Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (30 Sept. 2026)

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. Note that the OA items herein were previously referenced on either this blog or the Forced Migration Library blog as of 1 Sept. 2026.

Authors of the OA materials listed below are encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)! The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

Diamond OA:

"Bilateral Relations Between Refugee-Hosting and Origin Countries: The Case of Türkiye and Syria Until the Fall of Assad," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026)

- Author = Qatar

"Climate Refugees in a Legal Vacuum: Bridging the Protection Gap in the International Refugee Convention," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026)

- Author = Uganda

"La criminalización de la inmigración venezolana en Estados Unidos," Norteamérica: Revista Académica del CISAN-UNAM, vol. 21, no 2 (2026)

- Author = Mexico

"Establishing the English Language Competencies of Refugee Teachers: Evidence from Kakuma, Kaloboyei and Daadab Camps in Kenya," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026)

- Authors (4) = Kenya

"Existential Refugees: An Insider Ethnography of the Being of Refugeehood among Malayaga Tamils in India," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026)

- Authors (2) = India

"The Future of Humanitarian Work and Political Representation in Lebanon: The Role of the Lebanese Red Cross and the Limitations of Humanitarian Actors," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026)

- Author = Lebanon

"Huir para protegerse: el reclutamiento forzado y el desplazamiento desde Guerrero, México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026)

- Authors (4) = Mexico (3, incl. lead), US (1)

"The Legal Void in Climate-Induced Displacement: Towards a Global Protection Framework," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh

"Navigating Borders and Screens: ICTs Practices and Digital Mimicry in the Sub-Saharan Boza Journey," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Morocco

"Sostener la vida en la incertidumbre y la espera forzada: mujeres desplazadas forzadas y contenidas en la frontera de Tijuana," PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Estudios sobre Migraciones, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026)

- Author = Mexico

"Terrorisme et migration résidentielle: Le défis de cohabitation des personnes déplacées internes dans la région du Yadega au Burkina Faso," Espace populations sociétés, vol. 2025/3-2026/1 (2026)

- Author = Burkina Faso

"Transforming Destinations: The Impact of Integration Interventions on the Mobility Decisions of Displaced LGBTIQ+ Persons in Mexico," Migraciones, vol. 67 (July 2026)

- Author = Mexico

"'We Will Hunt You Down': espectáculo, humillación y resistencia en la política migratoria trumpista," PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Estudios sobre Migraciones, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

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. In addition, transformative agreements between institutions and publishers often cover gold APC costs, but the role these agreements played regarding the OA status of articles listed below is unknown.

"Climate Refugees and Social Justice: A Case Study of South Africa–Is There Hope for Equality and Inclusion?," The Thinker, vol. 107, no. 2 (2026)

- Authors (2) = South Africa

- APC = Author page fees are charged but the amounts are not specified

"Displacement, Deprivation, and Loss of Dignity: The Psychosocial and Material Impact of Genocide on Elderly Gazans," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 14 (2026)

- Authors (4) = Palestine

- APC = USD 3030

"Exploring Challenges of Integrating Afghan Returnee Children into Schools in Afghanistan," Frontiers in Education, 18 Aug. 2026

- Authors (7) = Afghanistan

- APC = CHF 2195

"From Relief to Resilience: Jordan’s Hybrid Model of Refugee Governance in the Shadow of the Syrian Crisis," Frontiers in Political Science, 9 Sept. 2026

- Authors (3) = Malaysia (lead), Jordan (2)

- APC = CHF 1495

"Good Faith at Sea: Non-Refoulement, Maritime Interdiction and Malaysian Practice Under International Law," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5

- Authors (2) = Malaysia

- APC = CHF 1400

"Humanitarianism under Cognitive Attack: Narrative Delegitimation in the Information Environment," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:22 (Aug. 2026)

- Authors (4) = Italy (2, incl. lead), Colombia (2)

- APC = USD 1990

"Increasing School Attendance and Retention in Refugee Settings: Participatory Development of the SchoolLinks Intervention," PLoS One 21(8): e0357215 (Aug. 2026)

- Authors (5) = Uganda/Netherlands (lead), Uganda (2), US (1), Netherlands (1)

- APC = USD 2477

"Mental Health and Family Functioning among Physically Healthy Syrian Refugees Resettled in Ontario, Canada Post 2015: A Cross-sectional Study," PLoS One 21(8): e0354919 (Aug. 2026)

- Authors (4) = Lebanon (2, incl. lead), Canada (2) 

- APC = USD 2477

"Mortality Differentials between Self-settled Refugees and South Africans in Rural South Africa: Insights from the Agincourt HDSS, 1994–2018," Conflict and Health, 4 Sept. 2026

- Authors (9) = Australia (lead), South Africa (1), Mozambique (6), Australia/South Africa (1)

- APC = USD 3390

"Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices among Internally Displaced Households in Yemen: A Cross Sectional Study," BMC Public Health, 12 Aug. 2026

- Author = Yemen

- APC = USD 3450

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs. Transformative agreements between institutions and publishers often cover hybrid APC costs, but the role these agreements played regarding the OA status of articles listed below is unknown.

"Caregiving for Individuals with Autism in Forceful Displacement Crisis: Experiences of Refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq," Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Latest Articles, 23 Sept. 2026

- Authors (4) = UK (2, incl. lead), Iraq (2)

- APC = USD 3230

"Serial Diasporas: How Emigrating Gulf Noncitizens Evolve into New Diasporas," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 1 Sept. 2026

- Authors (2) = US (lead), UK/Saudi Arabia (1)

- APC = USD 5100

"Why Humanitarian Localisation Stalls in Conflict Settings? Administrative Vetoes and Risk Transfer in Yemen," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 21 Aug. 2026

- Authors (3) = Qatar

- APC = USD 3565

Books/Book chapters:

Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide: The Case of the Rohingya (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026)

- Editors (3) = Bangladesh (lead), UK (2)

Periodical issues:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (2026) 

- Mix of articles on migration intentions, ICTs, female migrant workers and brain drain. Published by the Scalabrini Institute on Human Mobility in Africa and the University of the Western Cape, both based in South Africa.

PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Estudios Sobre Migraciones, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026)

- Special issue on "Discursos de odio y resistencias migrantes." Published by the Universidad de Brasília.

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Aug. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunity:

Call for submissions: International Humanitarian Studies Association Thesis Prize 2026-2027 [info]

- The deadline is 1 November 2026.

Short pieces:

The bigger change we want to see: from advisory groups to meaningful participation (ODI Comment, Sept. 2026) [text]

"What will Luke Lindberg mean for WFP and humanitarians?," The New Humanitarian, 15 Sept. 2026 [text]

**For more updates on developments in this area, sign up for one or more of The New Humanitarian's various newsletter options, as well as IHSA's weekly selection of humanitarian blog posts.

Reports & journal articles:

2026 UNHCR Global Consultations with NGOs, Online, 28-30 Sept. 2026 [info]

- Follow link for meeting-related documents.

Explain: Localisation and locally-led action, Essential Briefings for Humanitarian Decision-makers (ALNAP, Aug. 2026) [text]

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 87 (Aug. 2026) [full-text]

- Thematic issue on "Local leadership in a changing humanitarian architecture."

"Humanitarianism under cognitive attack: narrative delegitimation in the information environment," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:22 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

Internal independent review of UNHCR’s readiness to manage tightly earmarked and projectized funding (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]

Protection Eroded: The Human Cost of Underfunding (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]

- See also related press release.

The State of the Humanitarian System 2026 (ALNAP, Sept. 2026) [access]

- See also related country reports and a recording of the launch event on the SOHS companion page.

We can adapt to anything, but not to war - Delivering for people in conflict settings: Reflections on an evolving humanitarian landscape (ICRC et al., Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on the DRC, South Sudan and Ukraine.

Multimedia:

Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series (The New Humanitarian, Sept. 2026) [access]

- Listen to new episodes that focus on activism, aid-for-hire and privatised aid.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (19 Aug. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2 (19 Aug. 2026)

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Short pieces:

"Comment: From aging in place to aging in displacement: mental health among older refugees in Egypt," The Lancet Regional Health - Eastern Mediterranean, In Press, 6 Sept. 2026 [open access]

Reports:

Advocating for Admission: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Diplomacy on behalf of Refugees with Disabilities, 1951-2011, Dissertation (Carleton Univ., 2026) [text]

Gender and Disability Alert: Displacement, Disability and Gender in Lebanon's 2026 Crisis (UN Women, July 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee Displacement, Disability and Human Rights: The Production, Processing and Power of Data (Routledge, July 2026) [info]

- See also the open access dissertation upon which this book was based. 

When people are missing from humanitarian data, they are not missing from the crisis (Humanitarian Practice Network, Sept. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Caregiving for individuals with autism in forceful displacement crisis: experiences of refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq," Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Latest Articles, 23 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Deporting Disability," Utah Law Review, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Displacement, deprivation, and loss of dignity: The psychosocial and material impact of genocide on elderly Gazans," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

"Early Childhood Intervention for Children with Disabilities and Syrian Refugee Children in Türkiye: Practices, Policies, and Recommendations," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026) [open access]

"Family Separation, Resettlement Stressors, and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Bhutanese Refugees: A Scoping Review," Sage Open, 27 July 2026 [open access]

"Overlooked health and protection needs of older women in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study of practitioners," PLOS Aging Health 1(3): e0000044 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (13 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

Around 90% of refugee kids live in poverty in their first year in Australia: report (The Conversation, Sept. 2026) [text]

Children in Anguish as Immigration Arrests Surge: Families Ripped Apart by Deportations (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Risking children to save them: moral dilemmas faced by parents in forced migration (FluchtforschungsBlog, May 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians.

Russia is trying to force Ukrainian children to become Russian, with reeducation, forcible transfers and camps (The Conversation, Aug. 2026) [text]

Reports:

CONNECT-WELL: Lessons for Participatory Research on Social Connectedness and Wellbeing Among Young Refugees in Scotland and Lower Saxony (Queen Margaret Univ. & Hochschule Hannover., Aug. 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Journal articles:

"After the Pact: access to legal support by unaccompanied migrant children in the European Union," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 38, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]

"Caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or Refugee Children in Foster Care," Australian Social Work, Latest Articles, 23 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Children’s Homes as Refugee Spaces: Child Refugees and Institutional Care in Socialist Czechoslovakia," Central European History, FirstView, 17 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Resettled Families, Reimagined Futures: Home Visiting at the Nexus of Loss, Growth, and Belonging," Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 35, no. 9 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Services to support the integration of unaccompanied immigrant children: A systematic review of international literature," Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 191 (Dec. 2026) [preprint]

"Strengthening Parenting Among Refugees in Europe (SPARE): Feasibility of an Adapted Parenting Intervention for Ukrainian Refugees in Iceland," Family Process, vol. 65, no. 3 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Urban refugee children's integration through a spatial lens: Everyday emotional geographies in two cities," Political Geography, vol. 131 (Dec. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Kampala and Tel Aviv.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (11 Aug. 2026) 

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Arts Initiatives by Refugees for Refugees: Forced Displacement, Creativity, and Agency (Berghahn Books, Sept. 2026) [open access]

- "Forced migration is an international problem impacting global powers as well as smaller resource-constrained countries. The rhetoric, globally and locally is rife with a confusing tangle about war, violence, persecution, vulnerability, victimhood, thievery, welfare leaching, and economy recking. [This] is a narrative-driven book based in global multi-site research about the arts and cultural dimension of refugee 'crises' in discrete geographic and social-political contexts. The stories highlight agency, creativity, pleasure, celebration, entrepreneurship, friendship, and community because we typically don't associate these things with refugees. They emphasize how refugees contribute to their own communities and their host countries, contrary to stereotypical and often xenophobic anti-refugee assumptions."

Journal articles:

"Cross-Country Variation in Deportation Risk: Stylized Facts and a Research Agenda," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 22 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Decentering Conceptions of Refugee Governance: Charting an Empirical Pathway," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Moving from Thematic to Causal Analysis: Research into How Asylum Seekers Perceive the Impact of Social Protection on Their Wellbeing," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 9 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

Multimedia:

Records of human experience: The value and vulnerability of refugee archives, 16 Sept. 2026 [access]

- Info about this talk is provided here.

Resource:

Caring to Include Toolkit (ECRE et al., 2026) [access]

- "The toolkit provides practical guidance and tools to support organisations working with refugees and people seeking protection in embedding trauma-informed principles into their everyday work. Drawing on the knowledge, research and experience of project partners across seven countries, the new toolkit responds to the need for resources that help organisations create safer, more supportive and empowering environments, while reducing the risk of re-traumatisation and recognising the impact of this work on staff and volunteers."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (29 Sept. 2026)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Mapping, Governing, Connecting: Highlights from the 2026 UNU Migration Network Research Symposium (UNU-Merit Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

"My plan to cut the number of long-term refugees by half," The World Today, 15 Sept. 2026 [text]

Refugee Studies Centre and UNHCR co-host workshop on refugee rights (RSC, Sept. 2026) [text]

- See also related Univ. of Limerick news story.

Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council 2026 (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]

Statement on Helping Third-Country Nationals (IOM, Sept. 2026 [text]

Reports: 

Between Compassion and Security: Do Permissive Asylum Regimes Affect Transnational Terrorism?, Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2026: Behavioral Economics (ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, 2026) [text]

Draft operational guidance: Participation of affected populations in UNHCR evaluations (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Evaluation Office year in review 2025-2026 (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [access]

Global Risk Report 2026 (United Nations, Sept. 2026) [access]

- See also related UN News story.

JDC Data Update (Aug. 2026) [access]

- Highlights "new reports, datasets, and key insights." Look for previous issues here.

Internal Displacement in the Global North - A New Research Agenda (SSRN, Sept. 2026) [text]

Migration Diplomacy in an Age of Transactionalism (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2026) [text]

- See also related press release.

Solidarities in times of turmoil: Notes from critical humanitarian and reflexive migration studies, MAPS Working Paper, no. 2 (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Sept. 2026) [text]

Transforming Migration Governance: Beyond Criminalization, Issue Brief, no. 1 (OHCHR, Sept. 2026) [text via Refworld]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (10 Sept. 2026)

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 45, no. 3, Sept. 2026 include:

• Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Agreements, 1992–2023: Global Trends and Implications [open access]
• Who Counts as Displaced? Everyday Contestation of Invisibility, Vulnerability, and Protection in Nigeria [abstract]
• Empirical Insights into Managing Internal Displacement from the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Opportunities for Enhanced Crisis Governance in Africa [open access]
• Internally Displaced Persons’ Participation in Durable Solutions Processes in International Human Rights Law [abstract] [embargoed postprint]
• International Refugee Law: From a Self-Contained Regime to an International Protection Framework [open access]
• Safety Doubts and Judicial Responses: Safe Country of Origin Designations before the Courts [open access]
• The Waiting Class: Privilege, Refuge, and the Postponed Return of Beirut’s Wealthier Syrians [open access]
• Lines of Flight – Justice Vacuums and Legal Pluralism in the Rohingya Refugee Camps [abstract]
• Policy Coherence Enigma and Historical Amnesia in Economically Inclusive Solutions for Protracted Refugees: The Cases of Kenya and Uganda [open access]
• Transnational Engagements among Ukrainian Refugees Residing in Norway under Temporary Protection [open access]
• Living in Uncertainty: Wartime Waiting and the Dialectic of Uncertainty–Certainty in Ukrainian Diasporic Collectivities in Poland [open access]
• The Evolution of the UK’s Refugee Resettlement Policies and the Emergence of Sponsorship Initiatives: A Historical Institutionalism Approach [open access]

Tagged Periodicals.

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 39, no. 3, Sept. 2026 include:

• What is policy relevance in refugee and forced migration research?: rethinking the dual imperative [free full-text]
• Love in a “hopeless” place? Courtship, intimacy, and romance in displacement [open access]
• From survival to sustainability: a spatial implementation timeline for socially sustainable refugee camps [abstract]
• Letters from the camps: UNHCR and refugee voices [abstract]
• ‘It felt wrong’: emotional labour and the everyday reconfiguration of refugee governance in Cameroon [abstract] [postprint]
• ‘Duty-bearers’ in the governance of durable solutions for internally displaced persons in Ethiopia: an actor-oriented approach [open access]
• “We are not criminals!” Stuckness and existential tactics among residents at a Danish deportation center [abstract]
• Suspended solidarity: the experience of precarity and the chronopolitics of support in Australia’s asylum regime [open access]
• Permanent temporary: the temporal and digital dimensions of refugee resettlement in Australia [open access]
• Displacement-affectedness: a moral economy lens to examine protracted displacement [open access]
• Making sense of forced migration: the scenarios of meaning-seeking among Ukrainian migrant women in Poland [abstract]
• Layered trauma and psychosocial vulnerability among Syrian refugee women after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake [open access]
• The first 4 years: evolution of community attitudes towards refugees in a new rural resettlement location in Australia [open access]
• Rebuilding home on “hot ground”: spiritual obligation and the decision to return to Srebrenica [open access]

Five reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Admin: September Break

This blog will be quiet for the next week or so.

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Welcome Schools in Bremen – From Ad Hoc Measure to Standard School Model? (Univ. of Bremen, Sept. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Ukrainians in Germany.

Reports:

Caught Between Conflict and Funding Cuts: Education Under Threat in West and Central Africa (Norwegian Refugee Council, Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Inclusion, learning and resilience: A review of UNICEF education system strengthening during the Ukraine refugee response (UNICEF, Sept. 2026) [text]

- "This report examines how the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) supported education system strengthening during the Ukraine refugee response in six countries: Bulgaria, Czechia, the Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."

Journal articles:

"Accessing Academia in Exile: Experiences of Displaced Ukrainian Scholars in Sweden and University Responses," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 28 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry, vol. 17, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Special issue on "Voices of the Forcibly Displaced: Transition, Resettlement and Education." Six articles focus on education and schooling.

"Establishing the English Language Competencies of Refugee Teachers: Evidence from Kakuma, Kaloboyei and Daadab Camps in Kenya," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026) [open access]

"Exploring challenges of integrating Afghan returnee children into schools in Afghanistan," Frontiers in Education, 18 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Far-right Pressure on Adult Education and Language Provision for Adult Refugees and Migrants," Internationales Jahrbuch der Erwachsenenbildung = International Yearbook of Adult Education, vol. 49 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Europe.

"Increasing school attendance and retention in refugee settings: Participatory development of the SchoolLinks intervention," PLoS One 21(8): e0357215 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 11, no. 1 (July 2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "Mobilizing an Effective, Equitable, and Just Data and Evidence Ecosystem for Education in Crisis and Conflict Contexts."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (10 Aug. 2026)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Article 1D: a betrayal of direct responsibility? (VU Amsterdam, June 2026) [text]

Saudi Arabia’s Surging Deadly Treatment of Migrants and Refugees (Immigration Detention Monitor, Sept. 2026) [text]

"'Where do we go?': How Israel’s ‘yellow line’ is closing in on Palestinians," UN News, 12 Sept. 2026 [text]

Yemen Displaced Top 104,000 as IOM Calls for Urgent Action (IOM, Sept. 2026) [text]

- See also related TNH article and UNHCR briefing note.

Reports & journal articles:

"Bilateral Relations Between Refugee-Hosting and Origin Countries: The Case of Türkiye and Syria Until the Fall of Assad," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"From relief to resilience: Jordan’s hybrid model of refugee governance in the shadow of the Syrian crisis," Frontiers in Political Science, 9 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"The Future of Humanitarian Work and Political Representation in Lebanon: The Role of the Lebanese Red Cross and the Limitations of Humanitarian Actors," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026) [open access]

Syria in 2026: Between Transition and Recovery - A Secondary Data Review of Humanitarian Conditions and Operational Implications (Estonian Refugee Council, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"What is UNRWA for? The contested purposes of refugee relief in Gaza, 1948–1950," Journal of Global History, FirstView, 13 July 2026 [open access]

"Why humanitarian localisation stalls in conflict settings? Administrative vetoes and risk transfer in Yemen," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 21 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Lebanon Between Refuge, Displacement and Exile Within the Homeland: Geographies of Recurrent Displacement (Tahjeer Podcast Series, Sept. 2026) [access]

- In Arabic, with subtitling available.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (9 Sept. 2026)

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

America Sent Them into a Dictatorship’s Torture Chambers, Then Looked Away (Just Security, Sept. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Equatorial Guinea.

Busting anti-migrant myths: South Africa's most common migration myths don't hold up against the data (ISS, Sept. 2026) [access]

Displacement Urbanisation in Nigeria: Governance Gaps and the Exclusion of Self-Settled IDPs (RID Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

Sierra Leone: Reports of Detention, But Limited Oversight or Access (Immigration Detention Monitor, July 2026) [text]

Reports:

Multidimensional poverty of refugees and host communities in South Sudan, Forced Displacement Survey Thematic Brief, no. 4 (UNHCR, Sept. 2026) [text]

Non-governmental organizations, networks and associations, and African migration, RSC Working Paper, no. 14 (European Univ. Institute, 2026) [text]

Staying and Moving: Refugee Adaptations to Cuts in Humanitarian Support (Danish Refugee Council, Sept. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on South Sudanese refugees in Kenya and Uganda.

Journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles on migration intentions, ICTs, female migrant workers and brain drain.

"Mediating Tensions Between Care and Control: An Ethnographic Exploration of Counting (and not Counting) COVID-19 Amongst Refugees in Uganda," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Mortality differentials between self-settled refugees and South Africans in rural South Africa: insights from the Agincourt HDSS, 1994–2018," Conflict and Health, 4 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Southern Africa’s Migration Integration Is Undermined by Rising Tensions and Changing Trends," Migration Information Source, 17 Sept. 2026 [text]

"Terrorisme et migration résidentielle : Le défis de cohabitation des personnes déplacées internes dans la région du Yadega au Burkina Faso," Espace populations sociétés, vol. 2025/3-2026/1 (2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (2 Sept. 2026)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Ceuta and the Politics of ‘Instrumentalised Migration’: How a Border Situation Became Part of Europe’s Wider Legal Battle to Restrict Access (OpinioJuris, Sept. 2026) [text]

Europe borrows Australia’s asylum script – outsourcing rights (The Interpreter Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

Immigration in Sweden: how the country went from one of Europe’s most welcoming, to one of its most restrictive (The Conversation, Sept. 2026) [text]

*New IOM Data: Migrant Arrivals to Europe Fall 39% in 2026 While Deaths Continue to Rise (IOM, Sept. 2026) [text]

"State of the European Union 2026," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 17 Sept. 2026 [text]

UNHCR publishes detailed observations raising concerns over the Immigration and Asylum Bill (EIN, Sept. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

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

New open access book:

Migration Power Europe: Between Norms and Leverage in the EU's Global Role (European University Institute, July 2026) [open access]

- "This volume conceptualises the European Union as a distinctive migration power: an actor that governs human mobility through several forms of power at once. ...Across twelve chapters, the contributors examine how the EU governs migration through externalisation to neighbouring and transit states, through interdependence rather than direct territorial control, and through the hybridisation of humanitarian, developmental, security, and diplomatic rationales, sustained by financial, legal, infrastructural, and symbolic architectures. The cases range across the Mediterranean, Türkiye, Morocco, Greece, and sub-Saharan Africa, extend to the EU’s own internal institutions, and reach back to the displacement politics of the late 1940s. Rather than seeking to prove the framework universally, the volume stress-tests and refines it through empirically diverse contributions. In doing so, it treats the tensions it surfaces, between coercion and consent, dependence and co-production, and crisis and the long term, as productive openings for theory. The result is a vocabulary for analysing the European Union as a migration power, and for marking the limits of that power."

Reports:

Latest Asylum Trends: Mid-Year Review 2026 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2026) [text]

- See also related ECRE observations.

Journal articles:

"Between Institutional and Non-Institutional Agency Among Asylum Seekers in Spain," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 17 (2026) [open access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

"Coerced Voluntariness: Parliamentary Narratives on Return Migration in Germany and Turkey," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 5 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Conceptualising Identity Transformations of the Apostate Refugee through Un/Learning," Sociological Review, OnlineFirst, 8 Aug. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Humanitarismo y refugio: la gobernanza ambigua de la protección internacional en Madrid desde la perspectiva de los actores institucionales," Migraciones, Latest Articles, 29 May 2026 [open access]

"Immigration and European Identity: Negotiating the Boundaries of Belonging," The European Legacy: 

Toward New Paradigms, Latest Articles, 14 Sept. 2026 [open access]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issues. Several of the articles have also been posted online, one of which is open access.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

- Special issue on "Humanitarianism in Times of Democratic Transition: Perspectives from Southern Europe."

"Perception bias: how official statistics shape attitudes towards immigrants," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 8 Sept. 2026 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"(Re)producing change in migration studies: Methodological reflections from a longitudinal qualitative panel study with Ukrainian protection holders in Germany," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 4 (Dec. 2026) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (4 Sept. 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (4 Sept. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunities:

UNSW Book Forum: Solidarity in International Disaster Response Law, Sydney/Online, 22 September 2026 [info]

Lecture: Evacuations in Disasters: A Double-Edged Sword for International Protection, Melbourne, 14 October 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

"Editorial: Climate-related migration: Is occupational therapy prepared?," British Journal of Occupational Therapy, OnlineFirst, 15 Sept. 2026 [free full-text]

Mobility provisions in recent Australia–Pacific bilateral agreements (DevPolicy Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

Mobility Without Membership? Nationality (In)security in Pacific Migration Pathways in the Context of Climate Change (CSS Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

The Nepalese Flood is a Call to Action (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

"What 13 minutes in Nepal can teach us about acting before disaster strikes," The New Humanitarian, 9 Sept. 2026 [text]

Reports:

Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change (McMullin Centre on Statelessness & UNHCR, Sept. 20265 [access]

- Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 22 September.

Journal articles:

Climate Refugees and Social Justice: A Case Study of South Africa–Is There Hope for Equality and Inclusion?," The Thinker, vol. 107, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Climate Refugees in a Legal Vacuum: Bridging the Protection Gap in the International Refugee Convention," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026) [open access]

"Interrogating the Conceptualisation and Use of 'Agency' in Environmental Relocation," Frontiers in Climate, 8 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"The Legal Void in Climate-Induced Displacement: Towards a Global Protection Framework," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 65, nos. 1-3 (2026) [open access]

"Weather Extremes in Indigenous Communities in Mexico and Undocumented US Migration and Its Duration," RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4 (2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (3 Sept. 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (3 Sept. 2026)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

America Sent Them into a Dictatorship’s Torture Chambers, Then Looked Away (Just Security, Sept. 2026) [text]

The Courage to Save Our Souls (The Asylumist, Sept. 2026) [text]

ICE Is Releasing 23% More Convicted Criminals Than Under Biden (CATO At Liberty Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Termination of TPS for El Salvador: What’s the Impact? (WOLA, Sept. 2026) [text]

- See also related NPR news story.

The Unjust Justification for Revoking Asylum Seekers’ Visas (The Asylumist, Sept. 2026) [text]

What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status (The Conversation, Sept. 2026) [text]

**Visit the Americas Migration Brief and ImmProf Blog for more extensive round-ups of news and publications.**

Reports:

Banished to the South: The Human Cost of Deportation (WOLA, CDH Fray Matías & Kino Border Initiative, Aug. 2026) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border: August 2026 (Strauss Center, Aug. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"La criminalización de la inmigración venezolana en Estados Unidos," Norteamérica: Revista Académica del CISAN-UNAM, vol. 21, no 2 (2026) [open access]

"Forum Shopping and Judge Shopping: An Empirical Analysis of Immigration Policy Cases," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Haitian Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 3 Sept. 2026 [text]

"'We Will Hunt You Down': espectáculo, humillación y resistencia en la política migratoria trumpista," PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Estudios sobre Migraciones, vol. 10, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (27 Aug. 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (27 Aug. 2026)

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

Short pieces:

Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark (Marshall Project, July 2026) [text]

Immigration enforcement is supplying a long‑standing economic market for prisoners (The Conversation, Aug. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Parents are Giving Up Green Card Fights to Get Their Kids Out of Immigrant Jail (Marshall Project, Aug. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

*Ten Things We Know from the Latest ICE Detention Data (Vera Institute of Justice, Sept. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"The borderwork of sexual violence in immigration detention," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 6 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Detained Minor-Days in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facilities, 2022–2026: National Surveillance of Child Detention Exposure," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Latest Articles, 9 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"Suicide as a fatal injury in U.S. immigration and customs enforcement detention: proportionate mortality and comparison with non-suicide detainee deaths," Injury Epidemiology, 10 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"When Detention Becomes a Death Sentence: The Urgent Need for Greater Due Process Protections for ICE Detainees," Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 79, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

"Working While Detained: Litigating One-Dollar-Per-Day 'Voluntary' Labor in U.S. Immigration Detention," California Law Review, vol. 114 (2026) [full-text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (16 Sept. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Australia: 25 Years of Abusive Offshore Detention (HRW, Sept. 2026) [text]

Hate Speech, Firm Action: How Malaysia is Failing Rohingya Refugees (ImpACT, July 2026) [text]

- See also related story.

A Plea from Forgotten Families in Detention in Northeast Syria: “What Will Happen to Our Children?” (Just Security, Sept. 2026) [text]

United Kingdom: Expanding Detention Capacity Despite Continued Evidence of Harm (Immigration Detention Monitor, Aug. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Aid Worker Security Report 2026 – When the threat is the state: Detentions of humanitarian workers (Humanitarian Outcomes, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

*At the margins: Places and conditions of detention - Comparative Report (ECRE, Sept. 2026) [text]

"Carceral Borders: Detention, Punishment, and the Automation of Confinement," Chapter in Border Necrotechnics: Automation, Surveillance, and the Racial Politics of Migration Control (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Europe and the US.

"Carceral maneuvers, carceral distractions: Analyzing the retraction and expansion of Canada's power to detain non-citizens," Social & Legal Studies, 10 Sept. 2026 [open access]

Italy: Extraterritorial Migration Detention and Human Rights Obligations - The Agreement with Albania (Amnesty International, Aug. 2026) [text]

The legal framework for the detention of people seeking asylum in Europe: Comparative Report (ECRE, Sept. 2026) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (16 July 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Australia has spent 25 years ‘stopping the boats’, but that’s not the same as controlling migration (The Conversation, Aug. 2026) [text]

Between Protection and Precarity: Progress, Limits and Deficiencies of Asylum Governance in Taiwan (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

From Military Rule to Arakan Army: The Dilemma of Rohingya Repatriation (RLI Blog, Sept. 2026)[text]

Government recycles past failed policy with plan for time limit on asylum claims (RCOA, Sept. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Nepal Floods: UN And Partners Launch $49.6 Million Emergency Appeal (OCHA, Sept. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide: The Case of the Rohingya (Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2026) [open access]

- "While the mass atrocities against the Rohingya are well-documented, this book shows how recognition and accountability continue to be constrained by state denial, geopolitical diplomacy, and legal thresholds. Drawing on transdisciplinary backgrounds, the contributors reveal how the Rohingya have been systematically rendered stateless through denationalisation and state-sponsored narratives, which continue to shape the search for justice, including through the ongoing International Court of Justice case. The book’s distinctive contribution is to combine survivor-centred evidence with broader legal analysis. Organised in three parts, the chapters combine socio-legal analysis with empirical evidence from refugee camps, addressing structural violence, water insecurity, gender-based violence, domicide, media-framing, and the governance of protracted displacement.  In doing so, the book goes beyond familiar accounts of displacement to show how genocide operates before, during, and after 2017 through genocidal denial. It connects Rohingya survivor testimony, grounded field evidence, and contemporary debates on genocidal intent, non-legal definitions, and post-atrocity governance."

Journal articles:

"Existential Refugees: An Insider Ethnography of the Being of Refugeehood among Malayaga Tamils in India," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Good Faith at Sea: Non-Refoulement, Maritime Interdiction and Malaysian Practice Under International Law," Laws, vol. 15, no. 5 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

"Irregular maritime migration and legal protections: the Rohingya refugee crisis," SN Social Sciences, Latest Articles, 6 Aug. 2026 [ResearchGate]

"Locating the 'local' in aid localisation: the case of humanitarian response in Myanmar," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 10 Aug. 2026 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (28 Aug. 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course 2027, Online, 10-16 February 2027 [info]

- Early bird submission deadline is 30 September 2026. Otherwise, the overall deadline for applications and scholarship requests is 21 October 2026.

CFP: Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Citizenship, Statelessness and Emerging Technologies." Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

Short pieces:

The right to belong: Ukraine's progress in reducing statelessness and the new challenges of war (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

Stripped There, Held Here: Iraq’s Burden in the Global Failure to Repatriate ISIS Foreign Terrorist Fighters (OpinioJuris, Sept. 2026) [text]

Walls of paper, walls of stone: the architectures of Palestinian statelessness (ENS Blog, Sept. 2026) [text]

**See also ISI's Monthly Bulletin for more news, information, articles, & resources.

Reports & journal articles:

"Assessing the impact of the Global Statelessness Fund on resourcing and decision-making power for affected communities in the Asia-Pacific," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 87 (Aug. 2026) [full-text]

"Citizenship Revoked, Humanity Denied: The Existential Cost of Statelessness," Howard Law Journal, vol. 69, no. 2 (2026) [full-text]

- Includes a focus on the US.

"Competing Faces of Citizenship Beyond Naturalization: Hmong Refugees and the Politics of Recognition in the United States After the Vietnam War," Genealogy, vol. 10, no. 4 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Members Only," Brown Political Review, 13 Sept. 2026 [text]

- Focuses on the Bidoon in Kuwait.

Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Mix of articles, commentary, case notes and book reviews.

Statelessness as a Barrier to Self-Determination: The Rohingya Experience, Refugee-Led Governance, and the Politics of Belonging, Working Paper, no. 6 (Harvard Univ., Sept. 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

65th Anniversary Event of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 2 Sept. 2026 [access]

- See also related summary of the discussions that took place.

Resources:

Statelessness: A Web Research Guide (updated Aug. 2026) [access]

- "The aim of this guide is to introduce readers to the concept of statelessness and point them to key information sources... ."

Statelessness Encyclopedia Asia Pacific (SEAP) (Nationality For All) [access]

- See this news release for information about SEAP's latest update, which incorporates research on the intersection of digital ID systems and statelessness in the Asia Pacific region.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (29 Aug. 2026)

Opportunities: A Few More September & New October 2026

Discussion panel: Pushbacks Against Migrant Rights in Europe and the United States, Boston, 17 September 2026 [info]

Seminar: What Europeans think about immigration and why it matters, Florence, Italy/Online, 28 September 2026 [info]

Seminar: A world of climate refugees? Climate change, mobility and conflict, Copenhagen, 29 September 2026 [info]

Short-term work: Professor Anker Hiring Research Assistants for Law of Asylum 2027 [info]

- Apply by 30 September 2026.

CFP: Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Citizenship, Statelessness and Emerging Technologies." Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

CFP: "The Unravelling of Refuge: Resettlement, Peacebuilding, and Safety in a World of Uncertainty," 17th Biannual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Manitoba, 12-14 May 2027 [info]

- Submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

Seminar: Labour’s legacy and current approach to asylum, refugees and migration, London, 7 October 2026 [info]

Webinar: After Chișinău and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration: Human Rights, the ECHR and Migration, 7 October 2026 [info]

Book discussion: Refugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics, Oxford, 14 October 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Demetrios G. Papademetriou Young Scholars Program, Migration Policy Institute [info]

- Interns sought for the Spring semester (Jan.-April 2027). Note: "Internships are available both in person and remotely, as well as to those residing outside the United States." Apply by 15 October 2026.

CFP: Workshop on the "Climate-mobility nexus in North and West Africa," Agadir, Morocco, 23-24 March 2027 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 16 October 2026.

Seminar: The relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention in a fragmented world, Oxford, 21 October 2026 [info]

- During this discussion, "a double special issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (volume 38, issues 3 and 4) commemorating the anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention" will also be introduced.

Call for registration: 55th Online Course on International Refugee Law (English), 23 November- 18 December 2026 [info]

- Register by 26 October 2026.

Lecture: Barham Salih, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Oxford, 26 October 2026 [info]

Webinar: The Refugee Convention at 75 – Fatally limited or vitally focused?, 28 October 2026 [info]

CFP: Design for Humanity Journal [info]

- New diamond open access journal published by Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA). The theme of the first issue is "Designing for Displacement." Submit abstracts by 31 October 2026.

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More August & September 2026