Thematic Focus: Solutions

Publications:

"Are You A Terrorist? Comparing Security Screening for Iraqi Asylum Seekers in the United States and Sweden," International Migration, OnlineFirst, 11 April 2018 [full-text via Academia]

“Germany’s Family Feud: Family Reunification for Refugees is no Longer a Given. But Keeping Relatives Apart Hurts Host Countries as Well as Newcomers,” Foreign Policy, 9 April 2018 [text]
- From the article: "Family reunification increasingly appears critical to ensuring those refugees integrate into their new homelands and begin contributing more than they take."
- Research on this issue is referenced but not linked to, so here are a few related studies: 1) Safe but not Settled: The Impact of Family Separation on Refugees in the UK (Refugee Council & Oxfam, 2018); 2) Realising the Right to Family Reunification of Refugees in Europe (Council of Europe, 2017); 3) "We started life again": Integration Experiences of Refugee Families Reuniting in Glasgow (British Red Cross, 2015); 4) "Separation from Family and its Impact on the Mental Health of Sudanese Refugees in Australia: A Qualitative Study," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 37, no. 4 (2013).

The Government's Hostile Environment and Its Consequences on Integration (Discover Society, May 2018) [text]

An Inspection of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, May 2018) [text]
- See also related Guardian article and Free Movement blog post.

Over 10,000 Migrants in Greece Voluntarily Returned Home in Last 20 Months (IOM, April 2018) [text]

"Refugee Integration in Europe: Good Practices and Challenges," The Parliament Magazine, 16 May 2018 [text]

Refugees are Asked to “Integrate”—But Do Those Asking Know What That Means? (How to Get to Next, March 2018) [text]

Refugees in Sudan Allege Chronic Corruption in UN Resettlement Process (IRIN, May 2018) [text]
- Note: UNHCR has since issued a press release announcing the suspension of the resettlement programme from Sudan pending a probe by the Inspector General's Office.

Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion Conference Report: Maintaining Momentum and Creating Lasting Change (Migration Policy Institute, May 2018) [text]

Resettlement to the U.S.:

"Apartments Are Stocked, Toys Donated. Only the Refugees Are Missing," New York Times, 16 May 2018 [text]
- See also related Twitter thread.

National Security Experts Outline the Strategic Case for Refugee Resettlement (Niskanen Center Blog, May 2018) [text]

The Number of Refugees Admitted to the U.S. Has Fallen, Especially among Muslims (Pew Research, May 2018) [text]
- See also related Quartz article.

Religious Persecution and the US Refugee Program under the Trump Administration (Center for Migration Studies, May 2018) [text]

“White House Weighs Taking Refugee Programs Away from State Department,” Foreign Policy, 2 May 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (30 April 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (Syrians) (30 April 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Events: 

Report Launch: Confronting the Global Forced Migration Crisis, Washington, DC, 30 May 2018 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

CGD Program Launch: Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy, Washington, DC, 31 May 2018 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Publications:

2018 Aurora Humanitarian Index (Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, May 2018) [access]

Alex Aleinikoff: Let's Start with How We Define ‘Refugee', Displaced Podcast (IRC & Vox Media, May 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcast. See also related Medium story.

Asset-based Grant-making in Response to Forced Displacement (Medium, May 2018) [text]

A Global Analysis of Intentions to Migrate, JRC Technical Reports, no. 111207 (European Commission, April 2018) [text]
- Note: A recent special issue of JEMS focused on "Aspiration, Desire and the Drivers of Migration."

International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 99, no. 904 (2017) [full-text]
- Theme issue on "Migration and Displacement."

"Labor Migrants as Political Leverage: Migration Interdependence and Coercion in the Mediterranean," International Studies Quarterly, Advance Articles, 26 April 2018 [preprint]

The Migration Emergency Response Fund and Mixed Migration Flows along the Mediterranean: The Added Value of a Context-specific Contingency Fund (Start Network, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"'The Missing Piece in the Globalization Mosaic': A Conversation with IOM Director General William Lacy Swing," Migration Information Source, 16 May 2018 [text]

Resilience in the Face of Adversity: A Comparative Study of Migrants in Crisis Situations (ICMPD, April 2018) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report and executive summary.

Related posts:
- News: New Edition of Global Report on Internal Displacement (16 May 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Internal Displacement (3 May 2018)
- Thematic Focus: General (30 April 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

News: New Edition of Global Report on Internal Displacement

The 2018 Global Report on Internal Displacement has been published. Here is part of the description:

"Conflict and disasters displaced 30.6 million people within their own countries last year, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). ...
  Key findings from the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID 2018) show that new displacement due to conflict and violence reached 11.8 million in 2017, almost double the figure of 6.9 million in 2016. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 5.5 million of these displacements, followed by the Middle East and North Africa with 4.5 million. This brings the total number of people living in internal displacement due to conflict close to 40 million worldwide. ...
   The report also shows that in 2017, disasters displaced 18.8 million people in 135 countries. Of these, 8.6 million displacements were triggered by floods, and 7.5 million by storms, especially tropical cyclones. The worst affected countries were China with 4.5 million, the Philippines with 2.5 million, Cuba and the US each with 1.7 million, and India with 1.3 million displacements."

Visit the companion site for highlights, media information, photos and videos. The report can be downloaded in full or by section. Previous iterations of the report can be accessed here.

The official launch of the report will take place in Geneva tomorrow.

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Open Access Round-up: 15 May 2018

Below is a listing of Open Access literature that I have referenced on this blog since 30 April 2018. If you are not familiar with Open Access, please visit my other blog for an introduction.

Green Open Access [info]

"Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Three Refugee Camps," Violence against Women, vol. 24, no. 3 (2018)
- Preprint version of article.

"The Equal Protection Doctrine in the Age of Trump: The Example of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children," Brooklyn Law Review, vol. 84 (Forthcoming, 2018)
- Preprint version of article.

"Migration Diplomacy in the Global South: Cooperation, Coercion and Issue Linkage in Gaddafi's Libya," Third World Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 10 (2017)
- Preprint version of article.

"When Shadow Removals Collide: Searching for Solutions to the Legal Black Holes Created by Expedited Removal and Reinstatement," Washington University Law Review, vol. 96 (Forthcoming, 2018)
- Preprint version of article.

Gold Open Access [info]

Articles, health-related:

"Are Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex-PTSD Distinguishable within a Treatment-seeking Sample of Syrian Refugees Living in Lebanon?," Global Mental Health, vol. 5:e14 (April 2018)

"Barriers to Mental Health Care Utilization among Internally Displaced Persons in the Republic of Georgia: A Rapid Appraisal Study," BMC Health Services Research, 18:306 (April 2018)

"Can Disability Predict Treatment Outcome among Traumatized Refugees?," Torture Journal, vol. 27, no. 2 (2017)

"A Follow-up on Psychiatric Symptoms and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in Tuareg Refugees in Burkina Faso," Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 9, art. 127 (April 2018)

"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors: A Cross-sectional Study among Syrian Refugees," British Journal of Medical Practitioners, vol. 11, no. 1 (2018)

"Reflections from the Lebanese Field: 'First, heal thyself'," Conflict and Health, 12:8 (Feb. 2018)

 "Settling Ulysses: An Adapted Research Agenda for Refugee Mental Health," International Journal of Health Policy and Management, vol. 7, no. 4 (April 2018)

 "Trauma and Depression among North Korean Refugees: The Mediating Effect of Negative Cognition," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(4) (March 2018)

Articles, other topics:

"Assessing Reported Cases of Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Causes and Preventive Strategies, in European Asylum Reception Facilities," Globalization and Health, 14:48 (May 2018)

"From Right to Permission: Asylum, Mediterranean Migrations, and Europe’s War on Smuggling," Journal on Migration and Human Security, 25 April 2018

"Pilot Testing and Evaluation of a Toolkit for Menstrual Hygiene Management in Emergencies in Three Refugee Camps in Northwest Tanzania," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 3:6 (May 2018)

"Predicting Unauthorized Salvadoran Migrants’ First Migration to the United States between 1965 and 2007," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 1 May 2018

Journals:

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 10 (2018)
- Theme is "Life after Trafficking."

Global Journal of Peace Research and Praxis, vol. 2, no. 1 (2018)
- Special issue on "Refugees: Discourses of Displacement, Conflict, & Peace."

Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, vol. 7, no. 1 (2018)
- Issue theme is "Who Belongs? Immigrants, Refugees, Migrants and Actions Towards Justice."

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2018)

Journal of Refugee & Global Health, vol. 1, no. 2 (2018)

Hybrid Open Access [info]

"Antecedents of Job Search Self-efficacy of Syrian Refugees in Greece and the Netherlands," Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 105 (April 2018)

"Asylum and Refugee Support in the UK: Civil Society Filling the Gaps?," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 April 2018

"IDP Resettlement and Collective Targeting during Civil Wars: Evidence from Colombia," Journal of Peace Research, OnlineFirst, 25 April 2018

"'Terrorist' Citizens and the Human Right to Nationality," Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (2018)

Law Reviews

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 56, no. 2 (2018)
- This issue focuses on "The Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC)."


Related post:
- Open Access Round-up: 30 April 2018

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Attitudes Towards Media Coverage of Humanitarian Issues within the Aid Sector (University of East Anglia, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related IRIN news story.

Civil-Military Coordination for Protection Outcomes: Report of a Global Protection Cluster Round-Table (Global Protection Cluster, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Emergency Gap Final Report: Bridging the Emergency Gap - Reflections and a Call for Action after a Two-year Exploration of Emergency Response in Acute Conflict (MSF, April 2018) [text via Center for Applied Reflection on Humanitarian Practice]

Engaging with People Affected by Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence: Recommendations for Humanitarian Organizations and Donors in the Digital Era (ICRC &Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, March 2018) [text]

Feedback to Action: Strategies to Improve the Use of Beneficiary Feedback (International Rescue Committee & CDA, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related U.S. Dept. of State overview.

Making Operational Decisions in Humanitarian Response: A Literature Review (ALNAP, April 2018) [text]

MeToo, AidToo: The Next Steps - A Briefing on How to Move Forward after Oxfam (IRIN, March 2018) [text]
- Includes link to video of related panel discussion.

#MeToo Sex Scandals Spur Interest in Standards for the Aid Sector (IRIN, May 2018) [text]

A Practitioner's Guide to Technology Evaluation in Global Development (MIT, April 2018) [text]
- See also related MIT news story.

Solar Solutions for Displaced Communities (UNDP Blog, May 2018) [text]

UNHCR Mapping of Social Safety Nets for Refugees Opportunities and Challenges (UNHCR, April 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Abuse in the Aid Sector (15 March 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (15 March 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Asylum Policies, International Tensions and Trade Flows: Evidence from the EU (GSIE Seminar Blog, April 2018) [text]

Countries Must Compete for Migrant Workers to Boost Their Economies (The Conversation, May 2018) [text]

*Dispersing Refugees Around a Country Puts Them at an Immediate Disadvantage – Why This Matters for Integration (The Conversation, May 2018) [text]

Flexible and Innovative Financing for Refugee Crises and Other 21st Century Challenges (CGD Blog, April 2018) [text]
How Trump and Sessions Cherry-picked Data to Blame Immigrants for Lower Wages (Center for Public Integrity, April 2018) [text]

Immigrants are Founding a Quarter of New Businesses in the United States (Immigration Impact, May 2018) [text]

Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 105 (April 2018) [contents]
- Special issue on "Vocational Behavior of Refugees: How Do Refugees Seek Employment, Overcome Work-related Challenges, and Navigate Their Careers?" Includes a freely available article on vocational stress and an open access article on Syrian refugees in Greece and the Netherlands.

Kakuma as a Marketplace: A Consumer and Market Study of a Refugee Camp and Town in Northwest Kenya (International Finance Corporation, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related UNHCR news story.

"'Let them work!': German Business Advocates for Rejected Asylum Seekers," Reuters, 7 May 2018 [text]

Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan: Exploring Employment and Growth Opportunities for Afghanistan (World Bank, Feb. 2018) [text]

Refugee Resettlement, Redistribution and Growth, Working Paper, no. 6961 (CESifo, March 2018) [text]

Refugees Can Actually Create Jobs for Locals in Growing Cities – If Given the Chance (The Conversation, May 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (26 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

"Afghanistan's First Female Military Pilot Granted Asylum in US after Fleeing Taliban Death Threats," The Independent, 4 May 2018 [text]

"Assessing Reported Cases of Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Causes and Preventive Strategies, in European Asylum Reception Facilities," Globalization and Health, 14:48 (May 2018) [open access]

Disingenuous State Department Report Seeks to Block Refugee Women (The Asylumist Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Three Refugee Camps," Violence against Women, vol. 24, no. 3 (2018) [preprint]

Gender Issues in the Asylum Claim, version 3.0 (UK Home Office, updated April 2018) [text]

HIRC Files Amicus Brief Challenging U.S. Attorney General’s Efforts to Restrict Gender Asylum (HIRC Blog, April 2018) [text]

How a Lack of Data is Perpetuating the Invisibility of Migrant Women's Deaths (Migration Data Portal Blog, March 2018) [text]

International Criminal Court Poised to Interpret the Crime of ‘Gender-based Persecution’ for the First Time (IntLawGrrls Blog, April 2018) [text]

"Macron Turns His Back on Refugee Women," New Republic, 24 April 2018 [text]

"Trump Administration Wants to Shut Door on Abused Women," Politico Magazine, 17 April 2018 [text]
- See also related Migrationist blog post.

"Witchcraft Accusations as Gendered Persecution in Refugee Law," Social & Legal Studies, OnlineFirst, 1 Feb. 2018 [abstract]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (5 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

The 2015 Refugee Crisis in Germany: Concerns about Immigration and Populism, SOEPpaper, no. 966 (German Inst. for Economic Research, 2018) [text]

Cut-Price Justice at the French National Asylum Court (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2018) [text]

How Refugees Power a Grassroots Aid Movement (Refugees Deeply, May 2018) [text]

Hungary: 'Refugees not welcome' (InfoMigrants, May 2018) [text]

Plastic Hospitality: The Empty Signifier of the EU's First Reception System in the Mediterranean, EUI Working Paper RSCAS, no. 2018/22 (European Univ. Institute, May 2018) [text]

"Refugees and Elections: The Effects of Syrians on Voting Behavior in Turkey," International Migration, 18 April 2018 [free full-text]

*Return, Stay, or Migrate? Understanding the Aspirations of Syrian Refugees in Turkey (SEEFAR, March 2018) [text]

Swiss Treatment of Eritreans Sets Dangerous Precedent (Refugees Deeply, May 2018) [text]

UNHCR Calls on Austrian Government to Keep Refugee Protection at Centre of Asylum Law Amendments (UNHCR, May 2018) [text]

"Volunteers Who Rescued Migrants are Cleared of Criminal Charges in Greece," New York Times, 7 May 2018 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (14 May 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Asylum Policy and the Future of Turkey-EU Relations: Between Cooperation and Conflict, FEUTURE Online Paper, no. 18 (Univ. of Cologne, April 2018) [text]

Can War Criminals Be Expelled or Excluded under EU Law? It Depends (Free Movement Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Court of Justice of the EU Rules on Scope of Subsidiary Protection for Torture Victims," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 4 May 2018 [text]

Expanding the Fortress: The Policies, the Profiteers and the People Shaped by EU's Border Externalisation Programme (Transnational Institute, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Expelling EU Citizen War Criminals: No Sympathy from the ECJ (EU Law Analysis Blog, May 2018) [text]

High Risk, High Reward: Taking the Question of Italy’s Involvement in Libyan ‘Pullback’ Policies to the European Court of Human Rights (EJIL: Talk Blog, May 2018) [text]

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 23,715 in 2018; Deaths Reach 619 (IOM, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mixed Migration Flows in the Mediterranean: Compilation of Available Data and Information (IOM, March 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

The New European Border between Niger and Libya (Open Migration, May 2018) [text]

Refugees in Europe: A Forty Years' Crisis? (Refugee History, May 2018) [text]
- Book review.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (4 May 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 2 (Europe)

Opportunity:

Call for proposals:  Study on Statelessness in the Czech Republic [info]
- Submission deadline is 28 May 2018.

Publications:

"Deserving Citizenship? Exploring Migrants' Experiences of the ‘Citizenship Test’ Process in the United Kingdom," British Journal of Sociology, Early View, 21 Feb. 2018 [free full-text]

The Faces of Statelessness in Europe: The Answers to the ‘Wheres’, ‘Whys’ and ‘Hows’ on Statelessness (ENS Blog, April 2018) [text]

Hoti v. Croatia: A Landmark Decision by the European Court of Human Rights on Residence Rights of a Stateless Person (ENS Blog, May 2018) [text]
- See also related Strasbourg Observers blog post.

The Indefinite Statelessness of Refugees in Denmark and Sweden: Comparing the Impacts of Temporary Asylum Law, Working Paper, no. 17:8 (Malmo University, 2017) [text]

The Normalisation of Exceptional Powers: Deprivation of Nationality in France and in the UK (ENS Blog, May 2018) [text]

"'Terrorist' Citizens and the Human Right to Nationality," Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (2018) [open access]

Resource: 

Asylum Aid Statelessness Tool [access]
- "[D]esigned to provide stateless people [in the UK], community groups, and others with explanations of relevant laws and procedures and points them to helpful resources." This ENS blog post provides additional information.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1 (11 May 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Survey and Mapping Project on Stateless Persons in the U.S. [info]
- No deadline indicated.

CFP: Statelessness and Citizenship Review [info]
- New Open Access journal; submission deadline for inaugural issue is 1 September 2018.

Publications:

Committee on the Rights of the Child, 77th Session, 15 Jan.-2 Feb. 2018: Analysis of the Committee’s Recommendations on the Right to a Nationality, Statelessness and Birth Registration (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, 2018) [text]

"Deprivation of Nationality under Article 8 (3) of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness," Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2018 [free full-text]

International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Member States Conclude First Regional Workshop on the Eradication of Statelessness (ICGLR & UNHCR, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Longing to Belong: What It Means to be Stateless,” SBS News, 18 April 2018 [text]

Member States Experts Meeting on the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Specific Aspects on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-11 May 2018 [info]
- Follow link for overview, concept note, explanatory memo and draft protocol.

"Seeing Like the Stateless: Documentation and the Mobilities of Liminal Citizenship in Cambodia," Political Geography, vol. 62 (Jan. 2018) [free full-text]

Stateless in the States: Addressing US Statelessness (Roosevelt @MSU Blog, April 2018) [text]

UNHCR Lauds Chile as It Accedes to Both UN Conventions on Statelessness (UNHCR, April 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (10 April 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (10 April 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: United Kingdom

"Asylum and Refugee Support in the UK: Civil Society Filling the Gaps?," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 April 2018 [open access]

"Asylum Decision-maker: 'It's a Lottery'," BBC News, 8 May 2018 [text]

"British People Becoming More Sympathetic Towards Refugees and Immigrants, Survey Suggests," The Independent, 10 May 2018 [text]

"Creating a ‘Hostile Environment for Migrants’: The British Government’s Use of Health Service Data to Restrict Immigration is a Very Bad Idea," Health Economics, Policy and Law, vol. 13, no. 2 (April 2018) [free full-text]

Humanitarian Standards are not the Test for a Cessation Decision (Free Movement Blog, May 2018) [text]

Taking Back Control? The Impact of Brexit on the Immigration of Third Country Nationals and Asylum Seekers (Brexit Blog, May 2018) [text]

"What Counts as Evidence in Adjudicating Asylum Claims? Locating the Monsters in the Machine: An Investigation of Faith-based Claims," Chapter 4 in Science and the Politics of Openness: Here Be Monsters (Manchester University Press, Jan. 2018) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 75 or read chapter preprint.

"'Your name does not tick the box': The Intertwining of Names, Bodies, Religion and Nationality in the Construction of Identity within the UK Asylum System," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 41, no. 5 (2018) [free full-text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (4 May 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (in the U.S.)

AAP Statement Opposing Separation of Children and Parents at the Border (American Academy of Pediatrics, May 2018) [text]

"The Equal Protection Doctrine in the Age of Trump: The Example of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children," Brooklyn Law Review, vol. 84 (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

"Federal Agencies Lost Track of Nearly 1,500 Migrant Children Placed with Sponsors," New York Times, 26 April 2018 [text]

"Hundreds of Immigrant Children Have Been Taken from Parents at U.S. Border," New York Times, 20 April 2018 [text]

"Protecting Children? Assessing the Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors in the U.S.," Latino Public Policy, no. 2 (April 2018) [full-text]

"Taking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror," New Yorker, 9 May 2018 [text]

Trump’s Quiet War on Migrant Kids (The Marshall Project, May 2018) [text]

*Undocumented Parents Trying to Reunite with Their Children May Face Deportation under New Proposal (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2018) [text]

Why Don’t More Unaccompanied Children Pursue Refugee Status? (Niskanen Center Blog, April 2018) [text]

“Would The Justice Department Have Prosecuted Anne Frank's Father?,” Forbes, 9 May 2018 [text]

"Young Migrants: Victims of Gangs or Members of Them?," New York Times, 1 May 2018 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (11 May 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Age Assessment and Fingerprinting of Children in Asylum Procedures: Minimum Age Requirements Concerning Children’s Rights in the EU (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, April 2018) [text]

"Horrors I Will Never Forget": The Stories of Rohingya Children (Save the Children, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

In Search of Protection: Unaccompanied Minors in Italy (Center for Migration Studies, April 2018) [text]

Indonesia Should Partner with NGOs to Protect Unaccompanied Child Refugees (The Conversation, May 2018) [text]

Reinforcing Child Protection on Migration Routes: One Year on from the Commission's Communication (European Commission, April 2018) [text]

Responding to the ECEC Needs of Children of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe and North America (Migration Policy Institute, April 2018) [text]
- Listen to related podcast.

"The Rights of Families and Children at the Border," Chapter 7 in Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law (Oxford University Press, May 2018) [preprint]

Youth Migration in Somalia: Causes, Consequences and Possible Remedies (Heritage Institute, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Youth on the Move (Finn Church Aid, April 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children (10 April 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Publications:

The 14 Most Common Arguments against Immigration and Why They’re Wrong (Cato at Liberty Blog, May 2018) [text]

2018-2019 Framework for Cooperation between the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (U.S. State Dept., May 2018) [text]

Asylum Division Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting, Washington, DC. 1 May 2018 [info]
- Follow link for asylum statistics and other reports.

Asylum Interview Tips for Attorneys from a Former Asylum Officer (The Asylumist Blog, May 2018) [text]

Deportations under ICE's Secure Communities Program (TRAC, April 2018) [text]

DHS: Not Entitled to Its Own Facts (Just Security Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Fatal Encounters: 97 Deaths Point to Pattern of Border Agent Violence across America," The Guardian, 2 May 2018 [text]
- See also other related Guardian article.

Here’s What Happened Inside the Supreme Court during the Travel Ban Arguments (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2018) [text]

"Predicting Unauthorized Salvadoran Migrants’ First Migration to the United States between 1965 and 2007," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 1 May 2018 [open access]

Revving Up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement under Trump and the Pushback (Migration Policy Institute, May 2018) [text]
- Watch/listen to related discussion of this report.

"The Trump Administration’s Hard Line on Refugees Comes under Fire," New Yorker, 1 May 2018 [text]

"Trump is Creating a Vetting Center. Is It ‘Extreme’ Enough to End His Travel Ban," Washington Post, 22 April 2018 [text]

"When Shadow Removals Collide: Searching for Solutions to the Legal Black Holes Created by Expedited Removal and Reinstatement," Washington University Law Review, vol. 96 (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (10 May 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

News:

Migrant Caravan Update

A group of mostly Central American asylum seekers and migrants that spent the month traveling through Mexico finally reached the U.S. border at the end of April.

"National Guard Heads to Southern Border Amid Differing Reality from Earlier Deployments," Migration Information Source, 25 April 2018 [text]

Migrant Caravan is No Threat to U.S., but Trump’s Scare Tactics are  (Refugees Deeply, 26 April 2018) [text]

"What Happens When Someone Asks for Asylum at the Border," San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 April 2018 [text]

Customs and Border Protection is Breaking the Law by Refusing Entry to the Migrant Caravan Members (Immigration Impact Blog, 30 April 2018) [text]

The Caravan of Central Americans Seeking Asylum at the Border, Explained (Vox, 1 May 2018) [text]

Central American Migrant Caravan Begins Crossing US Border: 5 Essential Reads (The Conversation, 1 May 2018) [text]

The Government is Filing Charges Against More Migrants Than Ever Before (Immigration Impact Blog, 1 May 2018) [text]

"What It Takes to Get Asylum in the U.S.," New York Times, 2 May 2018 [text]

"All Migrants in Caravan Seeking Asylum Have Crossed into the U.S.," Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2018 [text]

"How Likely are Asylum-seekers from Central American Caravan to Win Their Cases?," Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2018 [text]

Temporary Protected Status

The Trump administration has terminated TPS for Nepal and Honduras, affecting approximately 9,000 Nepalese and 57,000 Hondurans. To date, TPS has already been cancelled for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan; it has been extended for South Sudan and Syria. TPS for Somalia and Yemen currently goes to September 2018; any decision to extend or revoke it must be made at least 60 days before the expiration date.

For info & commentary:

After Almost 20 Years, Honduran Temporary Protected Status Holders Lose Permission to Stay (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2018) [text]

"America's Appalling About-face on Refugees," The Week, 8 May 2018 [text]

Homeland Security Ends Temporary Protected Status for Earthquake-Ravaged Nepal (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2018) [text]

Trump Tells 57,000 Hondurans Who’ve Lived in the US for 20 Years to Get Out - It’s yet another move that will turn people who are in the US legally into unauthorized immigrants (Vox, May 2018) [text]

"U.S. Embassy Cables Warned against Expelling 300,000 Immigrants. Trump Officials Did It Anyway," Washington Post, 8 May 2018 [text]

For some history and background on TPS:

Temporary Protected Status (U.S. Dept. of Justice) [access]
- Provides a history of all countries that have received TPS designations.

Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2018) [text]

"Temporary Protected Status in the United States: A Grant of Humanitarian Relief that Is Less than Permanent," Migration Information Source, 2 July 2014 [text]

*What Is Temporary Protected Status? (Council on Foreign Relations, May 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (25 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (Venezuelans)

Humanitarian Crisis on the Border - Rapid Needs Assessment for Vulnerable Venezuelans in Colombia: La Guajira and César (Mercy Corps, March 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related press release.

Is Anyone Addressing Venezuela’s Refugee Crises? (Brookings, April 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

"'Their Country Is Being Invaded’: Exodus of Venezuelans Overwhelms Northern Brazil," New York Times, 28 April 2018 [text]

UNHCR Regret at Deportations of Venezuelans from Trinidad and Tobago (UNHCR, April 2018) [text]
- See also related Amnesty International news story.

A Venezuelan Refugee Crisis (Law Wire Blog, May 2018) [text]

The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis: Challenges and Solutions, Washington, DC, 13 April 2018 [info]
- Follow link for audio and transcript.

Venezuelans are Fleeing Their Country in Record Numbers. This is Latin America’s Worst-ever Refugee Crisis (UN Dispatch, April 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (10 May 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Asylum Claims in Canada Reached Highest Level in Decades in 2017 (Pew Research, April 2018) [text]

"Canada Wants U.S. Cooperation in Turning Back Asylum Seekers," Reuters, 30 April 2018 [text]

Canadian Lawsuit Challenges the United States’ Designation as a Safe Country for Asylum Seekers (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2018) [text]

Central America’s Ongoing Refugee Crisis (Human Rights Brief, May 2018) [text]

Colombia Conducts Census of Venezuelan Refugees as Crisis Deepens (Devex, April 2018) [text]

Guatemala: Structural Violence Driving Displacement and Disrupting Indigenous Communities, Especially Women (IDMC Blog, April 2018) [text]

"IDP Resettlement and Collective Targeting during Civil Wars: Evidence from Colombia," Journal of Peace Research, OnlineFirst, 25 April 2018 [open access]

It’s Time to Abolish the Inhumane Canada-U.S. Deal on Asylum-seekers (The Conversation, May 2018) [text]

Mexico’s Southern Border: Security, Violence and Migration in the Trump Era, Report, no. 66 (International Crisis Group, May 2018) [text]

The New Chilean Government and Its Shifting Attitudes on Migration Governance (MPC Blog, May 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (12 April 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

"Bhutanese Older Adult Refugees Recently Resettled in the United States: A Better Life with Little Sorrows," Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 29, no. 2 (2018) [free full-text]

"Can Disability Predict Treatment Outcome among Traumatized Refugees?," Torture Journal, vol. 27, no. 2 (2017) [open access]

"'Caught in a Generation Gap': A Generation Perspective on Refugees Getting Old in Denmark—A Qualitative Study," Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 29, no. 2 (2018) [free full-text]

Collecting Data on Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts, New York, 11-12 Dec. 2017 [text via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for workshop report.

Disability Inclusion in Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence Programs - Guidance on Disability Inclusion for GBV Partners in Lebanon: Case Management of Survivors & At-risk Women, Children and Youth with Disabilities (Women's Refugee Commission & Unicef, Feb. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Response, Operational Practice Paper, no. 1 (IDS Humanitarian Learning Centre, Dec. 2017) [text]

Five Actions for Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management (World Bank, April 201) [text via ReliefWeb]

Good Practice Guide: Embedding Inclusion of Older People and People with Disabilities in Humanitarian Policy and Practice (Oxford Brookes Univ., 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Immigration, Refugee Law, and Disability Rights (Human Rights Brief, March 2018) [text]

Missing Millions: How Older People with Disabilities are Excluded from Humanitarian Response (HelpAge International, April 2018) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report and infographic.

The Right of People with Disabilities to Asylum and Protection from Deportation on the Grounds of Persecution or Torture Related to their Disability (Human Rights Brief, April 2018) [text]

"Special Section on Older Immigrants and Refugees," Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol. 61,  no. 4 (2018) [free full-text]
- Freely available introduction to special section.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (22 March 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Opportunities: Summer Courses

[Note: I am re-circulating this post as I have just added a number of new references!]

2018 Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, Brussels, 2-13 July 2018 [info]
- Application deadline is 15 May 2018.

Comparative Perspectives on Migration Issues, Paris, 3-27 July 2018 [info]
- Application deadline is 15 May 2018.

International Summer School in Refugee Law and Rights, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 10-19 August 2018 [info]
- Deadline for early bird registration is 15 May 2018, otherwise it is 31 May 2018.

International Migration Law, QMUL Summer School, London, 25 June-13 July 2018 [info]
- Application deadline is 25 May 2018.

Citizenship and Migration: Europe’s 21st Century Challenges, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6-10 August 2018 [info]
- Apply by 1 June 2018.

Global Challenges: Local Responses to the International Refugee Crisis, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2-6 July 2018 [info]
- Apply by 15 June 2018.

International Summer School on Migration and Asylum, Bologna, Italy, 9-14 July 2018 [info]
- Focus will be on "Labour Integration of Migrants and Refugees." Apply by 15 June 2018.

Summer Short Courses, Cairo, 1-26 July 2018 [info]
1) International Refugee Law, 1-5 July 2018
2) Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Laws, Policies, and Actors, 8-12 July 2018
3) Gender and Refuge: What Kind of Dance Partners?, 15-19 July 2018
4) Palestinian Refugees, 21-26 July 2018
- Application deadline for all courses is 21 June 2018.

Summer School on Migration and Human Rights, Rome, 9-13 July 2018 [info]
- Apply by 24 June 2018.

Refugee Crisis and Contemporary Challenges in Migration Management in Europe, A Coruña, Spain, 30 July-17 August 2018 [info]
- Apply by 30 June 2018.

Tagged Events & Opportunities.