Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Five new monitoring reports on places of immigration detention released by Independent Monitoring Boards (EIN, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Indefinite detention, duplicated punishment, and fictitious authority: The NZYQ decision (Australian Human Rights Institute Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

Offshore detention policy leaves 1000 refugees with no solution after 11 years (Refugee Council of Australia, Aug. 2024) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

"The Detention of Migrants at the EU's Borders: A Serious Violation of Human Rights and a Threat to the Rule of Law," Chapter in International Migration and the Law: Legal Approaches to a Global Challenge (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]

Held Incommunicado: The Failed Promise of Language Access in Immigration Detention (Cardozo School of Law, Aug. 2024) [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]

- Focuses on the US.

"Immigration Detention: The Assessment of Non-European Human Rights Control Bodies," Chapter in International Migration and the Law: Legal Approaches to a Global Challenge (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]

The Lawfulness of Women’s Deprivation of Liberty in al-Hol Camp (OHCHR, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Syria.

Unzipping Detention from Deportation, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 634 (Boston College Law School, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"'I’ve Been Hurt Every Single Day Here, You Know:' A Feminist Abolitionist Analysis of Immigration Detention," Critical Criminology, Latest Articles, 30 Aug. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Immigration Detention at Sea: maritime migration governance in Australia and the sanctioning of indefinite detention for the purpose of removal," Migration Politics, vol. 3. no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"The Institutional Hearing Program and the Incarceration-to-Deportation Pipeline," Critical Criminology, Latest Articles, 29 July 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs: The End of Indefinite Immigration Detention in Australia?," Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Punishment & Society, vol. 26, no. 3 (July 2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "Changing Detention," with three open access articles that focus respectively on Australia, Canada and Finland.

"Punitive subjectivities and emotions in immigration detention," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission (Aug. 2024) [preprint]

- Focuses on Mexico.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (7 Aug. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunity:

Online Briefing: Shaping Tomorrow: The Role of Refugee and Migrant-led Organisations and Communities in the 2024 European Parliament Elections, 28 February 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

The 2024 Commission work programme and its priorities in the field of migration and home affairs (European Commission, Jan. 2024) [text]

Albania court approves Italy migration agreement to establish migrant processing centers (Jurist, Jan. 2024) [text]

House of Lords votes against blocking the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill (EIN, Jan. 2024) [text]

Refugee protection at Europe’s borders: problems and proposals for change (RLI Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

The space for bias in the assessment of converted and apostate asylum seekers (The Religion Factor, Jan. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

 

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

Reports & journal articles:

EU Lawlessness Law at the EU-Belarusian Border: Torture and Dehumanisation Excused by 'Instrumentalisation', MOBILE Working Paper, no. 18 (Univ. of Copenhagen, Dec. 2023) [text]

European Papers: A Journal on Law and Integration, vol. 8, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Features special section on "The Externalisation of EU Migration Policies in Light of EU Constitutional Principles and Values."

"The geopolitics of fear: Pro-refugee resistance to Europe's racial security," Political Geography, vol. 109 (March 2024) [open access]

"Historical Layers of Refugee Reception in Border Areas of Italy: Crossroads of Transit and Temporalities of (Im)mobility," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 29 Jan. 2024 [open access]

Humanitarian Visas in a Hostile Environment: historical legacies, geopolitical ties and everyday experiences, MIGZEN Research Brief, no. 5 (Univ. of Birmingham, Jan. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. See also related post on The Conversation.

"Mapping EU Externalisation Devices through a Critical Eye," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

On the Reform of France’s Asylum and Immigration Law (IRAP, Jan. 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

Pushbacks at Europe's Borders: A Continuously Ignored Crisis, Protecting Rights at Borders Report, no. VIII (Danish Refugee Council, Jan. 2024) [text]

"When aerial surveillance becomes the Sine Qua Non for interceptions at sea: mapping the EU and its member states’ complicity in border violence," Chapter in European Yearbook on Human Rights 2023 (Intersentia, Dec. 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

Nordic Asylum Practice in relation to Religious Conversion: Insights from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 13 Dec. 2023 [access]

- Discussion of the findings and implications of new report.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (26 Jan. 2024)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

The End of Title 42 Might Be Chaotic, But It Doesn’t Have to Be Confusing. Here’s What You Should Know (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2023) [text]

Expanding Humanitarian Parole (Refugee Research Online, April 2023) [text]

"A major US asylum restriction is ending. So why is the humanitarian crisis in northern Mexico getting worse?," The New Humanitarian, 25 April 2023 [text]

A Post-Title 42 Vision for Migration Management Comes into Focus (MPI Commentary, April 2023) [text]

Regional Processing Centers: Can This Key Component of the Post-Title 42 U.S. Strategy Work? (MPI Commentary, May 2023) [text]

Reports:

Beyond a Border Solution: How to Build a Humanitarian Protection System That Won’t Break (American Immigration Council, May 2023) [text]

Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Announces Sweeping New Actions to Manage Regional Migration (US Dept. of State and US Dept. of Homeland Security, April 2023) [text]

- See also related press briefing.

Far from Safety: Dangers and Limits to Protection for Asylum Seekers Transiting through Latin America (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, April 2023) [text]

Immigration Courts: Actions Needed to Address Workforce, Performance, and Data Management Challenges (Government Accountability Office, April 2023) [text]

USA: Mandatory Use of CBP One Application Violates the Right to Seek Asylum (Amnesty International, May 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Decolonizing Colorblind Asylum Narratives," Saint Louis University Law Journal, vol. 67 (Forthcoming, 2023) [full-text via SSRN]

"Foreclosing Asylum: 'Neo-Refoulement' and the Ripple Effects of U.S. Interdiction at Sea," Univ. of Miami International & Comparative Law Review, vol. 30, no. 1 (Dec. 2022) [full-text]

"Remote evaluations for humanitarian parole of asylum seekers to the United States: The case of MA," Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitaiton of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 33, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Strengths and Resilience Among Central American Parents Seeking Asylum in the United States," Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, OnlineFirst, 26 April 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

A Brewing Crisis at the Southern US Border (Global Dispatches Podcast, May 2023) [access]

FAQ on Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas Permanent Injunction Eligibility for Certain Asylum Seekers Turned Back at Ports of Entry, 2 May 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (24 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Opportunity: 

Lecture: The Digitization of Humanitarianism and its Discontents, Online, 15 November 2021 [info]

Blog posts:

Breaking the cycle of ignorance: Prioritising refugees’ digital leisure and entertainment (UNHCR Innovation Service, Sept. 2021) [text]

How mobile phones help internally displaced people in Nigeria (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

- See related journal article below.

Meet the Syrian cartoonist behind UNHCR’s first-ever NFT fundraiser (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

- Note: NFT = non-fungible token.

Six key findings from engaging communities through messaging apps (UNHCR Innovation Service, Oct. 2021) [text]

Talking Heads: ReliefWeb then and now (ReliefWeb Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

Why Connectivity is about More Than Technology (UNHCR Innovation Service, Oct. 2021) [text]

New open access book:

Networked Refugees: Palestinian Reciprocity and Remittances in the Digital Age, Univ. of California Press, Oct. 2021 [open access]

- "In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize information communication technology platforms to motivate reciprocity—a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services—and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community."

Reports & journal articles:

"Can You Hear Me Now? Attorney Perceptions of Interpretation, Technology, and Power in Immigration Court," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 30 Oct. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

Digital Identity: An Analysis for the Humanitarian Sector (IFRC, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Digital identity as a platform for improving refugee management," Information Systems Journal, vol. 31, no. 6 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on UNHCR in Uganda.

Digital identity, biometrics and inclusion in humanitarian responses to refugee crises (ODI, Oct. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic. Shares the "perspectives of (mostly Syrian) refugees in Jordan on their experiences with biometrics... ." 

"Explicability of humanitarian AI: a matter of principles," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:19 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

How Refugees in South Africa Use Mobile Phones for Social Connectedness, Paper presented at C&T '21: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech, Seattle, USA, June 2021 [text]

- See also earlier related literature review.

"Mobile phone use for social inclusion: the case of internally displaced people in Nigeria," Information Technology for Development, Latest Articles, 13 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"The Role of Emerging Predictive IT Tools in Effective Migration Governance," Politics and Governance, vol. 9, no. 4 (2021) [open access]

Struggle to Settle down! Examining the Voices of Migrants and Refugees on Twitter Platform, Paper presented at CSCW '21: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Virtual Event, 23-27 October 2021 [text]

"Technologisation at Sea: Securitisation and Surveillance in Maritime Interception of Asylum Seekers," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 34 (2021) [full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (22 Sept. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (Regional)

Blog posts & press:

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2021) [text]

The Frontex Push-Back Controversy: What Oversight for Frontex? (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, April 2021) [Part i] [Part ii]

*Mounting death toll in the Central Mediterranean calls for urgent action (UNHCR & IOM, April 2021) [text]

A New Politics of Solidarity? (Refugee History, April 2021) [text]

"Search and Rescue: Italy and Libya Reaffirm Bilateral Relations as Transcripts of Controversial Italian/Libyan Communication Emerge, Crack-down on Civil Rescue Fleet and Deaths at Sea Continue," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 23 April 2021 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Bialystok Legal Studies = Białostockie Studia Prawnicze, vol. 26, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Mix of articles that focus on migration, asylum and IDP issues in Europe generally as well as in specific countries including Georgia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

COVID-19 vaccination for applicants and beneficiaries of international protection, Situational Update, no. 1 (EASO, March 2021) [text]

Efforts of European Member States to Prevent Terrorists from Abusing Asylum Systems while Ensuring Compliance with International Refugee and Human Rights Law: Challenges, Recommendations and Good Practices, CTED Regional Analytical Brief  (UN Security Council, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Interdiction in the Mediterranean Sea: From Unilateral to Multilateral Cooperation,” Chapter in Externalisation as the New Norm? (Routledge, Forthcoming 2021[preprint]

Return Mania: Mapping Policies and Practices in the EuroMed Region (EuroMed Rights, March & April 2021) [intro.]

- Chapter 1: The EU framework of return policies in the EuroMediterranean Region [text]

- Chapter 2: Returns from Spain to Morocco [text]

- Chapter 3: Forced Returns from France to Morocco [text]

- Chapter 4: The Policy of Forced Returns Between Italy and Tunisia [text]

- Chapter 5: Egypt: a repressive environment, fertile ground for the EU’s return obsession [text]

- Chapter 6: Pushbacks and expulsions from Cyprus and Lebanon: The dangers of (chain) refoulement to Syria [text]

- Chapter 7: Turkey’s return policies to Syria & their impacts on migrants and refugees’ human rights [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 April 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (13 April 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

*Chasing Dinghies: Media Must Remember Asylum Seekers are Human Beings, Not Just a Good Story (The Conversation, Aug. 2020) [text]

"The Legal Battle to Hold the EU to Account for Libya Migrant Abuses," The New Humanitarian, 10 Aug. 2020 [text]

Repelling Refugees, 2020/1938 (Refugee History Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Updated Qs and As on the Legal Issues of Asylum-seekers Crossing the Channel (EU Law Analysis Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

*UNHCR, IOM: Interception at Sea is not the Solution to Channel Crossings (UNHCR, Aug. 2020) [text]

When Emergency Measures Become the Norm: Post-Coronavirus Prospects for the Schengen Zone (MPI Commentary, Aug. 2020) [text]

Reports:

COVID-19 Emergency Measures in Asylum and Reception Systems, Issue no. 2 (European Asylum Support Office, July 2020) [text]

Reform Past Due: COVID-19 Magnifies Need to Improve Spain’s Asylum System (Refugees International, July 2020) [text]

Safeguarding the Principle of Non-Refoulement in Europe: Counteracting Containment Policies in the Common European Asylum System, Dissertation (University of Western Ontario, 2020) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (4 Aug. 2020)

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

News:

Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, Brussels IV Conference, 22-30 June 2020 [info]
- Follow link for the joint declaration, background documents, and video. See also related European Commission and UNHCR press releases, and HC's call for enhanced support amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blog posts & press:

COVID-19: New Cases Confirmed Near Sahrawi Camps, 173,000 Refugees at Risk (Oxfam, May 2020) [text]

Economic Misery Engulfs Syrian Refugees and Their Hosts (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

"Libya Intercepts and Returns 71 Europe-bound Migrants," InfoMigrants, 25 June 2020 [text]

Researchers Launch Project to Assess Community Responses to COVID-19 in Gaza Strip Refugee Camps (Univ. of Bath, June 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Don’t Leave Them Alone: The Future of the Cross-border Response in North West Syria (Interagency Report, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Extremism, Contested Territory and Diversity: An Opportunity for Development of Iraq’s National Policy on Displacement in 2020?, IDRP Working Paper, no. 7 (Refugee Law Initiative, June 2020) [text]

"Imaginary Objects, Imaginary Palestine: Exploring Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Ethnographic Research in the Context of the Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp," Refugee Review, no. IV (June 2020) [open access]

Internal Displacement in the Middle East: A Review of the Literature IDRP Working Paper, no. 4 (Refugee Law Initiative, June 2020) [text]

"Investigating Self–settled Syrian Refugees’ Agency and Informality in Southern Cities Greater Cairo: A Case Study," Review of Economics and Political Science, Early Cite, 18 May 2020 [open access]

"Measuring the Psychosocial, Biological, and Cognitive Signatures of Profound Stress in Humanitarian Settings: Impacts, Challenges, and Strategies in the Field," Conflict and Health, 14:40 (June 2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Impact Evaluation on the Well-being of Syrian Refugees (AUG & CAMEALEON, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting Refugees in the Middle East from Coronavirus: A Fight against Two Reinforcing Contagions (Project on Middle East Political Science, April 2020) [text]

"Yemen: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World, Ignored," Mundi: Global Studies Society Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (14 June 2020)
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2 (14 June 2020)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2019 (European Migration Network, June 2020) [text]

- See also related Inform.

Asylum Statistics in Europe: Briefing (ECRE, June 2020) [text]

Contain, Distribute, Obstruct (CONDISOBS): Governing the Mobility of Asylum Seekers in the European Union (Univ. of Luxembourg) [info]
- New research project.

Country Report: Greece (AIDA, June 2020) [text]

Derogating from EU Asylum Law in the Name of “Emergencies”: The Legal Limits under EU Law (ECRE, June 2020) [text]

Destination Unknown: Afghans on the Move in Turkey (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2020) [text]

EASO Asylum Report 2020: Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union (European Asylum Support Office, June 2020) [text]

EU Charter and the Dialog of the Judges in Asylum and Immigration Cases, EUI Working Paper, no. RSCAS 2020/10 (European Univ. Institute, June 2020) [text]

Hungarian Act LVIII of 2020 on the Transitional Rules and Epidemiological Preparedness related to the Cessation of the State of Danger: UNHCR Position (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin article and UNHCR press release.

Looking for a Bridge over Troubled Waters: The Forthcoming New Pact on Migration and Asylum, Policy Brief, no. 125 (Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy, June 2020) [text]

Remote Control: The EU-Libya Collaboration in Mass Interceptions of Migrants in the Central Med (Alarm Phone et al., June 2020) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (27 June 2020)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Appropriate Measures at Sea: Extraterritorial Enforcement Jurisdiction over Stateless Migrant Smuggling Vessels," Maritime Safety & Security Journal, no. 7 (2019-2020) [open access]

"Hard Protection through Soft Courts? Non-Refoulement before the United Nations Treaty Bodies," German Law Journal, vol. 21, spec. issue no. 3 (2020) [open access]

"Hyper-Legalism and Obfuscation: How States Evade Their International Obligations Towards Refugees," American Journal of Comparative Law (Forthcoming, 2020?) [preprint]

"International Criminal Law and the Violence against Migrants," German Law Journal, vol. 21, spec. issue no. 3 (2020) [open access]

"The International Law and Politics of Water Access: Experiences of Displacement, Statelessness, and Armed Conflict," Water, vol. 12, no. 2 (Jan. 2020) [open access]

"The New Migration Law: Migrants, Refugee, and Citizens in an Anxious Age," Cornell Law Review, vol. 105 (Forthcoming, 2020) [full-text]

"The Right to Perform Rescue at Sea: Jurisprudence and Drowning," German Law Journal, vol. 21, spec. issue no. 3 (2020) [open access]

"Rulers or Rules? International Law, Elite Cues and Public Opinion," European Journal of International Law (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (15 April 2020)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Refuge Europe: A Question of Solidarity?, Chemnitz, Germany, 30 September-2 October 2019 [info]
- Deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to 15 May 2019.

News:

The Secretary General’s Special Representative on Migration and Refugees, Tomáš Boček, Completes His Mandate (Council of Europe, April 2019) [text]

Publications:

Asylum Criminalisation in Europe and Its Humanitarian Implications (United against Inhumanity, May 2019) [text]

CEASEval Newsletter (Spring 2019) [full-text]
- Includes articles on Spain, Italy, Bexit and Luxembourg.

Challenging the Externalised Obstruction of Asylum: The Application of the Right to Asylum to EU Cooperation with Libyan Coast Guards (SSRN, March 2019) [text]

EU Member States Granted Protection to More than 300 000 Asylum Seekers in 2018 (Eurostat, April 2019) [text]
- See also related Asylum Quarterly Report.

Latin-American Nationals Lodge Record Numbers of Asylum Applications in February 2019 (EASO, April 2019) [text]

"Refugee, Volunteer, Prisoner: Sarah Mardini and Europe's Hardening Line on Migration," The New Humanitarian, 2 May 2019 [text]

*Turning a Blind Eye? The Rescue of Migrants in the Mediterranean (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, April 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Who is Responsible, for What and to Whom? Patterns of Politicisation on Refugees and the European Solidarity Crisis (CEASEval, Nov. 2018; posted April 2019) [text]
- See also related country reports for Bulgaria Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy & Turkey.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (24 April 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (Elections) (24 April 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

New Issues of EJML, Front. Psych., GILJ, Global Educ. Rev., JIMI, J. Ref. & Glob. Health, Rts. in Exile, Transl. Issues Psych. Sci., Yrbk. Intl. Hum. Law

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 21, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Producing Precariousness: ‘Safety Elsewhere’ and the Removal of International Protection Status under EU Law" and "Irregular Migration by Sea: Interception and Rescue Interventions in Light of International Law and the EU Sea Borders Regulation."

Frontiers in Psychiatry, April 2018-Feb. 2019 [open access]
- Special collection on "Refugee Mental Health." The closing editorial explains the purpose of this research topic and reviews the contributions submitted.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 2 (Winter 2018) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on the Muslim ban. Note: The GILJ web site has been re-done and now includes online articles that freely available.

Global Education Review, vol. 5, no. 4 (2018) [open access]
- Theme of this issue is "The Importance of Educating Refugees," with 12 articles.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 20, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with several focusing on resettlement, refugees and asylum, and unaccompanied minors, among other topics. Two articles are open access.

Journal of Refugee & Global Health, vol. 2, no. 1 (2019) [open access]
- Mix of articles, with several examining health issues in refugees resettled to the U.S. and one on "Addressing Occupational Deprivation in Refugees: A Scoping Review."

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 100 (March 2019) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Translational Issues in Psychological Science, vol. 5, no. 1 (2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "Translating Psychological Research on Immigrants and Refugees." The introductory article is open access.

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 20 (2017) [contents]
- Includes two thematic sub-sections on "The Development and Interpretation of International Humanitarian Law" and "Targeting in Armed Conflicts."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1

Controlling Migration through De Facto Detention: The Case of the ‘Diciotti’ Italian Ship (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Harm Reduction in Immigration Detention: A Comparative Study of Detention Centres in France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland (Global Detention Project, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Home Office Agrees to Inquiry into Immigrant Abuse Allegations," The Guardian, 11 Oct. 2018 [text]
- Follow this link for a related podcast.

Immigration Detention in Egypt: Military Tribunals, Human Rights Abuses, Abysmal Conditions, and EU Partner (Global Detention Project, Sept. 2018) [text]

Immigration Detention in France: Longer, More Widespread, and Harder to Contest (Global Detention Project, Oct. 2018) [text]

Immigration Detention in Poland: Systematic Family Detention and Lack of Individualised Assessment (Global Detention Project, Oct. 2018) [text]

Locked Up in a Liberal State: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Parliamentary Debates on the Detention of Asylum-Seeking Children in the United Kingdom, CARFMS/ACERMF Working Paper, no. 2018/1 (CARFMS, March 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention, esp. in the U.S. (24 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

The Inclusion of a Subjective Component in “Well-Founded Fear” and the Insufficiency of Strict Textualism (RefLaw Blog, May 2018) [text]

"A Purposive Reading of ‘Non-Penalization’ under Article 31(1) of the Refugee Convention," Journal of International Affairs, 19 April 2018 [text]

Refugee Deterrence and Diplomacy: How States Influence Each Other's Asylum Policies, 17 April 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast. See also Q&A with author of Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World who spoke at a/m panel discussion.

"Refugee Law as a Means of Control," Journal of Refugee Studies, 23 April 2018 [abstract]

"When Crises Collide: Reforming Refugee Law to Prevent Environmental Degradation," Texas International Law Journal, vol. 52 (Forthcoming, 2018) [full-text via SSRN]

When People Flee: Rule of Law and Forced Migration, Washington, DC, 17 April 2018 [info]
- Follow link for issue paper, concept note, agenda and videos.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (14 April 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (14 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: MENA

News:

On 2 April 2018, Israel announced a new plan for addressing the situation of African asylum-seekers. Instead of deporting them to Rwanda and Uganda, some would remain in Israel while others would be resettled in Western countries. An agreement was signed with UNHCR accordingly. Hours later, the agreement was suspended. Read the following for more information:

"Israel Will Now Send African Migrants to Countries in the West Instead of Africa," QZ, 2 April 2018 [text]

UNHCR and Israel Sign Agreement to Find Solutions for Eritreans and Sudanese (UNHCR, 2 April 2018) [text]

"Netanyahu's Incredible Flip-Flop on African Migrants," The Atlantic, 2 April 2018 [text]

UNHCR Statement Regarding the Cancellation of Israel-UNHCR Agreement (UNHCR, 3 April 2018) [text]

Event:

*Report Launch: Triggers of Return of Syrian Refugees, Beirut, 16 April 2018 [info]
- The report to be launched is called "Unheard Voices: What Syrian Refugees Need to Return Home." See also related BBC story.

Publications:

Flights above the Fray: The Experiences and Uncertain Future of UNHCR’s Family Visit Program for Sahrawi Refugees (Feinstein International Center, April 2018) [text]

"How Global Politics Made Yemen's Humanitarian Disaster," NPR, 22 March 2018 [text]

*How Should Israel Address African Refugees? (Order from Chaos, April 2018) [text]

International Responsibility-Sharing for Refugees, Working Paper, no. 2 (KNOMAD, March 2018) [text]
- Focuses on the MENA region.

Jordan: Step Forward, Step Back for Urban Refugees (Human Rights Watch, March 2018) [text]

Leaving Libya by Boat: What Happens after Interception? (International Refugee Rights Initiative, April 2018) [text]

Making Aid Work in Lebanon: Promoting Aid Effectiveness and Respect for Rights in Middle-income Countries Affected by Mass Displacement (Oxfam, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Palestinian Refugees Lament as Trump Funding Cuts Create Job Insecurity and a Pension Crisis (The Conversation, March 2018) [text]

Palestinian Syrians: Displaced Once Again - An Eye on the Appalling Humanitarian Conditions of Syria’s Palestinian Refugees in Exile (Euro-Med Monitor, March 2018) [text]

Qatar’s Unprecedented Financial Support to UNRWA (UNWRA, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Return and Readmission of Palestinian Refugees from Syria (PRS) to Lebanon and Jordan (UNHCR, Dec. 2017) [text]

The Second Exodus:Tracing the Footsteps of Palestinian Refugees in Syria (Atlantic Council, April 2018) [text]

The Wages of War: Learning from How Syrians Have Adapted Their Livelihoods through Seven Years of Conflict (Feinstein International Center, Feb. 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (23 March 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe

Event:

Webinar: Legal Channels for Refugee Protection in Europe: A Pivotal Moment for Strategic Thinking, 12 October 2017 [info]

Publications:

Addressing Europe's Migrant Crisis Takes More Than Stopping the Boats from Libya (Foreign Policy Concepts, Sept. 2017) [text]

A Fresh Start, or Old Wine in New Bottles? The European Commission’s Proposals for Legal Migration (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Imagining Asylum, Governing Asylum Seekers: Complexity Reduction and Policy Making in the UK Home Office," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 25 Sept. 2017 [open access]

Lost for Words: Improving Information Access for Refugees and Migrants in Greece (Mixed Migration Platform, Sept. 2017) [text]

On Seeking Asylum from Poverty: Why the Refugee/Migrant Paradigm Cannot Hold (Mixed Migration Platform, Sept. 2017) [text]

Putting Language on the Map in the European Refugee Response (Mixed Migration Platform, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Reduction or Deflection? The Effect of Asylum Policy on Interconnected Asylum Flows," Migration Studies, Migration Studies, vol. 5, no. 1 (March 2017) [preprint]

Securitization of Refugees in Europe (e-International Relations, Sept. 2017) [text]

State of the Union 2017: Commission Presents Next Steps Towards a Stronger, More Effective and Fairer EU Migration and Asylum Policy (European Commission, Sept. 2017) [text]

Two Years After: What's Left of Refugee Protection in Hungary? (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Sept. 2017) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Europe (26 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

Opportunity reminder:

**Today** is the deadline for comments on the "Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees"! [info]

Publications:

Can Iraq’s Internally Displaced Return? (RI Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

Can Severity Profiles Offer an Alternative to Persons-in-need Estimates? An Experiment with Data from Syria (ACAPS, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Fresh Analysis of the Disaster Management Capacity in Iraq: Iraqi Local Organizations’ and State Agencies’ Capacity to Manage Humanitarian Responses (Oxfam, Sept. 2017) [text]

Hidden Figures: Women on the Move in Libya - Insights from the Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative (4Mi) in Libya, Mali and Niger (Danish Refugee Council, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Implementation of a SenseMaker® Research Project among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Global Health Action, vol. 10, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Movement Back to Syria: Scenarios - Possible Developments in Syria and Neighbouring Countries Over the Next Nine Months (ACAPS & Mixed Migration Platform, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Research Finds 3.2 Million Iraqis Living in Informal Settlements (UN-Habitat, Sept. 2017) [text]

Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2312 (2016), UN Doc. No. S/2017/761 (UN Security Council, Sept. 2017) [text via ECRE]
- Focuses on Libya.

Resource Mobilization by International Public Administrations: The Case of UNRWA and Palestine Refugees, Paper presented at European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Oslo, 6-9 Sept. 2017 [text]

Trapped: The Desperation of Syria’s Displaced Civilians (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2017) [text]

UNHCR and League of Arab States Sign Agreement to Address Refugee Challenges in the Arab Region (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]


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- Regional Focus: MENA (15 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

69th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Geneva, 28-30 June 2017 [info]
- Focus of this meeting was international protection. Follow link for documents (incl. the Note on International Protection), introductory remarks (incl. by the AHC) and presentations. NGO statements on various issues are available on ICVA's web site.

Five Questions: On Turning Back Boats (Kaldor Centre, June 2017) [text]

The Human Rights Risks of External Migration Policies (Amnesty International, June 2017) [text via Refworld]

Lessons Learned from Limbo: A Right to Counsel for Asylum Seekers (ATHA Blog, April 2017) [text]

A Life on the Frontline of Refugee Crises (Pursuit, May 2017) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

"Refugee Protection an Obligation under International Law," IPS, 21 June 2017 [text]
- Contribution by the UN Secretary-General.

Rethinking the Global Refugee Protection System, Washington, DC, 16 June 2017 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Safe Zones – Only Ever a Temporary Fix When Nothing Else is Available (Just Security Blog, June 2017) [text]

Thread on "What is the legal meaning of refugee" (Twitter, 22 June 2017) [access]

"UNHCR RSD Retreat at 2017 Annual UNHCR-NGO Consultations," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 83 (July 2017) [text]
- Note: RSD = Refugee Status Determination.

"Vulnerability on Trial: Protection of Migrant Children's Rights in the Jurisprudence of International Human Rights Courts," Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 36, no. 1 (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

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- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (12 June 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Events:

Migrants in Vulnerable Situations and the Relevance of the Refugee Definition, Geneva, 16 May 2017 [info]
- Note: This is an invitation-only event.

Migration and International Law: Beyond the Emergency?, XXII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International Law and European Union Law, Trento, Italy, 8-9 June 2017 [info]
- Register by 23 May 2017.

Publications:

"Evidence Assessment in Refugee Law with Stories and Arguments," Informal Logic, vol. 36, no. 3 (2016) [open access]

Experimentalist Governance and International Refugee Law: New Ideas for Supervising the 1951 Convention (SSRN, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Freedom of Movement and Undocumented Migrants," Texas International Law Journal, vol. 51, no. 2 (2016) [full-text via SSRN]

The Interdiction of Asylum Seekers at Sea: Law and (Mal)practice in Europe and Australia, Policy Brief, no. 4 (Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, May 2017) [access]
- Follow link for text of policy brief, as well as a related factsheet, expert roundtable report and podcast. See also a comment by the author.

International Law Handbook: Collection of Instruments (United Nations, 2017) [access]
- See Book 1, chapter IX: "Movement of Persons and International Migration Law" (scroll to p. 613).

Legal Considerations on Refugee Protection for People Fleeing Conflict and Famine Affected Countries (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1 (March 2017) [free full-text]
- Special issue on "'Undesirable and Unreturnable' Aliens in Asylum and Immigration Law." Articles are currently freely available!

The U.N. Global Compact on Migration & Human Rights, Geneva, 5 April 2017 [info]
- Here is video of this event.

RSC podcasts:

A number of sessions held at the Refugee Studies Centre's conference, "Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies," Oxford, 16-17 March 2017, discussed legal and policy matters. Here is a selection for which podcasts are available (view the programme for a listing of individual presentations within each session):

• The Need for Solidarity and Responsibility Sharing in Global Refugee Protection [access]
• Protection and Norms: Understanding Commitment, Compliance and their Opposites [access]  
• Refugee Law and its Limits [access]
• Refugees in International Relations [access]
• Responsibility Sharing and Delivering as One: A Protection Based Approach to Solutions [access]

Research project:

The Law of Asylum in the Middle East and Asia: Developing Legal Engagement at the Frontiers of the International Refugee Regime (Univ. of York) [info]
- A companion web site will soon be made available.

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- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (14 April 2017)

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Regional Focus: Europe

Circumventing International Law: The EU’s Responsibility for Rights of Migrants Returned to Libya under Operation Sophia (Comparative Jurist Blog, April 2017) [text]

The European Court of Justice on Humanitarian Visas: Legal Integrity vs. Political Opportunism?, CEPS Commentary (Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2017) [text]

Immigration and its Discontents: European Elections and Future Policy, Webinar, 12 April 2017 [access]
- Follow link for audio.

"'It's a shambles': Data Shows Most Asylum Seekers Put in Poorest Parts of Britain," The Guardian, 9 April 2017 [text]

Not so Humanitarian After All? Assessing EU Naval Mission Sophia, ARENA Working Paper 5/2017 (Univ. of Oslo, 2017) [text]

The Proposed Asylum Procedures Regulation (Amnesty International, March 2017) [text]

The Right to Reside and Entitlement to Social Welfare in the Case of Refugees and Zambrano Carers (bepress, 2017) [text]

Who are the ‘Others’? Mixed Migration on the Eastern Mediterranean Route (MMP Blog, April 2017) [text]

Resources:

European Migration Law [access]
- "Website which offers easy and rapid access to EU law, case laws and news in the fields of asylum, immigration and free movement of people."

Migration Geo-Portal (Xchange.org) [access]
- Aim is "to promote a better understanding of migratory trends towards Europe through in-depth data analysis and visualisation. Our work focuses specifically on migrant arrivals and fatal incidences during the sea journeys to Italy, Greece, and Spain. We update the Migration Geoportal monthly giving insight into the most recent developments in the Mediterranean diaspora."

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- Regional Focus: Europe (11 April 2017)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Event:

Conference: The U.N. Global Compact on Migration & Human Rights, London, 5 April 2017 [info]

Publications:

Accountability under International Human Rights Law, Paper presented at Law Council of Australia 2017 Immigration Law Conference, Sydney, 24-25 Feb. 2017 [text]

All at Sea: Comparative Perspectives on Turning Back Boats, Sydney, 1 March 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast and video.

Comment on Paposhvili v Belgium and the Temporal Scope of Risk Assessment (EJIL:Talk Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Displacement and Dispossession: Redefining Forced Displacement and Identifying When Forced Displacement Becomes Pillage under International Humanitarian Law," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2:5 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

Preliminary Deference? The Impact of Judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU in Cases X.Y.Z., A.B.C. and Cimade and Gisti on National Law and the Use of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (ECRE, March 2017) [text]

Rethinking the Role of Human Rights in the International Refugee Regime (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

RLI Working Paper Series, nos. 16-22 (Refugee Law Initiative, 2017) [text]
- This special collection includes seven working papers which came out of RLI’s Inaugural Annual Conference, "The Future of Refugee Law?," London, 29 June-1 July 2016.

Statement to the High Level Segment of the 34th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

There and Back Again: The Inter-American Human Rights System's Approach to International Humanitarian Law (SSRN, March 2017) [text]

Resource:

The Refugee in International Law, 3rd ed. (Oxford Univ. Press, 2007) [info]
- While a subscription is required to view the entire text of this seminal work, some chapters are freely accessible, including Part 2, Chapter 5, "Non-Refoulement in the 1951 Refugee Convention" and Part 3, Chapter 8, "International Protection."

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- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (2 March 2017)

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