Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Australia’s Long History of Externalisation (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Executive expulsions from Assam: A historical look at citizenship regulation (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2026) [text]

How does Australia’s migration system actually work? 5 common myths busted (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

Migration is dropping, but public concern is climbing. Why? (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Mobility Should Not Erase Citizenship: Internal Displacement and India’s Electoral Roll Revision (RID Blog, June 2026) [text]

Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents (HRW, July 2026) [text]

Twenty years of UN resolutions – and the Rohingya still wait (The Interpreter Blog, July 2026) [text]

UNDP and UNHCR chiefs urge sustained investment as Afghanistan faces unprecedented refugee returnee influx (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

From making the 'Refugee City' to being ethnically cleansed from it?, 3 June 2026 [access]

- Focuses on Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Adaptation Strategies, Practices and Challenges of Afghans in Iran and the Role of Digital Interaction," Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, vol. 19, no. 4 (2025; posted April 2026) [open access]

"AI for Good: Expanding Legal Services for Immigrants," Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"The Automation of Deportation? Evaluating the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence," Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Forced Migration and Information Seeking Behavior on Wikipedia: Insights from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis," Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, vol. 20, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Mapping Arts and Digital Practices Supporting Diasporic Identity and Cultural Memory Among Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review Protocol," Culture, vol. 2, no. 2 (May 2026) [open access]

"Migrants’ Trust, Equity, and Inclusion in Digital Public Services: A Focus on Information Access and Use," Chapter in Migrações e Comunicação na Era Planetária: Debates e Ações (UMinho Editora/CECS, April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Iranians in Finland.

"Migration and Digital Political Activism: The Venezuelan Case," Chapter in Migrações e Comunicação na Era Planetária: Debates e Ações (UMinho Editora/CECS, April 2026) [open access]

"A Role for Artificial Intelligence in a Politicized Immigration World," Rutgers University Law Review, vol. 77, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (4 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

African countries should resist Europe’s assertive migration diplomacy (ISS Today, Feb. 2026) [text]

As Sudan war approaches fourth year, humanitarian agencies appeal for support to refugees (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

How African Governments Responded to the 2025 Aid Shock (CGD Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Regional protection scheme needed for Sudan’s displacement crisis (ISS Today, Feb. 2025) [text]

USD 91M Appeal Launched to Support Migrants Along Key African Migration Corridors (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Aid and Accountability for Sudanese Refugees in Chad (Refugees International, Feb. 2026) [text]

Aid, Interrupted: Conflict Dynamics Following the USAID Suspension in Africa (Univ. of Sydney, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related CGD Blog post.

"Everything belongs to the agencies": performative refugee elections in Kakuma refugee camp, Refugee-led Research Working Paper, no. 10 (Refugee Studies Centre, Nov. 2025) [text]

What communities have taught us about effective and accountable humanitarian aid in Chad (Concern & Ground Truth Solutions, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Ecological Paradoxes of Conflict: The Dual Impact of Armed Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises on Africa's Ecosystems," African Journal of Ecology, vol. 64, no. 2 (March 2026) [free full-text]

"Entwined economies of violence: understanding borderland conflict and resource politics in northern Kenya," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

"Exploring a Scalar Nexus Approach to Understanding Environmental Change Around Refugee Settlements in Uganda," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Latest Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Migrants’ Right to Membership of Political Parties: Reappraisal," Constitutional Court Review, vol. 15, no. 1 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on South Africa.

"Sudanese refugees in Chad: addressing overwhelming mental health needs through sustainable partnerships," BJPsych Open, vol. 12, no. 2 (March 2026) [open access] 

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (6 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Africa's Migration Transition: A Long-Run Historical Perspective," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Bridging the Implementation Gap: Refugee Governance and Institutional Coordination in Uganda’s Borderlands," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 22 Jan. 2026 [full-text]

"Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes toward Refugees," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 133, no. 9 (Sept. 2025) [preprint]

- Focuses on Kenya and Uganda.

"Forced displacement in Africa: Could the Tanzanian Maasai obtain justice? The East African Court of Justice case under the lens of the Ogiek case before the African Court," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Human Rights in Resettlement Policies of European Bilateral Development Finance Institutions Operating in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hitting the Mark?," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Introducing a Survivor-Centred Policy Framework for Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement in Uganda," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The subversion of politics: Political prohibitions on refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Typology of Internally Displaced People: Insights from Northern Nigeria," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Addressing the “Root Causes” of Irregular Migration: Four Lessons for the EU-AU Summit (CGD Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

IMISCOE Bulletin, no. 12 (June 2025) [text]

UNHCR High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Reports: 

2025 Global Compact on Refugees: Indicator Report (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

- "Tracks progress towards achieving the four objectives of the GCR." Follow link for report and companion webpage.

Event Report: The Marketplace on Forced Displacement Research, September 18-19, 2025, Sanremo, Italy (IIHL & Joint Data Center, Oct. 2025) [access]

- "The Marketplace will provide a transparent, virtual space where stakeholders (policymakers, practitioners, donors, etc.) can post research needs related to forced displacement, while researchers will be able to assess and propose relevant solutions. It will function as a platform with entries from entities seeking evidence-based recommendations, allowing researchers to navigate and address the posted needs." Follow link for report and JDC's presentation.

Global Appeal 2026 (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for the publication as well as a companion webpage that provides an overview of funding needs and that lets you view information by country, region and emergency.

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea - Freedom of religion or belief of people on the move, UN Doc. No. A/80/205 (UN General Assembly, July 2025) [access]

International Migration Outlook 2025 (OECD, Nov. 2025) [access]

- "The 2025 edition of International Migration Outlook analyses recent developments in migration movements and the labour market inclusion of immigrants in OECD countries. It also monitors recent policy changes in migration governance and integration in OECD countries." Available in English and French.

Mixed Migration Review 2025: Migration in the context of geopolitical turmoil (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2025) [access]

- This report "offers...timely insights and intervention. Through thematic essays, feature interviews with leading migration thinkers, voices from the Global South, 4Mi survey data and deeply personal migrant narratives, this review paints a nuanced – and ultimately human – picture of realities of migration amid geopolitical turmoil."

Overcoming Misinformation about Migration and Migrants (Tufts Univ. & Club de Madrid, Aug. 2025) [access]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Doc. No. A/80/212 (UN General Assembly, July 2025) [access]

- Available in multiple languages. See also related press release.

Should Rejected Asylum Seekers Stay? A Response to Hadj Abdou and Kollar (2024) (EUI Migration Policy Centre, Sept. 2025) [text]

- Note: This is the original article and the collection it is a part of.

Journal articles:

"Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:83 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Editorial introducing the special anniversary issue and the articles that are a part of it.

"Geopolitical Uses of Organised Forced Migration," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"IDP Perspectives on IDP Participation," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 14 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"The nature and extent of migrants, immigrants, and refugees' trust in the social institutions of their host countries: A scoping review," Frontiers in Political Science, 29 Sept. 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

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

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (4 Nov. 2025) 

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Americans Have Mixed to Negative Views of Trump Administration Immigration Actions (Pew Research Center, June 2025) [text]

- See also results from other polls reported in this ImmigrationProf Blog post.

"Can the Trump Administration’s 'Self-Deportation' Campaign Succeed?," Migration Information Source, 18 June 2025 [text]

- See also related CRS "In Focus." 

Immigration Court Proceedings: Process and Data (Congressional Research Service, May 2025) [infographic via ImmigrationProf Blog]

"Immigration, Justice Remittances, and US Courts," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 69, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

A New Immigration System to Safeguard America’s Security, Expand Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger (Center for American Progress, July 2025) [text]

"Seeking to Ramp Up Deportations, the Trump Administration Quietly Expands a Vast Web of Data," Migration Information Source, 29 May 2025 [text]

"'They Don’t Have the Time for That, Participating in Politics'—How Local Politicians Interpret Political Integration in the USA," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 June 2025 [open access]

Trump v. CASA, Inc.: Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions (Congressional Research Service, July 2025) [text]

- See also two related Just Security posts (here and here) that discuss other options for challenging unlawful agency actions, including using the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), class actions and other types of suits.

Multimedia:

"Cruel and Unamerican: The Abuse of Immigrants to Attack our Constitutional Order," Senate Spotlight Forum, 11 June 2025 [access]

Fifteen Minutes on ICE’s Mass Deportation Agenda, 26 June 2025 [access]

Resources:

Alien Enemies Act Tracker: State of Play (Lawfare) [access]

- This table "table tracks the ongoing litigation challenging deportations under President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. "

Let Them Stay (Refugees International) [access]

- A campaign advocating for humanitarian parole.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (8 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Ethiopia: Fighting, Abuses Putting Sudanese Refugees at Risk (HRW, Oct. 2024) [text]

Unrelenting violence in Sudan drives continued refugee exodus (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

"'We live in fear': forced expulsions taint Kenya's safe haven image," BBC News, 6 Nov. 2024 [text]

- See also related BBC News article.

Reports:

Key Considerations: Food Assistance Prioritisation in Refugee Settlements in Uganda and its Impacts (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, Oct. 2024) [text]

Key considerations: Mutual aid lessons and experiences from Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, Oct. 2024) [text]

Understanding the socio-economic profile of refugee arrivals in Mauritania since 2023: Analysis of UNHCR and WFP data on Malian refugees living in Mauritania (UNHCR & WFP, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Engaging Data Literacies in Displacement," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Nigeria and South Sudan.

"Experiences and perceptions of migrant populations in South Africa on COVID-19 immunization: an interpretative phenomenological analysis," BMC Public Health, 24:3126 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 4 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Political Participation for Social Inclusion of Internally Displaced Persons," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 3 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Nigeria.

"Returning to fund refugeehood: dispersal and survival between Uganda and South Sudan," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"The role of institutional architecture in the reception of refugees in South Africa," International Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 5 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"War-related trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees, displaced, and nondisplaced people during armed conflict in Sudan: a cross-sectional study," Conflict and Health, 18:66 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (11 Oct. 2024)

 

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Blog Series on "EU Asylum and Migration Legislation after the Pact" (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog) 

- A number of posts have been added to this series in the past week! Review them chronologically or thematically.

"Italy delivers first migrants to Albania under new deal," Reuters, 16 Oct. 2024 [text]

Taking Back Control? The Perils of Poland’s New Migration Strategy (Verfassungsblog, Oct. 2024) [text]

"UK seeks to move 36 Diego Garcia asylum seekers to Romania," The New Humanitarian, 9 Oct. 2024 [text]

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

Reports & journal articles:

"Bringing care in: The meaning of care in refugee solidarity movements," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [ResearchGate]

The EU-Mauritania Partnership: Whose Priorities?, Working Paper, no. 21 (ECRE, Oct. 2024) [text]

"Helping in Times of War: How Uncertainty Modulates Aid to Ukrainian Refugees through Compassion and Threat," Human Affairs, Ahead of Print, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Hostile Environments: Housing and Asylum Policies as Drivers of Energy Deprivation Among UK Refugee Communities," Housing, Theory and Society, Latest Articles, 15 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"Online Political Participation of Refugees in Germany: Analysis of a Survey in Bavaria," SAGE Open, 5 Oct. 2024 [open access]

QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

- Several articles focus on Europe.

An Uncertain Future: A journey through the move-on period (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (9 Oct. 2024)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (9 Oct. 2024)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 4-8 December 2023 [info]

- "Participants will be admitted on a rolling basis and admissions/bookings will close when maximum capacity has been reached." 

Event: Mobilizing Action Toward the Global Compact on Refugees: A Discussion with Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, New York/Online, 13 November 2023 [info]

CFP: Crisisology no more: Migration Geographies beyond the Lens of Crisis, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16-20 April 2024 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 14 November 2023.

CFP: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]

- Submit proposals by 17 November 2023.

Call for registration: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]

- Registration opens 1 December 2023.

Short pieces:

High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

High Commissioner’s statement to the United Nations Security Council (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

Responding to forced displacement: data-informed policies for both refugees and hosts (Let's Talk Development Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Displaced During Crisis: Lessons Learned from High-Frequency Phone Surveys and How to Protect the Most Vulnerable (World Bank, Oct. 2023) [text]

International Migration Outlook 2023 (OECD, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Key Informant Interviews: A Practical Guide for Refugee and Displacement Researchers (Jeff Crisp, Nov. 2023) [text]

Leveraging Harmonized Data to Improve Welfare among Forcibly Displaced Populations and

their Hosts: A Technical Brief Series (World Bank, June 2023) [access]

- Follow link to access three policy briefs: 1) A profile of forcibly displaced populations and their hosts, 2) Do legal restrictions affect refugees’ labor market and education outcomes? Evidence from harmonized data, and 3) Welfare in forcibly displaced populations: from measuring outcomes to building capabilities. See also related blog post.

MOPAN Assessment Report: International Organization for Migration (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Oct. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for the report to two parts, an overview of IOM's performance, and a press release.

Journal articles:

"Editorial: Bodies at borders: analyzing the objectification and containment of migrants at border crossing," Frontiers in Sociology, 6 Nov. 2023 [open access]

- Provides an overview of the themes and findings of the articles published as part of this research topic.

"Ethical Considerations in Research with People from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds: A Systematic Review of National and International Ethics Guidelines," Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Latest Articles, 27 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Performing Border Externalisation: Media Deterrence Campaigns and Neoliberal Belonging," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 14 July 2023 [free full-text]

- See also related blog post.

"Political participation of refugee and host community youths: epistemic resistance through artistic and participatory spaces," Journal of Youth Studies, Latest Articles, 26 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (30 Oct. 2023)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity:

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics or Frontiers in Political Science [info]

- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Displacement(s) and Dispossession(s)." Submit abstracts by 25 September 2023.

Short pieces:

Forced displacement is at a record high – and so is the data we have on it (World Economic Forum Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

The Fourth Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture, 31 Aug. 2023 [text]

- Speech given by UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Gillian Triggs.

Reports:

Guidelines for Co-produced Research with Refugees and Other People with Lived Experience of Displacement (May 2023) [access]

- "These Guidelines have been developed through an extensive collaborative process involving refugee leaders, academics, practitioners and policymakers from around the world" and are available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. See also information about the consultation process.

Institutional Strategy on Development Solutions to Internal Displacement (UNDP, Aug. 2023) [text]

Keywords on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2023) [text via LERRN]

Migration, Forced Displacement, and Human Development (Wilson Center, July 2023) [text]

Thematic priorities of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (OHCHR, July 2023) [access]

- Comments submitted in response to a call for input "to inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons to the 78th session of the General Assembly" are now available online.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Participatory research among youth – too little, too much, too romanticised? Reflections on co-research with young refugees," Chapter in Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society: Reclaiming the Future (Routledge, June 2023) [open access]

"Social Consequences of Forced and Refugee Migration," Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 49 (2023) [open access]

"Why Chaplaincy at Asylum Centers is a Good Idea: A Care Ethics Perspective on Spiritual Care for Refugees," Journal of Religion and Health, Latest Articles, 29 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Why Refugees Should Be Enfranchised," Journal of Applied Philosophy, Early View, 8 Aug. 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Leaving no-one behind in official statistics: Inclusion of forcibly displaced in national surveys and SDG Indicators, 7 June 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (7 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

"Digital Immigration Status: from Logics of Inscription to Logics of Control," Chapter in Migration, Displacement and Diversity: The IRiS Anthology (Oxford Publishing Services, 2023) [preprint]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Investigating Technology Concepts to Support Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia," Interacting with Computers, Advance Articles, 9 March 2023 [open access]

One Year Later: Online Discourse in Moldova about Ukrainian Refugees (Internews & IOM, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Political Participation in the Context of Contemporary Media: The Case of Refugees in Lithuania," EUREKA: Social and Humanities, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

"Smartphone-delivered mental health care interventions for refugees: A systematic review of the literature," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 10 (2023) [open access]

"Xenophobia and Hate Speech towards Refugees on Social Media: Reinforcing Causes, Negative Effects, Defense and Response Mechanisms against That Speech," Societies, vol. 13, no. 4 (March 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Jordan.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (11 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

"Can a Negative Representation of Refugees in Social Media Lead to Compassion Fatigue? An Analysis of the Perspectives of a Sample of Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Turkey," Journalism and Media, vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

"Do Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) Support Self-Reliance among Urban Refugees? Evidence from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 25 Dec. 2022 [open access]

"Exploring the Digital Divide among the Bhutanese Refugee Community during COVID-19: Engaged Research in Action," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 24 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Political participation in the context of contemporary media: the case of refugees in Lithuania," EUREKA: Social and Humanities, no. 6 (2022) [open access]

"The potential of Facebook advertising data for understanding flows of people from Ukraine to the European Union,"EPJ Data Science, 11:59 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

Technologies in Humanitarian Settings: Engagement and Local Innovation - Playbook (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Dec. 2022) [access]

- See also five related case studies that are listed on the right side of the page under "Recent Publications."

"Using participatory video for co-production and collaborative research with refugees: critical reflections from the Digital Place-makers program," Learning, Media and Technology, Latest Articles,14 Jan. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on The Netherlands.

*Web3 and communities at risk: Myths and problems with current experiments (Univ. of Cambridge, Nov. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (17 Jan. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Public event: A Path to Self-Sufficiency: Advancing Venezuelan Refugee Integration in the Americas, Los Angeles, 7 June 2022 [info]

- Will also be livestreamed.

Blog posts & press:

Biden Administration Takes Welcome Action to Address Delays in Issuing Work Permit Renewals That Have Had Devasting Consequences for Asylum Seekers (Human Rights First Blog, May 2022) [text]

"The Clearest Path to Global Prosperity: Looser migration restrictions would benefit both rich and poor countries," Foreign Policy, 31 May 2022 [text]

European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR) supports Ukrainian refugees’ access to job market in Europe (COE News, May 2022) [text]

*Refugees as Assets to Their New Countries (IMF, June 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

"Trump’s anti-immigration policies continue to cost U.S. economy $9 billion a year," Baptist News, 31 May 2022 [text]

What Does Kenya’s New Refugee Act Mean for Economic Inclusion? (RI Blog, May 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

Australian Economic Review, Early View, May 2022

- Four open access articles have been published as part of a forthcoming Policy Forum section that focuses on "Rethinking Australia's Migration Policy." They include: 1) "The Efficiencies and Inequities of Australia's Temporary Labour Migration Regime"; 2) "A Preliminary Literature Review on the Effect of Immigration on Australian Domestic Employment and Wages"; 3) "Refugees are a Valuable but Overlooked Economic Resource, and It is Time to Update Our Approach to Migration": and 4) "It is Time for a New Regional Compact!"

*"Migration on the Rise, a Paradigm in Decline: The Last Half-Century of Global Mobility," AEA Papers & Proceedings, vol. 112 (May 2022) [abstract]

- See also earlier working paper.

"Opening a door to politics? Labour market entrance and political candidacy among refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 7 April 2022 [open access]

"The relationship between employment and health for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds: A systematic review of quantitative studies," SSM - Population Health, vol. 18 (June 2022) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (3 May 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (3 May 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Addressing Political Exclusion of Ethnic Minorities, IDPs, and Refugees in the Eastern Neighbourhood, K4D Helpdesk Report (Institute of Development Studies, March 2022) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, May 2022)

- Updated profiles available for Italy and Slovenia.

Deeming Damascus ’Safe’: The Implications of the Paradigm Shift in Danish Asylum Policy and the Increased Focus on Return, MIM Working Paper, no. 22:2 (Malmö University, 2022) [text]

Poland: Refugee influx from Ukraine (ACAPS, May 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Private accommodation for persons displaced from Ukraine (European Union Agency for Asylum, May 2022) [text]

La Stratégie de Gestion des Migrations de l'Union Européenne Envers les Pays Africains Analysée depuis le Sénégal et l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Working Paper, no. 16 (ECRE, May 2022) [text]

Update on state of play of external cooperation in the field of migration policy (Council of the European Union, May 2022) [text via Statewatch]

Multimedia:

EU–Turkish migration and borders (Undercurrents Podcast, May 2022) [access]

Roundtable on Ukraine, 23 May 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (25 May 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for registration: Teaching Migration and Asylum Law and Policy: Conference and Workshop, 18 January 2022 [info]

- Register by 14 January 2022.

Report launch: "We also want to be safe": undocumented migrants facing COVID in a Hostile Environment, 18 January 2022 [info]

- Focuses on the UK.

Job announcement: Legal Officer, European Network on Statelessness [info]

- Apply by 21 January 2022.

Blog posts & press:

A Former Danish Minister for Immigration is Sentenced: A New Chapter in the Danish ‘Migrants Saga’ (EJIL Talk Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

More than 11,900 pushbacks at EU internal and external borders in 2021 (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Two different paths: The barriers facing some Afghans seeking protection in France," The New Humanitarian, 22 Dec. 2021 [text]

Reports: 

Asylum and immigration: handbook on techniques of judicial interaction in the application of the EU charter (EUI, produced in March 2019; updated through Dec. 2019; published Dec. 2021) [text]

Crossing the Mediterranean Sea: Searched for but not Rescued (Human Rights at Sea, Dec. 2021) [text]

EU Support to Afghanistan: Scoring High on Humanitarian Assistance and Low on Protection in Europe? (ECRE, Dec. 2021) [text]

How the Political Participation of Refugees is Shaped on the Local Level: Self-organisation and Political Opportunities in Cologne, Discussion Paper, no. 34 (German Dev. Institute, 2021) [text]

Seeking Refuge in Turkey: How and Why? The Experiences of Turkey’s Asylum Seekers, IMIS Working Paper, no. 8 (Universität Osnabrück, 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (20 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

 Journal articles:

"Between discipline and neglect: the regulation of asylum accommodation in Spain," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 5 May 2021 [open access] 

"Border procedures in the Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A case of politics outplaying rationality?," European Law Journal, Early View, 7 May 2021 [open access]

"Europe’s Tackling of ‘Root Causes’ of African Migration Has a Mixed Record," Migration Information Source, 6 May 2021 [text]

"Informing hard-to-reach immigrant groups about COVID-19: Reaching the Somali population in Oslo," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 May 2021 [open access]

Migraciones, no. 51 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migration Policies, Participation and the Political Construction of Migration in Spain." 

"Political integration and the career opportunities of immigrants in political parties: Experiences from Swedish party organisations," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 8 May 2021 [open access]

"The Resurgence of Religious and Ethnic Identities among Eritrean Refugees: A Response to the Government’s Nationalist Ideology," Africa Spectrum, vol. 56, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Eritrean diaspora and refugee communities in Norway, Sweden, and Germany.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (14 May 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Biogeopolitics of COVID‐19: Asylum‐related Migrants at the European Union Borderlands," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie = Journal of Economic and Social Geography, Early View, 1 July 2020 [open access]

"The European Union Current Asylum Policy: Selected Problems in the Shadow of COVID-19," International Journal for the Semiotics of Law = Revue Internationale de Sémiotique Juridique, Latest Articles, 2 July 2020 [open access]

"In Search of Recognition: The Political Ambiguities of Undocumented Migrants’ Active Citizenship," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 8 June 2020 [open access]

"Mutual (Dis-)Trust in EU Migration and Asylum Law: The Exceptionalisation of Fundamental Rights," Chapter in Fundamental Rights in the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2021) [preprint]

"'Street-level' Agents Operating Beyond 'Remote Control': How Overseas Liaison Officers and Foreign State Officials Shape UK Extraterritorial Migration Management," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 29 June 2020 [open access]

Multimedia:

Asylum Governance in Europe: Legal Frameworks, Adjudication, and New Technological Challenges, Webinar, 17 June 2020 [info]
- A video recording is available here.

Rethinking and Restarting: What Should the Returns Process Look Like Post-Pandemic?, Webinar, 25 June 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video recording and podcast.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (9 July 2020)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Scholarships:  MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, Refugee Law Initiative [info]

- Ten full Commonwealth Scholarships available for accepted participants in MA course. Note: The application deadline has been extended to 4 May 2020.

CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Recognising Refugees." The submission deadline is 15 June 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Action: Will 2020 Be a Turning Point for International Humanitarian Law at the United Nations? (Lawfare Blog, March 2020) [text]

Internal Displacement is not an Acceptable Alternative to International Protection (IDMC Blog, March 2020) [text]

International Migration and Refugee Law in Times of Health Crisis: When Movement is Restricted and Social Distancing is Impossible (International Law under Construction Blog, April 2020) [text]

Symposium on COVID-19 and International Law: Introduction (OpinioJuris Blog, March-April 2020) [text]
- Note: The entire symposium is available as a PDF. See esp. "COVID-19 and Migrants–Gaps in the International Legal Architecture?"

Research project:

PROTECT: The Right to International Protection [info] [Twitter]

- Aim of this project is to "study the impacts of the United Nations’ ‘Global Refugee Compact’ and ‘Global Migration Compact’ on the functioning of the international refugee protection system." 

Reports & books:

The Lawyer and the Refugee: A Talk Given on Receiving the Stefan A. Riesenfeld Memorial Award, Berkeley, CA, 28 Feb. 2020 [text]

Legal Considerations on the Right for Refugees to Hold and Express Political Opinions in Their Country of Asylum (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

Migration Issues before International Courts and Tribunals (CNR Edizioni, 2019; posted Feb. 2020) [open access]

- "The volume collects 16 contributions on the role of international Courts and Tribunals in the development and/or application of migration law, fostering a dialogical approach among scholars, experts and policy makers in addressing relevant issues of judicial practice in the field. Special attention is paid throughout the volume to issues of human rights, given their centrality in international adjudication on migration and refugee law in times of crisis (suffice it to mention massive movements of people at sea, as well as de facto or de iure emergency situations in Europe and beyond)."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (27 Feb. 2020)

Tagged Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & media: 

Individual Rights in EU Migration and Asylum Law (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 106,711 in 2019; Deaths Reach 1,246 (IOM, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Migrant Arrivals in Europe from Turkey Rise Sharply in 2019," DW, 17 Dec. 2019 [text]

A Year of Violence: Monitoring Pushbacks on the Balkan Route (Are You Syrious?, Jan. 2020) [text]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin article.

Reports & journal articles:

Regional:

Asylum Policies in Europe and the Refugee Crisis: Final Report (Nuffield Foundation, Dec. 2019) [text]
- See also related project overview.

"An EU Citizens’ Assembly on Refugee Law and Policy," German Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (Jan. 2020) [open access]
- Uses Ireland’s citizen assemblies as a possible model.

"The EU’s Negotiation of Narratives and Policies on African Migration 1999-2019," European Foreign Affairs Review, vol. 24, no. 4 (2019) [abstract]
- See also related discussion paper.

"The Gaps in Judicial Accountability of EASO in the Processing of Asylum Requests in Hotspots," European Papers: A Journal on Law and Integration, vol. 4, no. 2 (2019) [open access]
- See also related EASO news release about the expansion of its operations.

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 32, spec. issue no. 1 (Dec. 2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "New Perspectives on the European Refugee Crisis. An Empirical Review."

Migration Control Conditionality: A Flawed Model, Policy Note, no. 25 (ECRE, Jan. 2020) [text]
- "ECRE's assessment of the flaws in attaching migration-related conditionality to EU development funding."

*Mixed Migration Flows in the Mediterranean: Compilation of Available Data and Information (IOM, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Need for Control? : Political Trust and Public Preferences for Asylum and Refugee Policy, Working Paper, no. RSCAS 2020/01 (EUI, Jan. 2020) [text]

"Overcoming Refugee Containment and Crisis," German Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (Jan. 2020) [open access]

Practical Guide on the Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation: Personal Interview and Evidence Assessment, EASO Practical Guide Series (European Asylum Support Office, Oct. 2019) [text]

*Recommendations to the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (January-June 2020) (IOM, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Third Anniversary of EU-Turkey Statement: A Legal Analysis (Heinrich Böll Foundation, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Understanding the European Integration in the Asylum Policy: State-of-the-Art and Avenues for Future Research," Journal of Contemporary European Research, vol. 15, no. 4 (2019) [open access]

UNHCR’s Recommendations for the Croatian and German Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU), January-December 2020 (UNHCR, Jan. 2020) [access]

Using Criminal Law to Restrict the Work of NGOs Supporting Refugees and Other Migrants in Council of Europe Member States (Council of Europe, Jan. 2020) [text]

"Variation in Asylum, Migration and Border Control," Chapter in European Variations as a Key to Cooperation (Springer, Jan. 2020) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 Dec. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (13 Dec. 2019)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Other countries:

"A Convivial Journey: From Diversity in Istanbul to Solidarity with Refugees in Denmark," Chapter in Conviviality at the Crossroads: The Poetics and Politics of Everyday Encounters (Springer, 2019) [open access]

Faith in the System? Religion in the (Danish) Asylum System (Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2019) [open access]
- "With this collection of papers, we hope to contribute towards a more nuanced understanding, analysing the nexus between religion and the asylum system as it plays out primarily in a Danish context but with references to Norway, Australia and Canada."

"Post-2015 Refugees Welcome Initiatives in Sweden: Cosmopolitan Underpinnings," Chapter in Conviviality at the Crossroads: The Poetics and Politics of Everyday Encounters (Springer, 2019) [open access]

Regaining Control? The Political Impact of Policy Responses to Refugee Crises (SSRN, July 2019; posted Nov. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Germany and Sweden.

The Role of EASO Operations in National Asylum Systems (ECRE, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "[T]his report analyses the role of EASO Operations in Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Malta in
supporting the national authorities to promote efficiency and quality in their asylum procedures, and presents findings for improved and sustainable operational support to asylum systems under pressure."

Tapping into the 'New We': Migrant Civic and Political Participation in Norway, PRIO Policy Brief, no. 14 (PRIO, Nov. 2019) [text]

"The Value(s) of Volunteering: Asylum Seekers’ Trajectories through Language Work in Refugee Assistance," International Journal of Multilingualism, Latest Articles, 18 Nov. 2019 [open access]
- Focuses on Austria.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 Dec. 2019)

Tagged Publications.