Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

*Opportunity:

Public lecture: The 25th Anniversary of the Tampa Case: Reflections from the Bench and Bar Table, Melbourne, 2 September 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Back to Uncertainty: Afghan Returnees from Iran and Pakistan (ISPI Commentary, Aug. 2026) [text]

- See also related IOM report.

The Hidden Mental Toll of Displacement; Afghan Refugees Facing the Invisible Wounds of Forced Migration (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Pakistan.

Reports & journal articles:

Asia and the Pacific Regional Trends: Forced Displacement and Statelessness 2025 (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [access]

Deterrence Before Departure: How Australia’s Campaigns Seek to Discourage Asylum Seekers, Migration Insights, no. 20 (Univ. of British Columbia, July 2026) [text]

No One Died? New Frontline Evidence from Afghanistan on Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Deaths Following the Withdrawal of U.S. Assistance (Refugees International, Aug. 2026) [access]

Rohingya Crisis: From Humanitarian Response to Sustainable Solutions (Oxfam International, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

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

"Solidarity in Crisis: Challenges in Fostering Muslim Solidarity in Malaysian Refugee Policies," Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, OnlineFirst, 4 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Rohingya Crisis Enters Tenth Year, 25 Aug. 2026 [access]

Resource:

The Legacy of the MV Tampa (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2026) [access]

- "Twenty-five years ago, in 2001, the MV Tampa rescued 438 people from a distressed vessel in the Indian Ocean. The events that followed reshaped Australia's asylum policies, transformed public debate about refugees, and continue to influence refugee protection law and policy today. This page brings together Kaldor Centre research, commentary, events and resources exploring the significance and legacy of the Tampa."

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (31 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, Univ. of Oxford [info]

- Two sessions will be offered in 2026-2027 academic year: 7-11 December 2026 & 21-25 June 2027. Applications are considered on a rolling basis and places are limited, so early application is strongly encouraged.

Job announcement: Academic Content and Facilitation Manager, Refugee-Led Research Hub, Refugee Studies Centre [info]

- Apply by 19 August 2026.

Short pieces:

As migrants surge into Ceuta, do restrictive immigration policies work? (Northeastern Univ., July 2026) [text]

Global Trends in Forced Migration: A Critical Annual Review (2026) (IASFM Blog, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

2025 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World (European Union, Aug. 2026) [access]

Global Overview of Migration Routes (January-April 2026) (IOM, Aug. 2026) [access]

Global Survey of Operations 2025 (IOM, Aug. 2026) [access]

- Note: Provides link to related interactive dashboard.

Population Aging Is Here. Immigration Can Offer Half an Answer (Migration Policy Institute, July 2026) [text]

Refugee camps: current practice and historical perspectives (ODI, July 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"Nothing About Us Without Us: Rethinking Positionality and Power in Refugee Research," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 21 July 2026 [open access]

"Processes of Migration Returns and Reintegration: A Comparative Perspective," Special collection in International Migration (2024-2026) [access]

"Refugees in the City: How Humanitarian Migration Transforms Urban Areas," Migration Information Source, 22 July 2026 [text]

"Survey Article: Refugees and Location in International Law and Morality," Political Philosophy, vol. 3, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (17 July 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"A Blueprint for Complicity"- Three Years On, EU-Tunisia Deal Continues to Fuel Human Rights Violations: Joint Statement by 46 Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations (Human Rights Watch et al., July 2026) [text]

- See also related HRW news release.

The Human Cost of Migration Deterrence in Egypt (E-International Relations, July 2026) [text]

Thirty-one organisations call on the EU to urgently end abusive migration cooperation with Libyan authorities (Amnesty International et al., July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Humanitarian Access and Protection Under Siege: A Focus on Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon (Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, June 2026) [text via UCL]

Lebanon - Syrian Refugee Return: Snap Return Intentions, Perceptions and a Qualitative Analysis (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Living Conditions of Vulnerable Palestinian Refugees in Jordan: Access, Assistance and Experience of UNRWA Service Users (Fafo Institute, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Quick impact projects: Sixteen facilities rehabilitated by UNHCR in 2025 (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Libya.

Southern Responses to Displacement from Syria: Views from Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Beyond (UCL Migration Research Unit, 2025; posted June 2026) [text]

Underfunding Syrian refugees in Lebanon & Turkey after Assad’s fall, MidEast Policy Brief, no. 1 (PRIO, 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Drought amplifies the psychological burden of war," Nature Sustainability, 22 July 2026 [open access]

"Everyday Humanitarianism: Household-Level Refugee–Refugee Hosting as a Humanitarian Act in Amman, Jordan," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"From Syria to Gaza: A Critical Analysis of the Changing Role of Neutrality in Humanitarian Discourse," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Transferts européens et dynamiques endogènes : politisation et racialisation de l’immigration subsaharienne en Tunisie," Mondes & Migrations, no. 1354 (2026) [open access]

"The Unknowable Cost of Camps: An Exploration of WASH Spending in Zaatari Camp, Jordan," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Lebanon at a Breaking Point: Conflict, Displacement, and the Regional Protection Crisis, 9 July 2026 [access]

Tahjeer Podcast [access]

- "[A] podcast devoted to examining displacement across the Arab world as an engineered political, economic, and social process. Through conversations with scholars, practitioners, journalists, and international experts, TAHJEER moves beyond statistics to explore the histories, policies, conflicts, and systems of power that produce displacement and shape the lives of refugees and internally displaced people. Each episode seeks to connect academic knowledge with lived experience and to make research on forced migration accessible to wider audiences." See also related post on the Forced Migration List.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (9 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Refugee Voices in Modern Global History (RSC Blog, July 2026) [text]

Why Do Refugees Move to Some Countries but Not Others? Political Regimes and the Uneven Geography of Global Protection (IDE Research Columns, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Externalization of migration governance: new trends and specific aspects - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/62/35 (UN General Assembly, May 2026) [access]

- The report is available in multiple languages; see also the inputs received.

Global Public Attitudes Towards Refugees (Ipsos, July 2026) [access]

- See also related UNHCR-Ipsos press release and UN news story.

Protection Under Pressure: 75 Years of the 1951 Refugee Convention (International Rescue Committee, July 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Deterrence Illusion: A Comparative Analysis of European and Global Asylum Externalization Agreements," Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Latest Articles, 8 July 2026 [open access]

"Infectious diseases, and risk factors among refugees, people living in underserved neighbourhoods, migrant, and internally displaced populations: a systematic review," BMC Public Health, 11 July 2026 [open access]

"Life Before the Paper: Resisting the Segregation Between Theory and Action Through Research and Asylum Activism," ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, Forthcoming, 7 July 2026 [open access]

"Spain and Latin America Take Diverging Paths on Regularization," Migration Information Source, 2 July 2026 [text]

"Understanding culture, memory and trauma in asylum interviews: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis," Legal and Criminological Psychology, Early View, 11 July 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (7 July 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

About half of Americans continue to say Trump administration is doing ‘too much’ on deportations (Pew Research Center, May 2026) [text]

Data: Eligible Immigrant Voters Play a Key Role in Elections in Hundreds of Swing Districts (American Immigration Council, April 2026) [text]

‘The farther away, the better’ is the problematic logic behind U.S. third‑country deportations (The Conversation, May 2026) [text]

Fluctuating Hallucinations: On the Boundaries of Immigration Judges’ Discretion in the Determination of Asylum Based on Political Opinions (Immigration Law Blog, April 2026) [text]

New–and Dangerous–Questions at the Asylum Office (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [text]

Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration (CATO At Liberty Blog, April 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Trump Restrictions on Legal Immigration Could Sharply Reduce U.S. Population Growth (MPI, April 2026) [text]

USCIS Cut Green Card Approvals in Half to Help ICE Arrest Legal Immigrants (CATO At Liberty Blog, April 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Mapping the Undocumented & Temporary Status Populations: Understanding current undocumented and temporarily protected populations in the United States (FWD.us, April 2026) [access]

Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy (FWD.us, April 2026) [access]

- See also related summary with links to additional resources.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (11 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Call for submissions: IJRL/ACMRL Workshop for Prospective Authors, Online, June 2026 [info]

- Submission deadline is 12 April 2026.

Seminar: Safe third country concept: A tool for containment and illegalization of mobility, Online, 15 April 2026 [info]

Call for registration: 51st Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 18 May–26 June 2026 [info]

- Register by 20 April 2026.

Short pieces:

Rights in danger? How the EU’s new regulation on crisis situations undermines the principle of non-refoulement (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

State exploitation of regime fragmentation: A case study of Sudan’s weaponisation of an institutional gap in the international protection legal framework (RLI Blog, March 2026) [text]

Why Migration Definitions Still Matter for Refugee Protection (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

14th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Nairobi, 17-21 November 2025 [access]

- Follow link for conference documents & report, a selection of papers, and video of the opening ceremony.

Accessible Legal Aid for Asylum Seekers (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

"Le droit d’asile face au droit pénal," Revue des droits de l'Homme, no. 29 (2026) [open access]

- Note: This is a master's thesis.

Navigating Discretion in Refugee Protection: How Humanitarian Organisations Can Make a Positive Impact?, RLI Working Paper, no. 82 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Credibility as a Fuzzy Concept in Refugee Law: A Systematic Literature Review," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [preprint]

"Evolving asylum deterrence practices in Africa: The case of Tunisia and South Africa," Rivista di Diritti Comparati, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"International Refugee Law: From a Self-Contained Regime to an International Protection Framework," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access] 

"Legally Excluded, Structurally Persecuted: Rethinking Asylum Beyond the Refugee–Economic Migrant Divide," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2026 [full-text]

"The twice displaced: UNHCR’s role in evacuations," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access] 

Multimedia:

Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees, 10 Feb. 2026 [access]

*Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations, 11 March 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (6 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

The Bodily Remainder: Chicago Organisers after the Immigration ‘Blitz’ (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Collection: ICE and CBP Operations in Minnesota and Other States (Just Security, Jan.-Feb. 2026) [access]

Expert Survey on DHS, CBP, and ICE Reforms (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive (The Conversation, Feb. 2026) [text]

I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border are at their lowest level in more than 50 years (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2026) [text]

More Asylum Seekers Are “No Shows” in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

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

Reports: 

Development of the U.S. Asylum System: In Brief (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2026) [text]

Do Border Policies Deter Migrants? (SSRN, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also related Just Security post.

Immigration Enforcement in the First Nine Months of the Second Trump Administration (Deportation Data Project, Jan. 2026) [text]

Oversight of the Use of Force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Law Enforcement Officers (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Empty Justice: Ethnographic Court-Witnessing in Authoritarian Times," Journal for the Anthropology of North America, vol. 29, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- "This article investigates the operations of United States immigration courts ethnographically, examining how law, politics, and bureaucracy converge in the everyday production of immigration adjudication."

"The Far-Reaching Impacts of Trump’s Anti-Immigration Offensive," Current History, vol. 125, no. 868 (Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"For the Sake of Migrant Futures: Historicizing Migrant Deaths in Shipping Containers on the U.S. – Mexico Border in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries," California History, vol. 103, no. 1 (Spring 2026) [free full-text]

"Immigrant and refugee experiences in the Utah WIC program: a qualitative study," International Journal for Equity in Health, 27 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Inventing a New Order of Uncertainties: Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policy and the Dilemmas of African Deportees," Chapter in African Perspectives on Trump 2.0: United States Foreign Policy and the New World (Re)Order (Univ. of Pretoria, 2025) [ResearchGate]

"Trump’s Immigration Policy and United States Foreign Relations," Chapter in African Perspectives on Trump 2.0: United States Foreign Policy and the New World (Re)Order (Univ. of Pretoria, Dec. 2025) [ResearchGate]

Multimedia:

Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times (Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility) [access]

- Podcast series that "examines Trump administration policies and actions affecting immigration and migrants and their communities." Season 2 episodes are now being posted.

Resource:

ImmigrationLawHelp.org [access]

- "A searchable online directory of over 1,000 free or low-cost nonprofit immigration legal services providers in all 50 states."

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (26 Jan. 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (26 Jan. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Asylum Cooperative Agreements and the Fiction of the Safe Third Country (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also related CBS News article.

DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics (Just Security, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also related listing of "use of force policies issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and the Department of Justice" and a Marshall Project report on the repeated use of deadly force by immigration agents. 

The Most Important Immigration Stories of 2025 (CATO At Liberty Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

No Hearing Necessary: Pretermission and Third-Country Deportations in Immigration Court (bklg Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

Trump v. Illinois: A Narrow Supreme Court Decision with Broad Implications (Just Security, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the federalization of National Guard forces in response to protests against ICE.

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

Multimedia:

Year in review: Trump's immigration policy (NPR Politics Podcast, Dec. 2025) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (19 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

The Climate Protection Paradox: When Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad? (RLI Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Displacement Capitalism in Barbuda: A Story of Greed, Resistance and Hope (RID Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

"First climate migrants arrive in Australia from sinking Tuvalu in South Pacific," Reuters, 11 Dec. 2025 [text]

How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration (The Conversation, Nov. 2025) [text]

Living in Both Places: The Struggles of Tsunami-Relocated Families 20 Years Later in Sri Lanka (RID Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

"Lost in translation: How Sri Lanka’s Tamils face repeated disaster warning failures," The New Humanitarian, 18 Dec. 2025 [text]

*"Researchers reveal how climate change is shaping decisions to move – or stay put," Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine, 16 Dec. 2025 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Adapting to Climate Change During Displacement: The Role of Livelihood Opportunities and Labor Market Access ( Refugees International & Center for Global Development, Dec. 2025) [text]

*"Combined models of violent conflict and natural hazards improve predictions of household mobility in Bangladesh," Communications Earth & Environment, 19 Dec. 2025 [open access]

Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [contents]

- While this issue is still in progress, it features a special collection on "Resilience in crisis: understanding complex emergencies in the drylands," with six articles as of this writing, four of which are open access.

Exploring Climate Resilient Livelihoods Among Refugees and Host Communities in Kenya and Uganda: An Evidence Synthesis Report (IMPACT Initiatives, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Impact of Climate Hazards on Livelihoods and Access to Services Among Refugees and Host Communities (IMPACT Initiatives, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Kenya and Uganda.

Navigating Climate, Conflict, and Migration: Insights from Ethiopia and the East and Horn of Africa (International Organization for Migration, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Practical guide to co-production for anticipatory action with IDPs/refugees (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on MENA.

Multimedia:

Reflections from the frontlines: 10 years of protecting people displaced in the context of disasters, 4 Dec. 2025 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (3 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunity:

CFP: Twelfth Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition [info]

- Submit papers by 7 January 2026.

Short pieces:

Does the United States Still Oppose Torture? (Just Security, Dec. 2025) [text]

The Refugee Convention is under threat, but it is not the problem (Pearls & Irritations, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Trump targets the Refugee Convention: a fundamental shift in asylum norms," Mixed Migration Review 2025 (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2025) [text]

- See also related commentary on PassBlue.

The UNHCR Building, and Locales of the Making of Refugee Law (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

"What is a 'route-based approach' for refugees and migrants?," The New Humanitarian, 17 Nov. 2025 [text]

Reports:

Behind the Brief: The Danger of Institutionalizing Third Country Returns (USCRI, Dec. 2025) [text]

- Provides a summary of a recent USCRI briefing paper, followed by the complete text of the brief itself.

Cross-Regional Forum on Implementing Laws and Policies on Internal Displacement, San Remo, 1-3 Oct. 2025: Final Report (UNHCR et al., Dec. 2025) [text]

UNHCR Country Guidance Explained (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Architecture of Containment: Refugee Protection in a Postliberal Order," International Organization, vol. 79, no. S1 (Dec. 2025) [free full-text]

"Cruel Deference: State Narratives, Credibility, and Power in Convention Against Torture Adjudications," Saint Louis University Law Journal (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- "This Article critically examines the evolution of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices' authoritative role in U.S. protection claims, with a focus on CAT adjudications."

"Solidarity and Responsibility-Sharing: Does the Global Compact on Refugees advance core principles of international refugee law?," Contemporary Challenges: The Global Crime, Justice and Security Journal, vol. 6 (2025) [open access]

"The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Violations of the Non-Refoulement Principle," American Journal of International Law, vol. 119, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

International law is failing us. What now? (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, Dec. 2025) [access]

Non-signatory states in international refugee law, 26 Nov. 2025 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (13 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (13 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Due Process in Third Country Removals (Lawfare, Dec. 2025) [text]

Majorities of Americans disapprove of ICE and say the agency mistreats citizens and immigrants (YouGov, Nov. 2025) [text]

Narrating immigrants’ pain and tragedy can reduce perceived threat to Muslim immigrants in the US (EurekAlert, Nov. 2025) [text] 

The Travel Ban Comes Home (The Asylumist Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Trump Administration Responds to Tragedy By Putting Hundreds of Thousands of Legal Immigrants’ Lives on Hold (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

- See also related blog post on The Asylumist and AILA's Featured Issue page, "Sweeping Immigration Restrictions in the Aftermath of National Guard Shooting."

"Trump Admin Gives Mass Migration Warning to US Allies: ‘Existential Threat’," Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 [text]

**Visit the ImmProf Blog for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.**

Reports:

ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants (Brennan Center for Justice, Nov. 2025) [text]

‘We Need U’: How the U Visa Builds Trust, Counters Fear, and Promotes Community Safety (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2025) [access]

Where Can You Win in Immigration Court? The Impact of Lawyers, Detention, Geography, and Policy (American Immigration Council, Nov. 2025) [access]

Multimedia:

U.S. Immigration Courts at a Crisis Point, 24 Nov. 2025 [access]

Resources:

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

- This newly-launched website "tracks and exposes the human toll of the Trump administration’s forced third country transfer agreements."

CGRS 2025 Webinar Directory (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies) [access]

- "This document lists all of the recorded webinars presented by CGRS staff attorneys since February 2025 that are accessible to all registered CGRS TA users at any time through our online TA library."

Related posts: 

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (19 Nov. 2025)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (19 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Covert Borderwork: Managing Borders and Migration through Secrecy," Antipode, Early View, 26 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Credible fictions: how states stage refugee governance for geopolitical gain," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Double-layer deterrence: cascading externalization for irregular migration control," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:82 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Türkiye and Mexico.

"'A Façade for Inaction'? Governmental Actors, the Bermuda Conference and the Non-Rescue of Jewish Refugees," Journal of Contemporary History, OnlineFirst, 28 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Solidarity as a Verb: Engaging in Pro-migrant Actions in Localised Contexts," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 31 Oct. 2025 [free full-text]

- Editorial for special collection on "Making solidarity in migration contexts: from the self, the local to the transnational."

"Why Migration Researchers Often Struggle to Impact Policy," Migration Information Source, 22 Oct. 2025 [text]

Multimedia:

2025 New York Reception: Fireside Chat, 29 Oct. 2025 [access]

- "A conversation exploring the state of global refugee and humanitarian issues."

Power, Trust and Change: Refugee Leaders in Dialogue with UNHCR Candidates [access]

- Two dialogues have been held with candidates for the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Follow the link for both video recordings.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (4 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 28 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Asylum Interviews in the UK: The Problem of Evidence and the Possibility of Applied Anthropology," Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale, vol. 33, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Between Solidarity and Anxiety: Populist Radical Right Narratives on Ukrainian Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe," Government and Opposition, FirstView, 6 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Blocking Migration: The Underside of European Politics," Populations, vol. 1, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Differences by gender and origin in the representation of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in the Spanish press (2002–2022)," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 12, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Law enforcement agents at European borders: perceptions of migration, and the networked and relational exercise of discretion in policy implementation," Political Research Exchange: An ECPR Journal, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"The polysemy of solidarity in migrant transnational engagements: synergies of in-Kind and social remittances from Uruguayans in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Proposal of the European Commission for a Return Regulation: balancing effective return policy and fundamental rights protection of the migrant," ERA Forum, Latest Articles, 24 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"The ties that bind and break: a natural experiment on the role of (in)stability in local and transnational social ties for loneliness among refugees," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (31 Oct. 2025) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Credibility and/or anxiety: The moderators of political information on migration," Social Science Research, vol. 132 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on a European migration information campaign that was aimed at Nigerians.

Current Issues in Migration Research, vol. 2, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Features a special section on "Borders and Bordering Processes." Articles are in English or Swedish.

"Health care coverage and access for displaced persons from Ukraine: Assessing the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive across EU Member States," Health Policy, vol. 161 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"How ‘Special’ is the Special Law? Temporary Protection and Migration Infrastructure in Poland Following the Outbreak of the Full-Scale War in Ukraine," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 10 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"Humanitarian concerns and threat perceptions: An analysis of the key drivers of refugee attitudes in Germany," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Legality of the UK’s Immigration Fee Regime," Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law, vol. 39, no. 1 (2025) [preprint]

"The lemon in the tea: A reflection on displacement, nostalgia, and waiting with Ukrainian temporary protection beneficiaries in the Czech Republic," Routed Magazine (July 2025) [text]

"Research and Practice Dialogues on Complex Protection Claims – A 'Translational' Agenda," Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law, vol. 39, no. 1 (2025) [postprint]

- Special issue editorial. Focuses on the UK.

"The rising trend of shifting borders: Securitisation and externalisation of EU migration control in the Western Balkans," Routed Magazine (July 2025) [text]

"Sharing is caring: a micro-level analysis of domestic hospitality for displaced Ukrainians in Belgium and Switzerland," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (10 Oct. 2025)

New Issues of CEEMR, Crossings, Curr. Issues Migr. Res., Disasters, EJML, Eng. Lang. Notes, Fem. Asylum, GILJ, Intl. Migr., JEMS, JHEC, JIANL, Migr. & Soc., Migr. Stud., NJMR, Routed, VOICE Out Loud

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

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

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Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 14, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture, vol.16, nos.1-2 (April 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "In Transit: Mapping Digital and Transnational Narratives across Tunisian Borderlands." The editorial is freely available.

Current Issues in Migration Research, vol. 2, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Features a special section on "Borders and Bordering Processes." Articles are in English or Swedish.

Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, including five contributions to a debate on "Future of humanitarian and development aid" which are all either freely available or open access. Nine original articles are also open access.

English Language Notes, vol. 63, no. 1 (April 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Refuge and Displacement."

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 27, nos. 2-3 (2025) [contents]

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

Feminist Asylum, vol. 3, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

- Thematic issue on "Feminist Politics as Asylum." Articles are available in English and Turkish.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 39, no. 1 (Fall 2024) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 12 that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 16 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "The making of migration narratives: understanding processes and gauging impacts." The introduction is freely available and one article is open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 17 (2025) [contents]

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

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 18 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Decentring Migration Governance: the role of narratives." The introduction is freely available and three articles are open access.

Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, no. 25 (Sept. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles with one that is open access.

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law (2025) [contents]

- Scroll down to view contents of the first three issues published this year.

Migration and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Includes a special section on the "Anti-Refugee Machine."

Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles with eight that are open access.

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 15, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Routed Magazine (July 2025) [text]

- Special issue on "Oxford Migration Conference 2025: Shifting Borders."

Voice Out Loud, no. 38 (April 2025) [full-text] 

- Issue theme is "Upholding Humanity: The role and future of International Humanitarian Law."

Voice Out Loud, no. 39 (Sept. 2025) [full-text] 

- Issue theme is "The Challenge of Humanitarian Communication: Bridging Principles and Public Perception."

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports:

CHNV has been a huge economic success (FWD.us, May 2025) [text]

Federal Preemption and State Authority to Deter the Presence of Unlawfully Present Aliens: An Overview and Issues for the 119th Congress (Congressional Research Service, May 2025) [text]

Joint Written Statement to the IACHR Rapporteurship on Human Mobility on Enforced Disappearances (Human Rights First et al., May 2025) [text]

Nationwide Injunctions in the First Hundred Days of the Second Trump Administration (Congressional Research Service, May 2025) [text]

"This is an Order from Trump": Abuse, Expulsions, and Refoulement of People Seeking Asylum (Human Rights First & Refugees International, May 2025) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Effects of Pandemic Containment and Migration Deterrence Policies: Migrant’s Perspectives," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025) [open access]

- Available in both English and Spanish.

"Guatemalan Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 14 May 2025 [text]

- Available in both English and Spanish.

"The Idea of Latin American Refugees and Understanding the Moral Force of Their Asylum," Chapter in Philosophizing Contestation: Refusal, Disobedience, Resistance, Decolonization (Bloomsbury Publishing, Forthcoming Dec. 2025) [preprint]

"Immigration Law after Chevron’s Demise," Oregon Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Immigration policy in the second Trump administration: Restriction, removal, and the limits of MAGA nativism," Geographical Journal, Early View, 1 May 2025 [open access]

"The Undocumented Population in the United States Increased to 12.2 Million in 2023," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 7 May 2025 [full-text]

Multimedia:

Discussion of Stephen Miller Remarks on Suspension of Habeas Corpus & Path Ahead (Just Security Podcast, May 2025) [access]

Military Lines Redrawn: Trump Administration finds new way to secure the border (The Immigration Crisis: The Fight for the Southern Border Podcast, May 2025) [access]

Rapid Response Hotlines (Radio Pacific, May 2025) [access]

Resource:

Disappeared in America: The Faces of Trump's Immigration Dragnet (Immigration Hub) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (19 May 2025)

New Issues of Anti-Traff. Rev., Citizenship Stud., Cosmo. Civil Soc., Geog. Rev., Glob. Net., Hosp. & Soc., JEMS, JIMI, J. Migr. & Soc. Integ., Migr. Pol. Pract., Migr. Stud., Nonprofit Pol. For., REMI, Wellbeing Space & Soc.

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

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Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 24 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Family and Community."

Citizenship Studies, vol. 28, no. 8 (2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "Precarities of Non-Citizen Childhoods: Temporal, Multi-actor and Ethno-National Politics of Migrant Children’s (Non)Belonging." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access. Note: All articles were posted in March or April 2025.

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migration Research and Policy: Bridging the Divide in an Era of Complexity."

Geographical Review, vol. 114, no. 5 (2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "Navigating Institutions in Immigrant Research," 

Global Networks [access]

- Special collection on "Ukrainian refugees in Europe: Interdisciplinary perspectives from across the continent." Six articles are open access.

Hospitality & Society, vol. 15, nos. 1-2 (March 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Migration, (In)Hospitality and Belonging in Uncertain Times." The editorial is freely available.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 8 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "The temporary turn in asylum: Researching the politics of deterrence in practice." The introduction is freely available and three articles are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 9 (2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with five that are open access and one that is freely available.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 26, no. 1 (March 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 10 that are open access.

Journal of Migration and Social Integration, vol. 10, no. 1 (Feb. 2025) [contents]

- Features several articles focusing on refugees and immigration, in Korea and Europe.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIV, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Summit of the Future special issue: "Articles in this issue explore how the United Nations Summit of the Future’s Outcome Documents address key migration-related priorities, such as promoting gender equality, increasing youth participation and improving digital access and inclusion for migrants." [Note: This issue originally included an incorrect volume & number: vol. XIII, no. 3 (2025).]

Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 1 (March 2025) [contents]

- This issue is now complete. Includes a mix of articles with eight that are open access.

Nonprofit Policy Forum, vol. 16, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Nonprofits, Public Policy and Migration Crises."

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Features thematic dossier on "Sur les routes de la migration: circulations, risque et gestion de l’incertitude."

Wellbeing, Space and Society [open access]

- Special collection on "Urban displacement, placemaking and wellbeing."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

After a Long Decade in Detention, Uyghur Men in Thailand Face Transnational Repression (Freedom House Perspectives, Feb. 2025) [text]

Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in offshore facilities, UN Human Rights Committee finds (OHCHR, Jan. 2025) [text]

- See also related RACS explainer.

Beyond Borders to Behind Bars: Examining the Impact of Mental Health on Migrants in Detention Centers in the U.S. (Refugee Research Online, Feb. 2025) [text]

Northeast Syria: Camp Detainees Face Uncertain Future (HRW, Feb. 2025) [text]

Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Just Security blog post and Niskanen Center commentary.

Strange Inconsistencies in ICE Detention Statistics (TRAC, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

"Circularity of violence and institutionalisation: understanding women’s (im)mobility across borders," Journal of Gender-Based Violence, Early View, 10 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- "Draw[s] on narratives of migrant and refugee women in prisons in India and Australia... ."

"Migraciones sur-norte del Caribe, África y Asia en las Américas: 'Detención segmentada' y 'detenibilidad' en Sudamérica," Colombia Internacional, no. 121 (2025) [open access]

Practice Advisory: The Laken Riley Act's Mandatory Detention Provisions (National Immigration Project, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Samos: Unlawful detention and sub-standard conditions must not become a blueprint for the EU Migration Pact (Amnesty International, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

"'Who's breaking the law … not us, them!': Inside immigration detention in Portugal," American Journal of Community Psychology, Early View, 13 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (3 Feb. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (United States) (3 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

EUAA begins monitoring the operational and technical application of the Common European Asylum System in two Member States (EU Agency for Asylum, Jan. 2025) [text]

"How Europe can escape the migration deterrence trap," The New Humanitarian, 4 Feb. 2025 [text]

The Muslims of Ukraine: Demographics, displacement and faith during the conflict (RID Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Rethinking the ‘Safe Third Country’ Concept: Insights from the Court of Rome’s Ruling on Italy’s Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Albania (RLI Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related Border Criminologies blog post.

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

Reports:

ECRE Comments on the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Introducing the Screening of Third-country Nationals at External Borders (ECRE, Feb. 2025) [text] 

Implementation of the EU pact on migration and asylum (European Parliament, Jan. 2025) [access]

Planned Return Hubs in Third Countries: EU Fundamental Rights Law Issues, FRA Position Paper, no. 1 (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2025) [text via Refworld]

Journal articles:

EconPol Forum, vol. 26, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on "A New Common Migration Policy for the EU – Why and How?"

"Migration and Health Policy: Applying the Nexus to Safety Issues of Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean Sea," Public Health Challenges, vol. 4, no. 1 (March 2025) [open access]

"Money, not protection: Assisted return programmes and the timing of future harm in refugee status determination," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 31 Jan. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Right-wing authoritarianism and perceptions that minoritized groups pose a threat: The moderating roles of individual- and country-level religiosity and marginalization," British Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"'A security built in the dark': Operazione Strade Sicure and the productivity of ignorance," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 7 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"The Turkish Council of State’s Engagement with International Refugee Law in Cases Involving ‘Non-European’ Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 31 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"Understanding Attitudes Towards Refugees: The Role of Origin and Shared Social Identity," Migration and Ethnic Themes, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

Resource:

What would be a fair distribution of refugees in Europe? (Univ. of Neuchâtel) [access]

- A tool for mapping "the geographical distribution of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of temporary protection in Europe."

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (27 Jan. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (27 Jan. 2025)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Evaluating Bangladesh’s Legal Framework for Rohingya Refugees: Gaps and Solutions (EJIL: Talk Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Focus on saving lives, urges UNHCR as more Rohingya flee by sea (UNHCR, Jan. 2025) [text]

Forced Migration Experts Seek Solutions for Refugees from Myanmar to Palestine (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jan. 2025) [text]

- Discusses the recently-held 20th meeting of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference (IASFM20), which took place in Yogyakarta.

"The Hidden Lifeline for Afghans: Remittances," The Diplomat, 8 Jan. 2025 [text]

Protracted Displacement and the Complex Vulnerabilities of Internally Displaced Persons in Afghanistan (RID Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

"Questions grow over UNHCR inaction as Uyghurs in Thailand face deportation threat," The New Humanitarian, 22 Jan. 2025 [text]

- See also related AP News article and Human Rights Watch news story.

The Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh's political challenges and its humanitarian implications (Raisina Debates, Jan. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Healthcare workers' perspectives on trauma and mental health access for Rohingya," Frontiers in Public Health, 26 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"Issues and Challenges in Acculturation Among the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Systematic Literature Review," Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, vol. 40, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

MySDG Conference on Stateless and Refugee Communities, Penang, 14-15 Sept. 2024 

- Selected papers were published in two volumes: 1) Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Fostering Inclusion and Resilience among Stateless and Refugee Communities in Malaysia; and 2) Unheard Voices: The Lived Experiences of Stateless Persons and Refugees in Malaysia. Video recordings of presentations can be accessed here.

"'Stop the boats’': deterrence of asylum seekers from the perspective of Australian medical professionals," International Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 25 Jan. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (6 Jan. 2025)