14 February 2022

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published -- and the ToC is too long to list in its entirety! The contents of vol. 34, no. 4, Dec. 2021 begin with a special section on "The Politics of Uncertainty: Producing, Reinforcing and Mediating (Legal) Uncertainty in Local Refugee Reception," with the following articles:
  • The Politics of Uncertainty: Producing, Reinforcing, and Mediating (Legal) Uncertainty in Local Refugee Reception—Introduction to the Special Issue [open access]
  • Remodelling (Un)certainty: Outsourcing and Auditing Refugee Reception in Switzerland [abstract]
  • Creating Uncertainty in the Governance of Arrival and Return: Target-group Constructions in Bavarian AnkER Facilities [open access]
  • Strategies of Divergence: Local Authorities, Law, and Discretionary Spaces in Migration Governance [open access]
  • From Refugee to Resident in the Digital Age: Refugees’ Strategies for Navigating in and Negotiating Beyond Uncertainty During Reception and Settlement in The Netherlands [open access]
  • Restriction, Simplification, and Externalization: How German Refugee Accommodation Centres Deal with Diversity Related Uncertainty [abstract]
  • Moderating Uncertainty: The Reception of Refugee Children in the German Early Childhood Education and Care Sector [abstract]

The Original Articles section lists 40 articles, of which five are open access and two are free full-text. The Field Reflections section features three entries (one is open access and the second is free full-text); four reviews are also included.

All hybrid and green open access articles can be viewed via my JRS page.

Tagged Periodicals.

12 February 2022

Opportunities: More Feb. & March 2022

CFP: IHR Partnership Seminar Series: Doing Refugee History – Methods in Refugee History [info]
- Submit abstracts by 14 February 2022.

Panel discussion: 30 Years of EU Migration and Asylum Policies: success or failure?, 14 February 2022 [info]

Webinar: Refugee Education: Taking Stock of Our Field, 14 February 2022 [info]

Webinar: Strategies in Migration Management: Deterrence or Forecasting?, 15 February 2022 [info]

Seminar: International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Protection Law, Online, 17 February 2022 [info]

Job announcement: Consultant for Desk Review, IOM Bangkok [info]
- Candidate sought to review "existing policies, frameworks, research and/or evaluations to identify best practices in the region as well as lead stakeholders’ engagement to identify possible gaps or areas of collaboration between the participating countries in the area of return, reintegration readmission and ATD." Submit applications by 20 February 2022.

Webinar: Migration and Refugee Flows: What's New?, 22 February 2022 [info]

Webinar: The role of information provision in migration governance: Informing to dissuade?, 23 February 2022 [info]

Project presentation: Final Event of the Regions for Migrants & Refugees Integration (REGIN), Online, 23-24 February 2022 [info]

*Job announcement: Consultant, World Bank's Window for Host Communities & Refugees [info]
- Candidate sought to research and draft white paper/advocacy plan with a child-centered focus to the Window. Submit applications by 27 February 2022.

Call for concept notes: Programmes Benefiting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan [info]
- Submission deadline is 1 March 2022.

*CFP: Migrants and forcibly displaced persons: Towards greater inclusion and protection, 2nd International Conference of the Research and Evidence Facility, Nairobi and Online, 9-10 June 2022 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 1 March 2022.

Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Vulnerable PRM Populations of Concern in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 8 March 2022.

Discussion: Rural Arrival: The specifics of small towns and rural regions as places of refugee reception and integration, Venue TBD, 15 March 2022 [info]

High-level meeting: Health and migration in the WHO European Region: jointly shaping the vision for the health of refugees and migrants, 17–18 March 2022, Istanbul, Turkey [info]

Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Refugee Populations in Ethiopia and Kenya [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 18 March 2022.

*Call for applications: 18th Migration Summer School, Florence, Italy, 27 June-8 July 2022 [info]
- Apply by 20 March 2022.

Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Refugee/Asylum Seeker Populations in South Africa [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 25 March 2022.

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics/Political Science [info]
- Contributions sought for a research topic on "International UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Refugees and Conflict Studies." Submit abstracts by 31 March 2022.

*UPDATED

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Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The Current Migrant and Refugee Crisis in Europe: Refugee Reception Centers in South-east Bulgaria," Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Generalised Push-back Practices in Europe: The Right to Seek Asylum is a Fundamental Right," Quaderns IEE: Revista de l’Institut d’Estudis Europeus, vol. 1, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

"Humanitarianism and the 'Migration Fix': On the Implication of NGOs in Racial Capitalism and the Management of Relative Surplus Populations," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 28 Nov. 2021 [open access]

Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, no. 129 (2021) [open access]
- Special issue on "El asilo confinado: acceso a la protección internacional y la acogida en la era COVID-19 = Asylum in lockdown: Access to international protection and reception in times of COVID-19." The introduction is available in both English and Spanish; other articles are in Spanish only.
- A number of articles focus on Spain/Europe.

"SARS-CoV-2 attack rate in reception and accommodation centres for asylum seekers during the first wave: systematic review of outbreak media reports in Germany," Journal of Migration and Health, In Press, 4 Feb. 2022 [open access]

"Turkish and Libyan Refugee Deals: A Critical Analysis of the European Union's Securitarian Irregular Migration Policy," Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Who Belongs, and How Far? Refugees and Bureaucrats within the German Active Welfare State," Social Inclusion, vol. 10, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Fortress Europe and the Syrian refugee crisis, 31 Jan. 2022 [access]

Related post:

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Panel discussion: 30 Years of EU Migration and Asylum Policies: success or failure?, 14 February 2022 [info]

Webinar: Strategies in Migration Management: Deterrence or Forecasting?, 15 February 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Editorial: French Presidency Plans: New Momentum or Hot Air?," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 4 Feb. 2022 [text]

Libya/EU: Conditions remain ‘hellish’ as EU marks 5 years of cooperation agreements (Amnesty International, Jan. 2022) [text]

Localising advocacy on refugee rights and protection in Turkey (HPN Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

A Lost Opportunity for Border Justice at the European Court of Human Rights (EJIL: Talk Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

The New Humanitarian Crisis for Afghans: Access to Asylum (RLI Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

Renewed conflict in Ukraine would trigger massive displacement (Norwegian Refugee Council, Feb. 2022) [text]

Why do migrants try to come to the United Kingdom? (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2022) [text]

New open access books:

Refugees and Knowledge Production: Europe's Past and Present (Routledge, Feb. 2022) [open access]
- "Building on research within the fields of exile studies and critical migration studies and drawing links between historical and contemporary ‘refugee scholarship’, this volume challenges the bias of methodological nationalism and Eurocentrism in discussing the multifaceted forms of knowledge emerging in the context of migration and mobility. With critical attention to the meaning, production and scope of ‘refugee scholarship’ generated at the institutions of higher education, it also focuses on ‘refugee knowledge’ produced outside academia, and scrutinizes the conditions according to which it is validated or silenced."

Refugees on the Move: Crisis and Response in Turkey and Europe 
(Berghahn Books, Feb. 2022) [open access]
- This volume " highlights and explores the profound complexities of the current refugee issue by focusing specifically on Syrian refugees in Turkey and other European countries and responses from the host countries involved. It examines the causes of the movement of refugee populations, the difficulties they face during their journeys, the daily challenges and obstacles they experience, and host governments’ attempts to manage and overcome the so-called 'refugee crisis'." Note: It appears that access to the complete text will become available on 15 Feb. 2022.

Reports & book chapters:

*Appeal to the Italian Government, to UNHCR and IOM for the immediate withdrawal of the Italy-Libya Memorandum (Feb. 2022) [text]

Control and Containment: Changes in Access to Asylum on Mainland Greece, Crete, and Rhodes (Mobile Info Team, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

EASO Practical Guide Series (EU Agency for Asylum) [access]
- New guides published in Dec. 2021 focus on exclusion for serious (non-political) crimes, subsequent applications, lodging applications for international protection, and application of the cessation clauses.

Making EU-Turkey Cooperation on Migration Sustainable: A Greater Focus on the Turkish Host Society is Required, SWP Comment, no. 7 (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Feb. 2022) [text]

"The Migration Crisis at the Evros/Meriç Border: An Analysis on the Coverage of Greek and Turkish News Portals," Chapter in Bridging the Gaps: An Almanac for Greek-Turkish Cooperation (Nobel Bilimsel Eserler, 2021) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 51.

"The New Governance System for Asylum and Migration in the European Union: An Avenue for Cooperation between Turkey and Greece?," Chapter in Bridging the Gaps: An Almanac for Greek-Turkish Cooperation (Nobel Bilimsel Eserler, 2021) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 23.

Providing Legal Advice to Destitute Asylum Seekers Who Have Exhausted Appeal Rights. Evaluation of the Hope Projects (West Midlands) Legal Service (Nottingham Trent Univ., Dec. 2021) [text]

"What Shapes the Narratives on Internally Displaced People in Dnipro Media?," Chapter in Ukraine’s Outpost: Dnipropetrovsk and the Russian-Ukrainian War (E-International Relations, 2 Feb. 2022 [open access]

What’s new? Analysing the latest trends on the Central Mediterranean mixed migration route to Italy (Mixed Migration Centre, Feb. 2022) [text]

The Winding Road to Marrakech: Lessons from the European Negotiations of the Global Compact for Migration (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2022) [text]

*UPDATED

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11 February 2022

Thematic Focus: Education - Addendum

I just discovered that this new edited volume is now open access!

Opening Up the University: Teaching and Learning with Refugees
, Berghahn Books, Jan. 2022
- "Through a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions from educators, administrators, practitioners, and students, this expansive collected volume aims to inspire and question those who are considering creating their own interventions, speaking to policy makers and university administrators on specific points relating to the access and success of refugees in higher education, and suggests concrete avenues for further action within existing academic structures."

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Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

Embedding ethics in the practice of humanitarian innovation (HPN Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Localisation only pays lip service to fixing aid’s colonial legacy," The New Humanitarian, 8 Feb. 2022 [text]

Localisation Re-imagined (ALNAP) [access]
- Five-part series on locally-led humanitarian action; essays are published monthly. Three posts are now available.

Reports & journal articles:

"The afterlife of buzzwords: the journey of rights-based approaches through the humanitarian sector," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 26, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

Blended Finance Solutions for Clean Energy in Humanitarian and Displacement Settings (Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings, Jan. 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for lessons learned and toolkit.

Guidance: Understanding and addressing bureaucratic and administrative impediments to humanitarian action: Framework for a system-wide approach (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Humanitarians' ethics: the role of face-to-face experiences for humanitarian aid workers' motivation," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 23 Dec. 2021 [open access]

Localization: A “Landscape” Report (Tufts Univ., Dec. 2021) [access]
- Follow link for report and summary.

"Localization and the Politics of Humanitarian Action," Research topic in Frontiers in Political Science/Human Dynamics [access]
- Follow link to access the seven articles that are part of this collection. See also video recordings of two related panel discussions listed below.

The Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2021 (CARE, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2022: Assessing Data Availability Across Humanitarian Crises (OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, Feb. 2022) [text]

Multimedia:

An interview with the UN’s humanitarian chief (Rethinking Humanitarianism, Jan. 2022) [access]
- See also transcript here.

Localization and the Politics of Humanitarian Action
- Part 1, 27 Jan. 2022: Focused on practical perspectives on localizing humanitarian action
- Part 2, 7 Feb. 2022: Focused on theoretical conceptions of localizing humanitarian action 

Nexus Collection Podcasts (IASC) [access]

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Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Reports:

Barriers to Gender Based Violence (GBV) health services in humanitarian settings during COVID-19: A desk review from Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh), Iraq & Northeast Nigeria (Global Health Cluster, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement: Findings from New Empirical Analysis (JDC Quarterly Digest (Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, Dec. 2021) [text]

The Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement: A Synthesis of New Research (World Bank & UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]
- See also this related policy brief and visit the programme's web page to access analyses of policies relating to refugees and internal displacement as well as a series of commissioned research papers. 

Gestión de casos con personas sobrevivientes de violencia basada en género en contexto de movilidad humana: Procedimiento operativo estándar (Grupo de Trabajo sobre Personas Refugiadas y Migrantes, ) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Ecuador.

Refugee Women: Unpacking Gender-based Violence - Event Report (World Refugee & Migration Council, Dec. 2021) [text]
- See also the video recording of the event.

Stuck in Uncertainty and Exposed to Violence: The Impact of US and Mexican Migration Policies on Women Seeking Protection in 2021 (Women’s Refugee Commission & Instituto para las Mujeres la Migración, Feb. 2022) [access]
- Follow link for report and supplementary resources.

"That never happens here": Sexual and gender-based violence against men, boys and/including LGBTIQ+ people in humanitarian settings (Norwegian Red Cross & ICRC, Feb. 2022) [text]

‘We want to be strong, but we don’t have the chance’: Women’s experiences of seeking asylum in the UK (British Red Cross, Jan. 2022) [access]

Journal articles:

"The case of migrant women from the Central American Northern Triangle: How to prevent exploitation and violence during the crossing," Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, vol. 64, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Development and Testing of a Community-Based Intervention to Address Intimate Partner Violence among Rohingya and Syrian Refugees: A Social Norms-Based Mental Health-Integrated Approach," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 21 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"Forced migration and reproductive rights: Pregnant women fleeing Venezuela," ACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional, no. 15 (2022) [open access]

"Huida inmovilizada en Tijuana: desplazamiento forzado de mujeres mexicanas hacia Estados Unidos," Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, no. 129 (2021) [open access]

Related posts:

10 February 2022

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (United States)

Resettlement & integration in the US:

"36,000 Afghan evacuees lack pathway to permanent legal status in the U.S.," CBS News, 29 Jan. 2022 [text]

Assessing Barriers to Integration: A Survey of Asylees in the United States (RI Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

Biden Resettlement EO "Report Card" (Refugee Council USA, Feb. 2022) [text]
- Note: EO = Executive Order

"Predictors of Refugees’ Ability to Pass the United States Citizenship Exam," Virginia Journal of Public Health, vol. 5, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]

Refugees and Security Vetting, Policy Brief (National Foundation for American Policy, Jan. 2022) [text]
- See also related press release.

"Swamped with Afghan Refugees, U.S. Appeals to Decimated Resettlement Groups," Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2022 [text]

US Refugee Admissions: Q1 Fiscal Year 2022 (RCUSA, Feb. 2022) [text]

"Why some Afghan evacuees are still in US bases six months on," The New Humanitarian, 9 Feb. 2022 [text]

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Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Consultancy, Norwegian Refugee Council [info]
- Candidate sought to undertake evaluation on "Durable Solutions in Nigeria: Building Tools for Better Advocacy and Programming." Submit proposal by 21 February 2022.

Blog posts & press:

COVID-19 compounds housing instability for Canada’s Syrian refugees: study (Western University, Feb. 2022) [text]

"Greece: Refugees, asylum-seekers struggle to integrate," DW, 8 Feb. 2022 [text]

"'Not without my partner': refugees forced to choose between family in Australia and chance of US visa," The Guardian, 4 Feb. 2022 [text]

Reports:

Access to Durable Solutions Among IDPs in Iraq: Six Years in Displacement (IOM & Georgetown Univ., Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Effective inclusion of refugees: Participatory approaches for practitioners at the local level (UNHCR & Migration Policy Group, Jan. 2022) [text]
- "UNHCR and the Migration Policy Group have created a step-by-step practical Toolkit for local stakeholders to guide the development, adaptation and evaluation of integration and inclusion practices for refugees. The toolkit was developed together with integration practitioners from 7 pilot countries in Europe who informed the design, tested and validated it." See also related flyer.

Global Literature Synthesis Report: Refugee Sponsorship and Integration Outcomes (Univ. of Ottawa, 2021; posted Feb. 2022) [text]

Life out of the Shadows: Impacts of Amnesties in the Lives of Refugees, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9928 (World Bank, Feb. 2022) [text]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia. See also related event video recording.

Multi-level governance for migrant integration: Policy instruments from Austria, Canada, France, Germany and Italy (OECD, Feb. 2022) [text]

Norms and Values in Refugee Resettlement: A Literature Review of Resettlement to the EU, Current Themes in IMER Research, no. 1 (Malmö University, 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Fragile Obligation: Gratitude, Discontent, and Dissent with Syrian Refugees in Canada," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"How effective are integration policy reforms? The case of asylum-related migrants," International Migration, Early View, 27 Jan. 2022 [open access]
- Focuses on Switzerland.

*"Neoliberal Fatigue: The Effects of Private Refugee Sponsorship on Canadians’ Political Consciousness," Critical Sociology, OnlineFirst, 16 Dec. 2021 [open access]

"Refugees' and non-refugee migrants' regret about migration and confidence in integration: The role of forcedness and perils before and during migration," International Journal of Psychology, Early View, 3 Feb. 2022 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

"Socio-cultural starting positions among recently arrived Syrian refugees in the Netherlands: A latent class analysis," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 87 (March 2022) [open access]

Multimedia from the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub:

Follow the links below for access to video recordings of various workshops held on the topic of refugee sponsorship.

#Refugeesponsorshipcolloquium Playlist [access]

Refugee Sponsorship Research Colloquium Playlist [access]

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09 February 2022

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

Declining Immigration is Leaving US Jobs Unfilled (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Jordan issues record number of work permits to Syrian refugees (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

#LiftTheBan: The Impacts of the Work Ban on UK Asylum Seekers (CGD Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

#LiftTheBan: Why UK Asylum Seekers Don’t Have the Right to Work (CGD Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Refugees in U.S. struggle to find long-term work," Cornell Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022 [text]

The Remote Work Loophole for Refugees in Jordan: An Incentive Towards Digital Skills Training? (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

New open access book:

Labour Migration in the Time of Covid-19: Inequalities and Perspectives for Change (CNR Edizioni 2021) [open access]
- "This volume... offers a wide and in-depth analysis of the consequences that migrant workers are facing in these days: as a vulnerable group, they have to cope with an unpredictable and exceptional situation – COVID-19 pandemics – adding elements of weakness to their already fragile state."

Journal articles:

"From refugee to manager? Organisational socialisation practices, refugees' experiences and polyrhythmic socialisation," European Management Review, Early View, 28 Jan. 2022 [open access]
- Focuses on Austria. 

"The role and challenges of public service organisations in the labour market integration of refugees: A relational perspective analysing integration measures in Austria, Finland, Germany and Sweden," European Management Review, Early View, 3 Feb. 2022 [open access]

"Syrian Refugees’ Integration Policies in Jordanian Labor Market," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 13 (June 2021) [open access]

Reports:

An Assessment of Kenya’s Private Sector Digital Outsourcing Landscape and Its Potential to Support Refugee Economic Inclusion (International Trade Centre, Norwegian Refugee Council & Amahoro Coalition, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Financial Literacy Training in Uganda's Refugee Response: A Learning Brief (UNHCR & WFP, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Graduation Programme in Mozambique: Objectives of the Impact Evaluation on employment, welfare and social integration for refugees and host communities (UNHCR, Feb. 2022) [text]

How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9915 (World Bank, Jan. 2022) [text]

Labor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9914 (World Bank, Jan. 2022) [text]

Pathways for Labor Migration from Northern Central America: Five Difficult But Necessary Proposals (World Refugee & Migration Council, Jan. 2022) [text]

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Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Blog posts & press:

Children Affected by Displacement and the Rights to Legal Identity in Mali (RID Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

The Forced Displacement of Moroccan Children: Case Study on Spanish Enclaves (RLI Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

The Moral and Legal Obligation to Provide Justice and Restitution to Forcibly Separated Families (GILJ Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

US: Border Program’s Huge Toll on Children (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Children on the Move: Why, Where, How? (UNICEF & IOM, 2021) [text]
- Explores the child, climate and migration nexus.

The Unprotected: Annual Spotlight on Child Protection Funding in Humanitarian Action (Save the Children, 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Children & Migration: Political Constructions and Contestations," Global Policy, vol. 12, no. 5 (Nov. 2021) [open access]
- Focuses on the UK.

"COVID- 19 and its Effects on Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Migrant Children Aged 12-17 Years at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe," PanAfrican Journal of Governance and Development, vol. 2, no. 2 (Aug. 2021) [open access]
- From the abstract: "...[T]here is very little literature on refugees in Zimbabwe."

European Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 29, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [contents]
- Special issue on "Health and Well-Being of Refugee Children and Adolescents." The editorial is freely available and two articles focusing on Germany are open access

"Family separation and everyday (in)security in the lives of unaccompanied refugee minors," Oñati Socio-Legal Series,  vol. 11, no. 4 (2021) [open access]

"Family Socialization and Experiences of Early Childhood Programs in the Rohingya Camps: Study Protocol," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 21 (Jan.-Dec. 2022) [open access]

"International migration of unaccompanied minors: trends, health risks, and legal protection," The Lancet, vol. 5, no. 12 (Dec. 2021) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 19 Feb. 2022. 

"The Unaccompanied Child’s Right to Legal Assistance and Representation in Asylum Procedures under EU Law," Laws, vol. 11, no. 1 (Dec. 2021) [open access]

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08 February 2022

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Blog posts & press:

Environmental disasters are fuelling migration — here’s why international law must recognize climate refugees (The Conversation, Jan. 2022) [text]

The Future of “Climate Refugees” in International Law (Völkerrechtsblog, June 2021) [text]

Reports:

Environmental Drivers of Migration from Northern Central America (World Refugee & Migration Council, Jan. 2022) [text]

Environmental Explanations of Central American Migration: Challenges and Policy Recommendations (Florida International Univ., Aug. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Los efectos del cambio climático: otra razón para repensar las políticas migratorias," FORO: Revista de Derecho, no. 37 (2022) [open access]

"Exploring Migration Hold Factors in Climate Change Hazard-Prone Area Using Grounded Theory Study: Evidence from Coastal Semarang, Indonesia," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 8 (April 2021) [open access]
- From the abstract: "Though those who stay put in climate change hazard-prone areas are an intriguing subject of research, only a small number of empirical works specifically targeted these populations. Hence, the drivers of immobility in disaster-prone areas remain understudied and inadequately theorized."

"A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of displacement induced by climate change," World Development, vol. 151 (March 2022) [open access]
- Focuses on Ethiopia.

"Reflecting on climate-induced migration as a human security issue: An internally-displaced-person-centered approach to understanding displacement," Journal of Human Security Studies, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Xenophobia-Induced Disaster Displacement in Gauteng, South Africa: A Climate Change Litigation Perspective," Carbon & Climate Law Review, vol. 15, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Anticipating and Regulating Climate Migration: Climate Refugees and International Law, 6 May 2021 [access]

Climate Change and Displacement: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East, 28 Jan. 2022 [access]

Launch of the Research Agenda and Research Network for advancing law and policy responses to displacement and migration in the context of disasters and climate change in Africa, 30 Nov. 2021 [access]
- Note: Includes link to the text of the Research Agenda in English and French.

Litigating climate change displacement: Cutting-edge cases and decisions, 20 Oct. 2021 [access]
- Follow link for podcast and video recording.

Resource:

Climate Mobility Africa Research Network [access]
- "This bilingual, interdisciplinary network will provide a platform for critical and independent research on the topic of climate mobility, and for future collaboration between researchers and policymakers on this and related issues."

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Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics/Political Science [info]
- Contributions sought for a research topic on "International UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Refugees and Conflict Studies." Submit abstracts by 31 March 2022.

Blog posts & press:

20,000 migrants taken back to Libya reported missing in 2021: Oxfam (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2022) [text]

Egypt: Forced Returns of Eritrean Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2022) [text]

Libya/EU: Conditions remain ‘hellish’ as EU marks 5 years of cooperation agreements (Amnesty International, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Migrant abuses continue in Libya. So does EU border training," AP News, 25 Jan. 2022 [text]

Syrian refugees in Jordan: A decade and counting (Future Development Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Choosing Heating Instead of Eating: The Sacrifices Displaced Syrians Have to Make to Survive Their Worst Winter Yet (Syria Relief, Feb. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Co-payments and equity in care: enhancing hospitalisation policy for Palestine refugees in Lebanon," BMC Health Services Research, 22:121 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Comparing online and in-person surveys: assessing a measure of resilience with Syrian refugee youth," International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Latest Articles, 24 April 2021 [Yale Univ.]

"Decentralized sanitation solutions for temporal Internally Displaced people (IDPs) and refugees camps and residential complexes in Duhok province: Case study," Ain Shams Engineering Journal, vol. 13, no. 4 (June 2022) [open access]
- Focuses on Iraq.

"La doble lógica de la externalización europea: protección y deportación en Marruecos," Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, no. 129 (2021) [open access]

DOMES: Digest of Middle East Studies, vol. 30, no. 4 (Fall 2021) [contents]
- Special issue on "Taking Stock of Middle East Migration since the Arab Uprisings." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access: "The perils of refugee rentierism in the post-2011 Middle East" and "The governance of Syrian refugees in the Middle East: Lessons from the Jordan and Lebanon Compacts." A third article on "Displaced Syrians’ reflections on dignity" can be accessed here.

"Permanentemente confinados: el impacto de la COVID-19 en la población refugiada palestina," Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, no. 129 (2021) [open access]

"Refugees Hosting Other Refugees: Endurance and Maintenance of Care in Ouzaii (Lebanon)," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [postprint]

Sharing to Survive: Investigating the Role of Social Networks During Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis (Mercy Corps, Jan. 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report and executive summary in both English and Arabic.

"Studying Forced Migration in the Global South: The Role of Everyday Politics," Comparative Politics Newsletter, vol. XXXI, no. 2 (Fall 2021) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 33. Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Between Economic Precarity and Legal Vulnerability," Chapter in Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention: Exploring Global Perspectives (Observer Research Foundation & Global Policy Journal, 2022) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 50.

"Turkish and Libyan Refugee Deals: A Critical Analysis of the European Union's Securitarian Irregular Migration Policy," Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

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07 February 2022

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

*2021 for UNHCR’s Microdata Library: What did we achieve? (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

How refugees are creatively countering misinformation (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2022) [text]

The Remote Work Loophole for Refugees in Jordan: An Incentive Towards Digital Skills Training? (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

Sophisticated cyber-attack targets Red Cross Red Crescent data on 500,000 people (ICRC, Jan. 2022) [text]

Reports:

A content and frame analysis of the social media discourse on refugees and migrants, in the context of the United Nations and the European Union, 2015-2019 (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2022) [text]

Digitalisation in humanitarian aid: opportunities and challenges in forgotten crises (European Centre for Development Policy Management, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Digitalisation of Asylum Procedures: Risks and Benefits (AIDA, Jan. 2022) [text]

Do Policy Actors Influence Political Communication on Refugee Protection in Social Media? A Comparison of the UNHCR and the EU on Twitter (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2022) [text]

Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Management for Off-grid Solar Solutions in Displacement Settings (NORCAP & UNITAR, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Promoting international solidarity: international handling public opinion and social media pressure on policymaking on protection, Policy Brief, no. 2 (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Advocating 'Refugees' for Social Justice: Questioning Victimhood and Voice in NGOs' Use of Twitter," International Journal of Communication, vol. 16 (2022) [open access]

Harvard Data Science Review, no. 4.1 (Winter 2022) [open access]
- Includes a special theme on "World Migration and Displacement: Data, Disinformation, and Human Mobility."

"Mobile Learning Applications for Refugees: A Systematic Literature Review," Education Sciences, vol. 12, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Machine-Readable Refugees: Navigating biometric systems in Kenya, 2 February 2022 [access]

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05 February 2022

Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunity:

Webinar: Refugee Education: Taking Stock of Our Field, 14 February 2022 [info]

Blog posts & press:

6 years after the London Syria conference: Was it a gamble to invest in the crumbling Lebanese public school system? (Centre for Lebanese Studies, Feb. 2022) [text]

Djibouti takes an inclusive approach to schooling for refugees (Arab Voices Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Four Opportunities that Facilitate Refugees’ Access to Education (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]
- Focuses on Egypt.

"How COVID has made education an urgent humanitarian issue," The New Humanitarian, 17 Jan. 2022 [text]

Moving towards better education data for greater inclusion and visibility of refugees (UNHCR Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]
- See also related report below.

We Need Formative Assessment Now More Than Ever for 'Safe Back to School' in Rohingya Camps and Bangladesh (INEE Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Why Refugee Girls are Missing Out on Secondary School (CGD Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]
- See also related working paper below.

"Why we Rohingya want to save our refugee-run schools," The New Humanitarian, 17 Jan. 2022 [text]

Reports: 

Adolescent Refugee Girls’ Secondary Education in Ethiopia: An Empirical Analysis of Multiple Vulnerabilities in Low-Resource Displacement Settings, Working Paper, no. 604 (Center for Global Development, Jan. 2022) [text]

Barriers and Facilitators for Refugee Children’s Education in Lebanon (World Vision, Dec. 2021) [text]

Educate A Child Programme: 2020 Annual Report (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Refugee Education Statistics: Issues and Recommendations (UNESCO Institute for Statistics & UNHCR, 2021; posted in Jan. 2022) [text]

Transition to secondary education, Education Series: Research Brief, no. 1 (UNHCR, 2022) [text]

University Sponsorship of Refugee Students: Initiative on Increasing U.S. Education Pathways for Refugee Students (Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, Nov. 2021) [text via UNHCR]

Journal articles:

"Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Education in emergencies: challenges of providing education for Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh," Education Inquiry, vol. 13, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Education of unaccompanied refugee minors in high-income countries: Risk and resilience factors," Educational Research Review, vol. 35 (Feb. 2022) [open access]

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 7, no. 2 (Dec. 2021) [open access]
- Special issue on "Psychosocial Support and Social and Emotional Learning in Emergencies." 

"Language, education, and power in refugee camps: A comparison of Kakuma Refugee Camp (Kenya) and Thai-Myanmar refugee camps," Current Issues in Comparative Education, vol. 23, no. 1 (Winter 2021) [open access]

"Post-Migration Education among Refugees in the Netherlands," Frontiers in Sociology, 13 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"Problems Encountered in the Education of Refugees in Turkey," International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Protocol: Feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a multilingual support intervention to improve Norwegian language skills for adult refugees," International Journal of Educational Research, vol. 112 (2022) [open access]

"A systematic and integrative review of qualitative research exploring experiences of acculturation and education among African-born migrants," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 86 (Jan. 2022) [free full-text]

"Transnational migration, refugee studies and lifelong learning," International Review of Education, Latest Articles, 29 Jan. 2022 [free full-text]
- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue.

Resource:

World Migration Educators’ Toolkit: A set of resources for educators for teaching about migration, migrants and human geography (IOM, 2021) [text]
- "Divided into seven modules, the Educators’ Toolkit addresses some of the foundational questions in migration studies, but in a format that is accessible for a secondary-level human geography course. The modules provide instructors with the option to utilize the entire Toolkit, but also the flexibility to draw upon certain resources that best suit the course design and classroom of their school. "

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04 February 2022

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Flooding Displacement in Malawi: Policy, Practice, and Prevention (GENIDA Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Joint Statement on the outcome of the second High-Level Bilateral meeting between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Jan. 2022) [text]

Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya: Legal challenges and recommendations (GENIDA Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Understanding the implications of Institutionalizing the Kampala Convention in Ethiopia (GENIDA Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

When ID leaves you without identity: the case of double registration in Kenya (Privacy International, Dec. 2021) [access]

Reports & book chapters:

COVID-19 and social and economic rights of migrants in Mali: Analysis of 4Mi data collected in Mali between July 2020 and January 2021 (Mixed Migration Centre & OHCHR, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Decoding Africa’s Legal Protection Mechanisms for Refugees," Chapter in Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention: Exploring Global Perspectives (Observer Research Foundation & Global Policy Journal, 2022) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 62.

"Revisiting Freedom of Trade, Occupation, and Movement of Refugees in South Africa," Chapter in Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention: Exploring Global Perspectives (Observer Research Foundation & Global Policy Journal, 2022) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 67.

Journal articles:

"Depression and Occupational Reintegration among IDPs in Jos," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 11, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"The impact of COVID-19 on the living and survival conditions of internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso," World Development Perspectives, vol. 25 (March 2022) [free full-text]

"No sources of fuelwood, all vegetation cover is done! Women Livelihoods and Environmental Prominence in Oil Induced Displaced Society in Albertine Graben, Uganda," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 11, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"The ramification of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: conceptual analysis of a looming 'Complex Disaster Emergency'," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:6 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"The right to return to one's country in Africa: Article 12(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Suicide Attempts Among Adult Eritrean Refugees in Tigray, Ethiopia: Prevalence and Associated Factors," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, vol. 15 (2022) [open access]

Resource:

GENIDA e-learning on Internally Displaced Persons [access]
- This free "provides insight into the key issues surrounding internal displacement including but not limited to understanding who IDPs are, gender and internal displacement, law and policy on internal displacement, health and internal displacement, governance and internal displacement, among others. In a one-week session, this course gives you access to an open-access online learning experience, materials and key concepts for discussion."

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Opportunities: Even More Feb. 2022 & New March 2022

Call for proposals: "Worlds in Crisis: Refugees, Asylum, and Forced Migration," Indiana Univ. Press [info]
- New book series. No deadline indicated.

Seminar: The stratified impact of Lebanon’s financial collapse on its population: displacement, migration, and immobility, 7 February 2022 [info]

Report launch: We Also Have Dreams: Human Rights and Quality of Life Issues of the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh, 8 February 2022 [info]

Book launch: Protecting Internally Displaced Persons: A Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions, 9 February 2022 [info]

Call for applications: Center for Migration and Refugee Studies Winter Short Courses, 27 February-15 March 2022 [info]
- Three courses offered on "International Refugee Law," "Return Migration Revisited" and "Psychosocial Issues and Interventions for Refugees and Migrants." Follow the link for more details on specific dates and whether the course is in-person or hybrid, The application deadline for all of them is 10 February 2022.

Discussion: Refugees, Social Cohesion and Reconciliation in Lebanon and Kenya, 7th Critical Dialogue on Reconciliation, 10 February 2022 [info]

Job announcement: Senior Research Officer or Research Fellow, ALNAP [info]
- Candidates from LMICs esp. encouraged to apply. Application deadline is 10 February 2022.

CFP: 4th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies, Chemnitz, Germany, 28-30 September 2022 [info]
- Note: The deadline for submitting proposals has been extended to 14 February 2022.

Call for Applications: Winter School on Environmental Migration in International Legal and Policy Frameworks, 28 February-4 March 2022.
- Apply by 15 February 2022.

Webinar: Working Towards a More Gender-Responsive Reintegration Process for Returned Migrants, 15 February 2022 [info]

Call for tenders: Review the coverage of statelessness issues in Country Policy and Information Notes (CPINs) produced by the UK Home Office's Country Policy and Information Team [info]
- Submit proposals by 17 February 2022.

Call for nominations: Nansen Refugee Award [info]
- Submission deadline is 20 February 2022.

Seminar series: Yale Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses, 1 February-26 April 2022 [info]
- The next seminar will be held on 22 February 2022.

Webinar: Transgenerational and Long-term Effects on the Mental Health of Internally Displaced People, 24 February 2022 [info]

Job announcement: Editor for International Migration Review [info]
- Apply by 28 February 2022.

Seminar: Disaster Induced Internal Displacement in India: Protection and Reporting, 28 February 2022 [info]

Call for applications: Dissertation Research Grants, Russell Sage Foundation [info]
- RSF's priority areas include "Race, Ethnicity and Immigration" and "Immigration and Immigrant Integration." Submission deadline is 1 March 2022.

Call for applications: 3rd Online Course on Statelessness, 4-29 April 2022 [info]
- Apply by 4 March 2022.

Call for applications: 18° Curso Virtual sobre Derecho Internacional de las Personas Refugiadas, 4-29 abril 2022 [info]
- Apply by 4 March 2022.

Call for proposals: RLO-to-RLO Fund [info]
- Eligible refugee-led organizations are based in Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Lebanon, or Uganda. Apply by 4 March 2022.

CFP: Frontiers in Sociology/Human Dynamics [info]
- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Bodies at Borders: Analyzing the Objectification and Containment of Migrants at Border Crossing." Submit abstracts by 7 March 2022.

Call for applications: Displacement, governance and human rights, FFVT Summer School 2022, Nuremberg, Germany, 10-15 July 2022 [info]
- Apply by 31 March 2022.

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics/Political Science [info]
- Contributions sought for a research topic on "International UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Refugees and Conflict Studies." Submit abstracts by 31 March 2022.

CFP: Improving the Global Refugee Regime: From Theory to Practice?, RLI 6th Annual Conference, Online, 29 June-1 July 2022 [info]
- Submit paper and panel proposals by 31 March 2022.

Job announcement: IDRC/CRDI Research Chair Professor on Addressing Gender in Forced Displacement in Asia, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand [info]
- Apply by 31 March 2022.

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03 February 2022

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (incl. Australia)

Opportunity:

*Report launch: We Also Have Dreams: Human Rights and Quality of Life Issues of the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh, 8 February 2022 [info]

Webinar panel discussion: Disaster Induced Internal Displacement in India: Protection and Reporting, 28 February 2022 [info]

*Job announcement: IDRC/CRDI Research Chair Professor on Addressing Gender in Forced Displacement in Asia, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand [info]
- Apply by 31 March 2022.

Blog posts & press:

From sanctioning a refugee team to letting China host: Does the International Olympic Committee support human rights? (The Conversation, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Myanmar Refugee Numbers Swell in India’s Mizoram State," The Diplomat, 25 Jan. 2022 [text]

"The Rohingya Trapped on a Remote Tropical Island," The Diplomat, 17 Dec. 2022 [text]

New book: 

Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention: Exploring Global Perspectives (Observer Research Foundation & Global Policy Journal, 2022) [full-text]
- This volume includes several chapters that discuss refugee protection in South Asia and Australia, as well as a section that focuses particularly on the plight of the Rohingya. 

Reports & journal articles:

"Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns," European Economic Review, vol. 141 (Jan. 2022) [postprint]
- Focuses on Japan. Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 14 Nov. 2023. See also earlier related IZA discussion paper.

"Cultural Bereavement and Mental Distress: Examination of the Cultural Bereavement Framework through the Case of Ethiopian Refugees Living in South Korea," Healthcare, vol. 10, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"Empowerment in the Asylum-seeker Regime? The Roles of Policies, the Non-profit Sector and Refugee Community Organizations in Hong Kong," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [ResearchGate]

"Incorporating Sociolinguistic Perspectives in Australian Refugee Credibility Assessments: The Case of CRL18," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 28 Jan. 2022 [open access]

Life and Death: NGO access to financial services in Afghanistan (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Re-examining critiques of resilience policy: Evidence from Barpak after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 4 May 2021 [open access]

"A textual analysis of the effect of short-term volunteering on attitudes toward refugees in Malaysia," Social Science Journal, Latest Articles, 25 Jan. 2022 [open access]

Multimedia:

Towards Durable Solutions: Addressing Humanitarian Challenges in Bangladesh and Myanmar, 12 Jan. 2022 [acccess]

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