Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information Services

Opportunity:

Blended Learning Course: Researching Country of Origin Information (COI) [info]
- Includes online training from 6 Feb.-3 March 2017 and face-to-fact meeting in Vienna on 9 March 2017. Apply by 9 December 2016.

Publications:

Comparison of SMS Platforms (Social Media for Good Blog, Oct. 2016) [text]

*Digital Humanitarianism: How Tech Entrepreneurs are Supporting Refugee Integration (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2016) [text]
- See also related op-ed at Refugees Deeply.

The Emergence of Solidarity with Syrian Refugees over Time on Twitter, Paper presented at British Psychological Society Social Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 31 Aug.-2 Sept. 2016 [abstract]
- Use "contact author" link to request copy of document.

Humanitarian Assistance in the Information Economy: The Role of Information Management (IRIS, Oct. 2016) [text]

One of the Things That 65 Million Refugees Want Most: The Internet (Fast CoExist, Sept. 2016) [text]

Refuge in Technology (IMI Blog, Sept. 2016) [text]

"Trust, but Verify: Social Media Models for Disaster Management," Disasters, Early View, 22 Sept. 2016 [preprint via ResearchGate]

"Universities and Computer Science in the European Crisis of Refugees," Communications of the ACM, vol. 59, no. 10 (2016) [text]

Resource:

ReliefWeb Mobile Apps [info]
- Four apps are now available: crises, headlines, jobs & videos.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information Services (21 Sept. 2016)

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Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Europe - Indiv. Countries

Barriers to the Right to Effective Legal Remedy: The Problem Faced by Refugees in Turkey in Granting Power of Attorney (Refugee Rights Turkey, Feb. 2016) [text]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin article.

Ending the Detained Fast Track? (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2016) [text]

Lessons from the Response of German Courts to Hungary's Asylum Procedures (RefLaw Blog, Feb. 2016) [text]

"New Social Movements: 'Refugees Welcome UK'," European Scientific Journal, vol. 12, no. 2 (2016) [open access]

Reception Conditions, Detention and Procedural Safeguards for Asylum Seekers and Content of International Protection Status in Bulgaria (ECRE/ELENA, Feb. 2016) [text]

[Reports on Field Missions to the Greek Islands of Lesvos, Rhodes and Kastelorizo] (Greek Council for Refugees, 2016) [access via AIDA]

"Transfer Back to Malta: Refugees’ Secondary Movement within the European Union," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 17 Feb. 2016 [abstract]
- See also author's related Master's thesis.

Ukraine: 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan (OHCA, Feb. 2016) [text]
- See also Humanitarian Needs Overview for Ukraine.

UNHCR Observations on the Proposed Amendments to the Norwegian Immigration Act and Regulation: Høring – Endringer i utlendingslovgivningen (Innstramninger II) (UNHCR, Feb. 2016) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - General (19 Feb. 2016)
- Regional Focus: Europe (12 Feb. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

New Book Titles

Please visit my Pinterest page to learn about new books due out in April 2015. I've also added information about a few new titles to the Feb. 2015, March 2015 and New Legal Texts book boards.

If you are not a member of Pinterest, these new titles are listed below for your reference (organized by title).

April 2015:

Irge Satiroglu & Narae Choi, eds., Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: New Perspectives on Persisting Problems, Routledge, April 2015

Alexandria Innes, Migration, Citizenship and the Challenge for Security: An Ethnographic Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, April 2015

Martin Bulmer & John Solomos, eds., Multiculturalism, Social Cohesion and Immigration: Shifting Conceptions in the UK, Routledge, April 2015; see esp. Chapter 10, “Developing an independent anti-racist model for asylum rights organizing in England”

Kathleen Allden & Nancy Murakami, eds., Trauma and Recovery on War's Border: A Guide for Global Health Workers, Dartmouth College Press, April 2015

Koichi Koizumi & Gerhard Hoffstaedter, eds., Urban Refugees: Challenges in Protection, Services and Policy, Routledge, April 2015

Fleur S. Houston, You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself: The Bible, Refugees and Asylum, Routledge, April 2015

March 2015:

Young-sun Hong, Cold War Germany, the Third World, and the Global Humanitarian Regime, Cambridge University Press, March 2015

Sandrine Revet & Julien Langumier, eds., Governing Disasters: Beyond Risk Culture, Palgrave Macmillan, March 2015

Pat Gibbons & Hans-Joachim Heintze, eds., The Humanitarian Challenge: 20 Years European Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA), Springer, March 2015

Roger Mac Ginty & Jenny H Peterson, The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action, Routledge, March 2015

Feb. 2015:

Matthias Klumpp, Sander de de Leeuw, Alberto Regattieri & Robert de de Souza, eds., Humanitarian Logistics and Sustainability, Springer, Feb. 2015

Martin Geiger & Antoine Pécoud, eds., International Organisations and the Politics of Migration, Routledge, Feb. 2015; see esp. Ch. 3, “The Politics and Discourse of Migrant Return: The Role of UNHCR and IOM in the Governance of Return,” Ch. 4, “Refugee Protection Meets Migration Management: UNHCR as a Global Police of Populations” and Ch. 5, “Migration Management and Humanitarian Protection: The UNHCR's ‘Resettlement Expansionism’ and Its Impact on Policy-making in the EU and Australia”

Jutta Lindert & Itzhak Levav, eds., Violence and Mental Health: Its Manifold Faces, Springer, Feb. 2015; includes chapters on trafficked persons and refugee trauma

New Legal Texts:

Jean-Pierre Gauci, Mariagiulia Giuffré & Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi, eds., Exploring the Boundaries of Refugee Law: Current Protection Challenges, Brill/Nijhoff, April 2015

Richard Plender, ed., Issues in International Migration Law, Brill/Nijhoff, Feb. 2015; includes chapters on refugees and asylum-seekers

Tagged Books.

New Issues of Anti-Traff. Rev., APMJ, FMR, IMR, Ref. Rev.

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 2 (Sept. 2013) [open access text]
- Theme is "Human Rights at the Border."

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (2013) [contents]
- Includes "Environmental-related Resettlement in China: A Case Study of the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province" and "The Rohingya Refugee Crisis and Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations."

Forced Migration Review, no. 44 (Sept. 2013) [open access text]
- Theme is "Detention, Alternatives to Detention, and Deportation"; also includes mini feature on the Syrian Crisis and a selection of general articles.

International Migration Review, vol. 47, no. 3 (Sept. 2013) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Refugee Review, vol. 1 (2013) [open access text]
- New OA e-journal from the New Scholars Network; the focus of this inaugural issue is on "Social Movements."

Tagged Periodicals.

CFPs/New Issues of EJML, FRLAN, Intervention, Ref. Watch Online

CFPs:

Forced Migration Review: Special issue on "North Africa and displacement 2011-2012" [info]
- "This issue of FMR will link in with a workshop on the Arab Spring which is taking place on 20th March in Oxford"; deadline for article submissions is 2 April 2012.

Refugee Review: Theme is "Social Movements and the Politics of Refugees and Forced Migration" [info]
- First issue of the New Scholars Network E-journal; submit contributions by 1 June 2012.

New issues:

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 14, no. 1 (2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "Dismantling the Dublin System: M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece" and "Human Rights in the EU Return Policy: The Case of the EU-Albania Relations."

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 24 (March 2012) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, news, and announcements presented in a blog-format for the refugee legal aid community.

Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "Training Burmese refugee counsellors in India"; downloadable versions of previous issues are available here.

Refugee Watch Online (Feb. 2012) [full-text]

- Includes a report on "Ethnic Violence and Internal Displacement in North East India" and a photo essay on Somali refugees in India.

Free issues:

Wiley Online Library: Journals [access]

- Each year, Wiley provides free full-text access to the first issue of new journal volumes (see, e.g., Disasters, Jan. issue). 2012 volumes are starting to be published, so visit the URL above to look for relevant articles.

Tagged Periodicals.