Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

The Invisible Tide: Why Climate Policy Must Address the Unspoken Losses of Coastal Youth (RID Blog, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on India.

Refugees innovating for inclusive climate action (UNHCR Innovation, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Zimbabwe.

Reports & journal articles:

"Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration – Implications on Poverty and Household Food Security in Southern Africa," Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 61, no. 2 (March 2026) [ResearchGate]

"Climate-Induced Exile in Latin America: Intersectionality, Refugee Women, and the Dynamics of Conflict and Negotiation," Histories, vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Constrained agency of island and coastal communities facing climate displacement," Forced Migration Review, no. 76 Plus (June 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Indonesia and the Philippines.

"From conflict to climate crisis: How wars shape the future environment," Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 408 (May 2026) [open access]

"From Temporary Climate-Induced Displacement to Permanent Urban Settlement in Pakistan," Migration Information Source, 4 June 2026 [text]

Readiness Assessment of UNHCR’s Focus Area Strategic Plan for Climate Action, EVO/2026/03 (UNHCR, April 2026) [access]

- Follow link for text and summary.

Resource:

Practical Toolkit on Climate Change and Disaster Displacement: Training Materials for Decision-makers and Practitioners (Kaldor Centre, May 2026) [access]

- "These training materials are for decision-makers and practitioners working on international protection claims involving the impacts of climate change and disasters. They accompany the Practical Toolkit on International Protection in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters. The short training video and additional training materials below are intended for use by individuals and organizations seeking to better understand when, and how, international refugee and human rights law apply to people displaced in this context."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (22 May 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Access Study: Understanding Effective Coverage and Barriers to the Ukrainian State Social Protection System (Govt. of Ukraine et al., Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post, which includes a link to a recent presentation and discussion of the study.

Access to Socio-economic Rights for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection: 2023 Update (AIDA, Jan. 2025) [text]

Further Submissions in the UK: An audit of the UK’s Further Submissions procedures and decision-making, and recommendations for change (UNHCR, Jan. 2025) [access]

- "This research presents the findings of a comprehensive review of the United Kingdom’s (UK) procedures and processes  through  which  those  seeking  asylum  can  make  a  further  application  for  international  protection following  the  refusal  of  their  asylum  claim  and  the  right  to  appeal  has  been  exhausted. The UN  Refugee  Agency (UNHCR) typically refers to this as a subsequent application whilst, in the UK, this is generally referred to as a 'further submission'."

The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2023: Statistical Update (AIDA, Jan. 2025) [text]

No One-Size-Fits-All: Outreach and Counselling for Irregular Migrants (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2025) [text]

Public narratives and attitudes towards refugees and other migrants: Hungary country profile (ODI, Jan. 2025) [text]

Thematic Workshops Based on the EUAA Practical Guides and Tools (EU Agency for Asylum, Jan. 2025) [text]

'Treat us like humans': A report on lived experience of the asylum system (Welcoming Mayors Project, Dec. 2024) [text via EIN]

- Focuses on the UK.

Understanding EU humanitarian action (European Parliament, Dec. 2024) [text]

UNHCR's key priorities for the next Irish Government (UNHCR, Jan. 2025) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (27 Jan. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunities:

Call for new members: Each One Take One: A global solidarity movement of universities collaborating with UNHCR to develop impact-led agendas to respond to global forced displacement [info]

Call for participation: Times Higher Education’s and UNHCR’s higher education survey on opportunities for refugees [info]

- Submit responses by 31 January 2025. See the 15by30 Roadmap report for background.

 

Short pieces:

Children of Migrants Often Outperform in Argentina’s Education System; However, Some Still Lag Behind (MPC Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Egypt: Education Restricted for Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2024) [text]

*"How Sudan’s mutual aid groups are supporting out of school children," The New Humanitarian, 9 Dec. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Access to Tertiary Education for Refugees with Disabilities in Dadaab Refugee Camps, LERRN Working Paper, no. 26 (Carleton Univ., Nov. 2024) [text]

Secondary Education and Child Marriage in Forced Displacement and Crisis Settings (Secondary Education Working Group, Nov. 2024) [access via INEE]

- Available in English and French.

Transforming Education Access through Transportation for Refugee and Earthquake-Impacted Children in Türkiye (Education Cluster, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Implementing a migrant and refugee mentoring program through action research," Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 22 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Pedagogical Practices of Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees in Brazilian Schools," Educação & Sociedade, vol. 45 (2024) [open access]

"Pull-Out Classes for Newly Arrived Students from Ukraine: An Obstacle to Social Inclusion," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Dec. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Austria.

"Safety, Belonging and Success in Education for Refugees in Europe: A Systematic Review," European Journal of Education, Early View, 27 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Teaching and Learning in Refugee/(Im)Migrant Communities Around the World," Special issue of Social Sciences (2023-2024) [access]

*"Understanding policies through storytelling: Refugees and inclusion," Support for Learning, Early View, 19 Nov. 2024 [open access]

Resource:

INEE Minimum Standards, 2024 Edition Orientation Pack (Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, Dec. 2024) [access]

- "This orientation pack supports trained facilitators who are knowledgeable about the INEE Minimum Standards, 2024 Edition (INEE MS), in organizing and delivering introductory sessions on the Standards."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (22 Nov. 2024)

News: New Edition of COI Training Manual

An updated edition of the "Researching Country of Origin Information: Training Manual" was launched last month. 

First published in 2004 and revised in 2013, the current volume "outlines the role and standards of COI in refugee status determination (RSD) procedures or in procedures relating to other forms of international protection. There is general consensus that COI has an integral and indispensable role in decision-making on international protection. While the core COI quality standards set out in the 2004 version of the manual are now widely recognised and accepted, there have been developments in COI research and presentation. This revised edition aims to describe these developments and explain how they apply to those using and carrying out COI research."

The publisher, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin Information & Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), regularly holds COI trainings - check on this page for upcoming opportunities. ACCORD also manages the ecoi.net database, the principal resource for undertaking country conditions research.

Related post:

- Revised Edition of COI Training Manual (21 Nov. 2013) 

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Reports: 

Checklist to ensure the meaningful engagement of young persons with disabilities in humanitarian action (UN Youth & UNFPA, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Disability, displacement and disaster resilience: ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities in situations of forced displacement and statelessness (UNDRR & UNHCR, Jan. 2024) [text]

Disabled Immigrants Face Compounding Barriers to Education and Employment: Insights from an Expert Convening and Future Research Directions (Urban Institute, Dec. 2023) [access]

- Focuses on the US. Follow link for summaries in English and Spanish.

Displaced Ukrainians with Disabilities Seeking Temporary Protection in Europe, Situational Update, no. 20 (EU Agency for Asylum, Jan. 2024) [text]

Persons with Disabilities in Asylum and Reception Systems: A Comprehensive Overview (EU Agency for Asylum, Jan. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Cross-cultural barriers and facilitators of dementia care in Arabic-speaking migrants and refugees: Findings from a narrative scoping review," Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, vol. 25 (Jan.-Feb. 2024) [open access]

"The determinants of sustained adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures among older Syrian refugees in Lebanon," PLoS ONE 18(6): e0268851 (June 2023) [open access]

"Involving older people in the preparedness, response, and recovery phases in humanitarian emergencies: a theoretical framework on ageism, epistemic injustice, and participation," The Lancet: Health Longevity, vol. 5, no. 1 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

"Left behind: newcomer children with disabilities and their families," Frontiers in Public Health, 22 Jan. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Self-reported Disability Among Recently Resettled Refugees in the United States: Results from the National Annual Survey of Refugees," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Latest Articles, 18 Dec. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Visual Methods for Qualitative Research with Older Refugees: Reflection on Strengths and Drawbacks," The Qualitative Report, vol. 29, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

Resource:

Facilitator's Guide: Working with Older Persons in Forced Displacement (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [access]

- "This Facilitator’s Guide includes four interconnected modules with session objectives, learning points, activity descriptions and tools to support UNHCR Country Office staff and partners to facilitate workshops on strengthening the protection of older persons." 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (4 Dec. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

CFPs:

Journal of International Humanitarian Action [info]

- There are currently four open calls for papers for this open access journal on the following themes: 1) International Organizations, Humanitarian Action and Human Rights: Effects of COVID-19; 2) Humanitarian Assistance in Armed Conflicts; 3) Agenda for Humanity Revisited; and 4) The State and Future of Humanitarian Studies: A Special Collection to Celebrate 30 Years of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA).

Short pieces:

Humanitarian observatories – seeking change from below (Bliss Blog, June 2023) [text]

Re-adjusting the focus: Our responsibility towards people we photograph (Médecins Sans Frontières, July 2023) [text]

Refugees and IDPs need to be included in public services, how do we do this in practice (ODI Insights, June 2023) [text]

Responsible data sharing between humanitarian organizations and donors: towards a common approach (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, June 2023) [text]

Reports:

Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD): Figures at a Glance 2023 (Humanitarian Outcomes, July 2023) [text]

Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges, Policy Brief, no. 85 (Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation & Bioversity International, July 2023) [text]

CrisisInSight Humanitarian Access Overview (ACAPS, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Forced migration, aid effectiveness, and the humanitarian–development nexus: The case of Germany’s P4P programme, Working Paper 69 (UNU-WIDER, 2023) [text]

Migrants’ trust in humanitarian action: Local lessons, global insights, The Humanitarian Leader Working Paper, no. 37 (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, July 2023) [text] 

- A French version is also available.

“The risks we face are beyond human comprehension”: Advancing the protection of humanitarian and health workers (Action Against Hunger, Médecins du Monde & Handicap International, June 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Challenges in Humanitarian Response Implementation: A Large-Scale Review of Aid Worker Perspectives," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 28 July 2023 [open access]

"The evolution of the Gulf states as humanitarian donors," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 10 July 2023 [open access]

"Humanitarian fables: morals, meanings and consequences for humanitarian practice," Third World Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (2022) [postprint]

"The paradox of externally driven localisation: a case study on how local actors manage the contradictory legitimacy requirements of top-down bottom-up aid," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:7 (July 2023) [open access]

Resources:

Learning Links: Academic Resources and Teaching Tools for Humanitarian Courses and Programmes (ALNAP, Aug. 2023) [access]

Learning Links: Resources for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Practitioners and Decision-makers (ALNAP, Aug. 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (30 June 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Joint Statement: Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a place of safety for those rescued at sea (Statewatch, April 2023) [text]

Non-Syrian refugees refused humanitarian aid in Jordan (openDemocracy, April 2023) [text]

Reports:

Guidance on establishment and managing reception centers in Northwest Syria (CCCM Cluster, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Assistance under International Law: Guidance on the legal framework regulating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to earthquake-affected areas in Syria (Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Reimagining Reintegration: An Analysis of Sustainable Returns after Conflict (IOM, March 2023) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Iraq. Follow link for report and key findings.

Journal articles:

 

"Forced migration governance in Tunisia: Balancing risks and assets for state-making during independence and democratization," Mediterranean Politics, Latest Articles, 12 April 2023 [open access]

"'How Can I Trust People When They Know Exactly What My Weakness Is?' Daily Life Experiences, and Resilience Strategies of Stateless Afghans in Iran," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 18 April 2023 [open access]

"Militarized urbanism in the cold war era: The resettlement of the refugees in Khan Younis," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, OnlineFirst, 17 April 2023 [open access]

"Mobility control as state-making in civil war: Forcing exit, selective return and strategic laissez-faire," Migration Politics, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Based on fieldwork conducted in Syria, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia.

"Patterns of Refugees’ Organization Amid Protracted Displacement: An Understanding from Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Sense of Community and Conflict-induced Displacement: A Study among Iraqi IDPs in Camps," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 13, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Resource:

La révélation et l'identification des besoins de protection internationale dans la region du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord: Module de formation (UNHCR, April 2023) 

- Includes five modules; access via ReliefWeb: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (7 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for registration: International Conference on Forced Migration in the 21st Century: Causes, Consequences, and Responses, Los Angeles/Online, 14-15 April 2023 [info]

- Note: The online option is only available for the April 14th program. No deadline indicated.

Book launch: The Right to Research, Online, 24 April 2023 [info]

Meetings: 2023 UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs [info]

- "In 2023, the main theme for the Regional Consultations is Solutions with a focus on Inclusion and Gender Equality. For more information, please consult the concept note." Regional meetings are schedule throughout June and September.

**See additional opportunities listed under "related posts" below.

Short pieces:

Forced migration: Q&A with expert Roger Waldinger (UCLA, April 2023) [text]

A renewed approach towards personal data protection in the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR Blog, March 2023) [text]

Responsible and Timely: Sharing Data on UNHCR’s Microdata Library in 2022 (UNHCR Blog, March 2023) [text]

The Right to Research: A Conversation between Emplaced and Displaced Scholars (FluchtforschungsBlog, April 2023) [text]

‘A toxic policy with little returns’: lessons for the UK-Rwanda deal from Australia and the US (The Conversation, March 2023) [text]

"Washington’s Bid for the Top Job at the UN’s Migration Agency is Raising Eyebrows," PassBlue, 29 March 2023 [text]

Multimedia:

Book launch: The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach, 9 Dec. 2022 [access]

- More info on the book is available here.

Discussion with The Right to Research Book Editors and Contributors, 4 April 2023 [access]

- More info on the book is available here.

Resource:

IOM E-Campus [access]

- "The IOM E-Campus is the learning platform developed by the Organization for external audience. It is a free and virtual space with online courses and training materials on migration.. ...Completing each course takes an average of 3 hours and upon completion IOM delivered a certificate of achievement."

Related posts:

- Opportunities: More April & May 2023 (10 April 2023)

- News: Migration Summit 2023 (5 April 2023)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (27 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (27 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunities:

Check out this post for legal-related online courses provided by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL).

Blog posts:

Women in International Law Symposium (Völkerrechtsblog, March 2023) [access]

- "This year, the symposium will focus on women in international refugee law and will host a series of blogposts, authored by members of the ‘Women in International Refugee Law’ network, on the contemporary struggles of women and girls seeking asylum and on current developments in this context."

Reports: 

Asylum for Containment: EU arrangements with Niger, Serbia, Tunisia and Turkey = L’endiguement par l’asile: Dispositifs de l’UE avec le Niger, la Serbie, la Tunisie et la Turquie (ASILE Project, March 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

External Processing: A Tool to Expand Protection or Further Restrict Territorial Asylum? (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2023) [text]

Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration: Training Guide, Professional Training Series, no. 26 (OHCHR, March 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Country Guidance, Country of Origin Information, and the International Protection Needs of Persons Fleeing Armed Conflicts," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 28 March 2023 [open access]

"Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: An Endeavor to Connect Law of the Sea and International Human Rights Law," Ocean Development & International Law, vol. 53, nos. 2-3 (2022) [preprint]

"The Influence of International Criminal Law on Refugee Law," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Accepted 1 March 2023 [abstract]

- The final open access version will be published soon.

"The International Organization for Migration and New Global Migration Governance," Harvard Journal of International Law, vol. 63, no. 2 (Spring 2022) [full-text]

"Pushback of Refugees Under International Law: A Conceptual Analysis," Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul, no. 71 (2022) [full-text]

"What Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Syria Have Taught Us About the Politics of International Refugee Law," TRC Journal of Humanitarian Action, vol. 1, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Decolonizing Refugee Law, 16 March 2023 [access]

Safeguarding the right to international protection, PROTECT Final Conference, Brussels,, 6-8 March 2023 [access]

- Follow link for video recordings of the keynote speeches.

Resource:

Refugee Law Teaching Support Initiative (RELATE) (Hungarian Helsinki Committee) [access]

- This website aims to support refugee law educators by providing access to free training materials, multimedia, and other relevant resources. Recently, RELATE published a Manual for Teachers of International Refugee Law, "a free model syllabus aimed at guiding junior educators to prepare and launch their first teaching activities in refugee law and international protection. It includes relevant, freely available international legal and soft law instruments, international and domestic jurisprudence, training manuals, reports, articles, and audiovisual resources."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (21 Feb. 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (21 Feb. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

"10-year anniversary of offshore detention places spotlight on Australia’s treatment of refugees," Pro Bono Australia, 20 July 2022 [text]

COVID-19 in Carceral Spaces: Indigenous Incarceration and Immigration Detention in Canada and Australia (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2022) [text]

"No Place for a Child" (The Marshall Project, June 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

Detention and Alternatives to Detention in International Protection and Return Procedures (European Migration Network, May 2022) [access]

- Follow link for the report and its related Inform and Flash.

"Does Lim Truly Have 'Nothing to Say' about the Commonwealth’s Regional Processing Arrangements? Habeas Corpus as a Vehicle for Testing the Constitutional Validity of Offshore Detention," Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 45, no. 2 (Forthcoming 2022) [full-text]

"GCM Objective 13: In Search of Synergies with the UN Human Rights Regime to Foster the Rule of Law in the Area of Immigration Detention," Laws, vol. 11, no. 4 (June 2022) [open access]

"A life without freedom is not a life": Life in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (Europe Must Act, June 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Moral injury related to immigration detention on Nauru: a qualitative study," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 13, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Problematic Private Immigration Detention Centers and the Lack of ICE Oversight," Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice, vol. 43, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

Safety and Dignity for Refugee and Migrant Children: Recommendations for Alternatives to Detention and Appropriate Care Arrangements in Europe (IOM, UNHCR & UNICEF, July 2022) [text]

- See also related press release.

"Suffering to Save Lives: Torture, Cruelty, and Moral Disengagement in Australia’s Offshore Detention Centres," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 20 July 2022 [open access]

"Women’s Experiences of Immigration Detention in Italy: Examining Immigration Procedural Fairness, Human Dignity, and Health," Frontiers in Psychology, 12 July 2022 [open access]

"Women’s experiences of indignity in immigration detention and beyond," Incarceration: An international journal of imprisonment, detention and coercive confinement, 16 June 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

Resource:

Training Materials on Alternatives to Detention for Migrant Children (International Commission of Jurists, April 2022) [access]

- Focuses on Europe.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (10 June 2022)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"The centre cannot hold: Arrival, margins, and the politics of ambivalence - introduction to ‘arrival at the margins’, a special issue of Migration Studies," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 28 June 2022 [free full-text]

"Editorial Introduction: The Shifting Geopolitics of Return Migration and Reintegration," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 27 June 2022 [open access]

- Introduces the six articles included in the thematic collection. 

"Ethical issues in research with refugees," Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 24 (Oct. 2022) [abstract & intro]

"Human migration in a new era of mobility: intersectional and transnational approaches," Global Social Challenges Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"'Lived the Pandemic Twice': A Scoping Review of the Unequal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 11 (May 2022) [open access]

"Review Essay: Refugees as Economic Agents in Protection Systems," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 23 June 2022 [free full-text]

"Why do states contribute to the global refugee governance? Fiscal burden-sharing in the post-2011 Syrian refugee crisis," International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations, vol. 48, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"Why Refugee Self-Reliance," Chapter in Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical History (Bristol University Press, June 2022) [open access]

"Witnessing the Uninhabitable Place: On the Experience and Testimony of Refugees," Research in Phenomenology, vol. 52, no. 2 (June 2022) [open access]

Resources:

Participation & Engagement with Organizations Led by Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons [access]

- This page was recently added to the Global Compact for Refugees Digital Platform.

Youth Peacebuilding Manual (UNHCR, June 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related toolkit.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (5 July 2022)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Reports: 

2021 Internal Displacement Index Report (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Dec. 2021) [access]

- "The Internal Displacement Index (IDI) -- the first and only tool available to comprehensively measure progress in addressing the phenomenon -- combines information on its impacts, the context in which it happens and governments' efforts to resolve it. Together, these indicators give a value that helps to identify severe cases and gauge progress." Follow link for text, explainer video and interactive companion website.

Big (Crisis) data for predictive models 2021: A literature review and outline of opportunities for UNHCR (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Emerging Lessons from World Bank Group Social Protection Investments in Refugee-Hosting Areas (UNHCR, Aug. 2021; posted Dec. 2021) [text]

Global Migration Indicators 2021 (IOM, Nov. 2021) [text]

IDMC Workplan 2022-2024 (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Dec. 2021) [text]

Joint Evaluation of the Protection of the Rights of Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Briefing Paper (COVID-19 Global Evaluation Coalition, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Note: "This paper provides only a short, high-level summary of the emerging themes from the data collection period (August-October 2021)." The full report will be made available at a later date. For more information about this endeavor, see the companion web page and related blog post (with links).

Parallel Paths? Factors Preventing an Adequate Response to Internal Displacement Where Armed Conflict, Generalised Violence and Natural Disasters Converge, RID Working Paper, no. 8 (Researching Internal Displacement, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

A People’s Vaccine for Refugees: Ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and other displaced people (Oxfam et al., Dec. 2021) [text via RI]

Refugee and migrant health: Global Competency Standards for health workers (WHO, Dec. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for standards and two supporting documents: a knowledge guide and a curriculum guide.

Refugee-led innovations during COVID-19: Best practices from 2020 NGO innovation award (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [text]

- See also related information on the Refugee-led Innovation Fund.

The Torture Roads: The Cycle of Abuse against People on the Move in Africa (World Organisation Against Torture, Dec. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

What Works for IDPS? Mapping Good Practices on Internal Displacement Management in Europe and Central Asia Region, RID Working Paper, no. 3 (Researching Internal Displacement, Nov. 2021) [text]

Your Rights in Research: An Information Sheet for People Taking Part in Forced Migration Research (Centre for Refugee Studies et al., posted Dec. 2021) [access]

- Note: This information sheet is available in 20 different languages.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (18 Dec. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Blog posts:

Fundamental tensions and productive instability: The refugee definition of the 1951 Refugee Convention at 70 through a queer theory lens (Fluchtforschungsblog & RLI Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

LGBT migrants in South Africa: religion can be a blessing, and a curse (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Claims to Refugee Protection on the Basis of Sexual Orientation: Time to Change the Definition?," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 33 (2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Everyday Struggles of Queer Refugees for Homemaking," Movements: Journal for Critical Migration and Border Regime Studies, vol. 6, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

Intersecting exclusions: experiences of violence and displacement among LGBTQI+ communities in Kenya (ODI, Sept. 2021) [text]

"Negotiating two worlds: An exploration of Moroccan Belgian youths’ lived experience of gender identity," DiGest: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Queer asylum seekers in Belgium: Navigating reception centers," DiGest: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda: A Relational, Trust-Based Approach," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 28 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"'Sexuality' through the Kaleidoscope: Sexual Orientation, Identity, and Behaviour in Asylum Claims in the United Kingdom," Laws, vol. 10, no. 4 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Stability and change in attitudes towards homosexuality among immigrant-origin adolescents in Norway," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 26 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Protection Issues and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in Contexts of Forced Displacement, PROTECT Expert Forum 2021, 15 Sept. 2021 [access]

- Includes a focus on South/Southern Africa.

Resource:

Training package: SOGIESC and working with LGBTIQ+ persons in forced displacement (UNHCR & IOM, Oct. 2021) [access via UNHCR] [access via IOM]

- "IOM and UNHCR have jointly developed this comprehensive training package on the protection of people with diverse SOGIESC for personnel as well as the broader humanitarian community. The training’s modules cover a wide variety of topics, including terminology, international law, communication, protection, assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) and Refugee Status Determination (RSD), all with a focus on practical guidance for IOM and UNHCR offices and partner organizations."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (15 Sept. 2021)

Opportunities: A Few More Sept. 2021

Call for submissions: Refugee History Blog [info]

- "We are particularly interested in submissions on the theme of criminality and criminalisation, for which we have identified two main branches: the criminalisation of asylum seeking itself, and the criminalisation of non-state actors who assist people seeking asylum." No deadline indicated.

CFP: World Conference on Humanitarian Studies, Online/Paris, 3-5 November 2021 [info]

- Browse through the extensive list of proposed panels. The deadline to submit abstracts has been *extended* to 15 September 2021.

Workshop: Sites of Statelessness: Laws, Cities, Seas, 15-17 September 2021 [info]

Roundtable: 60 years on: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 16 September 2021 [info]

Roundtable: The International Refugee Regime and Non-signatory States: Launch of Forced Migration Review special feature on non-signatory states, 17 September 2021 [info]

Webinar: The European Union’s response to the refugee situation in Afghanistan: What role for the EU Pact on Migration and the UN Global Compact on Refugees?, 17 September 2021 [info]

Webinar: Cómo las ciudades medianas, latinoamericanas están dando la bienvenida a las llegadas de inmigrantes, 20 September 2021 [info]

*Panel discussion: From Afghanistan to Connecticut: Afghan Perspectives on Forced Migration, 23 September 2021 [info]

CFP: Re-Imagining Development for Mobile and Marginalised Peoples, Online, 7-8 January 2022 [info]

- The submission deadline has been *extended* to 30 September 2021.

Job announcement: Deputy Editor for Training, Remote, Free Movement [info]

- Apply by 30 September 2021.

Job announcement: Digital Media Marketing Specialist, Singapore, Borderless360 [info]

- The focus will be on two refugee-related projects. Apply by 30 September 2021.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Opportunities: Even More Sept. 2021 & New Oct. 2021

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: Migrants in Africa & COVID-19: From Emergency Measures to Inclusive Social Protection Systems, 15 June 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

After the 'Migration Crisis': How Europe Works to Keep Africans in Africa - Expert Discussion (openDemocracy, May 2020) [access]

Are Self-help Psychosocial Interventions for Refugees in Uganda a Band-aid on a Bullet Wound? (Africa at LSE Blog, June 2020) [text]

"Congo Aid Scam Triggers Sector-wide Alarm," The New Humanitarian, 11 June 2020 [text]

*"Ethiopia Races to Stave Off Coronavirus in Refugee Camps," VOA News, 11 June 2020 [text]

How to Protect Refugees in a Pandemic (Project Syndicate, May 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Uganda.

The Humanitarian Disaster Before Us: COVID-19 in Somalia (RI Blog, June 2020) [text]

"In Vast Kenya Camp, Refugee Journalists on Coronavirus Front Line," Aljazeera, 27 May 2020 [text]
- Profile of Kanere News.

*Information is Key! Effects of COVID-19 on Refugees in Kakuma and the Role of Local News (FluchtforschungsBlog, June 2020) [text]
- See also German version.

*"Leaked Review Exposes Scale of Aid Corruption and Abuse in Congo," The New Humanitarian, 12 June 2020 [text]

Return Pressure Builds as COVID-19 Hits South Sudan Displacement Camps," The New Humanitarian, 1 June 2020 [text]

*"UN Vows to 'Maintain Trust' in Congo Aid Effort after Damning Review Leaked," The New Humanitarian, 12 June 2020 [text]

Resource:

Implementation Guide: Financial Literacy Training Program for Refugees & Host Communities (World Food Programme, March 2020) [access]
- "Increasing the financial capability of refugees and refugee hosting communities and ensuring that they are better equipped to make sound financial decisions, as well as helping them effectively interact with financial service providers and achieve their financial goals, is why the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Uganda came together to develop a financial education training toolkit customized to the needs of migrant populations in Uganda building on existing learning and resources developed thus far." Materials are available in English, Kinyabwisha and Kiswahili.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (26 May 2020)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (26 May 2020)

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Media:

"The Border is in Crisis. Here’s How It Got This Bad," Vox, updated 5 June 2019 [text]

"Extending 'Zero Tolerance' to People Who Help Migrants Along the Border," NPR, 28 May 2019 [text]

"The Trump Administration is Hiding How It Decides Asylum Cases, Advocates Say," Pacific Standard, 7 June 2019 [text]

"A Victim of Terrorism Faces Deportation for Helping Terrorists," New Yorker, 12 June 2019 [text]

"What Would It Actually Take to Fix the Asylum System?," Mother Jones, 28 May 2019 [text]

Blog posts & commentary:

5 Facts about Illegal Immigration in the U.S. (Pew's Fact Tank, June 2019) [text]

The Asylum Backlog, Ad Nauseam Edition (The Asylumist Blog, June 2019) [text]

"Legitimate" Asylum Seeker Urges President Trump to Build That Wall! (The Asylumist Blog, May 2019) [text]

Matter of M-S- and the Continuing Battle Over ‘Zero Tolerance’ (Lawfare Blog, May 2019) [text]

Refugee Protection at Risk: Remain in Mexico and Other Efforts to Undermine the U.S. Asylum System (Harvard Law Review Blog, May 2019) [text]

Resolving Negusie: The Attorney General Should Recognize a Broad Duress Defense to Article 1(F)(a) and Grant Asylum (RefLaw Blog, June 2019) [text]

The Trump Administration Continues to Attack Low-Income Immigrants (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2019) [text]

What Trump's Spring 2019 Unified Regulatory Agenda Reveals about Immigration Policy (ImmigrationProf Blog, June 2019) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (23 May 2019)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (23 May 2019)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Detention

Publications:

143-day Average Waiting Times for Detained Asylum Seekers – Another Unlawful System? (Free Movement Blog, Dec. 2018) [text]

"Affect and Authority in Immigration Detention," Punishment & Society, OnlineFirst, 18 Oct. 2018 [preprint]

Alternatives to Immigration Detention: A Literature Review (Univ. of Oxford, July 2018) [text via SSRN]
- "[C]ommissioned as part of the follow-up independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres, by Stephen Shaw."

*"America Didn’t Always Lock Up Immigrants," New York Times, 1 Dec. 2018 [text]

Engaging with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, UNHCR Global Strategy "Beyond Detention 2014-2019" (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Habitual Punishment: Family Detention and the Status Quo," Europe Now Journal, 7 Nov. 2018 [text]

"The Impact of Immigration Detention on Mental Health: A Systematic Review," BMC Psychiatry, 18:382 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

The Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States (American Immigration Council, Dec. 2018) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

National Preventive Mechanisms and Challenges in Monitoring Immigration Detention (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]
- References briefing papers prepared on the UK and Greece.

The Number of Immigrant Children in Detention Just Hit Record Levels – Again (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Paying to Be Locked Up," American Scholar, 3 Dec. 2018 [text]

The Permanent Meaning of Temporary Detention (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"The Right to Be Heard from Immigration Prisons: Locating a Right of Access to Counsel for Immigration Detainees in the Right of Access to Courts," Harvard Law Review, vol. 132, no. 2 (2018) [full-text]

When Children are No Longer Children: Proposed Rules to Replace the Flores Settlement Agreement (ISIM Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Training resources:

Alternatives to Detention Self-study Modules (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [access]
- Modules 0-6 are available on the right side of the main menu.

Immigration Detention Monitoring Self-study Modules (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [access]
- Modules 0-7/2 are available on the right side of the main menu.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (2 Nov. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (2 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Event:

Immigrant Heritage Month, June 2018 [info]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

News and developments:

"Is the Trump Administration Hindering Asylum Seekers by Making It Harder to Tell Who Qualifies?," Pacific Standard, 1 June 2018 [text]
- Discusses the removal of training materials from the USCIS web site. See also related Sunlight Foundation report.

"Number of Central American Asylum Seekers Increases Despite Child-Separation Policy," NPR, 1 June 2018 [text]

"Trump Keeps Making It Harder for People to Seek Asylum Legally," Vox, 5 June 2018 [text]
- See also related Los Angeles Times article.

UN Office Condemns Trump Administration Family Separation Policies (ImmigrationProf Blog, June 2018) [text]
- Reproduces statement made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights office.

Blog posts and commentary:

3rd-Generation Gangs and Political Opinion (Jeffrey S. Chase Blog, June 2018) [text]

Attorney as Counselor; Attorney as Cheerleader (The Asylumist Blog, May 2018) [text]

Immigration Agents X-raying Migrants to Determine Age Isn’t Just Illegal, It’s a Misuse of Science (The Conversation, May 2018) [text]

"Is the United States Losing Its Humanity?," New York Times, 31 May 2018 [text]
- Op-ed by Anne C. Richard, former assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.

It’s Time We Talk about TPS (ImmigrationProf Blog, June 2018) [text]

Statement for the Record, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, “Full Committee Hearing Review of the FY 2019 State Department Budget Request”, 24 May 2018 [text]
- From Refugees International.

The Trump Administration and the Rhetoric of Genocide (The Asylumist Blog, May 2018) [text]
- Comment on the use of the term "animals" to describe gang members.

The US Administration Wants to Control Immigration by Slashing Aid. Here’s What They Need to Know (CGD Blog, June 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (United States) (31 May 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States (21 May 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

CIHC and IIHA Advocate for Older Persons’ Rights in Crisis at the United Nations (IIHA Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]
- Discusses "Humanitarian Action for Older Persons: Fifteen Years After Madrid," a side event of the 56th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development.

Disability and Unsafe Migration: Data and Policy, Understanding the Evidence, Data Briefing Series, no. 7 (IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Health Needs of Older Populations Affected by Humanitarian Crises in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review," Conflict and Health, 11:29 (Dec. 2017) [open access]

Humanitarian Inclusion Standards for Older People and People with Disabilities (Handicap International, CBM & HelpAge International, 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Inclusion of Age and Disability in Humanitarian Action: A Two-Day Training Course - Training Handbook (HelpAge International et al., Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Invisible and Forgotten: Refugees Living with Disabilities (Refugee Law Project, Dec. 2017) [text]

"The Neglected Health Needs of Older Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Forced Migration Review, no. 57 (Feb. 2018) [open access]

Older Persons: A Priority to Protect (IIHA Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

The Rights of Older Persons in the Global Compact on Refugees (NGO Committee on Ageing, Jan. 2018) [text]

Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: Age and Disability Inclusion - Rapid Assessment Report (ASB, CDD & ADH, Dec. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities (29 Nov. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

Publications:

[2018 Humanitarian Needs Overviews] (OCHA, 2018)
- For Cameroon, Chad & Nigeria.

African and Global Migration Goals Need to Align Better (Institute for Security Studies, Feb. 2018) [text]
- Commentary on the Global Compact for Migration.

Applying Comprehensive Responses (CRRF) in Africa (UNHCR, Jan. 2018) [text]

"A Dangerous Immigration Crackdown in West Africa," The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2018 [text]

"Everyday Justice for the Internally Displaced in a Context of Fragility: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)," Journal of Refugee Studies, 16 Oct. 2017 [open access]

From Response to Resilience: Working with Cities and City Plans to Address Urban Displacement -Lessons from Amman and Kampala (International Rescue Committee, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb] 

The Government of Rwanda and the UN Refugee Agency Launch a Joint Verification Exercise of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Residing in Rwanda (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]

Migration Policy Frameworks in Africa  (Institute for Security Studies, Dec. 2017) [text]

Uganda: OECD Field Survey and Analysis Project (Ground Truth Solutions, Jan. 2018) [access]
- Follow link for downloads.

UNHCR Welcomes Uganda’s Commitment to Fight Corruption in Refugee Programmes (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]

Resource:

Online Tutorial on Displacement and Durable Solutions in East Africa (ReDSS, Feb. 2018) [access] 

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (6 Feb. 2018)

Tagged Publications.