Regional Focus: United States

[I am re-circulating this post to highlight several additions.]

News:

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous ruling in the case of State of Washington & State of Minnesota v. Trump, rejecting the government's request to place a stay on a district judge's temporary restraining order which put a hold on the enforcement of the president's refugee and visa ban.

*Latest development:
- Appeals Court Judge Wants Vote on Whether to Reconsider Travel Ban Ruling (The Hill, 10 Feb. 2017) [text]

Here is some initial commentary and analysis (more will no doubt be added!):

4 Quick Thoughts on the 9th Circuit Order re: the Immigration EO (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*"A Look at What Comes Next in Trump Travel Ban Case," Associated Press, 10 Feb. 2017 [text via Yahoo]

Here’s What’s Next for the Lawsuit over Trump’s Immigration Order (Vox, Feb. 2017) [text]

*Trump Loses Appeal, but Travel Ban Fight Isn’t Over Yet (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

Trump’s Refugee and Visa Ban Gets Another Big Defeat in Court (Vox, Feb. 2017) [text]

Washington v. Trump: Summary of Ninth Circuit Decision Upholding TRO in Trump Travel Ban Case (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Other related items:

Congress Did Not Give the President Unfettered Discretion to Exclude (ImmigrationProf Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Executive Order Opposition (Human Rights First, Feb. 2017) [access]

The Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Asylum Seekers (Harvard Law School, Feb. 2017) [text]

Myth v. Fact: Trump's Refugee and Immigration Executive Order (Human Rights First, Feb. 2017) [text]

Reactions to President Trump’s Executive Order on the Entry Ban (EPRS, Feb. 2017) [text]

The Refugee EO in the Ninth Circuit: Rights, Wrongs, and Remedies (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*Trump's Massive Crackdown on Immigrants Has Begun (Vice, Feb. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (7 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Americas, incl. US

2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview: Haiti (OCHA, Nov. 2016) [text]

"Argentina’s Trump-Like Immigration Order Rattles South America," New York Times, 4 Feb. 2017 [text]

Colombia: New Report Depicts Difficult Humanitarian Situation in Border Areas (UNHCR et al., Feb. 2017) [text]
- Note: Includes to the text of the report, "Informe defensorial sobre las zonas de frontera," in Spanish.

Deciding Asylum: Challenges Remain as Claims Soar (AULA Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]
- Note: This post references the Country Conditions in Central America & Asylum Decision-Making workshop held last month; video and a report from that workshop will be made available eventually.

How the 'Safe Country' Concept is Putting Refugees Out in the Cold (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

'Immigration Act of 1917' Turns 100: America's Long History of Immigration Prejudice (LiveScience, Feb. 2017) [text]

The Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Asylum Seekers (Harvard Law School, Feb. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for report and letter to Canada's Prime Minister and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship regarding the enforcement of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S.

Migration and Asylum of Central Americans in the Trump Era (Borderlands History, Feb. 2017) [text]

"The New Underground Railroad," Maclean's, 3 Feb. 2017 [text]
- "More and more refugees are making a dangerous trek north to Canada to escape a harsh new U.S. regime—risking life and limb."

"These Jurisdictions Have Become 'Asylum Free Zones': In Some US Jurisdictions, the Denial Rate for Refugees Seeking Asylum is as High as 98%," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 78 (Feb. 2017) [full-text]

Web site:

Canada Research-a-thon [access] [Facebook] [Twitter]
- "This nationwide initiative unites students from 22 legal faculties to engage in legal research and the drafting of legal opinions in response to questions posed by the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR). The research will seek to identify potential legal challenges to the Safe Third Country Agreement and support various CCR mandates."

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States (9 Feb. 2017)
- Regional Focus: Americas (19 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Event:

"Talking Refugee" - ASEAN and Refugee Crisis in the Region: Practices, Policies, and Solutions, Bangkok, 17 February 2017 [info]

Publications:

Bangladesh: Reject Rohingya Refugee Relocation Plan (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2017) [text]
- See also related VOA news story.

"Japan Took in Just 28 Refugees in 2016, Despite Record Applications," Reuters, 9 Feb. 2017 [text]

New Zealand’s Refugee Report Card (Spoiler: History Won’t Be Kind) (Briefing Papers, Feb. 2017) [text]

Offshore Processing: Refugee Status Determination for Asylum Seekers in Nauru (Kaldor Centre, updated Jan. 2017) [text]

Push and Pull: A Study of International Migration from Nepal (World Bank, Feb. 2017) [text]

Recovery Postponed: The Long-term Plight of People Displaced by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Radiation Disaster (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Feb. 2017) [text]

Return of Afghan Refugees to Afghanistan Surges as Country Copes to Rebuild (International Monetary Fund, Jan. 2017) [text]

Scaling up Humanitarian Cash Transfers in Nepal (ODI, Dec. 2016) [text]

Tough Choices for Afghan Refugees Returning Home after Years in Exile (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (30 Jan. 2017)


Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Detention

Asylum Seekers Already Face Prolonged Detention (Human Rights First, Feb. 2017) [text]

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

European Synthesis Report on the Judicial Implementation of Chapter IV of the Return Directive Pre-Removal Detention, REDIAL Research Report, no. 2016/05 (Migration Policy Centre, 2016) [text]

High Time for States to Invest in Alternatives to Migrant Detention (Human Rights Comment, Jan. 2017) [text]

Judicial Scrutiny of Return Detention in the Member States: The Contribution of National Courts to Clarifying the Concept of 'Risk of Absconding' (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Obstacles to Reforming Family Detention in the United States, Working Paper, no. 20 (Global Detention Project, Jan. 2017) [text]

A Template for Protecting Human Rights during the 'Refugee Crisis'? Immigration Detention and the Expulsion of Migrants in a Recent ECtHR Grand Chamber Ruling (EU Law Analysis Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

UNHCR's Position Regarding the Detention of Refugee and Migrant Children in the Migration Context (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text]

"The Use of Detention as a Defence against Intolerable Social Anxiety towards Asylum Seekers," Socioanalysis, vol. 18 (2016) [full-text]

*The Use of Detention for Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Europe and Greece (Advocates Abroad & Univ. of Baltimore, 2017) [text via SSRN]

*UPDATED

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

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Turkey

3RP Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in Response to the Syria Crisis: Turkey (UNHCR et al., Jan. 2017) [text]

Burden or Boon? Turkey’s Tactical Treatment of the Syrian Refugee Crisis (Middle East Institute, Jan. 2017) [text]

Cop-out or Vital Lifeline? Massive EU Cash Aid Programme Rolls out for Refugees in Turkey (IRIN, Jan. 2017) [text]

Engaging Syrian Communities: The Role of Local Government in Istanbul (Istanbul Policy Center, Jan. 2017) [text via Academia.edu]

"The EU-Turkey Deal: What Happens to People Who Return to Turkey?," Forced Migration Review, no. 54 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Except God, we have no one": Lack of Durable Solutions for Non-Syrian Refugees in Turkey (Refugees International, Feb. 2017) [text]

Lives Transformed by Language Classes for Syrian Women (Refugees Deeply, Jan. 2017) [text]

Migration Profile: Turkey, Policy Brief, no. 2016/09 (Migration Policy Centre, 2016) [text]

"Refugee Protection in Turkey: Evaluating Needs and Challenges," Chicago Policy Review, 2 Jan. 2017 [text]

"Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Pathways to Precarity, Differential Inclusion, and Negotiated Citizenship Rights," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 43, no. 1 (2017) [abstract]

"Turkey’s Refugees, Syrians and Refugees from Turkey: A Country of Insecurity," Migration Letters, vol. 14, no. 1 (2017) [free full-text]

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

CFP: Refugee 'Settlement' Working Paper Series, Center for Forced Migration Studies [info]
- No deadline indicated.

Publications:

Diversity Welcomed in Australia, U.S. Despite Uncertainty over Muslim Integration (Pew Research, Feb. 2017) [text]

Forced Migration Review, no. 54 (Feb. 2017) [open access]
- The theme of this issue is "Resettlement."

Integrating Refugees in the Rhine-Neckar-Region: Initial Evidence from an Inclusive Soccer Project (Centre for European Economic Research, 2016) [text]

*Integration of Refugees and Migrants: Participation in Cultural Activities (EPRS, Feb. 2017) [text]

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing a Union Resettlement Framework and Amending Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council: UNHCR's Observations and Recommendations (UNHCR, Nov. 2016) [text]

Relocation and Resettlement: Member States need to build on encouraging results (European Commission, Feb. 2017) [text]
- Includes links to a state of play on resettlement as well as factsheets and other related documents.

The Role of Resettlement in Refugee Responsibility Sharing, Paper no. 3 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Jan. 2017) [text]

Resources:

Private Sponsorship of Refugees Toolkit (Canadian Council for Refugees) [access]
- "[A] practical web-based resource to provide information about private refugee sponsorship to groups across Canada."

Resettlement in the United States (UNHCR) [access]
- "The United States resettlement program is the largest in the world. UNHCR works closely with U.S. governmental agencies and NGOs responsible for resettling refugees in the U.S. We provide information to partners and the general public about refugees around the world who are in need of resettlement, and promote their acceptance by the U.S. resettlement program. ..."

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (24 Jan. 2017)

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

New Issue of FMR

The latest issue of Forced Migration Review (FMR) has been published. The theme of FMR54 is "Resettlement." Here is the description:

This issue of FMR looks at some of the modalities and challenges of resettlement in order to shed light on debates such as how – and how well – resettlement is managed, whether it is a good use of the funds and energy it uses, and whether it is a good solution for refugees.

The 33 articles included discuss resettlement programmes in different countries and regions, the various actors involved in the resettlement process, and which refugees are or are not targets of resettlement.

Also included is a mini-feature on "Post-deportation Risks and Monitoring," as well as four general articles (on climate-displaced in Bangladesh, asylum-seekers as consumers, refugee and migrant children in Europe, and statelessness determination in Switzerland).

Readers can access FMR articles individually, in HTML, PDF and MP3 formats, via the digest feature, or as a complete issue. Back issues of FMR are available here.

FMR is an open access publication. It is available online and in print in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. Audio versions of articles are available in English.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Creating Income Opportunities for Refugees in East Africa (International Trade Center, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Germany’s Willkommenskultur: Trade Unions, Refugees and Labour Market Integration," Global Labour Journal, vol. 8, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Increasing Women’s Access to the Labor Market in Syria: Training Needs Assessment Report (Orange, Nov. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Livelihoods and Work Permits: A Rapid Assessment (UNHCR Livelihoods Unit, Nov. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee Integration: A Job is the Key (VoxEurop, Jan. 2017) [text]

Seventh Workshop of the Centre for Research in Active Labour Market Policy Effects (CAFE), Børkop, Denmark, 14-16 Dec. 2016 [info]
- Select "Program"; two papers available that focus on refugees.

*Syrians and Labor Market Integration: Dynamics in Turkey and Germany (German Marshall Fund, Feb. 2017) [text]

Work Permits for Asylum Seekers—Some Good News (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (19 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Event & opportunity:

Conference: Changing Humanitarian Action? 31st ALNAP Annual Meeting, Stockholm, 14-15 February 2017 [info]

Course: Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance (MAHA), Tufts University [info]
- The application deadline is 28 February 2017.

Publications:

Humanitarian Engagements (Independent Commission on Multilateralism, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Humanitarians Need to Do Less to Do More," The Guardian, 12 Jan. 2017 [text]

Improving Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises: Guidance to Implement the Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (CFS-FFA) (FAO, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Insecurity: Always an Insurmountable Obstacle?, Emergency Gap Series, no. 05 (MSF, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Year, New You? What the WHS Can Learn from Failed New Year’s Resolutions (ALNAP Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Regional Organisation Humanitarian Action Network Conference Paper 2016 (ODI, Feb. 2017) [text]

Synthesis of Key Findings from Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHEs) of the International Responses to Crises in the Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan), South Sudan and the Central African Republic (OCHA, July 2016) [text via UNHCR]

UN Humanitarian Wing OCHA Lays off 170, Starts Overhaul (IRIN, Jan. 2017) [text]
- Includes link to a "functional review" of OCHA conducted by the Boston Consulting Group.

Resources:

Interactive Global Assessment Registry (OCHA et al.) [access]
- This "interactive map...allows you to check if assessments have taken place in certain locations, if they are planned or ongoing and if something has already happened in a specific sector. The Interactive Global Assessment Registry is built from assessments uploaded on humanitarianresponse.info by OCHA, the cluster leads and humanitarian partners. You can filter by country, cluster, organization and date. Whenever available, you can download an assessment’s report, questionnaire and/or data."

Redesigning Humanitarian Action: Beyond the Crisis, Session at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switz., 17-20 Jan. 2017 [access]
- Follow link for video.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (11 Jan. 2017)

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

Regional Focus: Syria

Forced Dispersion: A Demographic Report on Human Status in Syria (Syrian Center for Policy Research, Dec. 2016) [text via ALNAP]

Reflections on Future Challenges to Housing, Land and and Property Restitution for Syrian Refugees (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Religious Identity and Experiences of Displacement: An Examination into the Discursive Representations of Syrian Refugees and Their Effects on Religious Minorities Living in Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 20 Oct. 2016 [free full-text]

Safe Zones for Syria: A List of Questions that Policymakers Need to Answer (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Syrian Refugees’ Right to Legal Identity: Implications for Return (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Trump’s "Safe Areas" in Syria — An Explainer on International Law (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

UNHCR Chief Says Safe Zones Would Not Work in Syria (Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb. 2017) [text]

Note: Just a reminder that many other publications relating to Syrian refugees/IDPs are referenced in other blog posts under various regional/thematic headings. You can locate these by browsing the "Syrians" subject label.

Web site:

3RP Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in Response to the Syria Crisis [access]
- "United Nations agencies and NGO partners [have] appealed for US$4.63 billion in new funding to continue vital work in addressing the growing needs of refugees from Syria and communities hosting them in neighbouring countries. The UN and more than 240 partners formally launched the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) for 2017 and 2018. The plan aims to assist over 4.7 million refugees from Syria and 4.4 million people hosting them in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The funding for the 3RP is in addition to the $3.4 billion that the UN estimates will be required to address the humanitarian needs of 13.5 million people within Syria this year." Look under "publications" for the latest documents.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (26 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: Health

Opportunity:

CFP: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [info]
- Submissions sought for special issue on "Refugee Health." Deadline for manuscripts is 30 July 2017. IJERPH is an open access journal.

Publications:

"Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control in the Context of Conflict and Mass Displacement in Syria," International Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 47 (June 2016) [open access]

"Health System Resilience: Lebanon and the Syrian Refugee Crisis," Journal of Global Health, vol. 6, no. 2 (Dec. 2016) [open access]

"Increase in Imported Malaria in the Netherlands in Asylum Seekers and VFR Travellers," Malaria Journal, 16:60 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Infant Feeding Practices in the Saharawi Refugee Camps Algeria: A Cross-sectional Study among Children from Birth to Six Months of Age," International Breastfeeding Journal, 12:8 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"A Qualitative Study on African Immigrant and Refugee Families' Experiences of Accessing Primary Health Care Services in Manitoba, Canada: It's Not Easy!," International Journal for Equity in Health, 16:5 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Recruitment of Refugees for Health Research: A Qualitative Study to Add Refugees' Perspectives," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(2) (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"Respiratory Health in Migrant Populations: A Crisis Overlooked," Annals of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 14, no. 2 (Feb. 2017) [full-text]

"Rising Up to the Challenge: Strategies to Improve Health Care Delivery for Resettled Syrian Refugees in Canada," University of Toronto Medical Journal, vol. 94, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

"Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care," Journal of Pregnancy, vol. 2017, Article ID 8783294 (Jan. 2017) [open access]

"A Survey of Practice and Knowledge of Refugee and Migrant Pregnant Mothers Surrounding Neonatal Jaundice on the Thailand–Myanmar Border," Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, vol. 63, no. 1 (Feb. 2017) [open access]

"Tuberculosis Screening among Asylum Seekers in Sardinia," Journal of Public Health, vol. 38, no. 4 (Dec. 2016) [free full-text]


Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Health (14 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: United States

News:

Oral argument in the case of State of Washington & State of Minnesota v. Trump will be held at 3:00 pm PST, and will be livestreamed.

Publications:

10 Days into Trump's 'Muslim Ban': A Legal Round-up (The Migrationist Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

All International Laws Trump's Muslim Ban is Breaking (Al Jazeera, Feb. 2017) [text]

Bipartisan Ex-Senior US Officials to Federal Court: Trump’s Immigration Order Endangers National Security (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*"Challenging USA Shutting Out Refugees," Scholars' Circle Interviews, 5 Feb. 2017 [access]
- Follow link for audio.

Decoding Trump’s Immigration Orders (Marshall Project, Feb. 2017) [text]

Getting a Handle on the Litigation Challenging the Seven-nation "Travel Ban" (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*"How 2 Refugees Were Vetted Even Before Trump’s Travel Ban," New York Times, 7 Feb. 2017 [text]

*Most Refugees Who Enter the U.S. as Religious Minorities are Christians (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2017) [text]

"In One Facebook Post, Three Misleading Statements by President Trump about His Immigration Order," New York Times, 6 Feb. 2017 [text]

*It’s Not Foreigners Who are Plotting Here: What the Data Really Show (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Oral Argument Tomorrow in TRO Appeal to Ninth Circuit in Immigration E.O. Case–but Don’t be Surprised if the Court Doesn’t Reach the Merits (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*The Refugee Executive Order, the Immigration Act, and the Government’s Bottom Line (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*Trump Executive Order on Refugees and Travel Ban: A Brief Review (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2017) [text]
- Note: This is the "first in a series that will examine key provisions of the immigration-related executive orders signed to date."

Updates on the Executive Orders: The Umpire Strikes Back (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Why Courts Appear Willing to Reject Trump’s Travel Ban Order (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (4 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

News: 

The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) has begun updating its reports for 20 European countries: "The reports provide an updated and thorough overview of statistics, legal and policy frameworks and practices in the areas of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and rights of recognised beneficiaries of protection."

Visit AIDA to track revised reports as they are issued (as of this writing, updates for Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia are now available).

Publications:

Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Homelessness: The Humanitarian Crisis and the Homelessness Sector in Europe (European Observatory on Homelessness, Dec. 2016) [text]

IOM-EU Cooperation on Migration and Mobility: Addressing the Valletta Summit Priorities Together (IOM, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Jobs, Crime, and Votes: A Short-Run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 10494 (Institute of Labor Economics, Jan. 2017) [text via SSRN]

*Myopic in Malta: Europe’s Short-sighted Migration Policy with Libya (IRIN, Feb. 2017) [text]

*The Need to Reform European Migration Policies (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Feb. 2017) [text via Refworld]

New EU Partnerships in North Africa: Potential to Backfire? (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2017) [text]

Offshore Processing of Asylum Applications: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? (Centre for European Policy Studies, Jan. 2017) [text]

Quotas as an Instrument of Burden-Sharing in International Refugee Law: The Many Facets of an Instrument Still in the Making (SSRN, Feb. 2017) [text]
- Includes focus on Austria.

Reshaping the External Dimension of EU Asylum Policy: The Difficult Quest for a Comprehensive Approach (Istituto per lo Studio della Multietnicità, Jan. 2017) [text via Academia.edu]

Safe Countries of Origin: Proposed Common EU List [EU Legislation in Progress] (EPRS, Feb. 2017) [text]

What Does the Brexit White Paper Say about Immigration? (Free Movement Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (2 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Events & opportunities:

Job announcement: Project coordinator, "The Law of Asylum in the Middle East and Asia: Developing Legal Engagement at the Frontiers of the International Refugee Regime," Centre for Applied Human Rights [info]
- Apply by 10 February 2017.

Discussion panel: The Refugee Crisis and International Criminal Law: Are Australian Agents and Corporate Actors Committing Crimes against Humanity?, London, 13 February 2017 [info]

Job announcement: Departmental Lecturer in International Human Rights and Refugee Law, Refugee Studies Centre [info]
- Apply by 13 February 2017.

CFP: Migration Law Interest Group, Works-in-progress session at the American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, 12-15 April 2017 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 February 2017.

Job announcement: Law and Policy Researcher, ICRC [info]
- Apply by 16 February 2017.

Resources:

Constrained by its Roots: How the Origins of the Global Asylum System Limit Contemporary Protection (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2017) [text]

"The Fact of Xenophobia and the Fiction of State Sovereignty: A Reply to Blocher and Gulati," Columbia Human Rights Law Review Online (Forthcoming, 2017) [full-text via SSRN]

International Refugee Law: Yesterday, Today, but Tomorrow? (Blackstone Chambers, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Non-Refoulement and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: State Sovereignty and Migration Controls at Sea in the European Context," Leiden Journal of International Law, vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2017) [free full-text]

Refugee Protection in Mixed Migration: A UNHCR Perspective Pre- and Post-summit, London, 1 Dec. 2016 [access]
- Scroll down to locate.

Responsibility of the First World Nations to Protect Refugees: Non-Refoulement as an Obligation Erga Omnes (LSE Human Rights Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Some Observations on the Legal Responsibility of States and International Organizations in the Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Claims," Italian Yearbook of International Law Online, vol. 25, no. 1 (2016) [postprint]

*"Sovereignty and Migration in the Doctrine of the Law of Nations: An Intellectual History of Hospitality from Vitoria to Vattel," European Journal of International Law, vol. 27, no. 4 (2016) [full-text via SSRN]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (20 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: United States

Publications:

"Borders Reopen to Banned Visa Holders; Trump Attacks Judge," New York Times, 4 Feb. 2017 [text]

Countries Affected by Trump Travel Rules Accounted for More Than 900,000 U.S. Entries Since 2006 (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Does U.S. Law Permit a Ban on Entry into the United States Based on Religion?," Juriste International, no. 3 (Aug. 2016) [text via SSRN]

*Executive Authority to Exclude Aliens: In Brief (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2017) [text]

Explainer on the Legal Obligation Not to Return Refugees and How Trump’s Exec Order Breaks It (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Here’s the Justice Department Memo on Trump’s Refugee and Travel Immigration Ban (Buzzfeed, Feb. 2017) [text]

*Immigration and Crime: What Does the Research Say? (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Trump’s Immigration Ban: Who is Barred and Who is Not," New York Times, updated 3 Feb. 2017 [text]

US Refugee Resettlement System Reels from Trump Ban (IRIN, Feb. 2017) [text]

Young People Less Likely to View Iraqi, Syrian Refugees as Major Threat to U.S. (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2017) [text]

Where Refugees to the U.S. Come From (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2017) [text]

Resource:

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (Univ. of Michigan Law School) [access]
- The clearinghouse has two special pages on litigation that resulted from Pres. Trump's recent refugee- and immigration-related Executive Orders. Information on legal challenges to the former is available here, and to the latter here.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (2 Feb. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Opportunities:

Request for PRM Humanitarian Research Concept Notes [info]
- One of the research areas of interest is "Statelessness." Proposal submission deadline is 10 March 2017.

CFP: Statelessness Working Paper Series [info]
- Contributions are sought for the 4th edition of the series. The submission deadline is 15 March 2017.

Statelessness Summer Course, Tilburg, Neth., 31 July-4 August 2017 [info]
- Apply by 15 April 2017.

Publications:


Achievements of the Abidjan Declaration 2 Years After (UNHCR, Feb. 2017) [text]

Building Impetus with the EMN Platform on Statelessness (ENS Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Campaign Update: December 2016 Update (UNHCR, Dec. 2016) [text]

China’s Hidden Children: Denied Documents and at Risk of Statelessness (ENS Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

The Lebanese Nationality Law That Leaves Children Stateless (Open Society Foundations, Jan. 2017) [text]

Statelessness: A Year in Review, 2016 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Statelessness as a Human Rights Issue: A Concept Whose Time Has Come," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 28, no. 4 (Dec. 2016) [postprint]

The World's Stateless 2017 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Jan. 2017) [text]
- This edition includes a special focus on children.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (21 Dec. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: United States

More on Trump's Executive Orders

News: 

DHS Inspector General to Review Implementation of Executive Order re. Refugee/Muslim Ban (ImmigrationProf Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

First Muslim Ban Poll Finds Americans Support Trump Order by 7-Point Margin (Slate, Jan. 2017) [text]
- See also related Reuters news story.

Trump Order Suggests He’s Planning to Deport More Legal Immigrants for Using Social Services (Vox, Jan. 2017) [text]

Update on President Trump’s Immigration Orders (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Commentary:

The Catch 22 of Trump’s Refugee Order (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2017) [text]

Executive (Dis)order and Refugees—The Trump Policy’s Blindness to International Law (Just Security, Feb. 2017) [text]

"The Many Dangers of Donald Trump's Executive Order," New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Mass Deportations Would Impoverish US Families and Create Immense Social Costs," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

"Note to Trump: Know What You Call Muslims Who Reject Radical Islam? Refugees," Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2 Feb. 2017 [text]

An Overlooked (and Alarming) Piece of Trump’s Immigration EO (Just Security, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Refugees are Already Vigorously Vetted. I Know because I Vetted Them," Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2017 [text]

US Travel Ban: "New Policy Breaches Washington’s Human Rights Obligations" – UN Experts (OHCHR, Feb. 2017) [text]

Why Many Americans are Rising Up against Trump’s Refugee Order (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

Legal proceedings:

"13 Legal Actions Challenging Trump's Immigration Executive Order," ABC News, 1 Feb. 2017 [text]

"Challenges to Trump's Immigration Orders Spread to More U.S. States," Reuters, 1 Feb. 2017 [text]

"L.A. Federal Judge Orders a Temporary Halt to Part of Trump's Travel Ban," Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2017 [text]

Litigation Documents & Resources Related to Trump Executive Order on Immigration (Lawfare Blog) [access]

Trump Versus Everyone: A Comprehensive Guide to the Lawsuits against the President’s Executive Order (Slate, Feb. 2017) [text]

Other Articles

"Reconciling Expectations with Reality: The Real ID Act's Corroboration Exception for Otherwise Credible Asylum Applicants," Michigan Law Review, vol. 115, no. 4 (2017) [full-text]

"Redefining Refugees: Interpretive Control and the Bordering Work of Legal Categorization in U.S. Asylum Law," Political Geography, vol. 58 (2017) [full-text via Academia.edu]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (31 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Event:

Seminar: Migration from the Horn of Africa: Rethinking Space and Time, Cairo, 8 February 2017 [info]

Publications:

Common Procedure for Asylum [EU Legislation in Progress] (EPRS, Jan. 2017) [text]

EU: Put Rights Above Politics (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2017) [text]

EU Migrant Policy in Africa Built on Incorrect Niger Data (IRIN, Jan. 2017) [text]

The EU Migration Partnership Framework: An External Solution to the Crisis? (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Europe and the Refugee Situation: Human Security Implications (Danish Institute for International Studies, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Greece Plans to Fast Track Asylum Claims to Save E.U.-Turkey Deal (Refugees Deeply, Jan. 2017) [text]

Joint UNHCR and IOM Statement on Addressing Migration and Refugee Movements along the Central Mediterranean Route (UNHCR & IOM, Feb. 2017) [text]

Making Waves: Implications of the Irregular Migration and Refugee Situation on Official Development Assistance Spending and Practices in Europe (European Centre for Development Policy Management, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean: Reconciling Conflicting Agendas (Human Rights Brief, Jan. 2017) [text]

New EU Partnerships in North Africa: Potential to Backfire? (Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (27 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

U.S. State Dept. Funding Opportunities: Feb. & March 2017

Since these opportunities are still being posted, I'm still sharing them!

Request for Concept Notes for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Other Vulnerable Populations in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 6 February 2017.

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Other Vulnerable Populations in Afghanistan and Pakistan [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 9 February 2017.

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Other Vulnerable Populations in Egypt [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 9 March 2017.

Request for PRM Humanitarian Research Concept Notes [info]
- Current research areas are "Financial Inclusion of Refugees," "Statelessness," and any other "compelling humanitarian research topic." Proposal submission deadline is 10 March 2017.

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in South Sudan [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 21 March 2017.

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 22 March 2017.

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Chad and Cameroon [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 24 March 2017.

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 30 March 2017.

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: More Feb. 2017/New March 2017

Job announcement: Clinical Instructor, Immigrant Rights and Human Trafficking Program, Boston University [info]
- Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Symposium: Chasing Liberty: Family Detention Symposium, Washington, DC, 3 February 2017 [info]

Job announcement: Director, Asylos [info]
- Apply by 3 February 2017.

Job announcement: Assistant Professor in Migration Studies, LSE European Institute [info]
- Apply by 5 February 2017.

Public hearing: The Situation of Refugees and Migrants with Disabilities, Brussels, 14 February 2017 [info]

Conference: Changing Humanitarian Action? 31st ALNAP Annual Meeting, Stockholm, 14-15 February 2017 [info]

CFP: Migration Law Interest Group Works-in-progress Session, 111th ASIL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 12-15 April 2017 [info]
- Abstract submission deadline is 15 February 2017.

Job announcement: Senior Communication/PI Officer, UNHCR Canada [info]
- Apply by 15 February 2017.

CFP: Spaces and Places of the Journey to the UK: Assessing the Legal Framework for People Fleeing Conflict, Lincoln, UK, 10 April 2017 [info]
 - Submit abstracts by 20 February 2017.

Job announcement: Part-time Co-editor, Forced Migration Review [info]
- Apply by 1 March 2017.

Conference: Mass Influx? Law, Policy and Large-Scale Movements of Refugees and Migrants, 2nd Annual Refugee Law Initiative Conference, London, 5-7 June 2017 [info]
- Deadline for early bird registration is 1 March 2017.

Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 10-11 March 2017 [info]
- 27 spaces are available.

CFP: Sociology [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Migration and Crisis in Europe." Deadline for submissions is 13 March 2017.

CFP: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Logistics and SCM in the Context of Relief for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)."  Submission deadline is 15 March 2017.

CFP: Beyond Camps and Forced Labour: Current International Research on Survivors of Nazi Persecution, London, 10-12 January 2018 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 31 March 2017.

Course: International Summer School in Forced Migration, Oxford, 2-14 July 2017 [info]
- Deadline for early bird registration is 31 March 2017.

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- Events & Opportunities: Additional Jan./Feb. 2017


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