Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

 

Tragedies, not accidents: Tougher Canadian and U.S. border policies will cost more lives (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

"Trilateral Joint Statement," High-level Trilateral Meeting between Colombia, Panama and the United States, Panama City, 11 April 2023 [text]

- More info is provided in this transcript of a subsequent US Dept. of State telephonic press conference. See also related VOA article.

"Why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change," The New Humanitarian, 18 April 2023 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications (several of which are referenced in this post!). 

Reports & journal articles:

2022 Refugee Claim Data and IRB Member Recognition Rates (Refugee Law Lab, March 2023) [access]

- Focuses on Canada.

Biden’s New Border Policies Will Put Further Strain on Mexico’s Struggling Asylum System (Baker Institute, March 2023) [text]

"El Cambio de los Patrones y Políticas Migratorios en las Américas," Migration Information Source, 11 April 2023 [access]

- Follow link to access the article in Spanish and English.

"Concurrent Displacements: Return, Waiting for Asylum, and Internal Displacement in Northern Mexico," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Crisis provoca emigración récord desde Nicaragua, superando los niveles de la Guerra Fría," Migration Information Source, 19 April 2023 [text]

- Follow link to access the article in Spanish and English.

A cry for justice: 5 years of oppression and resistance in Nicaragua (Amnesty International, April 2023) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

"Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization, cases, and deaths of citizens and displaced Venezuelans in Colombia: Complementary comprehensive and safety-net systems under Colombia’s constitutional commitment," PLoS ONE 18(3): e0282786 (March 2023) [open access]

"The So-Called Stateless: Firm Resettlement, African Immigrants, and Human Rights Violations in Mexico," Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 1 (Winter 2023) [full-text]

Sobreviviendo al Darién: La travesía de refugiados y migrantes por la selva – Movimientos mixtos a través del Darién (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]

- See also related IOM news story.

Peru Localization Strategy (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]

Technical Note: Regional Migration Governance in the Americas (OAS, April 2023) [text]

Resource:

Refugee Law Lab Portal (York Univ.) [access]

- "Presents legal analytics about Canadian refugee decisions using data compiled from the Federal Court and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)." See also related news release.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (4 April 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Joint Statement: Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a place of safety for those rescued at sea (Statewatch, April 2023) [text]

Non-Syrian refugees refused humanitarian aid in Jordan (openDemocracy, April 2023) [text]

Reports:

Guidance on establishment and managing reception centers in Northwest Syria (CCCM Cluster, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Assistance under International Law: Guidance on the legal framework regulating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to earthquake-affected areas in Syria (Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Reimagining Reintegration: An Analysis of Sustainable Returns after Conflict (IOM, March 2023) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Iraq. Follow link for report and key findings.

Journal articles:

 

"Forced migration governance in Tunisia: Balancing risks and assets for state-making during independence and democratization," Mediterranean Politics, Latest Articles, 12 April 2023 [open access]

"'How Can I Trust People When They Know Exactly What My Weakness Is?' Daily Life Experiences, and Resilience Strategies of Stateless Afghans in Iran," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 18 April 2023 [open access]

"Militarized urbanism in the cold war era: The resettlement of the refugees in Khan Younis," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, OnlineFirst, 17 April 2023 [open access]

"Mobility control as state-making in civil war: Forcing exit, selective return and strategic laissez-faire," Migration Politics, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Based on fieldwork conducted in Syria, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia.

"Patterns of Refugees’ Organization Amid Protracted Displacement: An Understanding from Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Sense of Community and Conflict-induced Displacement: A Study among Iraqi IDPs in Camps," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 13, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Resource:

La révélation et l'identification des besoins de protection internationale dans la region du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord: Module de formation (UNHCR, April 2023) 

- Includes five modules; access via ReliefWeb: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (7 April 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:

Research symposium: Meeting the ‘Dual Imperative’: Working towards solutions for displacement in the Asia Pacific through policy-oriented research, Online, 27-28 April 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016 (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Sanctuary in Name Only: Afghan Refugees, Police Brutality and Addiction in Pakistan," Tendon Magazine, no. 5 (Nov. 2022) [text]

What a new global index can tell us about a country’s response to refugees: Reflections from Australia (RLI Blog, April 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Community-Based Research in Fragile Contexts: Reflections from Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

Conflict Dynamics between Bangladeshi Host Communities and Rohingya Refugees (US Institute of Peace, April 2023) [text]

Exploring the Overshadowed Streams of the Red Cross Movement: Endeavour and Motivation within and beyond Japan (1867-1919), eCahiers de l’Institut, no. 46 (Graduate Institute, Feb. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on the Japanese Red Cross Society.

"Five Years Lost: Youth Inclusion in the Rohingya Response," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

A Glimpse at Camp Life in Cox’s Bazar: Examining Aid Response and Distilling Solutions (US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants, April 2023) [text]

Humanitarian Access SCORE Report: Myanmar - Survey on the Coverage, Operational Reach, and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid (Humanitarian Outcomes, April 2023) [text]

"Mental deterioration of refugees and asylum seekers with uncertain legal status in Australia: Perceptions and responses of legal representatives," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 5 April 2023 [open access]

Protecting Migrants through Good Security Sector Governance in Southeast Asia (Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Seeking Asylum in Japan: Oral Tales of a Contemporary Other, eCahiers de l’Institut, no. 48 (Graduate Institute, April 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

First Refugee-led Grants Award Ceremony, Bangkok, 12 April 2023 [access]

- Grants were awarded to RLOs in the Asia Pacific region.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (7 April 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Reports:

Asylum and integration 2023: Cohort study on asylum seekers and status holders (Statistics Netherlands, April 2023) [text]

Country Reports (AIDA, April 2023)

- Updated profiles are available for Cyprus, Germany, Hungary and the Netherlands.

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement (UK Home Office, updated April 2023) [text]

- See also related Addendum.

Reception Authorities, Who is Who in International Protection, Issue no. 5 (EU Agency for Asylum, Jan. 2023) [text]

Recommendations on Dublin transfers (EU Agency for Asylum, April 2023) [text]

The role of media narratives in shaping public opinion toward refugees: A comparative analysis, Migration Research Series, no. 72 (IOM, March 2023) [text]

- "Analyses the dynamics of press coverage of large-scale conflict-affected migration in Europe through two case studies: the current Ukrainian displacement and the 2015 refugee “crisis”, related in large part to the inflow of Syrian refugees."

Seeking Refuge in Poland: A Fact-finding Report on Access to Asylum and Reception Conditions for Asylum Seekers (AIDA, April 2023) [text]

UK aid funding for refugees in the UK: A review assessing UK aid spent on supporting refugees and asylum seekers within the UK between 2015 and 2022 (Independent Commission for Aid Impact, March 2023) [text]

UK policies to deter people from claiming asylum (Migration Observatory, April 2023) [text]

The UK’s asylum backlog (Migration Observatory, April 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (19 April 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Crotone Migrant Shipwreck: A Cat-and-Mouse Blame Game and the Role of Technologies at External Borders (EJIL Talk Blog, April 2023) [text]

Do EU citizens support paying other countries to host refugees? A survey experiment (EUROPP Blog, April 2023) [text]

Europe outsourcing asylum to African countries is a terrible idea - there are alternatives (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

Illegal Migration Bill: helping force refugees into illegality and danger (Free Movement Blog, April 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

*Navigating Multiple Refugee Crises in Turkey (Pulitzer Center, April 2023) [text]

"Why Mediterranean migrant rescues are nothing new," The New Humanitarian, 11 April 2023 [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.

Journal articles:

"Adapting to Crisis: The Governance of Public Services for Migrants and Refugees during COVID-19 in Four European Cities," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4 (April 2023) [open access]

"'At Least, at the Border, I Am Killing Myself by My Own Will': Migration Aspirations and Risk Perceptions among Syrian and Afghan Communities," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 10 April 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Turkey.

"A Pragmatic Bet: The Evolution of Spain’s Immigration System," Migration Information Source, 18 April 2023 text]

"Unfolding intersecting forms of socio-spatial exclusion: Accommodation centres at the height of the 'refugee reception crisis' in Germany," International Migration, Early View, 6 April 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

The Deserving and the Undeserving: Ukrainian Migrants and Middle Eastern Asylum Seekers in Poland, 1 March 2023 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (5 April 2023)

Opportunities: Even More April & May 2023

Workshop: De-centring the governance and knowledge production on migration, Toronto/Online, 19 April 2023 [info]

Seminar: Invisible Colonial Others? Postcolonial and gender perspective on international refugee law and protection, Online, 20 April 2023 [info]

Book launch: The Right to Research, Online, 24 April 2023 [info]

Webinar: Strengthening Medical and Mental Health Services for Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities, 24 April 2023 [info]

Presentation: Exit Rights, Seamless Borders, and the Question of Mobility, Copenhagen, 25 April 2023 [info]

Webinar: Toward a Road Map for Digitalization in the EU Humanitarian Protection Space, 27 April 2023 [info]

Research symposium: Meeting the ‘Dual Imperative’: Working towards solutions for displacement in the Asia Pacific through policy-oriented research, Online, 27-28 April 2023 [info]

CFP: "Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?," Contributions to an edited volume [info]

- Submit abstracts by 30 April 2023.

Call for applications: PhD Seminar in EU Migration and Asylum Law, Odysseus Summer School 2023 [info]

- Four grants are available to participants. Apply by 1 May 2023 (and see below for info on applying to the summer school generally). 

Seminar: Making refugees in India, Oxford, 2 May 2023 [info]

Call for registration: Narratives of Migration: Between Politics and Policies, CERC Migration Annual Conference, Toronto/Online, 10-11 May 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Odysseus Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, Brussels/Online, 3-14 July 2023 [info]

- Apply by 15 May 2023.

Seminar: The British churches, refugee ‘crises’ and anti-migrant sentiment 1903-1918, Oxford, 16 May 2023 [info]

Webinar: Children’s right to a nationality and birth registration, 16 May 2023 [info]

Conference: Entanglements in Refugee and Migration Law: Celebrating forty years of the Nordic Asylum Law Seminar, Copenhagen, 22-24 May 2023 [info]

- Note: Registration details are not yet available.

Workshop: Datafication of borders and migration, Toronto/Online, 25 May 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Editorial College of Migration Politics [info]

- New members sought to assist with the editorial process for an open access journal. Apply by 26 May 2023.

Workshop: Externalisation of Migration Controls and Accountability Challenges in International Law, Utrecht, 26 May 2023 [info]

Funding opportunity: Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities [info]

- The humanitarian research area focuses on LGBTQI+ persons. Submit proposal applications by 29 May 2023. 

Seminar: Refuge and resistance: Palestinians and the global refugee regime, Oxford, 30 May 2023 [info]

Related post:

- Opportunities: More April & May 2023 (10 April 2023)

News: UNHCR's Revamped Website

Once again, UNHCR's website has undergone a complete make-over, with both a new look and new organizational structure. I plan on undertaking a much more detailed examination of it to see what features have been added or removed, but for now, I will say that one positive change is the return of a "Latest reports and publications" section. It's complemented by a search function that - finally! - allows you to locate publications across UNHCR country/regional sites (although not all are included yet). You can also narrow results by category (handbooks, reports, news, events), topic, keyword, publication category, and event category. 

Not all sections of the site seem to be functioning correctly, though, so perhaps it is still in a soft roll-out phase. Regardless, check it out!

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Forgotten Stateless Vietnamese in Thailand," Chapter in Migration in Southeast Asia: IMISCOE Regional Reader (Springer, 2023) [open access]

"Legal Protection of Stateless Persons Arising From Cross Border Marriage: Indonesia and East Timor Case Study," Yustisia Jurnal Hukum, vol. 11, no. 3 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

"Manufacturing Statelessness," American Journal of International Law, vol. 116, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

- Note: This article was awarded the ASIL Francis Deák Prize. 

"New Legislative Improvements in Reducing Statelessness of Children Born of Iranian Women’s Transnational Marriages: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward," Middle East Law and Governance, Advance Articles, 23 March 2023 [free full-text]

"A new narrative of statelessness," Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 36, no. 1 (2023) [Washington & Lee Univ. IR]

- This article is included in the journal's special feature on "The Francesco Guicciardini Prize Forum: Statelessness: A Modern History."

"Statelessness Arising out of Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality and Persecution: An Irrefutable Link," International Relations and International Law Journal, vol. 101, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Right to a Nationality and a Name: The Reality of Statelessness in the Dominican Republic, 5 Feb. 2023 [access]

- Follow link for podcast.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (17 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: Citizens of Nowhere: Representing Stateless Clients in Immigration Court, 19 April 2023 [info]

- Focuses on the US.

Webinar: Protection: determining statelessness in the refugee context, 27 April 2023 [info]

Call for input: Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Thematic Report for the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, October 2023 [info]

- The report will focus on the "Nexus between Violence against Women and Girls, Nationality Laws, and Statelessness." Submission deadline is 15 May 2023.

Webinar: Children’s right to a nationality and birth registration, 16 May 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

Blog Symposium on "Legal identity in a looking-glass world" (Armed Groups & International Law, March 2023) [access]

- Here is the introduction; follow the link for nine additional posts in the series.

Breaking the cycle of anti-gypsyism and statelessness in Roma communities: Recent progress and the road ahead (European Network on Statelessness, April 2023) [text]

Centre for Human Rights and SANN call for the adoption and ratification of the Draft Protocol on Statelessness in Africa (Univ. of Pretoria, Dec. 2022) [text]

Israel’s New Citizenship Deprivation-Deportation Pipeline (Verfassungblog, Feb. 2023) [text]

**Read ISI's Monthly Bulletins for more news and information. 

Reports:

The Child's Right to a Nationality and Childhood Statelessness: A Toolkit for Child Rights Actors (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion & UNICEF, April 2023) [access]

- Follow link for toolkit and factsheet.

Displaced and Stateless People in South Asia: The Tibetan Story and Perspective (Friedrich Naumann Foundation, April 2023) [text]

Estado del arte sobre la apatridia a nivel mundial a partir del Siglo XX, Bachelor's thesis (Universidad de Antioquia, March 2023) [text]

Out of the Frying Pan… From Messy Migration Governance to the Production of Statelessness in Mexico,  COMCAD Working Paper, no. 170 (Bielefeld Univ., 2023) [text]

Submissions to the Human Rights Council at the 44th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) [access]

- See country submissions for Bangladesh, Germany and Russia.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (26 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (26 March 2023)

Opp./New Issues of Alt. Hum., Cambridge Rev. Intl. Aff., IDS Bull., IMR, J. Borderlands Stud., JEMS, JIANL, JIMI, JMH, Migr. Lett., Routed, Z'Flucht

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Editorial College of Migration Politics [info]

- New members sought to assist with the editorial process for an open access journal. Apply by 26 May 2023.

New issues:

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Alternative Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 22 (2023) [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Mental health: from awareness to action."

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 36, no. 1 (2023) [contents]

- Includes a sub-section featuring "The Francesco Guicciardini Prize Forum: Statelessness: A Modern History."

IDS Bulletin, vol. 54, no. 1A (2023) [open access]

- Issue theme is "Power, Poverty, and Knowledge – Reflecting on 50 Years of Learning with Robert Chambers." See this news story for more info.

*International Migration Review, vol. 57, no. 1 (March 2023) [contents]

- Includes four sub-sections climate change, immigrant integration, human capital and refugees in diverse contexts. Two articles and all the book reviews are freely available and two other articles are open access.

Journal of Borderlands Studies, vol. 38, no. 2 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "The Balkans as 'Double Transit Space' in the Shadow of the EU Border Regime." The introduction is freely available and one article is open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 7 (2023) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with one that is freely available.

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 37, no. 1 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "The Zero-sum game of economic migration: Integration through Rights?" View contents in drop-down menu on the left side.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 24, suppl. no. 2 (March 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Return Migration and Re-Integration in Shifting Geopolitics." The introduction and seven articles are open access. 

*Journal of Migration History, vol. 9, no. 1 (March 2023) [free full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Migration Letters, vol. 20, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Includes a general section, followed by two special dossiers on "Everyday practices of citizenship and identity among migrant descendants in Italy" and "Ethics Practices in Research with Refugees and Migrants." 

Routed Magazine, no. 21 (March 2023) [full-text]

- The theme of this issue is "Creative Migration Policy."

Z'Flucht: Zeitschrift für Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung, vol. 7, no. 1 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Courts in Context: Empirical and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Asylum Law." Articles are in English or German.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces & reports:

IDPs in the Global North: Women's Journeys to Escape Domestic Violence (RID Blog, March 2023) [text]

The Intersection of Gender and Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa (Rice Univ., April 2023) [access]

- A compilation of 8 briefs that "consider how gender impacts displacement and migration, and how gender succeeds — or fails — to inform policies toward displaced individuals. Using detailed case studies of specific populations and host countries, the contributing authors — who include scholars from Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Palestine, Tunisia, and Lebanon — examine how women experience displacement differently from men."

Living in Fear After the “Beast” is Gone: Navigating GBV, Survival and Trauma in Asylum Settings (Borders and Limitations Blog, April 2023) [text]

"Reporters’ diary: What women who stay can tell us about migration," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2023 [text]

Journal articles:

"Analysis of the Course of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Status of Newborns Born by Displaced Women," Актуальні проблеми сучасної медицини, vol. 23, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Azerbaijan.

"Cultural values that influence the adaptation of girls who are refugees from sub-Saharan Africa living in the United States," SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, vol. 3 (June 2023) [open access]

"Factors influencing quality of life among Syrian refugees pregnant women in Jordan: A cross-sectional study," Heliyon, vol. 8, no. 9 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Gender-based violence, religion and forced displacement: Protective and risk factors," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 22 March 2023 [open access]

"The Gory Details: Asylum, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Memory," Sexes, vol. 4, no. 2 (March 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Refugee Women’s Volunteering as Resistance Practices to Micro‐Aggressions and Social Exclusion in the UK," Social Inclusion, Ahead of Print, 28 March 2023 [open access]

"Sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence among female migrants in Morocco: a cross sectional survey," BMC Women's Health, 23:174 (April 2023) [open access]

"'Step by Step We Were Okay Now': An Exploration of the Impact of Social Connectedness on the Well-Being of Congolese and Iraqi Refugee Women Resettled in the United States," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 7 (March 2023) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (Africa, Asia & MENA) (24 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Americas & Europe) (24 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Reports:

Child Commodities: The Labor Exploitation of Unaccompanied Children in the United States (USCRI, March 2023) [text]

Experiences of Ethiopian returnees in Saudi Arabia: Employment and unmet expectations (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2023) [text]

The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States (Cato Institute, March 2023) [text]

- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

Lifelong guidance policy for Ukrainian refugees in the EU: Views from CareersNet (Cedefop, March 2023) [text]

A roadmap for immigration reform: Identifying weak links in the labor supply chain (Brookings Institution, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Multimedia:

UN Refugee Chief Filippo Grandi on Where Economics Fits in (IMF Podcast, April 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (13 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Dispelling the Myth: How Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Contribute to the US Tax Base (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2023) [text]

Entrepreneurship training helps Venezuelan refugees find stability (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

 The rising cost of stagnant immigration policy (Niskanen Center, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Tackling the labour shortage by helping more skilled refugees and other displaced people build their careers in Canada (Govt. of Canada, March 2023) [text]

Theory and evidence on the impact of refugees on host communities (Development for Peace Blog, March 2023) [text]

 Journal articles:

"Beyond job placement: careers for refugees," International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, Latest Articles, 30 March 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"Combining Language Training and Work Experience for Refugees with Low-Literacy Levels: a Mixed-Methods Case Study," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 March 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the Netherlands.

"A Novel Model for Economic Integration of 'Refugee Doctors' in the UK: Opportunities and Costs of New Policy Initiatives," Migration and Diversity, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (21 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Availability and acceptability of interpreting services for refugees as a question of trauma-informed care," Interpreting and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal, OnlineFirst, 5 April 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on New Zealand.

"Integration (of Immigrants) in the European Courts’ Jurisprudence: Supporting a Pluralist and Rights-Based Paradigm?," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 5 April 2023 [open access]

"Making Do as a Migrant in Morocco: Between Formal Recognition and True Integration," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 28 March 2023 [open access]

"Modelling social inclusion, self-esteem, loneliness, psychological distress, and psychological resilience of refugees: Does hospitableness matter?," Journal of Business Research, vol. 162 (July 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.

"Re-Envisioning Immigrant Integration: Toward Multidirectional Conceptual Flows," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 28 March 2023 [open access]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

Multimedia:

New Avenues to Help Refugees Get to Safety and Restart Their Lives, 30 March 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (12 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for expressions of interest: Refugee community representatives for global meeting on resettlement [info]

- Focuses on Australia. Submission deadline is 18 April 2023.

Webinar: Involving refugees and migrants in integration activities, 27 April 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

Addressing the Challenge of Refugee Integration in Kenya: Lessons from History (Migration Initiative, April 2023) [text]

Is there any truth to fraud claims in refugee sponsorship? (Niskanen Center, April 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Strengthening the USRAP (US State Dept., March 2023) [text]

- Note: USRAP = US Refugee Admissions Program

Reports:

Authorities and Stakeholders Involved in Resettlement and Humanitarian Admissions, Who is Who in International Protection, Issue no. 6 (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2023) [text]

Complementary pathways for refugees: Policy principles (Refugee Council of Australia et al., March 2023) [text]

From the ‘resistant’ to the ‘champions’: Community attitudes during the first four years of refugee settlement in Armidale, NSW (Univ. of New England & Settlement Services International, 2023) [access]

- Focuses on Australia. Follow link for report and appendices. See also related press release and post on The Conversation.

Qualitative Evaluation of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) and the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS) (Ipsos, March 2023) [access]

- Focuses on the UK. Follow link for three reports and a good practice summary.

‘Then, We Lost Everything:’ Afghan Evacuee Experiences of Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome (Brown Univ. & Refugee Dream Center, April 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (28 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (28 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Migration and Domestic Space: Ethnographies of Home in the Making (Springer, 2023) [open access]

- "This open access book provides insight into the domestic space of people with an immigrant or refugee background. It selects and compares a whole spectrum of dwelling conditions with ethnographic material covering a variety of national backgrounds – Latin America, North and West Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia – and an equally broad range of housing, household and legal arrangements. It provides a fine-grained understanding of migrants’ lived experience of their domestic space and shows the critical significance of the lived space of a house as a microcosm of societal constellations of identities, values and inequalities."

Reports & journal articles:

"Diplomatic Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic: How to Protect the Human Rights of Migrants?," Chapter in Os Desafios dos Direitos Humanos Durante e na pós Pandemia no Mundo Globalizado (Human Rights Challenges during and after the Pandemic) (Editora Fi, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 155.

"Filling a Critical Gap: Refuge at 40," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Impact of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Groups in the Context of Refugee Protection and International Migration," Chapter in Os Desafios dos Direitos Humanos Durante e na pós Pandemia no Mundo Globalizado (Human Rights Challenges during and after the Pandemic) (Editora Fi, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 52.

Research Handbook on Irregular Migration (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023) [info]

- The Introduction and Chapter one are freely available.

Routed Magazine, no. 21 (March 2023) [full-text]

- The theme of this issue is "Creative Migration Policy."

Shared Anxieties and Transnational Migration: Moralised Tensions in Liberal-Democratic Societies (E-International Relations, April 2023) [text]

World Bank–UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC): Mid-Term Review (KPMG International Development Advisory Services, Feb. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for assessment and management response.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (12 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for registration: International Conference on Forced Migration in the 21st Century: Causes, Consequences, and Responses, Los Angeles/Online, 14-15 April 2023 [info]

- Note: The online option is only available for the April 14th program. No deadline indicated.

Book launch: The Right to Research, Online, 24 April 2023 [info]

Meetings: 2023 UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs [info]

- "In 2023, the main theme for the Regional Consultations is Solutions with a focus on Inclusion and Gender Equality. For more information, please consult the concept note." Regional meetings are schedule throughout June and September.

**See additional opportunities listed under "related posts" below.

Short pieces:

Forced migration: Q&A with expert Roger Waldinger (UCLA, April 2023) [text]

A renewed approach towards personal data protection in the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR Blog, March 2023) [text]

Responsible and Timely: Sharing Data on UNHCR’s Microdata Library in 2022 (UNHCR Blog, March 2023) [text]

The Right to Research: A Conversation between Emplaced and Displaced Scholars (FluchtforschungsBlog, April 2023) [text]

‘A toxic policy with little returns’: lessons for the UK-Rwanda deal from Australia and the US (The Conversation, March 2023) [text]

"Washington’s Bid for the Top Job at the UN’s Migration Agency is Raising Eyebrows," PassBlue, 29 March 2023 [text]

Multimedia:

Book launch: The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach, 9 Dec. 2022 [access]

- More info on the book is available here.

Discussion with The Right to Research Book Editors and Contributors, 4 April 2023 [access]

- More info on the book is available here.

Resource:

IOM E-Campus [access]

- "The IOM E-Campus is the learning platform developed by the Organization for external audience. It is a free and virtual space with online courses and training materials on migration.. ...Completing each course takes an average of 3 hours and upon completion IOM delivered a certificate of achievement."

Related posts:

- Opportunities: More April & May 2023 (10 April 2023)

- News: Migration Summit 2023 (5 April 2023)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (27 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (27 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunities:

Visit the Migration Summit 2023 website to learn about upcoming events with an education focus.

Reports & short pieces:

Impact of Remote Learning Modality on Non-Formal Education: Supporting the right to quality education for vulnerable Syrian and host community children and youth (Norwegian Refugee Council & Save the Children, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Lebanon.

Improving PSE Access and Experience for Refugees in Ontario (Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, April 2023) [text]

- Note: PSE = postsecondary education

Libraries as centers for informal learning for IDPs in Lviv (UNDP, April 2023) [text]

Palestinian and Syrian Refugees’ Access to Education in Lebanon: A Comparative Approach (Borders and Limitations Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Refugee transitions from education to employment: perspectives from Pakistan and Rwanda, Education Series: Think piece, no. 1 (UNHCR, 2023) [text]

The Right to Education for Asylum Seekers in the EU, Policy Note, no. 44 (ECRE, March 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Age, Experience and Language and Literacy Skills in English-Arabic Speaking Syrian Refugees," Languages, vol. 8, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

-  Focuses on Canada.

"Classroom Management Experiences of Preschool Teachers with Refugee Students," International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Turkey.

"A Meso-Level Analysis of the Revitalization of the WUSC Student Refugee Program at St. Francis Xavier University," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Morphology and Reading Skills in Arabic-Speaking Syrian Refugee Children," Reading Research Quarterly, Early View, 7 March 2023 [open access]

-  Focuses on Canada.

"Pedagogies implemented with young people with refugee backgrounds in physical education and sport: a critical review of the literature," Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, vol. 14, no. 1 (2023) [ResearchGate]

"Refugee Students’ Psychosocial Well-Being: The Case of a Refugee Hospitality Centre in Greece," Societies, vol. 13, no. 3 (March 2023) [open access]

"Why school context matters in refugee education," Educational Research for Policy and Practice, Latest Articles, 18 March 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1 (19 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 2 (19 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

"Digital Immigration Status: from Logics of Inscription to Logics of Control," Chapter in Migration, Displacement and Diversity: The IRiS Anthology (Oxford Publishing Services, 2023) [preprint]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Investigating Technology Concepts to Support Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia," Interacting with Computers, Advance Articles, 9 March 2023 [open access]

One Year Later: Online Discourse in Moldova about Ukrainian Refugees (Internews & IOM, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Political Participation in the Context of Contemporary Media: The Case of Refugees in Lithuania," EUREKA: Social and Humanities, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

"Smartphone-delivered mental health care interventions for refugees: A systematic review of the literature," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 10 (2023) [open access]

"Xenophobia and Hate Speech towards Refugees on Social Media: Reinforcing Causes, Negative Effects, Defense and Response Mechanisms against That Speech," Societies, vol. 13, no. 4 (March 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Jordan.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (11 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Blocked, blanked, locked out: Tech stymies South African refugees (DevDiscourse, March 2023) [text]

CBP is Expanding Its Surveillance Tower Program at the U.S.-Mexico Border–and We're Mapping It (Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 2023) [text]

Forging New Lives: Congolese Refugees as Digital Creators (ODID Blog, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

"Four ways ChatGPT could help level the humanitarian playing field," The New Humanitarian, 20 March 2023 [text]

Georgetown and UNHCR Collaborate on Big Data and Forced Displacement Project (Georgetown Univ., March 2023) [text]

Immigration Law and AI (The Asylumist, March 2023) [text]

"Like Handing My Whole Life Over": The German Federal Administrative Court’s landmark ruling on mobile phone data extraction in asylum procedures (Verfassungs Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

UNHCR launches pilot Cash-Based Intervention Using Blockchain Technology for Humanitarian Payments to People Displaced and Impacted by the War in Ukraine (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

- See also related press release re. an award UNHCR received for its use of this technology.

What do video games have to offer refugees? (UNHCR Innovation Service, March 2023) [text]

Why do Western governments delegate border control to AI more and more? An interview with Petra Molnar (Global Voices, April 2023) [text]

Young, displaced, anxious, and online (UNHCR Innovation Service, March 2023) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1 (12 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 2 (12 March 2023)