Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

Anti-Trafficking State of Play 2026 (USCRI, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Statement on World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 2026 (OHCHR, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Child trafficking in the context of statelessness, migration and forced displacement: report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Siobhán Mullally, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/62/41 (UN Human Rights Council, May 2026) [access] 

- See also related inputs submitted to the rapporteur to assist in the preparation of her report.

"The Criminalisation of Humanitarian Actors under Counter-Smuggling Measures and Facilitation Laws," Section 4 in Criminalisation and Constraint of Humanitarian Action at Sea, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 48 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

- Scroll to p. 18.

Smuggling dynamics within and to Mauritania (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2026) [access]

- Available in English and French.

Study on the collection and improvements of EU Statistics on Trafficking in Human Beings (European Commission, July 2026) [text]

Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in Asylum and Reception, Situational Update, no. 26 (EU Agency for Asylum, July 2026 [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, vol. 7, no. 1 (2026) [contents]

- Special issue on "Human Trafficking, Enslavement and CRSV, with a Focus on Nigeria."

"The Migration–Trafficking Nexus: Child Refugees at Risk and the Slow Violence that Deepens Their Vulnerability," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"People-smuggling through Mexico and the role of organised crime and corruption," Chapter in Organised Crime and Migration: Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico (Univ. of London Press, 2026) [open access]

*"Le recours aux passeurs pour limiter le risque de détention-expulsion du pays de transit : la traversée du Mexique par les migrants centraméricains, 2009-2019," Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Underinclusion by Design in Human Trafficking Protection" Iowa Law Review, vol. 112 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"When return becomes re-victimization: Gendered structural violence and Nigerian victims of trafficking," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

  

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (2 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Short pieces:

Beyond the Dotted Line: Navigating the Fine Print of Asylum in Lebanon and Norway (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

96th Standing Committee Meeting, Geneva, 16-18 June 2026 [access]

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

Independent Declaration on the Right of Persons with Experience of Forced Displacement or Statelessness to Participate in Decisions That Affect Them (Kaldor Centre, Dec. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for the text of the declaration, with commentary, and the consultation report. The companion website provides access to a Spanish-language of the declaration, as well as information on how to endorse it.

Intersecting Regimes: The Convergence of International Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, and International Refugee Law, RLI Working paper, no. 85 (Refugee Law Initiative, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Integrating Gender Equality into International Refugee Law: The Contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union," European Journal of International Law, vol. 37, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [open access]

"An international human rights law of migration? Reflections on the place of a right to immigrate," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (Forthcoming, 2026) [open access]

"Outsourcing Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Border Externalization and the Future of International Refugee Law," Loyola Univ. Chicago International Law Review, vol. 22, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

"A sign of precarity or protection? Understanding the role of evacuations from disasters in international protection claims," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 22 July 2026 [open access]

Resource:

ACCESS Mid-Term Dataset: The Role of Courts in Shaping Access to Asylum (2026) [access]

“The ACCESS project's mid-term dataset is a repository of the 555 most relevant national court decisions on access to asylum, compiled through April 2026. It covers the 18 jurisdictions analysed in the project, encompassing judgments from trial, appellate, and supreme or constitutional courts. Each entry provides key case metadata, the specific barriers addressed, and an English-language summary of the decision.” The full name of the project is "Gatekeepers to International Refugee Law? The Role of Courts in Shaping Access to Asylum." See more info on its website.

Related posts:

- Round-up: 1951 Refugee Convention at 75 (28 July 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (3 July 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (3 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA)

Short pieces:

Beyond Asylum Rhetoric: Protecting Afghan Women from Gendered Deportation (ImpACT, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Qatar.

Journal articles:

"Assessing gendered accessibility inequalities to urban facilities among refugees: A 3SFCA method," Applied Geography, vol. 194 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

- Note: 3SFCA = Three-Step Floating Catchment Area. Focuses on Syrian refugees in Türkiye.

"Building collective agency through participating in a grassroots initiative among Syrian refugee informal health workers in Lebanon: An action research study," SSM - Health Systems, In Press, 22 July 2026 [open access]

"Governing through Neglect: Abandonment as Gender-Based Violence among Refugee Women in North Lebanon," Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Advance Articles, 20 July 2026 [open access]

"Intimacies in Transit: Sex, Reproduction, and the Elusive Pleasures of Agency for Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon," Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Advance Articles, 18 July 2026 [open access]

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2026) [open access] 

- Special issue on “Marriage across Different Migratory Movements: Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa.” The editorial is available here. Note: This issue is still in progress.

"Sabr as a Situated Religious Concept of Resilience Among Syrian Refugee Women in Turkey," Religions, vol. 17, no. 7 (July 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (27 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Gender-Based Violence and the Struggle for Justice: Rohingya Women at the Intersection of Law and Displacement (Oxford Human Rights Hub, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Bangladesh.

Navigating Livelihood and Belonging: The Everyday Realities of African Migrant Women in Cape Town (On the Move Blog, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

At What Cost?: Women-Led Organizations, Funding Cuts, and the Price of Survival (Refugees International & Women’s Refugee Commission, July 2026) [access]

- See also related blog post.

Beyond the breaking point: The continuing impact of funding cuts on women’s organizations in humanitarian settings (UN Women, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

In Spite of Fear: Women's experiences navigating the compounding challenges of displacement and insecurity in Southeast Burma (Karen Human Rights Group, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Displaced women, law and competing patriarchies in late Ottoman Serbia," Past & Present, Advance Articles, 8 July 2026 [open access]

"'The perpetrators are with us, who will help us': Sexual violence and victimisation of young female refugees in Northern Nigeria," International Review of Victimology, OnlineFirst, 17 July 2026 [open access]

"Transforming Masculinities and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse by Aid Workers: A Qualitative Review," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Transitioning from Survival to Sustainable Livelihoods: Challenges Faced by Refugee Women in South Africa," Societies, vol. 16, no. 8 (July 2026) [open access]

"Women, Space, Resistance: Kurdish Refugee-Migrants' Narratives from Lavrio and Skaramagas Camps in Greece," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 5 (July 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

International Refugee Law and the Global Compact - Where are the Women?, 27 April 2026 [access]

- One presentation is also available via the a/m link.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 July 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (9 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

CareLine: Using AI Responsibly to Help Answer Refugees’ Queries (UNHCR Blog, July 2026) [text]

Explainer: How UNHCR is using AI to support refugees and improve operations (UNHCR, July 2026) [text]

‘High-Impact’ or Not? How DHS Classifies AI in Immigration Enforcement (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"What the WFP cyber-attack has in common with visa scandals," The New Humanitarian, 16 July 2026 [text]

York U awarded $2.5M to investigate, mitigate impact of increasing digital surveillance on refugees (York Univ., July 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Digital Community Engagement in Protracted Crises: A Methodological Framework for Longitudinal Research using the Upinion Platform, HADRI Global Development Working Paper, no. 2 (Western Sydney Univ., 2026) [text]

- Focuses on refugee populations in Greece and the Netherlands.

"The humanitarian AI paradox: Key opportunities, challenges and research needs for the use of AI in humanitarian mental health response," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Mediated information grounds: living with(in) pareshani, social networks and gendered media practices among the Rohingya refugees," Information, Communication & Society, Latest Articles, 8 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Australia and Bangladesh.

"Mobility as climate change adaptation in South Africa: Exploring the legal and policy significance of artificial intelligence," Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, vol. 18, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Prácticas digitales y experiencias afectivas entre mujeres mexicanas solicitantes de asilo atrapadas en Tijuana, México," Migraciones, vol. 67 (2026) [open access]

"When digital aid meets reality: A socio-technical analysis of feasibility requirements in cash-based interventions," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 231 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (7 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Expressing agency and coping strategies during Yemen’s armed conflict: a case study of women beneficiaries’ responses to an enhanced resilience program," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:17 (July 2026) [open access]

"From access to empowerment: participatory action research with refugee women in higher education," Intercultural Education, Latest Articles, 30 June 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"'He doubted strongly whether there would be any cases of persecution on grounds of sex': Women, Discrimination, and the Refugee Convention at 75," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 21 June 2026 [open access]

"Intersectional deprivation: refugee women's entrepreneurship in a UK deprived context," International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Earlycite, 1 July 2026 [open access]

"Intersectional Vulnerabilities of Young Women Refugees in Western Ethiopia: A Transnational Feminist Analysis," Journal of Development Studies, Latest Articles, 29 June 2026 [open access]

"Layered trauma and psychosocial vulnerability among Syrian refugee women after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 12 June 2026 [open access]

Reproductive Health [access]

- Special collection on "Reproductive Health Equity for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Populations."

"'Trapped in safety': Carceral domesticity and the gendered geographies of Rohingya refugee women in urban Malaysia," Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 118 (Sept.-Oct. 2026) [open access]

"Water management practices under climate and infrastructure stress in Zaatari Refugee Camp: A gendered qualitative study," International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 276 (July 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 July 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Hiding in plain sight: How women survive Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp," The New Humanitarian, 10 June 2026 [text]

No safety, no way out: The Rohingya girls caught between aid cuts and child marriage in Bangladesh (Global Voices, July 2026) [text]

The Solo Woman Researcher in the Field (AMMODI Blog, July 2026) [text]

Statement by the Regional Women-Led Organizations Support Platform for the Sudan Situation (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Local Integration Experiences of Young Afghan Women in the Greater Toronto Area (Centre for Refugee Studies, May 2026) [access]

Localising climate and gender policy in Adjumani District, Uganda: women refugees at the frontlines of climate crisis, Policy Brief, no. 2 (Nottingham Trent University, June 2026) [text]

New American Women (Immigrants and Refugees) in Utah (Utah State Univ., June 2026) [text]

Secure Land, Secure Futures: Closing the Gender Gap in Displacement Contexts in Mali (Norwegian Refugee Council, June 2026) [access]

- Available in French and English.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (3 June 2026)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Autocratic Policy Tools and Permissive Outcomes: Governing Venezuelan Displacement in Colombia," Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, Latest Articles, 20 May 2026 [open access]

"Introducing the Freemove Dataset: A Regional Analysis of Free Movement Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 4 (July 2026) [open access]

"Investigating deception findings in Canadian refugee status rejections: legal inferences and psychological assumptions," Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol. 32, no. 6 (2025) [full-text via PubMed]

"Transit migration entrepreneurship: Explaining Nicaragua’s state-controlled, profit-seeking transit migration industry," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"'[The U.S.] sent us to Mexico until the next court hearing'. Central American mothers’ expulsion and third-country liminality," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 June 2026 [open access]

"Wages of whiteness contra refugee in the twenty-first century: Afghan and Ukrainian women’s self-identification as (non)refugees in Canada," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 2 July 2026 [open access]

Resource:

Venezuela: Earthquakes - Jun 2026 [access]

- Visit ReliefWeb's page for the latest situation reports, maps and response plans.

Multimedia:

America’s Closing Door: Where Do Cuban Migrants Go Now? (World of Migration Podcast Series, May 2026) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (6 July 2026)

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)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Border Criminologies Blog (June 2026) 

- Two-part series discussing the recent report, "From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention." See Part 1: Alternatives to detention: How tech ‘solutions’ expand containment; and Part 2: Rethinking tech in alternatives to detention: 10 principles rooted in community empowerment and transparency.

ICE Doesn’t Want the Public to See What Happens in Its Detention Centers (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

ICE Has Detained 6,200+ Kids in Trump’s Second Term, Up 10x Since Biden Left Office (Marshall Project, April 2026) [text]

Pakistan: Mass Detention and Forced Returns of Afghans Amid Escalating Crackdown (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

The stethoscope as a tool of border control: resisting the pathogenicity of immigration detention (Border Criminologies Blog, May June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Italy.

Tanzania: Allegations of Detention Amidst Coerced Returns (Immigration Detention Monitor, May 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Challenging Mass Immigration Detention," Michigan State Law Review, vol. 50 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

The Collapse of Al Hol Camp (Repatriate the Children Sweden, June 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The impact of immigration detention on mental health: an updated systematic review," BMC Psychiatry, 16 May 2026 [open access]

Protection in Principle, Detention in Practice: Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health Risk within UK Immigration Removal Centres (LWOB Glasgow, May 2026) [text via SSRN]

Resource:

Explore the data: More than 11,900 rulings against Trump in ICE cases (POLITICO) [access]

- Track court rulings relating to the US administration's mass detention policy. See also related article.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (14 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

How Fear of Deportation Silences Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (Refugee Research Online, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

US Court Rules to Protect Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors (HRW, May 2026) [text]

Who Sees Displaced Women? Gender-Based Violence, Forced Displacement and Protection Politics in Central Africa (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Attractiveness for Status? The Link Between Physical Attractiveness and Male Refugees' Romantic Relationships in Germany," Journal of Marriage and Family, Early View, 20 May 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians and Afghans.

"Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Burden and Perceptions among Asylum-seeking Women in Berlin, Germany: A Cross-sectional Study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Fixing Our Borders of Injustice: The Fall of Chevron Brings New Hope for Gender-Based Violence Asylum," Catholic Univ. Law Review, vol. 75, no. 4 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Gender and Community Forestry: Analyzing Women’s Engagement in Forestry Management Near Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda," International Journal of Forestry Research, 23 May 2026 [open access]

"Impact of gardening and nutrition support provided to women in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Food Policy, vol. 141 (June 2026) [open access]

"Integrating Gender Equality into International Refugee Law: The Contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union," European Journal of International Law, Advance Articles, 20 May 2026 [open access]

"Reconceiving Forced Marriage into Armed Groups as Forced Recruitment in International Refugee Law," European Journal of International Law, Advance Articles, 24 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad, 22 May 2026 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (11 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA) (11 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA)

Reports:

Sexual violence and forcible transfer in the West Bank: How the Exploitation of Gender Dynamics Drives Displacement (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [text]

Understanding Gender Dynamics to Inform the Jordan Refugee Response (Inter-Sectoral Gender Advisory Team, March 2026) [access via UN Women]

Journal articles:

"From solidarity to selective engagement: boundaries of feminist praxis and refugee women in Turkey," New Perspectives on Turkey, FirstView, 23 April 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian women.

"Maternal outcomes and access to maternal healthcare services among migrant, refugees and forced displaced women in the Middle East and North Africa: A systematic scoping review," International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, vol. 10 (June 2026) [open access]

"Structural vulnerability and maternal health: Qualitative insights into the three delays faced by undocumented migrant women in Tunisia," SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, vol. 9 (June 2026) [open access]

"Unplanned pregnancy and contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: the case of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon," Conflict and Health, 25 April 2026 [open access]

"Widowed and displaced: Spiritual and religious coping in mental health recovery among Syrian refugee women in Türkiye," Women's Health, 3 May 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (9 May 2026) 

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces & reports:

"Editorial: Trauma-informed perinatal care for asylum-seeking and refugee women survivors of conflict-related and gender-based violence in the UK," British Journal of Psychiatry, FirstView, 8 May 2026 [free full-text]

Study visit to Luxembourg on good practices in upholding the rights of asylum-seeking and refugee women and girls (ECRE, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"At the Heart of the Heartless Bureaucracy of the UK Asylum System: Refugee Women’s Experiences of the State of Limbo in Between Violence and Protection," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 4 (April 2026) [open access]

"A grounded theory exploration of wellbeing and liveable space for Uganda-based forced migrant women, forcibly displaced due to conflict," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [postprint]

"Minor Wives: Married Girls in US Immigration Detention," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [full-text]

"Prevalence and predictors of domestic violence among Rohingya refugee and neighboring host communities in Bangladesh," Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]

"Trends in Trauma: Increasing rates of sexual and domestic violence among female Latin American asylum seekers," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 5 May 2026 [postprint]

"Vulnerabilities and Inequities: Challenges Experienced by Professionals Engaged with Migrant and Refugee Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Canada," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 5 (April 2026) [open access]

"Women Asylum Seekers and Intermediaries in South Africa," Modern Africa, vol. 14, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (30 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

New Proposed DHS Rule Effectively Ends Work Authorization for Asylum Applicants (TRAC, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. The comment period ends 29 June 2026. See other comments that have been shared online. 

Refugee entrepreneurs transforming waste into self-reliance (UNHCR Innovation, April 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Ecuador.

Reports & book chapters:

"Job Quality as a Crucial Measure of Migrants’ Economic Integration," Chapter in Job Quality in a Turbulent Era (Edward Elgar, March 2026) [open access]

Measuring the Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Labor Markets: Quasi-Experimental Studies of §287(g) Agreements and the Secure Communities Program (US Congressional Research Service, March 2026) [text]

Private sector partnerships and inclusive public policies support the integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees across Latin America (UNHCR, April 2026) [access]

- Links to the following reports, in English and Spanish: 1) Self-reliance for refugees in the Americas, and 2) Private sector engagement for refugee inclusion in the Americas.

Work Authorization Delays and Economic Integration of Asylum Seekers in the United States, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 18462 (IZA@LISER, March 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"An analytical framework for examining the ethical dimensions of innovative humanitarian finance," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:9 (April 2026) [open access]

"A Female Refugees’ Career: A Review and Agenda for Future Research," Societies, vol. 16, no. 4 (April 2026) [open access]

"Intersecting oppressions and mental distress: Migrant domestic workers under the Kafala system in Lebanon," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]

"The Living Project of Long-Term Economic Integration Among Resettled Refugees: Perspectives From Community Leaders and Service Providers," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 22 April 2026 [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Needs for capacity sharing in humanitarian responses: qualitative study on experiences of professional and voluntary workforce," Journal of International Humanitarian Action," 11:10 (April 2026) [open access]

"Overeducated and Underpaid: Characteristics of H-1B Visa Holders from New Administrative Records, 2014–2024," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 21 April 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"The Role of Settlement Intentions (Un-)Certainty in the Labour Market Integration of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany," Work, Employment and Society, OnlineFirst, 15 April 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (30 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

In a high stakes environment, AI is failing asylum seekers (The Interpreter, April 2026) [text]

IOM and Google Cloud Team Up to Bring AI-Powered Planning to Communities in Crisis (IOM, March 2026) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Artificial Intelligence in Humanitarian Action (ReliefWeb) [access]

- New topic in ReliefWeb.

How are humanitarians using artificial intelligence? (Humanitarian Leadership Academy & Data Friendly Space, March 2026) [access]

- Follow link for briefing notes in English, French and Spanish, and access to the data dashboard.

"Policy Perspectives on AI Use for Asylum-Related Assessment Processes in Germany," Chapter in Participatory Modelling and Simulation to Improve AI-based Public Social Services: Scientific Advice for Policy and Practice (Springer, March 2026) [open access]

Reinventing humanitarian aid procurement for the age of AI (Access Now, March 2026) [access]

- Follow link for report and appendix.

Security at the Border? The Lived Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK, Presentation at the ACM CHI 2026 Conference, Barcelona, 13-17 April 2026 [text]

"Using Agent-Based Modelling to Explore Possible Implications of AI Use in the Asylum Procedure in Germany," Chapter in Participatory Modelling and Simulation to Improve AI-based Public Social Services: Scientific Advice for Policy and Practice (Springer, March 2026) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Artificial intelligence and climate migration equity," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 13:374 (March 2026) [open access]

"Digital Literacy as Capital: Syrian Migrant Women's ICT Utilization and Social Cohesion in Türkiye," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"(Re)considering Generative AI in Border Studies: Emerging Trajectories and Methods," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [open access]

"The role of the media in the process of young refugees’ integration and identity in the host country: An exploratory study of the Portuguese case," First Monday, vol. 31, no. 4 (2026) [open access]

"Virtual Care and Compassion for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Latest Articles, 6 April 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Is AI a future panacea or problem for refugee law?, 18 March 2026 [access] - 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (26 March 2026) 

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Short pieces:

Collaborating to safeguard children’s identity rights amid global challenges (ENS Blog, March 2026) [text]

Statelessness in Iran: Understanding the Challenges of Nationality and Gender Discrimination (Maastricht Univ. Blog, March 2026) [text]

Study: Americans divided on immigration, but support birthright citizenship (Univ. of Rochester, March 2026) [text]

- See also related NPR article and Pew Research post.

Why North Macedonia needs a Statelessness Determination Procedure (ENS Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Building Statelessness-Sensitive ID Systems (World Bank, Feb. 2026) [text]

"Citizenship Revocation as Punishment," Chapter in Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe (De Gruyter, Forthcoming June 2026) [preprint]

"Denaturalization's Missing Limit," Northwestern Univ. Law Review Online (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

Featured Issue: Threats to Citizenship and Naturalization (AILA, April 2026) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Toolkit to identify statelessness in Scotland (European Network on Statelessness, March 2026) [access]

Multimedia:

Africa’s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?, 4 February 2026 [access]

Identifying and protecting displaced stateless people in Europe: What needs to happen next?, 23 March 2026 [access]

Resource:

Legal Atlas on Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws (Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights) [access]

- "An online interactive tool that presents a map of countries with gender discriminatory nationality laws and provides country specific details on the legal and policy framework of the discrimination, including constitutional provisions and international obligations."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (6 March 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (6 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

125,000 Trafficking Victims Worldwide, 30,000 Children: IOM Chief Calls for Global Action (IOM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Europol launches new unit to fight migrant smugglers (InfoMigrants, March 2026) [text]

Suffering for Security: How the Refugee Crisis Leaves People Vulnerable to Human Trafficking (Refugee Research Online, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Strengthening the Capacities of West African States to Develop a Human Rights-Based Response to Smuggling of Migrants and to Effectively Respond to Human Rights Violations Related to Irregular Migration (UNODC & OHCHR, March 2025) [access]

Submission of evidence to inform the new EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (ENS, Jan. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Forced labour, trafficking, and structural exploitation of women migrant workers: International legal perspectives," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Human Trafficking: Challenges and Innovative Approaches for Research, Policy and Practice," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [free full-text]

"Human trafficking risks in countries unaccustomed to migration: Romanian assistance providers’ experiences with conflict-affected migrants from Ukraine," European Journal of Criminology, vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Lebanon’s lifeboats: a data-driven exploration of irregular maritime migration to Europe between 2019–2022," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The Migration–Trafficking Nexus: Child Refugees at Risk and the Slow Violence that Deepens Their Vulnerability," Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 90, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [ResearchGate]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"Smuggling Conspiracies," Columbia Journal of Race and Law, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"War, martial law, and mobilisation: Exploring the characteristics of human smuggling at Ukraine’s borders in 2022–2023," European Journal of Criminology, vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"When Aid Comes with Strings: Donor Power and Everyday Anti-Trafficking Work in Moldova," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (26 Jan. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Opportunity:

Seminar: International Refugee Law and the Global Compact: Where are the Women?, Online, 27 April 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

From Doubt to Denial: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2026 (RSC Blog, March 2026) [text]

How humanitarian aid agencies approach empowerment for refugee women (LSE Review of Books, March 2026) [text]

Sexual and reproductive healthcare: Are we failing newly-arrived refugee and asylum-seeking women? (Lens Blog, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports:

"No One Came To My Rescue": Gang rape, sexual slavery, and mass displacement of women in Oromia, Ethiopia (Amnesty International, March 2026) [access]

Seeking Safety from War: Violence and rights abuses against women from Ukraine (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"Double immobility: Syrian refugee women navigating the voluntary and forced marriage binary in Egypt," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 9 (2025) [postprint]

- Note: The embargo period for accessing this article has now ended.

"Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Includes a focus section on "Vulnerabilità legate al genere: nuove sfide per la tutela di migranti e richiedenti asilo = Gender-related vulnerabilities: new challenges for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers"; the introduction is in English, while other contributed articles are in either English, Italian or Spanish.

"Refugee Camps as Contested Gendered Spaces: Afghan Women's Liminality, Inequality, and Agency in Germany," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 2 (March 2026) [open access]

"Social determinants of postpartum depression among refugees and internally displaced women in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study," Scientific Reports, 15 March 2026 [open access]

"Understanding barriers for refugees and migrants when accessing abortion care in Europe: a scoping review," BMC Public Health, 21 March 2026 [open access]

"Walking with Afghan women: using mobile methods to understand differentiated embedding within different places across England," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Legal Training and Workshop: Enhancing Asylum Claims on the basis of Gender-Based Violence, 4 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Focuses on East Africa.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (24 Feb. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (24 Feb. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

Caged Histories: Violence, Resistance, and the Work of Making Detention Visible (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

Cameroon: Another Third-Country Removal Scheme Ending with Detention (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2026) [text]

Canada’s immigration detention system has a racism problem (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

(In)access to legal advice in detention: UK research shows systemic failures (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [text]

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year (The Conversation, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related post on The Asylumist.

Libya: EU Plans in Eastern Libya Threaten Increased “Pullbacks” and Detentions (Immigration Detention Monitor, March 2026) [text]

Motherhood in Detention (Immigration Lab Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Syria’s Al-Hol Camp is Closed, But Another Remains, as Does International Responsibility (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]

Why Australia needs a plan to repatriate citizens detained in Syria (Women's Agenda, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Dignity Not Detention: How States Can Prohibit Immigration Detention Contracts and Why They Should," NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, vol. 28 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Incalculable Harm: Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Immigration Detention in Canada," Ottawa Law Review, vol. 56, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Life in Limbo: Asylum Detention and the Environmental Conditions of Hope," Journal of the American Philosophical Association, FirstView, 28 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Race and Racism in Canada’s Immigration Detention System (Univ. of British Columbia, 2026) [text]

- See also related Border Criminologies blog post.

Words and Bond: Detention Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 226 (Roger Williams Univ., March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (12 Feb. 2026)

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 45, no. 1, March 2026 include:

• UNHCR–Türkiye Relations Over Time: Fluctuations, Continuities and Strategic Use of Informality [open access]
• Prolonging the Temporary: Female-Headed Syrian Refugee Households on Displacement, Return and Waiting post-Assad [open access]
• Where is the Policy in Refugee Studies? Enhancing the Role of Policy Studies in the Study of Refugee Policy [open access]
• Gender and Forced Displacement in Islam: Advancing a Protection Framework for Women [open access]
• International Protection for Victims of Gang Violence: Central American Asylum Claims in Spanish Jurisprudence [abstract]
• Assessing UNHCR Guidance on FGM-Related Asylum Claims: Implementation Gaps, Reaffirmation Needs, or Substantive Ambiguities? [abstract]
• Agency in Action: Mobilisation Efforts of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia [abstract]
• The Place of Safety in Refugees’ Subjective Well-Being [open access]
• ‘Vulnerability’ in Decisions on International Protection in Austria: A Contribution to Equality? [open access]
• Individual Autonomy or Dispersion in Housing Policy? The Effect of Migrant Networks in Self-Selected Housing on Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden [abstract]

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