Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"Gaza: Nowhere to go, as humanitarian situation reaches 'lethal low'," UN News, 13 Oct. 2023 [text]

- Note: See also latest updates via ReliefWeb.

"A journey into Libya’s man-made disaster," The New Humanitarian, 11 Oct. 2023 [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Morocco’s earthquake and Libya’s floods highlight obstacles to relief efforts, from botched disaster diplomacy to destroyed infrastructure (The Conversation, Sept. 2023) [text]

Tunisia: African Migrants Intercepted at Sea, Expelled (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

By Land or By Sea: Syrian Refugees Weigh Their Futures (Refugees International, Oct. 2023) [text]

Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Includes chapters on the trajectories of Iraqi and Syrians refugees and on migration from and through Morocco and Tunisia.  

National and international migration policy in Jordan, EFFEXT Background Paper (Chr. Michelsen Institute, July 2023) [text]

National and international migration policy in Lebanon, EFFEXT Background Paper (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Dec. 2022) [text]

Policy-Driven Migration Research? A Systematic Literature Review of Migration in Morocco, Working Paper, no. 164 (COMPAS, July 2023) [text]

Refugee Recognition Regime Country Profile: Jordan, Working Paper, no. 4/2023 (RefMig Project, 2023) [text]

"Who Labels the Camp? Claiming Ownership through Visibility in Jordan," Chapter in Branding the Middle East: Communication Strategies and Image Building from Qom to Casablanca (De Gruyter, 2023) [open access]

Journal articles:

"The Convent Camp: Sacred Places in Palestinian Refugee History," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 6 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"COVID-19 booster prioritization in the West Bank: a survey experiment among Bedouins, refugees, and the majority group," Frontiers in Public Health, 4 Oct. 2023 [open access] 

"Ethical considerations of 'going public': public and media co-dissemination of research findings with refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Israel.

"How strategies of refugee host states are perceived by donor states: EU interpretations of Jordanian migration diplomacy," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 12 (2023) [open access]

"International Unaccountability: The Normalisation of the Syrian Regime and its Impact on Refugee Protection," York Law Review, vol. 4 (Summer 2023) [full-text]

"Sending 'our brothers' back 'home': Continuity and change in President Erdoğan’s discourse on Syrian refugees," New Perspectives on Turkey, First View, 9 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (27 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

"EU migration reform enters final stretch. Here's what you need to know," Euronews, 11 Oct. 2023 [text]

- See also related ECRE editorial.

Nagorno-Karabakh: What’s next for the South Caucasus region following Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenians? (The Conversation, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian.

Why the Term ‘Instrumentalisation of Migrants’ Should be Reconsidered (RLI Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Assessment of the international protection needs of asylum-seekers of Palestinian origin in Belgium: Analysis of selected aspects and recommendations (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

Proposal for a regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum: Substitute impact assessment (European Parliamentary Research Service, Oct. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Affective politics of migration control in Turkey: a postcolonial approach," European Security, vol. 32, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"The emotional governance of immigration controls," Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Latest Articles, 21 Sept. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Governing migration through vulnerability at Spain’s southern maritime border: a malleable concept in a securitised and marketised regime," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 6 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Informal agreements and quasi-legal mechanisms in EU-Africa cooperation on migration: how the EU takes advantage of the GCM commitments," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 12 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Resilience and identities: the role of past, present and future in the lives of forced migrants," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 8 Oct. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Unpacking postcolonial and masculine anxieties: Hungary and Turkey’s responses to the EU’s handling of the 2015–2016 refugee 'crisis'," European Security, vol. 32, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (4 Oct. 2023)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Seminar series: Histories and Futures: Two Decades of COMPAS Migration Research, Oxford/Online, 26 October-30 November 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field, London, 4-8 March 2024 [info]

- The application deadline for this new in-person short course is 4 February 2024, but places are limited and offered on a first come basis, so apply early!

Short pieces:

"'People need migration': A Q&A with IOM’s new director general," The New Humanitarian, 2 Oct. 2023 [text]

Research as conversation: Thinking “the right to research” as a dialogue across displacement (Refugee History Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

25 years of progress on internal displacement, 1998-2023 (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Oct. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Leveraging Human Mobility in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals, International Dialogue on Migration, no. 35 (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

Mental health of refugees and migrants: risk and protective factors and access to care (WHO, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related blog post.

The role of images in migration governance: A proposed new theoretical framework and methodological approach, Working Paper, no. 2023/6 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., June 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Beyond research as a dirty word? Searching for ethical and reflexive ways of doing research with and for migrant communities," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 3 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Cities and the Contentious Politics of Migration," Globalizations, Latest Articles, 13 June 2022 [free full-text]

- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue.

"Introduction: Irregularized Humanitarian Migrants—Policies, Rationales, and the Search for More Durable Solutions," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 3 Oct. 2023 [open access] 

- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue.

"Politicization and Instrumentalization of Migration Research: Ethical Challenges," International Journal of Human Mobility, Special Issue (2023) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 90.

"Reported Methods, Distributions, and Frequencies of Torture Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," JAMA Network Open, 6(10):e2336629 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"'So, if you ask whether fences work: they work': The role of border fortifications for migration control and access to asylum - Comparing Hungary and the USA," Comparative Migration Studies, 11:29 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Which individual-level factors explain public attitudes toward immigration? a meta-analysis," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (29 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

High-level meeting: 2023 Meeting on Rohingya Refugees: 'The Road to the Global Refugee Forum', Thailand, 17 October 2023 [info]

- Follow link for meeting-related documents.

Seminar: Decoding Justice: Data-driven insights into how refugee cases are decided in Australia, Online, 19 October 2023 [info]

Panel discussion: Data Driven Approaches to Refugee Litigation, Sydney/Online, 25 October 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

Pakistan intends to deport 1.7 million Afghans (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related Amnesty International article.

"UK territory accused of ‘unfair’ asylum screening after Tamil deportation U-turn," The New Humanitarian, 4 Oct. 2023 [text]

Why humanitarian aid is vital to Afghanistan (The Interpreter Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Why the government’s plan to overhaul the asylum system is a smart use of resources – and might just work (The Conversation, Oct. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports & journal articles:

"Fragmented Afghan journeys towards Europe: Caught between insecure lives, precarious livelihoods and restrictive policies," Chapter in Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 41.

"Has immobility been left behind in migration regulatory infrastructures?," International Migration, Early View, 25 Sept. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Kyrgyzstan.

Implementing the Refugee Participation Pledge (Refugee Council of Australia, Oct. 2023) [text]

Research Snapshot: What are the impacts of providing cooking fuel in refugee camps? (ELRHA, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

"Social cohesion and reconciliation between the Rohingya and host communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, EarlyCite, 3 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"The World Simply Gave Up": International Law and the Role of Non-State Entities in Humanitarian Evacuations in Afghanistan (Fordham Law School & Konrad-Adenaeur-Stiftung, Sept. 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (23 Sept. 2023)

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) has been published. Contents of vol. 35, no. 1, March 2023 include: 

• Editorial: Turning Points in International Protection: Onwards and Upwards, or U-Turns and Roundabouts? [abstract]
• Risk and the Reasonable Refugee: Exploring a Key Credibility Inference in Canadian Refugee Status Rejections [abstract] [SSRN]
• A Requirement of Shame: On the Evolution of the Protection of LGB Refugees [open access]
• Applying the ‘Ceased Circumstances’ Cessation Clause: More Politics than Law? [open access]
• Evaluating the Indian Refugee Law Regime: How Has the Judiciary Responded to Refugee Claims in Light of International Law Obligations, and How Can It Do Better? [abstract]
• Dignity Deployed: An Examination of Refugee Rights through Domestic Dignity Jurisprudence [abstract]

In addition, readers will find 1) case law summaries; 2) the texts of the High Commissioner's and Assistant High Commissioner's statements to the 73rd session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (EXCOM); and 3) two book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.

News: EXCOM 2023

The 74th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (EXCOM) will be held in Geneva from 9-13 October 2023. A livestream of the discussions will be made available once the session starts.

For a provisional schedule, agenda, selected documents, information on side events, as well as access to the livestream, visit the EXCOM 2023 web pages in English and French.

New Issues of Anti-Traff. Rev., Curr. Res. Ecol. Soc. Psych., Global Lab. Rts. Reporter, Hommes & Migr., IJMHSC, Intl. Migr., J. Nonprofit Innov., Ref. Watch, Routed Mag.

*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 (like the Forced Migration Research Archive!) - 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.

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation."

Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology (2023) [open access]

- Special article collection on "The Social Psychology of Forced Migration: New Perspectives on Refugee Inclusion and Integration."

Global Labour Rights Reporter, vol. 3, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

- Issue focus is on "Protecting the Labour Rights of Migrant Workers and Refugees." Available in English, French and Spanish.

Hommes & Migrations, no. 1342 (2023) [delayed open access]

- Issue theme is "Revisiter les migrations européennes." Articles become freely available after two years.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 19, no. 2 (2023) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

International Migration, vol. 61, no. 5 (Oct. 2023) [contents]

- Features special section on "Environmental (im)mobilities: Improving the evidence base for effective policy making" and five free commentaries that focus on technology issues. Eleven articles are open access.

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation, vol. 3, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migrants and Refugees."

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Politics, Space, Memory: Identity Making in the Wake of Partition."

Routed Magazine, no. 22 (July 2023) [text]

- Issue theme is "Diasporas at the Forefront of Social Protection: Impacts, Dynamics, and Future Opportunities."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

DHS’ New Work Permit Measures are Welcome Change with Potential to Address USCIS Challenges (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Germany: A Points System for Labour Migration and a Hidden Gem (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Why Can’t We Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It Works," New York Times Magazine, 1 Oct. 2023 [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports:

Creative approaches to boosting the employment of displaced Ukrainians in Central and Eastern Europe (ICMPD, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

How Granting Amnesty to Undocumented Immigrants Could Boost the US Labor Market (Rice Univ., Sept. 2023) [text]

The Impact of Forced Displacement on Host Communities: A summary of recent research by the World Bank, UNHCR and the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (EHAGL Regional Bureau Economic Advisory Unit, Oct. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Africa.

The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence Over 50 Years, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16439 (Institute of Labor Economics, Sept. 2023) [text]

Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants by Refugee Status: An Analysis of Linked Landing Files and Tax Records, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16471 (Institute of Labor Economics, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Journal articles:

"Alibis of Exclusion: The role of ethnic economies in the differentiated inclusion of refugees in Berlin," Migration Politics, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access] 

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation."

"Can Women’s Cooperatives be a Solution for the Empowerment of Syrian Refugee Women?," International Journal of Human Mobility (2023) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 57.

"Examining livelihood strategies of urban refugees through sustainable livelihoods perspective: A focus on Eritrean and Somali refugees in Addis Ababa," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Global Labour Rights Reporter, vol. 3, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

- Issue focus is on "Protecting the Labour Rights of Migrant Workers and Refugees." Available in English, French and Spanish.

"Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and among Agro-Pastoral peoples," International Migration, vol. 61, no. 5 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (20 Sept. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

Joint Statement: Seven Priorities to Expand Resettlement and Safe Pathways to Europe (ECRE et al., Sept. 2023) [text]

Managing mixed migration in the 21st century through the Safe Mobility Offices initiative (Niskanen Center Commentary, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

New data confirms that the U.S. rebuilt the refugee resettlement program (Niskanen Center Commentary, Sept. 2023) [text]

The Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2024 (US State Dept., Sept. 2023) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

Reports:

Foundations for Belonging: Refugee Understanding of Indigenous Lands and Contemporary Issues (Settlement Services International & Western Sydney Univ., 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Local networking for the integration of forced migrants: Key insights from the TRAFIG project (ICMPD, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Measuring what makes a ‘good life’ in exile: A new tool to assess refugee wellbeing in protracted displacement (IIED, Sept. 2023) [text]

Parole Sponsorship is a Revolution in Immigration Policy, Briefing Paper, no. 165 (CATO Institute, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"A Community-Based Needs Assessment of Resettled Syrian Refugee Children and Families in Canada," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Decolonial and intersectional feminist psychology for the future of (forced) migration and refugee resettlement," Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, vol. 4 (2023) [open access]

"Exploring the wellbeing of migrants in third places: An empirical study of smaller Canadian cities," Wellbeing, Space and Society, vol. 4 (2023) [open access]

"Introduction: Irregularized Humanitarian Migrants—Policies, Rationales, and the Search for More Durable Solutions," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 3 Oct. 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

The Power of Refugee Sponsorship: A Sponsor’s Story, 26 Sept. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (21 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Unprecedented Migrant Surge in Central America and Mexico; IOM Calls for Regional Action (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

US/Haiti: Suspend Deportation Flights to Haiti (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2023) [text]

Vacíos de protección en Latinoamérica y El Caribe a 40 años de la Declaración de Cartagena (Jesuit Refugee Service, Oct. 2023) [text]

"What the United States Can Learn from Brazil about Asylum," Mother Jones, 29 Sept. 2023 [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports & book chapters:

"The Continued Venezuelan Exodus," Chapter in Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 287.

Improving outcomes for displaced populations in Mexico, CERC Migration Policy Brief, no. 14 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., June 2023) [text]

"Increasingly exacerbated crises in Honduras," Chapter in Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 261.

"The legacies of the armed conflict, regional dynamics and Spain’s immigration and asylum policies in the shaping of migration from Colombia," Chapter in Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 235.

Regularization and protection: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals (Amnesty International, Sept. 2023) [text]

- The Spanish version is available here.

What does the evidence say about IDPs in Colombia?, Evidence Bulletin, no. 1 (UNHCR, Sept. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Canada’s Implementation of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: Advancing Foreign Policy Objectives and the Status Quo?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 27 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"How the Treacherous Darien Gap Became a Migration Crossroads of the Americas," Migration Information Source, 20 Sept. 2023 [text]

"Lessons from Colombia’s response to Venezuelan forced displacement," Albany Law Review, vol. 84 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"El principio de no devolución: sus propiedades y la nueva categoría de expulsión impropia en la jurisprudencia ecuatoriana," USFQ Law Review, vol. 10, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Racial Frontiers: Hemispheric Logics of Haitians’ Displacement and Asylum in the Americas," Antipode, Early View, 20 Sept. 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (23 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

The EU’s Ukraine Temporary Protection Scheme: A 3rd Year Extension (RLI Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Lampedusa – 10 years since the tragedy (EPRS Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Suella Braverman warns of ‘unmanageable’ numbers of asylum seekers – the data shows we hardly take any (The Conversation, Sept. 2023) [text]

"'This is a forced migration': the ethnic Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh," The Guardian, 3 Oct. 2023 [text]

"What NHS services are migrants entitled to?," BMJ, 382:p1875 (Sept. 2023) [free full-text]

- Focuses on the UK.

New open access book:

Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Population movements taking place in past decades, including those reaching the European Union, defy straightforward and simplistic conceptions of drivers, trajectories and forms of migration. Approaching migration journeys as non-linear processes, this book looks into the conditions and legal-policy frameworks at broad spaces of mobility interlinking several origin, transit, destination and host contexts in South/Central/Western Asia, Eastern/Central/Western Africa, Central and South America, and Europe to provide a more nuanced understanding of mixed migration. It also looks at specific migratory trends towards the European Union before and after the so-called ‘migration crisis’ (2009–2020), while paying particular attention to gender- and sexuality-specific dynamics and patterns."

Reports & journal articles:

Further into the Margins: A regional report on Roma communities displaced by the Ukraine crisis (Oxfam, Sept. 2023) [text]

No Turning Back: Greece and the EU-Turkey Statement Seven Years On (Global Public Policy Institute, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Saving Lives at Sea: Learning Through Failure or Failing to Learn?, CERC Migration Policy Brief, no. 16 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Aug. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

Seventh Annual Report of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (European Commission, Sept. 2023) [text]

"'Systemic Violations' in EU Asylum Law: Cover or Catalyst?," German Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 6 (2023) [open access]

The truth about Channel crossings and the impact of the Illegal Migration Act (Refugee Council UK, Sept. 2023) [text]

Related posts:

- New Issue of FMR on Ukraine (28 Sept. 2023)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (21 Sept. 2023)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (21 Sept. 2023)

Opportunities: More October 2023 & New November 2023

Webinar: ‘Credibility Undermined’: Challenges Faced by Stateless Asylum Seekers in the UK, 11 October 2023 [info]

High-level meeting: 2023 Meeting on Rohingya Refugees: 'The Road to the Global Refugee Forum', Thailand, 17 October 2023 [info]

Panel discussion: Search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, Berlin, 19 October 2023 [info]

Seminar: Decoding Justice: Data-driven insights into how refugee cases are decided in Australia, Online, 19 October 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Migration Winter Academy: A Global Protection Crisis? Causes, Consequences and Futures, Florence, Italy, 5-9 February 2024 [info]

- Early bird deadline is 24 October 2023, regular deadline is 31 October 2023.

Panel discussion: Data Driven Approaches to Refugee Litigation, Sydney/Online, 25 October 2023 [info]

Seminar series: Histories and Futures: Two Decades of COMPAS Migration Research, Oxford/Online, 26 October-30 November 2023 [info]

- The Oct. 26th seminar will focus on "'P' for Policy: Migration Policy and the Academy." 

Meeting: 2nd Africa Forum on Displacement: Private Sector Solutions, Accra, 1-3 November 2023 [info]

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture: Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees, Online, 15 November 2023 [info]

CFP: 2024 Author Fellowship in Residence, Migration Politics [info]

- The Spring fellowship will be held in Glasgow, while the Fall fellowship will be held in Amsterdam. Submit proposals by 15 November 2023.

Seminar: Children’s rights across borders: Precarious Protections and Drawing Deportation in conversation, Online, 15 November 2023 [info]

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture: Who Gets Believed? A conversation with Dina Nayeri, 20 November 2023 [info]

Call for registration: Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration, Kaldor Centre Conference 2023, Sydney, 20 November 2023 [info]

- Early bird registration is now open! 

Kaldor Centre Conference side event: Scholars' Workshop, Sydney/Online, 21-22 November 2023 [info]

- There are different deadlines (19, 20 or 21 November) for different ticket purchases; follow the link for more details.

Symposium: Protecting Futures: Addressing lack of access to education for children without legal identity, Online, 28 November 2023 [info]

Call for submissions: 2024 Ockenden International Prizes [info]

- The deadline is 30 November 2023.

Related post:

- Opportunities: More Sept. & Oct. 2023

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Reports:

Child alert: Child migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF, Sept. 2023) [access]

- The Spanish version is available here. See also related press release.

Children on the move: Key terms, definitions and concepts (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Aug. 2023) [access]

Data and statistics for children on the move: Essential sources and good practices (International Data Alliance for Children on the Move, Aug. 2023) [access]

Her Dreams to Achieve: Ensuring Protection and Education for Refugee Girls (USCRI, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

*Recommendations on Family Reunification within the Dublin Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2023) [text]

Refugees and migrants travelling with children in urban centres in West and North Africa: Conditions and needs (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

Responsible Disaggregation of Data on Refugee and Other Forcibly Displaced Children: UNICEF-UNHCR Guidance Note (Sept. 2023) [text]

Toolkit for consultations with children as part of the 2023 Global Refugee Forum process (Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Working with Migrant Children at the Borders of the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom: A Toolkit for Front-line Workers (IOM, Aug. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Ambiguous Ages, Ambivalent Youths: How Asylum Seekers in Germany Navigate Age Categorization," Migration Politics, vol. 1, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Introduction to Special Issue: Family Migration in Times of Crisis," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 27 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Migration aspirations in forced transnational families: the case of Syrians in Turkey," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 6 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Stuck in Greece? Unaccompanied Minors’ Stratified Access to Family Reunification on the Way to Other EU Member States," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 25, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (21 Aug. 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (21 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Short pieces:

Assessing Realistically the UNHCR’s 'Supervisory Responsibility' in International Refugee Law (CARFMS/ACERMF Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Braverman questions role of UN Refugee Convention (InfoMigrants, Sept. 2023) [text]

- See also related UNHCR comment and post on The Conversation.

Reports & book chapters:

Asylum Capacity Development: Building New and Strengthening Existing Systems, Policy Brief, no. 4 (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

"The 'Crisification' of Migration Law: Insights from the EU External Border," Chapter in Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law (Oxford Univ. Press, Forthcoming 2023) [preprint]

"Extraterritorial Rights of Refugees," Chapter in Research Handbook on Extraterritoriality in International Law (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2023) [preprint]

Note on International Protection, 74th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, UN Doc. No. A/AC.96/74/3 (UN General Assembly, July 2023) [access via UNDOCS]

- Follow link for the text in all UN languages.

Journal articles:

"Applying the ‘Ceased Circumstances’ Cessation Clause: More Politics than Law?," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Liberal democracies and asylum: legal transformation and implementation challenges," International Relations, OnlineFirst, 4 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"The politics of soft law: progress and pitfall of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 29 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"El principio de no devolución: sus propiedades y la nueva categoría de expulsión impropia en la jurisprudencia ecuatoriana," USFQ Law Review, vol. 10, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Progress in Migration and Asylum Law scholarship: International, Intersectional, and Interdisciplinary," Law and Method (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Resisting International Norm Transfer While Seeking International Recognition – Ukrainian Asylum Lawmaking," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 25, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (14 Aug. 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (Culture & Credibility) (14 Aug. 2023)

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for references to new books due out in October 2023, as well as titles published in September 2023 and new legal and open access texts.

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 Sept. 2023)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. The OA items herein were previously referenced on this blog as of 1 September 2023.

Bronze OA:

"Bazaars of Post-Partition India: Micro Stories of Pain, Courage, and Hope," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 110.

- Author = India

"Fleeing and Staying: A Nuanced View of the Bangladesh Refugee Crisis," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 176.

- Author = Bangladesh

"From the Margins: Refugee Women and Children in the Wake of India’s Partition and Forced Displacement," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 34.

- Author = India

"'Interrogating My Chandal Life': Manoranjan Byapari and the Silenced History of Bengali Dalit Refugees," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 74.

- Author = India

"'Let’s Return to Our Own Home': Muslim Return Migrations in Post-Partition West Bengal 1947–64," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 88.

- Author = India

"Partition, Migration, and Identity Formation: Narratives from Southern Assam," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 140.

- Authors (3) = India

"Partition, Politics, and the Quest for Bengali Identity: A Case of Barak Valley in South Assam," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 123.

- Author = India

"The Politics of Space: Refugees, Displaced and Stranded," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 187.

- Author = Bangladesh

"Popular Services Committees in West Bank Refugee Camps: Political Legacies, Formations, and Tensions," Jerusalem Quarterly, no. 94 (Summer 2023) 

- Author = Palestine

"(Re)Interrogating Camp and Refugees in Forced Migration Studies," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 4.

- Author = India

"Roots of Ethnic Politics in Tripura: Power Relations Between Communities and State Policies," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 155.

- Author = India

"Thakurnagar as a Political Location: Place Making Practices of Matua Refugees in West Bengal," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023)

- Scroll to p. 55.

- Author = India

Diamond OA:

"Forced Migration and Resilience in the EHAGL Region: Resource Caravans and Passageways of Adult Urban Refugees in Addis Ababa," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 3 (2023)

- Authors (3) = Ethiopia

"Medical Research and the Production of Reliable Data: The Difficulties of a Randomised Clinical Trial Confronted with Real Life in Southern Niger," Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1 (2023) 

- Author = Niger

"La población colombiana con necesidades de protección internacional y los planes regionales de respuesta," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 31, no. 68 (2023)

- Authors (2) = Argentina (lead), Colombia

"The Representation of Afghan Refugees in Pakistani Urdu and English Blogs: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis," Corporum: Journal of Corpus Linguistics, vol. 6, no. 1 (2023)

- Author = Pakistan

"Resilience: The Key for Colombian Refugees to Integrate into New Zealand," Educación y Humanismo, vol. 25, no. 45 (2023)

- Author = Mexico

"Ukrainian Youth and War: How to Turn Fears into Strengths?," Forced Migration Review, no. 72 (Sept. 2023)

- Author = Ukraine

"When Academic Displacement and Internationalization Intersect, Different Approaches for Inclusion in Higher Education: Contributions from the Welcoming program for Ukrainian Scientists, Paraná-Brazil," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 31, no. 68 (2023)

- Authors (3) = Italy/Brazil (lead), Brazil (2)

Gold OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) and other fees are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.

"Barriers and Facilitators of Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Migrant, Internally Displaced, Asylum Seeking and Refugee Women: A Scoping Review," PLoS ONE 18(9): e0291486 (Sept. 2023)

- Authors (10) = Burkina Faso (6, incl. lead), Canada (4)

- APC = USD 1931

"Community-Engagement in Research in Humanitarian Settings," Frontiers in Public Health, 17 Aug. 2023

- Authors (9) = South Africa/Cameroon/France (lead), France/South Africa/Cameroon (1), Cameroon (1), Nigeria (1), UK (1), US/South Africa (1), US (1), Zambia (1), DRC (1)

- APC = USD 2095

"Double Burden of Vulnerability for Refugees: Conceptualization and Policy Solutions for Financial Protection in Iran Using Systems Thinking Approach," Health Research Policy and Systems, 21:94 (Sept. 2023)

- Authors (5) = Iran (3, incl. lead), UK (2), Russia/Serbia/Japan (1)

- APC = USD 3090

"A Formative Research to Explore the Programmatic Approach of Vaccinating the Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities against COVID-19 Infection in Bangladesh," BMC Health Services Research, 23:937 (Aug. 2023)

- Authors (5) = Bangladesh (2, incl. lead), Bangladesh/UK (1), UAE/Jordan (1), Bangladesh/UAE (1)

- APC = USD 3090

"The Role of Mindfulness, Psychological Capital, and Social Capital in the Well-being of Refugees in Uganda," Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, vol. 5 (2023)

- Authors (5) = Uganda (4, incl. lead), Germany (1)

- APC = USD 1250

"Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Utilisation and Affordability for South Sudanese Refugees and Host Populations in Northern Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study," PLOS Global Public Health 3(9): e0002351 (Sept. 2023)

- Authors (12) = Uganda (7, incl. lead), UK (5)

- APC = USD 2100

"Understanding the Impact of Digital Technology on the Well-being of Older Immigrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review," Digital Health, 30 Aug. 2023

- Authors (5) = Canada/Nigeria (2, incl. lead), Nigeria/US (1), Nigeria (1), Canada (1)

- APC = USD 2000

Green OA:

Note: Authors can now deposit their postprints in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

"Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Experiences among Refugees: A Scoping Review," Journal of Palliative Care, vol. 34, no. 2 (2018)

- Postprint version deposited in the Univ. of Sussex IR

- Authors (7) = Lebanon (5, incl. lead), UK (2)

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.

"Borders and Boundaries in Daily Urban Mobility Practices of Refugees in Cape Town, South Africa," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3 (2023) 

- Author = South Africa

- APC = EUR 3439 

"#ForeignersMustGo versus 'In Favorem Libertatis': Human Rights Violations and Procedural Irregularities in South African Immigration Detention Law," Journal of Human Rights, vol. 22, no. 4 (2023)

- Authors (2) = UK (lead), South Africa

- APC = USD 3175

"'#SayNoToRohingya': A Critical Study on Malaysians’ Amplified Resentment Towards Rohingya Refugees on Twitter during the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis," The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, vol. 112, no 4 (2023)

- Authors (2) = UK (lead), UK/Malaysia

- APC = USD 3710

Books/Book chapters:

"Climate Crisis, Global Migration, and Disaster Research: Social Work as a Bridging Agent," Chapter in Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2022/2023 (transcript Verlag, Aug. 2023)

- Authors (6) = Sri Lanka (2, incl. lead), Germany (4)

"The Micropolitics of Climate-Related Planned Relocation in the Maldives: A Case for Multiple Im/mobility Pathways," Chapter in Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2022/2023 (transcript Verlag, Aug. 2023)

- Authors (2) = Australia (lead), Maldives 

Periodical issues:

Jerusalem Quarterly, no. 94 (Summer 2023) 

- Special issue on "UNRWA Archives (Part 2)." Published by the Institute for Palestine Studies through its affiliate, the Institute of Jerusalem Studies, in Palestine.

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 61 & 62 (June/Dec. 2023) 

- Special issue on "Politics, Space, Memory: Identity Making in the Wake of Partition." Published by the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, based in India.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 31, no. 68 (2023)

- Special dossier on "Fleeing from armed conflicts." Includes a mix of articles in English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Published by Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios, based in Brazil.

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Education on Hold: Almost half of school-aged refugee children from Ukraine missing out on formal education (UNHCR, Sept. 2023) [text]

The Pedagogy of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS/ACERMF Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Refugee children have a right to be educated in Indonesia – our research shows the barriers in their way (The Conversation, Aug. 2023) [text]

Scholars at risk: Professional networks and escape from persecution in Nazi Germany (VoxEU, Sept. 2023) [text]

Why Palestinians are Known as the World’s “Best Educated Refugees” (Columbia Univ. Press Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Back to School 2023-2024: Report on Education for children displaced by the conflict in Ukraine at the start of the second school year (World Vision, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Impact Report: Evidence-Based Case Study on Afghan Children Education in Pakistan (Relief International, Aug. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Quality and social justice in refugee education: Syrian refugee students’ experiences of integration into national education systems in Jordan," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 15 (2023) [open access]

"A Review of Research on the Education of Migrant Students with Special Needs," Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi = Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education, Advance Online Publication, 3 Aug. 2023 [open access]

- Note: The text of the article is available in both Turkish and English.

"The Schooling of Forced Immigrant Afghan Youths in Iran: A Study of the Factors Leading to Exclusion," Comparative and International Education = Éducation comparée et internationale, vol. 52, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Unlocking Potential: The Right to Education and Opportunity (UNHCR, Sept. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report and press release in multiple languages.

"When academic displacement and internationalization intersect, different approaches for inclusion in Higher Education: Contributions from the Welcoming program for Ukrainian scientists, Paraná-Brazil," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 31, no. 68 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (31 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Short pieces:

Adding value, changing narratives (UNHCR Innovation Service, July 2023) [text]

- Focuses on South Africa.

NGO Statement on International Protection and Solutions, 87th Meeting of the Standing Committee, 14-16 June 2023 [text]

- See also transcript of the oral presentation. Both focus on the protection concerns of older people.

Reports & journal articles:

Internally displaced and immobile people in Ukraine between 2014 and 2022: Older age and disabilities as factors of vulnerability, Migration Research Series, no. 77 (IOM, Aug. 2023) [text]

Report on the state of disability inclusion in Ethiopian refugee and IDP settings (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

"A Review of Research on the Education of Migrant Students with Special Needs," Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi = Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education, Advance Online Publication, 3 Aug. 2023 [open access]

- Note: The text of the article is available in both Turkish and English.

"Supporting older people in Ukraine’s conflict," Forced Migration Review, no. 72 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Ubuntu and forced migration: reflections for social work engagement with older refugees in Canada," African Journal of Social Work, vol. 13, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Understanding the impact of digital technology on the well-being of older immigrants and refugees: A scoping review," Digital Health, 30 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Unseen challenges: risks faced by IDPs with disabilities in Ukraine," Forced Migration Review, no. 72 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (21 July 2023)

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for registration: Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration, Kaldor Centre Conference 2023, Sydney, 20 November 2023 [info]

- Early bird registration is now open! 

Kaldor Centre Conference side event: Scholars' Workshop, Sydney/Online, 21-22 November 2023 [info]

- There are different deadlines (19, 20 or 21 November) for different ticket purchases; follow the link for more details.

Short pieces:

Achieving Meaningful International Cooperation on Displacement: Can the 2023 Global Refugee Forum Deliver? (MPI Commentary, Sept. 2023) [text]

The Interruption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and its Effects on Food Security and Human Mobility (RLI Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

- See also related CNN article.

"Lack of Health Care Access Drives Global Migration," Health Affairs, vol. 42, no. 9 (Sept. 2023) [free full-text]

UNHCR launches ‘Hope Away from Home’ campaign urging global action and solidarity with people forced to flee (UNHCR, Sept. 2023) [text]

What would you take with you? Why possessions matter in times of war and displacement (The Conversation, Sept. 2023) [text]

Reports:

88th meeting of the Standing Committee, 13-14 Sept. 2023 [access]

- Follow link for documents, presentations and oral updates.

Forced Displacement Literature Review (Joint Data Center, Sept. 2023) [text]

Leveraging Human Mobility to Rescue the 2030 Agenda: IOM Flagship Report (IOM, Sept. 2023) [text]

Why the international community is failing urban refugees: Four myths about protracted displacement (International Institute for Environment and Development, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Afghanistan, Kenya, Ethiopia & Jordan.

Journal articles:

"Are Celebrity Spokespeople Always Helpful for Refugee Causes?," Migration Information Source, 14 Sept. 2023 [text]

"Continuum, process, and dyad: three readings of the migration–mobility nexus," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 27 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Experiences among Refugees: A Scoping Review," Journal of Palliative Care, vol. 34, no. 2 (2018) [postprint]

"Ethical considerations of 'going public': public and media co-dissemination of research findings with refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Standard Involvement is Not Enough: A Mixed Method Study of Enablers and Barriers in Research Meetings with Forced Migrants," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 6 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"'Why Care Now' in Forced Migration Research? Imagining a Radical Feminist Ethics of Care," ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, vol. 22, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (2 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Ukraine and Sudan Receive TPS Extensions, Redesignations as Global Displacement Continues to Rise (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

US Chooses Shameful Hypocrisy in Forcibly Returning Haitians (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2023) [text]

What Does the Looming Government Shutdown Mean for Our Immigration System? (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Attitudes about refugees and immigrants arriving in the United States: a conjoint experiment," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 10 (2023) [preprint]

Borderline Ambiguity: Major Questions and Immigration Law, Legal Studies Research Paper, no. 218 (Roger Williams Univ., Aug. 2023) [text]

Fact Sheet: Data from First Six Months of Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans Shows That Lawful Pathways Work (US Dept. of Homeland Security, July 2023) [text]

"Evangelical attitudes toward Syrian refugees: are evangelicals distinctive in their opposition to Syrian refugees to the United States?," Politics and Religion, FirstView, 24 Aug. 2023 [free full-text]

"New York and Other U.S. Cities Struggle with High Costs of Migrant Arrivals," Migration Information Source, 27 Sept. 2023 [text]

"Process as Suffering: How U.S. Immigration Court Process and Culture Prevent Substantive Justice," Albany Law Review, vol. 86, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"The Right to Asylum during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Legal Review of the Power to Expel Noncitizens under Title 42," Albany Law Review, vol. 86, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"US Asylum Lawyering and Temporal Violence," Law & Social Inquiry, FirstView, 4 Sept. 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

U.S. Asylum Process: Improving Our Humanitarian Protection System with Efficiency and Integrity, 14 Sept. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (18 Aug. 2023)