in Pakistan," PLOS Global Public Health, 5(4): e0004444 (April 2025) [open access]

"The spectre of statelessness," International Theory, FirstView, 14 April 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Hong Kong.

"Unsafe at Home and Vulnerable Abroad: The Struggle of Forgotten Myanmar Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Thailand Post-Coup d’Etat," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 4 (April 2025) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (9 April 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:

Call for registration: IARMJ Asia Pacific Chapter Biennial Conference, Melbourne, 25-26 November 2024 [info]

- The theme is "Vulnerabilities in Refugee and Migration Law: People, processes, and systems." Early bird registration is open until 30 August 2024.

Short pieces:

Dutton, Gaza and why we need an emergency protection framework (Pearls & Irritations, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Explainer: The Ripple Effect of Pakistan's Missing Refugee Law (JURIST Legal News, Aug. 2024) [text]

Hope on the horizon? What Bangladesh’s regime change could mean for Rohingya refugees (The Conversation, Aug. 2024) [text]

Seven years of crisis for Rohingya refugees (UNHCR, Aug. 2024) [text]

Three years since the fall of Kabul: Tracking displacement within and out of Afghanistan (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2024) [text]

A training on the topic “Overview of the national legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of asylum” held at the site of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (UNHCR, Aug. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

 

"Credibility and the Social Function of Property: A Saga of Mega-Dams, Eviction, and Privatization, as Told by Displaced Communities in Malaysia," Land, vol. 13, no. 8 (July 2024) [open access]

Forced Displacement Literature Review: July 2024 (Joint Data Center, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Features a list of references relating to Bangladesh and Afghanistan. See also related JDC Newsletter (July 2024).

Land Allocation Schemes for the Displaced in Afghanistan (ADSP & Samuel Hall, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Porosity on the Thailand-Myanmar border: before and after Myanmar’s 2021 coup," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 23 Aug. 2024 [open access]

Refugee Recognition Regime Country Profile: Malaysia, Working Paper, no. 6 (RefMig Project, 2023) [text]

"Repatriating Afghan Refugees from Pakistan: Background, Implications, and Consequences for Bilateral Relations and Regional Dynamics," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

*"Rohingya refugees: humanitarian responses and implications,"  Research topic in Frontiers in Human Dynamics (Aug. 2022-Aug. 2024) [access]

- Four articles are available, along with an editorial that provides an overview of the contributions.

Multimedia:

Refugee Placemaking in Malaysia: A Conversation with Dr. Gerhard Hoffstaedter, 11 June 2024 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (5 Aug. 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

DRC ceasefire for humanitarian aid is a small step forward – what must happen next for peace (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

"The government view on ending Somalia’s humanitarian aid ‘trap’," The New Humanitarian, 6 Aug. 2024 [text]

Joint statement: World cannot continue to turn blind eye to Sudan as man-made famine is confirmed in Darfur camp (Norwegian Refugee Council, et al., Aug. 2024) [text]

Reports: 

Analysing the Impact of Prioritisation in Uganda: A Longitudinal Study of Refugees’ Food Security (World Food Programme, Aug. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Lessons and Recommendations for Implementing Kenya’s New Refugee Law (Refugees International, Aug. 2024) [text]

Pilot Study on the Southern Migration Route and Access to Protection Services (IOM, June 2024) [text]

- "This report maps the migration dynamics and access to protection services of migrants along the Southern Route, from the Horn of Africa, through Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, highlighting the protection risks migrants face and their limited access to services during transit."

A Roadmap for Energy Access in Displacement Settings: Uganda (Mercy Corps, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Hunger in the shadow of conflict: analyzing malnutrition and humanitarian challenges in Sudan," Conflict and Health, 18:50 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Mining-induced Displacement: Experiences of Internally Displaced Persons in Arda Transau, Zimbabwe," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 14, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Shock-Responsive Social Protection for Displaced Persons in the IGAD Region: Lessons from COVID-19 Compounding Risks," Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, vol. 4, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Surviving food deserts: migrants, refugees and urban food systems in Bloemfontein, South Africa," Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIII, no. 2 (July 2024) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 48.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (25 July 2024)

 

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

"Chinese nationals are trying to get from Indonesia to Australia by boat. This is why they're risking their lives," ABC News [Australia], 19 May 2024 [text]

"Denial of humanitarian assistance is a death sentence in Myanmar," The New Humanitarian, 11 June 2024 [text]

Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on? (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

The Philippines: Six years after conflict, progress and challenges for IDPs (IDMC, May 2024) [text]

"Tighter asylum deportation rules take effect in Japan," VOA News, 10 June 2024 [text]

UNHCR trains judges on application of the Law "On Refugees" in Kazakhstan (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

New open access book:

Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (Springer, June 2024) [open access]

- "This edited volume fills a gap in current research on asylum seekers and refugees. By focusing on two East Asian countries, Japan and Taiwan, this volume offers material for comparison and reflection on an area of the world in which this theme is still relatively underdeveloped. By approaching the theme through the different perspectives of human rights, social construction through media representation and public opinion, and lived experiences, the book offers a multifaceted and sophisticated analysis of the phenomenon."

Reports:

Displacement from Myanmar: How We Got Here and What More Can Be Done (CPD & ADSP, April 2024) [text]

From Crisis to Collaboration: Reflections on ASEAN’s protection mechanisms for forced migration (Centre for Policy Development, April 2024) [text]

"I Escaped with Only My Life": Abusive Forced Evictions in Pakistan (Human Rights Watch, May 2024) [access]

Perilous Journeys: Unravelling Irregular Migration from Pakistan (Govt. Pakistan & IOM, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Thirteenth Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 7-8 May 2024 [access]

- Follow link for meeting summary and participant pack.

Voices of the Displaced: Perspectives of newly arrived Myanmar refugees in Thailand (The Border Consortium, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Energy access and sustainable development for displaced populations: Achieving energy justice in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 114 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities," Economic Development and Cultural Change, Just Accepted, 1 April 2024 [preprint]

- See also related news release.

"'What Kind of Court Is This?' Perceptions of International Justice Among Rohingya Refugees," Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 2 (May 2024) [open access]

- See also related Just Security blog post.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (22 May 2024)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (22 May 2024)

 

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity: 

Launch: Mixed Migration Review 2022, Online, 6 December 2022 [info]

Blog post:

Research based interventions in the sports ecosystem (Sportanddev.org, Nov. 2022) [text]

- "Inclusive and collaborative research is needed to better address the needs of forcibly displaced people."

New open access book:

Migration and Culture: Implementation of Cultural Rights of Migrants (CNR Edizioni, 2021; posted Nov. 2022) [open access]

- "The volume aims at contributing to the reflection on global issues in the promotion of cultural rights of migrants, including the value of heritage, the right to participate in cultural rights, the right to education and the right to enjoy the arts and culture, considering the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak too."

Reports:

2022 Mid-Year Update on Internal Displacement (IDMC, Sept. 2022) [access]

50,000 lives lost during migration: Analysis of Missing Migrants Project Data 2014-2022 (IOM, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Appraisal Tool on the Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons in National Frameworks for the Achievement of the SDGs (UNDP & UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

Migration and the SDGs: Measuring Progress (IOM, May 2022) [text]

More than a Game: The UNHCR Sport Strategy 2022-2026 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Spotlight on Local and Refugee-Led Efforts to Address Key Protection Needs: Lessons Learned in Three Key Regions (International Refugee Assistance Project, Oct. 2022) [text]

- "IRAP undertook a geographic rapid assessment project to understand the legal frameworks, regional migratory trends, landscape of protection needs, and associated gaps in a subset of countries in three regions of the world: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South and Southeast Asia."

*Turning the Tide on Internal Displacement: A Development Approach to Solutions (UNDP, Nov. 2022) [text]

World Development Report 2023: Concept Note (World Bank, 2022) [access]

- The volume will focus on "Migration, Refugees, and Societies." See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Autotopographies of Forced Displacement: City Walking Tours as a Path for Political Visibility, Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Includes a special section on "Art and Conflict."

"COVID-19 Vaccination in Migrants and Refugees: Lessons Learnt and Good Practices," Vaccines, vol. 10, no. 11 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"From pity to fear: security as a mechanism for (re)production of vulnerability," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 10 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Left behind on the path to 90-90-90: understanding and responding to HIV among displaced people," Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 25, no. 1 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"Refugees, membership, and state system legitimacy," Ethics & Global Politics, Latest Articles, 26 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"A Systematic Review of Research on Sport Migration," Migration & Diversity, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Development-induced displacement: engaging intersections in a quest for solutions, 2 June 2022 [access]

The history and role of meaningful refugee participation in the global refugee regime, 7 Nov. 2022 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (9 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Conceptualising Externalization Migration Management Strategy in the East and Horn of Africa  Region," Horn Bulletin, vol. V, no. V (Sept.-Oct. 2022) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 33.

"Exploring synergies between the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and involuntary resettlement guidelines: the case of Mozambique’s natural gas project," Sustainability Science, Latest Articles, 25 April 2022 [open access]

"'How to Live a Good Life': Self-managing Reproductive Health for Adolescent Refugees in Kampala," Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"International Organisations and 'Local' Networks: Localisation and Refugee Participation in the Ethiopian-South Sudanese Borderlands," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1 (2022) [free full-text]

"The right to exit as national and transnational governance: The case of Eritrea," International Migration, Early View, 9 Nov. 2022 [free full-text]

Multimedia:

Refugee-led Organizations in East Africa: Community Perceptions in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania, 29 Sept. 2022 [access]

- Video recording and summary of webinar session held to launch a project report from the Refugee-led Research Hub.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2022)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity: 

Call for registration: Crossing borders: Interdisciplinary research on forced migration - scholars' workshop, Sydney/Online, 18 November 2022 [info]

- The programme is now available.

Blog posts & press:

Connecting the Dots: Why Ethical Standards in Humanitarian Data Are More Important than Ever (IOM Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Global Food Insecurity is on the Rise, so is Internal Displacement. What is the Relationship? (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

New Initiative Builds Research Networks in Global South to Shift the Way Forced Migration Policy is Made (Carleton Univ., Oct. 2022) [text]

UNHCR’s unprecedented US$700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions (UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Assessing the severity of displacement situations: data gaps and ways forward (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Oct. 2022) [text]

Out of the Spotlight: Away from the headlines, millions of forcibly displaced people are being pushed to the brink (UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [access]

- See also related news story.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, UN Doc. No. A/77/182 (UN General Assembly, July 2022) [text]

- Section II includes "Reflections of the Special Rapporteur on her tenure" and section III focuses on "Development-induced displacement and the human rights of internally displaced persons."

The Right of internally displaced persons to participate in electoral processes, particularly the right to vote and to stand in elections, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/50/24 (UN General Assembly, April 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"The majority oppressed? On asymmetrical multiculturalism and majority rights," Comparative Migration Studies, 10:42 (Oct. 2022) [open access]

"L’Organisation internationale pour les migrations et la surveillance des populations de déplacés du Sud," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 38, nos. 3&4 (2022) [delayed open access]

- Note: The full-text will be accessible in Jan. 2024.

"Reparative responsibility for the harms of forced migration," Journal of Social Philosophy, Early View, 11 Sept. 2022 [open access]

"Sanctuary After Asylum: Addressing a Gap in the Political Theory of Refuge," American Political Science Review (Forthcoming) [postprint]

"Those Who Left/Are Left Behind: Schrödinger's Refugee and the Ethics of Complementarity," Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3 (July 2022) [open access]

"Where is Conflict Research? Western Bias in the Literature on Armed Violence," International Studies Review, vol. 24, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (12 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Reports:

*2022 Global Refugee Work Rights Report (Center for Global Development, Refugees International & Asylum Access, July 2022) [access]

- Follow link for report, blog post and related press release. See also the companion website.

Development-induced Internal Displacement: A Sustainable Livelihoods Framework Perspective, RID Working Paper, no. 28 (Researching Internal Displacement, July 2022) [text]

The Fundamental Rights of Irregular Migrant Workers in the EU (European Parliament, July 2022) [text]

Intra-EU skills-based mobility of adult refugees: Findings of a Cedefop pilot project between Greece and Portugal, Working Paper, no. 13 (Cedefop, July 2022) [text]

The Labor Market Effects of Restricting Refugees' Employment Opportunities, Paper prepared for 17th IZA & 4th IZA/CREST Conference: Labor Market Policy Evaluation, Online, 6-7 October 2022 [text]

Manual de bolsillo para el sector privado (UNHCR et al., July 2022) [text]

- "Manual de bolsillo producido por ACNUR con el fin de capacitar y brindar una guía al sector privado sobre la inclusión laboral de las personas refugiadas en Ecuador."

Migration Summit Report 2022 (MIT Refugee Action Hub, et al., June 2022) [text]

- The theme of the summit was "Education and Workforce Development in Displacement."

The missing link: Promoting refugees’ skills-based mobility within Europe, Practice Note, no. 11 (TRAFIG, June 2022) [text]

Support for Workforce Inclusion of Ukrainian Women in Poland: Refugee Response Recommendations (Upwardly Global, June 2022) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (27 July 2022)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Asylum seekers in Indonesia -- alive, but not living (Pearls & Irritations, July 2022) [text]

"Asylum seekers languish in Australia with no work, no hope and an uncertain future," ABC News [Australia], 9 July 2022 [text]

Sri Lanka scrambles for aid – but Australia still seems preoccupied by boats (The Conversation, July 2022) [text]

"Why are asylum seekers treated differently to other refugees?," Newsroom.co.nz, 30 June 2022 [text]

Why India needs a refugee law (The Interpreter Blog, July 2022) [text]

Reports:

Localisation Approach of Humanitarian Protection Responses in Myanmar (HARP-Facility, June 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Paths of Assistance: Opportunities for Aid and Protection along the Thailand-Myanmar Border (Refugees International, July 2022) [text]

Journeys to Indonesia for Rohingya refugees: Routes, risks, assistance and needs (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Coloniality and Case Law on the Australian Asylum Offshoring Scheme," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (Forthcoming, 2022) [preprint]

"Impacts of Development Induced Displacement on the Tribal Communities of India: An Integrative Review," Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, vol. 22, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

"Marginalized and Misunderstood: How Anti-Rohingya Language Policies Fuel Genocide," Human Rights Review, vol. 23, no. 2 (June 2022) [free full-text]

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XI, no. 4 (Dec. 2021–April 2022) [full-text]

- Special edition on Afghanistan: "This special issue offers nine articles that explore a range of safe protection pathways and remind us all of the actions within reach to protect Afghans, at home and abroad." 

"Power geometries of mediated care: (re)mapping transnational families and immobility of the Rohingya diaspora in a digital age," Media, Culture & Society, vol. 44, no. 5 (2022) [postprint]

- Focuses on Rohingya in Bangladesh and Australia.

“Refugees, Migrants and the Bangladesh State: The Conundrum of Liberal International Order,” Journal of International Relations, vol. 15, nos. 1-2 (2022) [full-text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (29 June 2022)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (29 June 2022)

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

Journal articles:

"Asylum Seekers and Refugee Management: (Im)Balance Burden Sharing Case between Indonesia and Australia," Sriwijaya Law Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement: A Case Study of Gujarat," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, no. 58 (Dec. 2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 37

"Displacement of the Rohingya Before the ICJ and the ICC: Same Conduct, Different Crimes in International Law?," Asia-Pacific Journal of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 2 (2021) [full-text]

"Implementation, effectiveness and monitoring of telemedicine program in Bhutanese refugees camp in Eastern Nepal," Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

*"International Norms of Asylum and Burden-Sharing: A Case Study of Bangladesh and the Rohingya Refugee Population," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [free full-text]

"Little Syria: Syrian refugees in car town, Korea," Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Latest Articles, 9 Feb. 2022 [open access]

"Mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India: an in-depth exploration of challenges and opportunities for three vulnerable population groups," Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, vol. 41, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"A Study on Updating the Model for Monitoring and Evaluation of Involuntary Resettlement Based on the Experience of China," Processes, vol. 10, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (incl. Australia) - Pt. 1 (18 Feb. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement - Pt. 2

Africa:

"Challenging the Risks-based Model of Involuntary Resettlement Using Evidence from the Bui Dam, Ghana," International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 35, no. 4 (2019) [ResearchGate]

"Developing against Development: Resistance as Participation in Development Induced Displacement in Kenya," Mambo!, vol. XV, no. 6 (2018) [full-text]

"Effects of Conservation-induced Displacement on the Bacha of Southwest Ethiopia," Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 14, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

Left with Nowhere to Go: Stories of Survivors of Forced Evictions in Nigeria's Mega City (Amnesty International, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Legitimation of Expulsion in Development Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of World Bank Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Development & Postcolonial Studies Working Paper, no. 6 (Univ. of Kassel, April 2019) [text]

"The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam‐builders," Development Policy Review, vol. 36, no. S1 (March 2018) [open access]

"Livelihood Impacts of Displacement and Resettlement on Informal Households: A Case Study from Kigali, Rwanda," Habitat International, vol. 86 (April 2019) [open access]

"The Merowe Dam in Northern Sudan: A Case of Population Displacement and Impoverishment," Chapter in Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa (Springer, May 2019) [abstract]
- See also related thesis.

"Mining-induced Displacement and Resettlement: The Case of Rutile Mining Communities in Sierra Leone," Journal of Sustainable Mining, vol. 18, no. 2 (May 2019) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement - Pt. 1 (13 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement - Pt. 1

General:

"Country-level Governance Frameworks for Mining-induced Resettlement," Environment, Development and Sustainability, Latest Articles, 20 June 2019 [ResearchGate]
- "[T]he comparative review of the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern resettlement in the mining sector focuses on six mature mining jurisdictions: Botswana, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Peru."

Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: A Literature Review, FutureDAMS Working Paper, no. 004 (Univ. of Manchester, Sept. 2019) [text]

Good Practice Handbook on Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement, Draft (IFC, 2019) [text]
- Note: The draft of this handbook was available for external review earlier in 2019.

New Mining Resettlement Dataset Sets the Standard (Univ. of Queensland, Aug. 2019) [access]

Social Justice Quests in the Process of Development-induced Displacement (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Asia Pacific:

"Displacement in the Name of Development. How Indigenous Rights Legislation Fails to Protect Philippine Hunter-Gatherers," Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2019 [open access]

"Gender and Livelihoods in Myanmar after Development-induced Resettlement," Forced Migration Review, no. 59 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

Learning from Survivors of Development-induced Displacement: Operationalising Vanuatu’s New Displacement Policy toward an Inclusive Capital City, Background paper for the Global Report on Internal Displacement (IDMC, 2019) [text]

"Social Impacts of Dam-induced Displacement and Resettlement: A Comparative Case Study in China," Sustainability, vol. 10, no. 11 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

"Urban Development-induced Displacement and Quality of Life in Kolkata," Environment and Urbanization, vol. 31, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

Europe & U.S.:

"A Comparison Study of International Development-caused Forced Displacement and Resettlement by the World Bank and Gentrification in the United States," Practicing Anthropology, vol. 41, no. 2 (Spring 2019) [Academia]

Development-induced Displacement: The Case of Dam Construction in Slovakia and the Czech Republic (MPRA, Jan. 2019) [preprint]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement (14 Nov. 2017)

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New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 30, no. 4, Dec. 2017 include:

• Refugees’ ‘Journeys of Trust’: Creating an Analytical Framework to Examine Refugees’ Exilic Journeys with a Focus on Trust [abstract]
• The Interconnection between Acculturation and Subjective and Social Wellbeing among Refugee Youth in Australia [abstract]
• Refugee Youth in Sweden Who Arrived as Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children [abstract]
• Urban Resettlement in Colombo from a Wellbeing Perspective: Does Development-Forced Resettlement Lead to Improved Wellbeing? [abstract]
• Being a Refugee University Student: A Collaborative Auto-ethnography [abstract]
• The Politics of Food and Hospitality: How Syrian Refugees in Belgium Create a Home in Hostile Environments [abstract]

Nine book reviews are also available.

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Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement

Brazilian Tribe Fear Displacement by Xingu River’s Rising Tide (Refugees Deeply, April 2017) [text]

"Colombian Development-Induced Displacement: Considering the Impact of International Law on Domestic Policy," Groningen Journal of International Law, vol. 5, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Displacement and Resettlement: Lessons from Colombo (IDRC, Nov. 2016) [text]

Evicted (IDRC, Oct. 2017) [text]

Expert Roundtable on Displacement Caused by Development: Event Summary (IDMC, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also related comment.

"Forced to Leave": Commercial Farming and Displacement in Zambia (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2017) [text]

"Getting By or Getting Ahead: Resettlement Inputs and Social Capital in Involuntary Resettlement," Journal of Population and Social Studies, vol. 25, no. 2 (April 2017) [open access]

"How Big Water Projects Helped Trigger Africa’s Migrant Crisis," Yale Environment 360, 17 Oct. 2017 [text]

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 35, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Displacement, Resettlement and Livelihoods." The foreword and introduction are freely available, and three articles are Open Access.

"The Responsibility of Businesses to Prevent Development-induced Displacement in Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement (12 April 2017)

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CFPs/New Issues of Curr. Inq., GILJ, Impact Assess. & Proj. Appr., Intl. Migr., Intl. Soc. Work, JIRS, REMHU, Rts. in Exile News, Z'Flucht

CFPs:

International Journal of Refugee Law [info]
- Articles focusing on the "20th Anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement" sought for upcoming issue. Submission deadline is 31 July 2017.

Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]
- Contributions sought for dossier on "Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean" that will be published in issue no. 51 (Dec. 2017). Submission deadline is 31 August 2017.

Migration Studies [info]
- Articles sought for special issue on "Trump, Brexit, and the Turbulent Politics of Migration." Submission deadline is 1 September 2017.

Migration and Society [info]
- Contributions sought for inaugural issue of new journal; theme is "Hospitality and Hostility towards Migrants: Global Perspectives." Submission deadline is 30 September 2017.

New issues:

Curriculum Inquiry, vol. 47, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Curriculum of Global Migration and Transnationalism." Includes "Critical Transnational Curriculum for Immigrant and Refugee Students." Three articles are freely available.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 30, no. 3 (Spring 2016) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "The Right to Have Rights: Loss of Citizenship, Asylum, and Constitutional Principles."

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 35, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Displacement, Resettlement and Livelihoods." The foreword and introduction are freely available, and three articles are Open Access.

International Migration, vol. 55, no. 2 (April 2017) [contents]
- Includes three sub-sections on "Interculturalism in Times of Crisis," "Health Effects of Migration" and "Policy as a Determinant of Migration."

International Migration, vol. 55, no. 3 (June 2017) [contents]
- Features sub-section on "The Many Facets of Integration."

International Social Work, vol. 60, no. 3 (May 2017) [contents]
- Themed issue on "Migration." Includes several articles on refugees and asylum-seekers.

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 15, no. 2 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Human Trafficking in Domestic Work: A Special Case or a Learning Ground for the Anti-Trafficking Field?"

Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 24, no. 48 (2016) [open access]
- Theme is "Movimentos sociais e mobilizações de migrantes e refugiados."

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 82 (June 2017) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Zeitschrift für Flüchtlingsforschung = The German Journal for Refugee Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Inaugural issue. Abstracts are available in German and English. For more info., read the editorial (in German).

 Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement

Case Study Series: Dam Displacement (IDMC, April 2017) [access]
- Two new reports in this series are now available: 1) Dams and Internal Displacement: An Introduction; 2) China: Lessons Learned from the Manwan Dam.

"Coping with Resettlement: A Livelihood Adaptation Analysis in the Mekong River Basin," Land Use Policy, vol. 60 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Engendering the New Enclosures: Development, Involuntary Resettlement and the Struggles for Social Reproduction in Coastal Tanzania," Development and Change, vol. 48, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [free full-text]

Involuntary Resettlement: A Cross-country Study on Urban Inequality and Poverty (IDRC, Nov. 2016) [access]
- Two studies look at development displacement in India and Sri Lanka.

"Migration and Development: The Case of People Displaced by Development and States’ Obligation to Respect Their Human Rights," Chapter in Migration and Development: Some Reflections on Current Legal Questions (CNR Edizioni 2016) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 73.

"The Short-term Impacts of Development-induced Displacement on Wealth and Subjective Well-being in the Brazilian Amazon," World Development, vol. 87 (Nov. 2016) [postprint]

Urban Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement: Linking Innovation and Local Benefits (World Bank, Feb. 2017) [text]

What Does Development-based Displacement Look Like in Africa? (IDMC Blog, Dec. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement (4 Oct. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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