Events after the Fact

The Arab Spring and Beyond: Human Mobility, Forced Migration and Institutional Responses, Oxford, 20 March 2012 [info]
- Read a brief summary of the event.

Detention of Immigrants: Enforcement, Non-compliance, and Punishment, Geneva, 8 March 2012 [info]
- Follow link for video.

EU Funding on Migration, Integration and Asylum: Testing the Added Value, Brussels, 7 March 2012 [info]
- See statement submitted by NGOs on this issue.

International Association of Refugee Law Judges, Australasian Chapter, Melbourne, 3 February 2012 [info]
- Presentation by John Menadue on "A Regional Cooperation Framework."

The Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, London, 22 February 2012 [meeting summary]

New Challenges in Refugee Integration Series, London, Oct. 2011-March 2012 [info]
- Follow link for access to summaries of the various seminars.

Ockenden International Lecture, Oxford, 7 February 2012 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Queer Cases, Great Law: The Fast-developing Field of LGBTI Refugee Law, London, 13 March 2012 [podcast]

Shared Responsibility in International Refugee Law, Amsterdam, 30 May 2011 [info]
- The seminar report is available here.

Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 22-24 March 2012 [info]
- Several papers on refugees were presented.

Strategies for Combating Xenophobic Violence, Washington, DC, 29 February 2012 [info]
- Audio for the event is available here.

Working Group on Resettlement Meeting, Melbourne, 20-23 February 2012 [overview]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Focus on Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Events (past and future):

Ending Human Trafficking, or Something Else?, Washington, DC, 13 April 2012 [info]
- "This event aims to probe deeper into just how governments and advocates define the problem of trafficking, and how these different perspectives play out on the ground. For example, does “trafficking” encompass all forced labor? Does “trafficking” encompass all acts involving the sale of sex? Are these conceptions of trafficking consistent with international anti-trafficking law – and does that even matter? How have these perspectives shaped advocacy efforts on the ground? Most importantly, have these interventions brought us any closer to a world without trafficking?"

Fighting Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence against Women and Girls, New York, 3 April 2012 [info]
- Listen to the proceedings via the UN Audio Library, here and here.

Publications:

Comprehensive Strategy to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (UNODC, March 2012) [text]

Human Trafficking in Calgary: Informing a Localized Response (ACT Alberta et al., March 2012) [text]

"Myths and Reality of Human Trafficking: A View from Southeast Asia," Interdisciplinary Political Studies, vol. 2, no. 1 (March 2012) [text]

Smuggling and Trafficking: Rights and Intersections (GAATW, 2011; posted March 2012) [text]
- See also related FAQs: "Human Rights in Migrant Smuggling" and "Smuggling and Trafficking Intersections."

A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions, Smuggling and Trafficking (UNHCR, June 2011) [text]

Web resource:

Special Feature Web Page: Trafficking in Human Beings (UNHCR, 2012) [access]

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

New Paper on "Particular Social Group"

The latest title in UNHCR's Legal and Protection Policy Research Series has been published: The 'Ground with the Least Clarity': A Comparative Study of Jurisprudential Developments relating to 'Membership of a Particular Social Group'. Here's a description of the paper's purpose:

The purpose of the present study is to assess jurisprudential developments in the case law in both common law and civil law jurisdictions over the past decade. In particular the study assesses and explores the degree to which courts have continued to invoke one or both of the dominant interpretative approaches [i.e., 'protected characteristics' and 'social perception'], evaluates the extent to which new tests or elements of the tests have emerged, and undertakes a critical analysis of the state of jurisprudential interpretation of PSG today. In addition, the study examines the extent to which interpretation of the MPSG ground has evolved to meet the protection needs of emerging groups and those historically overlooked in refugee law analysis. In addition to relevant legislative developments, the study has drawn on jurisprudence at all levels (from tribunals through to superior courts) in the key common law jurisdictions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US, and Ireland and South Africa where possible,13 as well as case law at both the judicial and tribunal level in the key civil law jurisdictions of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain.

Other papers in this series are available here. Additional analyses of "particular social group" that have been posted on this blog can be found by browsing the relevant subject label.


Tagged Publications.

Guidelines on Statelessness

Further to this previous post, UNHCR has published a second Guidelines on Statelessness on "Procedures for Determining whether an Individual is a Stateless Person." Here's the focus:

These Guidelines address procedures that are aimed specifically, if not exclusively, at determining whether an individual is stateless. Moreover, the focus of these Guidelines is on the concept of stateless person as defined in the 1954 Convention and on the obligations of States that are party to the 1954 Convention. Some consideration is given to States not bound by this treaty and on the identification of de facto stateless persons. Although an individual can be a stateless person and a refugee as per the 1954 Convention and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) respectively, a stateless refugee will benefit from the protection of the 1951 Convention. The 1954 Convention was primarily developed to regulate the treatment of stateless persons who are not refugees.

The third Guidelines will likely address "The Status of Stateless Persons at the National Level."

Tagged Publications.

Focus on Health Issues

UNHCR has published public health guidance in the form of the following titles:

• Epidemic Preparedness and Response in Refugee Camp Settings [text]
• A Guidance Note on Health Insurance Schemes for Refugees and Other Persons of Concern to UNHCR [text]
• Guidance for Public Health Interventions for Repatriation [text]
• Laboratory Services in UNHCR-Supported Primary Health Care Facilities: Principles and Guidelines [text]

Additional health-related titles include:

"Access to Primary Health Care Services by Community-based Asylum Seekers," Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 195, no. 4 (Dec. 2011) [full-text]

Improving Care for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: The Experiences of Midwives (Maternity Action, Dec. 2011) [text]
- See also related article in Women's Asylum News.

"Protecting the Right to Health of Internally Displaced Mothers and Children: The Imperative of Inter-cluster Coordination for Translating Best Practices into Effective Participatory Action," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 17, no. 12 (2011) [full-text]

Silent Harm: A Report Assessing the Situation of Repatriated Children's Psycho-social Health (UNICEF Kosovo, March 2012) [text via Refworld]

Tagged Publications.

Focus on Burmese IDPs/Refugees

IRIN has compiled a new "In Depth" series of reports on Myanmar, which includes analysis of international aid worker access and what the future may hold for Rohingyas.

Other Burma-related items:

Humanitarian Situation and Response Plan in Kachin (OCHA, March 2012) [text]

Myanmar 'Reforms' Elude Kachin Refugees (IPS, March 2012) [text]

"Rethinking the 'Refugee Warrior': The Karen National Union and Refugee Protection on the Thai–Burma Border," Journal of Human Rights Practice, Advance Access, 6 March 2012 [free full-text]

"Sacred Spaces of Karen Refugees and Humanitarian Aid Across the Thailand-Burma Border," Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, vol. 4, no. 2 (2011) [open access text]

Seeking Refuge, Finding Alienation (Mint, April 2012) [text]
- Profile of Burmese in India.

"Untold Miseries": Wartime Abuses and Forced Displacement in Burma's Kachin State (Human Rights Watch, March 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications.

New or Updated Web Sites

Bedoon Rights [access]
- A site that documents the "human rights situation of Kuwait's stateless community."

Global Observatory (International Peace Institute) [access]
- Provides "analysis of global issues." See esp. articles tagged "humanitarian."

International Refugee Law Blog [access]
- New blog from the ABA's International Refugee Law committee.

RED Early Warning System/Atlas of Racism & Discrimination (RED Network) [access]
- "[A]ims at reporting and documenting racist and hate crime and discrimination situations and incidents, as well as positive initiatives and policy responses."

Refugee Law Reader (Hungarian Helsinki Committee) [access]
- 6th edition launched; now "more comprehensive in scope."

Refugee Lives (Northwestern University) [access]
- Project involving students traveling to Amman, Jordan, the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi, and the Osire Camp in Namibia, and reporting on refugees' experiences.

Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS) [access]
- "The overall objective of the RMMS is to support agencies, institutions and forums in the Horn of Africa and Yemen sub-region to improve the management of protection and assistance response to people in mixed migration flows in the Horn of Africa and across the Gulf of Aden or Red Sea in Yemen."

RLI Hub (Refugee Law Initiative) [access]
- Will "support sharing, collaboration and dissemination of information by academics and non-academics, refugee law scholars and practitioners."

UNHCR in Arabic [access]
- Read the press release for more info.

[Image credit: UNHCR launches new global Arabic website]

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

Focus on Statelessness

The Bidoon: A Solution in Sight? (Statelessness Programme Blog, March 2012) [text]

Ensuring the Right of all Children to Acquire a Nationality: Using the 50th Anniversary of Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness to Promote Accession (UNHCR, June 2011) [text]

Guidance Document on Measuring Stateless Populations (UNHCR, May 2011) [text]

Kuwait: Rearrests of Stateless a Big Step Backward (World Bridge Blog, April 2012) [text]

Nationality and Statelessness (International Judicial Monitor, Winter 2012) [text]

Nationality and Statelessness (Oxford Bibliographies, 2012) [extract]

Stateless in Bakassi: How a Changed Border Left Inhabitants Adrift (Open Society Blog, April 2012) [text]

Statelessness: A Human Rights Crisis (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, 2012) [access]
- Project on statelessness with reports on stateless populations in Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, and Kenya.

Statelessness in the UK: "My Biggest Worry is Staying Like This" (openDemocracy, March 2012) [text]

[Image credit: Statelessness: A Human Rights Crisis, Pulitzer Center]

Tagged Publications.

Legal Items

Addressing Systemic Obstacles to Restitution in Kosovo: Legal Aid as a Fact Finding Tool (TerraNullius Blog, March 2012) [text]

"Batterers As Agents of the State: Challenging the Public/Private Distinction in Intimate Partner Violence-Based Asylum Claims," Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, vol. 35, no. 1 (Winter 2012) [full-text]

Case Watch: Inter-American Court to Consider Refugee Status Determinations (Open Society Blog, March 2012) [text]

Has the Refugee Convention Outlived its Usefulness? (IRIN, March 2012) [text]

"The Invisible Refugee: Examining the Board of Immigration Appeals' 'Social Visibility' Doctrine," Missouri Law Review, vol. 76, no. 2 (2011) [full-text]

The Way to be in a PSG: Obama's New Guidelines on LGBTI Asylum ((non)Citizens of the World, March 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Focus on the Middle East

A "New Humanitarianism" at Play in Syrian Crisis (IRIN, March 2012) [text]

Roundtable on Improving Prospects for Durable Solutions for Iraqi Internally Displaced Person and Refugees, Washington, DC, 24 Feb. 2012 [info]
- Follow link for meeting report.

Update #3: Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) Residents and the Determination of their Refugee Status Claims (UNHCR, March 2012) [text]

UNAMI Newsletter, no. 20 (February 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
- The focus of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq during February was displacement (see p. 2); see also "UN-Habitat: Addressing IDP camps and informal settlements in Baghdad" (p. 6).

"When 'Humanitarianism' Becomes 'Development': The Politics of International Aid in Syria's Palestinian Refugee Camps," American Anthropologist, vol. 114, no. 1 (March 2012) [free full-text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Africa: Cessation, Repatriation

UNHCR's recent overview of its operational strategies in Africa references its "search for durable solutions" for several longstanding refugee situations. This includes applying the cessation clause to Angolan, Liberian and Rwandan refugees (see also earlier post) and promoting voluntary repatriation for various populations, as described below:

Burundi-Tanzania: Refugees Face Mounting Pressure to Go Home (IRIN, Feb. 2012) [text]

Dadaab at 20: Kenya’s Unwanted City (Think Africa Press, March 2012) [text]

Days Numbered for Liberian Refugees in Ghana (Liberian Times, March 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

IOM: Impossible to Meet April Deadline for Repatriating South Sudanese (VOA News, March 2012) [text]

IOM Resumes Voluntary Repatriation Of Angolan Refugees (IOM, Feb. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

IOM Returns 2,300 South Sudanese by Train; Welcomes Sudan and South Sudan's Framework Agreement to Protect Basic Freedoms of All Citizens (IOM, March 2012) [text]

Kenya: Somalia Unsafe for Refugees to Return (Human Rights Watch, March 2012) [text]

A Long Time Gone: Are Conditions Right for the Return of Congolese Refugees from Tanzania?, Dissertation submitted to the Department of Politics (University of York, 2011) [abstract]

Rwanda's Genocide Refugees and Invocation of the 1951 Refugee Convention's Section C's Cessation Clause (Birdsong's Law Blog, March 2012) [text]

Rwandan Refugees Still Reluctant to Repatriate (IRIN, March 2012) [text]

UNHCR Completes Repatriation of more than 24,000 Mauritanians (UNHCR, March 2012) [text]

Even as some refugee situations are coming to a close in Africa, new crises are unfolding such as the one in Mali. For updates, visit UNHCR's Mali Emergency page, ReliefWeb's information, and IRIN's reports.

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Focus on Europe

(updated)

Resettlement:

The Joint EU Resettlement Programme was adopted on 29 March 2012, and will take effect in 2013. Refugees from Afghanistan, Burma, Congo, Eritrea, Iraq, and Somalia will be given priority. For more information:
- Financial Incentives for EU Countries to Take up More Refugees (European Parliament, March 2012) [text]
- UNHCR Welcomes Adoption of Joint EU Resettlement Programme (UNHCR, March 2012) [text]
- Linking-In EU Resettlement Newsletter, no. 2 (March 2012) [text]
- Resettlement of Refugees: A New Life (Rui Tavares, 2012) [text]

See also these new web sites:

Know Reset (European University Institute & ECRE) [access]
- "Building knowledge for a concerted and sustainable approach to refugee resettlement in the EU and its Member States."

Linking-In EU Resettlement (IOM, UNHCR & ICMC) [access]
- "The emphasis of this new project is on the reception and integration of refugees at the local level and the importance of linking the pre-departure and post-arrival phases in order to make resettlement more successful."

Other publications:

Asylum in the EU27: The Number of Asylum Applicants Registered in the EU27 Rose to 301,000 in 2011 (Eurostat, March 2012) [text]

Entering the Territory: Exploring New Forms of Access to Asylum Procedures (Italian Council for Refugees et al., March 2012) [access]
- Examples of complementary forms of access include "diplomatic asylum," "resettlement," "humanitarian evacuation operations," "flexible use of the visa regime," and "Protected Entry Procedures (PEPs)." Note: Both the full-text of the report and a list of recommendations can be accessed via the link.

Lives Lost in the Mediterranean Sea: Who is Responsible? (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, March 2012) [text]
- Report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. See also related press conference coverage, news articles (both via Migrants at Sea), IntLawGrrls blog comment and EJIL:Talk analysis.

"Safe Countries of Origin: An Inconvenient Truth," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 30 March 2012 [text]

Other web resources:

Asylum in Switzerland (Swissinfo.ch) [access]
- Includes news articles, photos, video and background information. See also interview with the High Commissioner for Refugees.

CARIM-East: An Observatory of Migration East of Europe (European University Institute & Centre of Migration Research) [access]
- Focuses on "all countries of the Eastern Partnership initiative (Belarus, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) and Russian Federation."

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Round-up of Assistance-related Resources

Opportunities:

CFP: Humanitari​an Aid & Empowering Local Communitie​s, Durham, 1-3 August 2012 [info]
- Deadline for abstracts is 20 April 2012. Register to attend via this site.

Call for grant proposals (Humanitarian Innovation Fund) [info]
- Proposals for grants of £75,000 or more are now being accepted; the deadline for submissions is 22 April 2012. Note: Small grants of up to £20,000 are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Publications:

Building the Future of Humanitarian Aid: Local Capacity, Partnerships in Disasters and the Future of Emergency Aid (Christian Aid, March 2012) [text via PreventionWeb]

Certified Fresh (Humanitarian.info, March 2012) [text]
- Comment on certification.

European Commission Humanitarian Aid: From A to Z (European Commission, March 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Survey on Humanitarian Professionalisation (ELRHA, March 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Impact of Cash Transfers on Nutrition in Emergency and Transitional Contexts (ODI, Jan. 2012) [text]

Local Capacity in Humanitarian Response: Vision or Mirage? (Oxfam, March 2012) [text]

New Technologies in Cash Transfer Programming and Humanitarian Assistance (Cash Learning Partnership, Feb. 2012) [text]

UNHCR Manual on Security of Persons of Concern (UNHCR, Nov. 2011) [text]

What Cash Transfer Programming can do to Protect Children: Review and Recommendations (Save the Children et al., Feb. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Web site:

Humanitarian Standards for Aid Workers [access]
- "The aim of this website is to highlight the key standards and guidance, and encourage those engaged in humanitarian response to incorporate them into their work."

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

ETDs in Baltic Slavic and Oriental Studies, Conflict Analysis, Geography, Government, Public Affairs, Social Sciences

Attitudes in Transition: Chechen Refugees and the Politics of Violence, Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School (University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2011) [text]

Citadel Malta-Affects of EU Integration on Veiled Perceptions of Refugee and Asylum Seekers in Malta, Thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty (George Mason University & University of Malta, Jan. 2012) [text]

The Evaluation of the Return Process of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Back to their "Home of Origin": The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thesis submitted to Department of Baltic Slavic and Oriental Studies (University of Macedonia, 2011) [text]

Integration of Refugees in the Czech Republic, Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School (Rutgers University, Jan. 2012) [text]

A Lasting Solution: Examining the Need for Reform in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program, Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School (University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2011) [text]

Protecting "Water Refugees": An Examination of Alternative Frameworks for Protecting those Displaced by Water Scarcity, Water Policy, and Water Management, Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School (University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2011) [text]

Redistribution and Recognition for Migrants and Refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand: Neo-Liberal and Multicultural Discourses in NGO Claims-Talk, Thesis (University of Waikato, 2011) [text]

Tagged Publications.

2011 Reviews: Asylum Applications, Canada, Natural Disasters, Peace Operations, Statelessness

Asylum in the EU27: The Number of Asylum Applicants Registered in the EU27 Rose to 301,000 in 2011 (Eurostat, March 2012) [text]

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2011: Statistical Overview of Asylum Applications Lodged in Europe and Selected Non-European Countries (UNHCR, March 2012) [text]
- See also related press release.

Briefing Paper: Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2012 (Center on International Cooperation, Feb. 2012) [access]
- See also related map; book details are available from the publisher.

Dawn of a New Era for the Forgotten Issue of Statelessness (e-International Relations, Feb. 2012) [text]

The Year that Shook the Rich: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2011 (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, March 2012) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Year in Review 2011 (Canadian Council for Refugees, Jan. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Urban Issues

The 21st Century Urban Disaster (CHF International, March 2012) [text]
- Examines the "increasingly complex nature of humanitarian responses to urban disasters."

Integrating Cities, Amsterdam, 8-9 March 2012 [info]
- Workshop 5 focused on "The Role of Cities in Refugee Resettlement" (scroll down for presentations).

"Protecting People in Cities: The Disturbing Case of Haiti," Disasters, forthcoming (2012) [preprint]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Chaloka Beyani, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/19/54 (UN General Assembly, Dec. 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Includes a thematic section that examines the "particular nature of displacement in urban contexts."

Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Amman, HPG Working Paper (ODI, March 2012) [text]

State of Play Review: Migrants, Cities and the Business Sector (The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration, Oct. 2011) [text]

Urban Attractions: Returnee Youth, Mobility and the Search for a Future in South Sudan’s Regional Towns, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 232 (UNHCR, Jan. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Events & Opportunities: Last Minute March/More April

March:

Exploring Avenues for Protected Entry Procedures in Europe, Brussels, 28 March 2012 [info in ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 23 March 2012]
- See bottom of p. 1 for info. on launch of report.

Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Brussels, 29-30 March 2012 [info]
- As Migrants at Sea notes, the PACE report on "Lives Lost in the Mediterranean Sea: Who is Responsible?" will be considered at this meeting.

Engaging with Armed Groups: Legal and Operational Challenges for Humanitarian Actors, Washington, DC, 30 March 2012 [info]
- Co-hosted with the ICRC, this discussion complements the publication of the latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, the theme of which is "Understanding armed groups and the applicable law." Register using this form.

April:

Addressing the Legal Gaps in Climate Change Migration, Displacement and Resettlement: From Sinking Islands to Flooded Deltas, Washington, DC, 3 April 2012 [info]
- Register using this form.

Call for applications: Emerging Scholars Workshop on Forced Migration [info]
- Deadline is 27 April 2012.

Tagged Events & Opportunities.

IASFM14

The 14th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) will be hosted by the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group in Kolkata, India from 6-9 January 2013. The theme is "Contested Spaces and Cartographic Challenges."

The call for papers provides more detail about the sub-themes to be explored. The deadline for abstract submissions is 30 April 2012.

For more information, visit the conference web site. Information on past conferences is available here.

Tagged Events & Opportunities.

Focus on Australia

Asylum Seekers: An Update, Briefing Paper, no. 1/2012 (NSW Paliamentary Library, March 2012) [text via APO]

Australia to Enact Uniform Asylum Process (IRIN, March 2012) [text]

"Australian Asylum Policy all at Sea: An Analysis of Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Australia-Malaysia Arrangement," International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 61, no. 1 (Jan. 2012) [free full-text via UNSW]

Complementary Protection Training Manual (Refugee Review Tribunal, Jan. 2012) [text via Conduct of Reviews]

The Politics of Compassion (Inside Story, March 2012) [text]
- Review of Humanitarian Reason: A Moral History of the Present, framed in Australian context.

"Seeing Like a Region: Parliamentary Discourses on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Scotland and South Australia," Population, Space and Place, vol. 18, no. 1 Jan./Feb. 2012) [free full-text]

Tagged Publications.

CFPs/New Issues of EASO News, HR Brief, Hum. Exchange, ICRC Rev., Intl. Migration, IMR, JPRS, NYU J. Intl. Law & Pol., RSC News

CFPs:

Forced Migration Review [info]
- Articles are requested for an issue focusing on "Preventing Displacement."; the deadline is 4 June 2012.

Reminder: Journal of Internal Displacement [info]
- Focus is on displacement during the Arab Spring; the deadline is 15 April 2012.

New issues:

European Asylum Support Office Newsletter (March 2012) [full-text via EASO Monitor]

Human Rights Brief, vol. 19, no. 1 (Fall 2011) [full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 53 (March 2012) [full-text]
- Focus is on the Horn of Africa.

International Migration, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

International Migration Review, vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 93, no. 882 (June 2011) [full-text]
- Theme is "Understanding armed groups and the applicable law."

Journal of Palestinian Refugee Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (Autumn 2011) [full-text]
- Theme is "Ongoing Nakba"; includes "Forceful displacement and expulsion in Israel."

NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, vol. 44, no. 2 (2011) [full-text]
- Focus is on individuals seeking protection based on their sexual orientation.  See also corresponding online symposium with additional commentary.

RSC Newsletter (Spring 2012) [full-text]

Tagged Periodicals and Events & Opportunities.