Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

Cash Delivery Mechanism Assessment for Refugees, Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Libya (Mercy Corps et al., Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Everywhere the bombing followed us": Forced Displacement and the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas - Perspectives of Syrian Women Refugees in Lebanon (Handicap International, Oct. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Iraqi Migration to Europe in 2016: Profiles, Drivers and Return (REACH, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Libya’s Migrant Report, Round 12, July-August 2017 (IOM, Aug. 2017) [access]
- Note: Access other reports for Libya relating to migrants, displacement, detention center profiles, and maritime updates on IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix web site.

"The Many Faces of Displacement: Pervasive Violence and the Dissolution of a Liveable Life in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan," Chapter in From Destination to Integration: Afghan, Syrian and Iraqi Refugees in Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2017) [open access]

Mixed Migration and the Global Compacts: A Perspective from the Middle East (Mixed Migration Platform, Oct. 2017) [text]

Monthly Summary: Middle East (Mixed Migration Platform) [access]
- Follow link to access monthly developments.

"No Country of Asylum: 'Legitimizing; Lebanon’s Rejection of the 1951 Refugee Convention," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 5 Oct. 2017 [open access]
- See also related IntLawGrrls blog post.

Refugee Crisis in MENA: Meeting the Development Challenge (World Bank, Oct. 2017) [text]

Syrians at the Berm: Surviving in Nightmarish Conditions and with an Uncertain Status (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

Syrian Refugees Return from Lebanon Only to Flee War Yet Again (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2017) [text]

Whole of Syria Protection Sector: 2018 Protection Needs Overview (Protection Cluster, Oct. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (3 Oct. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities

"Barriers to the Long-term recovery of Individuals with Disabilities Following a Disaster," Disasters, Early View [eprint via Academia.edu]

Disability Inclusion: Topic Guide (gsdrc, Nov. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2015 [info]
- This year's theme was "Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities."

"Intersecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Disability in Humanitarian Settings: Risks, Needs, and Capacities of Refugees with Disabilities in Kenya, Nepal, and Uganda," Sexuality and Disability, vol. 33, no. 4 (Dec. 2015) [open access]

Landmines/ERW, Refugees, and Displacement, Briefing Paper Update (Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor, Dec. 2015) [text]

*Making Humanitarian Response Age and Disability Inclusive: The Minimum Standards, Webinar, 1 Dec. 2015 [access]

People with Disabilities at Added Risk in War, Displacement (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2015) [text]

Rocky Road: Disabled Refugees Battle through the Balkans (IRIN, Dec. 2015) [text]

*Supporting Disabled People in Emergencies: Motivation’s Appropriate and Affordable Wheelchairs (ALNAP & ELRHA, Nov. 2015) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities (28 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Publications:

EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2014 (Council of the European Union, June 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Fragile States Index 2015 (Fund for Peace, June 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Free to Think: Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project (Scholars at Risk Network, June 2015) [text via Clark Univ.]

Internal Displacement: Lessons Learned after 20 Years and Challenges Ahead, Washington, DC 26 June 2015 [info]
- Follow link for video of event.

Landmines/ERW, Refugees and Displacement (International Campaign to Ban Landmines, June 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Note: ERW = Explosive Remnants of War

The Perfect Storm: The Role of Public Health and Ethnic Composition in Refugee-related Conflict Initiation, Davis, California, 23 April 2015 [info]
- A copy of the paper presented is available here.

Refugees around the Globe: Statistics and Research on Living Conditions, Health, Assistance Efforts (Journalist's Resource, June 2015) [text]

Revealing the Routes to Policy in Practice (ODI, June 2015) [text]

Web sites:

Emerging Scholars and Practitioners on Migration Issues (ESPMI) [access]
- "Formerly known as the New Scholars Network, the ESPMI Network strives to connect emerging scholars, practitioners, policymakers, journalists, artists, and all those involved in forced migration and refugee studies to meaningful work and professional connections, as well as to produce new research and new interest in these important issues."

François Crépeau [access]
- "François Crépeau is United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. He holds the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at the McGill University Faculty of Law where he teaches Migration Law, Immigration and Refugee Law, and Constitutional Law. The focus of his current research includes migration control mechanisms, the rights of foreigners, the conceptualization of security as it applies to migrants, and the Rule of Law in the face of globalization."

Refugee Research Review Blog [access]
- New blog aiming to serve two purposes: "First, RRR is meant to facilitate studies in the area of forced migration by centralizing online research in the form of journal articles, informative websites, and current news concerning forced migrants. Furthermore, book reviews, scholarly critiques of journal articles, and original research can also be found here. Second, RRR provides access to practical resources and information for those seeking to minister to and serve refugees within their own communities. Brief answers to frequently asked questions, service ideas and how to’s can all be found here."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (17 June 2015)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

CFP/New Issues of Disasters, Geo. Immig. Law J., FRLAN, ICRC Review, JIMI, Migr. Stud.

CFP: 

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies [info]
- Articles sought for inaugural issue of this new journal.  Deadline for submissions is 1 November 2013.

New issues:

Disasters, vol. 37, Suppl. 1 (July 2013) [contents]
- Special issue on "Evidence-based Action in Humanitarian Crises."

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 39 (July 2013) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 26, nos. 3&4 (Spring & Summer 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Unknown and Unaddressed: The Educational Needs of Afghan Refugee Children in Urban Areas of Pakistan."

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 94, no. 886 (Summer 2012) [free full-text]
- The theme is "New Technologies and Warfare."

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 14, no. 3 (Aug. 2013) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Perceptions of the Impact of Refugees on Host Communities: The Case of Liberian Refugees in Ghana."

Migration Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (July 2013) [free full-text]
- Mix of articles, including "What Happens Post-deportation? The Experience of Deported Afghans."

Tagged Periodicals and Events & Opportunities. 

Publications: Detention/EU, Detention/South Africa, Internal Displ./Colombia, SIPRI Yrbk., Xenophobia/South Africa

Becoming Vulnerable in Detention: Civil Society Report on the Detention of Vulnerable Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in the European Union (The DEVAS Project) (JRS Europe, June 2010) [text]
- See also executive summary.

"Internal Displacement, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Principles Normative Status, and the Need for their Effective Domestic Implementation in Colombia," Anuario Colombiana de Derecho Internacional, vol. 2 (2009) [text]

Lost in the Vortex: Irregularities in the Detention and Deportation of Non-Nationals in South Africa (FMSP, June 2010) [text]

SIPRI Yearbook 2010: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (SIPRI, June 2010) [info]

'Xenophobia': Violence against Foreign Nationals and other ‘Outsiders’ in Contemporary South Africa, Migration Issue Brief, no. 3 (FMSP, June 2010) [text]

Tagged Publications.

New Periodical Issues: AWR, CS&D, Dev. in Pract., GILJ, Global-e, HRQ, ICRC Rev., JPR, Voice

AWR Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1 (2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including one on refugee protection and human rights.

Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 3 (2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 2 (Winter 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Global-e: A Global Studies Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (2007) [full-text]
- Newly-launched open access electronic journal; first issue includes an article on "global migration in global society."

Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2 (May 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

International Review of the Red Cross, no. 864 (2006) [full-text]
- Theme is "methods of warfare."

Journal of Peace Research, vol. 44, no. 3 (May 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Voice Out Loud, no. 5 (May 2007) [full-text]
- Focus is on "vulnerability in humanitarian crisis."

Posted in Periodicals.