Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

Leaving No One Behind: Statelessness and the Sustainable Development Goals (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statelessness Determination and Protection in Europe: Good practice, challenges and risks (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2025) [text]

Statelessness in Europe: Insights, evidence needs and engagement (European University Institute, Oct. 2025) [text]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Germany (European Network on Statelessness, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 9 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"A comparative analysis between the Rohingyas and Urdu-speaking population in Bangladesh: Repatriation or Statelessness?," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 Sept. 2025 [open access]

"A Crisis in the Shadows: Public Health Outcomes and Barriers to Care for Children of North Korean Defectors in China," Frontiers in Public Health, 13 Oct. 2025 [open access]

"Examining the Potential Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Statelessness Determination from a Human Rights Perspective," International Human Rights Law Review, Advance Articles, 10 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

-  Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (3 Nov. 2025)

Opportunities/New Issues of Disasters, Ethics & Intl. Aff., EJML, IJMHSC, Intl. Migr., IWMpost, JEMS, JMHS, Sec. Dial.

Opportunities:

CFP: REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]

- Contributions sought for a special dossier on "Abdelmalek Sayad: Migration, State and Historical Amnesia." Submit articles in Spanish, English, Italian, French, or Portuguese by 29 February 2024.

Call for applications: Editorial Board members, International Journal of Refugee Law [info]

- Apply by 1 March 2024.

Call for applications: Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Refugee Law [info]

- One or two successors are sought to take over for the two current editors-in-chief when they step down at the end of the year. Apply by 10 March 2024.

CFP: Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics [info]

- Contributions sought for a "special issue on the role of racial and ethnic identities in shaping the politics of migration." Submit articles by 15 March 2024, but titles/abstracts beforehand.

New issues: 

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive!) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Disasters, vol. 48, no .1 (Jan. 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, seven of which are open access.

- Note: "Disasters will be published in online-only format effective with the 2024 volume. This is a proactive move towards reducing the environmental impact caused by the production and distribution of printed journal copies and will allow the journal to invest in further innovation, digital development, and sustainability measures."

*Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 37, no. 4 (Winter 2023) [full-text]

- Includes a special section on "Voluntariness and Migration," all of which are freely available.

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is open access.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 19, nos. 3/4 (2023) [contents]

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

International Migration, vol. 62, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with either that are open access. The commentaries and book reviews are also freely available.

IWMpost, no. 131 (2023) [full-text] 

- Issue focus is "Migration, Displacement, and Governance." 

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 20 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "COVID-19 Return Migration Phenomena: Experiences from South and Southeast Asia." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access.

*Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 4 (Dec. 2023) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

*Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 12, no. 1 (March 2024) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 121, no. 3 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

- Includes a special feature on "Migration and Sustainability."

*Security Dialogue, vol. 54, no. 6 (Dec. 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Insecurity, deportability and authority," with five open access articles.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Call to Action on Climate Change and Forced Displacement IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement: 2023 Global Refugee Forum (LERRN, Dec. 2023) [text]

Five things to consider on the climate-refugees nexus (Development for Peace Blob, Dec. 2023) [text]

Homeward bound: How migrants seek out familiar climates (VoxEU Column, Jan. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Loss and Damage and Human Mobility at COP 28: An Emerging Architecture to Avert, Minimize and Address Displacement? (RLI Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]

Reporting Back from the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (PDD Update, Dec. 2023) [text]

The Security Problem with Climate Migration isn’t the Migration (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Climate change impacts and cross-border displacement: International refugee law and UNHCR’s mandate (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

The link between disaster displacement and migration intentions, JRC Technical Report (European Commission, Jan. 2024) [text]

Options for humanitarian packaging reuse, repurposing and recycling (Joint Initiative for Sustainable Humanitarian Assistance Packaging Waste Management, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protection of persons displaced across borders in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change (Platform on Disaster Displacement & UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Climate Change and Cross-Border Displacement: What the Courts, the Administration, and Congress Can Do to Improve Options for the United States," Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 56 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"Drought and Human Mobility in Africa," Earth’s Future, vol. 11, no. 12 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Drought exposure decreases altruism with salient group identities as key moderator," Nature Climate Change, vol. 13, no. 8 (2023) [open access]

- "Survey responses were collected for refugees from Syria and Iraq residing both inside and outside of refugee camps in Turkey during 2017." See also related blog post.

"Exploring temporal and topical dynamics of research on climate/environment–migration nexus: A critical comparative perspective," Migration Studies, vol. 11, no. 4 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

PNAS, vol. 121, no. 3 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

- Includes a special feature on "Migration and Sustainability." See also related post on The Conversation.

"Revisiting 'Refugee' in a Changing Climate: How Migrants Impacted by Climate Change and the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Fit into Existing Refugee Policy," Seton Hall Law Review, vol. 53, no. 4 (2023) [full-text]

Related posts:

- News: Climate Mobility Hub Launched (7 Dec. 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (6 Dec. 2023)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity: 

Launch: Mixed Migration Review 2022, Online, 6 December 2022 [info]

Blog post:

Research based interventions in the sports ecosystem (Sportanddev.org, Nov. 2022) [text]

- "Inclusive and collaborative research is needed to better address the needs of forcibly displaced people."

New open access book:

Migration and Culture: Implementation of Cultural Rights of Migrants (CNR Edizioni, 2021; posted Nov. 2022) [open access]

- "The volume aims at contributing to the reflection on global issues in the promotion of cultural rights of migrants, including the value of heritage, the right to participate in cultural rights, the right to education and the right to enjoy the arts and culture, considering the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak too."

Reports:

2022 Mid-Year Update on Internal Displacement (IDMC, Sept. 2022) [access]

50,000 lives lost during migration: Analysis of Missing Migrants Project Data 2014-2022 (IOM, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Appraisal Tool on the Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons in National Frameworks for the Achievement of the SDGs (UNDP & UNHCR, Oct. 2022) [text]

Migration and the SDGs: Measuring Progress (IOM, May 2022) [text]

More than a Game: The UNHCR Sport Strategy 2022-2026 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Spotlight on Local and Refugee-Led Efforts to Address Key Protection Needs: Lessons Learned in Three Key Regions (International Refugee Assistance Project, Oct. 2022) [text]

- "IRAP undertook a geographic rapid assessment project to understand the legal frameworks, regional migratory trends, landscape of protection needs, and associated gaps in a subset of countries in three regions of the world: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South and Southeast Asia."

*Turning the Tide on Internal Displacement: A Development Approach to Solutions (UNDP, Nov. 2022) [text]

World Development Report 2023: Concept Note (World Bank, 2022) [access]

- The volume will focus on "Migration, Refugees, and Societies." See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"Autotopographies of Forced Displacement: City Walking Tours as a Path for Political Visibility, Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Nov. 2022 [open access]

Conflict and Society, vol. 8, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Includes a special section on "Art and Conflict."

"COVID-19 Vaccination in Migrants and Refugees: Lessons Learnt and Good Practices," Vaccines, vol. 10, no. 11 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"From pity to fear: security as a mechanism for (re)production of vulnerability," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 10 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Left behind on the path to 90-90-90: understanding and responding to HIV among displaced people," Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 25, no. 1 (Nov. 2022) [open access]

"Refugees, membership, and state system legitimacy," Ethics & Global Politics, Latest Articles, 26 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"A Systematic Review of Research on Sport Migration," Migration & Diversity, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Development-induced displacement: engaging intersections in a quest for solutions, 2 June 2022 [access]

The history and role of meaningful refugee participation in the global refugee regime, 7 Nov. 2022 [access]

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (9 Nov. 2022)

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 41, no. 1, March 2022 include:

• International Organisations and “Local” Networks: Localisation and Refugee Participation in the Ethiopian-South Sudanese Borderlands [free full-text]
• Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda: A Relational, Trust-Based Approach [open access]
• Examining the Vulnerability Procedure: Group-based Determinations at the EU Border [abstract]
• UN Sustainable Development Goals and the “Refugee Gap”: Leaving Refugees Behind? [open access]
• The Battisti Case: A Legal-Historical Reconstruction [abstract]
• Sudanese Refugees and the “Syrian Refugee Response” in Lebanon: Racialised Hierarchies, Processes of Invisibilisation, and Resistance [open access]

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Blog posts & commentary:

Cities Need to Welcome—Not Resist—Refugees (CityLab, Oct. 2018) [text]

Data and Insight: Monitoring Internal Displacement to Progress Towards Sustainable Development (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

"'Expat' and the Fraught Language of Migration," The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2018 [text]

How Cities Can Shape a Fairer, More Humane Immigration Policy (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2018) [text]

Refugia: Answering the Critics (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2018) [text]

You’ll Never Guess What I Found at the UN General Assembly: Optimism (IRIN, Oct. 2018) [text]

Events after the fact:

Ninth Annual Back-to-School Event: Responses to the Global Refugee Crisis, New York, 12 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for video and transcript.

Refugees and Migration: Responding to a Global Humanitarian Crisis, Boston, 19 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Conference remarks were provided by some of the speakers. See also related conference summary article in the Heights, Boston College's student newspaper.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up (25 Oct. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: General (9 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1

Event & opportunities:

CFP: Statelesssness and Citizenship Review [info]
- Contributions sought for inaugural issue of this new Open Access journal. Submission deadline is 1 September 2018.

*Seminar: Is Mr Pham a Vietnamese National? Citizenship Deprivation and Foreign Nationality Law in Municipal Courts, Melbourne, 6 September 2018 [info]

CFP: World Conference on Statelessness and Inclusion, The Hague, 26-28 June 2019 [info]
- Submit proposals by 15 October 2018.

Publications:

Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship in EU Member States: Key Trends and Issues (EPRS, July 2018) [text]

All about the SDGs (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, July 2018) [access]
- Two new booklets on Sustainable Development Goals; one is for statelessness actors, the other is for development actors.

*The Appalling Mistreatment of a Stateless Human Rights Activist, Barriers to British Citizenship, and the Power to Bring Change (ENS Blog, July 2018) [text]

The Campaign to End Statelessness: July 2018 Update (UNHCR, July 2018) [text]

Denaturalization, Explained: How Trump Can Strip Immigrants of Their Citizenship (Vox, July 2018) [text]

Home Office Unlawfully Nullifies British Citizenship in Hundreds of Cases (Free Movement Blog, July 2018) [text]

In Praise of the 1961 Statelessness Convention (ENS Blog, July 2018) [text]

"Putting people first": Statelessness at the 2018 UNHCR NGO Consultations (ENS Blog, July 2018) [text]
- See also related Consultations discussion paper.

A Rights-based Approach to Addressing Statelessness (ENS Blog, July 2018) [text]
- Note: Access to the thesis referenced in this post is under embargo until 5 July 2020.

Statelessness in Numbers: 2018 - An Overview and Analysis of Global Statistics (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, July 2018) [text]

"Stripping Naturalized Immigrants of Their Citizenship isn’t New," Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2018 [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1 (2 July 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 2 (2 July 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Internal Displacement

Opportunity:

CFP: Getting to 2030: Forced Displacement and Sustainable Development, Geneva, 18 October 2018 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 31 August 2018.

Publications:

Can Human Development Turn the Tide on Internal Displacement? (HDialogue Blog, June 2018) [text]

The Elephant in the Room: As Governments Gathered in New York to Discuss Progress Towards Sustainable Development, Many Omitted Internal Displacement (IDMC Blog, July 2018) [text]

"Framing Policy-Relevant Research on IDPs: The GP20 Process," Keynote presentation at Special IDP Workshop on Revitalising IDP Research, London, 20 July 2018 [access]
- Scroll down for podcast.

The Humanitarian Crisis You Haven’t Heard about (Africa in Transition Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

New HELP Course on Internal Displacement Available on the HELP Online Platform (Council of Europe, July 2018) [info]

Operational Review of UNHCR’s Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement: Final Report (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related discussion paper prepared for a side event at the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs.

Panel Discussion on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Commemoration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Geneva, 26 June 2018 [text]
- Follow link for report; video is available via UN Web TV. See also the AHC's statement.

Shared Responsibilities and the Problem of Internal Displacement, Paper presented at 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 July 2018 [text]
- Note: The author's book, Protecting the Internally Displaced: Rhetoric and Reality, will be published in November.

UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 27-29 June 2018 [info]
- Three thematic sessions were held on internal displacement: 1) Addressing protracted internal displacement and driving solutions, 2) Promoting national responsibility for prevention, responses and solutions to internal displacement: the value of laws and policies, and 3) Strengthening the evidence base on internal displacement (links lead to discussion papers). See also related JIPS news story.

Update on UNHCR’s Engagement with Internally Displaced Persons, UN Doc. No. EC/69/SC/CRP.9, 72nd Standing Committee of EXCOM, Geneva, 20-21 June 2018 [text]
- See also related remarks. Note: UNHCR is in the process of updating its IDP policy and plans to issue it by the end of 2018. See more info in this discussion paper.

Related posts:
- News: New Edition of Global Report on Internal Displacement (16 May 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Internal Displacement (3 May 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: General

Events:

Seminar: A Work in Progress: A Critical Analysis of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, Oxford, 17 October 2017 [info]

Thematic Discussions: Global Compact on Refugees, Geneva, 17-18 October 2017 [info]
- Discussions 2 & 3 will focus on: "Measures to be taken at the onset of a large movement of refugees (Comprehensive refugee response framework pillar one)," and "Meeting needs and supporting communities (Comprehensive refugee response framework pillars two and three)." Note the additional links added to the web page, including a concept paper.

Conference: Winning Back the Human Race: The Legacy of ICIHI, London, 14 November 2017 [info]
- Note: More info. is available on the companion web site.

Publications:

Coming Together: A Critical Analysis of Key Issues, Actors and Tools in the Current Global Landscape of Family Tracing & Reunification (Samuel Hall, 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Emerging Historians – Dr Claire Higgins (Australian Historical Association Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

"Fieldnotes from Cape Verde: On Deported Youth, Research Methods and Social Change," Chapter in After Deportation: Ethnographic Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2017) [preprint]

"Food Insecurity and Forced Displacement of People: Where Do We Draw the Line?," IPS News, 13 Oct. 2017 [text]

Global Disaster Displacement Risk: A Baseline for Future Work (IDMC, Oct. 2017) [text]

*The Global Response to Refugees and Migrants: Perspectives from UNGA 2017 (ISIM Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

Gone with the Wind: International Migration, Economics Discussion Papers Series, no. 1708 (University of Otago, April 2017) [text]
- Study that looked into the determinants of international migration.

Impacts and Costs of Forced Displacement: Phase II - A Critical Evaluation of Methodological and Analytical Progress on Designing Development-led Strategies and Interventions in Forced Displacement (Refugee Studies Centre, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See earlier reports produced under this project in this blog post.

*Mixed Migration and the Global Compacts: A Perspective from the Middle East (Mixed Migration Platform, Oct. 2017) [text]

What is a Compact? Migrants’ Rights and State Responsibilities Regarding the Design of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Oct. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- News: EXCOM 2017 Wrap-up (12 Oct. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: General (10 Oct. 2017)

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: General

Alerta 2017! Informe sobre Conflictos, Derechos Humanos y Construcción de Paz ( Escola de Cultura de Pau, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration: 2016 Key Highlights (IOM, July 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

A G20 Refugee Agenda (Project Syndicate, July 2017) [text]

Measuring Global Migration Potential, 2010-2015, Data Briefing Series, no. 9 (IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre, July 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Memory Politics of Migration at Borderscapes (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2017) [text]
- Follow the link for introductory post to new blog series. The other eight posts can be accessed via the "see also" menu on the right of the page.

Migrants in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practices for Inclusion (Migrants In Countries In Crisis Initiative, July 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration in the 2030 Agenda (IOM, July 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

'Migrants in Vulnerable Situations': UNHCR's Perspective (UNHCR, June 2017) [text]

New Refugee Framework “Dead in the Water” without More International Support (IRIN, July 2017) [text]

NGO Reflection Paper on the Global Compact on Refugees (ICVA, July 2017) [text]

Pre-alert Guidance Note: Conflict and Displacement (START Network, April 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Renewed Commitment to Multilateralism Required to Deal with Forced Human Displacement (The Conversation, July 2017) [text]

Thematic Discussion One: Past and Current Burden- and Responsibility-sharing Arrangements, Geneva, 10 July 2017 [info]
- Video of this discussion is posted here, along with a related UNHCR news story and ICVA's intervention.

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Internal Displacement and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, Briefing Paper (IDMC, July 2017) [text]

UNHCR Age, Gender and Diversity: Accountability Report 2016 (UNHCR, June 2017) [text]

"Visions of Refugia: Territorial and Transnational Solutions to Mass Displacement," Planning Theory & Practice, vol. 18, no. 3 (2017) [free full-text]

"Who Counts in Crises? The New Geopolitics of International Migration and Refugee Governance," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 1 June 2017 [open access]

Related posts:
- Event: First Thematic Discussion re. Global Compact on Refugees (9 July 2017)
- Thematic Focus: General (30 June 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General: A Strong Reformist Agenda in Difficult Times (EPRS, May 2017) [text]

A Double Message about Safety and Security for Field Research: “Protection is Crucial” and “Don’t Overdo It” (NCHS Blog, May 2017) [text]

The Ethics of Refugee Policy: Famine, Wars and Migration, Cairo, 2016 [info]
- Video of this workshop available here.

Focus on Refugees Risks Neglecting the Internally Displaced (Chatham House, May 2017) [text]

Follow-up and Review of Migration in the Sustainable Development Goals, International Dialogue on Migration, no. 26 (IOM, 2017) [text]

Framing the Global Compact for Migration Narrative: Acknowledging the Complexities of Categorisation (Mixed Migration Platform, May 2017) [text]

Global Compact on Migration Should Focus on Harnessing Its Win-win Benefits (The Conversation, May 2017) [text]

Global Migration: Resilient Cities at the Forefront - Strategic Actions to Adapt and Transform our Cities in an Age of Migration (Rockefeller Foundation, May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Report on Food Crisis 2017 (EU, FAO & WFP, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Link Collection on ‘Refuge’ by Betts & Collier (ESPMI Network, May 2017) [text]

Promoting a Common Understanding of Migration Trends (IOM, 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee Advocates are Losing the War of Ideas (Refugees Deeply, May 2017) [text]

*Towards a Global Compact on Refugees: A Roadmap (UNHCR, May 2017) [text]
- Note: A comment on this post noted that a third version of the roadmap document is now available and can be accessed via the a/m link. The first version was published as a non-paper and posted on the Forced Migration Forum; the second version was retrieved via Refworld.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (11 May 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Event reminder:

Conference: Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention, Budapest, 4-5 May 2017 [info]
- Registration deadline is 15 March 2017.

Publications:

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2017 (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

Child Refugees without Nationality: A Short Overview of Statelessness Policy and Practice in Spain (ENS Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child, Quick Reference Guide: Statelessness and Human Rights Treaties (UNHCR & Unicef, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Ending Statelessness through Belonging: A Transformative Agenda?," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 30, no. 4 (Jan. 2016) [free full-text]

Handbook on Statelessness in the OSCE Area: International Standards and Good Practices (OSCE & UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil And Political Rights, Quick Reference Guide: Statelessness and Human Rights Treaties (UNHCR, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Living in Limbo: Latvia's 'Non-citizen' Policy Leaves Thousands Feeling Stateless," Vice News, 15 Feb. 2017 [text]

Mapping Statelessness in Austria (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text]

Stateless Persons’ Entitlement to Citizenship and Denmark’s Call for Dilution of State Obligations (ENS Blog, March 2017) [text]

"Statelessness Determination: The Swiss Experience," Forced Migration Review, no. 54 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

The Sustainable Development Goals and Addressing Statelessness (UNHCR, March 2017) [text]

"There is an Unlikely Legal Loophole That Lets Stateless Undocumented Immigrants Stay in the US," Quartz, 22 Feb. 2017 [text]

Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to Help Protect Children from Statelessness in Serbia (ENS Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Will Nepal Give Equal Citizenship Rights to Women? (openDemocracy, March 2017) [text]

New network:

Statelessness Network Asia Pacific [access]
- "Our goal is to promote collaboration and information sharing on statelessness in Asia & the Pacific." See also related ENS blog post.


Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (3 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: General

News: 

For the first time, a team of refugee athletes will compete in the Olympics. The 2016 games start next week in Rio de Janeiro. For a useful overview of the 10 participants and their events, visit this Wikipedia page. Check out the IOC site for some video profiles of the athletes. And for some historical context, read this news story.

Publications:

Alert 2016! Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding (School for a Culture of Peace, July 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Annual Report 2015 (IDMC, July 2016) [text]

A Global Action Platform and Fund for Forced Migrants: A Proposal (FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog, July 2016) [text]

Joint Expert Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (June 2016) [text]
- To be presented to the High Level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, 19 September 2016.

Leaving No One (Apart from Migrants and Refugees) Behind: Are the Sustainable Development Goals Fit for Purpose? (IRIN, July 2016) [text]

A Poor Welcome from the World's Wealthy (Oxfam, July 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Understanding Migrant Decisions (The Migrationist Blog, June & July 2016) [access]
- Series of blog posts based on chapters in the recently published book, Understanding Migrant Decisions: From Sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean Region (Routledge, June 2016) .

Resources:

Museums and Migration [access]
- "More and more museums are interested in the current debate about migration and its latest epiphany, the so-called “refugees crisis”: there is a proliferation of exhibitions, conferences, seminars, workshops. Through this blog we want to document this richness, mainly at European scale (but not only). We want to question the role of museums, their agency, their activism or rather their silence. ..."

*What Does It Mean to be a Refugee? (TED Ed, June 2016) [access]
- "About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own countries. Others, referred to as refugees, sought shelter outside their own country. But what does that term really mean?"

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (15 July 2016)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: General

Update on Search for New HC:

In an earlier post, I referenced the looming departure of the current head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and the speculation surrounding his possible replacement.  Since then, a second candidate has been announced in the press: Achim Steiner of Germany, who is currently the head of the UN Environment Programme.  ICVA has also circulated a call to candidates to publicly respond to five questions.  Finally, the following two articles provide further insight into the selection process.

- Bad Time to Change UN Refugee Supremo? (IRIN, Sept. 2015) [text]
- The Right Person for the Job? Selecting the Next UNHCR Chief (BRICS Post, Sept. 2015) [text]

Publications:

Alternatives to Camps: Making it Work - Good Practice and Guidance Series, Key Action #1: Settlement and Shelter Response (UNHCR, Sept. 2015) [text]

Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2014: The Numbers and Trends (CRED, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Crisis in Context: The Global Refugee Problem (Center for American Progress, Sept. 2015) [text]

Leaving No One Behind: Internal Displacement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (IDMC, Sept. 2015) [text]

Migration Crisis: Containing People is not the Answer (ODI Blog, Sept. 2015) [text]

Why Do Countries Build Border Fences? The Answer May Surprise You (UN Dispatch, Sept. 2015) [access]
- See also related Economist article.

The World’s Congested Human Migration Routes in 5 Maps (National Geographic, Sept. 2015) [text]

Web site:

Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative (IOM) [access]
-  Launched in 2014, MICIC is "a State-led undertaking which seeks to improve the ability of States and other relevant stakeholders to increase the protection and decrease the vulnerability of migrants affected by crisis situations." Read the background paper and concept note for more info.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (16 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

"An Argument for Using Frozen Assets for Humanitarian Assistance in Refugee Situations," Journal of International Affairs, vol. 68, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2015) [full-text]

Cluster Coordination Guidance for Country Offices (Unicef, May 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Doing Cash Differently: How Cash Transfers Can Transform Humanitarian Aid - Report of the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers (ODI & Center for Global Development, Sept. 2015) [text]
- See also related infographics.

Improving Funding for Front-line Responders: Opportunities and Options for Pooled Humanitarian Funds (OCHA, Sept. 2015) [text]

Reference Module for Cluster Coordination at the Country Level (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, revised July 2015) [text]

Security to Go: A Risk Management Toolkit for Humanitarian Aid Agencies (European Interagency Security Forum, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

This Refugee Crisis is a Major Test for the SDGs (ODI, Sept. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (2 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Focus on Climate Migration, Sustainable Development

The Feinstein International Center has published Climate Change as a Driver of Humanitarian Crises and Response, which "explores the relationships between climate change, humanitarian crises, and humanitarian response through a review of published and grey literature." 

Other recent publications include:

Center for American Progress Takes on Climate Change, Migration, and Why They Matter to U.S. National Security (New Security Beat, July 2012) [text]

Climate Change and Australia: Warming to the Global Challenge (Federation Press, 2012) [info]
- See esp. chapter entitled "Climate Change 'Refugees'? Climate-Related Displacement and Migration"; book will be launched 9 August 2012 at event hosted by the University of Sydney Law School.

Displacement and Development: Moving Forward from Rio +20 (UpFront Blog, July 2012) [text]

'Environmental Refugees’?: A Critical Perspective on the Normative Discourse (SSRN, July 2012) [text]

"An Ill Wind? Climate Change, Migration and Health," Environmental Health Perspectives, 120:5 (May 2012) [open access text]
- See also related news story.

"Migration as a Contribution to Resilience and Innovation in Climate Adaptation: Social Networks and Co-development in Northwest Africa," Applied Geography, vol. 33 (2012) [text via ACP Observatory on Migration]

The Securitisation of Climate-induced Migration: Critical Perspectives, Hamburg, 10-12 June 2012 [conf. report]

"Sustainable Development Law on Environmental Migration: The Story of an Obelisk, a Bag of Marbles, and a Tapestry," Environmental Law Review, vol. 14, no. 2 (2012) [text via SSRN]

Urgent Call for a Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights (Environmental Justice Foundation, June 2012) [access]

What Should the Rio +20 Outcomes Document Have Said about Migration and Displacement Linked to Climate Change? (UK Climate Change & Migration Coalition, July 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.  

Theses

Another listing of theses:

• The Causes of Refugee Militarization, Thesis submitted to Department of Political Science (Univ. of Michigan, March 2011) [text]
• Giving Voice to Strengths: Migration Stories of Armenian Immigrants and Refugees, Dissertation submitted to Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Pepperdine University, June 2011) [text]
• Measuring the Scope of Sustainability of Sustainable Development Projects and Microcredit in Eritrean Refugee Camps in Eastern Sudan, Paper submitted for MA in Sustainable Development (SIT Graduate Institute, July 2011) [text]
• Moral Principles of Refugee Protection in the European Union: Rhetoric and Reality, Thesis submitted to Department of International Relations and European Studies (Central European University, 2011) [text]
• Seeking Justice: The Role of International Protection and Reparations for Palestinian Refugees, Essay submitted to Committee on Degrees in Social Studies (Harvard College, March 2011) [text]
• The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law: The Issue of Interpretation and Implementation of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in Europe, Thesis submitted to Department of Legal Studies (Central European University, 2010) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Publications: Afghan Returnees, COI, IDPs, Livelihoods/Uganda, Older Refugees/UK, Statistics

Angering Akujů: Survival and Suffering in Karamoja (Feinstein International Center, Dec. 2007) [text]
- Focuses on livelihoods and human security in the Karamoja Region of Uganda.

Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) [text]

Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007) [text via Refworld]
- Provisional edition.

Older refugees in the UK: A literature review and interviews with refugees (Refugee Council, Jan. 2008) [text]
- Re-issue of two earlier reports.

Second generation Afghans in neighbouring countries - from Mohajer to Hamwatan: Afghans return home (Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Dec. 2007) [text via Eldis]

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006: Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions (UNHCR, Dec. 2007) [text]

Posted in Publications.

New Periodical Issues: AWR, Conflict Trends, Dev. in Practice, Disasters, IJRL, ICRC Rev., MIS

AWR Bulletin, vol. 44, no. 4 (Dec. 2006) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on harmonizing European asylum policy.

Conflict Trends, no. 1 (2007) [full-text]
- Focus is on parliaments and conflict resolution.

Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 2 (2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles; an overview of the issue is provided in the editorial.

Disasters, vol. 31, no. 2 (June 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on NGO insecurity in conflict areas.

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 1 (March 2007) [contents]
- Includes articles on freedom of movement, Mozambican refugees in South Africa, and African asylum law.

International Review of the Red Cross, no. 863 (2006) [full-text]
- Focus is the "presence of private military companies (PMCs) in situation of armed conflicts."

Migration Information Source (May 2007) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Posted in Periodicals.

New Research/Policy Reports: Asylum, HIV/AIDS, Hum. Protection/Uganda, IDPs, Livelihoods/Darfur, Refugee Status

Challenges to Peace and Recovery in Darfur: A Situation Analysis of the Ongoing Conflict and its Continuing Impact on Livelihoods, Briefing Paper, by H. Young and A.M. Osman (FIC, Dec. 2006) [text]

Educational responses to HIV and AIDS for refugees and internally displaced persons: Discussion paper for decision-makers (UNHCR and UNESCO, Jan. 2007) [text]

The extraterritorialisation of asylum and the advent of "protection lite," DIIS Working Paper 2007/2, by T. Gammeltoft-Hansen (DIIS, Jan 2007) [text]

Humanitarian protection in Uganda: a Trojan Horse?, HPG Background Paper, by C. Dolan and L. Hovil (ODI, Dec. 2006) [text]

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin, Human Rights Council doc. no. A/HRC/4/38 (Jan. 2007) [text]

'A violation of his or her human security': New grounds for the recognition of refugee status: a proposal for reform, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 140, by M. Afzal (UNHCR, Dec. 2006) [text]

Posted in Publications.