New Issue of IJRL & Opportunity

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 37, no. 4, Dec. 2025 include:

• The twice displaced: UNHCR’s role in evacuations [open access]
• The good faith requirement in New Zealand refugee law [open access]
• Bridging the gap between principle and practice: the ‘right to asylum’ under Article 18 EU Charter and its implications for the EU Resettlement Regulation [open access]
• ‘In Any Manner Whatsoever’: Deconstructing Indirect Violations Beyond ‘Constructive Refoulement’ [abstract]

In addition, readers will find case law summaries; two book reviews; the freely-available texts of two sets of guidelines, accompanied by this introduction: "IARMJ Judicial guidelines for the analysis of social media evidence in refugee, protection and migration appeals" and "IARMJ Judicial Well-Being and Resilience Guidelines"; and two UNHCR statements from the 75th EXCOM session (the HC's opening statement and remarks by the AHC for protection).

Separately, IJRL has announced a call for proposed Special Issues. Details are provided here. Proposals must be submitted by 4 May 2026.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Australian settlement workers’ use of food security information resources with refugee clients: a qualitative exploration," Public Health Nutrition, vol. 29, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Bridging the gap between principle and practice: the ‘right to asylum’ under Article 18 EU Charter and its implications for the EU Resettlement Regulation," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 28 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Bright and Blurred Boundaries in the US Military: Experiences of Immigrants and Children of Immigrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Evaluating bridge-building strategies: How direct and indirect contact with refugees in Italian welcome projects promotes positive intergroup relations," Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, vol 26, no. 1 (April 2026) [open access]

"The interplay between origin- and receiving-country conditions: experimental evidence on Ukrainian refugees’ return intentions," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 Jan. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Intersectionality of Gender, Culture, and Identity Politics in Migrant Women’s Integration in Africa," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 11, no. 3 (Sept.-Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Post-Conflict Societies: Consensus-Building and the Decline of Voluntary Return," International Studies Review, vol. 27, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Le rôle du contexte local sur les trajectoires de francisation des nouveaux arrivants: Le cas des réfugiés syriens à Gatineau," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Why do small Western European localities promote local integration policies? A qualitative comparative analysis," Comparative Migration Studies, 16 Jan. 2026 [open access] 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (30 Jan. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The contradictions in Hungary’s immigration policy and communication (MPC Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

"Diego Garcia asylum seekers offered direct transfer to the UK," The New Humanitarian, 4 Nov. 2024 [text]

EU Leaders Should Uphold Right to Asylum in Europe (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2024) [text]

EU Pact Instruments on Asylum and Minimum Human Rights Standards (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Europe is not prepared for the looming Lebanese refugee crisis (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Fair and Fast Asylum Processing: Lessons from Switzerland (Just Security Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Paths to Peace: Reconciliation Strategies for Ukraine’s Displaced Populations (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

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

New open access books:

Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role: Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (Springer, Dec. 2024) [open access]

- "This book analyses the characteristics and impacts of existing and emerging asylum governance instruments and their practical implementation in selected countries hosting large communities of refugees around the world. Particular focus is given to the cases of Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Jordan, Niger, Serbia, South Africa and Turkey. Attention is put into regional and country-specific asylum instruments and actors from the perspective of their effectiveness, fairness and consistency with refugee protection and human rights standards as well as the UN GCR commitments. By doing so, the book identifies key lessons learned and offers a critical view on policies framed as 'promising practices' so as to inform future steps in the UN GCR implementation and asylum governance more generally. As such, the book provides a better understanding of the concept of 'mobility' in asylum governance, and the ways in which it is articulated into legal and policy instruments framed as 'protection' and - in the language of the UN GCR - 'third country solutions' for refugee mobility, including resettlement, private/community sponsorships, humanitarian corridors, in the European Union and around the world."

Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe (Bloomsbury Academic, Sept. 2024) [open access]

- "Refugees have existed since ancient times but it was in the early modern era that they first became a distinct social and political category. This open access book maps the early modern ‘invention of the refugee’ and in the process uncovers their impact on local, regional, and transnational politics. With case studies ranging from Scandinavia to the Maghreb, Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe traces how refugees transformed Europe. Topics explored include: the development of refugees as a political group in early modern societies; the role of displaced minorities in forging humanitarian networks; and the impact of refugees on migration management and imperialism. Most notably, this collection of essays moves beyond discussions of expulsion and flight to shine a spotlight on how states responded critically and constitutionally to refugees – as a means of galvanizing social groups, reinforcing identities, promoting activities, and expanding bureaucratic reach."

Reports:

Clear Principles, Divergent Practices: The Right to Know in National Security Related Immigration Matters in EU Member States (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Oct. 2024) [text via Refworld]

Jurisprudence on the Application of the Temporary Protection Directive: Analysis of Case Law from 2022-2024 (EU Agency for Asylum, Oct. 2024) [text]

Moldova's Temporary Protection: Addressing Displacement from Ukraine and Planning for the Future (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (18 Oct. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 23, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Comparative Migration Law: Methods, Debates and New Frontiers."

"The legal institute of refuge: a study on contemporary forced migration flows and the international responsibility of the state in the protection of refugees," Revista Jurídica, vol. 5, no. 72 (2022) [open access]

“The Obligation of Non-Refoulement and Its Erga Omnes Partes Character,” Harvard International Law Journal Online, 24 Dec. 2022 [full-text]

"Responsabilité internationale et flux migratoires: le droit international à l'épreuve des Etats de transit = International Responsibility and Migration: States of Transit under the Review of International Law," Chapter in Migrations et droit international: Colloque de Paris-Saclay (UVSQ) (Editions Pédone, 2022) [preprint]

"Securing a Durable Right to Asylum: Comparing Access to Protection Under the European and Inter-American Systems," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 1 (Fall 2022) [full-text]

"'Treatment Accorded to Aliens Generally': Article 7(1) of the 1951 Refugee Convention as a Basis for Visa-Free Access to States Parties’ Territory? An Examination of the Prohibition of Nationality Discrimination in the Refugee Convention," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 33, no. 3 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

- Note: This article became open access after it was initially published.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (21 Feb. 2023)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Public talk: Making Sense of Immigration Data: A Conversation with TRAC, Washington, DC, 17 February 2023 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Courts Set to Shape US Immigration Policy in 2023," VOA News, 12 Jan. 2023 [text]

How the Humanitarian Parole Program at the Border Can Serve as a Template for Further Relief Under the Broken Immigration System (The Insightful Immigration Blog, Jan. 2023) [text]

Monthly encounters with migrants at U.S.-Mexico border remain near record highs (Pew Fact Tank, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Trump v Biden: how different are their policies on the US-Mexico border?," The Guardian, 22 Jan. 2023 [text]

- See also related Human Rights First fact sheet.

What’s Next for Title 42? The Policy Still Has the Border in Its Grip (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Inequity at the US-Mexico Border: Ukrainians Seeking Safety and Implications for US Asylum Processing (Women's Refugee Commission, Jan. 2023) [text]

Leading by Example, Honoring Commitments: Recommendations for the Biden Administration to Uphold Refugee Law at Home (Human Rights First, Jan. 2023) [text]

Primer: Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Border (American Bar Association, Dec. 2022) [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]

Journal articles:

"Biden at the Two-Year Mark: Significant Immigration Actions Eclipsed by Record Border Numbers," Migration Information Source, 26 Jan. 2023 [text]

"A Constitutional Right to Asylum? A Comparative Analysis Could Ground the Design of Better Protection for Asylum Seekers," Univ. of Dayton Law Review, vol. 48, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

"Fleeing the Land of the Free," Columbia Law Review, vol. 123, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 1 (Fall 2022) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

"The Immigration Shadow Docket," Northwestern Univ. Law Review, vol. 117, no. 4 (2023) [full-text]

"Judicial Deference to Incomplete Asylum Analysis," Ohio State Law Journal Sixth Circuit Review, vol. 83 (2022) [full-text]

"Kafka’s Bureaucracy: Immigration Administrative Burdens in the Trump Era," Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, vol. 5, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Maryland Journal of International Law, vol. 37, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

- Includes contributions to 2022 MJIL Symposium on “Race, Sovereignty, and Immigrant Justice.”

"Persecution in Punjab: The Hidden Story of Sikh Asylum," Notre Dame Law Review Reflection, vol. 97, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

Resource:

Freedom of Information Act Reading Room (Executive Office of Immigration Review) [access]

- Searchable database of unpublished Board of Immigration Appeals' decisions. More info is provided in this blog post.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (11 Jan. 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Birds of a feather (don’t always) flock together: Critical reflexivity of ‘Outsiderness’ as an ‘Insider’ doing qualitative research with one’s ‘Own People’," Qualitative Research, OnlineFirst, 2 Jan. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Nigerian diaspora communities in London.

"Black Minds Matter: Exploring the Double Trauma of Anti-Blackness and War on the Psycho-Political Well-Being of African and African-Descent Refugees from Ukraine," Young African Leaders Journal of Development, vol. 4, no 1 (2023) [full-text]

- See also related article in same issue.

"Credibility assessment of religious conversion in the asylum process: A theological analysis," Studia Theologica: Nordic Journal of Theology, Latest Articles, 5 Jan. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Flucht nach vorne (seeking refuge in the future): Trauma, agency, and the fantasy of onward flight among refugees in Berlin," Ethos, Early View, 1 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"Informal citizen volunteering with border crossers in Greece: the informality double-bind and intimate solidarity," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 17 (2022) [open access]

"Local Responses to Migrants with Precarious Legal Status: Negotiating Inclusive Practices in Cities Across Europe," Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung = Journal of Migration Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

- This issue included a number of comments on this article; check the TOC to access them along with a final response from the original authors. 

"Lost in between crises: How do COVID-19 threats influence the motivation to act against climate change and the refugee crisis?," Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 85 (Feb. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

Revue de l'Union européenne, no. 658 (2022) [contents]

- Theme is "Le droit d'asile de l'UE."

"Where to? A critical reading of European soft law on young refugees’ transitions in the Fortress Europe," Sortuz: Oñati Journal of Emergent Socio-Legal Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (13 Jan. 2023)

New Issues: Borders in Global. Rev., ERS, Intl. J. Relig. Freedom, JEMS, JIHLS, JMHS, Rev. Elec. Der. Intl. Contemp., Rev. l'UE, Soc. Incl.

News: 

Currently, all journal content published by SAGE appears to be freely available! Of specific interest is the International Migration Review, but take some time to conduct searches of the overall corpus as well. For example, here are search results for the term "refugees" appearing in article titles.

New issues:

Borders in Globalization Review, vol. 4, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Resisting Anti-Migrant Politics: Challenging Borders, Boundaries, and Belongings in Europe and Africa." 

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 2 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Mothering Practices in Times of Legal Precarity: Activism, Care, and Resistance in Displacement."

International Journal for Religious Freedom, vol. 15, nos. 1&2 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Refugees and religious freedom."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 17 (2022) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 14 that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 18 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Unsettling Protracted Displacement: Connectivity and Mobility beyond Limbo." 

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 19 (2022) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 20 (2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Spatial and Social Im/mobility in Forced Migration: Revisiting Class." The introduction and three articles are open access.

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (Dec. 2022) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 10, no. 4 (Dec. 2022) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Revista Electrónica de Derecho Internacional Contemporáneo, vol. 5, no. 5 (2022) [open access]

- Features dossier on "Refugiados, desplazados internos y personas en tránsito expuestos a la violencia sexual por parte de agentes estatales y no estatales."

Revue de l'Union européenne, no. 658 (2022) [contents]

- Theme is "Le droit d'asile de l'UE."

Social Inclusion, vol. 10, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Networks and Contested Identities in the Refugee Journey."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Save the dates:

PROTECT Final Conference, Brussels, 6-8 March 2023 [info]

13th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, The Hague, 8-12 May 2023 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law (Border Criminologies Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

EU members and agencies accused of ‘atrocious crimes’ against Libyan refugees (JURIST, Dec. 2022) [text]

Rescue at Sea and Asylum on Humanitarian Vessels (EJIL Talk Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

The Right to Asylum in International Law and Islamic Law: Some Reflections (RLI Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Global Report on Law and Policy on Internal Displacement: Implementing National Responsibility (Global Protection Cluster, Dec. 2022) [text]

"La Portée du Principe du Non-refoulement en Droit International," Cahiers Africains des Droits de l’Homme et de la Démocratie ainsi que du Développement Durable, no. 76, vol. 1 (2022) [open access]

The Protection of Refugees: Law, Discretion, and Justice, Presentation at a Landmark Chambers Dinner, London, 8 Sept. 2022 [text]

"The Rule of Law and Human Mobility in the Age of Global Compacts: Relativizing the Risks and Gains of Soft Normativity," Laws, vol. 11, no. 6 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

- Editorial for special issue on "Rule of Law and Human Mobility in the Age of the Global Compacts."

Surrogacy in Application of the Refugee Definition, Revised text of a presentation made at the Annual Conference of the Refugee Law Initiative, London, 29 June 2022 [text]

"Well-Founded Fear in International Refugee Law: A Feminist Approach," The Age of Human Rights Journal, vol. 19 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Turning Points: New Directions in Refugee Protection, Kaldor Centre Conference 2022, Sydney, 15-18 Nov. 2022 [access]

- Follow link for video recordings of the opening address and five panel sessions.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (30 Nov. 2022)

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"An archaeological look at modern refugees," Knowable Magazine, 13 July 2022 [text]

- Focuses on the US-Mexico border.

Haiti: Wave of Violence Deepens Crisis (Human Rights Watch, July 2022) [text]

More assistance urgently needed for people arriving in Mexico’s northern border cities (MSF, July 2022) [text]

Reports: 

Análisis de vacíos de información de protección: Subregión cono sur (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay y Uruguay) (Danish Refugee Council, Aug. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also English version.

El asilo como derecho en disputa en México: la clase y la raza como dispositivos de exclusión, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas Serie Doctrina Jurídica, no. 947 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2022) [text]

Derecho y Migración Forzada: Aportes Desde los Estudios Biopolíticos y Necropolíticos Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, June 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Mexico.

Llenar el vacío: apoyo humanitario y vías alternativas para los migrantes en la periferia de Colombia (Refugees International, July 2022) [text]

Mobilidad Humana en Chile: Coordinación y respuesta de ACNUR, socios y donantes durante 2021 (UNHCR, July 2022) [text]

Transformation in the Dynamics of Internal Displacement in Colombia in Times of Migration, RID Working Paper, no. 29 (Researching Internal Displacement, July 2022) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

Journal articles, ETDs & book chapters:

"Asylum Law in North America," Entry in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Constitutionalism (Springer, 2021) [preprint]

"Institutional Discrimination and the Politicization of Migration: The Case of the Colombia–Venezuela Border," Two Homelands, no. 56 (2022) [open access]

"Migrar en pandemia y con fronteras cerradas: Trayectos de familias migrantes y solicitantes de asilo hasta Argentina," Cuestión Urbana, no. 11 (2022) [open access]

Understanding the tide: a comparative analysis of policy responses to refugee inflows, Dissertation (London School of Economics, Aug. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Latin America.

Multimedia:

En Busqueda de Seguridad: Opciones de protección regional para personas de Centroamérica, 24 May 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (15 July 2022)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"'Bad parents', deportable subjects: borders and deportability in the everyday lives of undocumented families in Belgium," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 14 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the Healthy Together program for immigrant and refugee families in Canada," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 4 (2021) [open access]

"Mental health of unaccompanied children: effects of U.S. immigration policies," BJPsych Open, vol. 7, no. 6 (2021) [open access]

"The psychological effects of forced family separation on asylum-seeking children and parents at the US-Mexico border: A qualitative analysis of medico-legal documents," PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259576 [open access]

"A Right to Asylum? Ensuring Effective Protection of Migrant Children’s Rights in Africa," Chapter in Child in Migration: Status and Identity (Nomos, Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Same but different: meaning-making among refugee and non-refugee youths," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 4 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Norway.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (15 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 3

Balkans & Central/Eastern Europe:

Blog posts & press

"Advocate General: Refusal to Relocate Asylum Seekers 'Breached EU Law'," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 8 Nov. 2019 [text]
- Focuses on the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

"Bosnia's Vucjak Camp: Migrants, a Garbage Dump — and a Road to Nowhere," DW, 16 Nov. 2019 [text]
- See also related statement by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and AP story.

Croatia’s Violent Pushbacks of Refugees and Asylum-seekers (openDemocracy, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Human Rights Watch news story.

"Migrants, Refugees Find Shelter Hard to Come by in Bosnia," Balkan Insight, 15 Nov. 2019 [text]

Why Some EU Countries are Struggling to Relocate Migrants (The Conversation, Dec. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Romania.

Reports & journal articles

First Annual Progress Report: Multi-Year, Multi-Partner Protection and Solutions Strategy for Ukraine 2018-2022 (UNHCR, May 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Issue of Securitization of the Refugee," Polish Political Science Yearbook, vol. 48, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Psychological Well-being of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Serbia: 2019 Research Report ( People in Need & UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia: Periodic Report for July-Sept. 2019 (Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Nov. 2019) [text via ECRE]

Schengen: A Club Where Fundamental Rights (Do Not) Matter? (ECRE, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "ECRE'S assessment of shortcomings in addressing fundamental rights violations within Schengen processes, with a focus on Croatia's accession to the Schengen area, and its recommendations to support fundamental rights compliance."

"Self-Enhancement and Helping Behavior: Motivations of Volunteers in Registration and Reception Centers for Refugees in Bulgaria," Qualitative Sociology Review, vol. 15, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

"Through the Lens of History: The Effects of Beliefs about Historical Victimization on Responses to Refugees," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 74 (Jan. 2020) [free full-text]
- Focuses on Hungary.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (4 Dec. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Publications:

Canada’s Syrian Resettlement Efforts: A Flash in the Pan? (OpenCanada, April 2019) [text]

"Doors to Safety: Exit West, Refugee Resettlement, and the Right to Asylum," Michigan Law Review, vol. 177, no. 6 (April 2019) [full-text]

Human Rights Aspects of Immigrant and Refugee Integration Policies (Council of Europe, March 2019) [text]

"An Investigation into the Association of Pre- and Post-migration Experiences on the Self-rated Health Status among New Resettled Adult Humanitarian Refugees to Australia: A Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 19:15 (April 2019) [open access]

"Migration Nation: Barriers to Integration for Asylum-seekers in Ireland," Studies in Arts and Humanities, vol. 4, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

Preference for Identification in the Field: Nudging Refugees’ Integration Effort (SSRN, March 2019) [text]

Preparing for the Unknown: Designing Effective Predeparture Orientation for Resettling Refugees (Migration Policy Institute, May 2019) [text]

Refugee Resettlement in the Trump Era: Challenges & Opportunities, Policy Brief (Niskanen Center, April 2019) [text]

"Refugees in Germany: Legal Entry — Without Asylum," DW, 28 April 2019 [text]

Resettlement at a Glance (January-March 2019) (UNHCR, May 2019) [text]

Resettlement Factsheet (UNHCR Uganda, April 2019) [text]

"'Us' or 'Them'? How Policies, Public Opinion, and Political Rhetoric Affect Immigrants’ Sense of Belonging," Migration Information Source, 18 April 2019 [text]

Web site:

Durable Solutions Platform [access] [Twitter]
- "Research platform providing recommendations & promoting dialogue about long-term solutions to displacement in Syria & neighbouring countries."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (9 April 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (9 April 2019)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Attitudes Towards National Identity, Immigration and Refugees in Italy (More in Common, Social Change Initiative & Ipsos, July 2018) [text]
- See also related Refugees Deeply article.

"Une Difficile Convergence: La Coopération Franco-allemande durant la Crise des Réfugiés," Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales, vol. XIX (2018) [full-text]

"From Welcome Culture to Welcome Limits? Uncovering Preference Changes Over Time for Sheltering Refugees in Germany," PLoS ONE 13(8): e0199923 (Aug. 2018) [open access]

Greece: Inhumane Conditions at Land Border (Human Rights Watch, July 2018) [text]

Mind the Gap? Looking into Restrictionism of Elites and the Public on Integration and Border Policy towards Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Denmark, Working Paper, no. 196 (CCIS, posted July 2018) [text]

"Moral Involvement or Religious Scepticism? Local Christian Publications on Asylum Seekers," Chapter 10 in Contesting Religion: The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia (De Gruyter, July 2018) [open access]

*National Monitoring System Report on the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IOM, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Ukraine.

"Refugees' Reception in Italy: Past and Present of a Humanitarian Crisis," Chapter 6 in Refugiados en Movimiento: Retos Políticos, Legales y Sociales en Tiempos de Inestabilidad = Refugees on the Move: Political, Legal and Social Challenges in Times of Turmoil, Focus on International Migration, no. 5 (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018) [text]

*Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia in 2017 (Belgrade Center for Human Rights, 2018) [text via UNHCR]

Tipping the Scales: Access to Justice in the Asylum System (Refugee Action, July 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 Aug. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

"2017: The Year in Review," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 27 March 2018 [free full-text]

A Guide to International Refugee Protection and Building State Asylum Systems, Handbook for Parliamentarians, no. 27 (Inter-Parliamentary Union & UNHCR, 2017) [text]

International Law and Migration: Strategies for Protection (International Law under Construction Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

Legal Considerations Regarding Access to Protection and a Connection Between the Refugee and the Third Country in the Context of Return or Transfer to Safe Third Countries (UNHCR, April 2018) [text]

"Note on Migration and the Principle of Non-refoulement," International Review of the Red Cross, First View, 28 March 2018 [full-text]
- See also related ICRC blog post.

Questioning Treaty Interpretation as the Legitimizing Foundation of the Internal Relocation Principle under Refugee and Human Rights Treaties (SSRN, Jan. 2018) [text]

The Right to Asylum in International Law (SSRN, Nov. 2017) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (8 March 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (8 March 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

News: UNHCR Position on African Asylum-seekers in Israel

This was just posted on Refworld, although it was drafted in November 2017. I will add a reference to it to my recent blog post on MENA, but wanted to alert readers to its existence and availability:

UNHCR's Position on the Status of Eritrean and Sudanese Nationals Defined as 'Infiltrators' by Israel (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

While searching for additional UNHCR documents relating to Israel, I also came across the following UNHCR guidance from July 2017, which was posted on the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) web site:

Response by UNHCR to the Legal Representative on the Scheme for the‘Deposit of Funds for the Benefit of the Foreign Worker and Ensuring His Departure from Israel’ (UNHCR, July 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (8 Jan. 2018)


Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

2017 High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 12-13 Dec. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for documentation, speeches, and video.

Guidelines on International Protection No. 13: Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2017) [text]

History of Refugee Protection: A Timeline (Journal of Refugee Studies, Dec. 2017) [access]

"The Human Rights Committee: Legacy and Promise," Chapter in International Human Rights: Human Rights Institutions, Tribunals and Courts (Springer, Forthcoming 2018 ) [preprint]

"Internally Displaced Persons and International Refugee Law: Protection Gaps, Challenges and Implementation in Practice," King's Student Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2 (2017) [full-text]

Key Legal Considerations on the Standards of Treatment of Refugees Recognized under the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (UNHCR, Dec. 2017) [text]

Keynote Address to the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (UNHCR, 29 Nov. 2017)[text]

"The Political Economy of the Constitutional Right to Asylum," Cornell Law Review, vol. 102, no. 5 (2017) [full-text]

"Securing the Borders against Syrian Refugees: When Non-Admission Means Return," Yale Journal of International Law, vol. 42, no. 1 (2017) [full-text]

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

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Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

News:

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Declaration on Territorial Asylum. Thanks to Klaus Neumann for bringing this to our attention with his recent piece in Inside Story entitled "In the Spirit of International Solidarity." A brief summary reads, "The bid to create a UN convention on territorial asylum might have failed, but it points to possibilities still worth pursuing."

Publications:

Conclusions on International Protection Adopted by the Executive Committee of the UNHCR Programme, 1975-2017 (Conclusion No. 1-114) [text]

The Crime of Aggression under International Criminal Law: Links with Refugee Law (IntLawGrrls, Dec. 2017) [text]

General Legal Considerations: Search-and-rescue Operations Involving Refugees and Migrants at Sea  (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text]

Internally Displaced Persons and International Humanitarian Law (ICRC, Dec. 2017) [text]

"Migrants at Sea: A Duty of Plural States to Protect (Extraterritorially)?," Nordic Journal of International Law, vol. 86, no. 4 (2017) [open access]

The Principle of Non-Refoulment: An Inherent Obligation on a State (SSRN, Dec. 2017) [text]

The Right to Asylum in International Law (SSRN, Nov. 2017) [text]

"State Practice with Respect to the Safe Third Country Concept: Criteria for Determining that a State Offers Effective Protection for Asylum Seekers and Refugees," George Washington International Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

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- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (27 Nov. 2017)

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Events & Opportunities: More October 2017

CFP: Ethics of Migration beyond the Immigrant--Host State Nexus, Florence, Italy, 11-12 January 2018 [info]
- The submission deadline is 1 October 2017.

Panel discussion: Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis: From There to Here, Seattle, WA, 3 October 2017 [info]

Roundtable: International Cooperation in Responsibility-Sharing for Refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean Space, 9-10 October 2017 [info]
- Register by 3 October 2017.

Seminar: From Human Trafficking to “Smuggled” Refugees: A Case from North Korea, Melbourne, 3 October 2017 [info]

Lecture: The International Refugee Protection Regime under Threat: Are the Global Compacts the Way Ahead?, New Haven, CT, 4 October 2017 [info]

ELENA course: Legal Avenues for Strengthening International Protection in Europe, Athens, 17-18 November 2017 [info]
- Register by 6 October 2017.

Conference: #RomaBelong: Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of the Roma People in the Western Balkans and Ukraine, Skopje, Macedonia, 26-27 October 2017 [info]
- Register by 10 October 2017.

Seminar: Data for Migration and Asylum Policies: The Realities Hidden Within and Behind the Numbers, Oxford, 11 October 2017 [info]

Conference: Annual General Conference of the European Council on Refugee and Exiles + UNHCR-NGO Consultations, Tallinn, Estonia, 16-18 October 2017 [info]

Seminar: Rising Seas: Climate Change, Displacement and Resettlement, Melbourne, 17 October 2017 [info]

Seminar: The Constitutional Right to Asylum: The Wave of the Future in International Refugee Law?, Oxford, 18 October 2017 [info]

CFP: Conference Spotlight: Forced Migration and Human Rights, Researchers for Asylum Seekers Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference, Melbourne, 16 November 2017 [info]
- Deadline for abstracts is 20 October 2017.

Seminar: Livelihoods in Displacement: From Refugee Perspectives to Aid Agency Response, Oxford, 25 October 2017 [info]

CFP: Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration [info]
- Submission deadline is 30 October 2017.

Seminar: Closing the Chapter on Child Detention: Developments in Normative and Legal Frameworks, Melbourne, 31 October 2017 [info]

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- Events & Opportunities: More September 2017/New October 2017

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Regional Focus: Europe

Europeans Would Accept More Refugees—If the Asylum System Were Fair (LSE Government Blog, July 2017) [text]

Hotspots under a Spotlight: The Legality of the Hotspot Approach in Italy (EDAL Blog, June 2017) [text]

"Human Rights Beyond Humanitarianism: The Radical Challenge to the Right to Asylum in the Mediterranean Zone," Antipode, Early View, 5 July 2017 [free full-text]

Médecins Sans Frontières: ‘Calais has become a cage in a jungle’ (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2017) [text]

Meet the Gambian Migrants under Pressure to Leave Europe (IRIN, July 2017) [text]

The Missing Reflection Paper on Asylum Policy (Flüchtlingsforschung Blog, July 2017) [text]

Named and Shamed: EU Countries are Failing to Share Responsibility for Refugees (The Conversation, July 2017) [text]

New Updates on the Refugee Hotspots in Italy and Greece (ECRE, July 2017) [access]

Proposed Code of Conduct for Search and Rescue Putting Lives at Risk (ECRE, July 2017) [text]

Refugee, Asylum-Seeker and Migrant Perceptions in Gaziantep and Kilis, Quantitative Round (Ground Truth Solutions & Mixed Migration Platform, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee, Asylum-Seeker and Migrant Perceptions in Istanbul, Turkey, Quantitative Round (Ground Truth Solutions & Mixed Migration Platform, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Responsibilities Towards Refugees Fleeing Atrocities: A Failure to Learn Lessons from Srebrenica? (Refugee History Blog, July 2017) [text]

Rights and Effective Protection Exist Only on Paper: The Precarious Existence of Beneficiaries of International Protection in Greece (Pro Asyl & Refugee Support Aegean, June 2017) [text]

UNHCR Seeks Support for Alternatives to Dangerous Refugee Journeys (UNHCR, July 2017) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Europe - Indiv. Countries (13 July 2017)
- Regional Focus: Europe - General (13 July 2017)

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Regional Focus: Americas

"Alternative Fact? More Democratic States are More Likely to Provide Refugee Protection," Alberta Law Review (Forthcoming) [postprint]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Amid Economic Crisis and Political Turmoil, Venezuelans Form a New Exodus," Migration Information Source, 14 June 2017 [text]

"Brazil's Refugee Policy Needs a Radical Overhaul in Response to Venezuela's Crisis," The Guardian, 15 June 2017 [text]

Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, Miami, 15-16 June 2017 [info]
- Principal aim of this meeting was "to address the economic, security, and governance challenges and opportunities in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras." As noted in this Reuters article, though, some observers saw it primarily as an attempt to "curtail migration from Central America." Follow a/m link for statements, session summaries, and videos. See also related MSF statement.

"Desperate Venezuelans Set Sights on Colombia as Worry Mounts," VOA News, 22 June 2017 [text]

Facing Walls: USA and Mexico’s Violation of the Rights of Asylum Seekers (Amnesty International, June 2017) [text]

"'He will kill me if he sees me again': Abused Women Seek Refuge in Mexico," The Guardian, 7 June 2017 [text]

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 69 (June 2017) [full-text]
- Themed issue on "The Humanitarian Consequences of Violence in Central America," with 10 articles.

"Humanitarian Standards in Urban, Post-disaster Contexts: A Study of Sphere Shelter Standards in Haiti," Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 69 (June 2017) [full-text]

"On Silences: Salvadoran Refugees Then and Now," Latino Studies, vol. 15, no. 1 (April 2017) [free full-text]

Point of No Return: The Fear and Criminalization of Central American Refugees (Center for Migration Studies, June 2017) [text]

UNHCR Submissions to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Framework of the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Scope and Purpose of the Right to Asylum (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Americas (6 June 2017)

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