Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Seminar: Co-Producing research between academics, NGOs, and communities in humanitarian response, 16 June 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Explainer: The Global Compact on Refugees (RI Blog, June 2021) [text]

Morocco ‘weaponized’ migration to punish Spain. That’s more common than you think (Monkey Cage, June 2021) [text]

"On COVID vaccinations for refugees, will the world live up to its promises?," The New Humanitarian, 8 June 2021 [text]

Tracking Transnational Repression: Next Steps for the State Department’s Human Rights Reports (Just Security Blog, June 2021) [text]

UNHCR congratulates the Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"At 70, has the 1951 Refugee Convention seen its day?," International Migration, vol. 59, no. 3 (June 2021) [free full-text]

"Ethics-driven policy framework for implementation of movement restrictions in pandemics," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 6 (June 2021) [open access]

- Uses India as a case study.

Including Migrants and Communities in Socio-economic Recovery: Experiences from the UNDP-IOM Partnership (June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 6 (June 2021) [open access]

Same old, same old? Are we seeing a resurfacing of the North–South divide in GCM implementation? (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2021) [text]

"Studying Intimacies that Matter: Affective Assemblages in Research Interviews with Forced Migrants," NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Latest Articles, 22 Feb. 2021 [open access]

- "The research question is how affect influences research interview situations and what effects these affective assemblages have on all involved."

"Supporting rebels and hosting refugees: Explaining the variation in refugee flows in civil conflicts," Journal of Peace Research, OnlineFirst, 26 May 2021 [open access]

Thematic Papers on Fragile & Forced Displacement Contexts: Recommendations for the World Bank Group and Other Investors (InterAction, June 2021) [text]

- "InterAction’s Forced Displacement Working Group (FDWG) developed five thematic papers to provide the WBG and other investors an overview of key considerations and actionable recommendations when engaging in fragile and forced displacement settings." Topics covered are livelihoods, gender & inclusivity, early childhood development, legal identity, and HLP.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (29 May 2021)

New Issues of Disasters, EJML, Ethics & Glob. Pol., Hum. Exch., IJMHSC, IMR, JEMS, JIANL, JIHLS, JIMI, NJMR, Ref. Watch, REMI, Rev. IUS, Rts. in Exile

Disasters, vol. 45, no. 3 (July 2021) [contents]

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

Ethics & Global Politics, vol. 14, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue "On Gillian Brock’s Justice for People on the Move," with an introductory essay, five critiques, and a response.

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 23, no 2 (May 2021) [contents]

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

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 79 (May 2021) [full-text]

- The theme of this issue is "Localisation and local humanitarian action."

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 2 (2021) [contents]

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

*International Migration Review, vol. 55, no. 2 (June 2021) [contents]

- Includes thematic sub-sections on "Migration Outcomes, Health, and Work," "Onward Migration, Destination Preferences, and (Im)mobility," "Legal Status, Naturalization, and Resiliency," and "Refugee Policies, Public Opinion, and Crisis." One article is open access. The four book reviews are freely available.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 11 (2021) [contents]

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

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law [access]

- Follow link to view article listings for recent issues.

*Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (May 2021) [contents]

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

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 22, no. 2 (June 2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with that is open access.

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 11, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Mix of seven articles, with one focusing on refugees in Denmark, and four book reviews.

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, no. 57 (2021) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Public Health," with seven articles, a report and a book review.

Revista IUS, vol. 15, no. 47 (Jan.-June 2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migraciones, Relaciones Internacionales y Derecho Internacional," with 13 articles.

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 36, no. 4 (2020) [delayed open access]

- Features thematic dossier on "La citoyenneté au temps de l’'intégration civique': regards croisés France/Canada." Articles become open access after one year.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 124 (June 2021) [text]

- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung = Journal of Migration Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migration Studies and Politics," with nine articles in either German or English.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited immediately after publication! Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Tagged Periodicals.

News: PRIO Launches Guide to Migration Journals

If you have not yet published in a migration-related academic journal, how would you know where to start? PRIO has developed a very useful solution to this challenge in the form of its new Guide to Migration Journals.

Here are some key features of the guide in terms of:

• scope: "provides an overview of 29 systematically selected English-language peer-reviewed journals in migration studies";
• quality: "members of the PRIO Migration Centre have published in more than half of the journals on the list and play active roles and editorial board members and reviewers";
• coverage: "includes information about the journals' thematic orientation, open access options, citations, article length, and more."

Personally - and predictably! - I find the section that summarizes the open access status of the journals to be especially helpful!

Comments and suggestions for additional journals are welcome; please email pmc@prio.org.

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 32, no. 4, Dec. 2020 include:

• The End of Human Rights Dynamism? Judgments of the ECtHR on ‘Hot Returns’ and Humanitarian Visas as a Focal Point of Contemporary European Asylum Law and Policy [abstract]
• Short Shrift to International Non-Refoulement Obligations? Australia’s Approach to Criminal Deportation [abstract]
• Asylum Decisions as Performances: Intertextuality in Internal Credibility Assessment [open access]
• Who is a Refugee? Uncertainty and Discretion in Asylum Decisions [open access]

Analyses from the "COVID-19: Watching Brief" include:

• The End of the Right to Seek Asylum? COVID-19 and the Future of Refugee Protection [free full-text]
• The Invisible Crisis: Refugees and COVID-19 in India [free full-text]
• The Trump Administration, COVID-19, and the Continuing Assault on the Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees [free full-text]
• Community Sponsorship of Refugees and COVID-19’s Challenges [free full-text]

 

In addition, readers will find 1) case law summaries, 2) the text of "Guidance Note on the Entitlement of Victims of Trafficking, and Persons at Risk of Being Trafficked, to International Protection," and 3) three book reviews. 

Tagged Periodicals.

Opportunities: Even More June 2021 & New July 2021

Call for proposals: Refugee-led Initiatives in Lebanon [info]

- The submission deadline is 11 June 2021.

*Job opportunity: Country Research Coordinators, Refugee-Led Initiatives in the Middle East [info]

- Apply by 13 June 2021.

Seminar: Deprivation of Nationality as a Counter-terrorism Measure: A Human Rights and Security Perspective, 14 June 2021 [info]

CFP: Book 2.0 [info]

- Contributions sought for special issue on "Migration, Movement and Exile." Submit proposals by 15 June 2021.

Webinar: Crimes against Refugees Committed in Tigray, 15 June 2021 [info]

Webinar: Internal Displacement, Infectious Disease and Health Responses, 15 June 2021 [info]

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

- The theme is "New realities of politics and humanitarianism: between solidarity and abandonment." The call for panels *closes* on 15 June 2021 and the call for papers *opens* on 16 June 2021.

Job Announcement: Fellow, UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy [info]

- Apply by 16 June 2021.

Discussion: Europe’s Externalisation and Refugee Protection, 17 June 2021 [info]

*Call for applications: Online Orientation Course in Migration and Forced Migration Studies for College and University Teachers, July-August 2021 [info]

- Apply by 22 June 2021.

Launch of visual archive: Archiving the Visual in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, 23 June 2021 [info]

Call for registration: (Re)Imagining Belonging in Latin America and Beyond: Access to Citizenship, Digital Identity and Rights, 23&24 June 2021 [info]

Seminar: ‘We don’t want to give away how you hack the system’: An Emotional History of the Department of Immigration and Child Refugees, 24 June 2021 [info]

- Focuses on Australia.

Call for submissions: The CONREP Publication Support Prize for Refugees [info]

- The deadline is 2 July 2021.

Call for proposals: Digital Inclusion [info]

- The next submission deadline is 12 July 2021. Currently, there are five challenges but new ones may be issued intermittently that cover other areas.

CFP: 2021 Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Conference, Online, 27-29 October 2021 [info]

- The theme of the conference is "Utopias as Practices: Refugee Protection and the Coming Futures." Submit abstracts by 15 July 2021.

Training: Critical Perspectives on Global Asylum Governance in Light of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees and the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, Online, 14-17 September 2021 [info]

- Apply by 15 July 2021.

CFP: The Other Side of Hope [info]

- Submissions for literary magazine sought from writers with an asylum-seeking, refugee and/or immigrant background. The deadline is 31 July 2021.

CFP: Pediatric Ethicscope [info]

- Papers addressing pediatric ethics issues arising from the crisis at the southern U.S. border and in immigration generally will continue to be accepted through 31 July 2021.

CFP: Statelessness and Citizenship Review [info]

- Contributions sought for special issue on "Children Without a State." The deadline is 31 July 2021.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Opportunities: More June 2021

Regional Focus: Australia

Events: 

Refugee Week Australia, 20-26 June 2021 [info]

- This year's theme is "Unity – The way forward."

Making Australia Home: A conversation with refugees about community and change, 25 June 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Australia and migration: Will the Covid pause become a full stop? (The Interpreter Blog, May 2021) [text]

Australia’s abandoned refugees: nine years of exile in offshore purgatory (openDemocracy, June 2021) [text]

The Dangers of Penalising Irregular Arrivals: Lessons from the Australian Model of Offshore Processing (RLI Blog, May 2021) [text]

Federal Court improves pathways to protection for more than a thousand asylum seekers taken to Ashmore reef (Australian Human Rights Commission, May 2021) [text]

New Government Laws Permit Indefinite Detention and Reversal of Refugee Status (Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog, May 2021) [text]

- See also related joint statement from refugee law organizations.

Refugee Communities as Agents of Historical Change: Tamil Refugee Responses during the Coronavirus Pandemic (Critical Refugee Studies Blog, May 2021) [text]

Torture in a Kyriarchcal system (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2021) [text]

Travel Bans and Crimmigration: A New Front for Australia (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Boat People and the Entrenchment of Exclusion," Chapter 15 in Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia, vol. 1 (Thomson Reuters, Feb. 2021) [preprint]

Bridging the Department's Visa Blindspot (Liberty Victoria, April 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report, press release and video recording of report launch. See also related blog post.

The Federal Budget: What it means for refugees and people seeking humanitarian protection (Refugee Council of Australia, May 2021) [text]

- See also related press release.

"Has Covid-19 Exposed the Impacts of Australia's Neoliberal Immigration Policies? A Critical Review of Australia's Ambivalence Towards Temporary Migrant Inclusion and Protection," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 3 (2021) [full-text]

"Provider perspectives on services for people seeking asylum in Australia: best practices and challenges," Australian Psychologist, Latest Articles, 16 May 2021 [postprint]

- Note: Access to this text is under embargo until 13 May 2022.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Australia (30 April 2021)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

"'Discussions are happening' to resettle refugees from Australia’s offshore regime in New Zealand," The Guardian, 3 June 2021 [text]

How British community groups are helping refugees integrate – and the government is making it harder (The Conversation, May 2021) [text]

The Importance of Informal Interactions in the UK Syrian Refugee Resettlement (NCCR On the Move Blog, May 2021) [text]

Mexico: relocations for refugee integration top 10,000 mark (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

"More than 140 refugees in Australian detention set to be resettled in Canada under sponsorship scheme," The Guardian, 20 May 2021 [text]

Tripartite Commission Meeting for the Voluntary Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon: Final Joint Communiqué, 10 Feb. 2021 [text]

UNHCR welcomes conclusions of the 22nd Meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Reports:

Evacuation from Libya: some questions answered by UNHCR (International Refugee Rights Initiative, May 2021) [text]

- Discusses UNHCR's evacuation programmes from Libya to Niger and Rwanda.

FY2021 Refugee Ceiling Increase (Congressional Research Service, May 2021) [text]

Local Integration of Urban Refugees in Uganda: NRC's community-based and integrated programming approach (Norwegian Refugee Council, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mapping of the Regional Integration Policies for IDPs (Norwegian Refugee Council, May 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Ukraine. Follow link for report in English and Ukrainian.

Rebuilding a Responsive and Strategic Refugee Program: Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper on the 2021-22 Humanitarian Program (Refugee Council of Australia, May 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Do I deserve to belong? Migrants’ perspectives on the debate of deservingness and belonging," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 May 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Central Eastern European migrants in the UK.

"Implementing the Refugee Resettlement Process: Diverging Objectives, Interdependencies and Power Relations," Frontiers in Political Science, 7 May 2021 [open access]

"Inclusive Settlement of Young Asylum Seekers in a Rural Region: The Role of Informal Support and Mentoring," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 9 (May 2021) [open access]

"Refugees and Asylees in the United States," Migration Information Source, 13 May 2021 [text]

"Sustaining the Private Sponsorship of Resettled Refugees in Canada," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 11 May 2021 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (18 May 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (18 May 2021)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

70 Years of Workers’ Rights for Refugees (HIAS Blog, April 2021) [text]

Iran policy change gives refugees access to banking services (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Transnational Skills Partnerships between Ghana and Germany: A “triple-win” solution? (AMMODI Blog, June 2021) [text]

Reports:

Betwixt and Between: Integrating Refugees into the EU Labour Market (European Trade Union Institute, 2021) [text]

Bread and Salt: Labour, Reputation, and Trust between Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Hashish Farmers in the Northern Biqa'a, Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper, no. 43 (Univ. of Gothenburg, 2021) [text]

A Decade in Search of Work: A review of policy commitments for Syrian refugees’ livelihoods in Jordan (International Rescue Committee, updated March 2021) [text]

Labor Market Access in Forced Displacement Contexts: Considerations and Recommendations for the World Bank Group and Other Investors (InterAction, June 2021) [text via RI]

Labour Market Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees (EPRS, June 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Mapping Labour Skills of Migrants in Misrata: Challenges and Strategies for Integration into the Libyan Market (IOM & Georgetown Univ., May 2021) [text]

A Multidimensional Approach to Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, ERF Working Paper, no. 1472 (Economic Research Forum, April 2021) [text]

Private Sector Initiatives in Forced Displacement Contexts: Constraints and Opportunities for Market-based Approaches, EMCompass Note, no. 103 (International Finance Corporation, May 2021) [text]

Relentless: Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Host Countries (Jusoor & SPARK, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.

A spotlight on economic reintegration for Afghan returnees, 4Mi snaphot (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2021) [text]

The Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9521 (World Bank, Jan. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Even worse than the undocumented? Assessing the refugees’ integration in the labour market of Lombardy (Italy) in 2001–2014," International Migration, Early View, 6 June 2021 [open access]

"From Center to Periphery and Back Again: A Systematic Literature Review of Refugee Entrepreneurship," Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 18 (Sept. 2020) [open access]

"Immigrant entrepreneurship: a review and research agenda," Journal of Business Research, vol. 113 (May 2020) [postprint]

- Note: Access to the text is under embargo until 26 Sept. 2021.

"Introduction to special issue: Labour market integration of highly skilled refugees in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands," International Migration, Early View, 5 June 2021 [open access]

"Refugee Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review of Prior Research and Agenda for Future Research," Journal of Business Research (Forthcoming; posted May 2021) [preprint]

Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal, vol. 56, no. 3 (Feb. 2021) [contents]

- Includes special focus on "Refugee Entrepreneurship," with five open access articles; the introduction is not freely available.

"Unveiling the Canvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration," International Journal of Management Reviews, vol. 22, no. 2 (April 2020) [ResearchGate]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (19 May 2021)

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 40, no. 1, March 2021 include:

• Entrepreneurial Systems of Syrian Refugees as Stimulators of Host Economy: Case of Ouzaii (Lebanon) [abstract]
• A “Supportive and Catalytic” Supervisor? UNHCR’s Role in the Global Compact for Refugees [abstract]
• Refugee Participation Revisited: The Contributions of Refugees to Early International Refugee Law and Policy [abstract] [free full-text]
• Creeping Crimmigration in CEAS Reform: Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Restrictions on Their Movement under EU Law [abstract] [Academia]
• The Presumption of Safety Tested: The Use of Country of Origin Information in the National Designation of Safe Countries of Origin [open access]

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Blackmail in the Balkans: how the EU is externalising its asylum policies (Statewatch, June 2021) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, May & June 2021) 

- Updated profiles are available for Croatia, Italy & Turkey.

Engaging refugees and migrants as peace advocates. How Germany can contribute to peace in Syria and Afghanistan, Policy Brief, no. 2 (Bonn International Center for Conversion, March 2021) [text]

Playing the Visa Card? ECRE's Assessment of the EU's Plans to Use Visa Leverage to Increase Readmission to Third Countries, Policy Note, no. 36 (ECRE, June 2021) [text]

A Roadmap for Advocacy, Policy Development, and Programming: Protection in Mixed Movements along the Central and Western Mediterranean Routes 2021 (UNHCR & Mixed Migration Centre, June 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and summaries in English, French and Arabic. See also related blog post.

Undermining Protection in the EU: What Nine Trends Tell Us about the Proposed Pact on Migration and Asylum (Refugees International, June 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (7 June 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Accessing a Fair Asylum Procedure: Failures at the external borders of the European Union (Protect Project Blog, June 2021) [text]

"Denmark Passes Law Allowing Asylum Seekers to Be Processed Outside Europe," New York Times, 3 June 2021 [text]

- See also related UNHCR comment and Danish Refugee Council statement.

The historical connections of search and rescue at sea (Refugee History Blog, May 2021) [text]

"A Sicilian fishing town, and the perils of Italy’s migration deal with Libya," The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2021 [text]

The UK’s immigration plans are a gift to criminal gangs, traffickers and exploiters (openDemocracy, May 2021) [text]

UNHCR and IPU welcome Council of Europe parliamentary resolution in support of refugees (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Weaponizing Refugees at the Land Borders of Evros: Constructing the Other Through Fear and Danger (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2021) [text]

When the storm subsides: What happened to grassroots initiatives assisting refugees? (NCHS Blog, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Norway.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"At the EU-Turkey Border, Human Rights Violations are No Longer Clandestine Operations," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, forthcoming 2021) [open access]

"Can Community-Based Social Protection Interventions Improve the Wellbeing of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United Kingdom? A Systematic Qualitative Meta-Aggregation Review," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 6 (May 2021) [open access]

"De-centring the Securitisation of Asylum and Migration in the European Union: Securitisation, Vulnerability and the Role of Turkey," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 1 June 2021 [open access]

"Fleeing as an activity of waiting: Visual representations of the world’s refugee situation on Médecins Sans Frontière Sweden’s website," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 5 June 2021 [open access]

"Onward migration: An introduction," International Migration, Early View, 4 June 2021 [open access]

"Voting Behavior of Immigrants and Their Children in Sweden," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 7 June 2021 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (27 May 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (27 May 2021)

Tip: Keeping Track of UNHCR's Resources & Publications

UNHCR is a prolific publisher and very generously makes most of its publications freely available. And once upon a time, I felt like I actually had a good handle on keeping track of all the information it generated. But no more: After the 2016 revamp of UNHCR’s website eliminated the RSS feeds that helped me keep current on newly added content, I have found it much more challenging to stay informed about what the organization is producing and where it is being posted.* So I have relied increasingly on ReliefWeb to learn about new UNHCR publications (and they still offer RSS feeds!).

Yet even ReliefWeb does not manage to catch every UNHCR report -- particularly those that are published by UNHCR field offices.** Ideally, UNHCR would have one comprehensive institutional repository that collected the bulk of the organization’s research and publications, perhaps similar to the World Bank’s Open Knowledge Repository. This would enable researchers to quickly identify the latest additions, browse through topical collections, and have access to a more sophisticated search mechanism. 

Providing a single, centralized point of access or gateway to UNHCR’s myriad collections and resources would also be helpful, as it would at least provide researchers with a starting point for getting a better sense of what UNHCR produces. As it happens, I realized this is something that I can actually implement myself - so I did! Please take a look at my new UNHCR’s Resources and Publications page when you have a chance, and let me know if there is anything else I should add to it. 

If you want to learn specifically about new or recent UNHCR publications, here are some strategies to try:

1. Visit ReliefWeb's updates for UNHCR, which are automatically organized in reverse chronological order by the date an item was posted to the database. Use the filters on the left to limit the search results by country, content format, language, etc. You can also create RSS feeds for any search strategies you configure: Once you have generated a search results page, just scroll down to locate the RSS link at the bottom of the page, then copy the link and paste it into your news reader. Here is an example for you to try: an RSS feed for the search results for "UNHCR" AND "analysis" AND "protection and human rights".

2. Use my new page to help you identify the type of information you are interested in, then navigate to the relevant collection and use the specific browse/search features provided to locate items of interest.

3. Since a majority of UNHCR's country sites and portals now include the stem "unhcr.org" in their URLs, you can search across them on Google using the following search strategy: 

>search term site:unhcr.org/< (don't include the >< in the actual search)

For example, searching on >statelessness 2021 site:unhcr.org/<, and then limiting results to the past month located items posted on the Central Asia, Northern Europe and Philippines country sites as well as on the Global Focus and Operational Data portals.

Hope this is useful for you and good luck!

__________

*My feedback on the 2016 revamp is available here.

**I conducted a search recently on UNHCR’s site using key words like “desk review,” “research report,” and “research study” and learned about the following items, none of which were in ReliefWeb at the time this was posted:

- “Border Shelter Toolkit: Best Practices in Sheltering Asylum-Seeking Families at the U.S. Southern Border” (on the US site)

- "Desk Review on Populations at Risk of Statelessness: Children of Philippine Descent in a Migratory Setting in Gulf Cooperation Council (GSS) Countries and Persons of Japanese Descent (on the Philippines site]

- “Family reunification practices in Finland” (on the Nordic and Baltic Countries site)

- “Perception of Refugees in Jordan Survey (Wave I): Final Report” (on the Jordan site)

- “Realising Family Reunification: Travel Assistance & Related Matters” (on the Ireland site)

- “Vulnerability Assessment for Refugees in Egypt: 2018” (on the Egypt site)

Tagged Tips.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Mental health and conditions in refugee camps matter when Rohingya living in Bangladesh consider returning to Myanmar (HPN Blog, May 2021) [text]

"Rohingya Refugees Protest Conditions on Remote Island," The Diplomat, 1 June 2021 [text]

- See also related Reuters article.

UNHCR calls for continued engagement and increased support for Afghanistan (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

UNHCR urges stronger support for refugee vaccinations in Asia (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioners conclude four-day visit to Bangladesh (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Reports:

An agenda for a dignified and sustainable Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh (Act for Peace, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Fading Humanitarianism: The Dangerous Trajectory of the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh (Refugees International, May 2021) [text]

For Rohingya, trust begins with who is asking the questions (Ground Truth Solutions, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Learning from responses to disasters and public health emergencies: The cases of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan, Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper (World Bank, Nov. 2021) [text]

Rohingya Crisis - Secondary impacts of COVID-19: Potential consequences of the May 2021 containment and risk mitigation measures (ACAPS, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Transit Country No More: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Indonesia (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Ethics-driven policy framework for implementation of movement restrictions in pandemics," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 6 (June 2021) [open access]

- Includes India case study.

"Non-refoulement and Right of Entry for Asylum-seekers," Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, vol. 29, no. S2 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Malaysia.

"The sustainability–peace nexus in crisis contexts: how the Rohingya escaped the ethnic violence in Myanmar, but are trapped into environmental challenges in Bangladesh," Sustainability Science, Latest Articles, 19 April 2021 [open access]

"Transnational contextualisation seeing the world from there, here and in-between," Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2020 [open access]

- Focuses on Afghanistan and Afghan refugee experiences. See also related blog post.

Multimedia:

The experience of refugees and migrants in host countries in Southeast Asia, 27 May 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (24 May 2021)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

"Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen," The New Humanitarian, 18 May 2021 [text]

"Can the UN’s new humanitarian chief be a reformer?," The New Humanitarian, 12 May 2021 [text]

Humanitarian leadership stories (ReliefWeb Blog, May 2021) [access]

"Then and Now: Aid’s slow pace of change," The New Humanitarian, 6 May 2021 [text]

See also: More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-ups.

Reports & journal articles:

2020 UNHCR Multi-Sectoral Joint Needs Assessment Report (UNHCR, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Addressing Racism and Racial Discrimination Action Plan (IASC, June 2021) [text]

Clean cooking in refugee camps and COVID-19: what lessons can we learn? (Modern Energy Cooking Services Project, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Conflict and Health (May 2021) [access]

- Follow link for special collection on "Lessons from the field: Confronting the challenges of health research in humanitarian crises," with 18 articles. The introduction provides more information.

The ethics of research with structurally vulnerable people in humanitarian settings (R4HC-MENA, May 2021) [access]

- Follow link for research briefing and video recording of related webinar.

Focus on the Frontlines: How the Grand Bargain can deliver on its promise to improve humanitarian aid (International Rescue Committee, May 2021) [text]

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 79 (May 2021) [full-text]

- The theme of this issue is "Localisation and local humanitarian action." 

"More logistics, less aid: Humanitarian-business partnerships and sustainability in the refugee camp," World Development, vol. 142 (June 2021) [open access]

"Why technocratic understandings of humanitarian accountability undermine local communities," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 5 May 2021 [open access]

Resource:

IASC Results Group 1 Sub-group on Localization: Online Repository [access]

 -  "[I]ncludes guidance, policies, good practices, case studies, and information on localization initiatives and projects with a specific focus on the representation of relevant national and local actors in leadership and coordination structures."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (5 May 2021)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Blog posts & press:

The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Missed Opportunity to Strengthen Protection against Human Trafficking? (Crossroads Europe, March 2021) [text]

The overcriminalisation of facilitation of illegal entry: the dangers of the symbolic application of criminal law to deter irregular migration (RLI Blog, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

The Right to Remain for Victims of Modern Slavery (RLI Blog, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Traffickers seen thriving in Europe as COVID-19 hits victim support," Reuters, 9 April 2021 [text]

"UNODC and Malawi launch new measures to combat human trafficking among refugees," UNODC News, 31 March 2021 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Anti-Trafficking Review, vol. 16 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Trafficking in Minors," with seven articles.

Applying gender-sensitive approaches in combating trafficking in human beings (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Conflict, Coping and Covid: Changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020 (Global Initiative, April 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report and video recording of related webinar.

"Human vs. Feminist Security Approaches to Human Trafficking in the Mediterranean," E-International Relations, 5 May 2021 [full-text]

Human Trafficking: Definitions, Data, and Determinants, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9623 (World Bank, April 2021) [text]

Smuggling dynamics for Afghans on the move toward Europe, 4Mi snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (15 March 2021) 

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

Blog post:

Entrenching Invisibility and Creating Vulnerability: The Absence of Disability in the UK’s New Plan for Immigration (RLI Blog, May 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Changing Vulnerabilities and COVID-19 Adherence: Older Refugees in Lebanon (ELRHA) [info] 

- Research project undertaken by Norwegian Refugee Council & American University of Beirut. See related questionnaire in English & Arabic and preprint on vaccine acceptance of older Syrian refugees.

A Claim to Dignity: Ageing on the Move - Regional assessment on the situation and needs of older persons on the move in the Americas (UNHCR & HelpAge, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related press release and news story. A Spanish version is also available.

COVID-19, Displacement & Older People in Afghanistan (Samuel Hall & HelpAge, Dec. 2020) [text]

Disability, Disasters and Displacement (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, March 2021) [text]

Disability, Displacement and Climate Change (UNHCR, IDMC & IDA, April 2021) [text]

Disability Prevalence and Impact: Syrian Arab Republic (Humanitarian Needs Assessment Programme, April 2021)

- HNAP has published several reports describing field research that collected data during Summer 2020, October 2020 and December 2020. 

"The Effect of Exercise Training for Refugee Wheelchair Users," International Journal of Disabilities, Sports and Health Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Nine years of war and internal conflicts in Syria: a call for physical rehabilitation services," Disability & Society, vol. 36, no. 3 (2021) [free full-text]

Working with Older Persons in Forced Displacement (UNHCR & HelpAge, 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

Invisible Refugees: persons with disabilities and their right to refugee status, 5 May 2021 [info] [access]

- Follow the second link for a video recording.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (2 March 2021) 

 

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

A dangerous road home for Horn of Africa migrants (ISS Today, May 2021) [text]

Evacuation from Libya: some questions answered by UNHCR (International Refugee Rights Initiative, May 2021) [text]

- Discusses UNHCR's evacuation programmes to Niger and Rwanda.

Introducing "Invisibility in African Displacements" (AMMODI, June 2021) [text]

- Introduction to new blog series.

Kenya and Tanzania: how sport affects nationalism, and attitudes towards refugees (The Conversation, May 2021) [text]

A Single Paper could lead to your Unprecedented Death if you are an Immigrant, Refugee, or Asylum seeker in South Africa (ALU Global Focus, April 2021) [text]

Solar cooperatives give refugees and locals in Ethiopia clean energy and livelihoods (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

UNHCR commends South Sudan as first refugees receive COVID-19 vaccination (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Addressing the plight of Missing and Deceased Migrants in South Africa (ICRC, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Domestication de la Convention de Kampala au Mali (UNHCR, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*From Unilateral Response to Coordinated Action: How Can Mobility Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa Adapt to the Public-Health Challenges of COVID-19? (Migration Policy Institute, June 2021) [text]

"Global health (security), immigration governance and Covid-19 in South(ern) Africa: An evolving research agenda," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 3 (2021) [open access]

Information Sources and Anxiety among Refugees in Kenya during COVID-19, Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Virtual, 26-28 May 2021 [text]

"Land Restitution in Postconflict Burundi," International Journal of Transitional Justice, Advance Articles, 10 May 2021 [free full-text]

"The ‘marketplace of post-conflict assistance’ in Northern Uganda and beyond," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 21 May 2021 [open access]

Migration policy-making in Africa: determinants and implications for cooperation with Europe, EUI Working Paper, no. RSC 2021/54 (European University Institute, May 2021) [text]

Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees in Uganda: Results from the High-Frequency Phone Survey - Second Round (World Bank, March 2021) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (17 May 2021)

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

1948 to 1951: The racial politics of humanitarianism and return in Palestine (Identities Journal Blog, May 2021) [text]

The Jordan Compact: A model for burden-sharing in the refugee crisis (RLI Blog, May 2021) [text]

The New Palestinian Refugees (EJIL: Talk Blog, May 2021) [text]

Returning Iraqis face dire conditions following camp closures (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Reports:

Bring the Planners Back! Displacement-Triggered Patterns of Urbanization and City Responses, Policy Brief, no. 58 (Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, May 2021) [text]

Can Refugees Speak? Challenging Power and Creating Space in the Humanitarian System for Refugee Agency and Voice, Dissertation (Univ. of Ottawa, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Lebanon.

Equity with Prejudice: International NGOs and Healthcare Delivery in Refugee Crises, Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper, no. 44 (Univ. of Gothenburg, 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

An Overview of Displacement in Iraq (IOM, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Perception of Refugees in Jordan Survey (Wave I): Final Report (UNHCR & NAMA, Dec. 2020) [text]

- See also related news story.

A Region on the Move: 2020 Mobility Overview in the East and Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (IOM, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Urban Displacement in Federal Iraq (IOM, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Where to Settle? How Syrian Refugees Choose Their Place of Residence in Lebanon, Policy Brief, no. 58 (Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, May 2021) [text]

Books/book chapters:

Reconciliation and Refugees: The Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021) [full-text via AAUP]

- The essays included in this collection resulted from a conference held to mark the establishment of the Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (AARMENA).

Un-Settling Middle Eastern Refugees: Regimes of Exclusion and Inclusion in the Middle East, Europe, and North America (Berghahn Books, June 2021) [open access]

- Note: The text is not yet available to download, but check the ToC to see what is covered in this forthcoming volume.

Visual Securitization: Humanitarian Representations and Migration Governance (Springer, May 2021) [open access]

- "This open access book offers an innovative account of how relief organizations’ visual depiction of Syrian displacement contributes to reproduce and reinforce a securitized account of refugees."

Journal articles:

Anthropology of the Middle East, vol. 16, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "States of Displacement: Middle Eastern Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Asylum Seekers in Global Context," with five articles.

"A paradise without people. Ambivalence in representations of migration and its outcomes when Syrian refugees talk about secondary migration to Europe," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 25 May 2021 [open access]

"Refugees, Migration and the Tightening Borders in the Middle East. A Perspective from Biographical Research on the Re‐Figuration of Spaces and Cross‐Cultural Comparison," FQS: Forum Qualitative Social Research, vol. 22, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (12 May 2021)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (12 May 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

 Journal articles & book chapters:

"Children’s Literature in Critical Contexts of Displacement: Exploring the Value of Hope," Education Sciences, vol. 10, no. 12 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

- See also related Toolkit.

"Continuity and Social Support: A Longitudinal Study of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors’ Care Networks," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 31 May 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Belgium.

"Effectiveness of an Integrated Care Package for Refugee Mothers and Children: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial," JMIR Research Protocols, 10(5): e25047 (May 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Rohingya in Bangladesh.

"Guilty When Innocent: Australian Government’s Resistance to Bringing Home Wives and Children of Islamic State Fighters," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 6 (May 2021) [open access]

"Legacies of humanitarian neglect: Long term experiences of children who returned from the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda," Conflict and Health, 15:43 (May 2021) [open access]

"Rejected Asylum Claims and Children in International Human Rights Law," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, Forthcoming 2021) [text]

"Unaccompanied Migrant Children’s Rights: A Prerequisite for the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals in Spain and Sweden," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 6 (May 2021) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (2 June 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Age Assessment in the New Plan: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed… Something Blue? (RLI Blog, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

U.S. Government Makes Significant Strides in Receiving Unaccompanied Children but Major Challenges Remain (MPI Commentary, May 2021) [text]

Reports:

2021 UNHCR Best Interests Procedure Guidelines: Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

- "The Guidelines replace both the 2008 UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child and the 2011 Field Handbook for the Implementation of UNHCR BID Guidelines. The Guidelines build on the practice of domestic child protection systems and the first 13 years of implementation of the 2008 UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child. The Guidelines were first released in provisional form in 2018 and were finalized following internal and external consultation in 2020."

DTM Focused on Refugee and Migrant Children, on a Long Stay or Street Situation: General Report (IOM, Feb. 2021; posted April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia. See also Spanish version.

Family Reunification Practices in Finland (Finnish Refugee Advice Centre & UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

Futures at risk: protecting the rights of children on the move in a changing climate (UNICEF, May 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report and executive summary.

ICE did not Consistently Provide Separated Migrant Parents the Opportunity to Bring Their Children Upon Removal (US Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, May 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Protection Service Pilot Study Outcomes: Enhancing child protection services by incorporating Cash-based Interventions as part of comprehensive programming (UNHCR, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.

Realising Family Reunification: Travel Assistance & Related Matters (UNHCR, IOM & Irish Red Cross, 2020) [text]

Unaccompanied Children at the Gates of Europe: Voices from Samos (Refugee Rights Europe & Still I Rise, May 2021) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (17 May 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (17 May 2021)

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for references to new books due out in June 2021, as well as titles published in May 2021 and new legal and open access texts.