Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Funding opportunity: NGO Projects Benefiting Refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 27 February 2019.

Funding opportunity: NGO Projects Benefiting Refugees in South Sudan [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 1 March 2019.

UNHCR evaluations in 2018: 

Évaluation des Interventions de l’UNHCR en Matiere des Moyens de Subsistance et d’Autosuffisance en République de Guinee de 2012 a 2017 (Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also annexes.

Évaluation des Interventions sur les Moyens de Subsistance du UNHCR au Bénin 2015-2017 (mi-parcours) (July 2018) [text]
- See also management response.

Évaluation Externe des Programmes de Moyens de Subsistance 2015-17 dans les Zones d’Accueil des Réfugiés au Tchad (July 2018) [text]
- See also management response.

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Country Operations in Angola, Botswana and Namibia: Assessment of Phasing Down UNHCR Presence during the Period 2012-2016 (June 2018) [text]
- See also management response.

Independent Evaluation of the UNHCR South Sudanese Refugee Response in White Nile State, Sudan (2013-2018) (Aug. 2018) [text]
- See also management response.

Independent Evaluation of UNHCR’s Response to the L3 Emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Dec. 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (22 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Events & Opportunities: More Feb. 2019/New March 2019

Petition: UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Committee: Consider Barbara Harrell-Bond for the Nansen Refugee Award [info]
- Note: Nominations for the Nansen Award are due by 8 February 2019.

Job announcement: PhD Fellow, "Making Refugee Integration Sustainable: In Search of Durable Relations with Host Populations in Uganda," Mbarara Univ. of Science and Technology & Univ. of Antwerp [info]
- Apply by 11 February 2019.

Panel discussion: Emergency Resettlement: From One Saudi Teen to Millions of Syrian Refugees, Sydney, 13 February 2019 [info]

Presentation: Media Portrayals of Refugees: Dehumanization and Humanization, Calgary, CA, 13 February 2019 [info]

*Panel discussion: Placeless People: the Calamity of Statelessness, London, 18 February 2019 [info]

Seminar: Repatriation, Peacebuilding and State-building in Burma/Myanmar, London, 20 February 2019 [info]

Funding opportunity: NGO Projects Benefiting Refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 27 February 2019.

CFP: "Politics of Displacement, Identity and Urban Citizenship in Migratory Contexts," Session at the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference: Pushing Regions Beyond their Borders, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 5-7 June 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 28 February 2019.

Call for applications: Five Scholarships for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies [info]
- Apply for a place in the MA programme by 1 March 2019; then submit scholarship application by by 22 March 2019.

CFP: Understanding Voluntary and Forced Migration: Research and Data Needs, Lille, France, 29 April 2019 [info]
- Submission deadline is 1 March 2019.

Funding opportunity: NGO Projects Benefiting Refugees in South Sudan [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 1 March 2019.

Workshop: Preventing Statelessness among Migrants and Refugees in North Africa, London, 1 March 2019 [info]

Seminar: Exploring Gendered ‘Vulnerability’: Syrian Refugee Men and Humanitarianism in Urban Jordan, Oxford, 6 March 2019 [info]

Lecture: Statelessness in South Asia, Vienna, 11 March 2019 [info]

Seminar: The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime, London, 14 March 2019 [info]

Call for applications: Statelessness Summer Course: Global Focus, Tilburg, Neth., 29 July-2 August 2019 [info]
- Applications accepted until 15 March 2019.

Call for registration: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Washington, DC, 19-24 May 2019 [info]
- Theme is “The Protection of Migrants under International Human Rights Law.” Deadline for signing up is 15 March 2019.

Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 15-16 March 2019 [info]
- No deadline indicated; maximum of 27 spaces.

Funding opportunity: NGO Projects Benefiting Refugees and Other Vulnerable Populations in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 25 March 2019.

Seminar: The Right to Rescue: A Human Rights Defender Framework, London, 25 March 2019 [info]

Call for applications: PhD Scholarship, "Archiving Statelessness: Camp Memory in Contexts of Protracted Displacement," Univ. of Birmingham [info]
- Apply by 31 March 2019.

Call for applications: PhD Scholarship, "Understanding Humanitarian Responses to the Global Refugee Crisis," Univ. of Birmingham [info]
- Apply by 31 March 2019.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: New Feb. 2019

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

New Issues of Appl. Psych. Stud., Disasters, Esp. & Soc., Humanit. Exch., Intl. Migr., J. Med. Knowl., Law & Pol., Migr. & Dev., RoMES, Rts. in Exile, Torture J.

Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, vol. 15, no. 3 (Sept. 2018) [free full-text]
- Special issue on "Trauma, Flight and Migration."

Disasters, vol. 43, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [free full-text]
- Mix of articles, including two on the Syria crisis. This issue was referenced earlier, but articles are now freely available.

Espaces et Sociétés, nos. 172-173 (2018) [contents]
- Theme is "Migrants et Accès à la ville."

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 74 (Feb. 2019) [full-text]
- Special feature on "Communication and Community Engagement in Humanitarian Response."

International Migration, vol. 57, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [free full-text]
- Includes sub-sections on "Migration Decisions," "Policy & Protection" and "Aspects of Integration."

Journal of Mediterranean Knowledge, vol. 3, no. 2 (2018) [open access]
- Mix of articles, with two on refugees.

Law & Policy, vol. 41, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [contents]
- Special issue on migrant illegality.

Migration & Development, vol. 8, no. 1 (2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "Migration in a Turbulent Time: Perspectives from the Global South." The editorial is freely available.

*Review of Middle East Studies, vol. 52, no. 2 (Nov. 2018) [contents]
- Includes special focus section with "Reflections on the Geopolitics of Refugees and Displaced Persons." All articles in this section are freely available.

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 99 (Feb. 2019) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Torture Journal, vol. 28, no. 3 (2018) [full-text]
- Includes special section on "Sexual, Gender-based and Genderized Torture."

*UPDATED

Tagged Periodicals.

News: UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2018

UNHCR's latest Mid-Year Trends report looks at trends in displacement that occurred during the first half of 2018. From the introduction:

"As of 30 June 2018, UNHCR reported a total population of concern of 70.4 million people. This included 20.2 million refugees under UNHCR’s mandate, 3.2 million asylum-seekers, 124,100 returned refugees, 39.7 million internally displaced people (IDPs), 2.5 million returned IDPs and 3.9 million stateless people. During the first half of 2018, UNHCR offices reported that at least 5.2 million people were newly displaced. Some 3.7 million were displaced within their own country, while 1.4 million were displaced across international borders, the vast majority remaining in neighbouring countries. This number of new displacements is compared with the 3.2 million newly displaced in the first half of 2016 and the 6.5 million in that of 2017."

Statistical tables are available separately as a .zip file.

Past Mid-Year Trends reports are available here.

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Event: 

Presentation: Media Portrayals of Refugees: Dehumanization and Humanization, Calgary, CA, 13 February 2019 [info]

Publications:

"Borders Rules," International Studies Review (Forthcoming, 2019) [preprint]
- "A research agenda which documents and explains new border developments, and critically assesses emerging rules and practices in light of international human rights, is an essential direction for international studies research."

Evaluation of UNHCR’s Livelihoods Strategies and Approaches (2014-2018) (UNHCR, Dec. 2018) [text]
- See also case studies for Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Rwanda and Turkey.

"Finding 'Hard to Find' Literature on Hard to Find Groups: A Novel Technique to Search Grey Literature on Refugees and Asylum Seekers," International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, vol. 27, no. 1 (March 2018) [free full-text]

"Food Security and Violent Conflict: Introduction to the Special Issue," World Development, vol. 117 (May 2019) [open access]

It’s Time for a More Honest, Less Partisan Debate on Mixed Migration (Refugees Deeply, Jan. 2019) [text]

Joint IOM-UNHCR Letter on Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration (IOM & UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Joint Letter from IOM and UNHCR on the Collaboration Between the Two Organizations (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]

Monitoring Food Security in Countries with Conflict Situations: A Joint FAO/WFP Update for the United Nations Security Council (WFP & FAO, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Preparing for Future Migration Scenarios, Davos, 25 Jan. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video.

"Religious Conversions in Forced Migration: Comparative Cases of Afghans in India and Iranians in Turkey," Journal of Eurasian Studies, OnlineFirst, 10 Jan. 2019 [open access]

‘Success under the GCR’: Can It Be Measured? (RLI Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

The UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Analysis of the Final Draft, Objective by Objective (Refugee Law Initiative, 2019) [English] [French]
- Compilation of a blog series.

"Uncertainty in Situations of Forced Displacement: A Critical Interpretative Synthesis of Refugee Literature," Population, Space & Place, Early View, 9 Aug. 2018 [full-text via Ghent Univ.]

When the Lens is Too Wide: The Visual Dehumanization of Refugees and Its Political Consequences (PsyArXiv, Jan. 2019) [preprint]

Related posts:
- News: World Refugee Council Issues "Call to Action" Report (24 Jan. 2019)
- Thematic Focus: General (21 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Americas

Resource:

The Observatorio de Protección Internacional at the Universidad Iberoamericano has published various studies on Mexican asylum procedures. Follow this link for analyses of the Cartagena Declaration, gender as a ground for refugee status, international and refugee law, the refugee definition, and statelessness.

More publications:

"Here's How a Refugee Claim Gets Fast Tracked for Emergency Protection in Canada," CBC News, 17 Jan. 2019 [text]

Hope and Anguish in a Mexican Refugee Shelter: Researcher Records Stories of Central American Asylum Seekers (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Mexico Says Will Not Accept Return of At-risk U.S. Asylum Seekers," Reuters, 23 Jan. 2019 [text]

Regional Hearing: Human Rights Situation of the Persons That Make Part of the Migrant Caravan (Human Rights Brief, Feb. 2019) [text]

"The Repatriation Process in El Salvador and Arguments of Relocation in US Immigration Hearings," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 99 (Feb, 2019) [full-text]

The Ripple Effect: Economic Impacts of Internal Displacement - Lost Production Due to Internal Displacement: The 2017 Earthquake in Mexico (IDMC, Jan. 2019) [text]

Venezuelans:

Canada’s Disturbing Indifference to the Plight of Venezuelans (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Colombia’s Radical Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants," The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2019 [text]

Creativity amid Crisis: Legal Pathways for Venezuelan Migrants in Latin America (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2019) [English text] [Spanish text]
- See also related video from report's launch event.

Forced into Illegality: Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Trinidad and Tobago (Refugees International, Jan. 2019) [text]

Improving Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago’s Responses to Venezuela’s Migration Crisis, Washington, DC, 30 Jan. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video. Note: Discussion doesn't start until about 27:45 into the video!

Joint Statement by UNHCR and IOM, by Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Rising Tensions as Colombia's Displaced Converge with Venezuelan Migrants," VOA News, 30 Jan. 2019 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (18 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

Event:

Seminar: The Right to Rescue: A Human Rights Defender Framework, London, 25 March 2019 [info]

Publications:

Africa at the Gates: Europe’s Lose-lose Migration Management Plan (AMMODI Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Asylum Statistics 2018: Changing Arrivals, Same Concerns (AIDA, Jan. 2019) [text]

Centre-left Italian Mayors are Refusing to Implement a Government Decree Targeting Migrants (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Deaths and Disputes Continue in the Mediterranean, as Refugees and Migrants are Returned to Abuse," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 25 Jan. 2019 [text]

Desperate Journeys: Refugees and Migrants Arriving in Europe and at Europe's Borders, January-December 2018 (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]
- See also related press release; follow this link to access the report in French, Italian and Spanish.

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Explains Why Border Walls Don’t Stop Migration (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

Follow the Money II: Assessing the Use of EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) Funding at the National Level (2014-2018) (UNHCR & ECRE, Jan. 2019) [text]

Government Announces Plan for EU Immigration if no Brexit Deal (Free Movement Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Key Messages on Internal Displacement in Ukraine (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]

[Open NGO Letter to EU Member States’ Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs Requesting Timely Disembarkation Arrangements for Rescued Survivors in the Mediterranean] (MSF et al., Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Politics of Exhaustion and the British Sea Crossings Spectacle (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Relying on Relocation: ECRE Proposal for a Predictable and Fair Relocation Following Disembarkation (ECRE, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Requiem pour l’Aquarius: Les Sauvetages en Mer, entre Instrumentalisation et Criminalisation," La Revue des Droits de l'Homme, no. 15 (2019) [full-text]
- See also related editorial from same issue.

Multimedia:

Building Inclusive Cities: Emerging Learning from a Knowledge Exchange with UK Cities, Oxford, 30 Jan. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (24 Jan. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (24 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

New Book Titles

Please see references to new books posted on my Forced Migration Library blog.

Open Access Round-up: 31 Jan. 2019

Below is a listing of Open Access literature that I have referenced on this blog since 15 Jan. 2019. If you are not familiar with Open Access, please visit my other blog for an introduction.

Green Open Access [info]

Articles:

"Do Refugee Camps Help or Hurt Hosts? The Case of Kakuma, Kenya," Journal of Development Economics, vol. 130 (Jan. 2018)
- The postprint version of this article can be requested via the link.

"The Emotional Impacts of Working as an Asylum Lawyer," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1 (March 2019)
- The postprint version of this article is currently under embargo.

"The Normative Impact of the Global Compact on Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law (Forthcoming, 2019)
- Preprint version of article.

"Refugees as/at Risk: The Gendered and Racialised Underpinnings of Securitisation in British Media Narratives," Security Dialogue (In Press, 2019)
- Postprint version of article.

"Sexuality and Integration: A Case of Gay Iranian Refugees’ Collective Memories and Integration Practices in Canada," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Nov. 2018
- Preprint version of article.

"Support for Resettling Refugees: The Role of Fixed-Growth Mindsets," Psychological Science, 11 Jan. 2019
- Postprint version of article.

Book chapters:

"Contesting the Right to Leave in International Law: The Berlin Wall, the Third World Brain Drain and the Politics of Emigration in the 1960s," Chapter in International Law and the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2019)
- Preprint version of chapter.

"The Human Right to Leave Any Country: A Right to Be Delivered," Chapter in European Yearbook on Human Rights 2018 (Intersentia, Oct. 2018)
- Preprint version of chapter.

"'I've got to go somewhere': Queer Displacement in Northern Central America and Southern Mexico," Chapter in LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration (Springer, Dec. 2018)
- Preprint version of chapter.

Gold Open Access [info]

Articles:

"After Arrival, the Problems Facing Refugees and Their Families: A Clinical Legal Response," International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, vol. 25, no. 2 (2018)

"Altered Social Trajectories and Risks of Violence among Young Syrian Women Seeking Refuge in Turkey: A Qualitative Study," BMC Women's Health, 19:9 (Jan. 2019)

"Assessing the Relative Contribution of Economic, Political and Environmental Factors on Past Conflict and the Displacement of People in East Africa," Palgrave Communications, 4: art. no. 47 (April 2018)

"'I would call it a social capital building exercise': The Nature of Networks That Enable Women with a Refugee Background to Access Sustainable Employment in Regional Australia," Journal of Social Inclusion, vol. 9, no. 2 (2018)

"Inter-American Standards on Migration, Asylum and Refugee Law," University of Vienna Law Review, vol. 2, no. 2 (2018)

"The MuSeS Project: A Mixed Methods Study to Increase Understanding of the Role of Settlement and Multicultural Services in Supporting Migrant and Refugee Women Experiencing Violence in Australia," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 19:1 (Jan. 2019)

"Perceived Impact of Community Kitchens on the Food Security of Syrian Refugees and Kitchen Workers in Lebanon: Qualitative Evidence in a Displacement Context," PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210814 (Jan. 2019)

"Refugees for Refugees: Musicians between Confinement and Perspectives," Arts, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2019)

"Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression among Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia: Identifying Direct, Mediating and Moderating Predictors from Path Analysis," BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 1 (Jan. 2019)

"Vanishing Selves under Hong Kong’s Unified Screening Mechanism," Cultural Diversity in China, vol. 3, no. 1 (July 2017)

"The Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Kampala: Perceived Satisfaction of Their Human Needs," Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, vol. 6, no. 1 (2017)

Hybrid Open Access [info]

"The Affective Border: Missing Migrants and the Governance of Migrant Bodies at the European Union’s Southern Frontier," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 15 Jan. 2019

"Civilian Resettlement Patterns in Civil War," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 56, no. 1 (2019)

"Encampment and Cash-Based Transfer: Concord and Controversy in the World Food Programme’s Pilot Project in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 Jan. 2019

"Gender, Sexuality, Asylum and European Human Rights," Law and Critique, vol. 29, no. 2 (July 2018)

"Migrant Rescue as Organized Hypocrisy: EU Maritime Missions Offshore Libya Between Humanitarianism and Border Control," Cooperation and Conflict, OnlineFirst, 6 June 2018

"National Identity among Economic and Non-economic Immigrants," Review of Economics of the Household, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2018

Law Reviews

Article:

"'Heal Thyself': An Argument for Granting Asylum to Healthcare Workers Persecuted During the 2014 West African Ebola Crisis," SMU Law Review, vol. 71, no. 4 (2018)

Journal issue:

Genius: Journal of Legal Studies on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, no. 2 (Nov. 2018)
- Includes focus section on "Protezione internazionale e SOGI = International protection and SOGI." Seven articles are in Italian or English.

Related post:
- Open Access Round-up: 15 Jan. 2019

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

"Australia's Citizenship Stripping Policy Again Sparks Controversy," The Diplomat, 3 Jan. 2019 [text]
- See also related post on the Lowy Institute's Interpreter blog.

Born into Statelessness: Unintended Consequences [to] the End of Birthright Citizenship (IntLawGrrls Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Increased Litigation for Denials and Delays on Naturalization Applications (TRAC, Jan. 2019) [text]

"The National Laws of Myanmar: Making of Statelessness for the Rohingya," International Migration, vol. 57, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [free full-text]

Official Guidance on the Good Character Citizenship Test (Free Movement Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Quest for Citizenship: The Story of the Maragoli (IRRI Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

"(Re)producing Statelessness via Indirect Gender Discrimination: Descendants of Haitian Migrants in the Dominican Republic," International Migration, vol. 57, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [free full-text]

The Trump Administration Loses Fight to Add Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]
- See also related Brookings blog post.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (31 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

Workshop: Preventing Statelessness among Migrants and Refugees in North Africa, London, 1 March 2019 [info]

Lecture: Statelessness in South Asia, Vienna, 11 March 2019 [info]

Course: Statelessness Summer Course: Global Focus, Tilburg, Neth., 29 July -2 August 2019 [info]
- Applications accepted until 15 March 2019.

Call for registration: World Conference on Statelessness and Inclusion, The Hague, 26-28 June 2019 [info]

Publications:

32nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, Jan. 2019) [text]

Apatridia en México: El Uso de la Protección Internacional como Instrumento de la Política Migratoria (Universidad Iberoamericano, Nov. 2018) [text]

From Syria to Europe: Experiences of Stateless Kurds and Palestinian Refugees from Syria Seeking Protection in Europe (ISI, ASKV Refugee Support & ENS, Jan. 2019) [text]

*Guidance Note of the Secretary General: The United Nations and Statelessness (UN, Nov. 2018) [text]

N'Djamena Initiative on the Eradication of Statelessness in Central Africa, N’Djamena, Chad, 12 December 2018 [text]

"Scaling Statelessness: Absent, Present, Former, and Liminal States of Somali Experience in South Africa," PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropological Review, vol. 40, no. 1 (May 2017) [free full-text]

"See the Refugee Babies Born with Nowhere to Call Home," National Geographic, 28 Dec. 2018 [text]
- Features photos of Rohingya babies born in Bangladesh.

Taking Statelessness Seriously: Linkages to Mass Atrocities? (Opinio Juris Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Using the #StatelessnessINDEX to Raise Awareness and Enhance Legal Assistance in Moldova (ENS Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (18 Dec. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (18 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: United States

News:

Government Announces Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) (or the "Remain in Mexico" Plan)
- From AILA: "The MPP alters screening procedures at ports of entry for Central American asylum applicants by having USCIS officers conduct an 'assessment' that determines whether applicants can pursue their claims from within the United States or whether they will be forced to do so from Mexico. Notwithstanding the fact that the assessment involves complex questions regarding persecution and torture on legally protected grounds, access to counsel during screening is prohibited."

AILA also provides links to official documents relating to the MPP, including:
- an FAQ and policy guidance from the Dept. of Homeland Security;
- a memo and guiding principles from Customs and Border Protection;
- guidance from USCIS for implementation of the MPP.

More info and background materials are available on AILA's "Featured Issue" page.

Publications:

Asylum and Related Protections for Aliens Who Fear Gang and Domestic Violence, Legal Sidebar (Congressional Research Service, updated Jan. 2019) [text]

"Beyond Walls: Why the Forces of Global Migration Can't Be Stopped," Time Magazine, 24 Jan. 2019 [text]

Central Americans Were Increasingly Winning Asylum Before President Trump Took Office (Human Rights First, Jan. 2019) [text]

*"Court Backlog May Prove Bigger Barrier for Migrants Than Any Wall," New York Times, 24 Jan. 2019 [text]

Fact Check: Asylum Seekers Regularly Attend Immigration Court Hearings (Human Rights First, Jan. 2019) [text]

"How Trump Changed Asylum Rules in 2018," VOA News, 1 Jan. 2019 [text]

How Trump Era Immigration Enforcement Violates the Law (Yale Journal of Regulation's Notice & Comment Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Immigrant and Refugee Rights Should be Protected, ABA House Urges," ABA Journal, 28 Jan. 2019 [text]

Immigration and Civil Rights in an Era of Trump (ImmigrationProf Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

More People Overstay Their Visas Than Cross the Border Illegally – Our Immigration Laws Need to Address That (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Movement or Moment? Lessons from the Pro-immigrant Movement in the United States and Contemporary Challenges," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 Jan. 2019 [free full-text]
- Introduction to a special issue on "The Pro-Immigrant Movement in the United States: Political Mobilization from the 2006 Immigration Protests to Trump."

"Poll: Voters Oppose Another Shutdown, Emergency Declaration," Politico, 30 Jan. 2019 [text]

There is a Crisis at the Border. It’s Just Not What Trump Says It is (Vox, Jan. 2019) [text]

U.S. Immigration Laws for Aliens Arriving at the Border, CRS in Focus (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2019) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Women - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (28 Jan. 2019)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (23 Jan. 2019)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (23 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Syria

"Between International Donors and Local Faith Communities: Intermediaries in Humanitarian Assistance to Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon," Disasters, vol. 43, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [free full-text]

Far From Home: Future Prospects for Syrian Refugees in Iraq (Danish Refugee Council et al., Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Fleeing the Last Days of Islamic State in Syria," IRIN, 24 Jan. 2019 [text]

"Motivation and Opportunity for Conflict-induced Migration: An Analysis of Syrian Migration Timing," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 56, no. 1 (2019) [free full-text]

"Partners under Pressure: Humanitarian Action for the Syria Crisis," Disasters, vol. 43, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [free full-text]

*"Perceived Impact of Community Kitchens on the Food Security of Syrian Refugees and Kitchen Workers in Lebanon: Qualitative Evidence in a Displacement Context," PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210814 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

"A Persuasive Peace: Syrian Refugees’ Attitudes Towards Compromise and Civil War Termination," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 56, no. 1 (2019) [free full-text]

"Refugees in the IT Sector: Young Syrians’ Economic Subjectivities and Familial Lives in Jordan," Geographical Review, Early View, 31 Oct. 2018 [free full-text]

Toward Empowerment and Sustainability: Reforming America’s Syrian Refugee Policy (Rutgers Univ., Jan. 2019) [text]

"Trump Pullout Plan Leaves Aid Groups in Northeast Syria Scrambling," IRIN, 16 Jan. 2019 [text]

Win-win Solutions for Syrian Refugees -- and Their Hosts (RAND, Dec. 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Middle East (5 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: MENA

Cholera in Yemen: A Case Study of Epidemic Preparedness and Response (Johns Hopkins Univ., Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Evaluation of UNHCR Prevention and Response to SGBV in the Refugee Population in Lebanon (2016-2018) (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Compact for Migration: Security Constraints versus Humanitarian Morality in the Case of Morocco (Aljazeera Centre for Studies, Jan. 2019) [text]

Libya: Displaced Population Can’t Go Home (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration in West and North Africa: Scenarios - Possible Evolution of Migration Dynamics to June 2019 (ACAPS & Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2018) [text]

No Escape from Hell: EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Regional Mixed Migration Prospects 2030: Middle East & Eastern Mediterranean (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2018) [text]

"Saudi Women, Tired of Restraints, Find Ways to Flee," New York Times, 11 Jan. 2019 [text]

Tunisia, Country of Emigration and Return: Migration Dynamics since 2011 (REACH & Mercy Corps, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Yemen’s Humanitarian Catastrophe, in One Chart (Vox, Jan. 2019) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Middle East (5 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 1, March 2019 include:

• ‘Desert Island’ Detention: Detainees’ Understandings of ‘Law’ in the UK’s Immigration Detention System [abstract]
• The Emotional Impacts of Working as an Asylum Lawyer [abstract] [postprint]
• Higher Education and Students from Refugee Backgrounds: A Meta-Scoping Study [abstract] [Academia]
• Seeking Asylum: Factors Driving Irregular Migration from Indonesia to Australia during the Fifth Wave 2008–2013 [abstract] [related thesis] [ResearchGate]

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Event:

Seminar: The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime, London, 14 March 2019 [info]

Publications:

"Contesting the Right to Leave in International Law: The Berlin Wall, the Third World Brain Drain and the Politics of Emigration in the 1960s," Chapter in International Law and the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2019) [preprint]

"From Concept to Practice: The Long Road to Operationalising Protection," Disasters, vol. 43, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [free full-text]

"The Human Right to Leave Any Country: A Right to Be Delivered," Chapter in European Yearbook on Human Rights 2018 (Intersentia, Oct. 2018) [preprint]

Legal Considerations on State Responsibilities for Persons Seeking International Protection in Transit Areas or "International" Zones at Airports (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]

National Committees and Similar Entities on International Humanitarian Law: Guidelines for Success (ICRC, Jan. 2019) [text]

"The Normative Impact of the Global Compact on Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law (Forthcoming, 2019) [preprint]
- Prepared for forthcoming special issue on the Global Compacts. Follow link for additional freely available advance articles.

The Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Obligations of the United Nations in Ensuring the Accountability of States toward Refugee Protection, Paper presented at the 11th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences, Rockville, MD, 19-20 Nov. 2018 [text]

Terrorism and Asylum, RLI Working Paper Series Mini-volume, nos. 31-36 (Refugee Law Initiative, Jan. 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 18-19 December 2018 [info]
- The 2018 theme was "Protection and Solutions in Urban Settings: Engaging with Cities." Follow link for concept note, programme and background materials. Videos of the opening discussion and closing remarks are now available.

Is it Time to Stop Putting Status Determination at the Heart of the Refugee Response?, 9th International Refugee Law Seminar Series, London, 23 Jan. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (15 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

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

"As More Migrants are Denied Asylum, an Abuse Survivor is Turned Away," NPR, 18 Jan. 2019 [text]

Asylum and Related Protections for Aliens Who Fear Gang and Domestic Violence, Legal Sidebar (Congressional Research Service, updated Jan. 2019) [text]

Central American Women Fleeing Domestic Violence Deserve Refugee Status (The Hill, Jan. 2019) [text]

CGRS and HRW Release Video, Call on Government to Restore Protections for Domestic Violence Survivors (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Jan. 2019) [access]

*"Gender-based Violence in Central America and Women Asylum Seekers in the United States," Translational Criminology (Winter 2019) [full-text]
- Scroll down to p. 12.

IJs Grant Gender-based Asylum Claims (Jeffrey S. Chase Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]
- See also related Immigration Courtside blog post.

"Rosi’s Choice," Virginia Quarterly Review, vol. 94, no. 1 (Spring 2018) [full-text]
- “When a young mother fleeing violence in El Salvador faces long odds for asylum, it raises a crucial question: Who deserves sanctuary in America?”

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Women - Pt. 1 (28 Jan. 2019)
- News: New Guidance on Domestic & Gang Violence Claims (15 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Women - Pt. 1

"Altered Social Trajectories and Risks of Violence among Young Syrian Women Seeking Refuge in Turkey: A Qualitative Study," BMC Women's Health, 19:9 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

Are Women Escaping Family Violence Overseas Considered Refugees? (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

“Challenging UK Home Office Immigration Decisions: An Investigation of the Judicial Reviews of Women’s Asylum Claims,” Chapter 14 in Frameworks for Discursive Actions and Practices of the Law (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, March 2018) [info]
- Preview this chapter in Google Books.

*El Género Como Causal del Reconocimiento de la Condición de Refugiado en el Sistema de Asilo Mexicano (Universidad Iberoamericano, Jan. 2019) [text]

Meeting of Investigatory Bodies on Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment: Summary Report (IASC, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related Guardian article.

"The MuSeS Project: A Mixed Methods Study to Increase Understanding of the Role of Settlement and Multicultural Services in Supporting Migrant and Refugee Women Experiencing Violence in Australia," BMC International Health and Human Rights, 19:1 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

Shining a Light: How Lighting in or Around Sanitation Facilities Affects the Risk of Gender-based Violence in Camps (Loughborough Univ. et al., Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Sustaining Results: A 9-month Post-deployment Impact Assessment of the Senior Protection Officer (SGBV) in Mahama Camp, Rwanda (UNHCR, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Women Responders: Placing Local Action at the Centre of Humanitarian Protection Programming (CARE International, Nov. 2018) [text]
- See also related IRIN Q&A.

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (13 Dec. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2 (13 Dec. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

News: World Refugee Council Issues "Call to Action" Report

Today, the World Refugee Council (WRC) launched a major report entitled A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System that calls for an overhaul of the way refugees and internally displaced persons are provided protection.  It "presents a prescription of concrete actions to protect the interests of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) — particularly the interests of women and children — while helping governments to manage refugee movements. The foundation of the report is the principle that all members of the international community must share the responsibility for supporting refugees and the countries that host them."

A summary version of the report is available here.

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Asylum: Commission Takes Next Step in Infringement Procedure against Hungary for Criminalising Activities in Support of Asylum Applicants (European Commission, Jan. 2019) [text]

"'Meagre hospitality': Experiences with Food among Asylum Seekers Living in Norwegian Reception Centres," Anthropology of Food, no. S12 (2018) [full-text]

"National Identity among Economic and Non-economic Immigrants," Review of Economics of the Household, Latest Articles, 9 Nov. 2018 [open access]
- "Using recent survey data from the UK, I show that immigrants who originally migrated for family reasons or as refugees are more than twice as likely to report a host national identity as those who migrated for economic reasons." See also related post on The Conversation.

"New Neighbours in a Time of Change: Local Pragmatics and the Perception of Asylum Centres in Rural Denmark," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 6 June 2018 [free full-text]

"Refugees for Refugees: Musicians between Confinement and Perspectives," Arts, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

Samos: Grim Winter Leads to Protests by Refugees Living in Limbo on Greek Island (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

Simplifying the Immigration Rules (UK Law Commission, Jan. 2019) [text]
- This is a consultation paper open for public comment until 26 April 2019. See also related press release and Free Movement blog post.

Understanding the Internal Protection Alternative (Part I) (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]
- First of two-part series; starts with case study in Norway.

Multimedia:

Transnationalism, Return Visits, Home and Belonging: Second Generation from Refugee Backgrounds, Oxford, 16 Jan. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast. Seminar draws "on in-depth interviews with the British born adult children of refugees from Tamil, Kurdish and Vietnamese backgrounds."

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (24 Jan. 2019)
- Regional Focus: United Kingdom (16 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications.