Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Publications:

Aid to Syria: Winning Friends and Influence (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Beyond the 'French Doctors': The Evolution and Interpretation of Humanitarian Action in France, HPG Working Paper (ODI, Oct. 2012) [text]

Cultures of Humanitarianism: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific, Keynotes, no. 11 (Australian National University, Sept. 2012) [text]

Humanitarian Policy Notes (Oxfam) [access]
- "A series of short papers on Oxfam's positions on the important issues facing humanitarian response to conflicts and natural disasters."

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (Protection Cluster, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Forthcoming opportunity:

MA in Humanitarian Assistance (Tufts University) [info]
- A "one-year joint degree offered by the Friedman School and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. The program is geared toward mid-career professionals who have significant field experience in humanitarian assistance."  Apply by 28 Feb. 2013.

Web site:

Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like [access]
- "...an ongoing series of sometimes satirical, sometimes ironic, usually humorous (but sometimes dead serious), always honest vignettes of the humanitarian aid industry from the inside."

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

Focus: Middle East

Publications:

Aid to Syria: Winning Friends and Influence (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Desperate Choices: Conditions, Risks and Protection Failures Affecting Ethiopian Migrants in Yemen (DRC &Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 28, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]
- Special theme issue with 10 articles focusing on "Iraqi refugees" in Australia, Egypt, Europe, Indonesia, Jordan, Syria, and the U.S.

Syria Crisis: An Update on the Humanitarian Response, London, 31 Aug. 2012 [info]
- Report for second roundtable.

The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Role of the European Union (Amnesty International, CCME & ECRE, Nov. 2012) [text]

Syrian Refugees: Who Will Tell Their Story? (Refugees International Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

Opportunity:

Call for Papers: Iraq - Ten Years On, Cairo, 3-4 June 2013 [info]
- Hosted by the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American Univ. in Cairo; submission deadline is 31 January 2013.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Issues of AWR, GILJ, Intl. Migr., Intl. Rev. Red Cross, Intervention, Migr. Pol. Pract., Refuge

AWR Bulletin, vol. 50, no. 2 (2012) [contents]
- Articles include "Dublin III beyond M.S.S. and N.S.," "EASO: The European Asylum Support Office - a new facilitator for the establishment of a Common European Asylum System?," "Extraterritorial Processing and Reception Centers for Migrants in North Africa - Developments in European Asylum and Refugee Law," and "Hirsi and the Bermuda Triangle."

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 4 (Summer 2011) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "Unaccompanied Should Not Mean Unprotected: The Inadequacies of Relief for Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors."

International Migration, vol. 50, no. 6 (Dec. 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Children and Families Seeking Asylum in Northern Norway: Living Conditions and Mental Health" and a feature section on human trafficking.

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 93, no. 884 (Dec. 2011) [full-text]
- The full-text is now available on the ICRC site; the theme is "The Future of Humanitarian Action."

Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, vol. 10, no. 3 (Nov. 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles including a personal reflection entitled "The story of a Congolese refugee worker in Tanzania."

Migration Policy Practice, vol. II, no. 5 (Oct.-Nov. 2012) [full-text via ReliefWeb]
- Features contributions to IOM's ongoing International Dialogue on Migration (IDM), including "Forced migration – changing trends, new responses," "Managing migration in crisis situations: reflections and experiences on US humanitarian assistance and migration response," "Atención y reparación integral a las víctimas del desplazamiento forzado en Colombia," and "Dealing with the consequences of article 1F of the Refugee Convention in the Netherlands: A crisis for migration policymakers and excluded asylum claimants."

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 28, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]
- Theme issue with 10 articles focusing on "Iraqi refugees" in Australia, Egypt, Europe, Indonesia, Jordan, Syria, and the U.S.  Also includes one non-theme article on "There’s No Place Like a Refugee Camp? Urban Planning and Participation in the Camp Context."

Tagged Periodicals. 

Events after the fact

Various materials from the recent UNHCR/ILO Labour Mobility for Refugees workshop, held 11-12 September 2012 in Geneva, are now available:

• Agenda
• Concept note
• Discussion paper
• Participants
• Examples of labour mobility programmes and practices
• Draft model framework on temporary and permanent migration for employment of refugee workers
• Graduate Inst. presentation
• GFMD presentation
• IOM presentation
• Summary conclusions

Other recently held events include:

4th Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights (APCRR4), Seoul, 22-24 Aug. 2012 [report]

Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyer’s Annual General Meeting and National Conference, Toronto, 14 Sept. 2012 [info]
- Here is a webcast of the event.

East Asia Symposium 2012: Forced Migration and Human Trafficking, Taipei, 27-29 October 2012 [access]
- Some presentations available; see sections highlighted in yellow.

The Management of the External Borders of the EU and its Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants: The Italian Experience, Florence, Italy, 3 Oct. 2012 [access]
- "A Consultation between the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, Mr François Crépeau, Civil Society and Academia"; follow the link to access some of the presentations.  (See also photo at left.)

Refugee Mental Health Training, Bangkok, 14-16 June 2012 [report]

Separated Children & Young People in the Asylum System, London, 10 October 2012 [access]
- Presentations from speakers and expert sessions are available.

Roundtable on Temporary Protection, Sanremo, Italy, 19-20 July 2012 [discussion paper] [summary conclusions]

Tenth Winter Course on Forced Migration, Kolkata, India, 30 September - 14 October 2012 [info]
- See this report from one of the participants.

The Hague Process Global Hearing on Refugees and Migration, The Hague, 4-5 June 2012 [final report]

Tough Choices: Ethical Challenges in Humanitarian Action, Berlin, 12-13 Oct. 2012 [access]
- View the programme and access some of the presentations.

Workshop on South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement, Oxford, 6 October 2012 [access]
- Follow the link for a copy of the workshop report.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Open Access Books

One of the boards I created for my Pinterest page highlights Open Access books.  These titles tend to be more scholarly in nature, and/or have been published by traditional presses.  The collection does not include the many practice-oriented manuals and handbooks in the forced migration field - you can access a number of these, as well as other full-text publications, through my research guide.

Dissertations often end up as published books; as I mentioned earlier, these can be tracked on this blog via the "theses" label.

To locate additional OA titles, check out the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and the Open Access Directory's list of publishers.

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Focus: Statelessness, esp. Rohingya

The Statelessness Programme at Tilburg University has put out the following call to academics working on statelessness issues:

Are you or do you know a university reseacher or lecturer who does some work on statelessness or closely related issues? Then please get in touch! We are compiling a list of academics with this shared interest in the hope of encouraging greater cooperation and the spreading of ideas and research findings. Plus, we are looking into possibilities to organise the first international conference on statelessness and would like to seek the input of this community of academics on topics that should be placed on the agenda. Send all tips, suggestions and contact details to statelessness.programme@tilburguniversity.edu.

Publications:

Background on Statelessness (APRRN, Oct. 2012) [text]

An Instant Best Practice: Philippines’ New Stateless Status Determination Procedure (ENS Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Nando Sigona Interviewed by Voice of Russia on Children at Risk of Statelessness in UK (RSC, Nov. 2012) [access]

Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism (openDemocracy, Nov. 2012) [access]
- Guest editorial partnership week beginning 5 Nov. 2012.  Read the introduction from the guest editor.

Russia and The Baltics: The Great Statelessness Game (ENS Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

*Under the Radar and Under Protected: The Urgent Need to Address Stateless Children's Rights (UNHCR & PLAN, June 2012) [text]

Rohingya:

Burma Raises Prospect of Rohingya Citizenship (Refugees International Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

Plight of the Rohingya: ASEAN Credibility Again at Stake, RSIS Commentaries, no. 207/2012 (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nov. 2012) [text]

"The Unknown Fate of the Stateless Rohingya," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 2, no. 2 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]

'Untold Lives: Statelessness and Minority Rights in Burma," The Politic, 2 Nov. 2012 [text]

[Image credit: "Burma's Rakhine State," in The Politic article cited above]

*updated

Tagged Publications. 

25 Years of FMR

Another milestone to report today, this time for the 25th anniversary of the Forced Migration Review (FMR).  The editors have chosen to celebrate by building up a special collection of articles that "consider where we are now in relation to many of the themes covered by FMR. We are inviting a selection of former guest editors, authors and donors to write on developments, lessons, challenges, gaps – and their thoughts about the future for displaced people and our sector."

Two articles in this budding collection are currently available:
- a thought piece from the current editors of FMR, Marion Couldrey and Maurice Herson, and
- an A to Z perspective on 25 years of forced migration from Jeff Crisp

Future contributions will be posted here; eventually, they will be combined into a full anniversary feature issue.

Happy 25th, FMR!

Tagged Periodicals. 

Barbara Harrell-Bond

Barbara Harrell-Bond, the founding director of the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), celebrates her 80th birthday today.  She not only helped to further the academic credentials of refugee studies as a "legitimate field of research and teaching," but she has also been a strong advocate for facilitating access to information.  Two examples: She instigated the move in the early 2000s to widen access to the grey literature held in the RSC library through the creation of a digital repository of research materials, and more recently, she established the Fahamu Refugee Programme web site to provide information support to refugee legal aid providers.

A number of her publications are available in full-text in FMO's digital library, including her seminal work from 1986, Imposing Aid: Emergency Assistance to Refugees.

An annual RSC lecture held in her name will be given today in Oxford on "The Architecture of Refugee Protection."

Happy Birthday, Barbara!

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

Legal Items

"De Lege Ferenda: ‘Sovereignty as Responsibility’ as a Framework for International Internally Displaced Persons Law," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 2, no. 2 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]

"An Effective Remedy in the Context of Asylum Applications: A Comparative Study between France and Ireland," The Researcher, vol. 7, no. 2 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]

"The Expulsion of Aliens and Other Topics: The Sixty-Fourth Session of the International Law Commission," American Journal of International Law, vol. 107 (forthcoming, 2013) [preprint]

"'They're chasing these people to death': Human Rights Defenders and Asylum," The Researcher, vol. 7, no. 2 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]

To Be or Not to Be: The 'Environmental Refugee' (SSRN, Oct. 2012) [text]

The UK’s Role in the International Refugee Protection System (Refugee Council, Oct. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Focus: Housing/Land/Property

Colombia - Third Phase Protection of Land and Patrimony of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Project: Restructuring (World Bank, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Kampala Convention on Internal Displacement in Africa: What Does It Mean for Housing, Land and Property Restitution? (Terra Nullius, Oct. 2012) [text]

Myanmar at the HLP Crossroads: Proposals for Building an Improved Housing, Land and Property Rights Framework that Protects the People and Supports Sustainable Economic Development (Displacement Solutions, Oct. 2012) [text]

Ownership to Occupation: The Forced Evictions and Internal Displacement of the People of the Syrian Golan (Al-Marsad, May 2012) [text]

Russian Olympic Preparation Displaces Nearby Residents (Human Rights Brief Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Situation of Victims of Forced Displacement in Colombia (Human Rights Brief Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

Standing Their Ground: Thousands Face Violent Eviction in China (Amnesty International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Focus: Asia/Oceania

"Barriers to Reform in Myanmar: Displacement of Civilians in Kachin State," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 2, no. 2 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]

Changing Realities, Poverty and Displacement in South East Burma/Myanmar (The Border Consortium, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Exporting Australia's Asylum Policies (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2012) [text]

Human Rights Issues Raised by the Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Third Countries (Australian Human Rights Commission, Oct. 2012) [text]

"Intermédiaires du Tourisme Médical: Les Réfugiés Afghans de Delhi," Moussons, no. 19 (2012) [full-text]

Rohingya in Bangladesh: Maintaining the Status Quo; Squandering a Rare Opportunity (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Rohingya in Burma: Spotlight on Current Crisis Offers Opportunity for Progress (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Sri Lanka: A Hidden Displacement Crisis (IDMC, Oct. 2012) [text]

"Unsolved Issues in South Korea's Domestic Refugee Law," Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 31 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]

Tagged Publications. 

Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Publications:

Is the Immigration of Korean Sex Workers to the United States Sex Trafficking or Migrant Smuggling? (Brookings Institution, Oct. 2012) [text]

Migrant Women Trapped in Sex Trade (IPS, Oct. 2012) [text]

"Seeking Asylum for Former Child Soldiers and Victims of Human Trafficking," Pepperdine Law Review, vol. 39, no. 2 (2012) [open access text]

Trafficking in Persons: International Dimensions and Foreign Policy Issues for Congress (U.S. Congressional Research Service, Oct. 2012) [text]

Young Refugee Council Clients Give Evidence in Child Trafficking Case (Refugee Council, Oct. 2012) [text]
- Note "witchcraft" element in this case.

Opportunity:

'Debate' on the Role of Border Controls in the Response to Human Trafficking [info]
- Addendum to earlier CFP for forthcoming issue of Anti-Trafficking Review.  Submission deadline is 15 Jan. 2013.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Issues of Dev. in Practice, FRLAN, JIMI, JRS, OxMo, Researcher, WAN

Development in Practice, vol. 22, no. 4 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue on "Child Protection in Development"; includes "Beyond war: 'suffering' among displaced Congolese children in Dar es Salaam," "Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal" and "Listening to Iraqi refugee children in Jordan, but then what? Exploring the impact of participatory research with children."

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 31 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]
- "News, reflection and learning on the provision of refugee legal aid... ."

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 13, no. 4 (Nov. 2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "441-458 Flexible Citizenship and the Inflexible Nation-State: New Framework for Appraising the Palestinian Refugees’ Movements."

Journal of Refugee Studies (forthcoming) [contents]
- Preview of articles to be published in upcoming issue with the theme of "Representing ‘Hidden’ Populations: A Symposium on Sampling Techniques."

Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 2, no. 2 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]
- Student-run journal with 13 new articles on a wide variety of topics including urban refugees, stateless Rohingya, monitoring failed asylum-seeekers, among many others.

The Researcher, vol. 7, no. 2 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]
- From the Refugee Documentation Centre; lead article is the HC's address at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin.

Women's Asylum News, no. 113 (Sept./Oct. 2012) [full-text]
- Lead article is "The Feminist Lobby of Parliament and justice for women seeking asylum."


Tagged Periodicals.  

Events & Opportunities: More November 2012

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture on ‘The Architecture of Refugee Protection’, Oxford, 7 November 2012 [info]

*Dialogue on ABA’s Civil Immigration Detention Standards: Promoting Fair Treatment and Access to Justice, New York, 14 November 2012 [info]
- Registration deadline is 8 November 2012.

Public Lecture: Professor Didier Fassin on Humanitarianism, Asylum and Refugees, Hawthorn, Australia, 12 November 2012 [info]

The Israeli Asylum System: Contemporary Challenges in Comparative European Context, Tel Aviv, 12-13 November 2012 [info]

*Asile et Extradition: Théorie et Pratique de l’Exclusion du Statut de Réfugié, Lille, France, 23 November 2012 [info]
- Registration deadline is 15 November 2012.

Humanitarian Crises and International Law: The Responsibility to Protect and Prosecute, Leeds, UK, 23 November 2012 [info]

FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Yemen, U.S. Department of State  [info]
- The proposal submission deadline is 26 November 2012.

Related post:
Events & Opportunities: November 2012

*updated

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Seventh Anniversary!

This blog has been active now for seven years!  Time flies... .  I last "celebrated" a birthday in this post from 2009.  As I announced earlier in the week, I am commemorating this anniversary with the launch of a new books feature in the form of a Pinterest page.  Previously, I highlighted recent titles in the sidebar of the blog, but I think incorporating the visual element is appealing and useful for browsing purposes.  (The sidebar listings for new journal articles and legal items will remain.)  Using Pinterest also opens up many more possibilities for showcasing other types of books: reference, legal, kids, favorites, etc.

Other plans for the blog include (1) highlighting forced migration-related apps for mobile devices; (2) updating the web research guides on IDPs, refugees and stateless people that are accessible via the tabs at the top of each blog page; and (3) general maintenance like checking links in the FAQ and finding a better site search solution since the current search feature does not appear to retrieve relevant results consistently.

In early September I asked for some feedback regarding posting references based on relevance or currency.  From the responses I received, it seems that the former approach is preferred, that is, posting references that are grouped (loosely) around a common theme or geographic region.  I have also had suggestions for (1) tracking more multimedia, which I do already but can incorporate more regularly into thematic posts, and (2) compiling posts that include resources with opposing views on hotly debated topics, to underline the inherently political nature of this subject area.  Sounds like something that would require a bit more time to pull off, so for now, food for thought!  But please do continue to submit ideas and feedback.  If the right web application is available to help, then some things are pretty easy to implement!

In the meantime, don't forget to take advantage of these other information services that I have developed:

• Forced Migration FAQ
• Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web
• Internally Displaced Persons: Guide to Legal Information Resources on the Web
• New Journal Articles
• New Law
• Refugee Legal Aid Current Awareness Bibliography
• Researching Forced Migration: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
• Statelessness: A Web Research Guide

[Photo credit: Melanie Hughes' photostream on Flickr]

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

ETDs in Anthropology, Counseling, Development Studies, Education, Geography, Political Science, Social Work

The Establishment of the European Asylum Support Office and its Impact on EU Asylum Policy, Thesis submitted to the Centre for European Studies (University of Twente, Oct. 2012) [text]

Exploring the Experiences of African Refugees and Asylum Seeking Women in a Northern Town in the UK, Thesis submitted to the Programme in Social Work (University of Chester, April 2012) [text]

Exploring the Health and Health Care Experiences of Refugee and Refugee Claimant Women in Hamilton, Ontario: A Qualitative Study, Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies (McMaster University, Sept. 2012) [text]

The Language Learning of Refugee Students in Canadian Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, Dissertation submitted to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (University of Western Ontario, 2012) [text]

Role of Media in Struggles for Recognition: Case of Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan, Thesis submitted to the Department of Media and Communication (Lund University, 2012) [text]

"So we thought not to lose our background completely": Agency and Belonging among South Sudanese Acholi in New Zealand, Thesis submitted to the School of Social and Cultural Studies (Victoria University of Wellington, Oct. 2012) [text]

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: The Refugee Student and Mainstream Schooling, Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education (La Trobe University, June 2012) [text]

A Study of Social Injustice and Forgiveness in the Case of North Korean Refugees, Dissertation submitted to the Center for Counseling and Family Studies (Liberty University, Aug. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

New Web Sites/Networks

Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) [access]
- "Dedicated to improving the assessment of needs in complex emergencies and crises" by providing "tools, know-how and training to a wide range of humanitarian actors."

Context [access]
- A humanitarian staff development project that offers a training programme in management and leadership skills and core skills.

Global Protection Cluster [access]
- "The Global Protection Cluster coordinates and provides global level inter-agency policy advice and guidance on the implementation of the cluster approach to Protection Clusters in the field, supports protection responses in non-refugee situation humanitarian action as well as leads standard and policy setting relating to protection in complex and natural disaster humanitarian emergencies, in particular with regard to the protection of internally displaced persons."

Humanitarian Innovation Project [access]
- This project "seeks to explore the emerging and under-researched way in which innovation can be harnessed to transform humanitarian assistance, particularly in relation to refugee protection."

IMPALA: International Migration Policy and Law Analysis Database [access]
- Read the position paper to learn more about this initiative.

Urban Humanitarian Response Portal [access]
- The site provides access to "a searchable inventory of documentation related to emergency response, rehabilitation and reconstruction in urban environments."

When the War Was Over: European Refugees after 1945 [access]
- "We believe that historical case studies such as this provide a valuable means of interpreting contemporary issues concerning the causes of flight, the categorisation of people as refugees and asylum seekers, the incarceration of refugees and Displaced Persons in camps, the experiences of refugees, and so forth."

Communities:

AidSource [access]
- A humanitarian social network.

Keep in Touch with UNHCR [access]
- "This community brings together former and current UNHCR staff members and their families."

Worldwide Community of Resettled Refugees [info] [access]
- Online community for "any refugee or former refugee who has resettled in a third country... ."  Free, but requires invitation to join; find out how via the info link.

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

Focus: Children

Broken Futures: Young Afghan Asylum Seekers in the UK and on Return to their Country of Origin, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 246 (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]

"Children and War: How 'Soft' Research Can Answer the Hard Questions in Political Science," Perspectives on Politics, vol. 10, no. 2 (June 2012) [full-text via Chris Blattman]

Child Protection Network (Community-based Child Care Center) Nepal (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]
- Looks at Mentor-Mentee Program.

Child Protection Network (Early Childhood Development Center) Nepal (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]

Child Protection Network (Community-based Child Care Center) Nepal (UNHCR, Aug. 2012) [text]
- Looks at Community based Child Care Center (CCCC) program.

Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors in Australia: An Overview of National Support Arrangements and Key Emerging Issues, MYAN Policy Paper (Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Sept. 2012) [text via BroCAP]

Tagged Publications. 

Focus: Health

An article entitled "Non-clinicians' Judgments about Asylum Seekers' Mental Health: How Do Legal Representatives of Asylum Seekers Decide When to Request Medico-legal Reports?" has just been published as an open access text in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology (vol. 3, 2012).  One of the authors is Jane Herlihy who is with the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law, a co-organizer of the upcoming seminar series on "Refugee Protection and Psychology."

Other publications:

"Evaluating the Mental Health Training Needs of Community-based Organizations Serving Refugees," Advances in Social Work, vol. 13, no. 2 (2012) [open access text]
 
Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health into Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (WHO et al., Oct. 2012) [text]

Mental Health Needs Not Being Met for Immigrants and Refugees (CERIS, Sept. 2012) [text]

"Occupational Upheaval During Resettlement and Migration: Findings of Global Ethnography With Refugees With Disabilities," OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, vol. 32, no. 1 (Suppl.) (Winter 2012) [full-text via Creighton University]

"Refugees’ views of the Effectiveness of Support Provided by their Host Countries," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 3 (2012) [open access text]

"A Study of Complementary Therapies and Counselling: An Integrative Model for Refugee Health Care," BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 12(Suppl 1):P368 (June 2012) [open access text]

Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 22, no. 1 (2012) [access]
- Issue includes "Prospective one-year treatment outcomes of tortured refugees: a psychiatric approach," "Social support, coping and posttraumatic stress symptoms in young refugees," and "Complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of refugees and survivors of torture: a review and proposal for action."

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Focus: Middle East

Egyptian Policy Toward the Palestinian Refugees, 1948 to 1952: Incorporating Arab Sources into the Historiography of the 1948 War for Palestine (SSRN, 2012) [text]

Israel: Asylum Seekers Blocked at Border (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2012) [text]

Palestinian Refugee Experience in a Changing Humanitarian Order, Working Paper, no. 2011/58 (Birzeit University, 2011) [text via SSRN]

"Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the State of Israel," Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, vol. 6, no. 3 (2012) [full-text]

"Some UNRWA Refugees Have Resettled," Middle East Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4 (Fall 2012) [full-text]

Spatializing Identity: The Changing Landscape of Palestinian Refugee Camps, Working Paper, no. 2011/50 (Birzeit University, 2011) [text via SSRN]

Tagged Publications.