Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Asylum and Forced Displacement in the EU Enlargement Process: Contributions to inform the European Commission 2026 Enlargement Package in the area of asylum (ECRE, June 2026) [text]

A common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the European Union (European Parliament, June 2026) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, June-July 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Romania.

Criminalising Asylum in Ireland: Prosecuting Asylum-Seekers without a Valid Passport or Equivalent Document (Irish Refugee Council & Maynooth University, May 2026) [text via Refworld]

UNHCR recommendations to the Dutch Government (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"'Access Gaps as Drivers of Vulnerability'—Access to social services for refugees through the lens of vulnerability: An intersectional analysis in Türkiye," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Alternatives to Return: An Ideal-Typical Categorization of State Responses to Non-Repatriated Irregular Migrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 24 June 2026 [open access]

"Rebuilding home on 'hot ground': spiritual obligation and the decision to return to Srebrenica," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 June 2026 [open access]

"The role of medical evidence certifying PTSD for legal outcomes in Swedish asylum cases 2016–2020," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 404 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"A spatial analysis of secondary movements and desertification in EU asylum governance," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 25 June 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

CFP: Symposium on Gender, Displacement, and Islamic Philanthropy: Advancing Humanitarian Innovation, Birmingham, UK, 8-9 September 2025 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 10 April 2025.

Seminar: ‘Safe Countries’ and Women’s International Protection, Online, 7 May 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

From Refugee Recognition to Accountability: Can the ECJ’s Landmark Ruling Shape the ICC’s Approach to Gender Persecution in Afghanistan? (RLI Blog, March 2025) [text]

No Way Home: How an ISIS-era Law Prevents Yazidi Women and Their Children Born of Conflict from Returning to Sinjar, Iraq (Just Security Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Addressing the needs of women and girls on the move: Toward an inclusive, intersectional and culturally sensitive approach (Making Aid Work for Displaced Women, March 2025) [text]

"Gender-Based Persecution, Protection, and Particularity: The Case for Returning to Acosta," Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, vol. 43, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"Non-citizen women and visa cancellation: the role of gender in Australia’s current deportation regime under s 501," Griffith Law Review, Latest Articles, 16 Jan. 2025 [open access]

- Note: "s 501" refers to section 501 of the Migration Act 1958.

"'She Didn’t Know [What] She Was Talking About, Because She Was a Woman': The Perspective of Service Providers on Rohingya Refugees’ Adjustment to US Gender Roles," Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, Latest Articles, 2 April 2025 [open access]

"'They Only Focus on Violence and Nothing Else': Questioning the Idea of 'Refugee Women's' General Vulnerability to Violence," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 26 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

Through Their Eyes: Experiences of Displaced Sudanese Women and Girls in Eastern Chad (SIPRI, March 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (12 March 2025)

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Opportunity:

Launch webinar: Addressing Dementia in Refugees and Migrants - Epidemiology, public health implications and global responses, 31 March 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Migrants with a disability: 5 insights to understand an 'invisible' problem (World Economic Forum Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Why older people are overlooked in humanitarian aid (HelpAge International Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Leaving No One Behind: Persons with Disabilities in the Syrian Humanitarian Response (Humanity & Inclusion, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Moldova: Disability Briefing Note (Disability & Age Task Force, March 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians.

Journal articles:

"Barriers to Social Service Access for Ukrainian Refugees with Disabilities in Georgia: Outreach and Communication," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 2 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Depressive symptoms among resettled Bhutanese older adults in Ohio: a cross-sectional study," BMC Psychology, 13:239 (March 2025) [open access]

"Disability and Migration Routes: An Explorative Analysis Among Refugees Hosted in Italy," International Journal of Public Health, 16 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"From silence to academic engagement: How refugee children with disabilities access learning through inclusive ‘artful’ schools in Canada," British Educational Research Journal, Early View, 11 March 2025 [open access]

"The impact of Sudan armed conflict and coping strategies on the mental health of the older adult internally displaced persons in Darfur camps," BMC Psychology, 13:97 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Participatory action research in partnership with young people with disability: a case from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)," Disability & Society, Latest Articles, 23 Feb. 2025 [open access]

"Resourceful Aging Among Migrants and Refugees: A Concept Analysis and Model Development for Holistic Nursing Care," Journal of Holistic Nursing, OnlineFirst, 17 March 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People - Pt. 1 (6 Jan. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People - Pt. 2 (6 Jan. 2025)

New Issue of RSQ

A special issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. The theme of vol. 44, no. 1, March 2025 is "Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads." Contents include:

• Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads [free full-text]
• Comparing Refugee Resettlement Services: A New Global Dataset and Typology [abstract] [related dissertation]
• The Politics of Refugee Resettlement in the Asia Pacific: Belonging and ICT-enabled Transnational Settlement [open access]
• Racialising Refugees: The Global Colour Line in US Resettlement [abstract]
• Self-settlement and the Challenges of Local Integration of Syrians in the Absence of Government Support [abstract]
• How Refugees Conceptualise Success: Grounding Definitions and Examining Heterogeneity [abstract]
• Navigating Vulnerability and Integration: Refugee Resettlement from Rwanda to Third Countries under the Medical Needs Category [open access]
• Resettlement Knowledge: The Expertise of Service Providers [open access]
• The Invisibilised Labour of Diasporas as Co-sponsors in Refugee Sponsorship: Lessons From Canada [open access]
• Surviving and Resisting Retrenchment: US Resettlement Organizations’ Responses to Trump-era Anti-refugee Policy [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Challenges in accessing health care services for women and girls with disabilities using a humanitarian physical rehabilitation program in Lebanon: a mixed method study," International Journal for Equity in Health, 23:267 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Correlates of loneliness among middle-aged and older forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh," Cogent Gerontology, vol. 4, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Education for disabled refugees in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe: a cross-case analysis," Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Latest Articles, 13 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Health and well-being of older populations affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature," Conflict and Health, 18:73 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Public Policies for the Inclusion of Deaf Venezuelans as Migrants or Refugees in Brazil," Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, vol. 18, no. 12 (2024) [open access]

- Available in English and Portuguese.

"Refugee Caregivers’ Perceptions of Using Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Support Coping Skills in Children with Disability in Jordan," Children, vol. 11, no. 11 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Revisiting Inclusion: An Exploration of Refugee-led Education for Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Lebanon," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 12 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Voluntary Sector's Roles and Relevance as Alternative Arenas for Promotion of Health and Social Inclusion of Migrant Parents and Families of Children with Special Health and Welfare Needs in Norway," Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, vol. 35, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People - Pt. 1 (6 Jan. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

Refugees International Eyewitness: Pushbacks of Venezuelans on the Guatemalan Border (RI Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees calls for joint action to address shifting challenges of mixed movements in the Americas (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

UNHCR calls on States to refrain from forced returns of Haitians (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Venezuelan migrants expelled from U.S. under new policy decide next steps in Mexico," PBS Newshour, 22 Oct. 2022 [text]

Open access book:

Ius commune en migración y constitucionalismo transformador en Colombia: Un enfoque de derechos para la movilidad humana (Instituto de Estudios Constitucionales del Estado de Querétaro, 2022) [open access]

- "Esta obra ofrece un análisis interdisciplinario de la respuesta colombiana a la crisis humanitaria venezolana, que nos revela el potencial transformador de la constitucionalización del derecho internacional y, a la vez, sus límites fácticos. Con ello, se espera contribuir a una mejor comprensión de las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados en el respeto, protección y garantía de los derechos de las personas en situación de movilidad, promoviendo un enfoque de derechos humanos en el diseño de las normas y políticas públicas migratorias ante las diversas crisis migratorias que se viven actualmente en el mundo."

Journal articles & book chapters:

"La Solidaridad o la Soledad? Cooperation and Tensions in the Regional State Response to the Venezuelan Migration Crisis," Studies in Social Justice, vol. 16, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"A narrative-based approach to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of stranded immigrants in four border cities in Mexico," Frontiers in Public Health, 9 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Place-making in the transient: things that matter in the everyday lives of Honduran refugees at the La 72 shelter," Chapter in Material Culture and (Forced) Migration: Materializing the Transient (UCL Press, 2022) [open access]

"Social Support as a Mediator of the Relationship between Identity Fusion and Psychological Well-Being in South—South Migrant Populations," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 18 Oct. 2022 [free full-text]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Chile.

Reports:

Colombia-Panama Border: Migration Crisis (ACAPS, Nov. 2022) [text]

Internal Displacement Report: Displaced population in host communities as of 31 August 2022 (IOM, Oct. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Haiti. See also related UN News story.

Mexico: Humanitarian situation of people on the move (ACAPS, Oct. 2022) [text]

Mexico: Venezuelan people stranded in Mexico (ACAPS, Nov. 2022) [text]

Monitoreo de Protección: Personas Venezolanas Refugiadas y Solicitantes de Refugio en Costa Rica (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reporte Especial de Situación sobre el Nuevo Proceso para Personas Venezolanas (R4V, Oct. 2022) [text via Refworld]

- Discusses impact of the new US policy relating to Venezuelans on populations already on the move in Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Multimedia:

[Venezuelan Migration] (Veneco Podcast, Nov. 2022) [access]

- Discussion with Omar Hammoud-Gallego, LSE.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (19 Oct. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees and governmental responses in 8 European countries (ASILE Forum, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Australia Offers Community Resettlement Help for New Refugees," VOA News, 26 Aug. 2022 [text]

The Brass Tacks of Rebuilding US Leadership on Refugee Resettlement and Why It Matters (CGD Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

IRAP Shares an Extensive Collection of Refugee Processing Documents Obtained Through FOIA (Refugee Rights, Aug. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Martha’s Vineyard locals stepped up to help migrants. Biden can formalize that assistance across the country (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Discusses sponsorship programmes.

More labels, less protection: A comparison of the Afghan and Ukraine protection schemes (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Most Americans express support for taking in refugees, but opinions vary by party and other factors (Pew Fact Tank, Sept. 2022) [text]

Philippines welcomes Rohingya refugees through complementary pathways programme (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

Refugee “baggage” does not include inclination to crime (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Research on Private Sponsorship models in six European countries (Resettlement Plus Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Welcoming refugees with private sponsorship (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

What the self-selection of Ukrainian refugees means for support in host countries (EUROPP Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"'Promising victimhood': contrasting deservingness requirements in refugee resettlement," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Sept. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

"Returnees and the Dilemmas of (Un)sustainable Return and Reintegration in Somalia," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 8, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2022) [full-text]

"Understanding the relationship between social support and mental health of humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia," BMC Public Health, 22:1739 (Sept. 2022) [open access]

Resource:

Resettlement Plus (Refugee Hub) [access]

- "Resettlement Plus is an online platform dedicated to collecting and sharing information about resettlement and other third country avenues to protection to a diverse audience. It shares research papers, reports, policy briefs, blogs and other resources with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across the world. The platform houses resources about resettlement, community-based refugee sponsorship, and complementary pathways like family reunification, education pathways, and employment pathways. Resettlement Plus aims to share as much knowledge about different avenues for protection as we can to a wide audience, as accessibly as possible."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (29 Aug. 2022)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Call for registration: 19th Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Washington, DC/Online, 20 September 2022 [info]

- Note: There is a limited supply of in-person tickets.

Blog posts & press:

"The Biden Administration Still Hasn't Ended 'Remain in Mexico' Despite Court Win. Here's Why," Time Magazine, 29 July 2022 [text]

- See also related CRS report.

Ending Title 42 won’t cause immigration mayhem — It will restore order (The Hill, July 2022) [text]

How anti-immigrant groups are misrepresenting border data (Niskanen Center Blog, July 2022) [text]

Welcoming and Inclusive State Policies: A Midyear Review of State Legislative Sessions in 2022 (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"2020 American Community Survey: Use with Caution, An Analysis of the Undercount in the 2020 ACS Data Used to Derive Estimates of the Undocumented Population," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 10, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

Federal Agency Rule Expands Asylum Officers’ Authority (Congressional Research Service, July 2022) [text]

Fewer Immigrants Face Deportation Based on Criminal-Related Charges in Immigration Court (TRAC, July 2022) [text]

The Missing Link: Connecting Eligible Asylees and Asylum Seekers with Benefits and Services (Migration Policy Institute, July 2022) [text]

Rhetoric vs Reality: End Dangerous Narratives and Failed Policies, Restore Asylum at Ports of Entry (Human Rights First, July 2022) [text]

"Taming Immigration Trauma," Cardozo Law Review (Forthcoming, Winter 2022) [preprint]

 

Resource:

Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates [access]

- "VIISTA...is a new, 100% online interdisciplinary educational program that trains students to become immigrant advocates ready to serve migrants and refugees. Unlike criminal proceedings in which defendants have constitutional rights to representation, in the United States, migrants are not entitled to court appointed lawyers. Six out of 10 migrants confront the immigration system without a lawyer, and many of these migrants are children. The consequences of this are substantial." See also related blog post. The next VIISTA information session is 8 August 2022.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (14 July 2022)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"An Analysis of the Right of Refugees to Access Public and Private Services in Kenya," Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development, vol. 8, n0. 4 (2022) [open access]

"Complex PTSD in asylum-seekers living in a humanitarian setting in Africa: A latent class analysis," Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Online First, 9 June 2022 [postprint]

- Focuses on Niger.

"Determining the Causes of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) and Counselling for Social and Psychological Adjustment in Plateau State, Nigeria," Kashere Journal of Education, vol. 3, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Framing Migration During the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa: A 12-Month Media Monitoring Project," Media and Communication, vol. 10, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"'Hanging in the Air': The Experiences of Liberian Refugees in Ghana," Chapter in Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE Regional Reader (Springer, July 2022) [open access]

"Planning sustainable electricity solutions for refugee settlements in sub-Saharan Africa," Nature Energy, 14 April 2022 [open access]

- See also related news story.

"Xenophobia Denialism and the Global Compact for Migration in South Africa," International Development Policy = Revue internationale de politique de développement, vol. 14 (2022) [open access]

"Who Helps Refugees in South Africa? An Examination of Cultural and Social Factors," VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Latest Articles, 29 June 2022 [free full-text]

 

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (7 July 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Death at Sea: Dismantling the Spanish Search and Rescue System," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 12 Oct. 2021 [free full-text]

- See also related Border Criminologies blog post.

"Differentiation and De-Differentiation in EU Border Controls, Asylum and Police Cooperation," The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 57, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"‘Do I Have to Say Exactly Word by Word?’ (Re)producing and Negotiating Asymmetrical Relations in Asylum Interviews," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 March 2022 [open access]

"Illegal Legality and the Façade of Good Faith: Migration and Law in Populist Hungary," Review of Central and East European Law, vol. 47, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Mapping home, memory and spatial recovery in forced displacement," Social & Cultural Geography, Latest Articles, 23 March 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"News consumption and immigration attitudes: a mixed methods approach," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 March 2022 [open access]

"The precariousness of asylum-seekers’ care and support: informal care within and because of the immigration process," International Journal of Care and Caring, Latest Articles, 24 March 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"The status of homelessness: Access to housing for asylum-seeking migrants as an instrument of migration control in Italy and Sweden," Critical Social Policy, OnlineFirst, 21 March 2022 [open access]

"'We Were Refugees Ourselves!' Discursive Framing of the 'Refugee Crisis' in Croatia and Collective Memories of the 1990s War," Contemporary Southeastern Europe, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Coronavirus and Border Restrictions in the EU: Schengen and the Right to Asylum at Risk?, 12 May 2022 [access]

- Click on "watch event stream" to launch a recording of this event.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (1 April 2022)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (incl. Australia) - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Australia and the Rules of People Movement and Human Rights Law," Chapter in Australia and the Rules-Based International Order (Australian Institute of International Affairs, Oct. 2021) [text via SSRN]

"Benevolent discipline: governing affect in post-Yolanda disaster reconstruction in the Philippines," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 3 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practices among the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," Public Health in Practice, vol. 3 (June 2022) [open access]

"Does the Scale or Speed of Immigration Generate Nativism? Evidence from a Comparison of New Zealand Regions," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 15 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"Health Inequalities amongst Refugees and Migrant Workers in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report of Two Cases," Asian Bioethics Review, Latest Articles, 15 Jan. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Malaysia.

"Taiwan’s Road to an Asylum Law: Who, When, How, and Why Not Yet?," Human Rights Review, Latest Articles, 10 Jan. 2022 [free full-text]

"Under the Hong Kong's National Security Law: How Can Western Democratic Countries Support Politically Persecuted, Exiled Anti-Beijing Dissidents?," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

"Untangling the Needs of Refugees in Malaysia: The Way Forward," Journal of Nusantara Studies, vol. 7, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (incl. Australia) - Pt. 1 (24 Jan. 2022)

  

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Request for Concept Notes for NGO Programs to Refer Eligible Refugees to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program [info]

- Submission deadline is 28 January 2022.

Blog posts & press:

"Coalition slashes costs for sponsoring refugees as new resettlement scheme hailed as ‘watershed moment," The Guardian, 17 Dec. 2021 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

A new approach to refugee integration bears fruit in Rwanda (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to head home (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

"Unsettled: Searching for home after escaping the Taliban," Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021 [access]

- "No international organization appears to be keeping track of the people in this abrupt and vast diaspora — or coordinating their care. ...The Post contacted 194 governments around the world (hearing back from 41 of them), conducted dozens of interviews and collected government statements to find out where Afghans have fled. The analysis found that they have ended up in more than 40 countries."

Reports:

Making Policy Together: Reflections from the NSW Refugee Youth Policy Initiative (Univ. of Sydney, 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Networks and mobility as tools for solutions to protracted displacement, Key Insights, no. 12 (TRAFIG, 2021) [text]

Overcoming Barriers to Service Access: Refugees’ Professional Support Service Utilization and the Impact of Human and Social Capital, SOEP Papers, no. 1151 (DIW Berlin, 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Germany.

Social Contact and Attitudes Toward Outsiders: The Case of Japan (SSRN, Dec. 2021) [text]

Which Refugee Self-Reliance? Whose Durable Solution? Examining the relationship between self-reliance and durable solutions for refugees (Danish Refugee Council, Dec. 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (10 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Burden, benefit, gift or duty? Dutch mayors’ framing of the multilevel governance of asylum in rural localities and cities in Zeeland," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 26 Nov. 2021 [open access]

*"Creating uncertainty in the governance of arrival and return: target-group constructions in Bavarian AnkER facilities," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"A DEA MCDM Approach Applied to ESS8 Dataset for Measuring Immigration and Refugees Citizens’ Openness," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 2 Dec. 2021 [open access]

- Note: DEA = Data Envelopment Analysis; MCDM = Multi-Criteria Decision-Making.

"A qualitative exploration of post-migration stressors and psychosocial well-being in two asylum reception centres in Belgium," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"Quality of life among Syrian refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional pilot study," Archives of Public Health, 79:213 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Refugees’ caring and commoning practices against marginalisation under COVID-19 in Greece," Geographical Research, Early View, 22 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Resourceful Actors, Not Weak Victims: Reframing Refugees’ Stigmatized Identity Enhances Long-Term Academic Engagement," Psychological Science, OnlineFirst, 18 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Destination Elsewhere: Displaced Persons and Their Quest to Leave Postwar Europe, 18 Nov. 2021 [access]

Interactive: The European approach to stopping Libya migration (The New Humanitarian, Nov. 2021) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Channel deaths: the UK has clear legal responsibilities towards people crossing in small boats (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Churches aren’t helping asylum seekers ‘game’ the immigration system (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

Debunking key myths about Britain’s ‘broken asylum system’ (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

The EU is the real villain in the Poland-Belarus migrant crisis (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related posts on the Border Criminologies and RLI blogs, and article in The New Humanitarian. 

"Europe’s border agency under fire for aiding Libya's brutal migrant detentions," NBC News, 29 Nov. 2021 [text]

La querelle autour de la responsabilité civile de Frontex (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Developments in asylum procedures in EU+ countries in response to the situation in Afghanistan, Situational Update, no. 7 (EASO, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related data for asylum applications.

Legal Aid for Returnees Deprived of Liberty (EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Nov. 2021) [text]

From debunking to prebunking: How to get ahead of disinformation on migration in the EU (Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung & European Policy Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

The Impact of COVID-19 on the EU’s Mediterranean Migration Policies: The Case of Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

It's like rubbing salt on the wound: The impacts of COVID-19 and lockdown on asylum seekers and refugees (Newcastle Univ., Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. See also related press release.

Lessons Learned? How Government Contracts Failed People Seeking Asylum, Again (Asylum Matters, Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Migration and Asylum: Thematic Factsheet (Dept. for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, Nov. 2021) [text]

Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 10 to 14 August 2020 (Council of Europe, Dec. 2021) [text]

Temporal governance, protection elsewhere and the ‘good’ refugee: a study of the shrinking scope of asylum within the UK (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Nov. 2021) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (23 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (23 Nov. 2021)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Analysing access to healthcare for refugees and migrants (“mixed migrants”) in South Africa and Kenya: protective laws and progressive policies clashing with daily reality (RLI Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

Histories of Refuge (TRAFO Blog, 2021) [access]

- "This series looks at how people have migrated, sought refuge, and settled, in and out of Africa."

Joint Statement by IGAD, UNHCR and the governments of South Sudan and Sudan on the Solutions Initiative for 7 million forcibly displaced people (Oct. 2021) [text]

Launch of the African Academy for Migration Research (AAMR) [text]

Book chapters & articles:

"Case study R: A humanitarian social protection response to COVID-19 in Kenya," Chapter in Handbook on Social Protection Systems (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Crisis responses, opportunity and public authority during Covid-19's first wave in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 22 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"Depoliticising disaster response in a politically saturated context: the case of the 2016–2019 droughts in Zimbabwe," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 8 Oct. 2021 [open access]

"Once Primarily an Origin for Refugees, Ethiopia Experiences Evolving Migration Patterns," Migration Information Source, 5 Oct. 2021 [text]

Multimedia:

Exploring the Boundaries of International Protection and Human Rights Instruments in South(ern) Africa, PROTECT Expert Forum 2021, 22 Sept. 2021 [access]

- More info about this forum is available here.

IGAD-UNHCR solutions initiative for South Sudan and Sudan, Side Event at the 72nd session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, 5 Oct. 2021 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (22 Sept. 2021)

Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

"DFAT urged to retract 'inaccurate' report saying Sri Lankans face low torture risk, following UK court finding," SBS News, 3 June 2021 [text]

- See also related report.

"Doubts rise over Australia’s offshore handling of refugees," Politico, 21 June 2021 [text]

"The Murugappans: Sri Lanka Asylum Seeker Case Illustrates Absurdities of Australian System," The Diplomat, 24 June 2021 [text]

The “problem” with boat people (Pearls & Irritations, July 2021) [text]

What is occurring in the seas north and west of Australia? We have no way of knowing (Kaldor Centre, July 2021) [text]

- See also related Guardian article.

Why do Tamil asylum seekers need protection — and why does the Australian government say they don’t? (The Conversation, June 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles: 

"The capacity-building role of community liaison workers with refugee communities in Victoria, Australia," International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15:64 (July 2021) [open access]

"Film as an Anti-Asylum Technique: International Law, Borders and the Gendering of Refugee Subjectivities," Griffith Law Review, Latest Articles, 9 April 2021 [preprint]

The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021: A case study in the importance of proper legislative process (Kaldor Centre, June 2021) [text]

"Talking to water: Memory, gender and environment for Hazara refugees in Australia," International Review of Environmental History, vol. 7, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Australia (9 June 2021)

 

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

Collecting DNA from Asylum Seekers at the Border Raises Privacy Concerns (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Exploring machine learning workflows to filter out internal displacement events on Twitter (IDMC Blog, June 2021) [text]

"In post-pandemic Europe, migrants will face digital fortress," AP News, 31 May 2021 [text]

UNHCR Partners, CHAMS and Na’amal, launch two new coding bootcamps to support dignified digital livelihoods for refugees (UNHCR, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Reports:

Connecting with Confidence: Managing Digital Risks to Refugee Connectivity (UNHCR Innovation Service, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda and Kenya.

From Silos to Solutions: Toward Sustainable and Equitable Hybrid Service Delivery in the Immigrant & Refugee-Serving Sector in Canada (AMSSA, April 2021) [text]

Misinformation and migration during the COVID-19 pandemic: From the migrant caravan in Honduras to the Filipino diaspora, Migration Research Series Paper, no. 67 (IOM, May 2021) [text]

UN Shared Rohingya Data Without Informed Consent (Human Rights Watch, June 2021) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release, New Humanitarian article & ODI Insight.

Journal articles:

 

"Artificial intelligence for a reduction of false denials in refugee claims," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 7 May 2021 [free full-text]

"Building Responsible Innovation in International Organizations through Intrapreneurship," Journal of Management Studies, Early View, 24 May 2021 [open access]

- Note: The study includes several refugee-related initiatives in its analysis. See also related press release.

*"The conventions and politics of migration data visualizations," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 4 June 2021 [open access]

- See also related blog post.

"Digital Humanitarianism and the Visual Politics of the Refugee Camp: (Un)Seeing Control," International Political Sociology, vol. 15, no. 1 (March 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

"Digital identity as a platform for improving refugee management," Information Systems Journal, Early View, 15 June 2021 [open access]

"Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 19 June 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Malaysia.

Multimedia:

Digital methodologies in forced migration & refugee research, 2 June 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (29 May 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (Americas)

Blog posts & press:

Biden's plan for Central American kids is no substitute for asylum (RI Blog, June 2021) [text]

- See also related FAQ on the CAM program.

“A life in safety would not mean anything if my children were not here with me”: Joys and Trauma Persist for Refugees Separated from Their Families (Human Rights First Blog, June 2021) [text] 

"U.S. reunites only seven immigrant children with parents since Feb," Reuters, 8 June 2021 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices from the Venezuelan Migration in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (Plan International, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also Spanish version.

"Deportation in Times of Covid-19: The Case of Unaccompanied Minors," Voices of Mexico, no. 112 (2020) [full-text]

"Effects of Resilience and Acculturation Stress on Integration and Social Competence of Migrant Children and Adolescents in Northern Chile," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 4 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

Initial Progress Report: Family Reunification Task Force (US Dept. of Homeland Security, June 2021) [text] 

Pushed into harm's way: Forced returns of unaccompanied migrant children to danger by the USA and Mexico (Amnesty International, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also Spanish version.

Strengthening Services for Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities (Migration Policy Institute, June 2021) [text]

"Trump’s Policy of Putting Kids in Cages: Six Dead, Thousands Separated from Parents, Making America Great Again?," Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, vol. 28, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

"Unaccompanied Children on the Move: From Central America to the United States Via Mexico," Chapter 10 in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, June 2021) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 116.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (22 June 2021)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Conflict-related violence and mental health among self-settled Democratic Republic of Congo female refugees in Kampala, Uganda: a respondent driven sampling survey," Conflict and Health, 15:42 (May 2021) [open access]

"COVID-19 and its Effects on the Lives and Livelihoods of Congolese Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the City of Cape Town," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan.-April 2021) [full-text]

"Cross Cultural Workers for women and families from migrant and refugee backgrounds: a mixed-methods study of service providers perceptions," BMC Women's Health, 21:222 (May 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Displacement, humanitarian interventions and gender rights in the Middle East: Syrian refugees in Jordan as a case study," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 May 2021 [open access]

"Factors associated with the number of antenatal care visits among internally displaced women in northern Nigeria," African Journal of Reproductive Health, vol. 25, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"‘Life is Tight Here’: Displacement and Desire amongst Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan," Anthropology of the Middle East, vol. 16, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Refugee Women with a History of Trauma: Gender Vulnerability in Relation to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 9 (April 2021) [open access]

"Violence Against the Rohingya: A Gendered Perspective," PRAXIS: The Fletcher Journal of Human Security, 11 Feb. 2021 [full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (28 May 2021)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum Under Attack: Restoring Asylum Protections in the United States," Loyola Law Review, vol. 67 (Forthcoming, 2021) [full-text]

"Continued Trauma: A Thematic Analysis of the Asylum-Seeking Experience Under the Migrant Protection Protocols," Health Equity, vol. 5, no. 1 (April 2021) [open access]

"Health Inequity and Tent Court Injustice," AMA Journal of Ethics, vol. 23, no. 2 (Feb. 2021) [full-text]

"In 2019, the US Undocumented Population Continued a Decade-Long Decline and the Foreign-Born Population Neared Zero Growth," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 9, no. 1 (March 2021) [open access]

"Increasing Access and Utilization of Social Services for Cambodian American Refugees: An Ethnic-Specific Services Approach," Aging and Health Research, vol. 1, no. 2 (June 2021) [open access]

"Refugees to the Rescue? Motivating Pro-Refugee Public Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Journal of Experimental Political Science, vol. 9, no. 3 (Winter 2022) [open access]

"Using Country Conditions Evidence to Improve Appellate Review of Convention Against Torture Cases," Denver Law Review, vol. 98, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Is the Biden Administration Turning a Page on Humanitarian Protection for Immigrants?, 8 April 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (6 May 2021)