Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Last minute opportunity:

Who, What, When, Where: Mapping for Urban Humanitarian Response, Webinar, 24 July 2014 [info]
- Registration required.

Publications:

Capturing Asia’s Aid Response Lessons (IRIN, July 2014) [text]

Donor Behaviour and the Future of Humanitarian Action (OUP Blog, July 2014) [text]

Humanitarian Crises, Emergency Preparedness and Response: The Role of Business and the Private Sector (ODI, July 2014) [access]
- Follow link for final report and policy brief.  See also related IRIN news story.

Humanitarian Innovation Conference, Oxford, 19-20 July 2014 [access]
- The final conference report, conference papers, and various multimedia are available via the a/m link.  A report launched at the conference, Humanitarian Innovation: The State of the Art, will eventually be available on the OCHA site.  See also a related SciDev news article.

Where is Everyone? Responding to Emergencies in the Most Difficult Places (MSF, July 2014) [access]
- Follow link for report as well as case studies on DRC, Jordan and South Sudan.  See also related blog post, IRIN news story and Global Observatory interview.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (27 June 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Gaza

Gaza: No Safe Place for Civilians (UpFront Blog, July 2014) [text]

Gaza: Nowhere to Go (IRIN, July 2014) [text]

Gaza under Fire: A Humanitarian Disaster (IPS, July 2014) [text]

Hamas, UNRWA, and the Shelter Issue (PRRN Blog, July 2014) [text]

Opinion and Debate: The Limits of Humanitarianism in Gaza (MSF UK, July 2014) [text]

For more news and updates, visit ReliefWeb's oPT page and UNRWA's Gaza Emergency page.

[Infographic credit: OCHA]

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Events & Opportunities: Additional August 2014

UNHCR has posted five calls for expressions of interest for participating in various projects.  The submission deadline for all of them is 22 August 2014.  The relevant projects are listed below:

• Expansion of Higher Education for Refugees through Distance/Blended Education Opportunities [info]
• Expansion of Quality Education for Refugees through the Integration of ICTs or Innovation Programs [info]
• Learning Programme for Community Youth Workers [info]
• Quality Education and Refugee Learning Achievement [info]
• Strengthening Families in Humanitarian Contexts [info]

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: August 2014 & Last Minute July 2014

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: August 2014 & Last Minute July 2014

July 2014:

Q&A Panel: The High Court & the Asylum Case, Sydney, 22 July 2014 [info]
- Follow on Twitter using #highcourt153 and @kaldorcentre.

Statelessness and Transcontinental Migration Conference Conference, Barcelona, 24-25 July 2014 [info]

Job: Research Associate in International Law, Human Rights Beyond Borders Project, UCL, London [info]
- Apply by 25 July 2014.

Are We Getting Things Done? Rethinking Operational Leadership, London, 30 July 2014 [info]
- Panel discussion will also be livestreamed.

August 2014:

CFP: 20 Years On: Human Security at Crossroads, Istanbul, 23-24 October 2014 [info]
 - Deadline for submissions is 1 August 2014.

17th Nordic Migration Research Conference, Copenhagen, 13-15 August 2014 [info]
- Final registration deadline is 4 August 2014.

Certification in European Law on Immigration and Asylum, Brussels, 5 September 2014-12 July 2015 [info]
- Apply by 8 August 2014.

*Job: Policy and Research Co-ordinator, Women for Refugee Women, London [info]
- Apply by 11 August 2014.

CFP: History of Humanitarianism in Africa, Location TBA, March 2015 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 August 2014.

World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2014 [info]
- Note: Additional details for 2014 are not yet available.

Refugee Testimonies Workshop, Worcester, MA, 19-21 September 2014 [info]
- Apply by 20 August 2014.

Master of Arts in Migration and Displacement, Wits University, Johannesburg [info]
- Applications from international applicants are due 31 August 2014.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: July 2014

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Syria

Echoes from Syria, no. 2 (July 2014) [full-text via ReliefWeb]

Listening to the Voices of Syrian Women Refugees in Jordan: Ethnographies of Displacement and Emplacement (Ruba Al Akash & Karen Boswall, 2014?) [text]

Opening the Door to Humanitarian Aid in Syria: Significance, Challenges, and Prospects (International Peace Institute, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]
 
A Study on Early Marriage in Jordan 2014 (Unicef, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Syrian Refugees Problem (Sada Blog, July 2014) [text]

Too Young to Wed: The Growing Problem of Child Marriage among Syrian Girls in Jordan (Save the Children, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Syria (11 July 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Detention

Opportunity:

Inquiry into the Use of Immigration Detention (APPG on Refugees & APPG on Migration) [info]
- The deadline for submitting written evidence is 1 October 2014.  See also related openDemocracy article.

Publications:

Child Asylum Seekers Locked up at Higher Rate than Adults (Refugee Council of Australia, July 2014) [text]

Comparing the Detention of Asylum Seekers in the UK and the US (Border Criminologies, June 2014) [text]

"Dad, have we done something wrong?" Children and Parents in Immigration Detention (No Child in Detention Coalition, Jan. 2014) [text via AIDA]

"Detaining Immigrants and Asylum Seekers: A Normative Introduction," Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 17, no. 5 (2014) [eprint via SSRN]

"Immigration Detention, Punishment, and the Criminalization of Migration," Chapter in The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration (Routledge, Forthcoming Sept. 2014) [eprint via SSRN]

National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014 (Australian Human Rights Commission, July 2014) [access]
- Follow link to access public submissions to the inquiry.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention (16 June 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Climate Change

Opportunities:

CFP: Environmental Changes and Human Mobility: What Role for Migration Governance?, Bern, Switz., 24 October 2014 [info]
- Application deadline is 31 July 2014.

CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]
- Submissions sought for theme issue on "Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement"; deadline for articles is 12 January 2015.

Publications:

*"Climate Refugee Threat in Tropics Rises, but International Action Lags," World Politics Review, 17 July 2014 [text]

Integrating Disaster-Induced Displacement within the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paper prepared for the Preparatory Committee of the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, 14-15 July 2014 (Nansen Initiative, July 2014) [text]

Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future: Background Document, Sanremo Consultation, 12-14 March 2014 [text]
- Prepared by Brookings, ISIM & UNHCR.

"Protecting People Displaced by Weather-related Disasters and Climate Change: Experience from the Field," Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, vol. 15, no. 4 (Spring 2014) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 803.

Should International Refugee Law Accommodate Climate Change? (UN News Service, July 2014) [text via Refworld]

"The State Responsibility in the Face of Environmentally Displaced Persons," Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy, vol. 4, no. 2 (2014) [full-text]

"Warm World, Cold Reception: Climate Change, National Security and Forced Migration," Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, vol. 15, no. 4 (Spring 2014) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 752.

*updated

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Climate Change (25 June 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement

"Disputed Land Rights and Conservation-led Displacement: A Double Whammy on the Poor," Conservation & Society, vol. 12, no. 1 (2014) [open access]

The Environmental and Social Impacts of Dams: Mapping the Issues (Law Schools Global League, July 2014) [text via SSRN]

"The Ethics of Economic Development and Human Displacement," Chapter in Oxford Handbook on Professional Economic Ethics (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2014) [eprint]

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Draft Environment and Social Policy Retreats on Human Rights (Accountability Counsel et al., March 2014) [access via HRW]
- Follow link to see other related items in sidebar under "more coverage."

"Invisible Losses and the Logics of Resettlement Compensation," Conservation Biology, Early View, 18 March 2014 [full-text via Academia.edu]

Lose to Gain: Is Involuntary Resettlement a Development Opportunity? (Asian Development Bank, April 2014) [text]

"The Macro-Costs of Forced Displacement of the Farmers in India: A Micro-Level Study," European Journal of Development Research, vol. 25, no. 5 (Dec. 2013) [full-text via ResearchGate]

Nigeria: The World Bank Rubber Stamps Flawed Resettlement Action Plan for Badia East (Amnesty International, March 2014) [text via Refworld]

Resettled for Development:  The Case of New Halfa Agricultural Scheme, Sudan, Current African Issues, no. 59 (Nordic Africa Institute, 2014) [text]

"We Suffered When We Came Here": Rights Violations Linked to Resettlements for Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam (Human Rights Watch, June 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement/Forced Evictions (27 Feb. 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe

Border Control and the Right of Asylum: Where is the EU Heading?, Policy Paper, no. 114 (Notre Europe, June 2014) [text]

The French National Committee on Human Rights Recommends Prohibition of Medical Examinations for Age Assessment (AIDA, July 2014) [text]

[Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Reports] (posted July 2014)
- An Inspection of Asylum Support: Sept. 2013-Jan. 2014 [text]
- An Inspection of the Non-Suspensive Appeals Process for 'Clearly Unfounded' Asylum and Human Rights Claims [text]
- An Unannounced Inspection of the Cardiff Asylum Team [text]

Managing the Maritime Borders of Europe: Protection through Deterrence and Prevention?, Working Paper, no. 50 (ELIAMEP, June 2014) [text via ISN]

Providing Protection: Access to Early Legal Advice for Asylum Seekers (Irish Refugee Council et al., 2014) [text]

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2013 (Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Jan. 2014) [text]

Trapped in Europe’s Quagmire: The Situation of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Bulgaria (Bordermonitoring Bulgara, July 2014) [text]

Ukraine: UNHCR External Update on the Situation of Displaced Persons (UNHCR, July 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (9 July 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Asia

"The Bali Process and Global Refugee Policy in the Asia–Pacific Region," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 28 June 2014 [abstract]
- Focuses in part on the role played by the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) in helping to set the refugee policy agenda.

"China's Forced Repatriation of North Korean Refugees Incurs United Nations Censure," International Journal of Korean Studies (Forthcoming, Summer/Fall 2014) [eprint via Brookings]

"Globalized Legal Education, Human Rights Lawyering, and Institutional Form: The Case of a Refugee Law Clinic in South Korea,” Clinical Law Review, vol. 20, no. 2 (Spring 2014) [full-text]

Humanitarian Funding Analysis: Pakistan IDP Crisis (Global Humanitarian Assistance, June 2014) [text]

International Symposium to Strengthen Refugee Protection, Tehran, 20-21 April 2014 [text]
- Follow link for conference report.

Man-made Disasters Fuel Worldwide Refugee Crisis, Professor Says (Phys.org, July 2014) [text]

The Right Move? Ensuring Durable Relocation after Typhoon Haiyan (Oxfam, April 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Afghans (23 June 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

Crying for Justice: Victims' Perspectives on Justice for the Post-election Violence in Kenya (Amnesty International, July 2014) [text]

DR Congo: North Kivu’s Long, Rocky Road to Stability (Refugees International, July 2014) [text]

DRC Refugees and the Limits of Durable Solutions (IRIN, July 2014) [text]

Kenyan Government Cracking Down on Somali Refugees (RI Blog, July 2014) [text]

Refugees and Transitional Justice: Reflections on Fieldwork from Liberia (Regarding Rights Blog, June 2014) [text]

South Sudan Refugee Emergency Revised Regional Response Plan, January-December 2014 (UNHCR, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also this related paper which outlines the "consequences of underfunding."

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (7 July 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Americas, esp. Unaccompanied Minors

Opportunity:

Addressing the Unaccompanied Minor Surge: Best Practices for Screening & Representing Unaccompanied Minors, Webinar, 15 July 2014 [info via ImmigrationProf Blog]
- Free webinar from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

Publications:

Amicus Brief on Refugee Rights in Ecuador (Human Rights Watch & Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Human Rights and Genocide Clinic, June 2014) [text]
- See also related HRW news story.

Cartagena Initiative +30: International Protection and Effective Integration: Civil Society Recommendations from the Front Lines of Asylum and Statelessness in Latin America and the Caribbean (Asylum Access et al., March 2014) [access]
- Follow link for executive summary in English and Spanish and full report in Spanish.

Children in Danger: A Guide to the Humanitarian Challenge at the Border (American Immigration Council, July 2014) [text]

"The Children of the Drug Wars: A Refugee Crisis, Not an Immigration Crisis," New York Times, 11 July 2014 [text via Oppenheimer Chair]

"Gender-based Violence in Conflict and Displacement: Qualitative Findings from Displaced Women in Colombia," Conflict and Health 8:10 (July 2014) [open access]

"Internal Displacement in Colombia: Fifteen Distinguishing Features," Disaster Health 2:1 (Jan. 2014) [open access]

Juvenile Cases Help Push Immigration Court Backlog to New High (TRAC, July 2014) [text]

"Os Deslocados": Conceptualizing Internal Displacement in Brazil, Discussion Paper, no. 10 (HASOW, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Should Migrants Fleeing Gang Violence in Central America Be Accorded Refugee Status?," Small Wars Journal, 26 June 2014 [text]

What Brookings Scholars are Saying about the Surge of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S. Border (Brookings Now Blog, July 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas, esp. Unaccompanied Minors (4 July 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Syria

Dialogue and Local Response Mechanisms to Conflict between Host Communities and Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Search for Common Ground, May 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Insufficient Solidarity: The EU’s Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis (Polish Institute of International Affairs, June 2014) [text via ISN]

Towards a Resilience-based Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Critical Review of Vulnerability Criteria and Frameworks (ODI & UNDP, May 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syria Crisis: Camps and Informal Settlements in Northern Syria - Humanitarian Baseline Review (REACH, June 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syrian Refugees in Europe: What Europe Can Do to Ensure Protection and Solidarity (UNHCR, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related news story.

Woman Alone: The Fight for Survival by Syrian Refugee Women (UNHCR, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Syria (2 July 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Middle East

Denied Refuge: Palestinians from Syria Seeking Safety in Lebanon (Amnesty International, July 2014) [text]
- See also related news story.

From Truth to Redress: Realizing the Return of Palestinian Refugees, Tel Aviv, 20-30 Sept. 2013 [access via PRRN Blog]
- Follow link for videos.

"Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Is the Camp a Space of Exception?," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East Migration Studies, vol. 2, no. 1 (Summer/Spring 2014) [full-text]

Time to Rethink Approach to Iraq's Displacement Crisis (Global Public Square Blog, July 2014) [text]

Vulnerability, Needs and Intentions of Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Iraq: Rapid Assessment Report (REACH, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

What Makes Palestine Refugees Poor? (UNRWA, July 2014) [access via PRRN Blog]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, esp. Iraq (25 June 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: ICTs

Publications:

Beyond International Technological Assistance (HIP Blog, June 2014) [text]

Digital Humanitarian Network: Leveraging Digital Networks for Humanitarian Response (Global Solution Networks, 2014) [text]

Getting Connected in Liberia's Largest Refugee Camp (UNHCR, June 2014) [text]

A Humanitarian Technology Policy Agenda for 2016 (ATHA Blog, June 2014) [text]

Mobile Cash Transfers for Urban Refugees in Niamey, Niger (Cash Learning Partnership, Feb. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mobile Technology Handbook (Pact, Jan. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Worldreader Partnership Brings Digital Books and E-Readers to Students in Western Tanzania (UNHCR & Worldreader, Feb. 2014) [text]
- See also related Telegraph news story.

Why Humanitarians Should Pay Attention to Cybersecurity (UpFront Blog, June 2014) [text]

Resource:

UNHCR News App [access]
- "With UNHCR's unique content - news and human interest stories, striking photosets and full-screen video reportage - you'll stay up to date with the latest displacement news from around the world, all in three languages (English, French, Arabic). Special sections detail current emergencies, profile our High Commissioner, introduce key documents and show how you can help."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs (14 April 2014)
- Feature: Mobile Apps (30 April 2013)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Europe

Annual Report: Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2013 (EASO, July 2014) [text]
- See also related press release and asylum trends overview.

The Human Cost of Fortress Europe: Human Rights Violations against Migrants and Refugees at Europe’s Borders (Amnesty International, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Mediterranean Graveyard (Ozy, June 2014) [text]

Statement: Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2000 (2014) and Recommendation 2047 (2014) on "The Large-scale Arrival of Mixed Migratory Flows on Italian Shores" (UNHCR, July 2014) [text]

Ukraine: Humanitarian Situation Monitoring (UN Country Team in Ukraine, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

[Updated Reports] (AIDA, July 2014)
- The Asylum Information Database project has updated country reports on Austria and Poland.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (4 July 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Religious Aspects

Addressing the Asylum Crisis: Religious Contributions to Rethinking Protection in Global Politics, Washington, DC, 2 May 2014 [info]
- View tweets from this event @ISIM.

Apostasy and Asylum: Escaping the Clutches of Religion (openDemocracy, May 2014) [text]

Atheism as Grounds for Asylum (Free Movement, Jan. 2014) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

Do the Benefits of Engaging Religion for Development Outweigh the Dangers?, London, 1 May 2014 [info]
- Follow link for video, podcasts, and information about the speakers.

*Humanitarian Assistance Webcast: The Contemporary Role of Faith-based Aid, 19 June 2014 [info]
- Access to the webcast is provided via Vimeo.

Partnership Note: On Faith-based Organizations, Local Faith Communities and Faith Leaders (UNHCR, 2014) [text]
- See also related RSC news story.

"Persecution for Reasons of Religion under the 1951 Refugee Convention," Chapter 2 in Permutations of Order: Religion and Law as Contested Sovereignties (Ashgate, Feb. 2013) [info]
- View an extract via Google Books.

*Responding to Humanitarian Challenges: The Contemporary Role of Faith-based Humanitarian Organizations (ATHA Blog, June 2014) [text]

The Two European Courts on Seeking Asylum due to Religious Persecution (EDAL, March 2014) [text]

US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Annual Report 2014 (USCIRF, April 2014) [text]

*updated

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: General

60th Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 1-3 July 2014 [access]
- Follow link for documents.

Alert 2014! Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding (School for a Culture of Peace, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Beyond Prejudice: Structural Xenophobic Discrimination against Refugees," Georgetown Journal of International Law, vol. 45, no. 2 (2014) [full-text]

The Effect of Negative Labelling – Why are We Still Talking about 'Migrants'? (Migrants at Sea, July 2014) [text]

Fragile States Index 2014 (Fund for Peace, June 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

German Jewish Refugees in 1933: Failure of the League of Nations (Duke University, April 2014) [text]
- Honors paper.

State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 (Minority Rights Group, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Why "Undocumented" or "Irregular"? (PICUM, June 2014) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (25 June 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Children

Publications:

Born in Displacement: Challenges in Assisting and Protecting Descendants of Internally Displaced People (IDMC, June 2014) [text]

Child Protection Including Education, 60th Meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/65/SC/CRP.13 (Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, June 2014) [text]

Live, Learn & Play Safe - Regional Initiative 2014-2016: Protecting Children at Risk in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen (UNHCR, 2014) [text]

Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, not Deferred Action, is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border (Center for American Progress, July 2014) [text]

Unaccompanied Children Lacking Protection in Europe (PUCAFREU Project, 2013) [access]
- Follow link for access to the final comparative report in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Romanian. This version of the report is for young people and was published in June 2014.

"Under-age and on the Move: A Wave of Unaccompanied Children Swamps the Debate over Immigration," The Economist, 28 June 2014 [text via Oppenheimer Chair]

"The Wellbeing of Refugee Children in an Early Childhood Education Context: Connections and Dilemmas," Journal of Educational Enquiry, vol 13, no. 1 (2014) [free full-text via BroCAP]

Web site:

Observatoire sur la Migration des Mineurs = Observatory of the Migration of Minors (Migrinter, CNRS & Université de Poitiers) [access]
- Continues the work of the PUCAFREU (Promouvoir l’accès aux droits fondamentaux des mineurs non accompagnés en Europe) Project.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas, esp. Unaccompanied Minors (4 July 2014)
- Thematic Focus: Children (4 June 2014)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

CFP/New Issues of Crit. Rev. Intl. Social & Polit. Philo., Intervention, JIMI, MPP, Ref. Watch Online, Rts. in Exile

CFP:

Refugee Review [info]
- Seeks submissions for issue on "Re-conceptualizing Refugees and Forced Migration in the 21st Century." Deadline is 1 Sept. 2014.

New issues:

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 17, no. 5 (2014) [contents]
- Special issue on "New Challenges in Immigration Theory." The introductory article is freely available. Relevant articles include "Detaining immigrants and asylum seekers: a normative introduction" and "Climate change refugees."

Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 12, no. 2 (July 2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles, two of which are freely available.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 15, no. 3 (Aug. 2014) [contents]
- Relevant articles include "The Importance of Resources and Security in the Socio-Economic Integration of Refugees: A Study on the Impact of Length of Stay in Asylum Accommodation and Residence Status on Socio-Economic Integration for the Four Largest Refugee Groups in the Netherlands" and "Explaining Local Swedish Refugee Policy."

Migration Policy Practice, vol. IV, no. 2 (April-June 2014) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- Mix of articles.

Refugee Watch Online (June 2014) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, including several on refugees in South Asia, and others on Syrians in Ireland, the crises in South Sudan and Ukraine, refugees in Germany, and Australia's treatment of Sri Lankan boat refugees.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 50 (July 2014) [full-text]
- Formerly the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter.

Tagged Periodicals and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Africa

African Refugees: The Untouchables of Our Time (Think Africa Press, June 2014) [text]

*Displacement and Dispossession through Land Grabbing in Mozambique: The Limits of International and National Legal Instruments, Working Paper, no. 101 (RSC, July 2014) [text]

Initial Profile of Displaced Persons Fleeing the Central African Republic to Chad (IOM, June 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Towards Durable Solutions Achievements and Challenges in Supporting Voluntary Returns of IDPs in Somalia (UNHCR & Samuel Hall, June 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Unfinished Business: Kenya’s Efforts to Address Displacement and Land Issues in Coast Region (IDMC, July 2014) [text]

UNHCR Concerned over Forced Returns of Refugees and Asylum-seekers from Sudan (UNHCR, July 2014) [text]

"Voyager or Victim? Refugees are not Holiday Travellers," De Rebus, no. 543 (July 2014) [full-text]

*updated

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (23 June 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Australia

Access to Services for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Victorian Auditor-General, May 2014) [text]

"Crime, Policy, and Governance: Response to the Australian Government’s Treatment of Refugees and Asylum-seekers," Amsterdam Law Forum, vol. 6, no. 2 (2014) [open access]

"On the Road to Inclusion: Evaluation of a Refugee Driver Education Program in Regional Victoria, Australia," Journal of Social Inclusion, vol. 5, no. 1 (2014) [open access]

Punishment not Protection Behind Morrison’s Refugee Law Changes (The Conversation, June 2014) [text]

"Refugee Immigrants: Addressing Social Exclusion by Promoting Agency in the Australian VET Sector," 2013 Postgraduate Research Papers: A Compendium (NCVER, 2014) [text]
- Scroll to p. 76.

Returns to Sri Lanka of Individuals Intercepted at Sea (UNHCR, July 2014) [text]
- See also earlier statement released by the UNHCR office in Canberra.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Oceania (24 June 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

News: New Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons

UNHCR has just published the Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons under the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. (2014 is the 60th anniversary year of the 1954 Convention.)  Here is part of the description:

This Handbook is intended to assist governments, policy makers, administrative adjudicators, the judiciary, NGOs, legal practitioners, UNHCR staff and other actors with interpreting and applying the 1954 Convention so as to facilitate the identification and proper treatment of its beneficiaries. In addition, this Handbook will be relevant in a range of other circumstances, such as the interpretation of other international instruments that refer to, but do not define, “stateless persons”, “statelessness”, or related terms. In this respect, it is noted that the 1954 Convention has not yet attracted the same level of ratifications/accessions as the 1951 Convention and other human rights treaties. Hence, there is limited State practice, including jurisprudence of national courts, on the application of the 1954 Convention, particularly regarding the interpretation of Article 1(1).The guidance in this Handbook nevertheless considers existing practice of States party to the 1954 Convention and results from a series of expert consultations held by UNHCR.

In order to increase the number of states party to the statelessness conventions, which as the paragraph above notes is not at the same level as other human rights treaties, there has been a concerted effort over the past three years to promote ratifications and accessions.  This map provides an updated list of state parties and pledges to accede; it reflects the four countries who just acceded at a treaty event held in Geneva on 1 July 2014 - Belgium, Gambia, Georgia and Paraguay - bringing the totals for both conventions to 82 (1954) and 58 (1961), respectively.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (27 June 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

The Law and Politics of Non-entrée, Oxford, 4 June 2014 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

"The Law of Diplomatic Asylum: A Contextual Approach," Michigan Journal of International Law, vol. 35, no. 2 (2014) [full-text]

"Les Relations entre Droit International Privé et Droit International des Réfugiés: Histoire d’une Brève Rencontre," Journal du Droit International, vol. 141, no. 2 (Avril-Mai-Juin 2014) [eprint via SSRN]

Note on International Protection, 60th Meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/65/SC/CRP.10 (Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, June 2014) [text]
- See also related speech by the Director of International Protection and the NGO Statement on International Protection.

A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions, 7th ed. (UNHCR, June 2014) [text]

Thematic Compilation of General Assembly & Economic and Social Council Resolutions, 4th ed. (UNHCR, June 2014) [text]

Why the Resistance to Refugee Law? (Global Views Blog, May 2014) [text]
- Reproduces the "Observations of the Stanford Working Group on Responding to Refugees."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (4 June 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Americas, esp. Unaccompanied Minors

"An Administration Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien Minors," U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing, Washington, DC, 25 June 2014 [access]
- Follow link for webcast. See also related testimony submitted by Human Rights First and Women's Refugee Commission.

The Experience of Refugee Claimants at Refugee Hearings in the New System (Canadian Council for Refugees, April 2014) [text]

"Fear is Driving Young Men across the U.S. Border: Central American Countries are Losing a Generation Because of Gangs," The Atlantic, 20 June 2014 [text]

How to Manage the Increase in Families and Protection Requests at the Border (Human Rights First, June 2014) [text]
- See also related factsheet.

"The Intersection of Statelessness and Refugee Protection in US Asylum Policy, Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 2, no. 3 (2014) [open access]

"Meet Luis. He Fled Gangs in Honduras. But the U.S. Probably won't Protect Him," New Republic, 26 June 2014 [text]

Mexico's Unseen Victims (Refugees International, July 2014) [text]

The Surge in Unaccompanied Children from Central America: A Humanitarian Crisis at Our Border (UpFront Blog, July 2014) [text]

"Temporary Protected Status in the United States: A Grant of Humanitarian Relief that is Less than Permanent," Migration Information Source, 2 July 2014 [text]

Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview (U.S. Congressional Research Service, June 2014) [text via Refworld]

Unaccompanied Minors: A Crisis with Deep Roots and No Simple Solutions, Webinar, 25 June 2014 [access]
- Follow link for audio.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas, esp. Unaccompanied Minors (24 June 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe

Publications:

Addressing Migrant Bodies on Europe's Southern Frontier: An Agenda for Research and Practice (Queen's University Belfast & University of York, June 2014) [text via FM List]

Consolidating the CEAS: Innovative Approaches after the Stockholm Programme? UNHCR's Recommendations to Italy for the EU Presidency July-December 2014 (UNHCR, June 2014) [text]

"The Development of the Definition of Prohibited Treatment under Article 3 ECHR for Asylum Seekers," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 50 (July 2014) [full-text]

The EU’s Strategic Guidelines on Migration: Uncontentious Consensus, but Missed Opportunity (Migration Policy Institute, July 2014) [text]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin article.

"Even If…": The Use of the Internal Protection Alternative in Asylum Decisions in the UK (Asylum Aid, July 2014) [text]

Handbook on European Law relating to Asylum, Borders and Immigration (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, June 2014) [text]

International Protection Considerations Related to the Developments in Ukraine – Update I (UNHCR, July 2014) [text]

*Managing Migration and Asylum in Europe: Three Proposals for Europe 2020, Global Governance Programme Policy Brief, no. 2014/01 (RSCAS, June 2014) [text]

More Clarity for Unaccompanied Minors Seeking International Protection (European Commission, June 2014) [access]

Time to End the EU’s Left-to-die Policy (openDemocracy, June 2014) [text]

Blogs:

EU Law Analysis [access]
- Includes analyses of immigration and asylum policy.

European Asylum and Human Rights Case-law: Highlights from Strasbourg [access]
- Another case law resource.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (25 June 2014)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

New Book Titles

Please check out my Pinterest page for references to new books due out in July 2014. Several new titles were also added to the June 2014 and New Legal Texts boards.

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Syria

"The Boat is Safe" and Other Lies: Why Syrian Families are Risking Everything to Reach Europe (Save the Children, June 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Cancer in Refugees in Jordan and Syria between 2009 and 2012: Challenges and the Way Forward in Humanitarian Emergencies," The Lancet Oncology, vol. 15, no. 7 (June 2014) [free full-text]
- Note: Free registration required to access the full-text. See also related UNHCR news story.

EMHRN Position on Refugees from Syria (EMHRN, June 2014) [text]

Finding Solutions for Syrian Refugees: Resettlement and Other Forms of Admission of Syrian Refugees (UNHCR, June 2014) [text]

Needs Assessment for Palestine Refugees from Syria (UNRWA & WFP, March 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Resettlement Places Offered for Syrian Refugees (UNHCR, June 2014) [text]

RSC and Boston University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic Preparing Joint Reports on Syrian Refugee Crisis (RSC, June 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Syria (23 June 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Issues

Displacement Economies in Africa. Paradoxes of Crisis and Creativity (Zed Books, May 2014) [info]

Is Migration Good for the Economy?, Migration Policy Debates (OECD, May 2014) [text]

Refugee Economies: Rethinking Popular Assumptions (Humanitarian Innovation Project, June 2014) [access]
- Follow link for report, infographics, photos, and media coverage.  See also related blog post.

Refugee Programs Deliver Economic as well as Humanitarian Dividends (Blue Notes, June 2014) [text]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, François Crépeau: Labour Exploitation of Migrants, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/26/35 (UN Human Rights Council, April 2014) [text via Refworld]

"Situating the Right to Work in International Human Rights Law: An Agenda for the Protection of Refugees and Asylum-seekers," NUJS Law Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (2013) [full-text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Forced Labour (12 June 2014)
- Thematic Focus: Work Issues, incl. Mistreatment of Migrant Workers (1 May 2014)

Tagged Publications.