Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Pledges aren’t enough to protect East Africa’s refugees (ISS Today, Nov. 2023) [text]

SADC Member States partner with the African Development Bank and UNHCR to address forced displacement, fragility, and climate resilience in Southern Africa (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Verifying records of over 61,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in Republic of Congo (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Conflict, climate change, food security, and mobility in the Karamoja Cluster: A study to analyse interactions among conflict, food security, climate change, migration and displacement factors (FAO, IGAD & Interpeace, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Critical Turning Point: The Path to Durable Solutions for Refugees in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

Exploring new approaches to urban refugee hosting in Kenya (IIED, Nov. 2023) [text]

Knowledge, resources and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights: The views and experiences of young refugees living in Kyangwali refugee settlement, Western Uganda (Open Univ., June 2023) [text]

Migration and Displacement in Secondary Cities: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2023) [text]

- See also video recording of related webinar.

"Systematic Analysis of the Security and Economic Implications of Migration and Regional Conflict in West Africa," Global Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 22, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"When Legal Inclusion is not Enough: The 'Uganda Model' of Refugee Protection on the Brink of Failure," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 15 Nov. 2023 [open access]

White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa (Govt. of South Africa, Nov. 2023) [text via CRAI]

- See also related press statement. Public comments on the white paper can be submitted until 19 January 2024.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (4 Nov. 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA

News & commentary on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza: 

Here are the most recent sitreps from OCHA and UNRWA. Visit ReliefWeb for a much more comprehensive listing of updates and situation reports.

• "4 things to know about UNRWA, Gaza's largest aid organization," NPR, 13 Nov. 2023 [text]
• "Gaza: 'How do we escape the slow death of starvation?'," The New Humanitarian, 7 Nov. 2023 [text]
• "Gaza refugee camps: born during first Arab-Israeli war," France 24, 7 Nov. 2023 [text]
• "Israel Tells Palestinians to Leave 4 Southern Gaza Towns," VOA News, 16 Nov. 2023 [text]
• "Overrun shelters in Gaza become disease risks, as forced flight continues," The New Humanitarian, 15 Nov. 2023 [text]
• Responses to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Israel (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct.-Nov. 2023) [access]
• Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Humanitarian chiefs will not take part in unilateral proposals to create “safe zones” in Gaza (IASC, Nov. 2023) [text]
• Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, "We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire" (IASC, Nov. 2023) [text]
• "UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza," AP News, 15 Nov. 2023 [text] [see also related Amnesty International statement and VOA News story]
• Why a “humanitarian pause” or “humanitarian corridors” are simply not the answer in Gaza (Views & Voices Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]
• "With 102 Workers Killed, U.N. Agency in Gaza Struggles to Provide Aid," New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023 [text]

Other publications:

Abuse, Corruption, and Accountability: Time to Reassess EU & U.S. Migration Cooperation with Tunisia (Refugees International, Nov. 2023) [text]

A Cascading Crisis: Looming Threats of Mass Internal Displacement from South Lebanon in the Wake of the Israel-Hamas Armed Conflict (RID Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

EU planning new anti-migration deals with Egypt and Tunisia, unrepentant in support for Libya (Statewatch, Nov. 2023) [text]

"In a Tunisian migration hub, asylum seekers find little support," The New Humanitarian, 6 Nov. 2023 [text]

"Problematizing Early Marriages: Development Narratives and Refugee Experiences in Jordan," Chapter in Muslim Marriage and Non-Marriage: Where Religion and Politics Meet Intimate Life (Leuven University Press, Nov. 2023) [access]

- Scroll to p. 61.

"Los refugiados palestinos y la UNRWA: encuentros y desencuentros de una relación compleja," Estudios de Asia y África, vol. 58, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Youth development and spatial configurations: socio-spatial inequalities in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon," Frontiers in Sociology, 15 Nov. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (2 Nov. 2023)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Webinar: Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Southwest Border: The Only Constant is Change, 6 December 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

The Importance of Fair Vetting Procedures for Iranian Refugees (Cardozo ERSJ Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Map the Impact: Immigrants Make Up Over 18% of the Total US Population Growth (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Links to interactive map. 

Shifting Patterns and Policies Reshape Migration to U.S.-Mexico Border in Major Ways in 2023 (MPI Commentary, Oct. 2023) [text]

The U.S.-Mexico Border Problem will not be 'Solved' until all Parts of the Border Enforcement System are Properly Resourced (MPI Commentary, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Can the Biden Immigration Playbook be Effective for Managing Arrivals via Sea?," Migration Information Source, 25 Oct. 2023 [text]

Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts, FY 2018-2023 (TRAC, Oct. 2023) [access]

"The Leadership Limitation on Persecutors and Terrorist Organizations," Cornell Law Review Online, vol. 108 (May 2023) [full-text] 

- Focuses on Sikh asylum-seekers. See also related preprint.

New data analysis shows that Temporary Protected Status for Central American countries should reduce, not increase, irregular migration at the border (FWD.us, Oct. 2023) [text]

Primer: Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Border (American Bar Association, updated Oct. 2023) [text]

"The Toll Paid When Adjudicators Err: Reforming Appellate Review Standards for Refugees," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Violence in the Administrative State," California Law Review, vol. 112 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

Multimedia:

20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, 18 Sept. 2023 [access]

Reforming Asylum for the 21st Century: A Podcast with Immigration Expert Muzzafar Chishti (The Border Chronicle, Oct. 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (25 Oct. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunity:

Request for participation: 2023 Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge [info]

- "The 2023 GRF Legal Community Pledge is a multi-stakeholder pledging initiative that aims to unite the legal community around a shared goal of working with refugees and other forcibly displaced people to advance their access to rights, justice and lasting solutions to their displacement."

Short pieces:

Border Dialectics: Progress, Regress, and Resistance (Völkerrechtsblog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Secretary-General Appoints Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka Assistant High Commissioner, Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Asylum Governance Instruments in Canada, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey: Status Determination, Structural Vulnerability and the Right to Work (CEPS, Oct. 2023) [text]

IML Information Note on the Principle of Non-refoulement (IOM, updated Oct. 2023) [text]

Memo on international law and the rules governing the expulsion of non-citizens (Kaldor Centre, Oct. 2023) [text]

- This memo "sets out the international law relevant to the upcoming landmark High Court challenge to the Australian government’s power to hold people in immigration detention indefinitely."

Journal articles:

"Les droits des demandeurs d’asile pendant l’état d’urgence sanitaire: Bilan et perspective pour la réforme à venir de l’asile," Lettres Actualités Droits-Libertés, 25 Sept. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on France.

"Empirical Consequences of Normative Inadequacies: The Principle of Temporary Refuge and Protection Gaps,"  Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"'Safe Legal Pathways' or New Colonial Frontiers? A Critical Analysis of European Intervention in the Sahel and the Creation of Anomalous Legal Zones," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 6 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"The Spirit of the Convention and the Letter of the Colony: Refugees Defining States in a British Overseas Territory," International Political Sociology, vol. 17, no. 4 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Temporary Protection in the European Union and the United States: Same Words, Vastly Different Meanings," Journal of Law and Public Affairs (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (2 Oct. 2023) 

Thematic Focus: Detention

News:

Indefinite immigration detention unlawful: High Court rules (Kaldor Centre & Human Rights Law Centre, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Note: Both organizations jointly submitted an amicus curiae brief in this case. See also related memo referenced below. 

For additional news, statements and commentary, see:

- "Australia to release asylum seekers in indefinite detention after landmark ruling," Reuters, 9 Nov. 2023 [text]

- "Documents reveal details about the 92 people facing release from indefinite immigration detention in Australia," The Guardian, 9 Nov. 2023 [text]

- The High Court has decided indefinite detention is unlawful. What happens now? (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

- ‘I have no rights’: what happens to stateless people in Australia after the High Court’s ruling? (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Landmark Australian Ruling Rejects Indefinite Immigration Detention (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2023) [text]

- UNHCR statement on Australia’s High Court decision on indefinite detention (Nov. 2023) [text]

Short pieces:

"Commentary: The enduring harm from permanent offshore processing arrangements in the Pacific Islands," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 47, no. 6 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

Europe: The Spectre of Detention Looms across the Continent as Immigration Pressures Grow (Immigration Detention Monitor, Nov. 2023) [text]

Extended Detention Compounds Trauma for Thousands of Child Victims of Terrorism in Syria Camps (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Hotels as Alternative Places of Detention (Asylum Insight, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Malawi’s Encampment Policy: Forced Relocations and Detentions (Immigration Detention Monitor, Nov. 2023) [text]

The Psychological Harm of Immigration Detention (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

*Shades of Carcerality? Reflections on Asylum Accommodation in Italy, France and the UK (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Arbitrary Detention of Mexican Citizens by Mexican Immigration Authorities," International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 12, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- See also related blog post.

"The black book on Turin's pre-removal detention center (CPR): When legal turns political," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 13 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Evaluation of the US detention standards to protect the health and dignity of migrants: a systematic review of national health standards," BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

Memo on international law and the rules governing the expulsion of non-citizens (Kaldor Centre, Oct. 2023) [text]

- This memo "sets out the international law relevant to the upcoming landmark High Court challenge to the Australian government’s power to hold people in immigration detention indefinitely."

"The next jailor: An empirical study of danger to the public immigration detentions in Canada (Summer 2021)," Punishment & Society, OnlineFirst, 20 Sept. 2023 [open access] 

Towards the Abolition of the Immigration Detention of Children in the United States, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 10 (Saint Louis Univ., Sept. 2023) [text]

- See also related blog post.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (2 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 4-8 December 2023 [info]

- "Participants will be admitted on a rolling basis and admissions/bookings will close when maximum capacity has been reached." 

Event: Mobilizing Action Toward the Global Compact on Refugees: A Discussion with Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, New York/Online, 13 November 2023 [info]

CFP: Crisisology no more: Migration Geographies beyond the Lens of Crisis, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16-20 April 2024 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 14 November 2023.

CFP: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]

- Submit proposals by 17 November 2023.

Call for registration: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]

- Registration opens 1 December 2023.

Short pieces:

High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

High Commissioner’s statement to the United Nations Security Council (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

Responding to forced displacement: data-informed policies for both refugees and hosts (Let's Talk Development Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Displaced During Crisis: Lessons Learned from High-Frequency Phone Surveys and How to Protect the Most Vulnerable (World Bank, Oct. 2023) [text]

International Migration Outlook 2023 (OECD, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Key Informant Interviews: A Practical Guide for Refugee and Displacement Researchers (Jeff Crisp, Nov. 2023) [text]

Leveraging Harmonized Data to Improve Welfare among Forcibly Displaced Populations and

their Hosts: A Technical Brief Series (World Bank, June 2023) [access]

- Follow link to access three policy briefs: 1) A profile of forcibly displaced populations and their hosts, 2) Do legal restrictions affect refugees’ labor market and education outcomes? Evidence from harmonized data, and 3) Welfare in forcibly displaced populations: from measuring outcomes to building capabilities. See also related blog post.

MOPAN Assessment Report: International Organization for Migration (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Oct. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for the report to two parts, an overview of IOM's performance, and a press release.

Journal articles:

"Editorial: Bodies at borders: analyzing the objectification and containment of migrants at border crossing," Frontiers in Sociology, 6 Nov. 2023 [open access]

- Provides an overview of the themes and findings of the articles published as part of this research topic.

"Ethical Considerations in Research with People from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds: A Systematic Review of National and International Ethics Guidelines," Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Latest Articles, 27 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Performing Border Externalisation: Media Deterrence Campaigns and Neoliberal Belonging," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 14 July 2023 [free full-text]

- See also related blog post.

"Political participation of refugee and host community youths: epistemic resistance through artistic and participatory spaces," Journal of Youth Studies, Latest Articles, 26 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (30 Oct. 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunities:

Seminar series: 14th International Refugee Law Seminar Series, London, 2023-2024 [info]

- The theme is "Asylum in the UK: The New Legal Landscape." The next seminar is scheduled for 16 November 2023 and will focus on "Defining refugees under the new legislative frameworks."

Short pieces:

Germany: How much welfare do asylum seekers get, and is it a 'pull factor'? (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2023) [text]

Preliminary Comments on the Italy-Albania Deal (ECRE, Nov. 2023) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

Reports:

The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2022 (ECRE, Nov. 2023) [text]

In plain sight: The Human Cost of Migration Policies and Violent Practices at Greek Sea Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, Nov. 2023) [text]

Return, reintegration and recovery: IOM’s Strategy for supporting return to Ukraine (IOM, Oct. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"An Asylum Seeker’s Time between Being a 'Refugee' and a 'Migrant'," Migration, Mobility & Displacement, vol. 6, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Research for this article was undertaken in Greece.

"Blame it on my youth: the origins of attitudes towards immigration," Acta Politica, Latest Articles, 18 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Distinct Boundaries? Preferences of Immigrants’ Descendants Regarding Partnerships with Recent Refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in Germany," Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Ahead of Print, 31 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"On Becoming an Artist Anew: Refugees’ Arrival in the Field of Cultural Production in Austria," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"Transformations in Greek Migration Policy after 2015: Securitization Practices and Precarity of Refugees," Migration, Mobility & Displacement, vol. 6, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Using Natural Experiments to Uncover Effects of Anti-Refugee Riots on Attitudes of Refugees," Sociology, OnlineFirst, 30 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"The World’s Leading Refugee Host, Turkey Has a Complex Migration History," Migration Information Source, 1 Nov. 2023 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (30 Oct. 2023)

New Issues of ERS, Humanit. Aid on the Move, Intl. J. Crim. Just. & Soc. Dem., Intervention, JEMS, Migr. Mob. & Displ., Migr. Stud., Migr. Soc., Rev. Esc. Enferm.

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 9 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Queer Liberalisms and Marginal Mobilities." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

Humanitarian Aid on the Move, no. 25 (Oct. 2023) [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Theme is "Humanitarian aid today: 'the end of political innocence'?"

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 12, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Southern Perspectives on Border Criminology." 

Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, vol. 21, no. 2 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

- Mix of articles. Note: The title of this journal was formerly "Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict." 

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 17 (2023) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Migration, Mobility & Displacement, vol. 6, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Theme is "Creating Commons." Note: The previous issue of this journal was published in 2020.

Migrations Société, no. 191 (2023) [contents]

- Features a dossier on "Regards sur les routes migratoires aujourd’hui."

Migrations Société, no. 189 (2022) [contents]

- Features a dossier on "Les catégories mobilisées dans l’étude des migrations et des migrants."

Migration Studies, vol. 11, no. 3 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Family Migration in Times of Crisis." The introduction and four of the five articles are open access; a postprint of the fifth article is also available.

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, vol. 57, Spec. issue (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on refugees and immigrants, with articles in English and Portuguese.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces & reports:

Jurisprudence on LGBTIQ applicants in international protection (EU Agency for Asylum Sept. 2023) [text]

LGBTIQ applicants in asylum systems (EU Agency for Asylum Sept. 2023) [text]

"Uganda’s anti-gay law has turned camps into prisons for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers," The New Humanitarian, 27 Sept. 2023 [text]

*The worsening predicament for LGBTQ+ people in Uganda: how a new law could increase displacement (MPC Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Collective resistance as a means to healing: A narrative participatory study with sexual minority refugee & asylum-seeking people," Psychology & Sexuality, Latest Articles, 18 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Critiquing Trends and Identifying Gaps in the Literature on LGBTQ Refugees and Asylum-Seekers," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 16 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 9 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Queer Liberalisms and Marginal Mobilities." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

"Later Is a Cis-Hetero Patriarchal Time Zone: Narratives of Resistance to LGBTQI+ Inclusion amongst Humanitarian Practitioners," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 12 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"No One Wants to Hire Us: The intersectional precarity experienced by Venezuelan LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Brazil during COVID-19," Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

"Proving gender and sexuality in the (homo)nationalist Greek asylum system: Credibility, sexual citizenship and the ‘bogus’ sexual other," Sexualities, OnlineFirst, 22 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Sexual diversity and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022," Legal Studies, First View, 18 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (2 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunities:

Roundtable: Fostering Inclusion of Newcomers: Access to Employment, Long-Term Residence and Participation in Decision-Making for Refugees and Migrants, Brussels, 17 November 2023 [info]

- Register by 14 November 2023.

Webinar: Engaging Local Voices: Letting Cities Inform National Refugee Resettlement Goals, 14 November 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

"Is There a Path to Refugee Resettlement for Palestinians?," VOA News, 28 Oct. 2023 [text]

New Zealand refugee and migrant strategies refreshed (Govt. of New Zealand, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Asylum seeker dispersal policies – Setting the stage for successful integration? (ICMPD, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Potential of The EU’s Long-term Residency Directive (ECRE, Oct. 2023) [text]

"We are just trying to give our children a future": Self-reliance for Syrian Refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Norwegian Refugee Council, Oct. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for English and Arabic versions.

Working towards dual intent integration of Ukrainian refugees (OECD, Nov. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Context Matters: The Implications of the Mode of Service Provision for Structural and Relational Integration of Refugees in Ghana and Ethiopia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Developing a multi-level framework for analyzing public sports-based programmes to integrate migrants and refugees into organized sports," Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, Latest Articles, 2 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"'The More Horrible the Thing was, the More They Laughed': Laughter, Solidarity and Refugees’ Negotiation of Trauma During Resettlement in Postwar Queensland," Journal of Australian Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Solidarity with Displaced People from Ukraine in Hungary: Attitudes and Practices," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"United States Report," Italian Labour Law e-Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

-  Prepared for a special comparative issue on integration of Ukrainian refugees.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (26 Oct. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

U.S. Government Reaches Settlement in Class Action Family Separation Case Seeking Injunctive Relief (US Dept. of Justice, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related ACLU press release.

Reports:

Children in Refugee Camps and Their Role in Refugee-Host Community Integration, Policy Brief, no. 16 (IDOS, 2023) [text]

Family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection (EU Agency for Asylum, Oct. 2023) [text]

Lives on Hold, Our Stories Told Project (UCL, Univ. of Liverpool, Univ. of Southampton & Shpresa Programme, 2023) [access]

- Follow link for three policy briefs focusing on age assessments, mental health and the impact of delays on asylum seeking children and young people in the UK.

Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe: Accompanied, Unaccompanied and Separated: Overview of Trends (January-December 2022) (IOM, UNHCR & UNICEF, ) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Examining Associations between Maternal Trauma, Child Attachment Security, and Child Behaviours in Refugee Families," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 [open access]

Migration Studies, vol. 11, no. 3 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Family Migration in Times of Crisis." The introduction and four of the five articles are open access; a postprint of the fifth article is also available.

"Refugee and asylum-seeker children’s experiences: results of a meta ethnography," Children's Geographies, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Report on Enforcing the Rights of Children in Migration," Laws, vol. 12, no. 5 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Unaccompanied Children and the Need for Legal Representation in Immigration Proceedings," St. John's Law Review, vol. 96, no. 4 (2022) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Women's participation in childbearing decision-making and its effects on short-interval births in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh," The Lancet Regional Health: Southeast Asia, 15:100250 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (18 Oct. 2023)

Opportunities: More Nov. 2023 & New Dec. 2023

Panel discussion: The State of Humanitarian Innovation: What has it achieved and where is it going, Online, 9 November 2023 [info]

Webinar: Engaging Local Voices: Letting Cities Inform National Refugee Resettlement Goals, 14 November 2023 [info]

Roundtable: Driven Out: Global Response to the Plight of Forcibly Displaced People, Washington, DC/Online, 15 November 2023 [info]

Seminar: Promising victimhood: contrasting deservingness rationales in refugee governance, Florence, Italy/Online, 15 November 2023 [info]

Panel discussion: Refugee Protection and AAA and others (2023-4) - Panel 1: International Refugee Law and Safe Third Countries, Online, 22 November 2023 [info]

Seminar: A Cold Climate for Refugee Women?, Online, 27 November 2023 [info]

Panel discussion: Refugee Protection and AAA and others (2023-4) - Panel 2: 2: Borders, Racialisation, and Refugee Protection in Rwanda, Online, 29 November 2023 [info]

CFP: "An interconnected world? Rethinking citizenship and migration," MPC-GLOBALCIT Conference, Florence, Italy, 9-10 May 2024 [info]

- Submit proposals by 30 November 2023.

Call for registration: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]

- Registration opens 1 December 2023.

Course: Migration and Integration: Refugees, Rights & Realities, Online, 15-26 January 2024 [info] 

- Register by 10 December 2023.

CFP: BMC Public Health [info]

- Contributions sought for a "Collection on Migration and Health." Submission deadline is 13 December 2023. More info is available in this editorial.

CFP: Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Racism, Rights, and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Refugees." Submission deadline is 31 December 2023. 

Related post:

- Opportunities: More Oct. & Nov. 2023 

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Darien Gap: As migrants take deadly risks for better lives, Canada and the U.S. must do much more (The Conversation, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Latin American Leaders Hold Summit on Migration," VOA News, 22 Oct. 2023 [text]

Reports:

Bottleneck of the Americas: Crime and Migration in the Darién Gap, Latin America Report, no. 102 (International Crisis Group, Nov. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish.

Cumbre Iberoamericana de Movilidad Humana y Derechos Humanos, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 20 y 21 de julio de 2023: Nota conceptual [text]

Migrants, Identification, and Services in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru: Experiences and Stories (Inter-American Development Bank, Sept. 2023) [text]

Movilidad Humana y obligaciones de protección: Hacia una perspectiva subregional (OEA, July 2023) [text]

Perfil de la migración reciente reportada desde los hogares venezolanos (UCAB & UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Colombia. Follow link for report and executive summary.

A Step Forward: Lessons from Colombia’s Temporary Protection Status for Venezuelans (International Rescue Committee, Oct. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Expanding the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies: Refugee Protection, Regularization, and Naturalization in Latin America," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"The Implications of Migration Governance and Colonial Structures in Humanitarian Organisations in Mexico," International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 12, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- See also related blog post.

"Introduction: Towards a New Migration and Asylum Research Agenda for the Americas," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Nov. 2023 [open access]

- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue.

"Movilidad humana: 'Riesgos y respuestas de protección para la población en situación de movilidad humana y refugio en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19 en Ecuador'," Tsafiqui: Revista Científica en Ciencias Sociales," vol. 13, no. 20 (2023) [open access]

"Multilevel Governance 'from Above': Analysing Colombia’s System of Co-Responsibility for Responding to Internal Displacement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Traces and Residues of Migrant Boat Journeys: Reading the 'MV Sun Sea' and 'Komagata Maru'," Migration, Mobility & Displacement, vol. 6, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

Multimedia:

"Keynote Conversation: The United States & the World: Increasing Migration within the Western Hemisphere," 20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, 18 Sept. 2023 [access]

- Click on the "Migration in the Western Hemisphere" tab at the top.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (21 Oct. 2023) 

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa in Transition Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

ECOWAS and UNHCR signed an agreement to strengthen refugee protection and address internal displacements in West Africa (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

The Transient Refugee Trend in the Horn of Africa: Could This Call for a Shift in Policy? (Africa Up Close Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

IGAD and Forced Migration Response in the Horn of Africa: Prospects and Obstacles, IOB Working Paper, no. 5 (Univ. of Antwerp, Oct. 2023) [text]

Protracted displacement in an urban world - Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: building urban solutions, Working Paper (IIED, Oct. 2023) [text]

A Region on the Move 2022: East and Horn of Africa (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

Respecting Her International Obligations? Analyzing Rwanda's 2014 Law Relating to Refugees, IOB Working Paper, no. 6 (Univ. of Antwerp, Oct. 2023) [text]

UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs in Western and Central Africa, Dakar/Online, 12-13 Sept. 2023 [access]

- Follow link for agenda and concept note.

Journal articles:

"Are They Victims of COVID-19? The livelihood and quandaries of sex workers in the New Kuchingoro camp for internally displaced people in Abuja, Nigeria," Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

"Determinants of life satisfaction among migrants in South Africa: an analysis of the GCRO’s quality of life survey (2009–2021)," BMC Public Health, 23:2030 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Dispossession, social reproduction and the feminization of refugee survival: Ethiopian refugees in Nairobi, Kenya," Review of International Political Economy, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Endurance Lost and Found: Unwanted Return and the Suspension of Time," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on returns to Senegal.

"Where is Home without Legal Status? Understanding the Choice to Stay Among Post-Cessation Liberians in Nigeria," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 31 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (23 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

"City of Hope": Students worldwide shape the future of refugee solidarity (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

- "Nine of the best ideas from the third Model UN Refugee Challenge have been brought to life by an artist."

The education challenges facing refugee youth in Malaysia (Monash Univ. Lens, Oct. 2023) [text]

Welcoming Refugees: School Campuses as Sites for Resettlement and Integration (American Foreign Service Association, Nov. 2023) [text]

What could be more important than education? (Development for Peace Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

World Teachers’ Day 2023: Addressing the Overlooked Plight of Refugee Teachers (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Being a Mathematics Teacher in Schools in Temporary Accommodation Centres: Turkish Teachers and Syrian Students," Necatibey Eğitim Fakültesi Elektronik Fen ve Matematik Eğitimi Dergisi = Necatibey Faculty of Education Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 17, Spec. Issue (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Editorial: Serving vulnerable and marginalized populations in social and educational contexts," Frontiers in Psychology, 27 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Provides an overview of the themes and findings of the articles published as part of this research topic.

Education in emergency situations: Guarantee the basic right to education especially in times of crisis and conflict (Ayuda en Acción et al., Oct 2023) [access via INEE]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish.

Futures at Risk: Climate-Induced Shocks and Their Toll on Education for Crisis-Affected Children (Education Cannot Wait, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Higher education for refugees: relevance, challenges, and open research questions," SN Social Sciences, 3:177 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Investigating factors contributing to the promotion and protection of education for unaccompanied and separated children in Jordan," Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 155 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Reimagining learning provisions for asylum seekers in Italy: An exploration of asylum seekers’ experiences of recognition and misrecognition in adult learning centres," International Review of Education, Latest Articles, 30 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"The Role of 'Home School' in Improving Sustainability for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 15 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (30 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Course: Humanitarian Accountability and Protection in Displacement Contexts (Refugee Law Initiative) [info]

- Online, self-directed course.

Panel discussion: The State of Humanitarian Innovation: What has it achieved and where is it going, Online, 9 November 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

5 Things We Learned from Evaluating the Impact of Research (ELRHA Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Hang on, ‘humanitarian’ might not mean what you think it does," The New Humanitarian, 20 Oct. 2023 [text]

"In freezing aid to Palestinians, donors trample a well-worn path," The New Humanitarian, 1 Nov. 2023 [text]

Reflections on humanitarian negotiation (NCHS Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Rethinking Aid Financing: How Locally Led Organisations are Funding Their Futures," The New Humanitarian, 25 Sept. 2023 [text]

Unpacking the (complex) armed conflict-disasters nexus (NCHS Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Assessing the promise of innovation for improving humanitarian performance: A 10-year review for the State of the Humanitarian System report (ALNAP, Oct. 2023) [text]

"'I know you like the back of my hand': biometric practices of international humanitarian organizations in humanitarian response," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 27 Sept. 2023 [open access]

- "This paper explores the biometric practices of the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières, and World Vision International."

"Refugee COVID-19 protocol adherence and NGO staff perceptions: paternalism and power in humanitarian assistance," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:10 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"The sound of silence? Listening to localisation at the World Humanitarian Summit," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 18 Sept. 2023 [open access]

The State of Fire Safety in Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements: A story of unintended consequences (Global Shelter Cluster, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Transforming Partnerships in International Cooperation: A practical resource for civil society, donors, INGOs and intermediaries (Peace Direct, Sept. 2023) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report and summary in English and Arabic. See also French and Spanish versions.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (21 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Opportunity:

Seminar: A Cold Climate for Refugee Women?, Online, 27 November 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

How female migrants use entrepreneurship to create meaningful places of connection: A look at Ukrainian women in Poland (MPC Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

A Southern Feminist Approach to the Criminology of Mobility (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Book chapters:

Feminist Judgments: Immigration Law Opinions Rewritten (Cambridge Univ. Press, Oct. 2023) [info]

- In this volume, "a diverse collection of scholars and lawyers bring critical feminist, race, and intersectional insights to Supreme Court opinions. Feminist reasoning values the perspectives of outsiders, exposes the deep-rooted bias in the legal opinions of courts, and illuminates the effects of ostensibly neutral policies that create and maintain oppression and hierarchy. One by one, the chapters reimagine the norms that drive immigration policies and practices. In place of discrimination and subordination, the authors demand welcome and equality. Where current law omits the voice and stories of noncitizens, the authors center their lives and experiences. Collectively, they reveal how a feminist vision of immigration law could center a commitment to equality and justice and foster a country where diverse newcomers readily flourish with dignity."

The introduction is available here.

This is not an open access book, but the following preprints of several of the chapters provide a preview:

- Chapter 2: Commentary on Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275 (1875) [preprint]

- Chapter 4: Commentary on United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898) [preprint]

- Chapter 7: Commentary on Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) [preprint]

- Chapter 10: Commentary on Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001) [preprint]

- Chapter 15: Commentary on Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, 140 S. Ct. 1891 (2020) [preprint]

Journal articles:

"Comparing migration experiences of Venezuelan women and girls: a mixed-method, cross-sectional analysis of refugees/migrants in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil," BMJ Public Health, vol. 1, no.1 (2023) [open access]

"Dispossession, social reproduction and the feminization of refugee survival: Ethiopian refugees in Nairobi, Kenya," Review of International Political Economy, Latest Articles, 11 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Fifty years of evidence on perinatal experience among refugee and asylum-seeking women in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries: A scoping review," PLoS ONE 18(10): e0287617 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Recognising the shadow pandemic in the humanitarian sector: ending violence against women in the aftermath of COVID-19," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:9 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Unlocking CEDAW's Transformative Potential: Asylum Cases before the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women," American Journal of International Law, Accepted Manuscript, 9 Oct. 2023 [free full-text]

"Vulnerabilities of Venezuelan refugee women: violence and intersectional social relations," Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, vol. 57, Spec. Issue (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil. Article text is available in both English and Portuguese.

"Women Migrant Returnees as Intermediaries: Exploring Empowerment and Agency of Migrant Women Returnees in the EU-MENA Region," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 14 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on return migration to Tunisia and Morocco.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (27 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

China Forcibly Returns More than 500 to North Korea (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Pakistan starts mass deportation of undocumented Afghans," The Guardian, 1 Nov. 2023 [text]

- See also related analysis in The Diplomat, commentary in The New Humanitarian, and Human Rights Watch news report.

The Rohingya Crisis: Challenges to Achieving a Sustainable Solution (South Asia @LSE Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis (International Crisis Group, Oct. 2023) [text]

UNHCR and Thailand enhance cooperation in support of displaced and stateless populations (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

New open access book: 

The UNHCR and the Afghan Crisis: The Making of the International Refugee Regime (Berghahn Books, Nov. 2023) [open access]

- "Today the UNHCR is present in more than 130 countries and takes care of some 90 million people. This book looks at how it is deployed and who its agents are. By taking the reader through the offices in charge of the Afghan refugee crisis during the 2000s, in Geneva and in Kabul, the book shows the internal functioning of this international organization. It provides analysis of Afghan refugee policies from an original position, with the author being both agency official and anthropologist, and articulates multiple levels of analysis: the micropolitics of practices as much as the institution and the multi-scalar power relations that shape its environment."

Reports & journal articles:

"Criminalizing mobilities: Exit restrictions in post-Soviet Central Asia," International Migration, Early View, 30 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Deported to What? Afghans in Pakistan (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Impact of the geopolitical status quo vis-à-vis the Rohingya crisis on the social, economic, and political aspects of Bangladesh," Asian Politics & Policy, vol. 15, no. 4 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Migration Governance in Pakistan: Institutional Challenges and Data Gaps," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 16 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Misery, Melancholy, and Misfortune: A Migrant Case Study," Wisconsin International Law Journal, vol. 41 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

- Focuses on migrants and refugees in India.

Regional Solutions for Rohingya Refugees (Asia Displacement Solutions Platform, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 Oct. 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA

News & commentary on Gaza: 

Visit ReliefWeb for a comprehensive listing of updates and situation reports.

• The Directive to Evacuate Northern Gaza: Advance Warning or Forced Displacement? (Just Security Blog, Oct. 2023) [text] [see also related post in The Conversation]
• "EU External Partners: With More Than Half of Gaza’s Population Displaced, EU Struggles for Consensus and Focuses on Prevention of Arrivals Through a Deal with Egypt," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 20 Oct. 2023 [text]
• Expert Guidance: Law of Armed Conflict in the Israel-Hamas War (Just Security Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]
• Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
• Gaza’s ‘graveyard’ for children: Why Palestinians must be included in the international refugee protection regime (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
• Humanitarian Assistance and West Bank/Gaza (Wilson Center Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]
• "Is There a Path to Refugee Resettlement for Palestinians?," VOA News, 28 Oct. 2023 [text]
• "Republicans want to ban Palestinian refugees from entering the U.S., but it's already very hard for them to get in," NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023 [text] [see also related post in The Asylumist]
• UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza (The Conversation, Oct. 2023) [text]
• "What to know about Gaza refugee camps after Israeli strike on Jabalya," Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023 [text]
• "Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza," AP News, 19 Oct. 2023 [text]

New open access book:

Migrations in the Mediterranean: IMISCOE Regional Reader (Springer, Oct. 2023) [open access]

- "This volume seeks to cover the overall Mediterranean regional dimension on migrations. The basic purpose is to provide a basis for future research synergies by showcasing a plurality of perspectives to and applications of Mediterranean Migrations. ...It links Mediterranean and Migration Studies by articulating three sub-regions (Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Middle East) or the so-called Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEM) countries in the EU parlance."

Other publications:

"Displacement in Place and the Financial Crisis in Lebanon," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 24 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Establishment of a birth-to-education cohort of 1 million Palestinian refugees using electronic medical records and electronic education records," International Journal of Population Data Science, vol. 8, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

A Social and Behavior Change Strategy for Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Behaviors in Azraq Camp – Jordan (Action contre la Faim France, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Social Identity Theory and Internal Displacement: A Longitudinal Case Study of Iraqi Christians in Kurdistan, RID Working Paper, no. 38 (Researching Internal Displacement, Oct. 2023) [text] 

"A Sustainable Wind–Biogas Hybrid System for Remote Areas in Jordan: A Case Study of Mobile Hospital for a Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp," Sustainability, vol 15, no. 20 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

UNRWA: In Anticipation of a Double Collapse (PRIO Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Yearning for a home that no longer exists: The dilemma facing people forced to flee in Yemen (Danish Refugee Council & Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (13 Oct. 2023)

New Book Titles

Please see a two-part listing of references to new books posted on my Forced Migration Library blog. Part 1 highlights new books due out in November 2023, while part 2 lists new October 2023 and open access titles.