Regional Focus: Australia

"The Australia-Cambodia Refugee Relocation Agreement is Unique, but Does Little to Improve Protection," Migration Information Source, 21 Sept. 2016 [text]

"Human Rights in Papua New Guinea: Is This Where We Should be Settling Refugees?," Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 22, no. 1 (2016) [full-text via SSRN]

Island of Despair: Australia's "Processing" of Refugees on Nauru (Amnesty International, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Leaked UNHCR Report: Manus Island World’s Worst," The Saturday Paper, 8 Oct. 2016 [text]

"Q&A: Australia's Sovereign Borders," ABC, 10 Oct. 2016 [access]
- Follow link for video and transcripts. See also related analyses from The Conversation and Inside Story on the number of migrants that come to Australia each year.

"'They Change Us': The Social and Emotional Impacts on Music Facilitators of Engaging in Music and Singing with Asylum Seekers," Music and Arts in Action, vol. 5, no. 2 (2016) [open access]

Why Stopping the Boats Does not Solve the Problem - Part III (Jesuit Refugee Service, Oct. 2016) [text]

Young Newly Arrived Migrants and Refugees in Australia: Using Digital Storytelling Practices to Capture Settlement Experiences and Social Cohesion (Western Sydney University, April 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (20 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Detention

Publications:

The Constitutionalisation of Immigration Detention: Between EU Law and the European Convention on Human Rights, GDP Working Paper, no. 15 (Global Detention Project, Oct. 2016) [text]

Detention of Asylum Seekers in Georgia [U.S.] (Human Rights First, Sept. 2016) [text]

Detention of Asylum-seekers under the Scope of Article 5(1)(f) of ECHR: Some Thoughts Based on Recent ECHR and CJEU Jurisprudence (EDAL, Sept. 2016) [text]

Forgotten: Administratively Detained Irregular Migrants and Asylum Seekers (Aitima, Oct. 2016) [text via AIDA]

"No Life for a Child": A Roadmap to End Immigration Detention of Children and Family Separation (Univ. of Toronto, Sept. 2016) [text]

Vulnerability Screening Tool - Identifying and Addressing Vulnerability: A Tool for Asylum and Migration Systems (UNHCR & IDC, 2016) [text]

Who Gets Detained? Increasing the Transparency and Accountability of Bulgaria’s Detention Practices of Asylum Seekers and Migrants (Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria, Sept. 2016) [text]

Without Detention: Opportunities for Alternatives (Detention Action, Sept. 2016) [text]

Resource:

Unlocking Detention: A "Virtual Tour" of the UK’s Immigration Detention Estate (Detention Forum) [access]
- "How do you explain immigration detention to people who have never been to any detention centres? This was the starting point of Detention Forum’s social media project, Unlocking Detention."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention (16 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: General

News: Former High Commissioner for Refugees Slated to be Next UN Secretary-General:

- António Guterres: Good for the U.N., Good for the World, but Gender Issues Remain (Order from Chaos Blog, Oct. 2016) [text]
- Four Priorities for the New UN Secretary-General (ODI, Oct. 2016) [text]
- Right Job, Right Time for António Guterres (Inside Story, Oct. 2016) [text]
- What the Appointment of António Guterres as UN Secretary-general Means for the Refugee Crisis (The Conversation, Oct. 2016) [text]

Event:

Seminar: Migrants in Countries in Crisis: Emerging Findings from Research on Six Crisis Situations, Cairo, 24 October 2016 [info]

Publications:

Becoming Urban Humanitarians: Engaging Local Government to Protect Displaced People (Urban Institute, Aug. 2016) [text]
- See also related project overview.

"Borders and Walls: Do Barriers Deter Unauthorized Migration?," Migration Information Source, 5 Oct. 2016 [text]

Leaving No One Behind: Internal Displacement and the New Urban Agenda (IDMC, Oct. 2016) [text]

Mass Refugee Influxes, Refoulement and the Prohibition against Torture (REDRESS, Sept. 2016) [text via Refworld]

Overview of Research Literature about Refugees' Engagement, Coping and Resilience, CCS Policy Paper, no. 4 (Zentrum für Konfliktforschung, 2016) [text]

Poverty & Death: Disaster Mortality 1996-2015 (CRED & UNISDR, 2016) [text via PreventionWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (6 Oct. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Events & opportunities:

Symposium: International Legal Aspects of Migration: African and European Perspectives, The Hague, 14 October 2016 [info]

International Refugee Law Seminar Series: Protection in the Context of Large-scale Movements of Refugees and Migrants, London, 24 October 2016-2 March 2017 [info]
- The first seminar, "One Protocol Yet to be Drafted? What Treaty Law Can and Cannot Do to Advance Refugee Protection," will be held 24 October 2016.

Publications:

Helpdesk Research Report: Effects of Respect for International Humanitarian Law on Displacement (GSDRC, Oct. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Law under Pressure: Continued Relevance in Times of Hardship (Center for Security Studies, Sept. 2016) [text]

INTERPOL's New Policy on Refugees: Is Everything Settled? (SSRN, Aug. 2016) [text]

The New York Declaration: Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Enhance Refugee Protection (Kaldor Centre, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Protection from 'Refuge': On What Legal Grounds Will a Refugee be Saved from Camp Life?," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Access, 7 Oct. 2016 [free full-text] [abstract]

"Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics: The Sixty-Eighth Session of the International Law Commission," American Journal of International Law (Forthcoming, Oct. 2016) [preprint via SSRN]

Statement by Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, 67th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Geneva, 5 Oct. 2016 [text]

Undesirable and Unreturnable? Policy Challenges around Excluded Asylum-seekers and Migrants Suspected of Serious Criminality but Who Cannot be Removed (Refugee Law Initiative & Center for International Criminal Justice, Sept. 2016) [text]

Vulnerability Screening Tool - Identifying and Addressing Vulnerability: A Tool for Asylum and Migration Systems (UNHCR & IDC, 2016) [text]


Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (27 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

News: World Disasters Report 2016

The 2016 edition of the World Disasters Report was launched today. This year's theme is "Resilience: Saving Lives Today, Investing for Tomorrow." From the press release:

"A lack of global investment in strengthening community resilience is leaving tens of millions of people exposed to predictable, preventable and catastrophic disaster risks, stresses the World Disasters Report 2016, launched today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
  According to the report, despite broad recognition that investing in resilience before a disaster can save lives and money, only 40 cents in every 100 US dollars spent on international aid is invested in preparedness and measures to reduce disaster risk.
  'Investing in resilience is the best method we have for protecting the lives, livelihoods and dignity of the world’s most vulnerable people,' said IFRC Secretary General, Elhadj As Sy. 'Business as usual is no longer acceptable. It will only lead to more silent suffering and deeper poverty. We must work along a continuum – of preparedness, early response, recovery and resilience building'."

The full-text of the report is provided in English, with summaries in Arabic, French and Spanish. Previous editions can be read here.

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is hosting a launch event in London tomorrow. Further details can be found here.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Childhood Statelessness in South Africa (Lawyers for Human Rights, 2016) [text]

"Deprivation of Nationality: Implications for the Fight against Statelessness," Questions of International Law, Zoom in, 30 Sept. 2016 [full-text]

Identification in the Context of Forced Displacement: Identification for Development (World Bank, 2016) [text]

The Invisible among Us (World Council of Churches, July 2016) [info]
- Follow link to access chapter 1.

Proposal for Legislation on Statelessness in the Netherlands: A Bittersweet Victory (ENS Blog, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Reducing the Risk of Statelessness: A Synergy of Good Protection Practices in Southeast Asia (Philippines and Indonesia at a Glimpse)," REFLEX: The Journal of the Asia Pacific Chapter of the IARLJ, vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 2016) [full-text]
- Scroll down to p. 9.

Stateless Children in Dominican Republic Still Unable to Go to School (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2016) [text]

"Statelessness and the Refugee Crisis in Europe," Forced Migration Review, no. 53 (Sept. 2016) [open access]

Suddenly Stateless: Three Years after the Dominican Citizenship Decree (AJWS Blog, Sept. 2016) [access]
- Follow link for blog series.

Syrian Refugee or Stateless Refugee: The Challenges of Statelessness in Exile (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, Sept. 2016) [text]

The UK’s Approach to Statelessness: Need for Fair and Timely Decisions (Asylum Aid, Sept. 2016) [text]
- See also related ENS Blog post.

Workshop on Researching Statelessness and Citizenship in Asia and the Pacific, Melbourne, 27-29 Jan. 2016 [text via Refworld]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (14 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

The "Buffer Zone" Plan for 70,000 Stranded Syrian Refugees (IRIN, Oct. 2016) [text]

Children of War: Multi-generational Impact of the Syrian Conflict, RSIS Commentary, no. 242 (RSIS, Oct. 2016) [text]

The Evolving Approach to Refugee Protection in Turkey: Assessing the Practical and Political Needs (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2016) [text]

A Fragile Refuge: A Socioeconomic Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Egypt (UNHCR, April 2016) [text]

The Long-Term Challenges of Forced Migration: Perspectives from Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq, London, 17-18 June 2016 [access]
- Follow link for "the set of papers from the workshop, plus a list of key recommendations relevant for all stakeholders and agreed upon by participants."

Millions at Risk as Yemen’s Displacement Crisis Continues (Shelter Cluster & CCCM Cluster, Sept. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Picking Up the Pieces: What Yemenis Need to Rebuild Their Lives in a Country Torn Apart by Conflict (Oxfam, Sept. 2016) [text]

Qasef: Escaping the Bombing - The Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas and Forced Displacement: Perspectives from Syrian Refugees (Handicap International, Sept. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Six Years into Exile: The Challenges and Coping Strategies of Non-camp Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Their Host Communities (CARE, July 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]


Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (19 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Resources:

Best Practice Guide: Inter Agency Community Based Complaint Mechanisms - Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (IASC et al., Sept. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Bridging the Evidence Gap (ALNAP, 2016) [access]
- Follow link to access video, audio and transcripts of the first two webinars in this series.

Concept Note: Changing Humanitarian Action, 31st ALNAP Annual Meeting, Stockholm, 14-15 Feb. 2017 [text]

Diaspora Humanitarianism: Transnational Ways of Working (DEMAC, March 2016) [text]

Evaluating Humanitarian Action Guide (ALNAP, Oct. 2016) [text]
- See also related video of launch event.

Humanitarian Evacuations in Violence and Armed Conflict (UNHCR, June 2016) [text]

The Humanitarian Financing Landscape: Realities and Emerging Trends for NGOs (ICVA, Oct. 2016) [text]
- Read this document to learn where to find more information.

Refugee Compacts: An Initial Framework (International Rescue Committee & Center for Global Development, Oct 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Training opportunities:

Getting Aid Workers Disaster Ready [access]
- "DisasterReady.org is available as an open online learning portal for individuals to register on their own or for organizations looking to provide online training to employees and volunteers."

Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs [access]
- Registration is now open for IIHA courses, "can be taken either as stand-alone training courses in subjects of importance to the participants, or in pursuit of the Masters in International Humanitarian Action (MIHA) offered...at Fordham University."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (21 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

News: EXCOM 2016 Wrap-up

The 67th session of UNHCR's Executive Committee ended on 7 October 2016. Here is the High Commissioner's closing statement and a draft report of the session. Note that Conclusions on International Protection were adopted once again, after a two-year absence. One is on "international cooperation from a protection and solutions perspective" and the other is on "youth." Documents and statements can be accessed on the "2016 Executive Committee session" page. See also the NGO statements that were delivered at EXCOM on ICVA's web site.

For some overviews of the week, see:
- A Decade of Epic Challenges, and the Future Ahead: UNHCR ExCom Opens (Refugee Council of Australia)
- EXCOM 2016: An NGO Perspective (NGO Representative on the Canadian Delegation)
- #EXCOM2016

You can also watch some of the proceedings via UN Web TV:
- opening session
- general debate [pt. 1] [pt. 2] [pt. 3] [pt. 4] [pt. 5]
- press conference

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa, esp. Somali Refugees

Finding the Way Home: An IDP Return Intention Survey in the Far North Region of Cameroon (IOM, Oct. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Country Guidance Case on Eritrea Finds Real Risk on Return (Free Movement Blog, Oct. 2016) [text]

Protection on the Move: Eritrean Refugee Flows through the Greater Horn of Africa (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2016) [text]

Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging (IntLawGrrls Blog, Oct. 2016)[text]

"Retours d’Exil: Ethnographie des Rapatriements de Réfugiés en Afrique Centrale," Population, vol. 71, no. 2 (2016) [full-text]
- Book review.

Rights at Risk: A Thematic Investigation into How States Restrict the Freedom of Movement of Refugees on the African Continent, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 281 (UNHCR, Oct. 2016) [text]

UNHCR, African Host Countries Agree on Final Steps to Resolve Rwandan Refugee Situation (UNHCR, Oct. 2016) [text]

Somali refugees in Kenya:

Dadaab's Broken Promise: A Call to Reinstate Voluntary, Safe and Dignified Returns for the Dadaab Refugee Community (Norwegian Refugee Council, Oct. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Kenya's Proposed Closing of Dadaab Refugee Camps (Urban Refugees, Oct. 2016) [text]
- New article posted in debate forum.

Somali Refugees Decry Empty Promises on Return from Dabaab (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2016) [text]

An Uncertain Future for Somali Refugees in Dadaab, Washington, DC, 28 Sept. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for video, audio and Powerpoint slides.

UNHCR’s Statement on a Report Published by Human Rights Watch (UNHCR, Sept. 2016) [text]


Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (27 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Afghan Refugees: Conversations along the Migration Trail (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2016) [text]

Afghan Refugees Forced to Return to a Home Many Have Never Known (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2016) [text]

Afghanistan: Conflict Induced Displacements (as of 02 October 2016) (OCHA, Oct. 2016) [access]
- Follow link for infographic.

Broken on the Border (IOM, Oct. 2016) [access]
- Multimedia feature on the situation confronting Afghan returnees.

Closing Borders: The Ripple Effects of Australian and European Refugee Policy. Case Studies from Indonesia, Kenya and Jordan (ODI, Sept. 2016) [text]

The Connecting Issue of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Southeast Asia (e-International Relations, Aug. 2016) [text]

How the Asia-Pacific Can Lead the Way on Migrants and Refugees (The Conversation, Sept. 2016) [text]

Landmines and the Plight of Myanmar's Refugees and Displaced Peoples (Georgetown Public Policy Review, Sept. 2016) [text]

No Way Home: Time Runs out for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal (IRIN, Oct. 2016) [text]

Pakistan: Afghan Refugees and Undocumented Afghans Repatriation (01 January to 01 October, 2016) (OCHA, Oct. 2016) [access]
- Follow link for infographic.

Repatriation of Afghan Refugees from Pakistan: Supplementary Appeal, Sept.-Dec. 2016 (UNHCR, Sept. 2016) [text]

Resolving Policy Conundrums: Enhancing Humanitarian Protection in Southeast Asia (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2016) [text]

Third Meeting of the Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration, Kuala Lumpur, 4-6 Sept. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for summary, key documents and background information.

Why is Asia MIA on Refugees? (Order from Chaos Blog, Sept. 2016) [text]

"Why Is Pakistan Expelling Afghan Refugees?," The Diplomat, 7 Oct. 2016 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (20 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Events & opportunities:

3rd Tripartite Roundtable ECtHR, CJEU and IARLJ-Europe, Strasbourg 25 November 2016 [info]
- Register by 31 October 2016.

Advanced ELENA Course: The Rights of Refugees, Berlin, 2-3 December 2016 [info]
- Register by 7 November 2016.

Publications:

"Asylum Crisis Italian Style: The Dublin Regulation Collides with European Human Rights Law," Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 29 (2016) [full-text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

Cities of Welcome, Cities of Transit (openDemocracy, Sept. 2016) [access]
 - Themed week-long blog series.

ECRE Comments on Commission Proposals for Reform of the Common European Asylum System (ECRE, Oct. 2016) [access]
- Follow link to access four sets of comments.

*EU–Afghanistan Deportation–Aid Deal: Classic Strategy or Classic Mistake? (IMI Blog, Oct. 2016) [text]

The EU and Migration [What Think Tanks are Thinking] (EPRS, Oct. 2016) [text]

Hungarians Share Europe’s Embrace of Democratic Principles but are Less Tolerant of Refugees, Minorities (Pew Research Center, Sept. 2016) [text]

Immigration Fears: A Vulnerable Public in the Face of Change (Policy Network, Sept. 2016) [text]

The Length of Asylum Procedures in Europe (AIDA, Oct. 2016) [text]

The Mediterranean Dimension of the Refugee Crisis: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cooperation, New York, 16 Sept. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for audio.

Procedural Rights in the Proposed Dublin IV Regulation": Comments of the International Commission of Jurists on Specific Procedural Measures in the Recast of the Dublin Regulation (ICJ, Sept. 2016) [text via Refworld]

Relocation Farce Brings Shame on Europe (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2016) [text]

Serbia’s Role in Dealing with the Migration Crisis (EPRS, Oct. 2016) [text]

To What Extent does the UK Asylum Support System Contribute to Destitution? (e-International Relations, Sept. 2016) [text]

Web site:

Refugees.dk: Information about Refugees in Denmark [access]
- "Here you will find all the relevant facts and information on refugees in Denmark in one place, and in an easily accessible form. You can also learn more about what the experts have to say on various aspects of the topic. The site is meant for everyone with an interest in refugees – volunteers, journalists, professionals, students, politicians – not to mention refugees themselves. The starting point is respect for the Refugee Convention and refugee rights." Provided in Danish and English.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (29 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Issues of African Diaspora, Austral. Geog., EJML, Humanit. Exch., IJMBS, JEMS, MELUS, REMI, Rts. in Exile News

African Diaspora, vol. 8, no. 1 (2015) [contents]
- Special issue on "In and Out of Ethiopia: Migrations, Diasporas, and Contemporary Ethiopia." Includes "L’Éthiopie des Congolais, Burundais et Rwandais Réfugiés" and "Ethiopian and Eritrean Immigrants in Britain: Refugee Organising, Transnational Connections and Identity, 1950-2009."

Australian Geographer, vol. 47, no. 4 (2016) [contents]
- Special issue on "Population, Migration and Settlement in Australia: In Memory of Graeme Hugo.'

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 18, no. 3 (2016) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Principles Corroborated by Practice? The Use of Country of Origin Information by the European Court of Human Rights in the Assessment of a Real Risk of a Violation of the Prohibition of Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment" and "What about Refugees with Disabilities? The Interplay between EU Asylum Law and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities."

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 67 (Sept. 2016) [full-text]
- This issue features 16 articles which focus on "Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants in Europe."

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 2, no. 4 (2016) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "Migrants, Refugees and the Egyptian Security State."

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 42, no. 13 (2016) [contents]
- Mix of articles, including "'Everyday Otherness': Intercultural Refugee Encounters and Everyday Multiculturalism in a South Australian Rural Town."

MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S., vol. 41, no. 3 (Fall 2016) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee Cultures: Forty Years after the Vietnam War."

Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 32, no. 1 (2016) [contents]
- Theme issue on "Les migrations des Roms roumains en Europe."

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 74 (Oct. 2016) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Health

"Family Functioning, Resilience, and Depression among North Korean Refugees," Psychiatry Research, vol. 245 (Nov. 2016) [full-text via ResearchGate]

"HIV/AIDS Perceptions and Vulnerability of Democratic Republic of Congo's Refugees Living in Durban, South Africa," African Population Studies, vol. 30, no. 2 (2016) [open access]

Improving the Nutrition of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities through Garden Walls (FAO, Aug. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Lay Explanatory Models of Depression and Preferred Coping Strategies among Somali Refugees in Norway: A Mixed Method Study," Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 7 (Sept. 2016) [open access]

"A Lost Tribe in the City: Health Status and Needs of African Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Hong Kong," International Journal for Equity in Health, 15:158 (Sept. 2016) [open access]

"On the Path to Equitable Health Care for Immigrants and Refugees in Canada: Barriers, Proposed Solutions, and Positive Changes," UBC Medial Journal, vol. 7, no. 2 (2016) [open access]

"Potentially Avoidable and Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalisations among Forced Migrants: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," BMJ Open, 6:e012216 (Sept. 2016) [open access]

"Primary Healthcare Reform in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 22, no. 6 (June 2016) [full-text]

"Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders among Yazidi Children and Adolescents Immediately after Forced Migration Following ISIS Attacks," Neuropsychiatrie, Published Online, 15 Sept. 2016 [open access]

"Quality of Life in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy: A Pilot Study," Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, vol. 52, no. 3 (2016) [open access]

"Return Migrants’ Experience of Access to Care in Corrupt Healthcare Systems: The Bosnian Example," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(9) (Sept. 2016) [open access]

"What are the Barriers to Access to Mental Healthcare and the Primary Needs of Asylum Seekers? A Survey of Mental Health Caregivers and Primary Care Workers," BMC Psychiatry, 16:336 (Sept. 2016) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (8 Sept. 2016)
- Thematic Focus: Health (8 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Events:

Conference: Global Histories of Refugees in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Melbourne, 6-8 October 2016 [info]

Seminar series: Border Crisis, Open Borders, No Border: Radical Perspectives in Migration Studies, Oxford, 12 October-30 November 2016 [info]

Publications:

Actors and Stakeholder Involvement in Crisis Mitigation, MICIC Research Brief (ICMPD, Sept. 2016) [text]

The Arts and Humanities: Tackling the Challenges of Mass Displacement (openDemocracy, Oct. 2016) [text]

Comprehensive Report on the Human Rights of Migrants, UN Doc. no. A/HRC/33/30 (UN Human Rights Council, Sept. 2016) [text via Refworld]

Displaced People: Where is the Real Crisis? The Numbers Behind the Noise (Farsight, Sept. 2016) [text]

The End of Migrants as We Know Them? (Jørgen Carling Blog, Sept. 2016) [text]

Evacuation and Repatriation of Migrants in Countries Experiencing Conflict or Natural Disaster, MICIC Issue Brief (Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative, Sept. 2016) [text]

International Migration Outlook 2016 (OECD, Sept. 2016) [text]
- See also related LSE EUROPP Blog post.

Migrants in Countries in Crisis Emerging Findings: A Comparative Study of Six Crisis Situations (ICMPD, Sept. 2016) [text]

A New Era in Refugee Protection and Migration Management? Looking Forward After UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants, Webinar, 30 Sept. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for audio.

The New Refugees and Migration Reports You Need to Read (ODI, Oct. 2016) [text]

Protection through Mobility: Opening Labor and Study Migration Channels to Refugees (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2016) [text]

"The Refugee Crisis: Historical Perspectives from Europe and North America, 1945-2000," Revista Historia Autónoma, no. 9 (2016) [open access]

"Security Council Backs António Guterres to be Next U.N. Secretary General," New York Times, 5 Oct. 2016 [text]

Tackling the Global Refugee Crisis: From Shirking to Sharing Responsibility (Amnesty International, Oct. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (27 Sept. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: November 2016

IOM Fellowship: Migration and Refugees Studies, American University in Cairo [info]
- Application deadlines are 1 November 2016 for Spring semester and 15 April 2017 for Fall semester.

Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 7 November 2016.

CFP: Looking Forward: Migration and Mobility in 2017 and Beyond, 19th National Metropolis Conference, Montreal, 16-18 March 2017 [info]
- Submit proposals by 14 November 2016.

Call for Book Proposals: Asylum in Europe, Intra-EU mobility and New Migration Routes, IMISCOE [info]
- Submit proposals by 15 November 2016.

CFP: Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies, Oxford, 16-17 March 2017 [info]
- Submit abstract/panel proposals by 15 November 2016.

Symposium: Reforming the Common European Asylum System: Towards a Unified, Fair and Effective Policy, Brussels, 16 November 2016 [info]

Conference: European Attitudes to Immigration, London, 16-17 November 2016 [info]
- Ticket sales end 15 November 2016.

Competition: Third Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition [info]
- Submission deadline is 21 November 2016.

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: More Oct. 2016

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Postdoctoral Researchers, Sexual Humanitarianism: Migration, Sex Work and Trafficking Project [info]
 - Apply by 8 October 2016.

Publications:

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 7 (2016) [open access]
- Special issue on "Trafficking Representations."

Bearing Witness: Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Migration, New York, 23 Sept. 2016 [part 1] [part 2]
- Follow links for videos. See also related UN news story.

Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict: 10 Ideas for Action by the United Nations Security Council (United Nations University, Sept. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking and the ECtHR’s Inadmissibility Decision in G.J. v. Spain (EDAL, Sept. 2016) [text]

Responding to Human Trafficking and Exploitation in Times of Crisis, Issue Brief (Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative, Jan. 2016) [text]

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Greenhouse for Human Trafficking (Human Rights First, Oct. 2016) [text]

Time to Get Tough on Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery (IRIN, Sept. 2016 [text]

Trafficking in Human Beings (ECHR, Sept. 2016) [text]

Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children: Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc. no. A/71/303 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2016) [text via Refworld]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (22 Aug. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement

Events:

Dams and Displacement, Providence, RI, 18 October 2016 [info]
- Details have not yet been posted.

Development-induced Displacement, Providence, RI, 6 December 2016 [info]
- Details have not yet been posted. Both of these events are part of the year-long "Displacement and the Making of the Modern World" project at Brown University's Watson Institute.

Publications:

"After the Deluge: The Longer Term Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam," World Development, vol. 84  (Aug. 2016) [full-text via ResearchGate]

Guidelines on Compulsory Displacement and Resettlement in USAID Programming (USAID, May 2016) [text]

Involuntary Resettlement, Emerging Lessons Series, no. 1 (World Bank Inspection Panel, April 2016) [text]
- See also related video and blog post.

Pushed Aside: Displaced for "Development" in India (IDMC, July 2016) [text]
- See also related blog post.

"The Social Impacts of Dams: A New Framework for Scholarly Analysis," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 60 (Sept. 2016) [preprint via ResearchGate]

Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems for the Protection of Displaced Persons, Building Country Safeguard Systems, Briefing Note, no. 3 (Asian Development Bank, May 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Structure and Agency in Development-Induced Forced Migration: The Case of Brazil's Belo Monte Dam," Population and Environment, vol. 37, no. 3 (March 2016) [abstract]
- See also related conference paper.

"Types of Integration and Depressive Symptoms: A Latent Class Analysis on the Resettled Population for the Three Gorges Dam Project, China," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 157 (May 2016) [full-text via ResearchGate]

"The Weakness of Resettlement Safeguards in Mining," Forced Migration Review, no. 52 (May 2016) [open access]

When Development Becomes a Curse: Displacements and Destroyed Livelihoods (The Conversation, Aug. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Development-induced Displacement (16 March 2016)

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News: 67th Session of EXCOM

The 67th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme (EXCOM) opened today and will run through 7 October 2016. Here is the preliminary schedule as well as the High Commissioner's opening remarks (see also related press release).

This year's meeting includes the following side events:
- The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
- Together, protecting the human rights of IDPs
- The forced displacement crisis – how development can make a difference
- Operationalizing a comprehensive protection response in the Americas
- Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the context of displacement
- A regional approach to the Somalia situation
- Beyond the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda
- Connecting global efforts to promote responsibility sharing at field level
- High-level briefing by Afghanistan’s Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
- 1956-2016 – European solidarity and responsibility sharing

Finally, the Nansen Refugee Award ceremony will be held the evening of the first day, with the honors going jointly to Hellenic Rescue Team and Efi Latsoudi for their efforts to assist refugees arriving in Greece in 2015.

Plenary session documents can be accessed here.

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New Book Titles

Please visit my Pinterest page to learn about new books due out in October 2016. I have also included additional titles on the August and September 2016 book boards.

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

October 2016:

Chen Reis & Tania Bernath, Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oct. 2016

Stephen R. Porter, Benevolent Empire: U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed, University of Pennsylvania Press, Oct. 2016

Cecilia Jacob & Alistair D.B. Cook, eds., Civilian Protection in the Twenty-First Century: Governance and Responsibility in a Fragmented World, Oxford University Press, Oct. 2016

Alex Sager, ed., The Ethics and Politics of Immigration: Core Issues and Emerging Trends, Rowman & Littlefield, Oct. 2016

Paolo Gaibazzi, Stephan Dünnwald & Alice Bellagamba, eds., EurAfrican Borders and Migration Management: Political Cultures, Contested Spaces, and Ordinary Lives, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2016

Ayselin Gözde Yildiz, The European Union's Immigration Policy: Managing Migration in Turkey and Morocco, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2016

Jennifer B. Saunders, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh & Susanna Snyder, eds., Intersections of Religion and Migration: Issues at the Global Crossroads, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2016

Sophia Hoffmann, Iraqi Migrants in Syria: The Crisis before the Storm, Syracuse University Press, Oct. 2016

Greg Burgess, The League of Nations and the Refugees from Nazi Germany: James G. McDonald and Hitler's Victims, Bloomsbury, Oct. 2016

Sarah Deardorff Miller, Political and Humanitarian Responses to Syrian Displacement, Routledge, Oct. 2016

Jennifer Hyndman & Wenona Giles, Refugees in Extended Exile: Living on the Edge, Routledge, Oct. 2016

Reece Jones, Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move, Verso Books, Oct. 2016

September 2016:

Andrew Geddes & Peter Scholten, The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe, Sage Publishing, Sept. 2016

William Maley, What is a Refugee?, Hurst Publishers, Sept. 2016

August 2016:

Deirdre Conlon & Nancy Hiemstra, eds., Intimate Economies of Immigration Detention: Critical Perspectives, Routledge, Aug. 2016


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