Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

Libya: Violence erupts outside UNHCR center where hundreds of migrants are protesting (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2021) [text]

Relief for asylum seekers offered a new life outside Libya (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also related press release.

To Ease Iraq’s Displacement Crisis, Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding are Vital (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

"'The war crushed our dreams': Displaced again and again in Yemen’s Marib," The New Humanitarian, 24 Nov. 2021 [text]

Reports: 

Humanitarian Needs Overview 2022: Libya (OCHA, Dec. 2021) [text]

"I Haven’t Known the Taste of Safety for Ten Years": Syrians trying to survive in Lebanon & Syria (Refugee Protection Watch, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Impact of COVID-19 on the EU’s Mediterranean Migration Policies: The Case of Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

Lebanon’s Deepening Crisis: The Case for a Sustainable Aid Response (Refugees International, Dec. 2021) [text]

No Way Out: Migrants and Refugees Trapped in Libya Face Crimes Against Humanity (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, International Federation for Human Rights & Lawyers for Justice in Libya, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Red Cross Red Crescent activities on migration and displacement in Middle East and North Africa: Snapshot 2021 (IFRC, Nov. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

Refugees in Lebanon: An Unknown Path (Access Center for Human Rights, Dec. 2021) [text via AMERA]

Roma in Iraq and Syria: On the Margins of IDP Protection, RID Working Paper, no. 9 (Researching Internal Displacement, Dec. 2021) [text] 

Shattered Lives: Understanding the Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs of Women and Children in Northwest Syria (World Vision, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Towards Durable Solutions to Displacement: Understanding Social Acceptance of Returnees in Post-ISIS Iraq (Mercy Corps, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Anomaly upon Anomaly: The 1951 Convention and State Disintegration," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 4 Dec. 2021 [open access]

- Uses Libya as an example of state disintegration.

"The development–humanitarian nexus: Linking development and disaster risk reduction with relief in Yemen as a case of high-intensity conflict," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 25 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Violence, Displacement, and Support for Internally Displaced Persons: Evidence from Syria," Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 65, no. 10 (2021) [preprint via author site]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (8 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (Libya) (8 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Blog posts:

Fundamental tensions and productive instability: The refugee definition of the 1951 Refugee Convention at 70 through a queer theory lens (Fluchtforschungsblog & RLI Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

LGBT migrants in South Africa: religion can be a blessing, and a curse (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Claims to Refugee Protection on the Basis of Sexual Orientation: Time to Change the Definition?," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 33 (2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Everyday Struggles of Queer Refugees for Homemaking," Movements: Journal for Critical Migration and Border Regime Studies, vol. 6, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

Intersecting exclusions: experiences of violence and displacement among LGBTQI+ communities in Kenya (ODI, Sept. 2021) [text]

"Negotiating two worlds: An exploration of Moroccan Belgian youths’ lived experience of gender identity," DiGest: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Queer asylum seekers in Belgium: Navigating reception centers," DiGest: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda: A Relational, Trust-Based Approach," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 28 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"'Sexuality' through the Kaleidoscope: Sexual Orientation, Identity, and Behaviour in Asylum Claims in the United Kingdom," Laws, vol. 10, no. 4 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Stability and change in attitudes towards homosexuality among immigrant-origin adolescents in Norway," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 26 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Protection Issues and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in Contexts of Forced Displacement, PROTECT Expert Forum 2021, 15 Sept. 2021 [access]

- Includes a focus on South/Southern Africa.

Resource:

Training package: SOGIESC and working with LGBTIQ+ persons in forced displacement (UNHCR & IOM, Oct. 2021) [access via UNHCR] [access via IOM]

- "IOM and UNHCR have jointly developed this comprehensive training package on the protection of people with diverse SOGIESC for personnel as well as the broader humanitarian community. The training’s modules cover a wide variety of topics, including terminology, international law, communication, protection, assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) and Refugee Status Determination (RSD), all with a focus on practical guidance for IOM and UNHCR offices and partner organizations."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (15 Sept. 2021)

Regional Focus: Asia

Blog posts & press:

Afghans struggle to seek safety as borders remain shut to most (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

"China’s New Land Borders Law is a Nightmare for North Korean Refugees," The Diplomat, 29 Oct. 2-2021 [text]

"No Place for Afghan Refugees in Central Asia," The Diplomat, 29 Nov. 2021 [text]

Pakistan needs a refugee compact to support Afghans (Devex, Nov. 2021) [text via RI]

Reports & journal articles:

Afghans en route to Turkey: Routes, protection risks, and access to assistance, 4Mi snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

Asian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 8, no. 3 (Oct. 2021) [contents]

- Special issue on Indonesia's "Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016 concerning the Treatment of Refugees adopted on 31 December 2016 ('the PR')." The Foreword and Introduction are freely available, and one article is open access.

Beyond Emergency Relief: Averting Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe, Asia Report, no. 317 (International Crisis Group, Dec. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English, Pashto and Farsi.

Bi-Watan, Bi-Khaaneh: 'Internal' Displacement, Afghan Refugees, and the COVID-19 Pandemic, RID Working Paper, no. 1 (Researching Internal Displacement, Oct. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Afghans in India.

"Conceptual contours of migration studies in and from Asia," International Migration, vol. 59, no. 6 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

Integrated Health and Rehabilitation Services in Mass Displacement: A model for inclusive healthcare from the Rohingya response in Bangladesh (CBM, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Kolkata Declaration on the Need for a Coherent Protection Policy and Justice for Refugees and Migrants of Afghanistan, 2021, 20 Nov. 2021 [text]

Participation and inclusion in the Rohingya refugee response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: 'We never speak first' (ODI, Oct. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Bengali. 

Profiles and drivers of Rohingya moving to Malaysia, 4Mi snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

"The Responsibility in Protecting the Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Province, Indonesia: An International Refugees Law Perspective," IIUM Law Journal, vol. 29, no. S2 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Ongoing Plight of Afghan Refugees, 10 Nov. 2021 [access]

Subcontinental defiance to the global refugee regime: global leadership or regional exceptionalism, 24 Nov. 2021 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (4 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Lecture: New Emergencies and Protracted Crisis: Refugee Protection at Risk, 9 December 2021 [info]

Job announcement: Deputy Regional Representative Asia Pacific, ICVA [info]

- Apply by 2 January 2022.

Job announcement: Representative for West and Central Africa, ICVA [info]

- Apply by 2 January 2022.

Reports: 

Analysis of the adaptation, innovation and coping mechanisms of humanitarian organizations in the context of limited access to information during the COVID-19 pandemic (iMMAP, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The centrality of protection in humanitarian action review 2020 (Global Protection Cluster, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Complex systems modeling for humanitarian action: Methods and opportunities (OCHA, Nov. 2021) [text]

Global Humanitarian Overview 2022 (OCHA, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Visit the companion website for more information.

IASC Protection Policy Implementation Review Inception Report (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, published Sept. 2021; posted Nov. 2021) 

- Note: The report is no longer available on ReliefWeb but the text is still accessible via Google's cache.

Improving the Agency and Equity of Marginalised Communities in the COVID-19 Crisis: Advocacy brief for organisations working across the humanitarian development nexus (Women's Refugee Commission, Dec. 2021) [text]

Is aid really changing? What the Covid-19 response tells us about localisation, decolonisation and the humanitarian system (British Red Cross, Oct. 20210 [access]

- See also related literature review.

Mapping good practice in the implementation of humanitarian-development-peace nexus approaches: Synthesis Report (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Trends in Humanitarian Data: Data Availability and Quality during COVID-19 and Effects on Humanitarian Organizations (iMMAP, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Urbanisation, Displacement and Urban Planning: Themes and issues for the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus (Royal Town Planning Institute, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Accountability in Humanitarian Action," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 3 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"The humanitarian alibi: an overview and a redefinition," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:22 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Moving beyond informal action: sustainable energy and the humanitarian response system," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:21 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Humanitarian action in 2021: tensions, trade-offs and dilemmas, 3 Dec. 2021 [access]

Learning from disruption: evolution, revolution or status quo?, 2021 ALNAP Meeting, 19-21 Oct. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for audio/video recordings.

Rethinking Humanitarianism: Diversity in the aid sector, 13 Oct. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for podcast. See also related TNH article.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (8 Oct. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

Record number of immigrants funneled into alternative detention programs (The Hill, Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"'Time can break your heart': the harsh toll of eight years in Australian immigration detention," The Guardian, 1 Nov. 2021 [text]

Undocumented Tunisian Migrants: Italy’s Use of Inhumane Detention as a Deterrence Strategy (Jadaliyya, Oct. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Czech Litigation on Systematic Detention of Asylum Seekers: Ripple Effects across Europe," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 23, no. 3 (2021) [preprint]

Detained and Forgotten at the Gates of the EU: Detention of Migrants on the Island of Kos (Equal Rights Beyond Borders, Nov. 2021) [text]

Detention as the default: How Greece, with the support of the EU, is generalizing administrative detention of migrants (Oxfam, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Detention Decisions: Implementation Rationales of the Bureaucratic Use of Immigration Detention in Swiss Cantons," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 3 Dec. 2021 [open access]

Dismantling Detention: International Alternatives to Detaining Immigrants (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2021) [text]

- "[E]xamines alternatives to detention in six countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States."

Immigration Detention in Turkey: Trapped at the Crossroad Between Asia and Europe (Global Detention Project, Oct. 2021) [text]

"The Impact of Pretrial Detention on Immigration Proceedings," Columbia Law Review, vol. 121, no. 5 (2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Libya: Humanitarian situation in detention centres (ACAPS, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among refugees and migrants in immigration detention: systematic review with meta-analysis," BJPsych Open, vol. 7, no. 6 (2021) [open access]

"Protection, Crime and Punishment: Regulation at the Nexus of Crimmigration and Refugee Law," Chapter in Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration (Edward Elgar, 2021) [preprint]

- Focuses on Australia.

"The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe," New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 [text]

- Focuses on Libya.

U.S. Detention of Child Migrants: Background (Council on Foreign Relations, updated Dec. 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

Fact-Finding in Immigration Detention Reviews: Evidence Law Meets Administrative Law, 30 Sept. & 1 Oct. 2021 [access]

- This workshop focused primarily on the Canadian context but also included sessions on how evidence is handled in immigration detention proceedings in Spain and the US. See also related blog post.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (4 Oct. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Burden, benefit, gift or duty? Dutch mayors’ framing of the multilevel governance of asylum in rural localities and cities in Zeeland," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 26 Nov. 2021 [open access]

*"Creating uncertainty in the governance of arrival and return: target-group constructions in Bavarian AnkER facilities," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"A DEA MCDM Approach Applied to ESS8 Dataset for Measuring Immigration and Refugees Citizens’ Openness," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 2 Dec. 2021 [open access]

- Note: DEA = Data Envelopment Analysis; MCDM = Multi-Criteria Decision-Making.

"A qualitative exploration of post-migration stressors and psychosocial well-being in two asylum reception centres in Belgium," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"Quality of life among Syrian refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional pilot study," Archives of Public Health, 79:213 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Refugees’ caring and commoning practices against marginalisation under COVID-19 in Greece," Geographical Research, Early View, 22 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Resourceful Actors, Not Weak Victims: Reframing Refugees’ Stigmatized Identity Enhances Long-Term Academic Engagement," Psychological Science, OnlineFirst, 18 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Destination Elsewhere: Displaced Persons and Their Quest to Leave Postwar Europe, 18 Nov. 2021 [access]

Interactive: The European approach to stopping Libya migration (The New Humanitarian, Nov. 2021) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Channel deaths: the UK has clear legal responsibilities towards people crossing in small boats (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Churches aren’t helping asylum seekers ‘game’ the immigration system (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

Debunking key myths about Britain’s ‘broken asylum system’ (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

The EU is the real villain in the Poland-Belarus migrant crisis (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related posts on the Border Criminologies and RLI blogs, and article in The New Humanitarian. 

"Europe’s border agency under fire for aiding Libya's brutal migrant detentions," NBC News, 29 Nov. 2021 [text]

La querelle autour de la responsabilité civile de Frontex (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Developments in asylum procedures in EU+ countries in response to the situation in Afghanistan, Situational Update, no. 7 (EASO, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related data for asylum applications.

Legal Aid for Returnees Deprived of Liberty (EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Nov. 2021) [text]

From debunking to prebunking: How to get ahead of disinformation on migration in the EU (Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung & European Policy Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

The Impact of COVID-19 on the EU’s Mediterranean Migration Policies: The Case of Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

It's like rubbing salt on the wound: The impacts of COVID-19 and lockdown on asylum seekers and refugees (Newcastle Univ., Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. See also related press release.

Lessons Learned? How Government Contracts Failed People Seeking Asylum, Again (Asylum Matters, Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Migration and Asylum: Thematic Factsheet (Dept. for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, Nov. 2021) [text]

Report to the Croatian Government on the visit to Croatia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 10 to 14 August 2020 (Council of Europe, Dec. 2021) [text]

Temporal governance, protection elsewhere and the ‘good’ refugee: a study of the shrinking scope of asylum within the UK (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Nov. 2021) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (23 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (23 Nov. 2021)

New Issues of Can. J. Afr. Stud., DiGeSt, EJDR, EJML, IJMHSC, ICRC Rev., JHA, Refuge, REMI, UNESCO Courier

Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue canadienne des études africaines, vol. 55, no. 3 (2021) [contents]

- Special issue on "African Refuge/Refuge africain." The editorial and one other article are freely available and two articles are open access.

DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Changing surroundings and gender: An inquiry into gender dynamics in migration contexts," with four articles.

European Journal of Development Research, vol. 33, no. 5 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Gender & Adolescence: Leaving no-one behind," with 12 articles that "draw on findings from research undertaken as part of [ODI's] Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme." 

*European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 23, no. 3 (Nov. 2021) [contents]

- General issue, with one open access article on return sponsorships.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 3 (2021) [contents]

- General issue, with one open access article.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 17, no. 4 (2021) [contents]

- General issue, with several articles that focus on children and families. Three are open access.

*International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 102, no. 914 (Aug. 2020) [contents]

- This issue features articles submitted by "emerging voices" in the field of international humanitarian law, policy & practice. Learn more about the selection process in the editorial. Two articles are open access, although note that eventually the entire issue will be freely available on ICRC's website.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 3, no. 2 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

- This special issue looks at "the role that specific media such as photography, film, graphic materials, or museums play in humanitarian visual communication today, and what role they have played historically." Includes four historical essays and three interviews.

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 37, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- This issue includes 1) a special focus on "Humanizing Studies of Refuge and Displacement," with an introduction, seven articles and a commentary, 2) five articles in the general section, 3) five book reviews, and 4) one film review.

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 37, nos. 1&2 (2021) [delayed open access]

- This issue features a dossier on "Travail et migrations = Labour and migrations." Articles become open access after a year.

The UNESCO Courier, no. 4 (2021) [full-text]

- The theme of this issue is "Stories of Migration."

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited immediately after publication! Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Tagged Periodicals.

Journal-related opportunities: Mentoring/Writing Guidance & CFPs

1. FMR and LERRN are offering a mentorship program that will help new authors prepare articles for publication in FMR's next special issue; here is the announcement:

Do you have an established publication record in forced migration and refugee studies? Do you want to help a new author submit an article to Forced Migration Review? Apply now to be a mentor with the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (Carleton University) and Forced Migration Review.

• Help turn an article proposal into a finished article to be submitted to the special issue on “Knowledge, Voice and Power” in Forced Migration Review, one of the leading journals on forced migration.
• Commit to three hours of mentorship, including both a one hour zoom call and comments on a draft of the mentee’s article.
• Listen to a ten minute “Guide for Mentors” recording at the start of the mentorship and provide a 20 minute de-brief at the end.
• Sign a Code of Conduct for mentors.

To apply to be a mentor and receive a small honorarium, please send an email to HeatherAlexander@cunet.carleton.ca by December 13 with your name, your current affiliation, a brief description of any editorial experience or other relevant experience, and your publication record.

2. If you missed the recent webinar on "Writing for FMR," a video recording is now available.

3. CFPs:

Alternatives Humanitaires/Humanitarian Alternatives [info]

- Contributions sought for a Focus section on "La place de l’enfant dans l’action et la communication humanitaires: sortir de l’enfance icône = The place of the child in humanitarian action and communication: moving away from the cliché of the childhood icon." Submit article proposals in French or English by 20 December 2021.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]

- Contributions sought for a dossier on "La (i)movilidad humana frente a muros y fronteras = Human (I)mobility in Front of Walls and Borders." Articles can be submitted in English, Italian, Portuguese, French or Spanish; the deadline is 10 January 2022.

Forced Migration Review [info]

- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Knowledge, voice and power." The submission deadline is 15 February 2022.

Related post:

- Opportunities: CFPs for Open Access Journals

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

*IDB and UNHCR join efforts to address forced displacement crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

*"Mexico Seeing Spike in Asylum Applications as Migrants Seek Alternative to Settling in U.S.," Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2021 [text]

Migration Insecurity in the Táchira (Venezuela) - Norte De Santander (Colombia) Border (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

North American Leaders Summit: Toward Regional Cooperation on Migration (WRMC News, Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also related 

Northern Triangle Migration Root Causes Strategy Requires the Right Blend of Sticks and Carrots (Lawfare Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for a regional mechanism to deal with unprecedented displacement in Mexico and Central America (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Charting a new regional course of action: the complex motivations and costs of Central American migration (MPI, WFP & MIT, Nov. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report, executive summaries in English and Spanish, and a link to data visualizations on MIT's web site.

"Costa Rica Has Welcoming Policies for Migrants, but Nicaraguans Face Subtle Barriers," Migration Information Source, 5 Nov. 2021 [text]

An Exploration of the Root Causes of Forced Migration to the Southern Border (Hope Border Institute, Nov. 2021) [text]

Grandes movimientos de migrantes altamente vulnerables en las Américas provenientes del Caribe, Latinoamérica y otras regiones: Destinos en tránsito (IOM, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*La huella visual y la voz: silencios y ruidos de la documentación mediática y audiovisual del desplazamiento forzado en Guerrero, México, Working Paper, no. 2 (Researching Internal Displacement, Nov. 2021) [text]

Impactos de la COVID-19 en personas refugiadas y migrantes de Venezuela: Personas desalojadas, trabajadoras sexuales y pueblos indígenas (R4V & OEA, Oct. 2021) [text via Refworld]

"No Safety in 'Safe Third Countries': What Migration Ethics Can Tell Us about the Safe Third Country Agreements of North and Central America," University of New South Wales Law Journal Student Series, no. 9 (2021) [full-text]

Observatorio Latinoamérica del Desplazamiento Forzado: Una propuesta para contribuir a identificar y cerrar las brechas de protección y asistencia humanitaria ante la crisis de desplazamiento forzado en el corredor migratorio de Latinoamérica (Oxfam, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Los procesos consultivos regionales, la gobernanza migratoria y la contribución de las personas migrantes y refugiadas al desarrollo sostenible (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

Promoting Privacy, Fairness and the Open Court Principle in Immigration and Refugee Proceedings, Refugee Law Lab Working Paper (York Univ., Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Protection of Haitians in human mobility: Inter-American solidarity, IACHR Resolution 2/2021 [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also Spanish version.

Regional Cooperation and Co-responsibility: Interim Report and Recommendations (North and Central American Task Force on Migration, Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also Spanish version and related news release.

"Towards a typology of social protection for migrants and refugees in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:52 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

Vulnerability in the Canadian Protection Regime, Research Report, no. 1 (VULNER Project, 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

World of Migration: Thinking Regionally to Act Locally in Immigration Policy, 24 Nov. 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (4 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity:

Model UN Refugee Challenge 2022 [info]

- Four topic guides were recently posted on durable solutions, climate change, statelessness and LGBTIQ+ refugees. "MUN organizers should register for the Challenge at least 6 weeks before the start of their MUN conference." 

Blog posts & press:

Centralized evaluations workplan 2022-2023 (UNHCR) [access]

Concerns about Social Conflict Might Explain Immigration Preferences – Here’s Why (MPC Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Why it's time to bring refugees out of the statistical shadows (World Economic Forum Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Financing for Refugee Situations 2018-19 (OECD, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Global Compact on Refugees Three Years On: Navigating barriers and maximising incentives in support of refugees and host countries (DRC, IRC & NRC, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Compact on Refugees Indicator Report (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [access]

- See also related press release and summary of the roundtable that launched the report. 

Mixed Migration Review 2021: Reframing human mobility in a changing world (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for press release and video recording of launch event.

A People’s Vaccine for Refugees: Ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and other displaced people (Oxfam, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Doc. No. A/76/12 (UN General Assembly, 2021) [access]

The Road to 2023: Assessing progress and accelerating delivery on the UN Common Pledges in advance of the next Global Refugee Forum (UNHCR & OCHA, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Strengthening the COVID-19 response within refugee and migrant communities: Improving programming, tackling misinformation, and building inclusion (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

World Migration Report 2022 (IOM, Dec. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for access to report and related microsites. See also related press release and UN News story.

Journal articles:

“Burden-sharing as a Sustainable Tool to alleviate the Global Plight of Refugees,” Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 37, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- In addition to its general articles, this issue includes a special focus on "Humanizing Studies of Refuge and Displacement," with an introduction, seven articles and a commentary.

"Regions and global migration governance: perspectives ‘from above’, ‘from below’ and ‘from beyond’," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 Nov. 2021 [free full-text]

- Note: This is the introduction to a forthcoming special issue on "Regions in Global Migration Governance."

The UNESCO Courier, no. 4 (2021) [full-text]

- The theme of this issue is "Stories of Migration."

"Vulnerability of refugees: Some reflections on definitions and measurement practices," International Migration, Early View, 17 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Building Research Relationships and Setting the Agenda, 19 Nov. 2021 [access]

CARFMS21: Utopias as Practices: Refugee Protection and the Coming Futures, 27-29 Oct. 2021 [access]

Empire, Asylum, and Refugee Responsibility Sharing, 10 Nov. 2021 [access]

Migrant Categorisation and Labels, 24 Nov. 2021 [access]

MPI 20th Anniversary Conference: Migration & Humanitarian Protection in a Rapidly Evolving World, 15 Nov. 2021 [access]

Refugeedom’s subjects and subjectivities, 27 Oct. 2021 [access]

Types of Knowledge in Forced Migration: Whose Voices and Perspectives Frame Research?, 3 Nov. 2021 [access]

Related posts:

- Round-up: Research Process & Outcomes (13 Nov. 2021)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (11 Nov. 2021)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (11 Nov. 2021)

Opportunity: Call for Comments on UNHCR Protection Guidelines

UNHCR is inviting comments on a forthcoming set of its guidelines that will address "Non-penalization of refugees on account of their irregular entry or presence and restrictions on their movements in accordance with Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees." 

More details are provided here.

The deadline for submissions is 12 December 2021.

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for a two-part listing of references to new books due out in December 2021 and additional titles published in November 2021, as well as new legal and open access texts.

Admin: November Break

This blog will be quiet for a little while. Posts will resume in December.

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Covid-19 pandemic: the reproduction and contestation of securitisation of asylum seekers, immigrants and Afro-descendants in the Portuguese media," From the European South, no. 9 (2021) [open access] 

"The external dimension of EU migration policy as region-building? Refugee cooperation as contentious politics," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 16 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Human Rights Activism Among North Korean Refugees in the UK: Hope for a Democratic Future," Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, vol. 6, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Migration management clientelism: Europe’s migration funds as a global political project," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Return Sponsorships in the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum: High Stakes, Low Gains," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 23, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"Solidarity and Contestation: Local Refugee Reception Practices at the South-Eastern EU Border Islands," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"'Victims not wrongdoers': the legal consciousness of rejected asylum seekers in Norway," Journal of Law and Society, Early View, 10 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Warehousing asylum seekers: The logistification of reception," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, OnlineFirst, 10 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Refugees and Migrants, 3 Nov. 2021 [access]

Transforming refugee status: definitions and discrimination, 3 Nov. 2021 [access]

- Focuses on the UK.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (23 Nov. 2021)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Seminar: Moving the goalposts (yet again): access to justice in the UK asylum system, 8 December 2021 [info]

Belarus-Poland border situation: 

This Global Citizen post provides an explainer and ECRE's latest Weekly Bulletin includes an update. See also the following commentary and analysis for more information:

"Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants ‘paramount’," UN News, 12 Nov. 2021 [text]

Poland’s Power Play at its Borders Violates Fundamental Human Rights Law  (EJIL Talk Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? (Just Security, Nov. 2021) [Part 1] [Part 2]

- See also related response.

Trouble on the Belarus-Poland border: What you need to know about the migrant crisis manufactured by Belarus’ leader (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Walling off Responsibility? The Pushbacks at the EU’s External Borders with Belarus (ASILE Project, Nov. 2021) [text]

Weaponising Migrants: Belarusian Blackmail and Multilateralism, RSIS Commentary, no. CO21170 (Nanyang Tech. Univ., Nov. 2021) [text]

Blog posts & press:

Denmark’s Legislation on Extraterritorial Asylum in Light of International and EU Law (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Externalising integration: The legal pathways to protection (NCHS Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

From “bogus” asylum seekers to “genuine” refugees; shifting discourses and attitudes towards Afghan migrants (COMPAS Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

"Home Office ‘covering up’ its own study of why refugees come to the UK," The Guardian, 20 Nov. 2021 [text]

Mutual Trust and Fundamental Rights in the Dublin System: A Role for Proportionality? (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Refugees in the media: how the most commonly used images make viewers dehumanise them (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Relocating asylum seekers or paying someone else to do it for you? What citizens have to say (PROTECT Project Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

An analysis of Channel crossings & asylum outcomes (Refugee Council UK, Nov. 2021) [text]

Data Practices: Making Up a European People (Goldsmiths Press, ) [free full-text]

- See esp. Chapter 4, "Refugees and Homeless People: Coordinating and Narrating" and Chapter 5, "Migrants: Omitting and Recalibrating."

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of asylum casework (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Nov. 2021) [text]

Introducing the European Union agency for asylum (European Parliament, Oct. 2021) [text]

Resource:

France-UK Border Research [access]

- “A library of research and primary sources regarding the situation for displaced people at the France-UK border.” This Twitter thread provides a guide to the site.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (10 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (10 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

Australia's Response to Afghanistan: Compassion or Inaction? (Asylum Insight, Oct. 2021) [text]

How Community Sponsorship Can Make a Difference for Afghan Refugees (Asylum Insight, Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

[Refugee Resettlement Stats for Canada and the US, FY 2021] [access]

Sponsor Circles: How a Program Designed as an Emergency Response Can Transform the U.S. Resettlement System (Niskanen Center Commentary, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Effects of COVID-19 on integration of women refugees into Turkish society," International Migration, Early View, 12 Nov. 2021 [PubMed]

Fulfilling America’s Promise: Options to Make U.S. Humanitarian Protection Pathways Viable for At-Risk Afghans (IRAP, InterAction, & Human Rights First, Nov. 2021) [text]

"Individuals of refugee background resettled in regional and rural Australia: A systematic review of mental health research," Australian Journal of Rural Health, Early View, 19 Oct. 2021 [ResearchGate]

"Persistent psychological distress in resettled refugee women-at-risk at one-year follow-up: Contributions of trauma, post-migration problems, loss, and trust," Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 58, no. 2 (2021) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Realising the Right of Return: Refugees’ Roles in Localising Norms and Socialising UNHCR," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 16 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Refugee Integration and Globalization: Ugandan and Zimbabwean Perspectives," Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, Latest Articles, 25 Sept. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Immigrant Integration: Essential to the Success of Immigration Policy, 5 Nov. 2021 (World of Migration Podcast Series) [access]

York University Initiatives & Syrian Refugee Resettlement: Lessons for Responses to the Current Crisis in Afghanistan, 19 Oct. 2021 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (8 Nov. 2021)

New Issue of FMR

The November 2021 issue of Forced Migration Review (FMR) has been published. FMR68 "includes a major feature on Externalisation. With States increasingly taking action beyond their own borders to prevent the arrival of refugees and asylum seekers, we examine the consequences for protection. A second feature focuses on Mobility and agency for those living in protracted displacement, produced in collaboration with the TRAFIG research project." The Editors' Briefing provides a more detailed overview of what is covered.

Readers can access FMR articles 1) individually, in HTML & PDF formats or 2) as one complete issue. There is also a standalone version available for the second feature on mobility and agency.

Back issues of FMR are available here.

FMR is an open access publication. It is available online and in print in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. Audio versions of articles are available in English.

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Eritrean refugees caught between a rock and a hard place in Ethiopian conflict (FluchtforschungsBlog, Nov. 2021) [text]

How religion helped African migrants during a risky Atlantic crossing (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Rebuilding a future for the displaced people of Burkina Faso: a Resident Coordinator Blog (UN News, Nov. 2021) [text]

Social workers rally support for displaced people in northern Ethiopia (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

New open access book: 

Invisibility in African Displacements: From Marginalization to Strategies of Avoidance (Zed Books, Oct. 2020) [open access]

- "This book offers fine-grained analysis of the ways in which African migrants negotiate structural and strategic invisibilities, adding innovative approaches to our understanding of both migrant vulnerabilities and resilience."

Reports & journal articles:

Analyse des besoins essentiels et de la vulnérabilité des réfugiés au Tchad (UNHCR & WFP, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Assessing the Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Forcibly Displaced Populations, Thematic Brief, no. 1: The Case of Kenya (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [text]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees and their protection in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Working Paper, no. 18 (Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Oct. 2021) [text]

Impacts of Displacement: Displaced by Violence, Jos, Nigeria (IDMC, Oct. 2021) [text]

Impacts of Displacement: Drought displacement in Gode Woreda, Ethiopia (IDMC, Oct. 2021) [text]

Impacts of Displacement: Flood displacement in Beledweyne, Somalia (IDMC, Oct. 2021) [text]

"Mobility dynamics in protracted displacement: Eritreans and Congolese on the move," Forced Migration Review, no. 68 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"The Plight of Refugees in South Africa," Pretoria Student Law Review, vol. 15, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

Protecting Vulnerable Refugees: An empirical examination of the implementation practices of aid workers and state actors in Uganda, Research Report, no. 1 (VULNER Project, 2021) [text]

- See also related policy brief.

Sudan at a crossroads: The mixed migration consequences of Sudan’s military coup (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

Understanding the Socioeconomic Differences of Urban and Camp-Based Refugees in Kenya (UNHCR & World Bank, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Understanding the Socio-Economic Conditions of Urban Refugees in Kenya, Volume C: Urban Refugees: Results from the 2020-2021 Urban Socioeconomic Survey (UNHCR & World Bank, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also the two earlier published studies, Volume A: Kalobeyei Settlement and Volume B: Kakuma Camp. 

Multimedia:

The politicisation of aid in Ethiopia (Rethinking Humanitarianism, Nov. 2021) [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (2 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (2 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

Failure to Reauthorize Employment Harms Asylum Seekers and the U.S. Economy (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Novel Passages: The value of facilitating over implementing solutions (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2021) [text]

- Discusses the work of Talent Beyond Boundaries as an example of a complementary pathway.

Tapping into Global Talent: Investing in refugee talent (ICMPD Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9797 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Employers' Guide to Refugee Employment: A Collaborative Approach (Univ. of Sydney, Nov. 2021) [text]

Employment and Integration in Europe: How Businesses can Hire Refugee Women and Gain a Talented Workforce (TENT et al., Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also related press release.

Guía para la Contratación de Refugiados y Migrantes Venezolanos en Perú (TENT et al., Sept. 2021) [text]

Hidden hardship of an unnoticed workforce: The economic lives of refugees and migrants in Tunisia (Mixed Migration Center & Heinrich Boell Foundation, Nov. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English, French and Arabic and a video recording of launch event.

How Companies can Mentor Refugee Women in Europe: A Step-by-step Guide (TENT et al., Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also related press release.

Investing in Alternatives to Irregular Migration from Central America: Options to Expand U.S. Employment Pathways (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish.

Managing Refugee Protection Crises: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 14821 (Institute of Labor Economics, Oct. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Organising labour market integration support for refugees in Austria and Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:48 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

"Precarity, Permits, and Prayers: 'Working Practices' of Congolese Asylum-Seeking Women in Cape Town," Africa Spectrum, OnlineFirst, 11 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Refugees’ Transition from Welfare to Work: A Quasi-Experimental Approach of the Impact of the Neighbourhood Context," European Sociological Review, Advance Articles, 30 Sept. 2021 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (29 Sept. 2021)