Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1

Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel:

A year-long Australian-led endeavor came to fruition at the UN when a global declaration to protect aid workers was launched on 22 September 2025 with 100+ states signing on. Learn more from this post on The Conversation and SBS News podcast interview with the Australian Red Cross.

Short pieces:

A critical step toward saving lives: helping humanitarian workers respond to substance use with empathy and care (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

False economies: why underfunding local humanitarian actors puts everyone at risk (ODI Insights, Oct. 2025) [text]

Global Fragility Act 2.0? Amid a Possible Bipartisan Revival, a Chance to Make U.S. Peace Efforts More Effective (Just Security, Oct. 2025) [text]

The legal reform needed to match Australia’s global humanitarian promises (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

"Resets, Grand Bargains, and what they say about humanitarian reform," Inklings Newsletter (27 Oct. 2025) [text]

"Three humanitarian takeaways from UN80 reform plans," Inklings Newsletter (3 Oct. 2025) [text]

Why Humanitarian Evidence Summaries are Essential in Turbulent Times (K4DD Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Remaking humanitarianism: Dispatches from the future, 25 Sept. 2025 [access]

Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series (The New Humanitarian, Sept. & Oct. 2025)

- Two recent episodes focus on "Rethinking UNGA" and "How to make people care? Emergency aid’s marketing problem." 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (24 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Court battle to keep Annunciation House open underscores how faith groups strive to welcome strangers in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

Diverse Flows Drive Increase in U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population (MPI Commentary, July 2024) [text]

- See also related press release.

Immigrants May Benefit While Others Lose Out From the Supreme Court’s Decision Overruling Chevron (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2024) [text]

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

Sharply More Americans Want to Curb Immigration to U.S. (Gallup, July 2024) [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]

We’ve Tracked Over 700 Immigration Bills This Year. Here Are the Trends We’ve Seen (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2024) [text]

What the data says about immigrants in the U.S. (Pew Research, July 2024) [text]

- See also related Pew Research posts on the origins of immigrants and unauthorized immigrants.

Why Are Border Crossings at Their Lowest Level in Four Years? (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2024) [text]

New/updated open access texts:

Crimmigration Law: An Open Casebook (Kit Johnson, July 2024) [open access]

- This casebook "is designed to serve as the principal text for a course on crimmigration--the intersection of immigration law with criminal law and procedure. The book provides explanations and primary source readings regarding U.S. immigration law, the immigration consequences of criminal conduct, immigration detention, noncitizens in the criminal justice system, federal immigration crimes, states and immigration, border enforcement, and interior immigration enforcement." Also available via the a/m link is a related Statutory Supplement.

Immigration Law: An Open Casebook, Version 2.1 (Kit Johnson, July 2024) [open access]

- This casebook "provides explanations and primary source readings regarding immigration law in the United States. Topics include the constitutional bases for regulating immigration, the contours of the immigration bureaucracy, the admission of immigrants and nonimmigrants into the United States, undocumented migration, the deportation and exclusion of noncitizens, refugee and asylum law, immigration detention, federal and state immigration crimes, border and interior immigration enforcement, and the law concerning citizenship and naturalization."

Reports & journal articles:

“Disrupt and Vilify”: The War on Immigrants Inside the US War on Drugs (Human Rights Watch, July 2024) [text]

"Immigration in the Shadow of Death," Univ. of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

Managing Migration at the US-Mexico Border: Recommendations for the Biden Administration (Women's Refugee Commission, July 2024) [text]

"Plenary Power: Teaching the Immigration Law of the Territories," Stetson Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Saving Lives, Ending Inefficiencies: Steps to Strengthen the U.S. Asylum Adjudication System (Human Rights First, July 2024) [text]

"The Toll Paid When Adjudicators Err: Reforming Appellate Review Standards for Refugees," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 38, no. 2 (Winter 2024) [full-text]

- "In this article, I provide the first comprehensive circuit-by-circuit study of each of the five core elements of the refugee definition to show the depth of disagreement related to standards of review."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (4 July 2024)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunities:

Refocus: An Online Summer Forced Migration in Africa Workshop Series, every Wednesday in April 2024 [info]

- The theme is "Forced Migration and Regionalism in Africa today." Follow the link to register your interest.

CFP: Making Sense of Forced Displacement in The Horn of Africa Conference, Online, 27-28 June 2024 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 28 February 2024.

Short pieces:

A Commentary on the Provisions of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (CHRLP Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

Donkeys are unsung heroes in Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis – and they could do even more with better support (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

Explainer: UNHCR's Emergency Transit Mechanism Centre in Rwanda (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [text]

Sudan Conflict Fuels World’s Largest Internal Displacement (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2024) [text]

UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection appeals to South Africa to uphold and preserve asylum system for refugees and asylum-seekers (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Bearing Witness: Atrocities and Looming Hunger in Darfur - A Report Informed by Darfur Refugees in Eastern Chad (Refugees International, Feb. 2024) [text]

Cross-border household multisector survey in Somalia and Kenya (AVSI, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Experiences of refugees and migrants fleeing Sudan to Addis Ababa as a result of the 2023 conflict (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]

Experiences of refugees and migrants fleeing Sudan to Juba as a result of the 2023 conflict (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]

Implications of Choice of Second Stage Selection Method on Sampling Error and Non-Sampling Error: Evidence from an IDP Camp in South Sudan, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10675 (World Bank, Jan. 2024) [text]

Migrants’ Right to Health: Legal and Policy Instruments Related to Migrants’ Access to Health Care, Social Protection and Labour in Selected East African Countries (IOM, Feb. 2024) [text]

Movements, challenges and abuses of refugees and migrants in Eastern Sudan (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

*"Breathing Life into the Kampala Convention: Towards Workable Enforcement Mechanisms," Journal of African Law, vol. 67, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Cross-sectional survey data on the socio-demographic characteristics associated with substance use among internal displaced persons in Maiduguri, Nigeria," Data in Brief, vol. 52 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"The Entanglement Between Tangible and Intangible Factors in Shaping Hadiya Migration Aspirations to South Africa," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 6 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"The Kampala Convention and Challenges to Geopolitical Security," Strategic Review for Southern Africa, vol. 45, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Symptoms of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression, along with their associated factors, among Eritrean refugees in Dabat town, northwest Ethiopia, 2023," BMC Psychology, 12:62 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (3 Feb. 2024)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (3 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: MENA

News/commentary on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza: 

Here are the most recent sitreps from OCHA and UNRWA. Visit ReliefWeb for a much more comprehensive listing of updates and situation reports.

• Aid workers in war zones like Gaza face impossible choices that can leave them traumatized (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
• Gaza’s next tragedy: Disease risk spreads amid overcrowded shelters, dirty water and breakdown of basic sanitation (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
• Humanitarian access to Gaza (EJIL Talk Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
• In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a vital role in Gaza (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
• "Israel-Hamas truce: How much aid has entered Gaza?," Al Jazeera, 29 Nov. 2023 [text]
• Refugee Law (Articles of War Blog, Nov. 2023) [text] (contribution to the Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium) 
• "What the Scale of Displacement in Gaza Looks Like," New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 [text]

Other publications:

Equal Partnerships: African Intermediary Cities as Actors and Partners in Urban Migration Governance (Samuel Hall, Nov. 2023) 

- City reports have been issued for Oujda, Morocco and Sfax, Tunisia.

"High-risk drug use among Palestinian adolescent refugees in the North West Bank Palestine," Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2023 [full-text via An-Najah National Univ.]

Inadequate and inequitable: water scarcity and displacement in Iraq (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

*"Refugee Networks, Cooperation, and Resource Access," American Political Science Review, First View, 13 Nov. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

Safe, Voluntary, and Dignified Return for Syrian Refugees from Lebanon: A synthesis of ideas and ways forward discussed at a migration policy roundtable in Beirut (UNU, Nov. 2023) [text]

"Saudi Arabia and the International Refugee Regime," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 21 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"Who is a Refugee in Jordan? Hierarchies and Exclusions in the Refugee Recognition Regime," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 Nov. 2023 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (16 Nov. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunities:

Seminar: Enduring Displacement, Enduring Violence: Camps, Closure, and Exile In/After Return, Online, 12 January 2023 [info]

- Focuses on Burundians in Tanzania.

Conference: (In)visible Displacement in the Horn of Africa: concepts, consequences, experiences, Online, 17-18 January 2023 [day 1 info] [day 2 info]

Blog posts & press:

AAU Launches a Research Centre for Forced Displacement and Migration Studies (Addis Ababa Univ., Nov. 2022) [text]

"Can Kenya emerge as a role model on refugees?," Al Jazeera, 30 Nov. 2022 [text]

IDMC’s Regional Workshop: Filling the Data Gaps on Internal Displacement in the Central Sahel (IDMC Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

"'Life is even worse now': Ration cuts and price rises hit refugees in Uganda," The New Humanitarian, 8 Dec. 2022 [text]

- See also related UNHCR news briefing.

UNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, displaced families in northern Ethiopia as peace returns (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

"UNHCR Urges Malawi Against Forcing Refugees Return to Overcrowded Camp," VOA News, 28 Nov. 2022 [text]

"Who paid the price for Uganda’s refugee fraud scandal (and who didn’t)?," The New Humanitarian, 7 Dec. 2022 [text]

Reports:

Circular bio-economy innovations for resilient refugee and host communities in East Africa, RRR in Refugee Settlements in Africa Project Brief Series, no. 3 (International Water Management Institute et al., Oct. 2022) [text]

Conflict Trends in Africa, 1989-2021 (PRIO, 2022) [text]

Living in Fear - Conflict-induced displacements in Somalia: Protection gaps, risks and needs (NRC & UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

We Were Warned: Unlearned Lessons of Famine in the Horn of Africa (Refugees International, Dec. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"A cross-sectional study of the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on camped refugees in Ghana," PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277515 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"The freedom to choose: Theory and quasi-experimental evidence on cash transfer restrictions," Journal of Development Economics, In Press, 5 Dec. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Reducing Khat use among Somalis living in Kenya: a controlled pilot study on the modified ASSIST-linked brief intervention delivered in the community," BMC Public Health, 22:2271 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

"Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness for War Refugees: Communication of Preliminary Findings," Trauma Care, vol. 12, no. 4 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

Related post:

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

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (21 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

A COVID ‘vaccine passport’ may further disadvantage refugees and asylum seekers (The Conversation, Feb. 2021) [text]

How should Australia respond to asylum seekers arriving by sea during the COVID-19 pandemic? (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2021) [text]

It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system (The Conversation, Feb. 2021) [text]

Prosecution of Refugee Rally Organiser for Incitement Could a Have Chilling Effect (Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

New open access book:

Refugee Journeys: Histories of Resettlement, Representation and Resistance (ANU Press, Feb. 2021) [open access]

- This book "presents stories of how governments, the public and the media have responded to the arrival of people seeking asylum, and how these responses have impacted refugees and their lives. Mostly covering the period from 1970 to the present, the chapters provide readers with an understanding of the political, social and historical contexts that have brought us to the current day. This engaging collection of essays also considers possible ways to break existing policy deadlocks, encouraging readers to imagine a future where we carry vastly different ideas about refugees, government policies and national identities."

Reports & journal articles:

"Alcohol, Other Drugs Use and Mental Health among African Migrant Youths in South Australia," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 4 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

- See also related news release.

*COVID-19 impacts us all: Ensuring the safety and well-being of people on temporary visas during COVID-19 (Australian Red Cross, Oct. 2020) [text]

"Disrupting State Spaces: Asylum Seekers in Australia’s Offshore Detention Centres," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]

"No One Smiles at Me: The Double Displacement of Iranian Migrant Men as Refugees Who Use Drugs in Australia," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]

"Profiles of exposure to potentially traumatic events in refugees living in Australia," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 30 (2021) [open access]

"The Regional Migration-Development Nexus in Australia: What Migration? Whose Development?," Frontiers in Sociology, 11 Feb. 2021 [open access]

Should Asylum Seekers Modify Their Conduct to Avoid Harm under Complementary Protection?, Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series (SSRN, Jan. 2021) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Australia (28 Jan. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Child Marriage Practices among the Rohingya in Bangladesh," Conflict and Health, 14:28 (May 2020) [open access]

"Drug Use and Criminality among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: A Review of the Literature," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 16, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Family Values: The Child Citizenship Act’s Ability to Protect the Foreign-Born Children of U.S. Citizens from Deportation," Boston College Law Review, vol. 61, no. 9 (2020) [full-text]

"Indigenous Approaches to Integrate Unaccompanied Minors: An Evaluation of Psychosocial Services at Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi," African Journal of Social Work, vol. 10, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 101, no. 911 (Aug. 2019; posted June 2020) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "Children and War."

"Justifying Family Separation," Wake Forest Law Review (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]
- Focuses on the US.

"Reflective Functioning of Refugee Mothers with Children Born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 8 (April 2020) [open access]
- Focuses on the Netherlands,

"Refugee Children’s Drawings: Reflections of Migration and War," International Journal of Educational Methodology, vol. 6, no. 2 (2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrian and Palestinian refugee children in Turkey.

"(Un)Sustainable Development of Minors in Libyan Refugee Camps in the Context of Conflict-Induced Migration," Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 11 (2020) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (9 June 2020)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Free Movement of Persons within the African Union and Refugee Protection (RefLaw Blog, May 2020) [text]

How Africa can Reduce COVID-19’s Impact on Displaced Persons (ISS Today, May 2020) [text]

How South Africa is Denying Refugees Their Rights: What Needs to Change (The Conversation, May 2020) [text]

Neglected Refugees Find Themselves Even More Neglected during COVID-19 (African Arguments, May 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Uganda.

*New Research on African INGOs’ Editorial Power (Humanitarian News Research Network, May 2020) [text]

Niger: The Other EU-financed Migrant Hub of Africa (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2020) [text]

*Soap Maker in Kenya Refugee Camp Lowers Prices to Fight COVID-19 (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

*Self-help Project in Niger Churns out Hygiene Products in Fight against Coronavirus (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

Urban Refugees Struggling to Survive as Economic Impact of COVID-19 Worsens in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Khat Use and Intimate Partner Violence in a Refugee Population: A Qualitative Study in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia," BMC Public Health, 20:670 (May 2020) [open access]

"Refugee Protection in the Era of Complex Migratory Flows: A Reflection on Ubuntu and Social Work Practice," African Journal of Social Work, vol. 10, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Somali Refugees’ Wellbeing: The Role of Socio-culturally Mediated Agency," Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, vol. 6, no. 2 (2019; published May 2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Somalis in Uganda.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 May 2020)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (6 May 2020)

Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1

"Area of Exposure and Treatment Challenges of Malaria in Eritrean Migrants: A GeoSentinel Analysis," Malaria Journal, 17:443 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

"A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Output on Health and Human Rights (1900-2017)," Global Health Research and Policy, 3:30 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation of Substance Misuse Interventions in Conflict-affected Populations," Harm Reduction Journal, 15:58 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

"Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Capacity Building Course in the EUR-HUMAN Project to Support Primary Health Care Professionals in the Provision of High-quality Care for Refugees and Migrants," Global Health Action, vol. 11, no. 1 (2018) [open access]

"Global Overview of Refugees: Comparison of 2005 and 2015 Data for the 10 Most Affected Countries," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, In Press, 26 July 2018 [open access]

"Healthcare Utilization in a Large Cohort of Asylum Seekers Entering Western Europe in 2015," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 10 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Improving Access to Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis Diagnostic and Health Services for Refugees and Migrants," BMC Medicine, 16:221 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

"Infectious Disease Profiles of Syrian and Eritrean Migrants Presenting in Europe: A Systematic Review," Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, vol. 25 (Sept.-Oct. 2018) [open access]

Integrating Palliative Care and Symptom Relief into Responses to Humanitarian Emergencies and Crises: A WHO Guide (WHO, Sept. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Migrant and Refugee Populations: A Public Health and Policy Perspective on a Continuing Global Crisis," Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 7:113 (Sept. 2018) [open access]

"National Approaches to the Vaccination of Recently Arrived Migrants in Europe: A Comparative Policy Analysis across 32 European Countries," Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, In Press, 16 Oct. 2018 [open access]

"Towards Universal Health Coverage: Including Undocumented Migrants," BMJ Global Health, vol. 3, no. 5 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Universal Health Coverage for Refugees and Migrants in the Twenty-first Century," BMC Medicine, 16:216 (Nov. 2018) [open access]

What Strategies to Address Communication Barriers for Refugees and Migrants in Health Care Settings Have Been Implemented and Evaluated across the WHO European Region?, Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report, no. 62 (WHO Europe, 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1 (Europe) (13 Sept. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 2 (13 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Economic Contributions of Refugees/Immigrants in the U.S.

As this recent article in the Migration Information Source pointed out, Mr. Trump's Executive Orders relating to refugees and immigration "mandate sweeping data collection and reporting on immigrants and refugees in ways that seek to underscore societal and economic costs with no countervailing attention to positive effects from immigration." (emphasis added)

In the interest of providing some of that countervailing attention, here are a few stories that focus on the positive contributions of refugees and immigrants:

"As More Americans Fail Drug Tests, Employers Turn to Refugees," CNN, 27 March 2017 [text]

"Can Refugees Save a Town?," Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2017 [text]

"How Immigrants are Helping Detroit’s Recovery," The Economist, 16 Feb. 2017 [text]

"The Jobs Americans Do," New York Times Magazine, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]
- Several stories profile the work of immigrants/refugees.

"Lacking E.M.T.s, an Aging Maine Turns to Immigrants," New York Times, 27 March 2017 [text]

"A Surprising Salve for New York’s Beleaguered Cities: Refugees," New York Times, 20 Feb. 2017 [text]

"A Tale of Two Kansas Towns: One Thrives as Another Struggles," NPR, 18 Feb. 2017 [text]

For more stories about/analysis of how refugees and immigrants (both unauthorized immigrants and immigrants working in different sectors) help the U.S. economy, browse the New American Economy web site.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States (27 March 2017)
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (23 March 2017)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Events & opportunity:

Seminar: Migration and Psychology: Research on Migration and Clinical Work with Refugees, Oslo, 9 March 2017 [info]

1st Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference: Facing Challenges, Sydney, 29-31 March 2017 [info]

CFP: Traumatized Refugees: Scope, Needs, Clinical Interventions [info]
- Contributions sought for European Journal of Psychotraumatology; submission deadline is 30 March 2017.

Publications:

Challenges to Providing Mental Health Care in Immigration Detention, Working Paper, no. 19 (Global Detention Project, Dec. 2016) [text]

Current Migration Situation in the EU: Torture, Trauma and its Possible Impact on Drug Use (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2017) [text via Refworld]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 8, no. 1 (2017) [open access]
- A number of articles published 25 Jan. 2017 focus on refugees; browse through contents to locate.

Invisible Wounds: The Impact of Six Years of War on the Mental Health of Syria’s Children (Save the Children, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mental Health and Refugees: Position Paper (Canadian Council for Refugees, March 2016) [text via Refworld]

"Mental Health of African Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Hong Kong: Using the Social Determinants of Health Framework," BMC Public Health, 17:153 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"The Mental Health Status of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Attending a Refugee Health Clinic Including Comparisons with a Matched Sample of Australian-born Residents," BMC Psychiatry, 17:76 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Resulting from Torture and Other Traumatic Events among Syrian Kurdish Refugees in Kurdistan Region, Iraq," Frontiers in Psychology, 20 Feb. 2017 [open access]

"Psychosocial Interventions for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettled in High-income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171030 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"The Role of Social Capital in Explaining Mental Health Inequalities between Immigrants and Swedish-born: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study," BMC Public Health, 17:117 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"A Systematic Review of Studies with a Representative Sample of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in the Community for Participation in Mental Health Research," BMC Medical Research Methodology, 17:37 (March 2017) [open access]

Trauma Sensitive Interventions: Helping Asylum Applicants Receive Protection (ImmigrationProf Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (25 Jan. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health & the Asylum Process (14 Nov. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Health Issues in Europe

Addressing the Crisis of Tomorrow: The Sustainability of European Health Systems, EPC Policy Brief (European Policy Centre, Sept. 2016) [text]

"Exposure to Culturally Sensitive Sexual Health Information and Impact on Health Literacy: A Qualitative Study among Newly Arrived Refugee Women in Sweden," Culture, Health & Sexuality, Latest Articles, 29 Nov. 2016 [open access]

"Hospital Admission and Criminality Associated with Substance Misuse in Young Refugees: A Swedish National Cohort Study," PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166066 (Nov. 2016) [open access]

Hungary: Assessing Health-system Capacity to Manage Sudden, Large Influxes of Migrants (WHO, 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"International Organizations and Migrant Health in Europe," Public Health Reviews, 37:19 (Oct. 2016) [open access]

"Public Health Needs of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe, 2015: Infectious Disease Aspects," European Journal of Public Health, vol. 26, no. 3 (June 2016) [full-text via ResearchGate]

"A Refugee Camp in the Centre of Europe: Clinical Characteristics of Asylum Seekers Arriving in Brussels," BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 11 (Nov. 2016) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (9 Dec. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"Drinking Water System Treatment and Contamination in Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut, Lebanon," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 22, no. 8 (2016) [full-text]

"Health Conditions of Post-Resettlement African Refugees in Boise, Idaho," Online Journal of Cultural Competence in Nursing and Healthcare, vol. 6, no. 1 (2016) [full-text]

"Health Service Utilization and Access to Medicines among Syrian Refugee and Host Community Children in Lebanon," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 1:10 (July 2016) [open access]

How do Variations in Definitions of “Migrant” and Their Application Influence the Access of Migrants to Health Care Services?, Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report, no. 46 (WHO Europe, 2016) [text]

"Impact of Conflict and Displacement on Risk Behaviours amongst People who Inject Drugs in Kabul, Afghanistan," International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 27 (Jan. 2016) [free full-text]

The Nutritional Health of Young Refugee Children Resettling in Washington State (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2016) [text]

Rethinking How Refugees Get Medical Care (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Training African Refugee Interpreters for Health Related Research," Online Journal of Cultural Competence in Nursing and Healthcare, vol. 6, no. 1 (2016) [full-text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (24 Oct. 2016)

Tagged Publications.