Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Allocating time in asylum systems: a dilemma between efficacy and equal treatment," Comparative Migration Studies, 6 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"A crisis of human rights: litigation as governance at the border," Handbook on Migration and Human Rights (Edward Elgar, Sept. 2025) [preprint]

"Establishing (Un)Certainty: Language and Reproducing Suspicion in Forensic Medical Evaluations," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"On the Nation’s Doorstep: How the Ninth Circuit Ruled Against Metering and Redefined the Border for Asylum Seekers," San Diego Law Review, vol. 62, no. 4 (2025) [full-text]

"Picturing Bad Refugees: Haiti, Vietnam, and the Racial Politics of Refugee Photography," Journal of American Studies, FirstView, 11 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Reclaiming Interpretation: PSGs, Asylum Law, and the Post-Loper Bright Landscape," Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law, vol. 15, no. 1 (Fall 2025) [full-text]

*"Seeking meaning in US asylum adjudications: aspirations, affect, and morality on the frontlines of the state," Social Forces, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Ukrainian Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 12 Feb. 2026 [text]

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice, vol. 32, no. 1 (2025-2026) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Decriminalizing Migration: Reforming Immigration Law to Protect Undocumented Communities."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (19 Feb. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: U.S. Immigration Courts at a Crisis Point, 24 November 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Americans Caught Between Trump's Cruelty and Democrats' Chaos (Third Way, Oct. 2025) [text]

Can Undocumented Immigrants Get SNAP or Medicaid? The Truth About Federal Benefits (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Let’s Meet the New Temporary Immigration Judges (The Asylumist Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Soldiers in Robes: Why Military Lawyers Can Not and Should Not Serve as Immigration Judges (Just Security, Nov. 2025) [text]

Supreme Court agrees to hear case on border crossings (SCOTUSblog, Nov. 2025) [text]

- See also related American Immigration Council press release.

Trump Administration Conducts 10,067 Immigration Enforcement Flights in Less Than 10 Months (Austin Kocher Substack, Nov. 2025) [text]

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities (HRW, Nov. 2025) [text]

"US has sent $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea to accept noncitizen deportees," The Guardian, 10 Nov. 2025 [text]

**Visit the ImmProf Blog for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.**

Reports: 

Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction at the U.S. Immigration Courts (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2025) [text]

- See also info re. related webinar above.

Fabricating the Crime of Undocumented Presence (SSRN, Nov. 2025) [text]

Immigration beyond the extremes: A blueprint that actually works (Niskanen Center, Nov. 2025) [text]

Immigration Court Asylum Grant Rates Cut in Half (TRAC, Nov. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (7 Nov. 2025)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (7 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum access adjudication: a multi-level framework for socio-legal research," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 9 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"'But we have to be realistic': examining the origins of temporary protection in the USA and European Union," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 38, no. 1 (March 2025) [open access]

"Discursive and behavioural sources of regime erosion: the case of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)," Journal of European Public Policy, Latest Articles, 25 Oct. 2025 [open access]

- See also related supplement.

"Historical Foundations and Limitations of International Refugee Law," Annual Review of Law and Social Science, vol. 21 (2025) [open access]

"To What Extent Do Article 1 and Article 33 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Prevent Western Countries from Using It as an Immigration Control Tool?," Leeds Student Law and Criminal Justice Review, vol. 5 (Sept. 2025) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 1.

"Toward a feminist geo-legal reading: US country-of-origin information in asylum adjudication," Area, Early View, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"The Twice Displaced: UNHCR's Role in Evacuations," International Journal of Refugee Law (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Unsafe at Any Speed: “Safe Third Country Agreements”—Offshoring and Eroding Legal Protections Owed to Refugees and Asylum Seekers," Fordham Urban Law Journal, vol. 53, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (13 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum Seekers’ Rights Denied and Border Communities Disrupted: Ethnographic Accounts on the 2023 Border Closure in Lukeville, Arizona," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 10 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Criminalization of Immigration," RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

"Ditching Deference: Redefining Particular Social Groups in the Wake of Loper Bright," Emory Law Journal, vol. 75, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"How the 2025 Invocation of Alien Enemies Act Erodes Immigrants’ Rights," Fordham Urban Law Journal, vol. 53, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"Immigration Adjudication, Judicial Review, and the Uneven Incorporation of Administrative Law Norms," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 40 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"Immigration, Due Process, and Executive Power," Journal of National Security Law & Policy Online (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Immigration Venue Exceptionalism," Cornell Law Review, vol. 111, no. 5 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Loper Bright Landscape for Immigration Cases," Michigan State Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 16 Oct. 2025 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (7 Nov. 2025)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Opening Doors, Hardening Borders: Inside Biden’s strategy on mixed migration and the lessons learned for Europe - A critical policy analysis of the Biden administration’s migration governance approach (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2025) [text]

Policy Brief: Chaotic Policy Changes Are Ending Access to Asylum in America (AILA, Oct. 2025) [text]

Practice Alert: TPS and Parole Status Updates Chart (AILA, Oct. 2025) [access]

Report to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Follow Up to July 24, 2025 Public Hearing, "Human rights situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers" (Human Rights First, Oct. 2025) [text]

- See also related Refugees International statement.

Sanctuary and Resistance 2025: Evolving Strategies in an Uncertain Landscape (Soli*City Research Network & Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, 2025) [text]

Who Deported More? Measuring Removals, Returns, and Enforcement Priorities Across Presidential Administrations 2000-2025 (SSRN, Sept. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Enjoined from Enjoining: The State of Remedies and Relief for Immigrants After Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez," Louisiana Law Review, vol. 85, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

"The Meaning of the End of Chevron for Immigration Removal Adjudications," (Forthcoming, Dec. 2025) [preprint]

"Politicking Asylum’s Political Opinion," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 39, no. 1 (Fall 2024) [full-text]

"Post-Chevron Deference in Asylum Proceedings," Cardozo Law Review, vol. 46 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"Trump Administration’s Expansion of Fast-Track Deportation Powers Is Transforming Immigration Enforcement," Migration Information Source, 25 Sept. 2025 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (15 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum-Seeker Centres in the Netherlands’ Total Institution Characteristics and their Effect on Refugees’ Sense of Belonging," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 25 Aug. 2025 [open access]

"Ethics in Qualitative Migration and Refugee Studies in Europe: From 'Doing no Harm' to Reciprocity and Equity," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 30 July 2025 [open access]

"Future-making as a refugee in Turkey: containment, resettlement, and multiple futures," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:69 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Guilty until proven refugee? The EU’s crisis of identity, not capacity / ¿Culpable hasta que se demuestre que es refugiado? La crisis de identidad de la UE, no de capacidad," International Journal of Social Psychology / Revista de Psicología Social, OnlineFirst, 8 Aug. 2025 [Academia]

- "This paper critiques the selective solidarity that welcomes Ukrainian refugees as victims of occupation while framing MENA refugees as security threats or economic burdens." Note: The article is published in both English and Spanish.

"International Cooperation on Migration Between the EU and Third Countries: Governing EU Borders in Invisible Spaces," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"'Intersubjective Empathy' and the desecuritisation of migration: Assessing public attitudes and support for refugees in the UK," European Journal of International Security, FirstView. 22 May 2025

- See also related post on The Conversation.

"Refugees and asylum seekers in Europe need a rights-based approach to the issue of return: insights from the case of the Syrian displacement," BMJ Global Health, vol. 10, no. 8 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Socially Distancing the 'Irregular' Migrant: An Arendtian Political Analysis of Contemporary UK Asylum Law," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Who leaves and who returns? IDPs and returnees after the Russian invasion of Ukraine,"  Comparative Migration Studies, 13:66 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (3 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Ante una crisis de desplazamiento sin precedentes, los países de las Américas continúan ofreciendo ejemplos de solidaridad e integración (UNHCR, June 2025) [text]

"Canadian bill seeks to deny hearings to some asylum-seekers," Reuters, 4 June 2025 [text]

- See also related commentary from The Guardian and The Conversation.

"The challenges facing 'invisible' reverse flow migrants in Panama," The New Humanitarian, 19 June 2025 [text]

Haiti Sees Record Displacement as 1.3 Million Flee Violence (IOM, June 2025) [text]

- See also related HRW news release.

More restrictive immigration policies underline the rule of law in the Dominican Republic (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, July 2025) [text]

On World Refugee Day, States throughout the Americas must uphold the right to seek asylum (Amnesty International, June 2025) [text]

"US signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum-seekers, Noem says," AP News, 26 June 2025 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Journal articles:

"The Banality of Crimmigration: Can Immigration Law Recover Itself?," Laws, vol. 14, no. 3 (May 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"The border is always changing: a mixed-methods study of resilience among migrant serving organisations in the USA and Mexico," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 9, no. 5 (2025) [open access]

"Canada's Long-Standing Openness to Immigration Comes Under Pressure," Migration Information Source, 24 June 2025 [text]

"Cartagena+40: A Missed Opportunity for Regional Cooperation on Dangerous Journeys," Forced Migration Review, no. 75 (May 2025) [open access]

"Institutional Asymmetries in Border Crisis Response: State Constraints and Non-State Adaptability in the 2023 Peru-Chile Migration Emergency," Frontiers in Political Science, 3 June 2025 [open access]

"Lima is good enough: exploring role of city in coping strategies and future planning among Venezuelan forced migrants in Peru," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:39 (June 2025) [open access]

"Wall of visas: how race impacts the externalization of (forced) migration control in south-south migration corridors," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 7 April 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (24 May 2025)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

The Chilling Effect of Trump’s Indiscriminate Immigration Arrests & Propaganda (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Deportation fears create ripple effects for immigrants and their communities (The Conversation, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

GOP Budget Reconciliation Plan—Cutting Essential Programs to Supercharge Deportations (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

ICE Raids: Ambition Meets Reality (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related Guardian news article.

"In the Trump administration, nearly every major department is an immigration agency," AP News, 20 Feb. 2025 [text]

"Judge blocks Trump administration immigration enforcement at some churches, temples," Politico, 24 Feb. 2025 [text]

Summary of Executive Orders and Other Actions on Immigration (Center for Migration Studies, 13 Feb. 2025) [text]

Survey shows immigrants in Florida – even US citizens – are less likely to seek health care after passage of anti-immigrant laws (The Conversation, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Trump signs order aimed at ending federal benefits for some immigrants," AP News, 19 Feb. 2025 [text]

Trump’s Doubly Flawed “Invasion” Theory (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

What We Know about Trump’s Efforts to Roll Back TPS for Venezuelans and CHNV Parole (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related CBS News article and ImmigrationProf blog post.

Reports & journal articles:

"Financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in Portland Maine: a qualitative study," Archives of Public Health, 83:48 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"The Idea of Latin American Refugees and Understanding the Moral Force of Their Asylum Claims," Chapter in Philosophical Contestations (Lexington Books, Forthcoming) [preprint]

Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2022, Briefing Paper, no. 184 (CATO Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"Lethal Immigration Enforcement," Cornell Law Review, vol. 109, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]

Lives in Limbo: Devastating impacts of Trump’s migration and asylum policies (Amnesty International, Feb. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Understanding and Responding to Trump's Immigration Action, 19 Feb. 2025 [access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (10 Feb. 2025)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (Keeping Up) (10 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: Immigration Reform in 2025: What Is Possible?, 20 November 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Thoughts on the Trump administration plans re. immigration policy and enforcement & how to prepare: 

Here is a brief summary of immigration areas that will likely be targeted in a second term.

• Asylum Seekers: Consider Taking These Steps Before January 2025 (Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, Nov. 2024) [text]
• Biden Should Use His Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before He Leaves Office (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]
• Getting Ready for the Trumpocalypse (The Asylumist Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]
• How Trump might target DACA recipients and other immigrant groups (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]
• Immigrants and Their Attorneys Preparing for Aggressive Immigration Enforcement Measures in a Second Trump Administration (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]
• "Inside Trump's plan for mass deportations - and who wants to stop him," Reuters, 10 Nov. 2024 [text]
• "Trump promised the 'largest deportation' in U.S. history. Here's how he might start," NPR, 14 Nov. 2024 [text]

Other items:

Aurora and Springfield aren’t the first cities to become flash points in US immigration debate − here’s what happened in other places used as political soapboxes (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]

Ethel Kennedy and the “Hong Kong Parole Program” of 1962 (ImmigrationProf Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Asylum Seekers’ Rights to Present at POEs (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related Reuters article. 

How to Build Support for More Welcoming Refugee and Asylum Policies? Get to Know a Refugee (Data for Progress, the Refugee Advocacy Lab & Refugees International, Oct. 2024) [text]

Mass Deportation is Actually Very Unpopular (Data for Progress Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related Vox article.

The New Immigration: How Recent Arrivals at the Border Have Changed the Country and Its Attitudes (ProPublica Series, Oct.-Nov. 2024) [access]

"'Operation Wetback': What Happened Last Time US Conducted Mass Deportations," Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2024 [text]

Temporary Protected Status: What’s Up with That? (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

The True, Massive Cost of Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans (Marshall Project, Oct. 2024) [text]

Trump’s anti-Haitian rhetoric reflects America’s long-standing racism against Haiti and its people (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

What Is the ‘Bipartisan Border Bill’ and How Would It Change the US Immigration System? (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

With New Strategies at and Beyond the U.S. Border, Migrant Encounters Plunge (MPI, Oct. 2024) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (20 Oct. 2024)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (20 Oct. 2024)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports:

The Alien Enemies Act (Brennan Center for Justice, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related explainer.

Debunking the Myth of Immigrants and Crime: Fact Sheet (American Immigration Council, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

The Future of U.S. Immigration: Trump and Harris on Key Immigration Policy Areas (National Immigration Forum, July 2024) [text]

Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy (American Immigration Council, Oct. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Mass Deportation in the U.S.: Explainer (National Immigration Forum, Sept. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Administrative Violence in Immigration Law," Arizona Law Review, vol. 66, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]

"Agency Entrenchment: Sociological Legitimacy in a Politically Contested Occupation," Law & Social Inquiry, FirstView, 19 Sept. 2024 [free full-text]

- Focuses on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys.

"Black Migrants and Black Lives Matter: Voices of Tension, Racism, Pan-Africanism, and Prospects for Collaboration," UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"The Border Crisis and the Right to Seek Asylum," Hofstra Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Forced Back Into the Lion's Mouth: Per Se Reporting Requirements in U.S. Asylum Law," Marquette Law Review, vol. 107, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]

Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Forced Migration, Deterrence, and Solutions to the Non-Natural Disaster of Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border and Beyond." 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (20 Oct. 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Are asylum seekers in the UK at increased risk of suicide? (Univ. of Glasgow, June 2024) [text]

As Hungary takes over Presidency of European Union, UNHCR calls for strengthened engagement to address forced displacement (UNHCR, July 2024) [text]

Joint Statement: The future EU must uphold the right to asylum in Europe (July 2024) [access]

Latest European demographic data sheet highlights lasting impact of war and migration (IIASA, July 2024) [text via EurekAlert]

- Focuses on Ukraine.

New UK Government Rescinds 'Rwanda Plan' But Cruel System Remains (Refugee Research Online, July 2024) [text] 

The Pact’s Practice: Perspectives from the ground – a Fenix series (Fenix, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Greece. The first post is here.

Refugees trapped in Europe’s “death zone”: Needs and challenges of the local organisations providing humanitarian assistance at the Polish-Belarusian border (Norwegian Refugee Council, July 2024) [text]

Safe Third Countries: The Next ‘Battlefield’ (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, July 2024) [text]

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Russian Emigration in Flux (Carnegie Politika Blog, July 2024) [text]

The UK Asylum System in Disbelief: The Obstacle of a Negative Credibility Assessment in Fresh Claims Proceedings (RLI Blog, July 2024) [text]

UNHCR Moldova signed a Memorandum of Collaboration with Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University of Chisinau (UNHCR, July 2024) [text]

Unmasking state-perpetrated crimes during migration control – a new face of crimmigration (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2024) [text]

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

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (2 July 2024)

Regional Focus: United States

News/commentary re: "A Proclamation on Securing the Border"

- See White House factsheet, DHS factsheet & ICE implementation memo.

• Biden’s immigration order won’t fix problems quickly – 4 things to know about what’s changing (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]
• Biden’s New Changes to the Asylum Process: What You Need to Know (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2024) [text]
• "Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully," NPR, 4 June 2024 [info]
• Joint Analysis of Biden Border Proclamation (American Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigrant Justice Center, National Immigration Project & Women’s Refugee Commission, June 2024) [text]
• Texas Democrat pushes back on Biden’s asylum order: ‘Isn’t going to work’ (The Hill, June 2024) [text]
• UNHCR expresses concern over new asylum restrictions in the United States (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Short pieces:

Are More Undocumented Immigrants Living in the US Now? Here’s What the Numbers Say (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2024) [text]

Border Patrol’s 100th Anniversary Offers Chance to Look Back at Its Disturbing Origins (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2024) [text]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in Crisis. Will the U.S. Government Protect Congolese Immigrants in the United States? (Just Security Blog, May 2024) [text]

Life on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim (The Conversation, June 2024) [texttext]

New Country of Origin Research Materials for U.S Asylum Attorneys (WOLA, May 2024) [text]

The US is reviving the worst of its immigration history to all of our peril (The Hill, May 2024) [text]

Reports:

Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Univ. of Texas, May 2024) [text]

One Year After the Asylum Ban: More Barriers to Asylum Access (USCRI, May 2024) [text]

Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing (Georgetown Univ., May 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Burden Shifting to U.S. Nonprofits: Supporting Access to Asylum When Legal Protection Frameworks Fail," Nonprofit Policy Forum, Ahead of Print, 23 May 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Afghans.

"CBP One and the Due Process Rights of Asylum Seekers at the Threshold," Univ. of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class, vol. 24, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

"Vague Made Vogue: The Unconstitutionality of the Particularly Serious Crime Bar," Columbia Human Rights Law Review Online, 2 Aug. 2023 [full-text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (20 May 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Closing Down Access to Asylum: The Illegal Migration Act’s Incompatibility with International Refugee Law," Brooklyn Journal of International Law, vol. 49, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]

- Focuses on the UK.

"COVID-19 and Asylum Rights," Chapter in Covid-19 Containment Policies in Europe (Springer, May 2024) [open access]

"The European Union Agency for Asylum: Legal remedies and national articulations in composite procedures," European Law Journal, Early View, 3 June 2024 [open access]

"'If you make the people run away, you will starve': the military significance of refugees during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)," War & Society, Latest Articles, 24 May 2024 [open access]

"On placemaking and wellbeing: Practitioner perspectives on third sector support for refugees and asylum seekers," Wellbeing, Space and Society, In Press, 31 May 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Refugees as Resources: A Post-War Experiment in European Refugee Relief," Contemporary European History, FirstView, 31 May 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (3 June 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Safe Access to Asylum in Europe: Normative Assessment of Safe Pathways to Protection in the Legal Context of the European Union (Nomos, May 2024) [open access]

- "There is no asylum without access to a State’s territory. At the same time, States prevent access to territorial asylum. The paradoxical interplay between the granting of territorial protection and the prevention of access to territory is framed as ‘asylum paradox’ in this book. It is the point of departure for analysing and assessing safe pathways to protection in the legal context of the European Union (EU). In the focus are the asylum visa, resettlement, ad hoc humanitarian admission and sponsorship schemes. The overall aim is to assess the normative effects of safe pathways on the asylum paradox... ."

Journal articles:

"Fragmentation of Hope through Tiny Acts of Bureaucratic Cruelty: Another Kind of War on Afghan People Seeking Asylum in Sweden," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"On the Right Side of History: How Memories of World War Two Nourish Subversive Humanitarianism," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 14, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Norway.

"Policy diffusion across political ideologies: explaining Denmark’s desire to externalise asylum," West European Politics, Latest Articles, 20 May 2024 [open access]

"'This is silent murder': Are we medicalizing human distress caused by the reality of life as an asylum seeker in the UK?," Perspectives in Public Health, vol. 144, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

"'A Total Black Hole': How COVID-19 Increased Bureaucratic Violence Against Refugees in Greece," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (24 May 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Lecture: Towards policy coherence in legal migration pathways to the EU, Maastricht, Neth./Online, 31 May 2024 [info]

Seminar: Nordic immigration policies in flux: Domino effects and shifting paradigms, Copenhagen/Online, 7 June 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Closing borders to those seeking asylum in Finland sets a dangerous precedent, warns UNHCR (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

Navigating Displacement: Georgia's Journey and Lessons for Other Contexts (RID Blog, May 2024) [text] 

Special Collection on the EU Asylum and Migration Legislation after the Pact (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog) [access]

- "Spring 2024 marked the end of the long process which led the European Union to reach a final agreement on the Pact on Migration and Asylum. This reform represents a veritable jungle of highly complex legislation and intricate political compromises covering mainly asylum and borders controls. As a network of academics engaged in the analysis of migration and asylum legislation for over two decades, the Odysseus Network intends to review and unpack each instrument adopted in the framework of this extensive reform." Note: Three posts have been published to date. 

UK ‘taking back control’ of its borders risks rolling back human rights protections (The Conversation, May 2024) [text]

UK-Rwanda migrant deal challenges international protection law (The Conversation, May 2024) [text]

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

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, May 2024) 

- See updated profiles for Belgium and France.

[ECRE Comments on the Regulation Addressing Situations of Crisis and Force Majeure in the Field of Migration and Asylum] (ECRE, May 2024) [text]

Guidance on Reception: Operational standards and indicators (EU Agency for Asylum, May 2024) [text]

Guidance on Vulnerability in Asylum and Reception: Operational standards and indicators (EU Agency for Asylum, May 2024) [text]

Practical Guide on Quality Assurance in Asylum Procedures: Examination of applications for international protection (EU Agency for Asylum, May 2024) [text]

Quality Assurance Tool: Examining the application for international protection (EU Agency for Asylum, May 2024) [text]

When EU temporary protection for displaced people from Ukraine ends: Possible scenarios (European Parliament, May 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (15 May 2024)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Biden’s answer to Mexican border crisis might slow crossings but is not winning support (The Conversation, Aug. 2023) [text]

CBP’s Continued ‘Turnbacks’ are Sending Asylum Seekers Back to Lethal Danger (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

- See also related press release.

"New U.S. fast-track immigration program found neither fast nor fair," Harvard Gazette, 2 Aug. 2023 [text]

Requesting Asylum is not an Illegal Act (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

2023 Supplement to the Seventh Edition of Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (Foundation Press, 2023) [SSRN]

Abuses at the U.S.- Mexico Border: How to Address Failures and Protect Rights (Washington Office on Latin America, Aug. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish. See also related UN News story.

The Changing Make-Up of Immigration Court Cases Now That Title 42 Has Ended (TRAC, Aug. 2023) [text]

A Close Look at the Geography of Border Patrol Arrests: How a Spike in Annual Arrests Along U.S.-Mexico Border Hides Remarkable Variation by Sector and Nationality (TRAC, Aug. 2023) [text]

Leading by Example: US Refugee Policy at Home and Abroad (Wilson Center, July 2023) [text]

"Quantitative Data Availability and Measurement of US Immigrant and Immigration Policies: IMR Methods Note," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 10 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Revisiting the policy implications of COVID‐19, asylum seekers, and migrants on the Mexico–U.S. border: Creating (and maintaining) states of exception in the Trump and Biden administrations," Politics & Policy, vol. 51, no. 3 (June 2023) [free full-text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (2 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunities

Webinar: Unpacking the Supreme Court: Immigration Cases in the 2022–2023 Term, 11 July 2023 [info]

Webinar: Straining under the Backlog: Fixing a U.S. Immigration Court System in Crisis, 20 July 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban – Where are We Now? (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2023) [text]

Immigration in the Supreme Court, 2022 Term (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2023) [text]

Majority of U.S. Likely Voters Support Access to Asylum at the U.S. Southern Border (Refugee Advocacy Lab, June 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Activism on Immigration by U.S. States is Back, with New Tactics and Different Targets," Migration Information Source, 28 June 2023 [text]

Biden Administration Asylum Ban: Widely Opposed Misstep Violates Law and Fuels Wrongful Deportation of Refugees (Human Rights First, June 2023) [text]

"Conteniendo la migración no deseada: discursos de securitización usados por Estados Unidos para externalizar su frontera a México de 1988 a 2020," Inter disciplina, vol. 11, no.. 29 (2023) [open access] 

"Human Frailty, Unbreakable Victims, and Asylum," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 54, no. 2 (2022-23) [full-text]

Limits on Access to Asylum After Title 42: One Month of Monitoring U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry (International Rescue Committee, June 2023) [text]

"Securitización sanitaria y control migratorio fronterizo: el Título 42 en la frontera México-Estados Unidos," Frontera Norte, vol. 35 (2023) [open access]

"Son las personas migrantes una carga pública? Medidas antinmigrantes y deportabilidad en Estados Unidos," Inter disciplina, vol. 11, no.. 29 (2023) [open access] 

Why Legal Immigration is Nearly Impossible: U.S. Legal Immigration Rules Explained, Policy Analysis, no. 950 (Cato Institute, June 2023) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (23 June 2023)

Regional Focus: United States

Information & commentary re. the expiration of Title 42 (on 11 May 2023) & implementation of new asylum rules:

• 42 Border Solutions That are Not Title 42 (National Immigration Forum) [text]
• As Title 42 Comes to an End, So Should Military Operations at the US-Mexico Border (Just Security) [text]
• The Biden Administration’s Final Rule on Arriving Aliens Seeking Asylum (Congressional Research Service) [text]
• Department of State and Department of Homeland Security Announce Additional Sweeping Measures to Humanely Manage Border through Deterrence, Enforcement, and Diplomacy (State Dept.) [text]
• Despite the end of Title 42, restrictions on asylum seekers are expected to continue under Biden administration (The Conversation) [text]
• DHS and DOJ Finalize Rule to Incentivize Use of Lawful Immigration Pathways: Rule places a condition on asylum eligibility for those who circumvent lawful pathways (DHS) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]
• The End of Asylum? (Just Security) [text; also includes link to related podcast]
• The End of the Title 42 Order: A Return to Border Migration Normalcy and Due Process of Law (ImmigrationProf Blog) [text]
• The End of Title 42: Beyond Border Solutions (American Immigration Council) [access]
• Featured Issue: Border Processing and Asylum (AILA) [access]
• How To Seek Asylum (Under Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban), in 15 Not-At-All-Easy Steps (Immigration Impact) [text]
• The Implications of the Biden Asylum Rule in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, and the Northern Triangle Nations (National Immigration Forum) [text]
• Lives at Risk: Barriers and Harms as Biden Asylum Ban Takes Effect (Human Rights First et al.) [text]
• *Open Questions, Legal Hurdles for Biden’s New Border Rule (Lawfare Blog) [text]
• *Post Title 42 & Asylum Ban FAQ (USCRI) [text]
• Senior Administration Officials on Additional Regional Migration Management Measures the United States Will Implement Together with Regional Partners when Title 42 Public Health Order Lifts (State Dept.) [text]
• "U.S. Border Asylum Policy Enters New Territory Post-Title 42," Migration Information Source, 25 May 2023 [text]

Short pieces & reports:

Asylum Process in Immigration Courts and Selected Trends (Congressional Research Service, updated May 2023) [text]

Finding a Pro Bono Immigration Attorney is Harder Than Ever (Immigration Impact, May 2023) [text]

U.S. Border Patrol Encounters at the Southwest Border: Fact Sheet (Congressional Research Service, May 2023) [text]

Washington thinks regionally, but what does it prioritize? (Americas Migration Brief, May 2023) [text]

When faith says to help migrants – and the law says don’t (The Conversation, May 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Central American Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 10 May 2023 [text]

"Forced Back into the Lion's Mouth: Per Se Reporting Requirements in U.S. Asylum Law," Marquette Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Geography as Due Process in Immigration Court," Wisconsin Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Linguistic Refoulement," New York University Review of Law & Social Change (Forthcoming, 2023) [preprint]

"The US Immigration Courts, Dumping Ground for the Nation’s Systemic Immigration Failures: The Causes, Composition, and Politically Difficult Solutions to the Court Backlog," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 25 May 2023 [full-text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (9 May 2023)

News: UNHCR UK Legal Analysis & Factsheets

UNHCR's UK office has recently posted a number of new documents on its website that supplement its initial public statement on the UK government's "Illegal Migration Bill." These include:

- their formal legal observations on the bill;

- an explainer on "Why the UK Illegal Migration Bill is an Asylum Ban";

- a fact sheet on "Arrivals to the UK over the Channel"; and 

- a fact sheet on "Safe and Regular Routes to the UK for Refugees and Asylum Seekers"

The office concludes that "There are ways to reduce dangerous journeys while still protecting refugees and asylum seekers from harm and complying with international law. Making the asylum system work,

rather than shutting it down, is key to tackling this challenge."

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Conference: The Emotional Journey to Asylum: Psychological, Legal and Public Policy Issues, New York, 25 March 2023 [info]

Call for participation: Emerging Issues in Immigration Law, Boston, 30-31 March 2023 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Biden unveils Trump-style plan to deter asylum seekers at Mexico border," The Guardian, 21 Feb. 2023 [text]

- See also related explainer, factsheet, and commentary from MPI, and other reactions to the proposed rule.

CBP One is Riddled With Flaws That Make the App Inaccessible to Many Asylum Seekers (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

How to Seek Asylum (under Biden’s Proposed Asylum Transit Ban), in 12 Not-at-All-Easy Steps (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Troubling Signs in Biden Administration’s Recent Efforts to Reimplement Migrant Protection Protocols Program (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

US migration policy and nonstate groups: Lessons from Libya (Order from Chaos Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Multimedia:

Unpacking the New Asylum Transit Ban Details, 2 March 2023 [access]

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- Regional Focus: United States (17 Feb. 2023)