Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Brasileños asilados en México: Dos casos de excepción," Historia Mexicana, vol. 70, no. 2 (Oct.-Dec. 2020) [open access]

"The caravanas de migrantes making their way north: problematising the biopolitics of mobilities in Mexico," Third World Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"El derecho humano al asilo ante la securitización de la migración en México," LiminaR, vol. 18, no. 2 (July-Dec. 2020) [open access]

*"How are Forcibly Displaced People Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak? Evidence from Brazil," American Behavioral Scientist, OnlineFirst, 24 March 2021 [open access]

"How do borders influence migration? Insights from open and closed border regimes in the three Guianas," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:9 (March 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana in the 1950s–1980s period.

"Im/Mobility at the US–Mexico Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on the Matamoros refugee camp in Mexico.

"The Meanings of Refugee Status," Contexts, vol. 20, no. 1 (2021) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Brazil.

"Research on aging during the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis: the experience of the Maracaibo aging study," BMC Public Health, 21:473 (March 2021) [open access]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (24 March 2021)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Deteriorating Conditions for Asylum Seekers at Mexico’s Southern Border (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]

 

"Migrants are heading north because Central America never recovered from last year’s hurricanes," Vox, 22 March 2021 [text]

"Vaccines may elude Venezuelan migrants in Colombia," The New Humanitarian, 10 March 2021 [text]

Reports:

Debido proceso en los procedimientos para la determinación de la condición de persona refugiada y apátrida y el otorgamiento de protección complementaria (CIDH, Aug. 2020) [text via Refworld]

- See also English version.

Desplazamiento forzado hacia México desde Centroamérica 2014-2019: Análisis de estudios, perfiles, tendencias y perspectivas futuras (ACNUR, March 2021) [text]

Hacia la implementación del MIRPS en Centroamérica y México: Notas conceptuales sobre compromisos selectos (MIRPS: Marco Integral Regional para la Protección y Soluciones, Dec. 2020) [text]

- See also English version.

La localisation de l’aide en Haïti: Passer des paroles aux actions? (Cadre de Liaison Inter-Organisations, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugiados y apátridas: Marco normativo de protección internacional y nacional - Guatemala (ACNUR, 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

Qué significa el desplazamiento interno? Abrir la caja de Pandora: Reflexiones desde la Red Latinoamericana de Desplazamiento Forzado (LANID), 12 March 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (25 Feb. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (25 Feb. 2021)

A Few Last Minute Opportunities

Webinar: Annual State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 24 March 2021 [info]

Webinar: A Modern Migration Theory, 24 March 2021 [info]

Discussion panel: Reimagining Refugee Camps: Transforming Livelihoods in Dollo Ado, 25 March 2021 [info]

*Report launch: A Place to Call Home, 25 March 2021 [info] 

- Focuses on stateless children in Australia.

Seminar: Refuge after Return: Multiple Displacements and Diverse Trajectories of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania, 25 March 2021 [info]

Webinar: Gender Equality and Women's Rights in the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Exploring Implementation in the Arab Region, 25 March 2021 [info]

Workshop: Access to Employment and Social Protection Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan, 26 March 2021 [info]

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Tagged Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to ‘remain in Mexico’ – but for 41,247 migrants, it’s too late (The Conversation, March 2021) [text]

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Immigration: One Year Later (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

*Key facts about U.S. immigration policies and Biden’s proposed changes (FactTank, March 2021) [text]

Migrant Protection Protocols Along U.S.-Mexico Border Come to an End, but the Assault on Asylum Continues (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]

Real Needs, Not Fictitious Crises Account for the Situation at US-Mexico Border (Center for Migration Studies, March 2021) [text]

*There's No Migrant "Surge" at the U.S. Southern Border. Here’s the Data (WP Monkey Cage, March 2021) [text]

To Solve the Border Crises, We Need to Decide Who Qualifies for Asylum (The Asylumist Blog, March 2021) [text]

When Americans recall their roots, they open up to immigration (The Conversation, March 2021) [text]

Update re. Temporary Protected Status (TPS):

"Biden Opened Temporary Legal Status to Thousands of Immigrants. Here’s How They Could End Up Trapped," ProPublica, 16 March 2021 [text]

Extension and Re-Designation of Syria for TPS (Immigration Law Blog, March 2021) [text]

Removing Barriers to Family Unity for Holders of Temporary Protected Status: An Opportunity for Biden Administration (Just Security Blog, March 2021) [text]

TPS for Myanmar -aka- Burma (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2021) [text]

Venezuela Designated for Temporary Protected Status: CMS estimates that 275,000 Venezuelans could benefit (CMS, March 2021) [text]

Venezuelans, Burmese among more than 600,000 immigrants eligible for Temporary Protected Status in U.S. (FactTank, March 2021) [text]

What You Need to Know about Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Characteristics of Asylum Seekers in Collaborative Assessment Program," Psychiatric Quarterly, Latest Articles, 10 March 2021 [free full-text]

"Defined by the Flood: Alarmism and the Legal Thresholds of US Political Asylum," Geopolitics, vol. 26, no. 1 (2021) [Academia]

"Immigrants from Asia in the United States," Migration Information Source, 10 March 2021 [text]

"Invasion and colonization: Islamophobia and anti-refugee sentiment in West Virginia," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, vol. 39, no. 1 (2021) [Academia]

Policy & Legislative Recommendations to Increase Protections for Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (8 March 2021)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (8 March 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, March 2021) 

- Updated profiles available for France, the Netherlands and Serbia.

Danish desires to export asylum responsibility to camps outside Europe: AMIS Seminar Report (Univ. of Copenhagen, March 2021) [text]

Fundamental Rights and Legal Operational Aspects of Operations in the Aegean Sea: Final Report of the Frontex Management Board Working Group (March 2021) [access]

- See also related Politico article.

Impact of COVID-19 on Daily Life of Refugees In Turkey (IFRC &  Turkish Red Crescent, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Perspectives from the "Other Side" of the EU Borders (Refugee Rights Europe, Feb. 2021) [text]

Protecting the humanitarian space to access and support migrants (Red Cross EU Office, March 2021) [text]

- See also related op-ed.

Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People Seeking Asylum (Refugee Rights Europe, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

The UK’s Policy Response to Small Boat Crossings in the Channel (Refugee Rights Europe, Feb. 2021) [text]

UNHCR Comments for the Parliament of the Republic of Albania on the Draft Law on Aliens (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (20 March 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Does the policy of deterring asylum seekers actually work? (Free Movement Blog, March 2021) [text]

Drowning Migrants, the Human Rights Committee, and Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations (EJIL: Talk Blog, March 2021) [text]

Europe warned against migrant 'hotspot' approach (InfoMigrants, March 2021) [text]

"Investigating isolation and loneliness amongst asylum seekers and refugees during COVID-19," QMYOU Magazine, no. 88 (March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Scotland.

Lawfare on solidarity at sea: The Mediterranean rescuers facing trial (openDemocracy, March 2021) [text]

Parallel Lives: The Geneva Refugee Convention and the Federal Expellee Law (FluchtforschungsBlog, March 2021) [text]

- See also German version.

What future for the EU’s controversial migration deal with Turkey? (CONREP Blog, March 2021) [text]

- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin editorial.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Defining and transforming local migration policies: a conceptual approach backed by evidence from Germany," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 19 March 2021 [open access]

"An EU Right to (Seek) Asylum: An Analysis of Whether the Right to Asylum in the EU Charter Entails a Right to Seek Asylum,” Europarättslig Tidskrift, no. 1 (2020) [DiVA]

"Learning Facts about Migration: Politically Motivated Learning of Polarizing Information About Refugees," Political Psychology, Early View, 9 March 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

"Operationalising memory and identity politics to influence public opinion of refugees: A snapshot from Poland," Political Geography, vol. 86 (April 2021) [open access]

“Section Three: Migration,” Chapters in Varieties of European Subsidiarity: A Multidisciplinary Approach (E-International Relations, Feb. 2021) [open access]

- Includes four chapters that variously discuss subsidiarity in the context of migration issues such as human trafficking, refugee law and asylum policy, and reception.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 March 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (12 March 2021)

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Authors in the "Global East" (9 March 2021)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunities: 

Panel discussion: How do we address the humanitarian consequences of climate change?, 25 March 2021 [info]

Call for participation: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa = Développer un programme de recherche et de politique pour répondre aux déplacements et aux migrations dans le contexte des catastrophes et du changement climatique en Afrique, April-June 2021 [info]

- Apply by 28 March 2021.

Lecture: Climate Change and Displacement - Challenges and Work to be Done, 9 April 2021 [info]

Call for applications: Bourse de doctorat, "Perception des évolutions environnementales et mobilités des populations en Afrique sub-saharienne (PEEMPASS)" [info]

- Apply by 11 April 2021.

CFP: Social Sciences [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Future Directions for the Concept of 'Climate Refugees'." Submit manuscripts by 31 May 2021.

Blog posts & press:

How does border externalization relate to the climate emergency? (CONREP Blog, March 2021) [text]

Recognition of Climate refugees: What should be India’s stand? (RLI Blog, March 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Changing Tides: Public Attitudes on Climate Migration," Journal of Politics (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Survey undertaken in the US and Germany. See also related post in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage.

"Climate-Induced Human Displacement and Conservation Lands," Houston Law Review, vol. 58, no. 3 (2021) [full-text]

"Environment, Mobility, and International Law: A New Approach in the Americas," Chicago Journal of International Law, vol. 21, no. 2 (Winter 2021) [full-text]

Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change, Fact Sheet, no. 38 (OHCHR, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security: 2021 (FAO, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The response of the European Union to human mobility in the context of climate change, RLI Working Paper, no. 54 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2021) [text]

Responding to Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate: Case Studies - Asia Pacific National Societies in Action (IFRC, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related Reuters article.

Screening and Selecting Climate Change Impact Parameters as Potential Drivers of Migration - Focusing over the time period: 1975 to 2015 (European Commission, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Who Manages Climate Migration? Evolving Global Governance, 2 March 2021 [access]

- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (22 Feb. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Opportunity:

Discussion panel: Exporting Canada's Resettlement Model? Reflections on the Private Sponsorship Program, 9 April 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

An Evaluation Concerning Local Integration as a Durable Solution in India (RLI Blog, March 2021) [text]

New Poll Reveals Refugee Sponsorship Increases Support, Reduces Opposition to Resettlement (Niskanen Center, March 2021) [text]

"Syria: A Decade of Flight," The New Humanitarian, 17 March 2021 [text]

Universities Should Be the Next Refugee Sponsors (Niskanen Center, March 2021) [text]

- See also related statement.

New open access books:

Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation, Athabasca University Press, Feb. 2021 [open access]

- "[A] collection of personal narratives about the refugee experience in Canada. It includes critical perspectives from authors from diverse backgrounds, including refugees, advocates, front-line workers, private sponsors, and civil servants. The narratives collected here confront dominant public discourse about refugee identities and histories and provide deep insight into the social, political, and cultural challenges and opportunities that refugees experience in Canada."

Refugee Journeys: Histories of Resettlement, Representation and Resistance (ANU Press, Feb. 2021) [open access]

- This book "presents stories of how governments, the public and the media have responded to the arrival of people seeking asylum, and how these responses have impacted refugees and their lives. Mostly covering the period from 1970 to the present, the chapters provide readers with an understanding of the political, social and historical contexts that have brought us to the current day. This engaging collection of essays also considers possible ways to break existing policy deadlocks, encouraging readers to imagine a future where we carry vastly different ideas about refugees, government policies and national identities."

Reports:

BMRC Research Digest: Assessment of the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Gatineau: The role of the local context and resources (York Univ., March 2021) [text]

Fairness or Control: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community?, HBS Working Paper, no. 21-088 (Harvard Univ., Feb. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

Language Training and Refugees' Integration, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 14145 (Institute of Labor Economics, Feb. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Denmark.

Journal articles:

"The Challenged Sense of Belonging Scale (CSBS)—a validation study in English, Arabic, and Farsi/Dari among refugees and asylum seekers in Germany," Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 3:3 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

- See also related blog post.

"COVID-19 & Immigrants’ Increased Exclusion: The Politics of Immigrant Integration in Chile and Peru," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 10 March 2021 [open access]

"'I just need to be with my family': resettlement experiences of asylum seeker and refugee survivors of torture," Globalization and Health, 17:27 (March 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Unaccompanied Refugee Minors and Resettlement: Turning Points Towards Integration," European Journal of Social Psychology, Accepted Articles, 26 Feb. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Norway.

Related posts:

- Round-up: Refugees & Migrants in Small Towns & Rural Areas (10 March 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (26 Feb. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Blog posts & press:

72 Million Children are at Risk for Sexual Violence in Conflict. What Can Be Done? (PRIO Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

How the Biden Administration Should Respond to the Arrival of Unaccompanied Children (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

Joint communiqué: Putting children’s rights at the heart of the Global Compact for Migration’s implementation in Asia-Pacific (March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Other Family Separation Crisis (The Asylumist Blog, March 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

10 Years of War in Syria: The Lasting Impact of a Childhood Without Peace (International Rescue Committee, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Anywhere But Syria: How 10 Years of Conflict Left Syria’s Displaced Children Without a Sense of Home (Save the Children, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Children in Migration: Report on the state of implementation in 2019 of the 2017 Communication on the protection of children in migration (European Migration Network, March 2021) [text]

- See also related Inform and Flash.

A Decade of Loss: Syria's Youth after 10 years of crisis (ICRC, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Impact of Cash Transfers on Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon, Working Paper, no. 1457 (Economic Research Forum, Feb. 2021) [text]

Policy Recommendations to Improve the Protection and Care for Unaccompanied Children (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on the US.

"Problematising separated children: a policy analysis of the UK ‘Safeguarding Strategy: Unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children’," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 3 (2021) [postprint]

"Promoting well-being in refugee children: An exploratory controlled trial of a positive psychology intervention delivered in Greek refugee camps," Development and Psychopathology, vol. 33, no. 1 (Feb. 2021) [postprint]

Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe: Accompanied, Unaccompanied and Separated: Overview of Trends (January-June 2020) (UNHCR, UNICEF & IOM, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb] 

Too High a Price to Pay: The Cost of Conflict for Syria's Children (World Vision, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Unaccompanied Girls with Precarious Odds," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 3 March 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (28 Feb. 2021)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Launch event: Special Issue of Asian Journal of Law and Society on Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016, 17 March 2021 [info]

Seminar: The Causes and Consequences of Ethnic Violence in Myanmar, 27 April 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

The dirty history surrounding Rohingya movements since 1978 (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2021) [text]

Four things to know about Covid in the world’s largest refugee camp (Oxfam Blog, March 2021) [text]

A perfect storm: Malaysia’s forced deportation of refugees and migrants from Myanmar amid the military coup (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2021) [text]

Reports:

Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice after Cross-Border Displacement: The needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac Univ. & Asia Foundation, Feb. 2021) [text]

The Displaced and Stateless of Myanmar in the Asia-Pacific Region: An overview of the current situation for Rohingya and other persons of concern from Myanmar and UNHCR’s response across the region (UNHCR, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Solutions to Improve Dignity and Wellbeing for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, Humanitarian Leader Working Paper, no. 8 (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, July 2020) [text]

The JDMC: Deporting People to the World’s Least Peaceful Country (ECRE, March 2021) [text]

- Note: JDMC = Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation (JDMC) between the EU and Afghanistan.

UNHCR's Comments on the Legislative Amendment Proposal to the Refugee Act of the Republic of Korea (UNHCR, Feb. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Conceptualization of Health and Social Vulnerability of Marginalized Populations During Covid-19 Using Quantitative Scoring Approach," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 24 Feb. 2021 [postprint]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. Note: Access to the full-text is under embargo until 24 Feb. 2022.

"Do No Harm in refugee humanitarian aid: the case of the Rohingya humanitarian response," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:7 (March 2021) [open access]

"Facing challenges and drawing strength from adversity: Lived experiences of Tibetan refugee youth in exile in India," Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, vol. 20, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

*"Predisplacement Abuse and Postdisplacement Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms after Forced Migration among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," JAMA Network Open, 4(3): e211801 (March 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Reflections from the Region, 21 Jan. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording. See also edited remarks of one of the presenters.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia (15 Feb. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Access to female contraceptives by Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, no. 99 (2021) [open access]

"The Effectiveness of Women and Girls Safe Spaces: A Review of Humanitarian Contexts," Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, OnlineFirst, 22 Feb. 2021 [ALNAP]

"Gender, transactional sex, and HIV prevention cascade engagement among urban refugee and displaced adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda," AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, Latest Articles, 21 Dec. 2020 [open access]

"Hate Crimes and Gender Imbalances: Fears over Mate Competition and Violence against Refugees," American Journal of Political Science, Early View, 5 March 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Germany.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 2, no. 3 (2020) [open access]

- Special issue on “Gender & Humanitarianism,” with a mix of six contributions that aim to enhance our "understanding of humanitarianism and the ways in which it is structured by gendered logics and power relations, as well as exploring how those gendered logics intersect with other power hierarchies, such as race and sexuality."

"Minimum initial service package (MISP) for sexual and reproductive health for women in a displacement setting: a narrative review on the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon," Reproductive Health, 18:58 (March 2021) [open access]

"Mitigating gender-based violence risk in the context of COVID-19: lessons from humanitarian crises," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]

"Reproductive health at conflict borders: a cross-sectional survey of human rights violations and perinatal outcomes at the Thai-Myanmar border," Conflict and Health, 15:15 (March 2021) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (15 March 2021)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Compounding misfortunes: refugee women and girls lose even more ground during the COVID-19 pandemic (UNHCR Blog, March 2021) [text]

Falling through the cracks: shining a light on adolescent girls in humanitarian emergencies (The Conversation, March 2021) [text]

"How the aid sector marginalises women refugees," The New Humanitarian, 15 March 2021 [text]

Refugee Women Connect Take Over: International Women’s Day! (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]

- Note: Posts in this series can be accessed via the "see also" menu on the right.

Whose rights are we talking about when we talk about women’s rights on 8th of March? (FluchtforschungsBlog, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Germany. Also available in Spanish.

The Wrong Answer to the Right Question:  How to Address the Failure of Protection for Gender-Based Claims? (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2021) [text]

- *See also related response to this blog post.

Reports:

Beyond numbers: improving the gathering of gender-based violence data to inform humanitarian responses (UNFPA, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Contraceptive Services in Humanitarian Settings and in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: Summary of Gaps and Recommendations from a State-of-the-Field Landscaping Assessment (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2021) [text]

Maternal Death Review Guidance (2020 rev.) (UNHCR, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting Forcibly Displaced Women and Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples of UNHCR gender responsive and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, risk mitigation and response interventions (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

- See also related press release.

*Ready to Save Lives: A Preparedness Toolkit for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Emergencies (Family Planning 2020 et al., March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also French version.

Time for a Better Bargain: How the Aid System Shortchanges Women and Girls in Crisis (CARE, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UNHCR Policy on the Prevention of, Risk Mitigation and Response to Gender-based Violence, 2020 (UNHCR, Oct. 2020) [text]

- Note: Versions of this policy document are now available in Arabic, French and Spanish.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (26 Feb. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Opportunities:

CFP: Social Sciences [info]

- Contributions are now being accepted for a special issue on "Exploring the Interface between Human Trafficking, 'Modern Slavery' and Asylum." 

Call for proposals: From Research to Action: Using Knowledge to Accelerate Progress in the Elimination of Child Labour and Forced Labour [info]

- Submit proposals by 16 April 2021.

Blog posts:

The Routine Detention of Survivors of Trafficking in the UK: The Perpetuation of Exploitation (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

The Tragic Paradox: Modern Day Slavery of International Migrants (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

Unmasking the Human Smuggler (DIIS, Feb. 2021) [text]

- Follow link for interview with visiting scholar.

Who is a Trafficked Person? The Case of Shamima Begum suggests that ‘Ideal Victim’ Narratives persist, more than 20 years after the Adoption of the Palermo Protocol (RLI Blog, March 2021) [text]

Reports:

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 (UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Feb. 2021) [access]

- The fifth edition of this biennial report "covers 148 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels" and includes four thematic chapters on socio-economic factors, child trafficking, forced labour, and internet technologies. 

An Overlooked Crisis: Trafficking and Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Displaced Women in Italy (Refugee Rights Europe, Jan. 2021) [text]

El Tráfico Ilícito de Migrantes en América Central y México en el Contexto de la COVID-19 (IOM, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles: 

"Choosing a Smuggler: Decision-making Amongst Migrants Smuggled to Europe," European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Latest Articles, 27 July 2020 [open access]

"From 'Angels' to 'Vice Smugglers': The Criminalization of Sea Rescue NGOs in Italy," European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Latest Articles, 9 Sept. 2020 [open access]

"In Their Own Words: Children and the Facilitation of Migrant Journeys on the U.S.-Mexico Border," Victims & Offenders: An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and Practice, vol. 15, no. 3 (2020) [Academia]

"Refugee Trafficking in a Carceral Age: A Case Study of the Sinai Trafficking," Journal of Human Trafficking, Latest Articles, 25 Feb. 2021 [postprint]

“Simulating a Multi-agency Approach for the Protection of Trafficked Persons in Migration and Displacement Settings,” Journal of Human Trafficking, vol. 6, no. 2 (2020) [ResearchGate]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (21 Jan. 2021)

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunities:

Seminar: Refuge after Return: Multiple displacements and diverse trajectories of Burundian refugees in Tanzania, 25 March 2021 [info]

Call for participation: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa = Développer un programme de recherche et de politique pour répondre aux déplacements et aux migrations dans le contexte des catastrophes et du changement climatique en Afrique, April-June 2021 [info]

- Apply by 28 March 2021.

Call for applications: Consultancy: Lead Country Researchers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda [info]

- Apply by 29 March 2021. Note: Two Zoom information sessions will be held on 18 and 23 March 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Migration in the Sahel: putting back human rights, cooperation and solidarity at the centre (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2021) [text]

Rwanda vaccinates refugees and asylum-seekers against COVID-19 (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

- See also related news story.

Why Eritrean refugees choose the risky migration to Europe (The Conversation, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Does Information Save Migrant Lives? Knowledge and Needs of West African Migrants en Route to Europe (DIIS, March 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report and link to video recording of webinar launch.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees and Migrants on the Move in North and West Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2021) [text]

*"Intersecting stigma and HIV testing practices among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda: qualitative findings," Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 24, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]

- See also earlier related journal article.

"Linguistic Repertoires of Refugees in Internally Displaced Peoples’ (IDP) Camps in North East Nigeria," Chapter in West African Languages: Linguistic Theory and Communication (Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2020) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 266.

"Migration, Interfaith Engagement, and Mission among Somali Refugees in Kenya: Assessing the Cape Town Commitment from a Global South Perspective One Decade On," Religions, vol. 12, no. 2 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

*Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees in Uganda: Results from the High-Frequency Phone Survey (World Bank, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights situation in Eritrea, Mr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, ​46rd Session of the Human Rights Council (OHCHR, Feb. 2021) [text]

- Addresses in the part "the human rights of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in the context of the ongoing Tigray crisis in Ethiopia." See also related VOA News article.

Understanding Relations between Local Communities and Transit Migrants in Gao and Agadez (IMREF, Feb. 2021) [access via Seefar]

- Follow link for report and executive summaries in English and French.

Understanding the Socioeconomic Conditions of Refugees in Kenya (UNHCR & World Bank, March 2021) [Volume A: Kalobeyei Settlement] [Volume B: Kakuma Camp] 

- See also related 1) summary and infographic for Kalobeyei, and 2) summary and infographic for Kakuma.

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Related posts: 

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (22 Feb. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (22 Feb. 2021)

Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

A COVID ‘vaccine passport’ may further disadvantage refugees and asylum seekers (The Conversation, Feb. 2021) [text]

How should Australia respond to asylum seekers arriving by sea during the COVID-19 pandemic? (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2021) [text]

It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system (The Conversation, Feb. 2021) [text]

Prosecution of Refugee Rally Organiser for Incitement Could a Have Chilling Effect (Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

New open access book:

Refugee Journeys: Histories of Resettlement, Representation and Resistance (ANU Press, Feb. 2021) [open access]

- This book "presents stories of how governments, the public and the media have responded to the arrival of people seeking asylum, and how these responses have impacted refugees and their lives. Mostly covering the period from 1970 to the present, the chapters provide readers with an understanding of the political, social and historical contexts that have brought us to the current day. This engaging collection of essays also considers possible ways to break existing policy deadlocks, encouraging readers to imagine a future where we carry vastly different ideas about refugees, government policies and national identities."

Reports & journal articles:

"Alcohol, Other Drugs Use and Mental Health among African Migrant Youths in South Australia," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 4 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

- See also related news release.

*COVID-19 impacts us all: Ensuring the safety and well-being of people on temporary visas during COVID-19 (Australian Red Cross, Oct. 2020) [text]

"Disrupting State Spaces: Asylum Seekers in Australia’s Offshore Detention Centres," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]

"No One Smiles at Me: The Double Displacement of Iranian Migrant Men as Refugees Who Use Drugs in Australia," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]

"Profiles of exposure to potentially traumatic events in refugees living in Australia," Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 30 (2021) [open access]

"The Regional Migration-Development Nexus in Australia: What Migration? Whose Development?," Frontiers in Sociology, 11 Feb. 2021 [open access]

Should Asylum Seekers Modify Their Conduct to Avoid Harm under Complementary Protection?, Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series (SSRN, Jan. 2021) [text]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Australia (28 Jan. 2021)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Webinar: COVID-19 Recovery and the Next Stage of the Syrian Refugee Response After Ten Years, 17 March 2021 [info]

Lecture: Multidimensional Poverty among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and the Humanitarian-development Nexus, 23 March 2021 [info]

- See related paper.

Blog posts & press:

Bringing Social Class into Humanitarian Debates: The Case of Northern Lebanon (Southern Responses to Displacement, Feb. 2021) [Part one] [Part two]

A decade on, Syrian refugees mired in ‘silent war’ for survival (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

- See also related statement by the High Commissioner.

"Palestinian refugees in Lebanon three times more likely to die with COVID-19," Reuters, 16 Feb. 2021 [text]

*Syria’s darkest hour is now (Chatham House, March 2021) [text]

Reports: 

The Darkest Decade: What displaced Syrians face if the world continues to fail them (Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Destruction You Can't See: A report into the prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms amongst IDPs and refugees from the Syrian conflict (Syria Relief, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Doing No Harm in Lebanon: The Need for an Aid Paradigm Shift (Refugees International, March 2021) [text]

Home Again? Categorising Obstacles to Returnee Reintegration in Iraq (IOM, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Pre-positioning an evaluation of cash assistance programming in an acute emergency: strategies and lessons learned from a study in Raqqa Governorate, Syria," Conflict and Health, 15:12 (March 2021) [open access]

"Refugee return and fragmented governance in the host state: displaced Syrians in the face of Lebanon’s divided politics," Third World Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Violent Encounters and Social Status Shape the Conditions for Migrants Fleeing Civil War," Migration Information Source, 4 March 2021 [text]

- Focuses on Syria.

"Vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to COVID-19: quantitative insights," Conflict and Health, 15:13 (March 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Role of the UNHCR in Iraq (Seeking Refuge, Dec. 2020) [access]

- Follow link for podcast.

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Related posts:

- Opportunity: Corrected Details for Short Course on Palestine Refugees & Intl. Law

- Regional Focus: MENA (23 Feb. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Common Procedure for Asylum (European Parliament, March 2021) [text]

The Consequences of Hosting Asylum Seekers for Citizens' Policy Preferences, IZA Discussion Paper, no.  14159 (Institute of Labor Economics, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

A Distress Call for Human Rights: The widening gap in migrant protection in the Mediterranean (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, March 2021) [text]

The European Union's Externalisation Policy in the Field of Migration and Asylum: Turkey as a Case Study, Working Paper, no. 6 (RESPOND Project, March 2021) [text]

From Bad to Worse: Covid-19 Aggravates Existing Gaps in the Reception of Asylum Seekers (JRS Europe, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the reception of asylum seekers in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Romania, Portugal, Spain.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Voluntary and Forced Return Procedures and Policy Responses, EMN-OECD Inform, no. 5 (European Migration Network, 2021) [text]

Observations from UNHCR on Danish Law Proposal on Externalization (UNHCR, March 2021) [access]

- See also related op-ed.

Pushbacks at the EU’s External Borders (European Parliament, March 2021) [text]

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2020 (Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, March 2021) [text]

Under Pressure: How Greece is Closing in on Civil Society Organisations Working with Refugees (Choose Love, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

New from ECRE:

Alleviating or Exacerbating Crises? The Regulation on Crisis and Force Majeure, Policy Note, no. 31 (ECRE, March 2021) [text]

- See also related ECRE comments.

ECRE/ELENA Legal Note on Asylum and the UN Treaty System (March 2021) [text]

EU External Expenditure on Asylum, Forced Displacement and Migration 2014-2019, Working Paper, no. 14 (ECRE, March 2021) [text]

The Regulation on asylum and migration management: giving with one hand, taking back with the other (ECRE, March 2021) [text]

- See also related ECRE comments.

Tightening the Screw: Use of EU External Policies and Funding for Asylum and Migration, Policy Note, no. 34 (ECRE, March 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 March 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Discussion panel: Five Years of EU Refugee Response on the Greek islands, 18 March 2021 [info]

Discussion panel: Teaching Immigration Law: Law School Clinics in the US and UK, 18 March 2021 [info]

Conference: Global Asylum Governance and the EU’s Role: Implementing the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, 22-23 March 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

IOM, UNHCR: Latest Mediterranean Tragedy Underscores Need for Search and Rescue - Joint Press Relese (March 2021) [text]

Let’s not forget about Schengen (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, March 2021) [text]

Political Compromise on a Recast Asylum Reception Conditions Directive: Dignity Without Autonomy? (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, March 2021) [text]

UNHCR calls on Germany to step up refugee protection (InfoMigrants, March 2021) [text]

UNHCR concerned by Hungary’s latest measures affecting access to asylum (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Fear of the Other within the Contemporary ‘Migration Crisis’: Arab-Muslim Migration towards Europe and the Condition of Otherness," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

"Making it 'Easy to Help': The Evolution of Norwegian Volunteer Initiatives for Refugees," International Migration, Early View, 25 Dec. 2020 [open access]

"Managing Expectations: Impacts of Hostile Migration Policies on Practitioners in Britain, Denmark and Sweden," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

"Refugees Welcome? Online Hate Speech and Sentiments in Twitter in Spain during the Reception of the Boat Aquarius," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 5 (March 2021) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (28 Feb. 2021) 

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (28 Feb. 2021)

New Issues of Annuario CIDOB, Displ. Voices, Ethics & Soc. Welf., Hist. Soc. Res., JEMS, JHA, JIMS, JIRS, Migr. Pol. Pract., Rts. in Exile News, Third World. Q., ZMF

New open access journal:

Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung = Journal of Migration Studies [info]

- Published by the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabrück, this journal "offers a forum for the scholarly examination of the background and conditions of spatial movements of people in the past and present as well as of social change induced by migration processes in contexts of origin, transit and destination. The contributions present new findings from various disciplines and fields of research, discuss concepts or formulate theoretical proposals." Contributions can be made in either German or English. See below for details about the inaugural issue.

New issues:

Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración 2020 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Immigración en tiempos de Covid-19."

Displaced Voices: A Journal of Migration, Archives and Cultural Heritage, vol. 1, no. 2 (Winter 2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "In Their Own Voices: Making Visible Lives of Refugee Women in Kuala Lumpur."

Ethics and Social Welfare, vol. 15, no. 1 (2021) [contents]

- Special issue on "Displacement: Historical and Contemporary Responsibilities for Social Work and Human Services." The editorial is freely available.

Historical Social Research = Historische Sozialforschung, vol. 45, no. 4 (2020) [delayed open access]

- Special issue on "Violence Induced Mobility." Full-text articles can accessed after six months via SSOAR.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 5 (2021) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is open access.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 2, no. 3 (2020) [open access]

- Special issue on “Gender & Humanitarianism.”

Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 2020) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 19, no. 1 (2021) [free full-text]

- Special issue on "Current Conflicts over Migration, Belonging and Membership: Classificatory Struggles Revisited." All articles are freely available as of this writing.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XI, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Global Mobility."

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 121 (March 2021) [text]

- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Third World Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "New actors and contested architectures in global migration governance." All articles are open access.

Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung = Journal of Migration Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Status, Challenges, and Perspectives of Migration Research." Note: You can also get a preview of the next issue here.

Tagged Periodicals.