News: Revised U.S. Travel Ban

On 6 March 2017, the president finally signed a new Executive Order entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," that replaces the previous EO issued 27 Jan. 2017. In addition, he issued a companion Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security. The provisions of the EO do not go into effect until 16 March 2017.

The Dept. of Homeland Security has issued a related fact sheet and Q&A. See also this joint DOJ/DHS letter to the White House on the "weaknesses in our immigration system that pose a risk to our Nation's security."

The Just Security blog has provided a detailed line-by-line comparison between the original Executive Order and its replacement, and the Washington Post has provided a helpful summary of the changes.

*UNHCR's press release notes, "we are concerned that this decision, though temporary, may compound the anguish for those it affects."

Here is an initial round-up of commentary and analysis:

4 Claims the Trump White House Made about Its Travel Ban That Now Look Silly (WP The Fix, March 2017) [text]

"Analyzing Trump’s New Travel Ban," New York Times, 6 March 2017 [text]

Does Trump’s New Travel Ban Violate the Establishment Clause? (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

Five Takeaways from Trump’s New Travel Ban (The Hill, March 2017) [text]

*"Here’s How the White House is Justifying the New Refugee and Immigration Ban," BuzzFeed News, 6 March 2017 [text]

*Huge Net Costs from Trump’s New Executive Order Cutting Refugees (Cato at Liberty Blog, March 2017) [text]

More Info Needed on Travel Ban’s Claim that 300 Refugees under Counterterrorism Investigations (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

No End in Sight for Syrian Refugees Banned under Trump’s New Travel Order (The Conversation, March 2017) [text]

The Revised Refugee EO: Legal and Empirical Arguments for Judicial Deference (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

*The Revised Trump Travel Ban: Who Might be Affected from the Six Targeted Countries? (Migration Policy Institute, March 2017) [text]

Summary and Analysis of Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” (AILA, March 2017) [text]

"Timeline: The Evolution of Trump’s Travel Ban," Yahoo News, 6 March 2017 [text]

Trump Just Signed His New Travel Ban. Here’s What It’s Really About (WP Plum Line, March 2017) [text]

*Trump’s Claim That 'More than 300' Refugees are Subjects of Counterterrorism Investigations (WP Fact Checker, March 2017) [text]

Trump’s Revised Refugee and Visa Order: A Quick and Dirty Analysis (Lawfare Blog, March 2017) [text]

Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Still Faces Legal Challenges (The Conversation, March 2017) [text]

We’ll See You in Court, 2.0: Once a Muslim Ban, Still a Muslim Ban (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

Why the New Travel Ban Doesn’t Resolve the Old One’s Problems (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (5 March 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Events & opportunity:

Seminar: Migration and Psychology: Research on Migration and Clinical Work with Refugees, Oslo, 9 March 2017 [info]

1st Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference: Facing Challenges, Sydney, 29-31 March 2017 [info]

CFP: Traumatized Refugees: Scope, Needs, Clinical Interventions [info]
- Contributions sought for European Journal of Psychotraumatology; submission deadline is 30 March 2017.

Publications:

Challenges to Providing Mental Health Care in Immigration Detention, Working Paper, no. 19 (Global Detention Project, Dec. 2016) [text]

Current Migration Situation in the EU: Torture, Trauma and its Possible Impact on Drug Use (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Feb. 2017) [text via Refworld]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 8, no. 1 (2017) [open access]
- A number of articles published 25 Jan. 2017 focus on refugees; browse through contents to locate.

Invisible Wounds: The Impact of Six Years of War on the Mental Health of Syria’s Children (Save the Children, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mental Health and Refugees: Position Paper (Canadian Council for Refugees, March 2016) [text via Refworld]

"Mental Health of African Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Hong Kong: Using the Social Determinants of Health Framework," BMC Public Health, 17:153 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"The Mental Health Status of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Attending a Refugee Health Clinic Including Comparisons with a Matched Sample of Australian-born Residents," BMC Psychiatry, 17:76 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Resulting from Torture and Other Traumatic Events among Syrian Kurdish Refugees in Kurdistan Region, Iraq," Frontiers in Psychology, 20 Feb. 2017 [open access]

"Psychosocial Interventions for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettled in High-income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171030 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"The Role of Social Capital in Explaining Mental Health Inequalities between Immigrants and Swedish-born: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study," BMC Public Health, 17:117 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"A Systematic Review of Studies with a Representative Sample of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in the Community for Participation in Mental Health Research," BMC Medical Research Methodology, 17:37 (March 2017) [open access]

Trauma Sensitive Interventions: Helping Asylum Applicants Receive Protection (ImmigrationProf Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (25 Jan. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health & the Asylum Process (14 Nov. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Issues of AHMR, Der Nerve., Disasters, EJML, Humanit. Exch., Intervention, JEMS, JIMI, Nature, Rts. in Exile News., TESL Canada

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 2, no. 3 (Sept.-Dec. 2016) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, including "Responsibility Sharing: Towards a Unified Refugee Protection Framework in Africa."

Der Nervenarzt, vol 88, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Psychiatrische und psychotherapeutische Versorgung geflüchteter Personen."

Disasters, vol. 41, no. 2 (April 2017) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 19, no. 1 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Beyond Irregular Migration Governance: Zooming in on Migrants"; includes "In Search of Asylum: Afghan Migrants in Greece."

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 68 (Jan. 2017) [full-text]
- Themed issue on "The Crisis in South Sudan."

Intervention, vol. 15, no. 1 (March 2017) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Addressing gender based violence and psychosocial support among South Sudanese refugee settlements in northern Uganda," "Syria: coping mechanisms utilised by displaced refugee parents caring for their children in pre-resettlement contexts" and "Refugee and staff experiences of psychotherapeutic services: a qualitative systematic review."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 43, no. 3 (2017) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Queer asylum seekers: translating sexuality in Norway."

*Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 43, no. 4 (2017) [contents]
- Special issue on "Dynamic Integration Processes in Europe: Intra EU Mobility and International Migration in times of Recession." Three articles are available for free.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 18, no. 1 (Feb. 2017) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including two on refugee children.

Nature, vol. 543, no. 7643 (March 2017) [free full-text]
 - Special issue on human migration.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 78 (Feb. 2017) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 79 (March 2017) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

TESL Canada Journal, vol. 33, no. 10 (2016) [open access]
- Special issue on "Refugees in Canada: ESL for Resilience and Empowerment."

*UPDATED

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Australia

Opportunity:

Call for commentary: Asylum Insight [info]
- Analysis of issues relevant to Australian asylum policy are sought. No deadline indicated.

Publications:

Australia’s Refugee Policy an Opportunity for the ICC to Combat Image of Bias (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

Boat Arrivals and Boat 'Turnbacks' in Australia since 1976: A Quick Guide to the Statistics (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2017) [text]

Explainer: How Australia Decides Who is a Genuine Refugee (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Manus and Nauru: This is How Rest of the World Sees Australia's Refugee Policy," Australian Financial Review, 1 March 2017 [text]

Refugee Alternatives: Improving Policy, Practice and Public Support, Sydney, 22-23 February 2017 [info]
- Presentations are expected to become available in mid-March. In the meantime, video of the plenary session is available here.

Seven Facts about Papua New Guinea Refugees (Borgen Project, March 2017) [text]

State of the Nation 2017: Refugees and People Seeking Asylum in Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Thousands of Asylum Seekers Given Days to Lodge Complex Applications or Face Loss of Rights," The Guardian, 26 Feb. 2017 [text]

To Close Camps, Australia Must Not Send Asylum Seekers Back to Danger (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

"US Officials Not Yet Authorized to Vet Pacific Refugees," Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2017 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (17 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: Still More March 2017/New April 2017

RFP: Literature Review on Displacement, Refugees, Asylum and Security [info]
- No deadline indicated.

Conference: How Can Humanitarian Civil Society Better Navigate a Complex World? The Importance of NGO Engagement with Host Governments, Geneva, 28 March 2017 [info]
- Register by 17 March 2017.

Report launch: Making the Asylum Appeals Process Fair for Women, London, 30 March 2017 [info]

Award: Migration Media Award for Journalistic Excellence on Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region [info]
- Submit entries by 31 March 2017.

CFP: Irregular Migrants, Refugees or Victims of Human-Trafficking? Analysis, Advocacy and Assistance between Categorizations and (Self )Identifications, Bangkok, 21-22 June 2017 [info]
- Submit proposals by 31 March 2017.

Workshop: Immigration Detention in the Age of Migration Control, Los Angeles, 7 April 2017 [info]
- Register by 31 March 2017.

Seminar: Nordic Asylum Law Seminar, Reykjavík, 29-30 May 2017 [info]
- Registration deadline is 1 April 2017.

CFP: Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration [info]
- Submission deadline is 2 April 2017.

CFP: "The Making of Peace, Conflict and Security: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion," Panel at 6th Bi-annual Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology Meeting (PACSA), Amsterdam, 28-30 August 2017 [info]
- Submission deadline is 2 April 2017.

Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia [info]
- The proposal submission deadline is 5 April 2017.

Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Malian Refugees in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger; Nigerian Refugees in Niger; Refugee Returnees in Mali, Senegal, or Cote d'Ivoire [info]
- The proposal submission deadline is 7 April 2017.

Symposium: The Next Generation of Humanitarianism and Refugee Studies: Challenges and Opportunities, New Haven, CT, 13 April 2017 [info]
- Save the date; details not yet available.

CFP: Migration and International Law: Beyond the Emergency?, XXII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International Law and European Union Law, Trento, Italy, 8-9 June 2017 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 April 2017.

Conference: The Second International Conference: Refugees in the Middle East, Amman, 3-4 May 2017 [info]
- Register by 15 April 2017.

Course: 2017 Statelessness Summer Course, Tilburg, 31 July-4 August 2017 [info]
- Application deadline is 15 April 2017.

Workshop: Witnessing: Refugee Testimonies and Advocacy, Worcester, MA, 27-30 April 2017 [info]
- Maximum of 20 participants.

CFP: World on the Move: Migration, Societies and Change, Manchester, UK, 30 October-1 November 2017 [info]
- Abstract submission deadline is 30 April 2017.

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: Additional March 2017

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

News: 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

The U.S. Department of State released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016 on Friday. Unlike previous years, the reports were not publicly launched by the Secretary of State but rather by an un-named "senior administration official." At the teleconference briefing, this official provided some history regarding the reports and how they have changed over the years; here is a portion of what was said:

"This is the 41st year we’re issuing human rights reports. They began in the 1970s when hearings revealed U.S. security assistance had been provided to regimes that had perpetrated gross abuses of human rights. In response, Congress mandated that the Secretary of State provide an annual report on human rights practices in any country receiving U.S. assistance. The scope was subsequently broadened to include all member-states of the United Nations, and today’s release covers 199 countries and territories.
    A former boss of mine who was already in the Foreign Service in the 1970s told me that when the reports were first mandated, there was a considerable amount of discomfit in the department about the idea of providing public, unclassified information on human rights conditions in a country where we maintain diplomatic relations. Today, however, I think quite happily, we are in a very different place. The Human Rights Reports we update annually provide factual information about current human rights conditions to inform and assist the Executive Branch, the U.S. Congress, and the courts. Human rights issues are regularly factored into our policy deliberations. Human rights advocates, lawmakers, scholars, multilateral institutions, and other governments also draw on their content."

The 2016 reports are available here. Individual country reports will eventually be incorporated into ecoi.net and Refworld.

Tagged Publications.  

Regional Focus: United States

"An Afghan Family, with Visas in Hand, is Detained in Los Angeles," New York Times, 4 March 2017 [text]

"Boost Visas for Foreign Entrepreneurs," Nature, vol. 543, no. 7643 (March 2017) [free full-text]

"Drop in Foreign Applicants Worries U.S. Engineering Schools," Science Magazine, 14 Feb. 2017 [text]

Higher Education in the Crosshairs of Trump’s Travel Ban (Medium, Feb. 2017) [text]

"How the Fallout from Trump's Travel Ban is Reshaping Science," Nature, 2 March 2017 [text]

"Mem Fox on Being Detained by US Immigration: 'In that moment I loathed America'," The Guardian, 28 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Legal Reversal of Trump Travel Ban May Not Quell Academic Concerns," Neurology Today, vol. 17, no. 5 (March 2017) [full-text]
- See also related article in The Lancet (free registration required).

"The National Death Wish," New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Refugees in White Coats: How Immigration Ban Could Affect U.S. Health Care," Yahoo News, 22 Feb. 2017 [text]
- See also related NPR story.

"Travel Ban Throws Research, Academic Exchange into Turmoil," Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2017 [text]

"Travel Industry Experts Warn US Tourism Could Take Major Hit under Trump," Fox News, 1 March 2017) [text]
- See also related articles from the NYT and The Economist.

Unfit for the Constitution: Nativism and the Constitution, from the Founding Fathers to Donald Trump, Research paper, no. 174 (Roger Williams Univ. School of Law, Feb. 2017) [text]

What the Travel Ban Could Mean for Scientific Meetings (PCMA Convene, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas, incl. U.S. (3 March 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Americas, incl. U.S.

Opportunity:

Online workshop: Refugee claimants to Canada from US, 6 March 2017 [info]

Publications:

Africans Face Dead End after Death-Defying Odyssey to U.S. (Refugees Deeply, March 2017) [text]

As US Closes Borders, Thousands of Haitian Refugees Trapped in Mexico Lose Hope (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

Colombia Situation Update (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Education, Skills, and Wage Gaps in Canada and the United States," International Migration, Early View, 2 March 2017 [abstract]
- See also earlier related technical report.

"Migrating North, but to Mexico, Not the U.S.," New York Times, 12 Feb. 2017 [text]

Questions and Answers: The Trump Administration’s Immigration Enforcement Memos (Human Rights Watch, March 2017) [text]

Refugee Politics from the Local to the International (openDemocracy, Feb. 2017) [text]

Sabes Cómo Solicitar la Condición de Refugiado en Venezuela? (ACNUR, 2017) [text]

"Venezuela Now Leads US Asylum Requests as Crisis Deepens," AP, 12 Feb. 2017 [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States (28 Feb. 2017)
- Regional Focus: Americas, incl. U.S. (10 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Education

Books to Help Kids Understand What It’s Like to be a Refugee (Read Brightly, Jan. 2017) [text]

Broken Promises, Displaced Afghan Girls (Norwegian Refugee Council, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Germany's Innovative Strategies to Enroll Refugees (Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 2017) [text]
- See also related response.

"Graphic Novels and the Refugee Crisis" The Economist, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff (American Federation of Teachers, 2016) [text]

Lebanon’s Education Program for Syrian Children (Human Rights Brief, Feb. 2017) [text]

Locked Out of Learning: A Snapshot of ESOL Provision in England (Refugee Action, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Scholars in Exile," Boston Review, 7 Feb. 2017 [text]

Strengthening Local Education Systems for Newly Arrived Adults and Children: Empowering Cities through Better Use of EU Instruments (Migration Policy Institute, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"'These Books Can Help': Reading to Kids about Immigration and Refugees," New York Magazine, 8 Feb. 2017 [text]

Top UK University Offers Scholarships for Refugees (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

What Universities are Doing to Help Syria’s Lost Generation (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Education (17 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Events:

Seminar: Helping Refugees through Aid, Resettlement, and Diplomacy, Boston, 6 March 2017 [info]

Seminar: Research and Practice: Influence on Public Action, Somerville, MA, 7 March 2017 [info]

Publications:

"Data on Movements of Refugees and Migrants are Flawed," Nature, vol. 543, no. 7643 (March 2017) [free full-text]

Forum on Refugee and Migration Policy, London, 30 Nov. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for meeting summary.

Global Refugee Crisis (Forced Migration Forum, Feb. 2017) [text]

Inclusion and Protection of Migrants and Refugees in Vulnerable Situations within Urban Centres (UNU, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Post-deportation Risks and Monitoring," Forced Migration Review, Mini-feature (Feb. 2017) [open access]

Principles and Practical Guidance on the Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/34/31 (Human Rights Council, Jan. 2017) [text via Refworld]
- "The present report should be read in conjunction with the related conferenceroom paper outlining draft guidelines complementing each principle." See also various drafts circulated for comment.

Refining Advocacy Assessment: Reflections from Practice (ODI, March 2017) [text]

"The Rise of Refugee Offshoring," The Atlantic, 1 March 2017 [text]

Safe Passage: An Integral Component of the Responsibility to Protect (openDemocracy, March 2017) [text]

"What the Numbers Say about Refugees," Nature, vol. 543, no. 7643 (March 2017) [free full-text]

"Where the World’s Refugees Live," Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2017 [text]

Web sites:

Forced Migration Forum (Zolberg Institute & Yale Law School) [access]
- Aim of this blog is to "to provide a place for debate on the core assumptions and concepts of our field; to encourage researchers to post and discuss their work (and spark a discussion about the research findings and their relevance); and to serve a 'translation' function, bringing research to policy-thinkers and makers in a way that is useful to them."

Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses (Yale University) [access]
- Provides "an intellectual hub for research, teaching, and policy recommendations that takes a people-centered approach to the refugee experience – from internal displacement at home, to the transit experience inside and outside the camp, to challenges of resettlement and integration. Acting as a catalyst for innovation, it will be open to new and unconventional ideas of research or public outreach. Rigorous, inter-disciplinary, evidence-based research will be conducted and linked to policy and practice."

Related posts:
- News: UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2016 (27 Feb. 2017)
- News: New Amnesty International Annual Report (27 Feb. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: General (15 Feb. 2017)

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

Regional Focus: Asia

Event:

Resettlement of North Korean Defectors in South Korea and Beyond: What Do We Know?, Toronto, 15 March 2017 [info]

Publications:

Afghan Returns Built on False Policy Narrative (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

A Framework for Resolving Displacement in Myanmar: The United Nations 'Pinheiro Principles' on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons (Norwegian Refugee Council & Displacement Solutions, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related Introductory Guide below.

How Afghans Became Second-class Asylum Seekers (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

Humanitarian Situation Worsens in Myanmar Despite Aung San Suu Kyi (IRIN, Feb. 2017) [text]

An Introductory Guide to Understanding and Claiming Housing, Land and Property Restitution Rights in Myanmar: Questions and Answers (Norwegian Refugee Council & Displacement Solutions, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Japan Must Learn to See Refugees not as ‘Useful’ Subjects, but Human Beings (openDemocracy, Feb. 2017) [text]

Review and Commentary: Resolving Policy Conundrums: Enhancing Humanitarian Protection in Southeast Asia by Marie McAuliffe (Forced Migration Forum, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Staying Behind and Looking Forward: Characteristics of Urban Afghan Youth with No Intent to Seek Asylum," Preprints, no. 2017020066, 17 Feb. 2017) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Afghanistan (18 Feb. 2017)
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Middle East, incl. Syria

"Aleppo Burning: The Ban on Immigration and the Middle East Refugee Crisis," Los Angeles Review of Books, 14 Feb. 2017 [text]

Coercive Environments: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians in the Occupied Territory (Badil, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Conflict Overlooked: Yemen in Crisis (Carleton University, Feb. 2017) [text]

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Emergency Response to the Influx of Syrian Refugees into Turkey (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [full report] [main report] [exec. summ.] [appendices] [mgmt. response]

"Forced Back to Syria? Jordan's Unregistered Refugees Fear Deportation," Reuters, 22 Feb. 2017 [text]

Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment of IDPS, Returnees and Host Communities in Yemen (IOM & UNHCR, Feb. 2017 [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related press release.

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/34/64 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2017) [text via Refworld]

"Responding to a Refugee Influx: Lessons from Lebanon," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

The Syrian Internal Displacement, Oxford, 1 March 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Syrian Trajectories: From Local Revolutionary Actors to Exiled Humanitarian Workers, Oxford, 15 Feb. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (16 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information Services

Publications:

#AlanKurdi: Presentation and Dissemination of Images of Suffering on Twitter, Working Paper, no. 121 (Refugee Studies Centre, Feb. 2017) [text]

Home Office Response to the Independent Chief Inspector's Report: Country of Origin Information (UK Home Office, Nov. 2016) [text via Refworld]
- For reference, the Indep. Chief Inspector's report is available here.

Humanitarian Futures for Messaging Apps: Understanding the Opportunities and Risks for Humanitarian Action (ICRC, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related Social Media for Good Blog post.

Our SMS Up Project is Underway! (Urban Refugees, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Phones are Now Indispensable for Refugees," The Economist, 11 Feb. 2017 [text]

Refugee Digital Divide: Innovation for Africa’s Displaced Falls Behind (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

The Refugee Stories Captivating the UK Twittersphere (Forced Migration Forum, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Refugees’ Stories Told Through Their Smartphones," Wired, 20 Feb. 2017 [text]

A Translator in Your Pocket: App Aims to Bridge Refugees’ Language Gap (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

Project:

Project Welcome: Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum Seekers [access]
- The project "aims to learn about and articulate ways libraries can address the information needs of refugees and asylum seekers in order to support and empower them in their resettlement and integration process."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information-related Items (24 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunity:

CFP: Migration and International Law: Beyond the Emergency?, XXII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International Law and European Union Law, Trento, Italy, 8-9 June 2017 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 April 2017.

Publications:

The Arc of Protection (Forced Migration Forum, Feb. 2017) [text]
- Requests comments on a book proposal described in this post.

Blog Symposium: International Human Rights Law in Times of Crisis (EJIL:Talk Blog, Feb.-March 2017)
- Here is the introduction; relevant posts include 1) The Role of Human Rights Law in Constructing Migration Emergencies; 2) 'Let them drown': Rescuing Migrants at Sea and the Non-refoulement Obligation as a Case Study of International Law’s Relationship to 'Crisis' (Part I) (Part II).

A Guide to the Geneva Convention for Beginners, Dummies and Newly Elected World Leaders (The Conversation, Jan. 2017) [text]

International Law in the Age of Trump (EJIL:Talk Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Interview: Making the Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees Worthwhile (openDemocracy, Feb. 2017) [text]

Le non-refoulement comme principe du droit international et le rôle des tribunaux dans sa mise en œuvre (EU Immigration & Refugee Law & Policy Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Non-Refoulement in the ILC Articles on Expulsion of Aliens and Its Practical Value for U.S. Immigration Law," Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 25, no. 1 (2017) [full-text]

The UN Should Just Say No to Returning Refugees to Danger (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2017) [text]

Unconventional Refugees (SSRN, March 2017) [text]
- "This article considers whether a complementary form of protection for unconventional refugees is appropriate—protection that is perhaps less valuable, but also less complex to administer and easier for the refugees to access."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (18 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Children

Asylum Seeker Children at Risk in Israel’s ‘Baby Warehouses’ (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

A Deadly Journey for Children: The Central Mediterranean Migration Route (Unicef, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Europe's Child Refugee Crisis," The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Home Office Agrees to Review Asylum Claims of Child Refugees in France," The Guardian, 10 Feb. 2017 [text]

No Parents and No Protection: Mexico’s Failure to Protect Unaccompanied Central American Asylum-Seekers (Human Rights Brief, Feb. 2017) [text]

Safe Spaces: Protecting the Most Vulnerable in Emergencies and Disasters (Theirworld, Feb. 2017) [text]

"'They Need to Give Us a Voice': Lessons from Listening to Unaccompanied Central American and Mexican Children on Helping Children Like Themselves," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

What We Want for Children in the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migrants (openDemocracy, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children (16 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

An African Protocol on Mass-Influx of Refugees (Interest Group on Migration & Refugee Law Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Dying to Reach Europe: Eritreans in Search of Safety (MSF, Feb. 2017) [text]

The Humanitarian Fallout from Cameroon’s Struggle against Boko Haram (International Crisis Group, Feb. 2017) [text]

Land Matters in Mogadishu: Settlement, Ownership and Displacement in a Contested City (Rift Valley Institute, 2017) [text]

Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region, Oslo, 24 Feb. 2017 [info]
- Note: A side event for civil society was held on 23 Feb. 2017; a concept note and outcome statement for the main conference as well as documents for both the side and main events can be accessed via the a/m link. See also related IRIN news story and a UNHCR press release that references its strategy proposal.

Protection & Return Monitoring Network (PRMN): Notes on Methodology (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia, London, 9 Feb. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for summary note.

Women’s Protection and Livelihoods: Assistance to Central African Refugees and Chadian Returnees in Southern Chad (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (14 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications. 

New Book Titles

Please visit my Pinterest page to learn about new books due out in March 2017. I have also included a few additional titles in the January 2017, February 2017 and New Legal Texts book boards.

If you are not a member of Pinterest, these new titles are listed below for your reference (organized by title).

March 2017:

Sally Crawford, Katharina Ulmschneider & Jas Elsner, eds., Ark of Civilization: Refugee Scholars and Oxford University, 1930-1945, Oxford University Press, March 2017

Irene Bruna Seu & Shani Orgad, Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs, Palgrave Macmillan, March 2017

Marisa O. Ensor & Elzbieta M. Gozdziak, eds., Children and Forced Migration: Durable Solutions during Transient Years, Palgrave Macmillan, March 2017

Barbara Tint, ed., Diasporas in Dialogue: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Worldwide Refugee Communities, Wiley, March 2017

Natascha Zaun, EU Asylum Policies: The Power of Strong Regulating States, Palgrave Macmillan, March 2017

Victoria Canning, Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System, Routledge, March 2017

Hannah Jones, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Gargi Bhattacharyya, William Davies, Sukhwant Dhaliwal, Kirsten Forkert, Emma Jackson & Roiyah Saltus, Go Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies, Manchester University Press, March 2017

February 2017:

Slavoj Žižek, Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours, Penguin, Feb. 2017

January 2017:

Diana Miserez, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan: Humanitarian and Visionary, Book Guild, Jan. 2017

New Legal Texts:

Volker Türk, Alice Edwards & Cornelis Wouters, eds., In Flight from Conflict and Violence: UNHCR's Consultations on Refugee Status and Other Forms of International Protection, Cambridge University Press, Feb. 2017

André Nollkaemper & Ilias Plakokefalos, eds., The Practice of Shared Responsibility in International Law, Cambridge University Press, Feb. 2017

Maria O'Sullivan & Dallal Stevens, eds., States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection: Fortresses and Fairness, Hart Publishing, March 2017

Tagged books.

Regional Focus: Europe

Beyond ‘Crisis’? The State of Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in the EU, Brussels, 10 Feb. 2017 [info]
- Follow link to access video recordings and selected presentations.

"Bottom-up Salvation?: From Practical Cooperation towards Joint Implementation through the European Asylum Support Office," European Papers: A Journal on Law and Integration, vol. 1, no. 3 (2016) [open access]

Country Reports (AIDA, Feb. 2017)
- Three more updated reports are available, on Austria, Belgium and Poland.

A Crisis-resistant Common European Asylum System (CEAS) (Govts. of France and Germany, 2017?) [text]
- See also related comments from ECRE and Statewatch.

Desperate Journeys: Refugees and Migrants Entering and Crossing Europe via the Mediterranean and Western Balkans Routes (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

Discrimination Based Upon Race, Religion, and Ethnicity When Filing for Asylum in the European Union (Advocates Abroad & Univ. of Baltimore, Jan. 2017) [text via SSRN]

Hungary: Draft Law Tramples Asylum Seekers’ Rights (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2017) [text]

*Is ‘Voluntary’ Return the New Way Forward for Managing Irregular Migration? (COMPAS Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Latest Asylum Trends (EASO, Jan. 2017) [text]

Migrant Ill-Treatment in Greek Law Enforcement: Are the Strasbourg Court Judgments the Tip of the Iceberg? (SSRN, 2017) [text]

"Migrants Face Deportations and Walls in Europe, Too," New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

No Endless Summer of Welcome: Volunteerism in Germany since 2015 (The Migrationist Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Site Profiles: Greece (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

Sweden’s Migration and Asylum Policy (Govt. Offices of Sweden, Feb. 2017) [text]

Together Again: Reuniting Refugee Families in Safety – What the UK Can Do (Oxfam, Feb. 2017) [text]

UK "Voluntary" Returns: Refugee Coercion and NGO Complicity (IRIN, Feb. 2017) [text]

The UK's Refugee Family Reunion Rules: Striking the Right Balance?, Briefing Paper, no. 07511 (UK House of Commons Library, Nov. 2016) [text via Refworld]

Why is the Czech Republic So Hostile to Muslims and Refugees? (EuropeNow Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (17 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States

Immigration/Border Security EOs:

On 21 February 2017, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security released two memos that provide guidance on how to implement the two presidential Executive Orders that were issued 25 January 2017.

For primary sources and explainers, view the following:

*Asylum under Threat: Impact of President Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders and the Department of Homeland Security’s Memoranda on Asylum Seekers (Human Rights First, Feb. 2017) [text]

DHS Immigration Enforcement Guidelines (InfoDocket, Feb. 2017) [access]

DHS Implementation Memos Regarding Trump's Immigration EOs: A Summary [text]

Implementing the Executive Orders: The DHS Memo (The Asylumist, Feb. 2017) [text]
- This post discusses how the DHS memo on border security could affect the asylum system.

"New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions," New York Times, 21 Feb. 2017 [text]
- See also this NYT explainer.

Trump Executive Order and DHS Guidance on Interior Enforcement: A Brief Review (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related commentary & analysis:

"Can Mexico Block Trump’s New Deportation Rules?," The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

The DHS Border Memo: Ramping Up Expedited Removal and Raising Tensions with Mexico and with Due Process (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

The DHS Border Memo II: Removal First, Hearing Later? (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"The Immigration Facts Donald Trump Doesn’t Like," New York Times, 25 Feb. 2017 [text]

Is Expelling Immigrants a Smart Way to Help Lower-skilled US Workers? (American Enterprise Institute Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]
- References this study, "Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion."

"President Trump is on Shaky Ground with His New Immigration Order," Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

Suits Challenging Confinement of Noncitizens Jump (TRAC, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Trump Deportation Order Risk: Immigrants Driven Underground," New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Trump's Quick Deportation Plan May be Illegal, Past Immigration Chiefs Say," USA Today, 24 Feb. 2017 [text]

Travel Ban/Refugees EO - Commentary & Analysis:

Do-Overs and Judicial Legitimacy: Thoughts as We Await the New Immigration Executive Order (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Donald Trump: What Should We Expect from the US President's New Executive Order?," ABC (Australia), 28 Feb. 2017 [text]
- See also related Politico story.

"Fact-Checking Claims about Trump’s Travel Ban," New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Judge’s Pause of Trump Travel Ban Takes Page from Republican Challenge to Obama Executive Action on DACA," Migration Information Source, 21 Feb. 2017 [text]

Leaked DHS Report Contradicts White House Claims on Travel Ban (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Meet the Evangelicals Trying to Make the GOP Care about Refugees (Vox, Feb. 2017) [text]

Memo to the NSC: Check Out Some Databases at the State Department before Finalizing that New Executive Order (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Refugees Entering the U.S. Already Face a Rigorous Vetting Process," New York Times, 29 Jan. 2017 [text]

Since Travel Order Lifted, More Than 1,800 Refugees from Affected Countries Have Entered U.S. (Pew Research, Feb. 2017) [text]

"The Trickle of Refugees Fleeing the U.S. to Canada Could Become a Deluge in the Spring," Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Trump’s Travel Ban: The Legal Path Ahead for New Executive Order," VOA News, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

Trump’s Travel Ban Could Let Repressive Regimes Decide Who Can Enter US (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"What Happens to Refugees Turned Away by the Safe Third Country Agreement," Vice, 23 Feb. 2017 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (17 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

News: UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2016

UNHCR's latest Mid-Year Trends report looks at trends in displacement that occurred during the first half of 2016. From the press release:

"Conflict, persecution and violence newly uprooted at least 3.2 million people in the first half of last year, and low- and middle-income countries played the greatest role in sheltering the world’s displaced, a new report by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has found. In the first half of last year, 1.7 million people were newly displaced within their own country, while 1.5 million had crossed an international border, UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends 2016 report shows. While the numbers of newly displaced were one third lower than during the same period in 2015, when 5 million people were newly displaced, the global total continued to rise. Prospects for displaced people to return to their homes remained slim while conflicts intensified."

Statistical tables are available separately as a .zip file.

Tagged Publications.