Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Analysis of the Labour-Market Situation of Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Romania: Case Study—The City of Oradea," Chapter in Migration Governance in Central and Eastern European Cities Post-2015 (Springer, Aug. 2026) [open access]

"The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) and its effect on refugee integration in Ethiopia," Discover Global Society, 4:161 (July 2026) [open access]

"Labour-market strategies and migration aspirations under legal uncertainty: Ukrainian refugees in Norway," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Sending Money Home: Understanding the Social Dynamics of Migrant Remittances," Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 52 (2026) [open access]

"Social protection or economic participation? Examining drivers of Ukrainian refugees' integration in Europe," Research in Globalization, vol. 12 (June 2026) [open access]

"What Drives Refugees’ High Poverty in the Early Years after U.S. Resettlement?," Migration Information Source, 18 Aug. 2026 [text]

"Where do refugees start up? Industry skills, size and ethnic concentration," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal, Latest Articles, 18 Aug. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (24 Aug. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Access to social services – how refugees navigate through fragmented local worlds," Journal of Social Policy, FirstView, 6 Aug. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"From securitisation of migration to aid securitisation? V4 donors and addressing the root causes of migration," European Politics and Society, Latest Articles, 14 July 2026 [open access]

"The Limited Impact of Rights-Affirming ECtHR Judgments: Contesting Non-Execution in Migration and Border Control Case Law," Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, OnlineFirst, 31 July 2026 [open access]

"Making Claimants of the Drowned: Domestic Obligations of Rescue Towards Irregular Migrants in the English Channel," LSE Law Review, vol. 11, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

"Pushbacks as Technology of Domination: Considering the European Deportation Regime," Annual Review of Law and Social Science, vol. 21 (2025) [open access]

"Russian Exodus: Mobility and Gravity," Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 34, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Safety Doubts and Judicial Responses: Safe Country of Origin Designations before the Courts," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 20 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Understanding Asylum-Seeker Approval and Reception Centre Dynamics," European Journal of Population, Latest Articles, 11 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (21 Aug. 2026)

 

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Discussion panel: Supporting Resilience and Facilitating Safe and Regular Migration Pathways in a Changing Climate: Lessons Learned from GCM Implementation, Side event at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), 8 May 2026 [info]

- See also other related side events.

Short pieces:

Designing denial of reparations: Race, the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and Climate IDPs (OpinioJuris, April 2026) [text]

- Contribution to the symposium on "Beyond Containment – Confronting Racial Hierarchies in International Law."

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion: From emerging practices to legal obligations on climate- and disaster-related displacement (Nansen Initiative +10 Blog, April 2026) [text]

Leave to Remain for “Climate Refugees”: UK Human Rights Appeal Granted on Climate Change Grounds (RLI Blog, April 2026) [text]

A Reappraisal of Social Protection in the Context of Climate Change-induced Internal Displacement (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

The REP Fund Announces Key Partners for Landmark Carbon Financing Initiative in Uganda and Rwanda (UNHCR Blog, April 2026) [text]

Sinking Sovereignty: The Legal Vacuum for Climate-Displaced Populations in the South Pacific and Bangladesh (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

Strategic litigation and the rights of disaster-displaced persons (Nansen Initiative +10 Blog, May 2026) [text]

The United States Has an Internal Displacement Problem (Carnegie Endowment, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on disaster displacement.

Using Adaptive Mobility to Avoid Displacement: The Way Forward for Law in the Context of Climate Change? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

When Climate Change Meets Immigration Law: The Legal Gap for Climate-Displaced People (Georgetown Environmental Law Review Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (7 April 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (7 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

A Clear Vision for Official Development Assistance: Purpose, Principles, and Priorities, CGD Note (Center for Global Development, April 2026) [access]

- Follow link for report and brief. See also video recording of related panel discussion.

Global Report on Food Crises 2026 (Global Network Against Food Crises, April 2026) [access via UNHCR]

Humanitarian Alternatives = Alternatives Humanitaires, no. 31 (March 2026)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Humanitarian action and social action: a common front? = Action humanitaire et action sociale: même combat?" See also the journal's top 10 articles over the last 10 years (in English and in French).

"Intersecting crises: a scoping review on the impact of underfunding, violations of international humanitarian law, and climate crisis on humanitarian action," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:8 (April 2026) [open access]

Managing humanitarian reform and displacement: the crisis in international cooperation and the implications for social protection, RLI Working Paper, no. 83 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2026) [text]

Settlement terminology in displacement settings: Guidance for UNHCR Operations (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (27 April 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Webinar: A System Under Strain: Can Refugee Protection Keep Pace with Global Displacement?, 14 April 2026 [info]

- "Using Jordan and Lebanon as a regional lens, the webinar will consider how non-signatory states engage with and shape the international refugee protection regime in practice."

Short pieces:

"Afghans in Iran are fleeing bombs, and Iranian crackdowns," The New Humanitarian, 7 April 2026 [text]

Evacuation Orders: An Unlawful Use of Precautionary Measures? (EJIL: Talk Blog, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Lebanon.

Gulf Countries: Conflict, Hardships Leave Migrants in Limbo (HRW, March 2026) [text]

Over 200,000 people cross into Syria after a month of hostilities in Lebanon (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]

- See also earlier related briefing note.

Six Months into Gaza Ceasefire, Setting the Record Straight About Aid (Refugees Intl., April 2026) [text]

- See also video recording of related media briefing.

Reports:

Middle East Emergency: One-Month Impact Report (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Situation Update: Iran - Ten Issues Reshaping the Humanitarian Landscape (USCRI, April 2026) [text]

Syrian refugees in Turkey: real prospects for returning to Syria?, Les Analyses du CERI (SciencesPo, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations? The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part I)," Questions of International Law (March 2026) [open access]

- Introduction to Part 1 of the Zoom-in. Part 1 includes "United Nations’ immunities: Abuses and disputes settlement" and "The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion."

- Part II has not yet been posted.

"Circular Refugee Migration: Understanding Protracted Displacement Beyond a Refugee-Returnee Binary," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 30 March 2026 [open access]

- "We examine circular refugee migration (CRM) between Syria and Lebanon, focusing on why refugees undertake trips to their home country and how they navigate them."

"Influx of Refugees in Egypt and Their Integration in Social Protection Programs," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 April 2026 [full-text]

"(Not) On the Map: Story-Mapping Uncertainties in Syrians' Displacement Between Syria and Tunisia," Antipode, vol. 58, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"Towards a Humanized Border Governance in Africa: Protecting Vulnerable Migrants and Displaced Persons (The Cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya)," Pensar: Revista de Ciências Jurídicas, vol. 31 (2026) [open access]

"What Do Changes in Turkey and Syria Spell for Kurds Seeking Protection Abroad?," Migration Information Source, 2 April 2026 [text]

Multimedia:

An exit talk with UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, April 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (24 March 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"But for and a Good Bit More: Conflicting Nexus Standards within Asylum Law and the Role of Animus in Forced Recruitment," Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"A 'Distressed Class of People': French Refugees and Mobility Control in Philadelphia, 1790s–1810," Itinerario, FirstView, 25 March 2026 [open access]

"Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States," Migration Information Source, 12 March 2026 [text]

"Incapacitating the Immigration Courts," SMU Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Law Enforcement Gang Designations," Virginia Law Review, vol. 113 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

"Second Class Asylum, Third Country Danger," SMU Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"The Sky is Falling: Immigration Law and Agency Adjudicator Independence," Utah Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Third Country Removals and Counterfeit Due Process in Immigration Enforcement," Tulane Law Review, vol. 101 (2026-2027) [preprint]

"Translating welfare: language brokering and public benefit navigational capital," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 March 2026 [open access]

"The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Encounter Resistance in the Courts," Migration Information Source, 25 March 2026 [text]

"Welcome to the Trump Administration’s Board of Immigration Appeals. The Immigrant Always Loses," Yale Law Journal Forum (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (2 April 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Event Report: Regional Organizations, Localized Knowledge and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Global Refugee Regime (LERRN, March 2026) [text]

Refugee research, policy and practice: some frequently asked questions (LERRN Blog, updated March 2026) [text]

The sea as silent witness: Toward a community of care in maritime refugee research (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

95th Standing Committee Meeting, Geneva, 24-26 March 2026 [access]

- Follow link for English- and French-language meeting documents, remarks/oral updates and presentations. See also related NGO statements on ICVA's website.

Beyond Presence: Who Shapes Decisions in Global Refugee Governance? (R-SEAT, March 2026) [access via LERRN]

Into the storm: Ten years of search and rescue amid neglect, solidarity and struggle in the Central Mediterranean (SOS Méditerranée, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugees and Social Protection," Chapter in The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence and New Directions for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (MIT Press, 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Between Shelter and Housing: What Do Liberal Democracies Owe to Asylum Seekers?," Res Publica, Latest Articles, 11 March 2026 [open access]

"Food insecurity among migrants and refugees in high-income countries: a meta-analysis of observational studies," Food Security, Latest Articles, 17 March 2026 [open access]

"Humanitarian complex: the paradoxical tension of migration narrative and mapping," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:19 (March 2026) [open access]

"Norms, not just interests: public support for migrant rights protections in Europe–Africa cooperation on irregular migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [open access]

"The rise of repatriation: Global South refugees and forerunners of the International Organization for Migration in the long 1970s," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Seeking Asylum, Not Looking for Being the Scapegoat: An Ethical Analysis of the Discourse About Humans Seeking Asylum," De Ethica, vol. 9, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees, 4 March 2026 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (6 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Begin with the end in mind: Reducing barriers to refugees’ access to work (UNHCR Innovation, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Indonesia.

"Correspondence: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh should be allowed to work," The Lancet Psychiatry, Online First, 3 March 2026 [free full-text] 

Forced Migration and Labour Market Allocation: The Case for Venezuela (NIESCR Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Brazil.

How immigration enforcement is hitting businesses (Niskanen Center, Feb. 2026)

- Focuses on the US.

Immigrants Make the Labor Market Great: Analysis of the February 2026 Jobs Day Release (Center for American Progress, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related Forbes article.

Immigrants Use Less Welfare, Even Counting Their US-Born Children (CATO At Liberty Blog, March 2026) [text]

Spotlight on Market-Based Programming: Economically Empowering Displaced Populations (RID Blog, March 2026) [text]

Transforming Uganda’s refugee response: Accelerated self-reliance (Nasikiliza Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Building Refugee-Inclusive Labor Mobility Pathways: A Visa Evaluation Framework (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also info regarding related self-assessment tool.

"Do refugees and asylees have diverging trajectories? Immigrant status categories and long-term employment," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 3 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Employer logics in the low-wage sector and their influences on refugees’ labor market entry and sustainable employment," Labour and Industry: A journal of the social and economic relations of work, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"'My Phone Is Like My Office': Refugee Women’s Social Media Entrepreneurship in Dar‐es‐Salaam," Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (18 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians) (18 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Seminar: The Humanitarian Archives Emergency: How and Why Digital Solutions Contribute to the Survival of Archives in Danger, Geneva & Online, 24 February 2026 [info]

Seminar: When aid stops – confinement, cuts, and diaspora responses, 26 February 2026 [info]

Events: Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks, Geneva and/or Online, 2-12 March 2026 [info]

- "One of the largest gatherings for Member States, UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector, academia, and others to share expertise, hold consultations and collaborate on challenges - spanning both humanitarian action and development solutions in crisis contexts." See, e.g., ALNAP's and ELRHA's sessions.

Call for applications: Research co-lead, Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) 2026 Report [info]

- Apply by 5 March 2026.

Short pieces:

Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action: Global South Perspectives (ODI, Feb. 2026) [access]

All-Member State briefing with the High Commissioner (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Beyond definitional ambiguity: locally led action as baseline, localisation as reform (HPN, Feb. 2026) [text]

IOM and IFRC Assume Co-Leadership of Global Shelter, Land and Site Coordination Cluster (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

**For more updates on developments in this area, sign up for one or more of The New Humanitarian's various newsletter options, as well as IHSA's weekly selection of humanitarian blog posts.

Reports: 

Analytical Note on UNHCR Multi-Purpose Hubs (MPHs), IOM Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs), and IFRC Humanitarian Service Points (HSPs): Clarifying Mandates, Design Logic, and Complementarity under Route-Based Approach (UNHCR, IOM & IFRC, Feb. 2026) [text]

Humanitarian funding cuts: power, prioritisation, and systemic injustice in global humanitarian aid, STG Policy Paper, no. 2 (European University Institute, Jan. 2026) [text]

Restitution of findings in humanitarian research: Guidance note (ELRHA, Feb. 2026) [text]

- "Addresses a critical gap in the research cycle: restitution of findings: returning data, evidence, and knowledge to the communities that contributed to the research." 

Situating Social Assistance Providers’ Perspectives in Protracted Displacement Contexts, BASIC Research Working Paper, no. 59 (Institute of Development Studies, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Lebanon, Pakistan, and the DRC.

Journal articles:

"CIRV: a composite index for humanitarian financing," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:4 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

- Note: CIRV = CERF Index for Risk and Vulnerability

Humanitarian Aid on the Move, no. 27 (Feb. 2026) [full-text via ReliefWeb]

- Special issue on "Between preservation and transformation: the aid sector at a crossroads."

"Humanitarian diplomacy in practice: Turkish and Qatari NGOs navigating access and influence in Somalia," Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Latest Articles, 13 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis," The Lancet Global Health, OnlineFirst, 2 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Perceived suffering in humanitarian images: A photo-elicitation," Social Sciences & Humanities Open, vol. 3 (June 2026) [open access]

"Power and its discontents: The long road to systemic change in the aid sector," World Development, vol. 200 (April 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Burnout in the aid sector and how to respond (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, Feb. 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (29 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: Meeting Labor Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection, 26 February 2026 [info]

- Discussion and launch of "Building Refugee-Inclusive Labour Mobility Pathways: A visa evaluation framework." Focuses on Europe.

Short pieces:

Decent Work for Refugees: Advancing Inclusion and Business Sustainability (UNHCR Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Immigrants Use Less Welfare at Every Income Level (CATO At Liberty Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related testimony relating to welfare fraud.

Right to work when home no longer works for you (IDRC, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Thailand. See also related UNHCR story.

Reports:

Can Words Shift Views? How Policy Communication Shifts Support for Low-Skilled Immigration, Migration Insight Series, no. 17 (Univ. of British Columbia, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023 (CATO Institute, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Between active citizenship and exploitation: understanding exhaustion and disposability in un(der)paid and low-paid labor by refugees in the Netherlands," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Immigration Politics: Socio-economic Contributions and Securitisation of Immigration in Botswana," Migration and Development, OnlineFirst, 12 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Migrant livelihoods and the power of social ties: evidence from Johannesburg’s informal sector," Development Southern Africa, Latest Articles, 4 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Refugee inflows and macroeconomic performance: evidence from a cross-country panel (2000–2023)," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Unwelcome Neighbours: Poverty and Anti-immigrant Sentiment in Morocco," Migration and Development, OnlineFirst, 12 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Women's Studies International Forum (2026) [contents]

- Special issue collection on "Are Resources Wasted?: Employment and Career Barriers for Educated Refugee Women in Turkey." Note: Three articles that focus on Syrian women are freely available.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (28 Jan. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

The Bodily Remainder: Chicago Organisers after the Immigration ‘Blitz’ (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Collection: ICE and CBP Operations in Minnesota and Other States (Just Security, Jan.-Feb. 2026) [access]

Expert Survey on DHS, CBP, and ICE Reforms (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive (The Conversation, Feb. 2026) [text]

I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border are at their lowest level in more than 50 years (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2026) [text]

More Asylum Seekers Are “No Shows” in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

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

Reports: 

Development of the U.S. Asylum System: In Brief (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2026) [text]

Do Border Policies Deter Migrants? (SSRN, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also related Just Security post.

Immigration Enforcement in the First Nine Months of the Second Trump Administration (Deportation Data Project, Jan. 2026) [text]

Oversight of the Use of Force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Law Enforcement Officers (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Empty Justice: Ethnographic Court-Witnessing in Authoritarian Times," Journal for the Anthropology of North America, vol. 29, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- "This article investigates the operations of United States immigration courts ethnographically, examining how law, politics, and bureaucracy converge in the everyday production of immigration adjudication."

"The Far-Reaching Impacts of Trump’s Anti-Immigration Offensive," Current History, vol. 125, no. 868 (Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"For the Sake of Migrant Futures: Historicizing Migrant Deaths in Shipping Containers on the U.S. – Mexico Border in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries," California History, vol. 103, no. 1 (Spring 2026) [free full-text]

"Immigrant and refugee experiences in the Utah WIC program: a qualitative study," International Journal for Equity in Health, 27 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Inventing a New Order of Uncertainties: Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policy and the Dilemmas of African Deportees," Chapter in African Perspectives on Trump 2.0: United States Foreign Policy and the New World (Re)Order (Univ. of Pretoria, 2025) [ResearchGate]

"Trump’s Immigration Policy and United States Foreign Relations," Chapter in African Perspectives on Trump 2.0: United States Foreign Policy and the New World (Re)Order (Univ. of Pretoria, Dec. 2025) [ResearchGate]

Multimedia:

Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times (Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility) [access]

- Podcast series that "examines Trump administration policies and actions affecting immigration and migrants and their communities." Season 2 episodes are now being posted.

Resource:

ImmigrationLawHelp.org [access]

- "A searchable online directory of over 1,000 free or low-cost nonprofit immigration legal services providers in all 50 states."

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (26 Jan. 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (26 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Short pieces:

Invisible Twice: The Hidden Challenges of Refugees with Disabilities (The Diplomatic Pouch, Dec. 2025) [text]

Refugee Protection in the Lens of Age: Towards an Age-Sensitive Approach (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Educational attainment and employment among immigrants with disabilities (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada & Statistics Canada, Dec. 2025) [text]

Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement: Syrian Refugees in Canada (Practical Action Publishing, Aug. 2025) [info]

- See also related dissertation.

Journal articles:

"Aging in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Older Syrian Refugees in the Greater Toronto Area," Journal of Ageing and Longevity, vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Ageing in precarity: refugee and asylum seeker experiences of housing and home in later life," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 13 Nov. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Assessing the impact of disabilities on healthcare access among Sudanese refugees in Egypt during the 2023 crisis: a discriminant analysis approach," Frontiers in Medicine, 11 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Dementia risk among individuals with a migrant background—a scoping review," Frontiers in Dementia, 17 Nov. 2025 [open access]

*"Frailty and disability among older adults residing in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh," PLoS One 21(1): e0341499 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Perceived Social Support Among Older Adults Residing in the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh," Health & Social Care in the Community, 29 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"'Physical rehabilitation without vocational rehabilitation is unfinished business': The IRO’s Rehabilitation Programme for Displaced Persons with Disabilities, 1948‑1952," Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 44 (2025) [open access]

"Psychological adaptation and resilience among elderly refugees: protective and risk factors in confronting trauma and social isolation," Frontiers in Psychology, 9 Dec. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Egypt.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (10 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

In Parents’ Own Words: Documenting the Stories of Separated Families in Honduras (Women's Refugee Commission, Dec. 2025) [text]

Trump Administration Public-Charge Rule Would Amplify Harms to Immigrant Families (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters: 

"Environmental Justice, Climate Change and Food Security: Interventions with Refugee Children in Western Uganda," Chapter in Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa (Bristol Univ. Press, Jan. 2026) [open access]

Practical Guide on Age Assessment (EU Agency for Asylum, Nov. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Assessing quality of life in displaced children on Lesvos using PROMIS: a mixed methods study," Quality of Life Research, 35:30 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Atención a NNA migrantes en Sonora: experiencias desde las OSC y el Estado," Frontera Norte, vol. 37 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Mexico. Available in English and Spanish.

"Examining suicidality and associated risk factors among refugee children and adolescents in Uganda," BMC Psychiatry, 25:1169 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"The Impact of War on the Social Behaviors of Children and Adolescents in Refugee Camps," Cihan University-Erbil Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

"Refugees, Family Dynamics, and Resilience: Integrating Systemic Disruptions and Individual Coping Mechanisms," Journal of Family Issues, OnlineFirst, 30 Dec. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Urgent Returns: The Link Between Family and the Remigration Intentions of Deported Central Americans in an Era of Border Externalization," RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

"Screening for sexual violence against children in humanitarian settings: a feasibility study of a para-social worker-led intervention in Uganda," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:19 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

Standing on the frontline: Exploring representational work for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Norway," Critical Social Policy, OnlineFirst, 13 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (16 Dec. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (16 Dec. 2025)

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)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

ACNUR y OFIS firman convenio para promover la inclusión de personas refugiadas en los sistemas de protección social del Perú (ACNUR, Nov. 2025) [text]

Canadian immigration policy has become a moving target (The Conversation, Nov. 2025) [text]

*Displaced Venezuelans experiences of navigating temporary protection in Latin America (Refugee Studies Centre, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Este es el acuerdo con el que Ecuador recibirá desde EE.UU. migrantes que solicitan asilo," Bloomberg Línea, 14 Nov. 2025 [text]

- Note: The US-Ecuador Safe Third Country agreement was negotiated in July but was just posted in the Federal Register today.

From Recognition to Reality: Legal Rights and Practical Obstacles for Venezuelan Migrants in Peru (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

IACHR concerned about reforms in Argentina regarding human mobility and international protection (OAS, Oct. 2025) [text]

- Also available in Spanish.

Países de América Latina y el Caribe acuerdan nuevas acciones para proteger, regularizar e integrar personas refugiadas y migrantes (ACNUR, Nov. 2025) [text]

‘Volviendo a Casa’: Migrants Returning Home (Pulitzer Center, Oct.-Nov. 2025) [access]

- "This project documents the impact of U.S.-funded deportation flights to Tapachula and Panama’s closure of migrant reception camps, which were re-purposed as detention centers."

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

Reports: 

Data Against Fear: What the Numbers Say About Venezuelan Migrants and Crime in Ecuador (Center for Global Development, Oct. 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

The days to come: Modeling refugee flows from Venezuela after U.S. intervention (Niskanen Center, Nov. 2025) [text]

Getting it Right the First Time: Exploring the False Economy of Bill C-12's Refugee Process Shortcuts, Refugee Law Lab Working Paper (Refugee Law Lab & Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Oct. 2025) [text via SSRN]

- Focuses on Canada.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's 2024–25 Departmental Results Report (Govt. of Canada, Nov 2025) [text]

Retorno y reintegración en Honduras: informe de seguimiento (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

*"'Bad hombres' across the border? Experiences of discrimination and exclusion beyond ethno-racial bias among immigrants and return migrants in Mexico," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Deployment and uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines for Refugees and Migrants in Ecuador," Frontiers in Public Health, 3 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"Experiences of Flight and Persecution. Individuals with International Protection Needs Trapped in Tijuana," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025) [open access]

- Article text available in both English and Spanish.

"Migration in a Context of Securitization: Analysis of the 2023 CNDH México Recommendations," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025) [open access]

- Article text available in both English and Spanish.

"Nodes of (im)mobility in southern Mexico. Tapachula as the epitome of border externalization," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025) [open access]

- Article text available in both English and Spanish.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (30 Oct. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Building Resilience Through Financial Inclusion: The Journey of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Colombia (ICVA Blog, June 2025) [text]

Happy Labor Day? 1.2M immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Helping women refugees in Germany find work," DW, 10 Aug. 2025 [text]

How migrant business owners turn their identity into an asset, despite some bumps along the way (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Refugee entrepreneurs in Kenya’s Kakuma camp struggle to survive aid cuts," The New Humanitarian, 7 Aug. 2025 [text]

Ten years on: Refugees near German employment levels (InfoMigrants, Aug. 2025) [text]

Trump’s Immigration Actions are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far (AIC Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

UNHCR welcomes Royal Thai Government resolution providing long-term refugees the right to work (UNHCR, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related HRW dispatch.

The U.S. cut off a million TPS holders. Here’s why that’s everyone else’s opportunity (Niskanen Center, July 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Were Founded by Immigrants or Their Children (American Immigration Council, Aug. 2025) [access]

The Racial Preference for White African Immigrants (CEPR, Aug. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US. Part of a "series on White racial preferences in the labor market."

"Refugees from Ukraine value job opportunities over welfare," PNAS, vol. 122, no. 32 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025) [open access]

- Features a thematic dossier on "Iniciativas de emprendimiento y autoempleo de migrantes." Articles are published in either English, Portuguese or Spanish.

The Role of Undocumented Workers in High-Growth Occupations and Industries Across the United States (Center for Migration Studies, Aug. 2025) [text]

The Study on the Economic and Social Impact of Granting Work Rights to Refugees in Thailand: A Case Study of Tak, Chiang Mai and Bangkok (Chiang Mai Univ. & Myanmar Response Network, Aug. 2025) [access]

- The report is available in English and Thai.

Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy (American Immigration Council, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related press release.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (4 Aug. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Early job mentoring, placement, and training boost refugee integration without high costs (VoxEU, July 2025) [text]

Germany: Study finds a quarter of foreigners wish to leave – except asylum seekers (InfoMigrants, June 2025) [text]

Green Horizons: Supporting the Green Transition by Expanding Safe Routes for Refugees (CGD Blog, July 2025) [text]

How financial inclusion is transforming displaced lives (Fast Company, July 2025) [text]

In Trumponomics, Banning Foreign Students Hurts Trump’s Own Economic Success Metric: Trade Deficit (CGD Blog, June 2025) [text]

IOM and UNHCR Launch ‘Train-to-Hire' Initiative to Boost International Refugee Employment (IOM, July 2025) [text]

President Trump promises changes to deportation campaign to protect migrant farm, hotel workers (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2025) [text]

"Uganda’s Refugees Turn Food Waste into Clean Fuel," Eurasia Review, 21 July 2025 [text]

Reports:

The Impact of Cash Grants and Cash + Mentorship on Kenyan and Refugee Business Owners in Nairobi, Kenya (Re:BUiLD, June 2025) [text]

- See also related research brief.

The Impact of Cash Grants and Cash + Mentorship on Ugandan and Refugee Business Owners in Kampala, Uganda (Re:BUiLD, June 2025) [text]

- See also related research brief.

Native-Immigrant Entrepreneurial Synergies (CATO Institute, July 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related blog post.

Refugees and Social Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Operational Experiences, Social Protection Discusson Paper, no. 2601 (World Bank, July 2025) [text]

Responding to Forced Displacement: Lessons from the International Labour Organization’s Engagement in the PROSPECTS Programme (ILO & UNHCR, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also recording of related video.

The State of Refugee Finance Sector Report (Mercy Corps, July 2025) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Change and Continuity of Occupations Through Displacement: Evidence on Syrians in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Kilis," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 4 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs," Nature, Latest Articles, 16 July 2025 [open access]

- See also related article on InfoMigrants.

"Immigration and border policies," Chapter in The economic consequences of the second Trump administration: A preliminary assessment (CEPR Press, 2025) [full-text]

- Scroll to p 95.

"Migration, Advanced Digital Technologies, and the Future of Work," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 21 July 2025 [open access]

"The role of time for refugees’ work: insights from a systematic literature review," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12:1043 (July 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Refugees Financial Inclusion in Kenya: Regulations, Policies & Practices, 17 July 2025 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (7 July 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (7 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

Immigration Enforcement at All Costs: How the Trump Administration is Endangering Unaccompanied Immigrant Children (National Immigrant Justice Center et al., May 2025) [text]

- See also related AP News story.

Trump Administration Moves to End Flores Settlement that Protects Immigrant Children (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2025) [text]

Reports: 

Children of Immigrants in 2022-23: National and State Patterns (Urban Institute, May 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Dynamics and challenges for child migration in South America (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Shifting Immigration Policies Jeopardize Immigrant Families with Children (Urban Institute, May 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"Critical Multimodal Literacy: An Analysis of Young Children’s Picture Books about Refugees," International Journal of Early Childhood, Latest Articles, 21 May 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Family Separation Planning Among Undocumented Latina Immigrant Parents with U.S. Citizen Children," Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, OnlineFirst, 1 May 2025 [open access]

"Forced Adoptions of Ukrainian Children from an International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Perspective," Pace International Law Review, vol. 37, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"No One Behind: A Visual Sentiment Analysis of Refugees from Gaza and Ukraine Saving Their Pets," International Journal for the Semiotics of Law = Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, Latest Articles, 28 May 2025 [open access] 

"Post-traumatic stress disorder and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study among refugee children and adolescents living in a Ugandan refugee settlement," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 16, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Protecting Migrant Children in Thailand: Importance of Social Integration and Roles of Civil Society," Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (2025) [full-text] 

"The psychological impact of missing family on forcibly displaced people," Forced Migration Review, no. 75 (May 2025) [open access]

"Separation of children: causes, impacts and mitigation strategies," Forced Migration Review, no. 75 (May 2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (20 May 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (20 May 2025)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

From 180 to 30: A case for shortening the asylum EAD clock (Immigration Law Blog at PennState Law, April 2025) [text]

- EAD = Employment Authorization Document. Focuses on the US.

Refugee Self-Reliance through Economic Inclusion and Social Protection (ICVA Blog, April 2025) [text]

Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain? (The Conversation, April 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Breaking Barriers via Refugees: Cultural Transmission and Women’s Economic Empowerment, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 17871 (Institute of Labor Economics, April 2025) [text]

- Uses "the forced migration of ethnic Turks from Bulgaria to Türkiye after the fall of the Iron Curtain as a natural experiment."

Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme, BASIC Research Working Paper, no. 37 (Institute of Development Studies, May 2025) [text]

Cash and Small Business Groups for Ugandans and Refugees (Center for Global Development, March 2025) [text]

Fast-Tracked Jobs Help Asylum Seekers Integrate Faster, Working Paper, no. 11844 (CESifo, 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Italy.

Forced Displacement Literature Review: March 2025 (Joint Data Center, 2025) [text] 

- Focuses on "Self-Reliance and Jobs."

Host Environments and Welfare of In-Camp Refugees: Evidence from Ethiopia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11108 (World Bank, April 2025) [text]

Linking, Bonding, Bridging: The role of social capital in facilitating access to livelihoods among refugees in Gulu city, Uganda, Refugee-led Research Working Paper, no. 6 (Refugee-led Research Hub, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee mobility and livelihoods in Uganda, RSC Research in Brief, no. 21 (Refugee Studies Centre, April 2025) [text]

"The strength of small business: small business grant programme survival rates and network effects in Syria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:8 (April 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (23 April 2025)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

‘I’m always afraid for the future of my family’: why it’s too hard for some refugees to reunite with loved ones (The Conversation, April 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

UNHCR shares recommendations and calls for shared responsibility to strengthen the protection of unaccompanied refugee children (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the Canary Islands.

Reports: 

Family reunification rights: Refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection (European Parliament, April 2025) [text]

Global Impact of Funding Cuts on Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Contexts (Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, April 2025) [text via INEE]

Understanding Child Separation in Humanitarian Crises: Insights from Multisector Needs Assessments (2021-2023) (IMPACT Initiatives & UNICEF, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"We also have a say": Experiences of children and adolescents affected by migration (IMPACT Initiatives, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia. A Spanish version is also available.

What will deportations mean for the child welfare system? (Brookings Institution & Center for Migration Studies, April 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"Navigating the in-between: social workers’ perceptions and experiences of facilitating sport for unaccompanied minor refugees in Norway," International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Latest Articles, 5 April 2025 [open access]

"Protecting Migrant Children in Thailand: Importance of Social Integration and Roles of Civil Society," Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (2025) [open access] 

"The Role of Organizational Place and Space on the Social Behavior of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees: Comparing Two Accommodation Centers in Switzerland," Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences, vol. 16 (2025) [open access]

"'We don’t ask for a luxury life, just basic things': the experiences of mothers with babies in the UK asylum system," Wellbeing, Space and Society, In Press, 23 April 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (9 April 2025)