Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

“Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way”: Testimonies of Refugees Who Left Israel for Rwanda and Uganda and Received Protection in Europe (Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Jan. 2018) [text]

"Bibliometric Analysis of Peer-reviewed Literature on Syrian Refugees and Displaced People (2011–2017)," Conflict and Health, 12:43 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

"Elites and Emulators: The Evolution of Iraqi Kurdish Asylum Migration to Europe," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 31 Oct. 2018 [open access]

Falling on Deaf Ears, Asylum Proceedings in Israel (Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Oct. 2018) [text]

How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 8616 (World Bank, Oct. 2018) [text]

Iraq Displacement Crisis, 2014-2017 (IOM, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Picking Up the Pieces: Realities of Return and Reintegration in North-East Syria (REACH, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Refugee Hospitality in Lebanon and Turkey: On Making ‘The Other’," International Migration, Early View, 6 June 2018 [ResearchGate]

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Eight Years on: What Works and Why That Matters for the Future (CARE, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Thousandth Cut: Eliminating U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Gaza (Refugees International, Nov. 2018) [text]

Tunisia, Country of Destination and Transit for Sub-Saharan African Migrants (Mercy Corps & REACH, Oct. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Why Here? Factors Influencing Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Choosing Germany or Sweden as Asylum Destinations," Comparative Migration Studies, 6:29 (Dec. 2018) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (12 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 15-16 March 2019 [info]
- No application deadline indicated; "maximum 27 spaces with three partial funded places available for regional doctoral students or regional NGO staff."

News & blog posts:

Famine in Yemen: A Primer (IRIN, Oct. 2018) [text]

"How Many Syrians Have Returned? As Conflict Subsides, More Come Home," Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2018 [text]

In Conversation with the Kahkaha Project in Lebanon: An Effective Example of a Southern-led Initiative (Southern Responses to Displacement Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Libya: EU's Patchwork Policy Has Failed to Protect the Human Rights of Refugees and Migrants  (Amnesty International, Nov. 2018) [text]

Mission Impossible for Next UN Syria Envoy? (IRIN, Oct. 2018) [text]

Most Refugees Won’t Return to Syria Until Conditions are Right — Here's How to Help (The Hill, Oct. 2018) [text]

Qatar: Gulf's First Refugee Asylum Law (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Syria Extends Time for Post-war Property Claims under Disputed Law," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 12 Nov. 2018 [text]

Multimedia:

In a Troubled and Polarized Middle-East: Challenges for Palestine Refugees and UNRWA, Oxford, 18 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Wellbeing & Protracted Urban Displacement Refugees & Hosts in Jordan & Lebanon, IDS Members Seminar, Brighton, UK, 29 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Syria (21 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: MENA (21 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2018)
- "Drawing on new research material from ten European countries, Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives brings together a range of detailed accounts of the legal and bureaucratic processes by which asylum claims are decided. The book includes a legal overview of European asylum determination procedures, followed by sections on the diverse actors involved, the means by which they communicate, and the ways in which they make life and death decisions on a daily basis. It offers a contextually rich account that moves beyond doctrinal law to uncover the gaps and variances between formal policy and legislation, and law as actually practiced." Note: The complete text will not be available until 13 Nov. 2018.

Publications:

Creating Legal Pathways to Reduce Irregular Migration? What We Can Learn from Germany's "Western Balkan Regulation" (German Marshall Fund, Oct. 2018) [text]

ECRE and PICUM Position on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Social Fund + 2021-2027 (ECRE & PICUM, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Elites and Emulators: The Evolution of Iraqi Kurdish Asylum Migration to Europe," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 31 Oct. 2018 [open access]

"The European Union’s Refugee Deal with Turkey: A Risky Alliance Contrary to European Laws and Values," Houston Journal of International Law, vol. 40, no. 2 (Spring 2018) [full-text]

Europeans are More Accepting of Immigrants Today than 15 Years Ago (MEDAM, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Good Citizens? Ugandan Asians, Volunteers and ‘Race’ Relations in 1970s Britain," History Workshop Journal, vol. 85 (Spring 2018) [open access]

Not Welcome Anymore: The Effect of Electoral Incentives on the Reception of Refugees (SSRN, Oct. 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (9 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

News & blog posts:

Bleak Bosnian Winter for Migrants Camped Out on New Route to Europe (IRIN, Oct. 2018) [text]

The Case of the Administrative Arrangement between Greece and Germany: A Tale of “paraDublin Activity”? (EDAL Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Europe’s Populists are Having 'Irrational' Debates on Migration, Says the UN Head," QZ, 5 Nov. 2018 [text]

Sea Arrivals to Italy: The Cost of Deterrence Policies (ISPI, Oct. 2018 [text]

UNHCR Urges Greece to Accelerate Emergency Measures to Address Conditions on Samos and Lesvos (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

Statistical data:

2,000 Lives and Counting: Mediterranean Death Toll in 2018 (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

"56,800 Migrant Dead and Missing: 'They are human beings'," AP News, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

Mediterranean Update: Arrivals and Fatalities (IOM, Nov. 2018) [text]

Refugees & Migrants Arrivals to Europe in 2018, Jan.-Sept. 2018 (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (31 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (31 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States

News:

Barring asylum seekers on the southern border

Yesterday, the Trump administration issued an interim final rule that, together with a Presidential Proclamation issued this morning, place significant limits on the right to seek asylum. Here is an initial sampling of commentary and analysis:

*Barring Asylum Claims: The President Versus the Statute (Lawfare Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Five Things You Need to Know about the Asylum Ban (Niskanen Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Trump Claims New Power to Bar Asylum for Immigrants Who Arrive Illegally," New York Times, 8 Nov. 2018 [text]

Trump Signs a 90-day Asylum Ban for Border Crossers (Vox, Nov. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Statement on New US Regulation on Asylum (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

Withholding of Removal and the U.N. Convention Against Torture—No Substitute for Asylum, Putting Refugees at Risk: Fact Sheet (Human Rights First, Nov. 2018) [text]

Legacy of (now former) Attorney General Jeff Sessions

The Immigration Crisis Jeff Sessions Leaves Behind (The Marshall Project, Nov. 2018) [text]

Jeff Sessions’s Carefully Built Deportation Machine Will Outlast Him (Vox, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Jeff Sessions Leaves the Trump Administration with a Tough Legacy on Crime and Immigration," Pacific Standard, 7 Nov. 2018 [text]

A Look Back at Immigration Under Sessions’ Justice Department (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Sessions: The Trump Administration’s Once-Indispensable Man on Immigration," Migration Information Source, 8 Nov. 2018 [text]

Event:

Access to Justice, Due Process, and the Rule of Law in the US Immigration System: Present Realities and a Vision for the Future, Washington, DC, 15 November 2018 [info]

Publications:

2018 Midterms and Immigration: What Will Congress Do Next? (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]
- See also related VOA News article.

"Border Officials Preparing to Evict Immigrant Encampments Near Texas Ports of Entry," Texas Monthly, 8 Nov. 2018 [text]

How the United States Should Address Refugee Protection at Its Border (Human Rights First, Nov. 2018) [text]

Immigration Court Backlog Surpasses One Million Cases (TRAC, Nov. 2018) [text]

Is Mexico Safe for Refugees and Asylum Seekers? (Human Rights First, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Immigration Law & Resistance: Ensuring a Nation of Immigrants," UC Davis Law Review, vol. 52, no. 1 (2018) [full-text]
- Symposium issue with 15 articles.

"More Migrants From Far-Flung Lands Crossing US-Mexico Border," VOA News, 9 Nov. 2018 [text]

"South American Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 7 Nov. 2018 [text]

*The U.S. Government’s 2018 Border Data Clearly Shows Why the Trump Administration is on the Wrong Track (WOLA, Nov. 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 2 (Nationality) (8 Nov. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States (6 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up

"Austria Will Not Sign UN Migration Treaty," Politico, 31 Oct. 2018 [text]

Communication Breakdown in Austria – How Far-Right Fringe Groups Hijacked the Narrative on the Global Compact for Migration (COMPAS Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Czech Government to Vote Next Week on Opting Out of U.N. Migration Pact," US News & World Report, 7 Nov. 2018 [text]

Delivering on the Global Compact on Refugees: The Need for Principled Leadership from UNHCR (Project Ploughsares, Nov. 2018) [text]
- Part 2 of three-part series.

GCM Commentary Blog Series (RLI Blog on Refugees and Forced Migration) [access]
- Additional posts are available with analyses of the following Global Compact for Migration objectives: Obj. 4 (legal identity & documentation); Obj. 7 (migration vulnerabilities); Obj. 14 (consular protection); Obj. 21 (facilitate safe return).

The Global Compacts: A Primer (Project Ploughsares, Oct. 2018) [text]
- Part 1 of three-part series.

*"The Ostrich Approach to Migration," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

"U.N. Says Austria and Hungary Mistaken to Shun Non-Binding Migrant Pact," Reuters, 31 Oct. 2018 [text]

*Wer hat Angst vor einem globalen Pakt (für Migration)?! (Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"What is the UN Migration Pact — and Why Do Some Oppose It?," Deutsche Welle, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up (26 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

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

Extending citizenship:

"'Complete equality': Refugees Find a Home – and Citizenship –  in Guinea-Bissau," The Guardian, 10 Oct. 2018 [text]

Good Practices in Nationality Laws for the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness, Handbook for Parliamentarians, no. 29 (Inter-Parliamentary Union & UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

"No Name, No Rights: The Long Road to Thai Citizenship," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 3 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Pakistan's Imran Khan Pledges Citizenship for 1.5m Afghan Refugees," The Guardian, 17 Sept. 2018 [text]

Withdrawal of citizenship:

Featured Issue: Denaturalization Efforts by USCIS (AILA, Oct. 2018) [access]

Identity Denied: Citizenship Stripping in the Dominican Republic, Paperless People Podcast #5 (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Oct. 2018) [access]

Painful Lessons of Stripping Citizenship Can Be Found Across the Globe (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"The Return of Banishment," Part III of Debating Transformations of National Citizenship (Springer, 2018) [open access]
- "There is a growing trend in Europe and North America of using denationalisation of citizens as a counter-terrorism strategy. ... The contributors discuss the characterisation of citizenship as right versus privilege, the relevance of statelessness and dual nationality, the relative merits of citizenship versus human rights as normative framework, and the expansiveness of banishment itself as a concept."

"Stripping Naturalized Immigrants of Their Citizenship isn’t New," Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2018 [text]

(Un)Civil Denaturalization, Case Research Paper Series in Legal Studies Working Paper, no. 2018-9 (Case Western Reserve University, Aug. 2018) [text via SSRN]

U.S. developments: 

Ending Birthright Citizenship?

During a recent interview, the president indicated that he would like to end birthright citizenship via executive order. While no official policy for doing so is imminent, the proposal has generated significant commentary and analysis. Below is a sampling; for background, begin with this Vox explainer.

"The 14th Amendment and the History of Birthright Citizenship in the U.S.," NPR, 30 Oct. 2018 [text]

Ending Birthright Citizenship Could Put All Americans’ Nationality in Jeopardy (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Leading Constitutional Law Scholars Say Trump is Wrong if He Thinks He Can Eliminate Birthright Citizenship Through Executive Action (Center for American Progress, Oct. 2018) [text]

Reading the Plain Text of the Birthright Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment (Niskanen Center Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Trump, Birthright Citizenship and the US Constitution," VOA News, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship Has Been Tried Elsewhere. The Human Rights Abuses Were Horrific," Slate, 6 Nov. 2018 [text]

The White House Counsel and the Pending Birthright Citizenship Executive Order (Lawfare Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Inclusion of Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census

What to Know about the Citizenship Question the Census Bureau is Planning to Ask in 2020 (Pew Research Center, March 2018) [text]
- See also related Vox explainer.

"Census Citizenship Question Triggers Legal and Political Fallout," Migration Information Source, 24 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Citizenship Query a Threat to U.S. Census, Witness Says as Trial Kicks off," Reuters, 5 Nov. 2018 [text]

The Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census, Explained (Vox, March 2018) [text]

How the Census Citizenship Question Could Affect Future Elections (ACLU Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1 (Statelessness) (8 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1 (Statelessness)

Events:

Statelessness: A Minority Issue, Eleventh Session of the Forum on Minority Issues, Geneva, 29-30 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 23 November 2018. Follow link for concept note and factsheet.

World Conference on Statelessness and Inclusion, The Hague, 26-28 June 2019 [info]
- Early bird registration rate ends 31 December 2018.

News & developments:

Meeting of the Extraordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 29 October-3 November 2018 [info]

- Aim was to, among other things, consider the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa. Follow link for concept note and background documents. See also related discussion list posting.

UNHCR Reiterates the Importance of Eradication of Statelessness in Ukraine (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Welcomes Spain and Haiti Move to Counter Statelessness (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text]
- Both countries recently took action to accede to one or both of the statelessness conventions.

Blog posts:

Chasing Shadows: Making Statelessness Visible in Poland (ENS Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

Court of Appeal Says Statelessness Must be Proved on Balance of Probabilities (Free Movement Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]
- "In AS (Guinea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2234, the Court of Appeal has in effect rebuffed an attempt by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to make it easier to establish statelessness."

Not Just a Simple Twist of Fate: Statelessness in Lithuania and Latvia (ENS Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

#StatelessnessINDEX: A New Tool to Raise Awareness on Gaps in French Law, Policy and Practice (ENS Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Using the #StatelessnessIndex as a Teaching Tool: Enhancing the Capacity of Legal Aid Centres and Improving the Quality of Legal Assistance for Stateless People (ENS Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Reports & research:

Citizenship and Statelessness: (In)equality and (Non)discrimination (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, 2018) [text]

Mapping Statelessness in Portugal (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related ENS blog post.

Roma Belong: Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Roma in Ukraine (European Network on Statelessness et al., March 2018; posted Sept. 2018) [text]

Statelessness: A Minority Issue, Report of the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, UN Doc. no. A/73/205 (UN General Assembly, July 2018; presented Oct. 2018) [text]

Multimedia: 

International Society and the Risk of Statelessness, Oxford, 7 Nov. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Paperless People Podcast Series (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion) [access]
- "New podcast series around the nexus between legal identity and statelessness, including how minorities are vulnerable to harm even as efforts towards universal access to legal identity documentation move forward."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1 (7 Aug. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 2 (Asia) (7 Aug. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Research & publications:

"Commentary: Unsettling Friendship and Using Friendship to Unsettle," Urban Studies, vol. 55, no. 3 (2018) [open access]
- Commentary on articles included in a special issue on "Urban friendship networks: Affective negotiations and potentialities of care" and how they might address the negative "othering" that occurs towards migrants and refugees.

Five Ways to Improve the World Bank Funding for Refugees and Hosts in Low-Income Countries and Why These Dedicated Resources Matter More Than Ever (Center for Global Development & International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Refugiados Urbanos: Política, Polícia e Resistência nas Fronteiras da Didade = Urban Refugees: Politics, Policing and Resistance at Cities’ Borders," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 26, no. 53 (May-Aug. 2018) [open access]
- Article text is in Portuguese.

Social Cohesion and Forced Displacement: A Desk Review to Inform Programming and Project Design (World Bank, Nov. 2018) [text]
- See also related Dev4Peace blog post.

Urban Refuge: How Cities are Building Inclusive Communities (International Rescue Committee, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related CityLab article.

Vulnerabilities in Urban Protracted Displacement: Exploring the Roles of Space and Time, HLC Operational Practice Paper, no. 4 (Institute of Development Studies, Aug. 2018) [text]
- See also related opinion piece.

Workshop: Beyond Encampment: Managing Mass Migration in an Age of Urbanization, Oslo, 2 Nov. 2018 [info]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (7 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

News:

A Barbara Harrell-Bond Foundation has been established and is accepting donations to continue Barbara's work on behalf of refugees. A documentary about Barbara's life can also be accessed via the new site.

News & developments:

Hospitality Extended to Refugees Must Not Be Taken for Granted, Host Countries Caution as Third Committee Explores Responsibility-Sharing Options, GA/SHC/4248 (UN, Nov. 2018) [text]

[Joint Letter on Enhancing Cooperation on Internal Displacement] (UNHCR & ICRC, Oct. 2018) [text]

Member States Pledge More Than $425 Million at 2018 United Nations Conference for Development, Humanitarian Activities, DEV/3369-SAG/500 (UN, Nov. 2018) [text]

"On the Move: The Faces, Places, and Politics of Migration," Christian Science Monitor (Oct.-Nov. 2018) [access]
- Ongoing series on global migration.

"Trump Wants to Make It Hard to Get Asylum. Other Countries Feel the Same," New York Times, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

UN Refugee Chief Urges States to Support Fairer Response to Refugee Crises (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also the HC's speech to the UNGA's Third Committee, the annual Report on the United High Commissioner for Refugees (Part 1 & Part 2) which was presented to the Committee, and an overview of the debate at the meeting.

World Cities Day: Addressing Internal Displacement is Key to Achieving Urban Sustainability (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Multimedia:

Asylum after Empire: Postcolonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking, Oxford, 24 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (29 Oct. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (29 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Australia

Event:

Workshop: The Future of Refugee Litigation: What Role Can Academic Research Play?, Sydney, 13-14 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 13 November 2018.

Update on Nauru situation:

Most refugee children have now been removed from Nauru and are receiving medical treatment in Australia. For background on this situation, read this factsheet from the Refugee Council of Australia.

"All Refugee Children to Be Removed from Nauru by Year's End, Brandis Confirms," The Guardian, 31 Oct. 2018 [text]

As Children are Airlifted from Nauru, a Cruel and Inhumane Policy May Finally Be Ending (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Children Will Be Brought to Australia from Nauru, But They Won't Be Allowed to Stay," CNN, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"How Australia Finally Started to Care about Asylum Seekers and Refugees on Nauru," The Guardian, 27 Oct. 2018 [text]

"More Nauru Children Moved to Australia as Fresh Bid for New Zealand Solution Rejected," Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

"The Nauru Experience: Zero-Tolerance Immigration and Suicidal Children," New York Times, 5 Nov. 2018 [text]

Never Too Late to Get the Kids off Nauru (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Appeals to Australia to Act and Save Lives at Immediate Risk (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]

Publications:

"Australia’s Cambodia Refugee Deal is Dead," VOA News, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"Australia's Immigration Policy Violates United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 54, no. 8 (Aug. 2018) [free full-text]

"Being a Father in My New Society: A Qualitative Study of the Fathering Experiences of Men from Refugee Backgrounds Resettled in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 22 Aug. 2018 [abstract]
- See also related dissertation.

A Changing Australia: How Migration is Shaping Our Nation (Scanlon Institute, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Narratives of Crisis Migration and the Power of Visual Culture," Chapter 35 in Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Oxford University Press, Oct. 2018) [ResearchGate]

Operation Sovereign Borders and Offshore Processing Statistics (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text]

An Unnecessary Penalty: Economic Impacts of Changes to the Status Resolution Support Services (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text]

View from The Hill: Scott Morrison Eases Refugee policy While Talking Tough (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Why Labor Should Break the Refugee Deadlock," Inside Story, 25 Oct. 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (21 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Australia (24 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States

All Trump All the Time: A Conversation with Roberto Suro, Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at the University of Southern California (Tempest Tossed, Nov. 2018) [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

"As Midterm Vote Nears, Trump Reprises a Favorite Message: Fear Immigrants," New York Times, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]
- See also related Daily Beast article.

Asylum and Related Protections for Aliens Who Fear Gang and Domestic Violence, Legal Sidebar (Congressional Research Service, Oct. 2018) [text]

Asylum Reform, Not Troops, is the Solution to Current Border Reality (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Exclusive: Even Before the Caravan, Trump Took Steps to Use Travel Bans to Limit Asylum," Vox, 6 Nov. 2018 [text]

The Power to Exclude (SSRN, Oct. 2018) [text]

President Trump's Efforts to Turn Back the Clock and Change the Racial Demographics of Immigration (ImmigrationProf Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Reality Check: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works," Axios, 29 Oct. 2018 [text]

Religion and Refugees are Deeply Entwined in the US (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Rhetoric in Media and Politics," NPR, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]
- See also stories about the influence of Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on convicted bombers plotting to kill Somali refugees and the Nigerian army quoting Trump's words to justify shooting rock-throwing protesters.

"Study Group on Immigrant Representation: The First Decade," Fordham Law Review, vol. 87, no. 2 (Nov. 2018) [full-text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (2 Nov. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (30 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (30 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (Migrant "Caravan")

Migrant "caravan" update:

8 Lessons from Psychology That Explain Trump’s Caravan Fearmongering (Vox, Nov. 2018) [text]

Caravans from El Salvador: The Tip of the Iceberg (ISIM Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Guatemala: Migrant Caravan, Briefing Note (ACAPS, October 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mexico: Honduran Caravan is Not a Security Threat but a Group of People with Human Rights (Amnesty International, Oct. 2018) [text]

Mexico: Migrant Caravan, Briefing note (ACAPS, October 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Mexico Offers Temporary Permits to Caravan Migrants Seeking Asylum," The Guardian, 27 Oct. 2018 [text]

Migrants Travel in Groups for a Simple Reason: Safety (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"A New Migrant Caravan from El Salvador is Making Its Way North," Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]

Trump and the Caravan: Why is He Flexing the Military’s Muscle at an Imaginary Crisis? (Niskanen Center Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Trump’s Cuts to Central America Aid Will Lead to More Caravans (Council on Foreign Relations, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Why Hondurans Head North," NPR, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (6 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Publications:

CCR Proposed Model for Refugee Determination (Canadian Council for Refugees, Aug. 2018) [text]

Migración desde Venezuela a Colombia: Impactos y Estrategia de Respuesta en el Corto y Mediano Plazo (World Bank, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Nearby Curaçao No Safe Haven for Fleeing Venezuelans (IRIN, Oct. 2018) [text]

No Strangers at the Gate: Collective Responsibility and a Region’s Response to the Venezuelan Refugee and Migration Crisis, World Refugee Council Report (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Oct. 2018) [text]

Preliminary Observations on the Working Visit to Monitor the Situation of Nicaraguans Forced to Flee to Costa Rica (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Is the US a 'Safe Country' for Asylum-seekers?: A Conversation with Professor Sean Rehaag on New Challenges to the US-Canada "Safe Third Country Agreement" (Tempest Tossed, Sept. 2018) [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (North/Central America) (24 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (South America/Venezuela Crisis) (24 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Africa

2018 Update of Research Activities & Publications, Research Brief, no. 4 (SOAS, Oct. 2018) [text]
- Report on the recent work of the Research and Evidence Facility on Migration in the Horn of Africa.

"As Rich Nations Close the Door on Refugees, Uganda Welcomes Them," New York Times, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]

Aspirations of Refugees and Migrants from West Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Can Uganda’s Breakthrough Refugee-Hosting Model Be Sustained?," Migration Information Source, 31 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Embracing Colouredness in Cape Town: Racial Formation of First-generation Eritrean Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa," Current Sociology, OnlineFirst, 22 Oct. 2018 [abstract]
- See also related dissertation.

"An Evaluation of Kenya’s Parallel Legal Regime on Refugees, and the Courts’ Guarantee of Their Rights," Law, Democracy and Development, vol. 21 (2017) [open access]

"Experiences of Gender Based Violence among Refugee Populations in Uganda: Evidence from Four Refugee Camps," Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, vol. 34, no. 1 (2018) [ResearchGate]

The ‘Illegal Migrant’ Red Herring (ISS Today, Oct. 2018) [text]

Perspectives, no. 2 (Oct. 2018) [full-text]
- Focus of this issue is "Not Always on a Boat to Europe: Movements of Africans Within and Beyond the Continent."

Reducing Vulnerabilities and Empowering Migrants: The Determinants of Migrant Vulnerability Model as an Analytical and Programmatic Tool for the East and Horn of Africa (IOM, Oct. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Region on the Move: Mid-year Trends Report, January to June, 2018 (IOM, Oct. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A Step Forward in the Protection of Urban Refugees: The Legal Protection of the Rights of Urban Refugees in Uganda," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Uganda’s Refugee Policies: The History, the Politics, the Way Forward (International Refugee Rights Initiative, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related Refugees Deeply post.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (16 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2

Law review & other articles:

"Can International Law Trump Trump’s Immigration Agenda? Protecting Individual Rights Through Procedural Jus Cogens," Illinois Law Review (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

"Divieto di Non-refoulement e Tortura: Osservazioni in Margine al General Comment n. 4 alla Convenzione ONU contro la Tortura e Altre Pene o Trattamenti Crudeli, Inumani o Degradanti del 1984 = Ban on Non-refoulement and Torture: Observations in the Margin of General Comment no. 4 to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 1984," Federalismi.it, no. 2 (Oct. 2018) [ResearchGate]
- Note: Text is in Italian.

"Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Expression of Lex Lata or De Laga Ferenda? Status in International Law and Implications on the Law on International Peace and Security," Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, vol. 35, no. 2 (2018) [full-text]

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 30, no. 2 (June 2018) [free full-text]
- Special issue on the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

"Non-Refoulement Obligations under Article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention," Houston Journal of International Law Sidebar, vol. 41, no. 1 (Sept. 2018) [full-text]

"Punishment and Protection, Two Sides of the Same Sword: The Problem of International Criminal Law under the Refugee Convention," Harvard International Law Journal, vol. 59, no. 2 (Summer 2018) [full-text]

The Researcher, vol. 13, no. 2 (Oct. 2018) [full-text via Refworld]
- Mix of articles, including "2018 Review of Case Law on International Protection"  and "The Scope of the 1F Exclusion Clause."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (5 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

Seminar series: International Refugee Law, London, 7 November 2018-2 April 2019 [info]
- The first two seminars are "Niger: The Making of a Model Transit Country," 7 November 2018 and "Leaving No One Behind: A Look at the Global Compact on Refugees," 29 November 2018.

Seminar: Migration Crisis on the Maritime Routes: International Law Issues, Oslo, 14 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 10 November 2018.

Lecture series: Current Thinking in Refugee Law, London, 23 October-6 February 2019 [info]
- The next lecture is "Persecution and Convention Reason," on 4 December 2018.

CFP: "Revisiting Refugee Protection in the 21st Century," Topic convened for the 2019 Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 3-5 April 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 14 January 2019.

CFP: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies [info]
- Contributions sought for vol. 10, no. 1, to be published in late 2019. Submission deadline is 15 January 2019.

Call for participation: Fifth Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition [info]
- Submission deadline is 15 January 2019.

CFP: Rethinking the “Regional” in Refugee Law and Policy, 4th Annual Refugee Law Initiative Conference, University of London, 3-5 June 2019 [info]
- Submit proposals by 28 January 2019.

Publications:

The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on Asylum and Its Impact for the Human Rights of Refugees Worldwide (Opinio Juris Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Judicial Analysis: Asylum Procedures and the Principle of Non-refoulement (IARLJ & EASO, 2018) [text]

The Need to Establish and Enforce the Liability of Refugee-Generating Entities: Addressing the Normative Lacuna in the Intersection between International Refugee Law and the Law of International Responsibility (SSRN, Aug. 2018) [text]

Principles and Purpose: Stepping up to Refugee Protection in this Era of Displacement, Michael Whincop Memorial Lecture, Brisbane, 23 Oct. 2018 [text]

Recognising Transnational Refugee Law, TLI Think! Paper 14/2018 (King’s College London, 2018) [text via SSRN]

Reforming Refugee Protection: What Role Can a 'Compact' Play in the Development of Future International Refugee Law?, Thesis (Lund University, Spring 2018) [text]

Statement to the 69th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Geneva, 4 Oct. 2018 [text]
- Given by the AHC for Protection. See also the Note on International Protection.

"Trump Wants to Make It Hard to Get Asylum. Other Countries Feel the Same," New York Times, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

Multimedia:

Well Founded Fear in Refugee Law, Current Thinking in Refugee Law Lecture Series, London, 23 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast. See also related slides.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (19 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

New Issues of Anti-Traff. Rev., Archiv Volk., Forum: QSR, FSJ, Humanit. Exch., Movements, Patt. Prej., REMHU, Researcher

News:

The American Immigration Lawyers' Association will launch a new biannual law review, the AILA Law Journal, in 2019. More info is available here.

New issues:

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 11 (2018) [open access]
- Special issue on "Irregular Migrants, Refugees or Trafficked Persons?"

Archiv des Völkerrechts, vol. 56, no. 2 (June 2018) [contents]
- Includes special section on refugees and forced migration, with three English-language articles.

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, vol. 19, no. 3 (2018) [open access]
- Special issue on "Research Ethics in Qualitative Research." Includes an article on research with displaced families, disaster research, children living in refugee centers, and vulnerable groups in detention centers.

Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies (2018), no. 2 [open access]
- Articles focus on migration to Europe, with 8 articles. Most are in Italian.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 1 (Fall 2017) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 73 (Oct. 2018) [full-text]
- Focus is on “Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: The Humanitarian Response.”

Movements: Journal for Critical Migration and Border Regime Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (2018) [open access]
- Theme is “Wissensproduktionen der Migration (Knowledge Production of Migration),” with 9 articles. Articles are in either German or English.

Patterns of Prejudice, vol. 52, nos. 2-3 (2018) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugees Then and Now: Memory, History and Politics in the Long Twentieth Century." The introduction is freely available, and an article on the divided geographies of the EU-Turkey deal is open access.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 26, no. 53 (May-Aug. 2018) [open access]
- Theme is "Racismos e Migrações." Texts are either in English, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish; all include an abstract in English.

The Researcher, vol. 13, no. 2 (Oct. 2018) [full-text via Refworld]
- Mix of articles, including a case law review and articles on EASO's country guidance, the exclusion clause, personal data rights of refugees, and more.

Tagged Periodicals.

Events & Opportunities: More Nov. 2018/New Dec. 2018

Discussion panel: From Great Wave to Gentle Stream? Recent Changes in Mexican Migration Flows to the U.S. and Their Potential Influence on a Transnational Agenda, Washington, DC, 6 November 2018 [info]

Call for contributions: The UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: The Twin Peaks?, Online [info]
- The symposium will take place on the EJIL:Talk! blog. Submit abstracts by 7 November 2018.

Seminar: International Society and the Risk of Statelessness, Oxford, 7 November 2018 [info]

Lecture: Inclusion Under Threat: Why We Should Pay More Attention to Statelessness, The Hague, 8 November 2018 [info]

Lecture: After the Crisis? The Use and Abuse of Asylum Law in Europe, Annual Lecture of the LLM in Immigration Law, London, 14 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 13 November 2018.

Workshop: The Future of Refugee Litigation: What Role Can Academic Research Play?, Sydney, 13-14 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 13 November 2018.

Seminar: Solidarity, Vulnerability, and the Labour of Refugee Activism, Oxford, 14 November 2018 [info]

Seminar: The Kindertransport: Contesting Memory, Oxford, 21 November 2018 [info]

Call for registration: Refugee Diplomacy: Negotiating Protection in a Changing World, Sydney, 23 November 2018 [info]

Discussion panel: ChildMove: A Discussion on the Project Following Unaccompanied Young Refugees across Europe, Brussels, 27 November 2018 [info]

Seminar: Border Rescue, Oxford, 28 November 2018 [info]

CFP: Interrogating Integration, CARFMS 2019, Toronto, 14-16 May 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 1 December 2018.

CFP: Understanding International Migration in the 21st Century: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches, 16th Annual IMISCOE Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 26-28 June 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts for paper, panel and workshop proposals by 1 December 2018.

Seminar: Current Thinking in Refugee Law: Persecution and Convention Reason, London, 4 December 2018 [info]

CFP: Democratizing Displacement, RSC Conference 2019, Oxford, 18-19 March 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 7 December 2018.

CFP: "Migration and the Rule of Law," Side event at the ESIL Research Forum, Göttingen, Germany. 3 April 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 10 December 2018.

Workshop: Turning the 'Asylum Lottery' on Its Head: A Critical Reflection on Ethnographies of Refugee Status Determination Processes, Siegen, Germany, 13-14 December 2018 [info]

Related posts:
- Opportunities: CFPs for Special Issues of Open Access Journals (25 Oct. 2018)
- Events & Opportunities: More Oct. & Nov. 2018

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.)

At Oral Argument, Supreme Court Weighs Immigrant Detention (Lawfare Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

"A Constitutional Case for Extending the Due Process Clause to Asylum Seekers: Revisiting the Entry Fiction after Boumediene," Fordham Law Review, vol. 87, no. 1 (Oct. 2018) [full-text]

The Flores Settlement and Family Incarceration: A Brief History and Next Steps - Fact Sheet (Human Rights First, Oct. 2018) [text]

How do Immigrant Children and Families Experience Immigrant Detention?, Research Brief (Center on Immigration and Child Welfare, Sept. 2018) [text via ResearchGate]

"Hundreds of Migrant Children Quietly Moved to a Tent Camp on the Texas Border," New York Times, 30 Sept. 2018 [text]

Profiling Who ICE Detains - Few Committed Any Crime (TRAC, Oct. 2018) [text]

A Record 13,300 Migrant Children Are Being Detained by the Trump Administration (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

Suits Challenging Confinement of Noncitizens Up (TRAC, Sept. 2018) [text]

"To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families are Forced to Risk Everything," New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Trump Administration’s New Indefinite Family Detention Policy: Deterrence Not Guaranteed," Migration Information Source, 26 Sept. 2018 [text]

Will Sessions Use Indefinite Mandatory Detention to Reduce the Demand for Asylum Hearings? (The Hill, Oct. 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (2 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications.