Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

"Assessing the Refugee Claims of LGBTI People: Is the DSSH Model Useful for Determining Claims by Women for Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation?," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 25 July 2017 [Academia]

"Canada Raises the Bar? An Assessment of Guideline 9 on Cases Involving Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression," Forced Migration Review, no. 56 (Forthcoming, Oct. 2017) [preprint]

"The Consideration of Male Victims of Sexual Violence as a Subset of the Particular Social Group 'Homosexual' in Adjudicating Asylum Claims," Pace International Law Review (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

Gay and Displaced on the Frontlines of Ukraine’s Conflict (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Gender, Sexuality, Asylum and European Human Rights," Law and Critique (Forthcoming) [preprint]

So Much for Dutch Tolerance: Life as an LGBT Asylum Seeker in the Netherlands (The Conversation, July 2017) [text]

"'So, What Should I Ask Him to Prove That He's Gay?': How Sincerity, and Not Stereotype, Should Dictate the Outcome of an LGB Asylum Claim in the United States," Iowa Law Review, vol. 102, no. 5 (July 2017) [full-text]

When Merely Existing is a Risk: Sexual and Gender Minorities in Conflict, Displacement and Peacebuilding (International Alert, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (21 June 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

"Asylum Policy: The EU’s ‘Crises’ and the Looming Policy Regime Failure," Journal of European Integration, vol. 38 (2016) [open access]

Establishing a Common European Asylum System: Tracing the Impact of EU Policy Making on Asylum Outcomes, Thesis (Univ. of Oslo, Spring 2017) [text]
- Note: This was also published as ARENA Report, no. 3/17 in Aug. 2017.

Evaluation of UNHCR's Ukraine Country Programme, ES/2017/03 (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also UNHCR's management response.

"Germany’s ‘Legal Entry’ Framework for Syrian Refugees: A Tool for Containment?," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 7, no. 1 (Aug. 2017) [full-text]

Handbook for the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons (Norwegian Refugee Council, May 2017) [text via Refworld]
- Focus is on Ukraine.

The Italian Job: Playing the Complicity Game in Libya (Academia.edu, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Natural Population Decline and Syrian Refugees: An Analysis of Political Theories and Resettlement by Nation," Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, vol. 16, no. 1-3 (2017) [abstract]

"Negotiating the Right to Remain after Brexit," Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 31, no. 3 (2017) [full-text via SSRN]

Restricting Access to Asylum and Contempt of Courts: Illiberals at Work in Hungary (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

Still in Limbo: About a Million Asylum Seekers Await Word on Whether They Can Call Europe Home (Pew Research, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

When Their Need is Bigger Than Our Will: Making a Case for Secondary Movements (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

Without Good Interpreters, Refugees are Lost in an Information Void (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

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

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Solutions

News:

 "Trump Revives Rhetoric on Keeping Refugees in Host Countries," VOA News, 19 Sept. 2017 [text]
- The article quotes from Trump's UN speech: "'For the cost of resettling one refugee in the United States, we can assist more than 10 in their home region,' he said, adding that the U.S. gives financial assistance to refugee host countries: 'out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region, and we support recent agreements of the G-20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. This is the safe, responsible and humanitarian approach'." See also related PolitiFact article and Washington Post fact checker.

Publications:

Australia–United States Resettlement Arrangement (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2017) [text]
- Note: As this Guardian news story reports, at least 50 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru have just been approved for resettlement in the U.S.

Drastic Drop in US Admissions is Bad News for Muslim Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2017) [text]

From ‘Tolerated’ Asylum Seeker to ‘Accepted’ Refugee: Reflections on Refugee Integration in Scotland (RLI Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

Nigeria’s Conflict Victims Can’t All Go Home. They Must Be Resettled (African Arguments, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Private Sponsorship of Refugees Grows, along with Resettlement Needs," Reuters, 19 Sept. 2017 [text]

Refugee Resettlement in Small Cities (Univ. of Vermont, Aug.-Sept. 2017) [access]
- Follow link to project report and updates, located at the bottom of the page.

"The Remaking of Fractured Landscapes: Supporting Refugees in Transition (SpiRiT)," Information Research, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2017) [open access]

Scaling Canada’s Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) Model for Proactive Refugee Resettlement, Policy Points, no. XI (International Migration Research Centre, June 2017) [text]

Third Country Resettlement: International Law and Minimum Standards Relevant to the Resettlement of Refugees from Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Kaldor Centre, Dec. 2016) [text]

"Trump to Look at Even Stricter Cap on Refugees," PBS, 21 Sept. 2017 [text]
- See also related Reuters story.

"When Helpful Refugee Resettlement Programs End, These Mentors Step in," PBS, 8 Aug. 2017 [text]

Why Hide the Facts about Refugee Costs and Benefits? (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2017) [text]
- Commentary on White House opposition to a draft HHS study that finds refugees contribute greater economic benefits than costs to the United States.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Resettlement (14 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

News:

"Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees," New York Times, 18 Sept. 2017 [text]
*- "Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost." Here is the 3-page HHS report that was sent to the State Dept. instead. See also related comments from Human Rights First and the Migration Policy Institute and a Washington Post fact checker.

Event:

Refugees at Work from the Middle East to Latin America: How Refugee Work Rights Can Rebuild Lives and Contribute to Host Economies, New York, 20 September 2017 [info]
- Watch this event today via Asylum Access' Facebook page!

Publications:

The Causal Effect of Place: Evidence from Japanese-American Internment (Harvard & UCLA, May 2016) [text]
- The study concludes in part the following: "Together, this new causal evidence on location effects has broad implications for urban economics, as well as potential policy implications for policymakers struggling to resettle and integrate large refugee or immigrant populations."  See also related Harvard Gazette story posted 4 Aug. 2017.

*How ‘Dreamers’ and Green Card Lottery Winners Strengthen the US Economy (The Conversation, Sept. 2017) [text]

How to Help Refugees Get into Work Fast (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

Labor Market Integration of Refugees to the United States: Do Entrepreneurs in the Network Help? (U.S. State Dept., Aug. 2017) [text]

Markets in Crises: The Implications for Humanitarian Action (ODI, Aug. 2017) [text]

New Regulations for Syrian Refugee Access to Non-employer-specific Work Permits in Jordan’s Construction Sector - Factsheet (ILO, Aug. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Not Working: Experiences of Refugees and Migrants with Jobactive (Refugee Council of Australia, Aug. 2017) [text]

Syrian Women Refugees in Jordan: Opportunity in the Gig Economy? (ODI, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related IRC press release and ODI comment.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (25 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Education

An App to Crowdfund Higher Education for Refugees (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2017) [text]

"Duquesne University Professor Researches Books for Refugees," The Duquesne Duke, 24 Aug. 2017 [text]

"Educating Syrian Refugees: Challenges Facing Host Countries," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Online Ed., 9 Sept. 2017 [full-text]

Education Uprooted: For Every Migrant, Refugee and Displaced Child, Education (Unicef, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Ensuring High Quality Primary Education for Children from Mobile Populations: A Desk Study (Education Above All & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Following the Money: Lack of Transparency in Donor Funding for Syrian Refugee Education (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2017) [text]

Greece: No School for Many Asylum-Seeking Kids (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Inclusive Higher Education Must Cater for refugees," University World News, vol. 471 (Aug. 2017) [text]

Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [access]
- See also related World Economic Forum comment.

Losing Out on Learning (Save the Children, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also companion web site.

"Predictors of Secondary School Completion among Refugee Youth 8 to 9 Years after Resettlement in Melbourne, Australia," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 18, no. 3 (Aug. 2017) [postprint]

Preparing New Teachers to Work with Refugee Students: Proposal for a Bachelor of Humanitarian Education Program, Global Leadership and Cooperation for Refugees Series Paper, no. 1 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Sept. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Education (28 July 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

News: 

The New York Declaration on Refugees is a year old. There will be a high-level meeting tomorrow in New York to mark the anniversary; watch it live on UN WebTV. For more info., read a briefing from UNHCR, an assessment from Oxfam and a report card from Jeff Crisp on Refugees Deeply.

Event:

Annual meeting: 68th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Geneva, 2-6 October 2017 [info]
- Will include a special segment on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF). Follow link for agenda and reports that will be considered.

Publications:

Changing the Narrative on Migration: Q&A with Louise Arbour (Global Observatory, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective," CRED Crunch, no. 48 (Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Ethical Considerations: Research with People in Situations of Forced Migration," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 33, no. 2 (2017) [open access]
- See also plain-language summary.

How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration? (Ethical Journalism Network & ICMPD, Aug. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for executive summary, full study, literature review and ICMPD observations.

Internal Displacement Mid-year Figures (January-June 2017) (IDMC, Aug. 2017) [access]

IOM Operations on Internal Displacement (IOM, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (ODI, Sept. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for briefing series and overview. For all publications associated with this project, visit this page.

On Migrants and Refugees, Global Mayors Show the World What Works (Open Society Foundations, Sept. 2017) [text]

This Chart Shows the Actual vs. Perceived Number of Immigrants (World Economic Forum, Aug. 2017) [text]

When Norms are Not Enough: Understanding the Principle and Practice of Burden and Responsibility Sharing for Refugees, Global Leadership and Cooperation for Refugees Series Paper, no. 2 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Dec. 2016) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: General (13 Sept. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: NY Declaration, Global Compacts & CRRF (13 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Events:

Presentation: Making International Refugee Law Relevant Again: How to Move Beyond Crisis Thinking, Nashville, Tennessee, 2 October 2017 [info]

Side event at EXCOM: 1967 Protocol at Fifty: Protection & Solutions in a New Era?, Geneva, 6 October 2017 [info]

Course: International Refugee Law Course, Sanremo, 12-16 December 2017 [info]
- Register by 3 November 2017.

Publications:

"Displaced: A Proposal for an International Agreement to Protect Refugees, Migrants, and States," Berkeley Journal of International Law, vol. 35, no. 1 (2017) [full-text]
- Note: The preprint of this article was referenced earlier under the title "Displaced: A Proposal for International Law to Protect Refugees, Migrants, and States."

"The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights vs. The Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: A Comparison," Fordham International Law Journal, vol. 40, no. 4 (2017) [full-text]

"An Examination of the Comprehensive Plan of Action as a Response to Mass Influx of 'Boat People': Lessons Learnt for a Comprehensive Approach to Migration by Sea," Chapter in Boat Refugees' and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach (Brill, 2016) [full-text via Academia.edu]

"The Future Legal Management of Mass Migration," The International Lawyer (Forthcoming) [preprint via SSRN]

"Global Migration and International Law," Insights on Law & Society, vol. 17, no. 3 (Spring 2017) [full-text]

The Michigan Guidelines on Refugee Freedom of Movement, or How Explosive Existing Law Can Be (Völkerrechtsblog, May 2017) [text]

"Protection Gaps and Temporary Protection," Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, vol. 20 (2016) [full-text via Academia.edu]

"Refugee Protection and the Art of the Deal," Journal of Human Rights Practice, Advance Articles, 11 Sept. 2017 [free full-text]
- Note: This article is part of a collection that will eventually be published in a special issue that discusses "The End of Refugee Protection?"

Resource:

What is "Persecution" in Refugee/Asylum Law? (LegalEDWeb, Sept. 2017) [access]
- "Learn about the elements of the international refugee definition and how it is interpreted by US courts." The aim of LegalED is to showcase innovative teaching.

Related posts:
- News: New Paper on Art. 31 of Refugee Convention (4 Sept. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (29 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific, esp. the Rohingya

Rohingya Crisis:

Event: 

Ending the Rohingya Crisis: What Will It Take?, London, 26 September 2017 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Publications:

The Denied Oppression of Myanmar’s Rohingya People (IRIN, Sept. 2017) [access]
- Scroll down for in-depth coverage.

How Social Media Spurred Violence against Rohingya in Myanmar (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

Myanmar and Bangladesh: Rohingya Displacement and Protection Crisis (ACAPS, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Rohingya Crisis: This is What Genocide Looks Like (The Conversation, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Trapped in Statelessness: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 14, no. 8 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"UN Human Rights Chief Points to ‘Textbook Example of Ethnic Cleansing’ in Myanmar," UN News Centre, 11 Sept. 2017 [text]

UN Migration Agency Calls for Coordinated Response as Nearly 400,000 Stream into Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar (IOM, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related infographic above.

Update on the Mass Displacement of People from Rakhine State, Briefing Paper for the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) (Forum-Asia & APRRN, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Who are the Rohingya and Why are They Fleeing Myanmar? (Amnesty International, Sept. 2017) [text]

Other Publications:

Australia Must Intervene to Stop Cambodia Breaching Refugee Convention (APRRN, Sept. 2017) [text]
- For background on the Montagnards, read this related In Focus from the Kaldor Centre.

Examining Human Rights in the Context of ASEAN Regional Migration: Summary Report of Findings from APHR Fact-finding Mission to Malaysia, 3-7 August 2017 (ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Fourth Meeting of the Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration, Jakarta, 5-7 March 2017 [info]
- Central theme of this meeting was trafficking in persons, but the Global Compacts and the Bali Process were also discussed. Follow link for agenda, briefing papers and a summary of the meeting.

"How to Escape North Korea," Washington Post, 9 Sept. 2017 [text]

*North Korean Refugees Trapped by China’s Expanding Dragnet (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Refugees or Border Residents from Myanmar? The Status of Displaced Ethnic Kachins and Kokangs in Yunnan Province, China," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 13 Sept. 2017  [open access]
- Note: This is the first article to be published open access in the IJRL!

Regional Cooperation on Refugee Protection: The Unanswered Questions (Middle East Institute, Sept. 2017) [text] 

"To be a Global Leader, China Needs a New Refugee Policy," The Diplomat, 22 July 2017 [text]

To Solve Regional Problems, ASEAN Should Include Communities (The Conversation, Sept. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (7 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Opportunity:

CFP: Anti-trafficking Review [info]
- Submissions sought for themed issue on "Irregular Migrants, Refugees or Trafficked Persons?"; deadline is 7 January 2018.

Publications:

"Confronting the Rise of Trafficking of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Protection Challenges, Legal Barriers and Patterns of Vulnerability," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 7, no. 1 (Aug. 2017) [full-text]

Does ‘Human Trafficking’ Need a New Definition? (Global Initiative, July 2017) [text]

“Fake Refugees” or “Victims of Trafficking”? Vulnerable Migrants in Hong Kong and the Boundaries between Refugee and Human Trafficking Experiences, Paper contributed to the International Seminar on Mixed Migration, Bangkok, 21-22 June 2017 [text]

Flow Monitoring Surveys: The Human Trafficking and Other Exploitative Practices Prevalence Indication Survey - Analysis on Migrants and Refugees from Nigeria Travelling along the Central Mediterranean Route (IOM, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Four Dangerous Assumptions about Human Trafficking (World Economic Forum, Aug. 2017) [text]

Migrants and Refugees as Victims of Human Trafficking: Can They Claim Asylum in EU according to the Geneva Convention of 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees? - The Implementation of C.E.A.S (Common European Asylum System) and the EU Legal Approach against Trafficking, Paper contributed to the International Seminar on Mixed Migration, Bangkok, 21-22 June 2017 [text]

"Ransom Kidnapping and Human Trafficking: The Case of the Sinai Torture Camps," Berkeley Journal of International Law, vol. 36 (Forthcoming, 2017) [preprint via SSRN]

Recognizing Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings as Refugees according to the 1951 UN Geneva Refugee Convention, Paper contributed to the International Seminar on Mixed Migration, Bangkok, 21-22 June 2017 [text]

Smuggling of Migrants, Trafficking in Persons and Contemporary Forms of Slavery, including Appropriate Identification, Protection and Assistance to Migrants and Trafficking Victims, Vienna, 4-5 Sept. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for background documents and information about side events. The report of the session should be available soon.

"Why More Migrants are Dying in the Sahara," New York Times, 22 Aug. 2017 [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (25 July 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe

Events & opportunities:

Panel discussion: The "Not Entirely Closed" Western Balkan Route: The Impact on Rights and the Rule of Law, Brussels, 27 September 2017 [info]

Conference: The European Convention on Human Rights and Migration, Strasbourg, France, 6 October 2017 [info]
- Register by 30 September 2017.

ELENA course: Legal Avenues for Strengthening International Protection in Europe, Athens, 17-18 November 2017 [info]
- Register by 6 October 2017.

Publications:

Afghan Asylum Seekers in Italy: A Place of Temporary Respite (Afghanistan Analysts Network, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Dublin IV Recast: A Missed Opportunity (Refugee Research Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

EU Migration Policy towards Libya: A Libyan Perspective on the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Libya (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Libya Office in Tunisia, July 2017) [text]

"The European Union Immigration Agreement with Libya: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?," e-International Relations, 25 July 2017 [text]

The Geography of Anti-Immigrant Attitudes across Europe, 2002-2014, Working Paper, no. 138 (International Migration Institute, July 2017) [text]

How do Italy’s Orderly Humanitarian Corridors Work?, Presentation at "Out of Syria, Searching for Safety: Creative Approaches to Refugee Protection," Sydney, 9 Aug. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Humanitarian Access and Local Organisations in Ukraine (ODI, Sept. 2017) [text]

Pathways towards Legal Migration into the EU: Reappraising Concepts, Trajectories and Policies (Centre for European Policy Studies, 2017) [full-text]

Refugees and the German Elections (Policy Review, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Romania Witnesses Increase in Sea Arrivals through the Black Sea," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 15 Sept. 2017 [text]

“Tolerated” but for How Long? (Mixed Migration Platform, Aug. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (11 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Australia

Australia Should Not Coerce Vulnerable People to Return to Harm (UNHCR, Aug. 2017) [text]

*"Australia’s Asylum Politics: Localised, Globalised," e-International Relations, 26 July 2017 [text]

Australia’s Long History of Offshore Detention (Lowy Interpreter, Sept. 2017) [text]

"The Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) Dataset: A Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants in Australia," Australian Economic Review, vol. 50, no. 3 (Sept. 2017) [free full-text]

Expert Roundtable on Mental Health in Refugee Status Determination, Canberra, June 2017 [summary]

"Exploring Physical Activity Engagement and Barriers for Asylum Seekers in Australia Coping with Prolonged Uncertainty and No Right to Work," Health and Social Care in the Community, vol. 25, no. 3 (May 2017) [full-text via Academia.edu]

"Exploring the Relationship between Housing and Health for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Australia: A Qualitative Study," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 14, no. 9 (Sept. 2017) [open access]

*"The Future of Offshore Processing," e-International Relations, 25 July 2017 [text]

How Australia Can Both Stop Boats and Protect Refugees (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Not for Export: The Failure of Australia’s Extraterritorial Processing Regime in Papua New Guinea and the Decision of the PNG Supreme Court in Namah (2016)," Monash University Law Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (2016) [full-text]

"Stopping Boats, Saving Lives, Securing Subjects: Humanitarian Borders in Europe and Australia," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 23, no. 3 (2017) [postprint]

"'We are Like Animals': Negotiating Dehumanising Experiences of Asylum-Seeker Policies in the Australian Community," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Access, 31 Aug. 2017 [full-text via Academia.edu]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (28 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"Approaches to Vaccination among Populations in Areas of Conflict," Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 216, suppl. 1 (July 2017) [open access]

"Immunisation for Refugees in Australia: A Policy Review and Analysis across All States and Territories," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Early View, 12 Sept. 2017 [open access]

"Intersectoral Approaches and Integrated Services in Achieving the Right to Health for Refugees upon Resettlement: A Scoping Review Protocol," BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 8 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"Large Measles Outbreak Introduced by Asylum Seekers and Spread among the Insufficiently Vaccinated Resident Population, Berlin, October 2014 to August 2015," Eurosurveillance, vol. 22, no. 34 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"Measles, Rubella and Varicella IgG Seroprevalence in a Large Refugee Cohort in Germany in 2015: A Cross-Sectional Study," Infectious Diseases and Therapy, OnlineFirst, 5 Sept. 2017 [open access]

"Prevention and Assessment of Infectious Diseases among Children and Adult Migrants Arriving to the European Union/European Economic Association: A Protocol for a Suite of Systematic Reviews for Public Health and Health Systems," BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 9 (Sept. 2017) [open access]

"Quality Circles to Identify Barriers, Facilitating Factors, and Solutions for High-quality Primary Care for Asylum Seekers," BJGP Open, Latest Articles, 5 Sept. 2017 [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Health (30 Aug. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (30 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Open Access Round-up: 15 Sept. 2017

Below is a listing of Open Access literature that I have referenced on this blog since 31 August 2017. If you are not familiar with Open Access, please visit my other blog for an introduction.

Green Open Access [info]

"Entering the Trump ICE Age: Contextualizing the New Immigration Enforcement Regime," Texas A&M Law Review (Forthcoming)
- Preprint version of article.

"Governing Migration through Death in Europe and the US: Identification, Burial and the Crisis of Modern Humanism," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 23, no. 3 (2017)
- Postprint version of article.

"Stopping Boats, Saving Lives, Securing Subjects: Humanitarian Borders in Europe and Australia," European Journal of International Relations, vol. 23, no. 3 (2017)
- Postprint version of article.

Gold Open Access [info]

Articles, health-related:

"A Review of Factors Affecting the Transfer of Sexual and Reproductive Health Training into Practice in Low and Lower-middle Income Country Humanitarian Settings," Conflict and Health, 11:16 (Sept. 2017)

Articles, other topics:

"The Duty to be Generous (Karam): Alternatives to Rights-based Asylum in the Middle East," Journal of the British Academy, vol. 5 (Jan. 2017)

"Explaining Opposition to Refugee Resettlement: The Role of NIMBYism and Perceived Threats," Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 9, e1700812 (Sept. 2017)

"Interventions for Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Humanitarian Settings: A Protocol for a Systematic Review," PLOS Currents: Disasters, Ed. 1 (July 2017)

"Post-conflict Contexts and Humanitarian Organizations: The Changing Relationship with States," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2:7 (Sept. 2017)

"Proposals for the Negotiation Process on the United Nations Global Compact for Migration," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 3 (2017)

Journals:

Journal of Refugee & Global Health, vol. 1, no. 1 (2017)
- Inaugural issue "highlights refugee health programs developed and implemented in Kentucky through collaboration between the University of Louisville Global Health Center and local and national partners."

Migration, Mobility & Displacement, vol. 3, no. 1 (Summer 2017)
- Theme of this issue is "Place, Politics and the Social: Understanding Temporariness in Contemporary Australian Migration."

Social Work & Society, vol. 15, no. 1 (2017)
- Special issue on "Unaccompanied Minors in Europe - Part I."

Hybrid Open Access [info]

"Oxytocin-enforced Norm Compliance Reduces Xenophobic Outgroup Rejection," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 114, no. 35 (Aug. 2017)

Law Reviews

"Can the Government Deport Immigrants Using Information It Encouraged Them to Provide?," Administrative Law Review Accord, vol. 2, no. 2 (2017)

"Children with Disabilities and the Syrian Conflict," Impunity Watch Law Journal, vol. 7 (2016-2017)

Related post:
- Open Access Round-up: 31 August 2017

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Call for Comments: Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees [info]
- Submit comments by 25 September 2017.

Publications:

28.2 Million Children in Need in the Middle East & North Africa (Unicef, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

*EU Migration Policy towards Libya: A Libyan Perspective on the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Libya (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Libya Office in Tunisia, July 2017) [text]

"'Ghost Boats' Drop Tunisian Migrants onto Sunny Italian Tourist Beaches," Reuters, 8 Sept. 2017 [text]

A Kingdom of Humanity? Saudi Arabia's Values, Systems and Interests in Humanitarian Action (ODI, Sept. 2017) [text]

Libya's Migration Crisis is about More Than Just Security (IRIN, Sept. 2017) [text]

Morocco and Algeria’s Changing Roles in Managing Migration (ISS Today, Sept. 2017) [text]

New Trend: Old Tactics - War Revives Brutal Smuggler Practices in the Gulf of Aden (Regional MMS, Sept. 2017) [text]

"The Plight of Arab Refugee Scientists in the Diaspora," SciDev.net, 12 Sept. 2017 [text]

Processing Centres in North Africa are Not the Answer for EU Refugees (The Conversation, Sept. 2017) [text]

Quick Fixes Won’t Block Libya’s People Smugglers for Long (International Crisis Group, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Refugees or Migrants? Difficulties of West Africans in Morocco," Middle East Report, no. 281 (Winter 2016) [text]

Report of the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UN Doc. No. A/72/326 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2017) [text via Refworld]

Returned Migrants are Being Robbed, Raped and Murdered in Libya (OHCHR, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Sub-Saharan African Migrants Face Old Enemy in Libya: Bigotry," New York Times, 12 Sept. 2017 [text]

The UK’s Humanitarian Support to Syria: A Performance Review Approach Paper (Independent Commission for Aid Impact, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Steps Up Efforts Towards Alternatives to Detention in Libya and Solutions for Vulnerable Refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA (6 Sept. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Women

Exploring Refugee Women's Settlement Experiences in Australia through Photovoice (Refugee Research Blog, Aug. 2017) [text]

Foreign and Misunderstood: The Challenges Faced by Migrant and Refugee Women Victims of S/GBV in Malta (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2017) [text]

"Gender-based Violence against Women: Both Cause for Migration and Risk along the Journey," Migration Information Source, 7 Sept. 2017 [text]

"Interventions for Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Humanitarian Settings: A Protocol for a Systematic Review," PLOS Currents: Disasters, Ed. 1 (July 2017) [open access]

Recognizing Sexual and Gender-based Violence as Persecution Grounds for Women Seeking Refugee Status and Asylum, Thesis (Columbia Univ., 2017) [text]

"A Review of Factors Affecting the Transfer of Sexual and Reproductive Health Training into Practice in Low and Lower-middle Income Country Humanitarian Settings," Conflict and Health, 11:16 (Sept. 2017) [open access]

Syrian Women Refugees in Jordan: Opportunity in the Gig Economy? (ODI, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related IRC press release and ODI comment.

Tackling Violence against Women and Girls in Urban Humanitarian Crises: The Case of Gaza (IIED et al., June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Treatment of Women under Canada’s Gender Guidelines in Judicial Reviews of Gender-Related Refugee Claims: 2003-2013, Thesis (Univ. of Ottawa, 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Women (11 July 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Resettlement

Central Mediterranean Situation: UNHCR Calls for an Additional 40,000 Resettlement Places (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]
- Note: This call was made at the first meeting of the Core Group for Enhanced Resettlement and Complementary Pathways, chaired by France.

"Denmark Suspends Refugee Resettlement under UN Program," Bloomberg, 9 Sept. 2017 [text]

Engaging Communities in Refugee Protection: The Potential of Private Sponsorship in Europe (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Explaining Opposition to Refugee Resettlement: The Role of NIMBYism and Perceived Threats," Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 9, e1700812 (Sept. 2017) [open access]
- See also related Dartmouth College press release.

Filling the Gap: Volunteer & Settlement Sector Interactions in Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis (Together Project, Sept. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for executive summary and full report.

Finding Their Place: A Comparative Study of Refugee Resettlement in Local Communities and Economics (Univ. of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, Sept. 2017) [text]
- Follow link for a description of this new research project.

The Future of Refugee Welcome in the United States (International Rescue Committee, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related NYT article and Yahoo News story, which discuss a possible decision by the Trump administration to dramatically reduce refugee admissions to under 50,000.

"Justices Allow Refugee Ban While Case Proceeds," New York Times, 12 Sept. 2017 [text]
- Arguments on the travel ban will be heard 9 Oct. 2017.

The Right Way to Count the Costs of US Refugee Resettlement (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2017) [text]

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

With Better Data, We Can Help Set Refugees Up for Success (The Conversation, Aug. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions (29 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States

Advance Parole: Overseas Travel for Asylum Seekers (The Asylumist, Sept. 2017) [text]

Bans, Borders, and Justice: Judicial Review of Immigration Law in the Trump Administration, Research Paper, no. 177 (Roger Williams Univ., Aug. 2017) [text via SSRN]

"Can the Government Deport Immigrants Using Information It Encouraged Them to Provide?," Administrative Law Review Accord, vol. 2, no. 2 (2017) [full-text]

"Entering the Trump ICE Age: Contextualizing the New Immigration Enforcement Regime," Texas A&M Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

García Book Explores History, Complexities of U.S. Refugee Policy," Cornell Chronicle, 7 Sept. 2017 [text]

It's a Full Moon Tonight: Speaker Meaning and the Interpretation and Construction of Executive Orders (with Related Reflections on Legislative Speaker Meaning) (SSRN, Sept. 2017) [text]

Keeping Central American Kids Out, Continuing the Violence (Just Security, Sept. 2017) [text]
- Comment on the termination of the "Central American Minors Program."

"The Next DACA? Trump Administration Turns to Another Class of Immigrants," CNN, 11 Sept. 2017 [text]
- Discusses the possibility that "Temporary Protected Status (TPS)" may not be extended for a number of groups currently in the US. See also related VOA News article on the South Sudanese.

Trump Administration Ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program (Vox, Sept. 2017) [access]
- Follow link to access a number of stories in this news stream. See also related Just Security blog post entitled "Don’t Let Trump Hide Behind the Constitution in Ending DACA."

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States, Pt. 1 (24 Aug. 2017)
- Regional Focus: United States, Pt. 2 (24 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 3, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2017) [full-text]
- Special issue that focuses on migrant entrepreneurship. Includes "Benign Neglect or Active Destruction? A Critical Analysis of Refugee and Informal Sector Policy and Practice in South Africa," "Refugee Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa," and "Comparing Refugee and South African Migrant Enterprise in the Urban Informal Sector."

Despite War and Weak Laws, Refugees Push to Take Back Occupied Homes (Refugees Deeply, Sept. 2017) [text]

Forum sur l’Inclusion Socio-économique Durable des Réfugiés au Tchad, N'Djamena, 25-27 Juillet 2017 [info]
- Read the recommendations and view the video.

From Non-Interference to Non-Indifference: The African Union and the Responsibility to Protect (International Refugee Rights Initiative, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Hidden Realities: Screening for Experiences of Violence amongst War-affected South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda, Working Paper, no. 25 (Refugee Law Project, August 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

L'Impact Environnemental du Camp de Réfugiés de Minawao (IFRC & Groupe URD, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

[Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Case Studies] (ICMPD, Aug./Sept. 2017) [info]
- Case studies are available for the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa : 1) Central African Republic at a Crossroads: Socio-economic Development Implications of Crisis-induced Returns to Cameroon and Chad; 2) Côte d’Ivoire at a Crossroads: Socio-economic Development Implications of Crisis-induced Returns to Burkina Faso, Ghana and Liberia; 3) The Double Crisis: Mass Migration from Zimbabwe and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa.

Same Old Problems for Kenya’s Newest Refugee Settlement (IRIN, Aug. 2017) [text]

"Tanzania, Burundi to Cooperate on Burundian Repatriations," VOA News, 31 Aug. 2017 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (25 Aug. 2017)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Events:

Nansen Refugee Award, 18 September 2017 [info]
- The winner will be announced! Read this related article to learn about the runners-up.

UNGA High-level Side Event: Migration and the 2030 Agenda, New York, 21 September 2017 [info]

Publications:

Development-Oriented Refugee Assistance: Learning from the Past to Plan for the Future (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Aug. 2017) [text]

Emergency Humanitarian Response to Longer-term Development in Refugee Crises, Helpdesk Report (K4D, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Fatal Journeys, vol. 3, part 1: Improving Data on Missing Migrants (IOM, 2017) [text]

Forcibly Displaced: Toward a Development Approach Supporting Refugees, the Internally Displaced, and Their Hosts (World Bank Group, July 2017) [text]

Nothing About Us Without Us: Getting Serious about Refugee Self-Representation - Report on Side Event Held during 2017 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs  (Refugee Council of Australia, Aug. 2017)

The People in the Pictures: Vital Perspectives on Save the Children’s Image Making (Save the Children, June 2017) [text]

Refugee Advocacy and the Meaning of "Migrants," Policy Brief, no. 2 (PRIO, 2017) [text]

Should Refugee Camps be “Smart Cities”? (Forced Migration Forum, Sept. 2017) [text]

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2015 (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]
- Note: This is the 15th edition.

Unlawful Death of Refugees and Migrants, UN Doc. No. A/72/335 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2017) [text via Refworld]

What Makes Displacement Different Today? (Metropolitan Revolution Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

Web sites:

Commitment to Development Index 2017 (Center for Global Development) [access]
- See esp. the migration policy area. More info. available in this blog post and CDI brief.

Migration Systems: Bridging Migration Research and Public Debate [access]
- "In the past decade there has been a significant growth of field and theoretical studies about migration issues, conducted by universities, non-profits, governments and municipalities, worldwide. The mission of Migration Systems is to make this research more accessible and digestible for the general public, as well as for policy makers."

Missing Migrants: Tracking Death Along Migratory Routes (IOM) [access]
- This recently re-designed web site "tracks incidents involving migrants, including refugees and asylum-seekers, who have died or gone missing in the process of migration towards an international destination." More info. is available here.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: NY Declaration, Global Compacts & CRRF (13 Sept. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: General (5 Sept. 2017)

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