Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts:

Complementary resettlement for refugees (Refugee Pathways, Dec. 2021) [text]

Refugees live in destitution in Indonesia: Years of limbo and suffering leads refugees to protests for many weeks now for resettlement (RCOA, Jan. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Integración desigual en México: Brechas y retos para la integración de inmigrantes centroamericanos en los inicios del siglo XXI (Grupo de Trabajo de Centro y Norteamérica sobre Migración, Nov. 2021) [text]

Local Solutions for Refugees: Key considerations (ICVA & UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"About but not Without: Recently Arrived Refugees’ Understanding of and Expectations for Integration within a Local Policy Context in the Netherlands," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 10 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"Does refugee inflow affect urban crime? Evidence from the U.S. Indochinese refugee resettlement," Southern Economic Journal, vol. 88, no. 3 (Jan. 2022) [free full-text]

"Healing the wounds of xenophobia after the COVID 19 pandemic: Integration initiatives led by forced migrants from Nicaragua in Costa Rica," Latin America Policy Journal, vol. 10 (Spring 2021) [full-text]

International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities, vol. 28, no. 2 (Dec. 2021) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Addressing Issues of Refugee Integration: Insights from the 'Curing the Limbo' Project." Focuses on Greece.

"Mechanisms underlying the mental health impact of family separation on resettled refugees," Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 55, no. 7 (2021) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"El patrocinio de refugiados: una revisión sistemática descriptiva," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 29, no. 63 (2021) [open access]

"Recognizing and Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Violence Among Resettled Refugees," Current Trauma Reports, vol. 7, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [free full-text]

"States and Refugee Integration: a Comparative Analysis of France, Germany, and Switzerland," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 7 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"U.S. Refugee Resettlement is in Ruins—It Is Our Duty to Rebuild It," Journal of General Internal Medicine, Latest Articles, 14 Jan. 2022 [free full-text]

Multimedia:

Refugee Policy in the Biden Administration, 23 April 2021 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (7 Jan. 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (7 Jan. 2022)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities: 

Webinar: The governance of exit regimes and sustainable reintegration post-exit, 25 January 2022 [info]

Webinar: Creative Methods in Challenging Times, 27 January 2022 [info]

- Workshop and book launch.

CFP: IASFM19: Global Issues, Regional Approaches – contexts, challenges, dialogues and solutions, Online, 1-5 August 2022 [info]

- Reminder that proposals for panels, papers and good practices should be submitted by 31 January 2022.

Call for applications: International Online Schools in Forced Migration, 14-18 March 2022 [info]

- Note: This course will be offered three times this year. For the March course, the deadline to apply is 21 February 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Is the Global Compact on Refugees having an impact? Leaders from around the globe gather to take stock at the High-Level Officials Meeting (MPC Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Learning from previous research: Shedding a spotlight on development interventions supporting forcibly displaced populations (Let's Talk Development Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Refugees: scrutiny and intrusion in the archive (History Workshop, Jan. 2022) [text]

Research chairs will anchor knowledge on forced displacement in the Global South (IDRC, Dec. 2021) [text]

Signs of Hope for Refugee Issues in 2022 After a Challenging Year (RI Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

New Open Access book:

Migration and Pandemics: Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception (Springer, Dec. 2021) [open access]

- "[D]iscusses the socio-political context of the COVID-19 crisis and questions the management of the pandemic emergency with special reference to how this affected the governance of migration and asylum. The book offers critical insights on the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers in different world regions including North America, Europe and Asia."

Reports & journal articles:

Building Equitable Partnerships: Shifting Power in Forced Displacement (Asylum Access, Dec. 2021) [text]

"COVID-19: Marking the Gaps in Migrant and Refugee Health in Some Massive Migration Areas," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 23 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

The Mixed Migration Centre in 2021: Annual catalogue of research & publications (Mixed Migration Centre, Jan. 2022) [text]

Power & The Margins: The State of Refugee Participation (Global Refugee-Led Network, Jan. 2022) [text]

*"Refugee Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Review of Global Policy Responses," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 6 April 2021 [open access]

"Trojan Horse, Copycat, or Scapegoat? Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus," Journal of Politics, Ahead of Print, 24 Nov. 2021 [preprint]

Multimedia:

Knowledge mobilization: planning for impact in refugee research, Workshop at CARFMS21: Utopias as Practices: Refugee Protection and the Coming Futures, 27-29 Oct. 2021 [access]

Meaningful Refugee Participation: Critical Reflections & Awkward Conversations in the Global Refugee Regime, Roundtable at CARFMS21: Utopias as Practices: Refugee Protection and the Coming Futures, 27-29 Oct. 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (10 Jan. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

In a world searching for workers, refugees offer talent and loyalty (OECD Forum Network, Jan. 2022) [text]

Migrants in Germany increasingly important for labor market (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2021) [text]

"Resettling Main Street: Refugees bring revitalization to some of America’s small cities," USA Today, 10 Jan. 2022 [text]

Reports:

 

Cómo acceder y hacer uso del sistema financiero colombiano? Guía de orientación sobre inclusión financiera para refugiados y migrantes provenientes de Venezuela (R4V, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Differences in Household Composition: Hidden Dimensions of Poverty and Displacement in Somalia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9818 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Economic opportunities for refugees: Lessons from five host countries (Population Council, Dec. 2021) [text]

Guide on Redesigning the Tech Hiring Process to Include Displaced Talent (TENT et al., Nov. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Housing Support Policies and Refugees' Labor Market Integration in Austria, Working Papers in Economics and Statistics, no. 32 (Univ. of  Innsbruck, Dec. 2021) [text]

Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey, Discussion Paper, no. 38 (CReAM, Dec. 2021) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"The Economic Dimensions of Family Separation," Duke Law Journal, vol. 71, no. 4 (2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Employment information needs and information behaviour of North Korean refugees," Information Research, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on South Korea.

"Picking up the Pieces: Social Capital and Entrepreneurship for Livelihood Recovery Among Displaced Populations in Northeast Nigeria," Chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2021) [postprint]

"Refugees and racial capitalism: Meatpacking and the primitive accumulation of labor," Political Geography, vol. 95 (May 2022) [free full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Refugees’ Meaning of Work: A Qualitative Investigation of Work Purposes and Expectations," Journal of Career Development, OnlineFirst, 30 Dec. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (17 Dec. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

Reports:

Comparative Reintegration Outcomes between Forced and Voluntary Return and Through a Gender Perspective (IOM, Dec. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for final report, executive summary and country profiles. See also related news release with additional links.

Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities: Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9819 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement: The Case of Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9822 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

The Double Burden of Female Protracted Displacement: Survey Evidence on Gendered Livelihoods in El Fasher, Darfur, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9824 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Gender in Humanitarian Action in Arab States Region: Shared Tools and Analyses for Humanitarian Practitioners (UN Women, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes: The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9820 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

- See also related Dev4Peace blog post.

Multidimensional Poverty, Gender, and Forced Displacement: A Multi-Country, Intrahousehold Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9823 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Protecting women and girls in the asylum procedure (EASO, Dec. 2021) [text]

The Risk That Travels with You: Links between Forced Displacement, Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia and Liberia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9825 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (19 Jan. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts:

Re-setting Gender-Based Asylum Law (Harvard Law Review Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Women’s Rights and the Criteria for Cessation of Refugee Status for ‘Ceased Circumstances’ (RLI Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Appraisal of the sexual and reproductive health of women in Nigeria from the perspective of internally displaced persons," Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 12, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Do Ezidi Women Need Saving? An Analysis of the Politics of Victim- and Saviourhood in Baden-Württemberg’s ‘Special Quota’ Humanitarian Admissions Programme for Ezidi Women and Children,"  Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 36.

"Flawed Foundations: An Historical Evaluation of Domestic Violence Claims in the Refugee Tribunals," Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 45, no. 1 (Advance copy, 2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"The Meaning of Home in Male Migration: Listening to Men’s Experiences," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 13 Jan. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Measuring sexual violence stigma in humanitarian contexts: assessment of scale psychometric properties and validity with female sexual violence survivors from Somalia and Syria," Conflict and Health, 15:96 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (15 Dec. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"About the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Regarding Unaccompanied Children," Peace & Security = Paix et Sécurité Internationales, no. 9 (2021) [open access]

"Cruelty Was the Point: Theories of Recovery for Family Separation and Detention Abuses," Nevada Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Ethical and Methodological Issues When Conducting Research with Children in Situations of Forced Migration," Chapter in Documenting Displacement: Questioning Methodological Boundaries in Forced Migration Research (McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Forthcoming Feb. 2022) [Academia]

"'I Have No Capacities That Can Help Me': Young Asylum Seekers in Norway and Serbia – Flight as Disturbance of Developmental Processes," Frontiers in Psychology, 5 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"The Meaning of Life and its Relations with Unhealthy Behaviors among Syrian Adolescent Refugees Enrolled in Public Schools in Jordan," Journal of Social Studies Education Research, vol. 12, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Niñez migrante en Colombia: grises del aclamado estatuto temporal de protección," FORO: Revista de Derecho, no. 37 (2022) [open access]

"Human (in)security and psychological well-being in Palestinian children living amidst military violence: A qualitative participatory research using interactive maps," Child: care, health and development, vol. 48, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (18 Jan. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Asylum seekers: why UK needs to change how it assesses the age of new arrivals  (The Conversation, Jan. 2022) [text]

How Canada should be preparing to help young Afghan refugees (The Conversation, Jan. 2022) [text]

New Open Access book:

Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: An Analysis of Attributes (Springer, Jan. 2022) [open access]

- See esp. chapters on "Article 9: The Right Not to Be Separated from Parents," "Article 10: The Right to Family Reunification," and "Article 22: The Right to Protection for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children."

Reports:

Key recommendations: 2022 Human Rights Council Annual Day on the Rights of the Child, related OHCHR report and resolution on the theme “rights of the child and family reunification” (UNICEF et al., Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Relaunching the Central American Minors Program: Opportunities to Enhance Child Safety and Family Reunification (Migration Policy Institute, Dec. 2021) [text]

Unaccompanied children outside the child protection system – Case study: Pakistani children in Greece (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Dec. 2021) [text]

Unrepresented Families Seeking Asylum on "Dedicated Docket" Ordered Deported by Immigration Courts (TRAC, Jan. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (15 Dec. 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (15 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Africa

Reports:

Do Not Forget: Aiding and Protecting Civilians in South Sudan (Refugees International, Jan. 2022) [text]

Figurations of Displacement in and beyond Tanzania: Reflections on protracted displacement and translocal connections of Congolese and Burundian refugees in Dar es Salaam, Working Paper, no. 8 (TRAFIG, Sept. 2021) [text]

Mise à jour de l’étude sur l’assistance en espèces fournie aux migrants de retour ivoiriens (IOM, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Résultats clés de l’enquête socio-économique pour l'inclusion des réfugiés dans le registre social national (Government of Mauritania, World Bank, UNHCR & WFP, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Challenges to the implementation and adoption of physical distancing measures against COVID-19 by internally displaced people in Mali: a qualitative study," Conflict and Health, 15:88 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Ethnographic Reflection on Exilic Narratives Outside Closed Camps: The Case of Residual Liberian Refugees in Nigeria," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 78.

"Faith in localisation? The experiences of local faith actors engaging with the international humanitarian system in South Sudan," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:4 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Healthworker preparedness for COVID-19 management and implementation experiences: a mixed methods study in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts," Conflict and Health, 15:79 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Path dependency when prioritising disaster and humanitarian response under high levels of conflict: a qualitative case study in South Sudan," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:5 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"The politicization and framing of migration in West Africa: transition to democracy as a game changer?," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 24 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Use of plant resources by refugees from Minawao and their impact on the Sahelian savannah of Cameroon," Environmental Challenges, vol. 5 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (7 Jan. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (7 Jan. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

From Foreigners Tribunal to Tablighi Jamaat: Elusive Bail in India’s Colonial Crimmigration Regime (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Hundreds of asylum seekers detained in Libyan prison (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2022) [text]

- See also related IDC timeline.

ICE Detains 22,000 Immigrants at Start of 2022, Monitors 157,000 on Alternatives to Detention Program (TRAC, Jan. 2022) [text]

“The Novak Djokovic saga in Australia highlights a far greater injustice,” Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022 [text]

"South Korean Activists Urge Better Treatment of Asylum Seekers," VOA News, 2 Jan. 2022 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"All I Want is to Be Free and Leave": Life in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (Europe Must Act, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Confronting the US Immigration Detention System in the Biden Era," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 64.

"Detention as Social Space: Waiting, Social Relations, and Mundane Resistance of Asylum Seekers in Detention," Critical Sociology, vol. 47, no. 4-5 (2021) [ResearchGate]

- Focuses on the US.

Healthcare denied: Medevac and the long wait for essential medical treatment in Australian Immigration Detention (Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Dec. 2021) [text]

Human rights of unaccompanied migrant children: Focus on detention (UPEACE, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Right to Liberty," Chapter in Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law (OUP, 2021) [preprint]

"Trauma exposure and mental health outcomes among Central American and Mexican children held in immigration detention at the United States–Mexico border," Developmental Psychobiology, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [free full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (6 Dec. 2021) 

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

Blog posts & press:

Prolonged COVID-19 pandemic deepens hardship for over 12 million forcibly displaced people with disabilities (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Workshop on Including Displaced Persons with Disabilities: Workshop for African OPDs (International Disability Alliance, Dec. 2021) [text]

See also: IHSA's weekly blog listing includes a number of posts that focus on persons with disabilities in honor of the International Day.

Journal articles:

"Difficulties faced by older Rohingya (forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals) adults in accessing medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 12 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Factores sociodemográficos y migratorios en la reintegración económica y social en Tijuana de los deportados mexicanos envejecidos = Sociodemographic and migratory factors in the economic and social reintegration in Tijuana of aged Mexican deportees," Frontera Norte, vol. 33 (2021) [open access]

- Follow link for Spanish and English versions.

"Falling through the Cracks: Deaf New Americans and Their Unsupported Educational Needs," Education Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

- "In this project, the moniker, 'Deaf New Americans', refers to refugees, many from Nepal, who have relocated to this specific region in the United States within the last 20 years and who identify as Deaf or hard of hearing."

"The feasibility of implementing autism intervention methods in formal education settings welcoming refugee and asylum-seeking children: A systematic review of the literature," New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Early View, 19 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"Inclusive Resettlement? Integration Pathways of Resettled Refugees with Disabilities in Germany and Canada," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 9 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"Meeting AT needs in humanitarian crises: The current state of provision," Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA, vol. 33, no. suppl. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Older Syrian Refugees’ Experiences of Language Barriers in Postmigration and (re)settlement Context in Canada," International Health Trends and Perspectives, vol. 1, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"'When the World Turns Upside Down, Live Like a Bat!' Idioms of Suffering, Coping, and Resilience among Elderly Female Zande Refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda (2019–20)," Civil Wars, Latest Articles, 10 Jan. 2022 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (12 Nov. 2021) 

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Between closed borders 2020-21: Joint agency paper on refugees and migrants in Serbia 2020 and 2021 (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Figurations of Displacement in southern Europe: Empirical findings and reflections on protracted displacement and translocal networks of forced migrants in Greece and Italy, Working Paper, no. 9 (TRAFIG, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related practice note.

Gaps in Human Rights Accountability at Borders (ENNHRI, Dec. 2021) [access]

Moving on: How easing mobility restrictions within Europe can help forced migrants rebuild their lives, Policy Brief, no. 6 (TRAFIG, Dec. 2021) [text]

Renewed Tragedy: The Rise of Drowned & Missing Migrants & Asylum Seekers Toll in 2021 (Euro-Med Monitor, Jan. 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for English and Arabic versions.

*UNHCR Updated Observations on the Nationality and Borders Bill, as amended (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

UNHCR's Recommendations for the French and Czech Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU) (Jan. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for English and French versions. See also related press release.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Immigration, Identity, and Anonymity: Intentionally Masked Intolerance in Ireland," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 7 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"'It’s a Choice Between no Life and a Good Life': Navigating Youth across Borders: Young Afghans’ Search for Safety and a Future in Europe," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 8.

"Postulados para la consideración europea de la crisis de refugiados del Mar Mediterráneo," Revista Latinoamericana Estudios de la Paz y el Conflicto, vol. 2, no. 4 (2021) [open access]

"Refugees’ Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"Refugees unwelcome: Narcissistic and secure national commitment differentially predict collective action against immigrants and refugees," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 86 (Jan. 2022) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Poland.

"Understanding out-mobility and radical-right support as responses to differentiated refugee exposure," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 7 Jan. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"A Way to Europe: New Refugees’ Migration Patterns Revealed," Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Who’s to Blame for Asylum ‘Moral Panics’? Asylum Seekers’ Perspectives on UK Policymaking, News Reporting, and Preferences of Identity Construction," Chapter in Modern Folk Devils: Contemporary Constructions of Evil (Helsinki Univ. Press, 2021) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (15 Jan. 2022)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Deconstructing Border Walls in the EU (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

EU and UNHCR raise alarm over pushback methods in Poland, Latvia and Lithuania (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2022) [text]

The EU must not become a lawless zone – appeal of European academics (EU Law Analysis, Jan. 2022) [text]

"How Denmark’s hard line on Syrian refugees is an aid group’s ethical dilemma," The New Humanitarian, 11 Jan. 2022 [text]

"How sports help refugees survive harsh conditions in Greece," The New Humanitarian, 10 Jan. 2022 [text]

Rights of the Defence Non-Existent for Migrants when National Security is Involved? (RLI Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Cyprus, Hungary and Poland.

"UK Borders Bill increases risks of discrimination, human rights violations," UN News, 14 Jan. 2022 [text]

*The UK government is looking to profit from closing borders to asylum seekers (openDemocracy, Dec. 2021) [text]

New books:

Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (Univ. of Michigan Press, Jan. 2022) [open access]

- This book "explores the politics of migration in the European Union and explains how the EU responded to the 2015–17 refugee crisis. Based on 86 interviews and fieldwork in Greece and Italy, Nicholas R. Micinski proposes a new theory of international cooperation on international migration. States approach migration policies in many ways—such as coordination, collaboration, subcontracting, and unilateralism—but which policy they choose is based on capacity and on credible partners on the ground. Micinski traces the fifty-year evolution of EU migration management, like border security and asylum policies, and shows how EU officials used “crises” as political leverage to further Europeanize migration governance."

Deployment and Distress: Legal Issues Confronting Danish Navy Vessels in Connection with Search and Rescue of Migrant Boats in the Mediterranean (Djøf Forlag, Jan. 2022) [full-text]

- "The present report offers an integrated analysis of the relevant international legal obligations which implicate Danish naval forces in SAR operations in the Mediterranean. Beyond the political context, it argues that the current situation is a result of gaps and shortcomings in the existing international legal SAR framework, attenuated by the growing politicisation of the issue of boat migrants in the Mediterranean."

Multimedia:

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

The Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure, 13 Dec. 2021 [access]

- Focuses on Italy.

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (6 Jan. 2022) 

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (6 Jan. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Job announcement: Assistant Statistics and Data Analysis Officer, UNHCR [info]

- Responsibilities include a particular focus on statelessness statistics. Apply by 17 January 2022.

Job announcement: Legal Officer, European Network on Statelessness [info]

- Apply by 21 January 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Battling statelessness as a community (ENS Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

DHS Announces Commitment to Enhance Protections for Stateless Individuals in the United States (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related UNHCR statement.

Ending statelessness in West Africa is crucial for domestic and regional security (Africa at LSE Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

Two events on statelessness organized in Iceland (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on South Africa.

Reports:

Citizenship and Statelessness in the Horn of Africa (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Comparative Study on Statelessness Determination Procedures: Executive Summary (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on South Korea. The full report in Korean can be accessed via the a/m link.

Legal Identity and Housing, Land and Property Rights of Syrian Refugees from a Durable Solutions Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities (Norwegian Refugee Council & UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

Mapping Statelessness in the Republic of Korea (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Note: This report is in both Korean and English; scroll to p. 129 for the English version.

Statelessness Briefing Note (Aditus Foundation, Dec. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Malta.

Journal articles:

"Double Trouble: Analyzing the Impact of Statelessness on the Status of Kurdish Women," Flux: International Relations Review, vol. 11, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Rethinking Ethics in the Shadow of Displacement and Statelessness: A Critically Engaged Account of Democratic Agency," Ethics and Social Welfare, vol. 15, no. 2 (2021) [preprint]

"The Stateless Rohingya: Practical Consequences of Expulsion," Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, vol. 15, no.. 2 (2021) [open access]

Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 3, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Includes four articles, one critique, and three book reviews.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (10 Dec. 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (10 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

Australia’s asylum policy has been a disaster. It’s deeply disturbing the UK wants to adopt it (The Conversation, Dec. 2021) [text]

Border closures should not be Australia’s default response (The Interpreter Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Counterterrorism rhetoric, the deterrence paradigm, and the end of asylum: an antipodean viewpoint (Verfassungsblog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Human Rights Cast Aside: Navigating Australia’s Asylum Seeker Detention Regime (Border Criminologies Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Post-9/11 Australia has pushed a tradition of exclusion to constitutional extremes (Verfassungsblog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Tampa affair: tracing the fallout on Australia's refugee policy (UNSW Sydney News, Dec. 2021) [text]

Reports & articles: 

Educational and employment journeys of Syrian conflict refugees in Victoria (AMES Australia, 2021) [text]

"Fake history: Has the significance of the Tampa affair been exaggerated?," Inside Story, 8 Dec. 2021 [text]

"From Ethical Challenges to Opportunities: Reflections on Participatory and Collaborative Research with Refugees in Australia," Ethics and Social Welfare, vol. 15, no. 2 (2021) [preprint]

"International Refugee Law in Crisis: Islands, Incarceration and Neo-Refoulment During COVID-19 Crisis," Australian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 39 (2021) [preprint]

- Includes analysis of the Australia-Pacific arrangements.

A Place to Call Home: A Report on the Experiences of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion among People Seeking Asylum in Greater Sydney (Jesuit Refugee Service & Western Sydney Univ., Dec. 2021) [access]

Multimedia:

Do Migrants Matter? (What Happens Next? Podcast, Nov. 2021) [access]

A More Welcoming Country? (What Happens Next? Podcast, Nov. 2021) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Australia (10 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

New Open Access book:

Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Digital Migration Studies: Caring for (Big) Data? (Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2021) [open access]

- "Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but also the activities of other actors, from solidarity networks to border control agencies. In doing so, digital technologies create a whole new set of ethical and methodological challenges for migration studies: from data access to data interpretation, privacy protection, and research ethics more generally."

Reports & book chapters:

Big (Crisis) data for predictive models 2021: A literature review and outline of opportunities for UNHCR (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Digital inclusion user insights: Former refugees and migrants with English as a second language (Govt. of New Zealand, Nov. 2021) [access]

"Filling the apps: The smartphone, time and the refugee," Chapter in Waiting and the Temporalities of Irregular Migration (Routledge, 2020) [open access]

Lives on hold: Access to asylum on mainland Greece, Crete and Rhodes (Mobile Info Team, Nov. 2021) [access]

- This report "looks at the experiences of people seeking asylum on mainland Greece, Crete and Rhodes whose only route to asylum is via the application, Skype."

Journal articles:

"The impact of the Internet on migration aspirations and intentions," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 3 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"Measuring migration 2.0: a review of digital data sources," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:59 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

"Mobile and blended, please! Migrants and refugees’ learning choices in a language MOOC," The JALT CALL Journal, vol. 17, no. 3 (2021) [ResearchGate]

"'Papers, Please': Using a Video Game to Explore Experiential Learning and Authentic Assessment in Immigration and Asylum Law," Irish Journal of Academic Practice, vol. 9, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]

"Programming the machine: gender, race, sexuality, AI, and the construction of credibility and deceit at the border," Internet Policy Review, vol. 10, no. 4 (2021) [open access]

"Scaling the Children Immunization App (CIMA) to Support Child Refugees and Parents in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Social Capital Approach to Scale a Smartphone Application in Zaatari Camp, Jordan," Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Latest Articles, 3 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"Technology and Territorial Change in Conflict Settings: Migration Control in the Aegean Sea," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Turkey.

"Turning Asylum Seekers’ Smartphones into Control Devices: The Introduction of the Data Extraction Policy in Austria," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 54.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (20 Dec. 2021)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Webinar: Biden at One: Assessing the Administration’s Immigration Record, 19 January 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Biden’s Border Ambitions Fall Short in a Year of Setbacks and Continued Focus on Deterrence (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

The Fifth Circuit’s Interventionist Administrative Law and the Misguided Reinstatement of Remain in Mexico (Just Security Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Immigration Detention and Enforcement Are a Mixed Bag in Biden’s First Year (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Key facts about U.S. immigration policies and Biden’s proposed changes (Pew Fact Tank, Jan. 2022) [text]

The Migrant Protection Protocols: Policy History and Latest Updates (Center for Migration Studies, Dec. 2021) [text]

On International Migrants Day, Reimagining Migration Beyond Imperialism, Militarism, and Racism (Just Security Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Title 42 and the Haitian Border Crisis: Is the American Asylum System Irreparably Broken? (Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

Top 10 Immigration Law Stories of 2021, Immigration Book of the Year (ImmigrationProf Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Immigration: Apprehensions and Expulsions at the Southwest Border (Congressional Research Service, Dec. 2021) [text]

Inhumane Again: Remain in Mexico Rollout Confirms Endemic Flaws of Unfixable Policy (Human Rights First, Dec. 2021) [text]

A Mounting Asylum Backlog and Growing Wait Times (TRAC, Dec. 2021) [text]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Powers and Limitations: A Primer (Congressional Research Service, updated Nov. 2021) [text]

Articles:

Anthurium, vol. 17, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "Mariel@40," with 10 articles, creative writing essays, student research and reviews.

"Immigration Has Been a Defining, Often Contentious, Element Throughout U.S. History," Migration Information Source, 6 Jan. 2022 [text]

"Physiological costs of undocumented human migration across the southern United States border," Science, vol. 374, no. 6574 (Dec. 2021) [ResearchGate]

- See also related news release.

"Title 42, asylum, and politicising public health," The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, vol. 7 (March 2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (14 Dec. 2021)

News: 2022 Edition of HRW's World Report

The latest edition of Human Rights Watch's annual human rights survey, World Report 2022: Events of 2021, has been launched. It provides a summary of the human rights situation in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world, and includes assessments [web page; pdf] of climate policies in 22 countries. The introductory essay is entitled "With Autocrats on the Defensive, Can Democrats Rise to the Occasion?."

Readers can download the entire report or browse by individual country on the companion website. Abridged versions are offered in multiple languages. Previous editions of the World Report can be found here.

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Mexico saw refugee, asylum claims almost double in 2021," AP News, 3 Jan. 2022 [text]

Migration in Latin America: Explainer (Chatham House, Oct. 2021) [text]

Refugee family found safety and stability in Mexico. Next step: citizenship (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Access to information for Venezuelan refugees and migrants: Before and during the journey (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2021) [text]

How to migrate north: Factors behind Central American refugees’ and migrants’ decisions in Mexico (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2021) [text]

“It’s Very Hard to Have Rights”: The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugee and Migrant Communities in Tijuana (Espacio Migrante & Haitian Bridge Alliance, Dec. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Experiences of Nicaraguan Political Refugees in Costa Rica," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 22.

"Movilidad humana y COVID-19: violaciones de derechos humanos por el cierre de fronteras en Brasil," FORO: Revista de Derecho, no. 37 (2022) [open access]

"News Frames in the Context of a Substantial Increase in Migration: Differences Between Media Platforms and Immigrants’ Nationality," International Journal of Communication, vol. 15 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Chile.

"Non-Governmental Organizations in Tijuana, Mexico Serving Deported Migrants from the United States," Frontera Norte, vol. 33 (2021) [open access]

"Vaccines for all? A rapid scoping review of COVID-19 vaccine access for Venezuelan migrants in Latin America," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 4 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Crisis Humanitaria de Migrantes y Refugiados en Venezuela, 1 Dec. 2021 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (16 Dec. 2021) 

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Categories that Blind Us, Categories that Bind Them: The Deployment of Vulnerability Notion for Syrian Refugees in Turkey," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [ResearchGate]

"Future urban development scenarios for post-conflict Syria: How will returning refugees shape the future?," Habitat International, vol. 119 (Jan. 2022) [free full-text]

"Immigration and Revolution in Iran: Asylum politics and State Consolidation," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 29, no. 63 (2021) [open access]

"The Impact of COVID-19 on ex-Gazan Palestinian Refugees in Jerash Camp, Jordan," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

"Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced Persons in the Middle East and North Africa: An approach from the Global South," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 29, no. 63 (2021) [open access]

"La nouvelle politique migratoire au maroc en faveur des subsahariens entre succès et échecs," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 156.

"Nowhere to go? The case of displaced people in Maghreb states during the COVID-19 pandemic," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 29, no. 63 (2021) [open access]

"Palestinian Refugees and COVID-19: Navigating through Lebanon's Multi-layered Crisis," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

"Precarity of refugees: the case of Basmane-İzmir, Turkey," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 20 (2021) [ResearchGate]

"Sending Back the Syrians Living in Turkey: An Assessment within the Context of Non-Refoulement Principle in International Law," Middle East Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 6, no. 1 (Winter 2021) [full-text]

"Spiritual ambiguity in interfaith humanitarianism: Local faith communities, Syrian refugees, and Muslim–Christian encounters in Lebanon and Jordan," Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (12 Jan. 2022)

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Giving the Floor to the Experts: Academia's Growing Role in Migration Governance in North Africa  (Mixed Migration Hub, Nov. 2021) [text]

"Libya: Hundreds of refugees attacked and detained by authorities in Tripoli," Middle East Eye, 10 Jan. 2022 [text]

*A response from the UNHCR on the situation outside its community day care centre in Tripoli (The Civil Fleet, Jan. 2022) [text]

UNHCR in Jordan announces few Syrian refugees returned to Syria in 2021 (JURIST Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

What does Normalisation with Syria mean for Syrian refugees? (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Reports: 

Complex Persecution: Complemented system of oppression and exploitation of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya (Euro-Med Monitor, Dec. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

Losing hope: Why Tunisians are leading the surge in irregular migration to Europe (Global Initiative, Jan. 2022) [text]

On Refuge and Displacement: Challenges to the Provision of Rights and Protection for Syrians Inside and Outside Syrian Borders, RID Working Paper, no. 12 (Researching Internal Displacement, Dec. 2021) [text]

UNHCR's Cash Assistance and Protection Outcomes in MENA (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Unsafe and Undignified: The forced expulsion of migrants from Libya (OHCHR, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

The Precarious Lives of Syrians: Temporary Protection and the Turkey/EU Deal, 30 Nov. 2021 [access]

Why are Kurdish people risking their lives to seek asylum?, 6 Dec. 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (8 Dec. 2021)