Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

A Century of Asia Minor Refugees in Greece: Flight, Fight, and Fraternity (Oxford Univ. Press, Jan. 2026) [open access]

- "This book is a comparative—intergenerational and interregional—history of Asia Minor memories and identities of forced displacement that examines the multilayered relationship between contemporary attitudes and refugee past. Marking the centenary of the Asia Minor population transfer in the context of Greece’s contemporary migration crisis, the research questions that this book addresses are: how have memories of the 1922–24 forced displacement changed over time from one generation to the next? How do people with these memories and identities think about subsequent migration? Following a regional history approach and an oral history approach, this study draws upon literature from several disciplines and rests upon oral testimony. Specifically, it employs a methodology of collecting primary sources using oral testimonies (262 life history interviews) and archival evidence (five thousand oral testimonies) based on three regional case studies, namely the borderland island of Lesvos, Central Macedonia in northern Greece, and Attica."

Journal articles:

"The Construction of Medicolegal Alienation: Physicians’ Lived Experience of Law in Encounters with People Living as Undocumented Migrants in the Context of Medical Humanitarianism," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"From the bottom up? Frontline crisis management and informal policy change in international organisations," Review of International Studies, vol. 52, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"International norm dynamics in return and readmission: a research agenda," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [free full-text]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Motivators of action: Greek political refugees, the Enlightenment Committee and Soviet literature, 1949-1968," Neograeca Bohemica, OnlineFirst, 28 March 2026 [open access]

"The vulnerability of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy: Insights from a nationwide survey," PLoS One 21(3): e0341950 (March 2026) [open access]

"'We were attacked due to our language': Kinyabwisha in the family language policies of refugees from the DR Congo in Norway," Language & Communication, vol. 108 (May 2026) [open access]

"What Drives Overstay? The Case of Afghan Asylum Seekers in Germany," Journal of the European Economic Association, Advance Articles, 24 March 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Challenges, Successes, and Recommendations: U.S. Labor Mobility Pathways for Displaced People (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

The DOT’s trucking crackdown isn’t about safety — it’s about immigration (Niskanen Center Commentary, Nov. 2025) [text]

It’s not digital platforms that hire refugees – it’s people (LSE Inequalities Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

Refugees who left their homes and became successful business owners – in their own words (Loughborough Univ., Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed (The Conversation, Nov. 2025) [text]

USCIS Restricts Work Permits for Asylum Seekers (The Asylumist Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

When Trump’s immigration raids become foreign policy (Niskanen Center Commentary, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Government Efforts to Boost Diaspora Remittances Earn Mixed Results," Migration Information Source, 5 Nov. 2025 [text]

"Integrated psychological capital and theory of planned behavior as predictors of entrepreneurial intentions among refugees," Discover Psychology, 5:143 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Navigating overqualification: Syrian female refugees with university degrees in the labour market," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 114 (Jan.-Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Türkiye.

"A qualitative study of the experiences of Syrian physicians in Türkiye: the need to strengthen integration," Human Resources for Health, 23:63 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"Ukrainian displaced women entrepreneurs in EU countries: Pathways to inclusion in the European business environment," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 114 (Jan.-Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"Weathering the storm: Career development stories of Syrian refugee women in Türkiye," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 114 (Jan.-Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (28 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (28 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration," Los Angeles Times, 12 March 2025 [text]

Easing the shortage of skilled labour through higher education for refugees (Govt. of Switzerland, March 2025) [text]

"The fiscal hit from the IRS sharing immigration information," Axios, 25 March 2025 [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Just Taxes blog post.

"How Trump’s immigration crackdown could backfire," CNN, 2 March 2025 [text]

States with Healthcare Shortages Turn to Foreign-Trained Doctors, Showing Bipartisan Immigration Policies Benefit All (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Niskanen Center study.

TBB and IOM Launch Pioneering Initiative to Expand Labour Mobility Pathways from Latin America to Canada and Other Countries of Destination (IOM, Feb. 2025) [text]

We’re Better Together: the private sector is stepping up for refugee inclusion (UNHCR Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reports:

Immigration and Credit in America, Kilts Center for Marketing Data Research Working Paper (Univ. of Chicago, March 2025) [text]

Social Entrepreneurship of Refugee-Owned Businesses in Türkiye (Building Markets, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Syrians.

Unlocking Talent: A Toolkit for Supporting Refugee Employability (IKEA: Ingka Group, 2025) [access]

Resources:

New Data: Immigrants Keep Economy Strong, as Congress Considers Wasting Billions on Mass Deportation (American Immigration Council, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Follow link to access an interactive map that allows users to search for "data showcasing immigrant contributions by state, county, metro area, and district."    

Refugee Employment Platforms (UNHCR) [access]

- "[I]t’s not always easy to connect companies with refugee talent. To address that, UNHCR and partners, have developed refugee employment platforms in eight countries in Europe to connect businesses with refugees and stateless people. The platforms streamline the job placement process, provide information and support services to companies and refugees, connect integration stakeholders, enhance data on refugee profiles and market needs, build trust and give recognition to employers." See the press release for more info.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (11 March 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (11 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Opportunity:

Panel discussion: Strategic Litigation Network: After NZYQ – Community Safety Orders, Sydney/Online, 3 April 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Australia High Court Decision and Legislative Reactions: A Cycle of Release and Re-Detention for “Stateless” Immigrants? (Jurist, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Diego Garcia asylum seekers face arbitrary detention: UN inspectors," The New Humanitarian, 19 Feb. 2024 [text]

Doctors should not declare anyone fit to be held in immigration detention centres (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2024) [text]

Number of Detained Migrants Increases; Number of Migrants on ATD Decreases (ImmigrationProf Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Vastria CCAC: Isolation – an overlooked indicator of detention in the context of refugee camps? (RLI Blog, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

Reports & journal articles:

Alternatives to Immigration Detention in Türkiye: What’s the European Union got to do with it?, RSC Working Paper, no. 2024/08 (European Univ. Institute, March 2024) [text]

"'Detention is morally exhausting': melancholia of detention centres in France," Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, vol. 31, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Detention 'Keeps the Families Together': US Zero Tolerance Separations and the Slow Violence of Litigating Family Detention," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 13 Feb. 2024 [preprint]

Electronic Monitoring of Migrants: Punitive not Prudent (ABA Commission on Immigration, Feb. 2024) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

Immigration Detention in Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China): Severe Detention Regimes and Paltry Conditions (Global Detention Project, March 2024) [text]

"The private harms of detention: why Serco’s violence is not criminalised," Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Latest Articles, 26 Feb. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

'We Can’t See the Sun’: Malaysia’s Arbitrary Detention of Migrants and Refugees (Human Rights Watch, March 2024) [access]

Multimedia:

Book Talk: Detention Empire: Reagan's War on Immigrants & the Seeds of Resistance, 19 Jan. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (16 Feb. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Evidence Based Interventions: Programa de Integración en México (USA for UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

Refugees enjoy better integration when they and their hosts are more financially secure (UNHCR Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]

Why Europe should back the UNDP’s “Türkiye Compact” for refugees (EUROPP Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

Reports:

lllinois’ Trailblazing Solution to Doctor Shortages: Opening Doors for Immigrant, Refugee, and Asylee Healthcare Professionals (Upwardly Global, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Job Finding and Separation among Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Their Hosts during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10670 (World Bank, Jan. 2024) [text]

Understanding livelihood-related urban-rural connections for women from Displacement Affected Communities (DACs) in South-West State of Somalia: Comprehensive report on a multi-phased learning activity (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2024) [text]

Multimedia:

Beyond Livelihoods: A Protracted Displacement Economy Approach, 17 Jan. 2024 [access]

- "This research seminar [presented] a selection of findings, and short films, from qualitative and quantitative fieldwork conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Myanmar, and Pakistan."

How modern monetary theory could be a catalyst for modern migration theory, 12 Dec. 2023 [access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (15 Dec. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Dispelling the Myth: How Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Contribute to the US Tax Base (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2023) [text]

Entrepreneurship training helps Venezuelan refugees find stability (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

 The rising cost of stagnant immigration policy (Niskanen Center, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Tackling the labour shortage by helping more skilled refugees and other displaced people build their careers in Canada (Govt. of Canada, March 2023) [text]

Theory and evidence on the impact of refugees on host communities (Development for Peace Blog, March 2023) [text]

 Journal articles:

"Beyond job placement: careers for refugees," International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, Latest Articles, 30 March 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Combining Language Training and Work Experience for Refugees with Low-Literacy Levels: a Mixed-Methods Case Study," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 March 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"A Novel Model for Economic Integration of 'Refugee Doctors' in the UK: Opportunities and Costs of New Policy Initiatives," Migration and Diversity, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (21 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

"Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.," New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023 [text]

- See also related Reuters article.

Displacement, integration, and return: What remote work possibilities for Ukrainians? (ICMPD Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

"Flipping the Narrative: Let refugees be economic contributors," The New Humanitarian, 9 March 2023 [text]

Reports:

Gains from Variety: Refugee-Host Interactions in Uganda, CEIS Tor Vergata Research Paper, no. 553 (Univ. of Rome, Feb. 2023) [text]

How Companies in the U.S. Can Mentor Afghan Refugees (TENT Partnership & LIRS, March 2023) [text]

How Hiring Refugees Helps Brands: Europe (TENT Partnership, March 2023) [access]

- Follow link for survey results for Europe, France, Netherlands and the UK.

Nigerien Migrant Workers in Libya: General Overview and Opportunities for the Future (IOM, Feb. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Countering Indeterminate Temporariness: Sheltering work in refugee camps," Organization Studies, vol. 44, no. 2 (Feb. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

"Gender, Migration, and Education: An Intersectional Analysis of a Labor Market Integration Project for Women with Migration Background," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

International Migration, vol. 61, no. 2 (April 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Migrant entrepreneurship," with five open access articles.

"Investigating Public–Private Cooperation in Migrant Labor Market Integration: A System Dynamics Study to Explore the Challenge for Greece," Economies, vol. 11, no. 2 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

"Not without family: refugee family entrepreneurship and economic integration process," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, vol. 17, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Refugees from Ukraine on the Polish labour market," Social Insurance: Theory and Practice, Ahead of Print, 3 Feb. 2023 [open access]

"Respected physician in Syria, unemployed refugee in the Netherlands: An analysis of the integration of Syrian refugees with a medical degree in the Dutch medical field," Social Science & Medicine, In Press, 11 March 2023 [open access]

"Value Creation for Refugees by Social Partnerships: A Frames Perspective," Business & Society, OnlineFirst, 13 March 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (20 Feb. 2023)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Access to a Doctor, Access to Justice? An Empirical Study on the Impact of Forensic Medical Examinations in Preventing Deportations," Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 35 (Spring 2022) [full-text]

"COVID-19 and decreased asylum access: mother work, precarity and preocupación among Central American asylum-seekers in Los Angeles," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 10 May 2022 [open access]

"Crossing Borders: The Overlap and Conflict of International and Domestic Laws Regarding Refugees and Asylum Seekers," Brigham Young University Prelaw Review, vol. 36, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

"Delivering Public Services to the Underserved: Nonprofits and the Latino Threat Narrative," Public Administration Review, Accepted Articles, 24 March 2022 [open access]

"Dismantling the Wall," Michigan Law Review Online, vol. 120:1 (2022) [full-text]

"Immigration Judges’ Perceptions of Telephonic and In-Person Forensic Mental Health Evaluations," Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, vol. 50, no. 1 (2022) [free full-text]

- See also preprint version.

"Medical Accreditation for Foreign-Educated Refugees: An Undue Burden," Brigham Young University Prelaw Review, vol. 36, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

"Non-refoulement, Withholding, and Private Persecution," Louisiana Law Review, vol. 8, no. 3 (Spring 2022) [full-text]

"Non-State Actors 'Under Color of Law': Closing a Gap in Protection Under the Convention Against Torture, Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 35 (Spring 2022) [full-text]

"Rise in Maritime Migration to the United States is a Reminder of Chapters Past," Migration Information Source, 25 May 2022 [text]

"Trauma as Inclusion," Tennessee Law Review, vol. 89, no. 4 (2022) [SSRN]

"When Does Mental Health Coercion Constitute Torture?: Implications of Unpublished U.S. Immigration Judge Decisions Denying Non-Refoulement Protection," Fordham International Law Journal, vol. vol. 45, no. 5 (2022) [full-text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (1 June 2022)

Round-up: Medico-legal Aspects of the Asylum Process

"Associations Between Memory Loss and Trauma in US Asylum Seekers: A Retrospective Review of Medico-legal Affidavits," PLoS ONE 16(3): e0247033 (March 2021) [open access]

"Asylum Medicine: Standard and Best Practices," Health and Human Rights Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (May 2019) [open access]

"Asylum Seekers in a Time of Record Forced Global Displacement: The Role of Physicians," Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 34, no. 1 (2019) [free full-text]

"'Better than having no evaluation done': A Pilot Project to Conduct Remote Asylum Evaluations for Clients in a Migrant Encampment in Mexico," BMC Health Services Research, 21:508 (May 2021) [open access]

"Expert Medico-legal Reports: The Relationship between Levels of Consistency and Judicial Outcomes in Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands," Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 29, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Guidance: Medical Evidence in Asylum Claims (UK Home Office, Aug. 2021) [text]

A Guide to Medico-legal Report Writing in Asylum Cases (CPD Online, June 2019) [access]

"Intercultural Communication, the Influence of Trauma, and the Pursuit of Asylum in the United States," Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"The Medico-legal Assessment of Asylum Seeker Victims in Italy," Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 29, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Neuroscience, Memory, and Credibility in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, May 2020) [text]

"Prolonged Periods of Waiting for an Asylum Decision and the Risk of Psychiatric Diagnoses: A 22-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study from Denmark," International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 49, no. 2 (April 2020) [open access]

"Psychological and Medical Evaluations: Asylum Seekers, Ethics, and the Law," Pediatric Ethicscope: The Journal of Pediatric Bioethics, vol. 33, no. 1 (Spring 2021) [free full-text]

Psychological Assumptions Underlying Credibility Assessments in Finnish Asylum Determinations (PsyArxiv Preprints, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Psychological Evaluations of Domestic Violence Victims in the Current Context of Asylum Proceedings," Forensic Scholars Today, vol. 5, no. 1 (July 2019) [full-text]

"Refugee Status Determination Procedure and Mental Health of the Applicant: Dynamics and Reciprocal Effects," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 20 Jan. 2021 [open access]

"Remote Medico-legal Assessment by Telephone during COVID-19: Monitoring Safety and Quality When Documenting Evidence of Torture for UK Asylum Applicants," Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 31, no. 1 (2021) [open access] 

"The Right to Information of (Un)Accompanied Refugee Children: Improving Refugee Children’s Legal Position, Fundamental Rights’ Implementation and Emotional Well-being in the Netherlands," International Journal of Children's Rights, vol. 28, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

"The Ring of Truth: Demeanor and Due Process in U.S. Asylum Law," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 50, no. 1 (2018) [full-text]

Scientific Evidence Shows Assumptions about Asylum Seekers’ Memory are Wrong (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2021) [text]

"Severe Post-traumatic Disorder Leading to Failure of Passing Asylum Interview: A Case Report," Middle East Current Psychiatry, 28:19 (May 2021) [open access] 

"Stories for Asylum: Narrative and Credibility in the United States’ Political Asylum Application," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 34, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

"The Texture of Narrative Dilemmas: A Qualitative Study in Front-line Professionals Working with Asylum Seekers in the UK," BJPsych Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

"Tortures Alleged by Migrants in Italy: Compatibility and Other Medicolegal Challenges," International Journal of Legal Medicine, Latest Articles, 6 July 2021 [open access]

"Truth and Trauma: Exploring the Merits of Non-adversarial Asylum Hearings," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35, no. 3 (2021) [full-text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Mental Health - Pt. 3 (Legal/asylum context) (17 Sept. 2018)

- Thematic Focus: Mental Health Aspects of the Asylum Process (2 May 2018)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

"COVID-19 has led to ‘monumental’ shift in thinking on immigration detention issues, research shows," Lawyers Daily, 10 March 2021 [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Detainees released from immigration detention speak about their dreams for the future," ABC News [Australia], 2 March 2021 [text]

In Australia and the UK, focus is on costs of detention (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2021) [text]

Libya’s Figures about Detained Migrants and Detention Centres: Reasons for Recent Fluctuations (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]

New Data Shows the Landscape of Community Support Services to Replace Immigration Detention (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

The Routine Detention of Survivors of Trafficking in the UK: The Perpetuation of Exploitation (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Covid-19 and Immigration Detention: Lessons (Not) Learned (JRS Europe, March 2021) [text]

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

"Globalised citizenship and the perceived legitimacy of immigration control: narratives and acts of resistance in immigration detention," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 25 Jan. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

Immigration Detention and COVID-19: A Tragic Call to Action for Federal and State Officials, Immigration Initiative at Harvard Policy Brief, no. 7 (Harvard Univ., Feb. 2021) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Immigration Detention in Mexico: Between the United States and Central America (Global Detention Project, Feb. 2021) [text]

"UK offshore immigration detention: why the medical community should act now," Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, OnlineFirst, 18 Feb. 2021 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (17 Jan. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Banning Mobile Phones in Immigration Detention Would Make an Inhumane System Even Crueler (The Conversation, Sept. 2020) [text]

- Focus is on Australia.

"The Desperation of Japan’s Detained Asylum Seekers," The Diplomat, 18 Sept. 2020 [text]

Self-harm in Immigration Detention Has Risen Sharply. Here are 6 Ways to Address This Health Crisis (The Conversation, Oct. 2020) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Shining a Light in the Darkest of Corners: Revolutionising Immigration Detention Monitoring (Border Criminologies Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Detaining the Uncooperative Migrant," Journal of Law and Social Policy, vol. 33 (2020) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Gender, Vulnerability and Everyday Resistance in Immigration Detention: Women’s Experiences of Confinement in a Portuguese Detention Facility," International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 9, no. 3 (2020) [open access]

"A Judicial Review of the De Facto Detention of Foreigners in Turkey," Border Crossing, vol. 10, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

Immigration Detention in Germany: From Open Arms to Public Backlash (Global Detention Project, Aug. 2020) [text]

Immigration Detention Reform in the UK: 2009-2019 (International Detention Coalition, July 2020) [access]

"Medical Advocacy in the Face of Australian Immigration Practices: A Study of Medical Professionals Defending the Health Rights of Detained Refugees and Asylum Seekers," PLoS ONE, 15(8): e0237776 (Aug. 2020) [open access]

"Mental Health Consequences of Detaining Children and Families Who Seek Asylum: A Scoping Review," European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Latest Articles, 14 Sept. 2020 [free full-text]

*"The Whole Block Goes Down: Refugees in Japan’s detention centers during the pandemic," Asia-Pacific Journal, vol. 18, no. 18 (Sept. 2020) [full-text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (13 Aug. 2020)

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Protracted Displacement: Hopes, Perspectives, and Solutions? Governance – Social Dimension – Academia, Amman, 18-20 October 2020 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 June 2020.

Blog posts & press:

As COVID-19 Worsens Precarity for Refugees, Turkey and the EU Must Work Together (Order from Chaos Blog, June 2020) [text]

Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Challenges for Refugees in Egypt (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

‘The displacement virus is much stronger than the coronavirus’: Reflections from Burj el-Barajneh and Baqa’a Camps in Lebanon and Jordan (Refugee Hosts, May 2020) [text]

"Fleeing War, Fighting for Survival: Turkey’s Syrian Refugees Face New Struggles," VOA News, 9 June 2020 [text]

For Yemenis on the Brink, Aid Funding Gap Spells Disaster (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

*The Future of Al Hol Camp in the Face of COVID-19 (RI Blog, June 2020) [text]

Human Rights Violations of Refugee Populations in Lebanon Amidst the Covid-19 Outbreak (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2020) [text]

*In a Critical Moment for Yemen, Donor Fatigue can have Disastrous Consequences (NCHS Blog, June 2020) [text]

"Libyan Doctors Battle on Two Dangerous Fronts: COVID-19 and War," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2020 [text]

The Libyan Litigation about the 2017 Memorandum of Understanding Between Italy and Libya (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, June 2020) [text]

Refugee-led Local Responses in the Time of COVID-19: Preliminary Reflections from North Lebanon (Refugee Hosts, April 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Palestinian Refugees and the Role of UNRWA Amidst Annexation Plans and COVID-19, Webinar, 4 June 2020 [info]
- Video link is available here.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (29 May 2020)

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"15,000 Rohingya under Quarantine as Coronavirus Cases Rise," Al Jazeera, 26 May 2020 [text]

"ASEAN Must Act to Save Rohingya Refugees in the Bay of Bengal," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 26 May 2020 [text]

"Fear and Uncertainty for Refugees in Malaysia as Xenophobia Escalates," The New Humanitarian, 25 May 2020 [text]

"Frustrated Hong Kong Asylum Seekers Want to Join Covid-19 Fight," Hong Kong Free Press, 3 May 2020 [text via APRRN]

The Invisible Crisis: Refugees and COVID-19 in India (Kaldor Centre, May 2020) [text]

Rohingya in Malaysia, Doubly Trapped (The Inperpreter Blog, May 2020) [text]

"Taiwan Says It Will Draft Plan to Help Hong Kongers as National Security Law Looms," The Diplomat, 29 May 2020 [text]

Thailand: Let UN Refugee Agency Screen Rohingya (Human Rights Watch, May 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Challenges Experienced by North Korean Refugee Doctors in Acquiring a Medical License in South Korea: A Qualitative Analysis," Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, vol. 39, no. 2 (Spring 2019) [open access]

"From Refuge to Rights: Majnu ka Tilla Tibetan Colony in New Delhi," Kritisk etnografi: Swedish Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2, nos. 1-2 (2019) [full-text]

"Healthcare Policies for Stateless Populations in ASEAN Countries: A Scoping Review," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 22, no. 3 (2020) [full-text via ProQuest]

"Host Communities and Refugees in Southeast Asia: Report on a Workshop Held at the National University of Singapore (NUS), 10–11 May 2019," Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, vol. 35, no. 1 (March 2020) [free full-text]

The Potential Impact of COVID-19 in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh and Beyond: A Modeling Study (Medrxiv, May 2020) [preprint]

"Prevalence of COVID-19 Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Health Behaviors in Host and Refugee Communities in Cox’s Bazar: A Representative Panel Study," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 11 May 2020 [preprint via Yale]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (12 May 2020)
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (12 May 2020)

Round-up: COVID-19

News: Coronavirus in refugee camps

General:

"'Distancing is impossible': refugee camps race to avert coronavirus catastrophe," Nature, 24 April 2020 [text]

Bangladesh:

"15,000 Rohingya under quarantine as coronavirus cases rise," Al Jazeera, 26 May 2020 [text]

"Coronavirus in the Rohingya camps: Five key issues to watch," The New Humanitarian, 15 May 2020 [text]

The Potential Impact of COVID-19 in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh and Beyond: a modeling study (Medrxiv, May 2020) [preprint]

Public health response in Rohingya refugee settlements on alert as first coronavirus case confirmed (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]
- See also related screening guidance.

Greece:

"Coronavirus cases among refugees on Lesbos spark fresh calls for evacuation," The Guardian, 14 May 2020 [text]

Kenya:

Coronavirus: Kenya, UNHCR strengthens measures at camps (InfoMigrants, May 2020) [text]

"Kenya's Dadaab refugee complex records first COVID-19 cases," CGTN Africa, 18 May 2020 [text]

Palestinians:

COVID-19 in the Palestinian refugee camps (RSC Blog, May 2020) [text]

Blog posts/commentary & press:

As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

"The COVID-19 response for vulnerable people in places affected by conflict and humanitarian crises," The Lancet, vol. 395, no. 10236 (May 2020) [full-text]

Joint Statement: Urgent Call to Promote and Protect the Rights of Stateless Persons in Their COVID-19 Responses (May 2020) [text]

"Low- and middle-income countries face up to COVID-19," Nature Medicine, 21 May 2020 [full-text]

#RefugeesRise: What frontline workers can show us about responding to COVID-19 (Kaldor Centre, May 2020) [text]

These refugees have built a Lego robot to fight COVID-19 (World Economic Forum Blog, May 2020) [text]

UNHCR urges prioritization of mental health support in coronavirus response (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

WHO and UNHCR join forces to improve health services for refugees, displaced and stateless people (May 2020) [text]

Will COVID-19 change how we think about migration and migrant workers? (World Economic Forum Blog, May 2020) [text]

More COVID-19-related blog posts available via IHSA.

Reports & guidance:

Commitments into Action: A holistic and coherent response to COVID-19 across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (IASC, May 2020) [text]

"A crisis within the crisis: The mental health situation of refugees in the world during the 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak," Psychiatry Research, vol. 288 (June 2020) [free full-text]

Crossfire and Covid-19: double crisis for displaced civilians (Norwegian Refugee Council, May 2020) [text]

Ensuring Access to Justice in the Context of COVID-19 (UNDP & UNODC, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Famine, the Coronavirus, and the Politics of Information and Analysis (Feinstein International Center, May 2020) [text]

How COVID-19 is changing the world: a statistical perspective (Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities, May 2020) [text]

Issue-Based Coalition (Europe and Central Asia) on Large Movements of People, Displacement and Resilience: Key Messages and Advocacy Points on the COVID-19 outbreak, Issue no. 1 (IOM et al.,  May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Joint Guidance Note on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Rights of Migrants (UNDP & OHCHR, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The New Normal: Collecting Data Amidst A Global Pandemic (JIPS, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Resource pages:

ReliefWeb Launches Regional COVID-19 Topics Pages [access]

UNHCR's Operational Portal for COVID-19 [access]

Related post:
- Round-up: COVID-19 (11 May 2020)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Accountability Strategies for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review," Conflict and Health, 14:18 (April 2020) [open access]

"The Afraid Create the Fear: Perceptions of Refugees by ‘Gün’ Groups in Turkey," Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Latest Articles, 11 Feb. 2020 [abstract]
- "This study investigates the perceptions of the local female population towards displaced Syrians in Turkey." See also related Identities Journal blog post.

"Asylum Based on Domestic Violence or Gang Persecution in the USA: When is the Government 'Unable or Unwilling' to Protect the Victim?," International Law Quarterly, vol. XXXVI, no. 1 (Winter 2020) [SSRN]

"Displacement-related Factors Influencing Marital Practices and Associated Intimate Partner Violence Risk among Somali Refugees in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study," Conflict and Health, 14:17 (April 2020) [open access]

"Gender-based Violence Experienced by Women Seeking Asylum in the United States: A Lifetime of Multiple Traumas Inflicted by Multiple Perpetrators," Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, 20 April 2020 [open access]

"Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Refugee and Migrant Women: Gynecologists’ and Obstetricians’ Responsibilities," International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 149, no. 1 (April 2020) [free full-text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (24 April 2020)

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.)

United States

Opportunity:

CFP: Law and Society Review Special Symposium Issue on "Facing Immigration Detention" [info]
- Submission deadline is 15 February 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Book Review: Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Class Actions and Due Process Relief for Immigration Detainees after Jennings v. Rodriguez (Lawfare Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

"'Fall Freedom Day': Nearly 200 ICE Detainees Being Bonded Out of Detention in Record-breaking $2 Million Effort," Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2019 [text]

"U.S. Held a Record Number of Migrant Kids in Custody This Year," PBS, 12 Nov. 2019 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

“Barriers to Due Process for Indigent Asylum Seekers in Immigration Detention,” Mitchell Hamline Law Review, vol. 45, no. 1 (2019) [open access]
- Focus is on the U.S.

"Can Physicians Work in US Immigration Detention Facilities While Upholding Their Hippocratic Oath?," JAMA, vol. 322, no. 15 (Aug. 2019) [full-text via Johns Hopkins]

"Constitutionally Unaccountable: Privatized Immigration Detention," Indiana Law Journal (Forthcoming) [SSRN]

Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013 (Univ. of Southern California, Oct. 2019) [text]

"Presidential Ideology and Immigrant Detention," Duke Law Journal (Forthcoming) [full-text]
- Focus is on the U.S.

Presumed Dangerous: Bond, Representation, and Detention in the Baltimore Immigration Court (CLINIC, Oct. 2019) [text]

Seeking Asylum: Part 1 (UC San Diego, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on the conditions and treatment of asylum-seekers in detention.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

News: More on U.S. Family Separation Policy

UN reactions:

UN Chief Criticizes Trump Family Separation Policy (The Hill, 18 June 2018) [text]

"U.N. Rights Boss Calls for End to Trump's Policy of Family Separation," Reuters, 18 June 2018 [text]
- Note: The OHCHR had issued an earlier statement on this matter. (Scroll down to "US Immigration Detention and Family Separation".)

UNHCR Urges Family Unity at Southern US Border (UNHCR, 18 June 2018) [text]
- Note: Prior to this press release, UNHCR responded to questions at a press briefing, stating that "The unity of the family was sacrosanct and needed to be preserved in the best interests of children and of society." (Scroll down to "William Spindler.")

Medical/health community's reactions:

Articles/blog posts:

"How the Toxic Stress of Family Separation can Harm a Child," PBS, 18 June 2018 [text]

"Kids Can Suffer Permanent Damage from Border Separations," NBC News, 15 June 2018 [text]

"A Troubling Prognosis for Migrant Children in Detention: ‘The Earlier They’re Out, the Better’," New York Times, 18 June 2018 [text]

We Are Better Than This (LexisNexis Immigration Law Blog, June 2018) [text]

"What Separation from Parents Does to Children: ‘The effect is catastrophic’," Washington Post, 18 June 2018 [text]

Statements/letters:

AAP Statement Opposing Separation of Children and Parents at the Border (American Academy of Pediatrics) [text]

ACP Objects to Separation of Children from Their Parents at Border (American College of Physicians) [text]

America’s Health Professionals Appeal to Trump Administration: End Family Separation at Border Immediately (Physicians for Human Rights) [text]
- See also their sign-on letter.

American Academy of Family Physicians Statement Regarding the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Policy to Separate Children from Adult Caregivers [text]

APA Statement Opposing Separation of Children from Parents at the Border (American Psychiatric Association) [text]

"Doctors Oppose Policy That Splits Kids from Caregivers at Border," AMA News, 13 June 2018 [text]

Separating Parents and Children at US Border is Inhumane and Sets the Stage for a Public Health Crisis (American Public Health Association) [text]

Statement of APA President Regarding the Traumatic Effects of Separating Immigrant Families (American Psychological Association) [text]
- See also APA's letter to the president.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (United States) (15 June 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health Aspects of the Asylum Process

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Legal Officer, Freedom from Torture [info]
- Candidate will "assist our medico legal report service to provide support and consultation for doctors nationally. You would ensure that medico legal reports for use or potential use in legal proceedings are of good evidential value and meet the requisite standards." Application deadline is 16 May 2018.

Publications:

Expert Roundtable on Mental Health in Refugee Status Determination, Canberra, June 2017 [summary]

Guidance Note on the Psychologically Vulnerable Applicant in the Protection Visa Assessment Process (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [access]

"The Impact of the Asylum Process on Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Norway," BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 6 (June 2017) [open access]

"Life after Trauma: The Mental-Health Needs of Asylum Seekers in Europe," Migration Information Source, 30 Jan. 2018 [text]
- Scroll down to "Impacts on the Asylum Process."

"Proving Torture: Demanding the Impossible," Forced Migration Review, no. 55 (June 2017) [open access]

"A Review of Adolescent Autobiographical Memory and the Implications for Assessment of Unaccompanied Minors’ Refugee Determinations," Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 23, no. 3 (2018) [full-text via CSEL]

"Seeking Sanctuary: Psychologists are Playing a Vital Role in Helping Asylum Seekers Convince courts That They Cannot Be Sent Back to Their Native Countries," Monitor on Psychology, vol. 48, no. 7 (July/Aug. 2017) [text]

"Testimonial Inconsistencies, Adverse Credibility Determinations, and Asylum Adjudication in the United States," Translational Issues in Psychological Science, vol. 3, no. 2 (2017) [abstract]
- See also related thesis and dissertation.

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

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health & the Asylum Process (17 Nov. 2016)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (2 May 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 2

"How Do We Reach the Girls and Women Who are the Hardest to Reach? Inequitable Opportunities in Reproductive and Maternal Health Care Services in Armed Conflict and Forced Displacement Settings in Colombia," PLoS ONE, 13(1): e0188654 (Jan. 2018) [open access]

Migration and Health Webinar Five: Health Care of Pregnant Migrant and Refugee Women and Newborn Children, 10 April 2018 [access]
- Follow link for video.

"Migrant Children within Europe: A Systematic Review of Children's Perspectives on Their Health Experiences," Public Health, Articles in Press, 4 April 2018 [open access]

"Pediatrician-experienced Barriers in the Medical Care for Refugee Children in the Netherlands," European Journal of Pediatrics, First Online, 20 April 2018 [open access]

"Preparedness of Health Care Professionals for Delivering Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Refugee and Migrant Women," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1) (Jan. 2018) [open access]

"Refugee Maternal and Perinatal Health in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Population-based Study," BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 4 (April 2018) [open access]

"Vaccination Status and Needs of Asylum-seeking Children in Denmark: A Retrospective Data Analysis," Public Health, Articles in Press, 4 April 2018 [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health - Pt. 1 (27 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Health

"Assessing Refugee Healthcare Needs in Europe and Implementing Educational Interventions in Primary Care: A Focus on Methods," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 18:11 (Feb. 2018) [open access]

The Deportation of Asylum Seekers as an Ethical Challenge for the Medical Profession (Physicians for Human Rights, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Health Access and Utilization Survey: Access to Health Services in Jordan among Syrian and Non-Syrian Refugees (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related follow-up surveys of Iraqi refugees, Syrian refugees and refugees from other nationalities. Baseline surveys were reported in this earlier post.

"Health-Promoting Behavior and Influencing Factors in Young North Korean Refugees (NKRs) Living in South Korea," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, OnlineFirst, 2 Feb. 2018 [open access]

"Immunity against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B among Adult Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands, 2016," Vaccine, vol. 36, no. 12 (March 2018) [open access]

"National Immunization Strategies Targeting Migrants in Six European Countries," Vaccine, In Press, 6 Feb. 2018 [open access]

Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 2018) [open access]
- Special issue on refugee health.

"A Qualitative Approach to Understand Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence for Refugees Living in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda," Conflict and Health, 12:7 (March 2018) [open access]

"Review of Infectious Diseases in Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Current Status and Going Forward," Public Health Reviews, 38:22 (Sept. 2017) [open access]

*"Screening for Infectious Diseases among Newly Arrived Asylum Seekers, Bavaria, Germany, 2015," Eurosurveillance, vol. 23, no. 10 (March 2018) [open access]

"Screening for Infectious Diseases of Asylum Seekers upon Arrival: The Necessity of the Moral Principle of Reciprocity," BMC Medical Ethics, 19:16 (March 2018) [open access]

"Strengthening Effective Preventive Services for Refugee Populations: Toward Communities of Solution," Public Health Reviews, 39:3 (Feb. 2018) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (5 Feb. 2018)

Tagged Publications.