Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Legal aspects)

Opportunity:

Seminar: Coming in from the Cold? Group-based Refugee Determination for Women at Risk of Gender-based Violence, Online, 29 April 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Advancing Gender and Sex Equality in Asylum Protections (Think Immigration Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Female Genital Mutilation and the Question of Future Persecution when Seeking Asylum in the United States (Immigration Law Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Will asylum for Afghan women cause more migrants to choose Switzerland?," SwissInfo.ch, 10 April 2024 [text]

Journal articles:

"Legal Interpretations of Trauma: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Gender-Based Asylum Claims," Trauma Care, vol. 4, no. 2 (April 2024) [open access]

"La política del silencio frente a solicitudes de asilo por violencia íntima en España," Revista CIDOB d'afers internacionals, no. 133 (2023) [open access]

"Resisting Domestic Violence," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 1 April 2024 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (19 April 2024)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Reports & journal articles:

"Adaptive religious coping with experiences of sexual and gender-based violence and displacement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 March 2024 [open access]

- Note: Data were "collected in Turkey and Tunisia with thirty-eight Levantine and African women."

Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia (Center for Reproductive Rights, April 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Report available in English and Hungarian.

"Conflict-Induced Displacement of Ukrainian Women, Pregnancy, COVID-19, and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Poland," International Studies Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Note: The postprint version is currently under embargo and will become available 27 Sept. 2024.

"Does volunteering impact refugee women's life satisfaction, empowerment, and wellbeing? Experimental evidence, local knowledge, and causal reasoning," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 347 (April 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrian refugee women in Jordan.

"Migration process of Venezuelan women to Brazil: living conditions and use of health services in Manaus and Boa Vista, 2018–2021," BMC Public Health, 24:1051 (April 2024) [open access]

Revista CIDOB d'afers internacionals, no. 133 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Migraciones y violencias desde una perspectiva de género."

"Trauma-informed care for women who are forced migrants: a qualitative study among service providers," Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, OnlineFirst, 14 March 2024 [open access]

"War and Women: An Analysis of Ukrainian Refugee Women Staying in the Czech Republic," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 8 April 2024 [postprint]

"What to Pack? The Semiotics of Be-Longing(s) of Syrian Displaced Women," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Women Navigating Durable Solutions to Displacement: Experiences from Ninewa Governorate (IOM, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Iraq.

Multimedia:

African Refugee Women and Gendered (In)visibility, 26 March 2024 [access]

Refuge in a cold climate: the impact on women, 27 Nov. 2023 [access]

Women Leading Change in Displacement Settings (LetsTalkIDPs Podcast, March 2024) [access]

- Focuses on Cameroon.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (13 March 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Reprod. & Sexual Health) (13 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

 

"Un acercamiento a la ciudadanía y a la apatridia desde la teoría social," Revista Científica en Ciencias Sociales, vol. 6 (April 2024) [open access]

"Ambiguous citizenship policies: Examining implementation gaps across levels of legislation in Jordan," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:23 (April 2024) [open access]

"Bordering through legal non-existence: the production of de facto statelessness among women and children through the National Registry of Citizens in Assam, India," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (Forthcoming) [open access]

"Citizenship, Federalism, and Delayed Birth Registration in the United States," Akron Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Citizenship Studies (Forthcoming, 2024) [access]

- Special issue on legal identity under insurgencies and unrecognised states. Note: The issue has not yet been officially published but the editors discuss and link to the various contributions in the text of a blog post provided above.

"Residency and citizenship in the Gulf: recent policy changes and future implications for the region," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:16 (March 2024) [open access]

"Statelessness in The Philippines: A Contextual Analysis," Scientia: International Journal on the Liberal Arts, vol. 13, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

2024 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 21 March 2024 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (18 April 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Advanced Course on Childhood Statelessness and the Child’s Right to a Nationality, Online, 26 September-14 November 2024 [info]

- Apply by 15 May 2024.

Short pieces:

5Qs: Fisher Proposes Partial Solution to Issues of Stateless People (Univ. of Michigan, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US. Note: The Stateless Protection Act referenced in the a/m interview was re-introduced on 20 March 2024. 

Are we on the right track to address statelessness in Europe? (European Network on Statelessness, March 2024) [text]

Discussion on Regressive Constitutional Amendments Still Ongoing in Malaysia (Institute on Statelssness & Inclusion, April 2024) [text]

The Finnish reform of the Nationality Act from a statelessness perspective: the good, the bad and the ugly (ENS Blog, April 2024) [text]

Ghost Citizens: Researching the Legal Limbo of Stateless Persons (Univ. of Ottawa, April 2024) [text]

India Activates Discriminatory Citizenship Law (Human Rights Watch, March 2024) [text]

A state of statelessness: The fate of Tamil peoples from Sri Lanka in India (Raisina Debates, April 2024) [text]

Understanding the Zone of Statelessness in Assam (CSS Blog, April 2024) [text]

Reports:

Cote d'Ivoire: Report on Statelessness 2023 (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

- Also available in French.

From a traditional international law approach to a human rights-based approach to statelessness, Working Paper, no. AEL 2024/05 (European Univ. Institute, 2024) [text]

Launch of two new StatelessnessINDEX countries - Georgia and Türkiye (European Network on Statelessness, March 2024) [text]

- See also related ENS blog post on Turkey.

OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe, Skopje, North Macedonia, 17 October 2023: Final Outcome Document [text]

Statelessness in Kazakhstan: Analysis of National Legislation (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- See also related story.

Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic: Analysis of National Legislation (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Czechia (Organization for Aid to Refugees & European Network on Statelessness, 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Czech.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (8 March 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (8 March 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Call for applications: "Advancing refugee protection and promoting accountability in Southeast Asia through legal empowerment and refugee leadership (ARPR)," Bangkok [info]

- Volunteer researcher/paralegal/advocate with lived experience of forced displacement sought to join team working on a/m project. Applications considered on a rolling basis.

Seminar: Placemaking in a Polycrisis: The Protection and Survival of Refugees in Malaysia, Stanford, CA, 24 April 2024 [info]

CFP: The Asia Pacific Chapter of the IARMJ Conference, Melbourne, 27-29 November 2024 [info]

- The theme is "Vulnerabilities in Refugee and Migration Law: People, processes, and systems." Submit abstracts by 1 May 2024.

Short pieces:

The consequences of the government’s new migration legislation could be dire – for individuals and for Australia (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

- See also related Kaldor Centre statement and submissions to a parliamentary inquiry into the bill. 

Displacement is on The Rise. Is the Asia-Pacific Ready? (CGD Blog, March 2024) [text]

Gangs, kidnappings, murders: why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

The High Court is hearing another high-stakes immigration case. Can people be forced to assist in their own deportation? (The Conversation, April 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Japan Court Finds Rohingya Ethnicity Grounds for Refugee Status (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2024) [text]

Myanmar: The junta’s forced conscription of Rohingyas (The Interpreter Blog, April 2024) [text]

"Pakistan threatens new wave of Afghan deportations," The New Humanitarian, 10 April 2024 [text]

- See also related article in The Diplomat.

UNHCR and Parliament members conduct thematic meeting on refugee issues in Kazakhstan (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]

- Note: This news story links to "an analysis of national legislation and practices concerning refugees" published in 2021 in English and Kazakh.

"Why the Rohingya are Being Treated the Way They are," The Diplomat, 26 March 2024 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Displaced and Destitute: The Precarious Lives of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," Bulletin of Asia-Pacific Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

Global Refugee Forum 2023: Outcomes for the Asia-Pacific Region (ICVA, April 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report, data and video recording of launch.

"Hindutva Politics and the Making of Extreme Precarity: BJP Policies against Rohingya Refugees in India," Innovation in the Social Sciences, vol. 2, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]

"The Humane Yet Ambivalent Attitude Towards Persecuted People: A Potential Threat to Stability?," Chapter in Integrated Approaches to Peace and Sustainability (Springer, 2023) [preprint]

- Focuses on Rohingya in Bangladesh.

"Kashmiri Pandits Amid Conflict-induced Displacement: Facts, Issues, and the Future Ahead," Journal of International Displacement, vol. 14, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Plaintiff S99: Rewriting Refugee Law Through a Trauma-Informed Lens," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 2 April 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Australia.

"In Search of Durable Solutions for Refugees in Indonesia: A State Security and Human Rights Protection Approach," The Age of Human Rights Journal, no. 22 (2024) [open access]

"Transitions without Justice: Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal," International Journal of Transitional Justice, Advance Articles, 21 March 2024 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (20 March 2024)

New Issues of Comp. Educ. Rev., Howard Law J., Intl. Migr., Japanese Yrbk. Intl. Law, J. Comp. Pol. Analysis, JEMS, Yrbk., Intl. Dis. Law

*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.

Comparative Education Review, vol. 68, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [contents]

- Includes a special section on "Providing for the Education of Migrant and Refugee Learners in a Fraught Global Context."

Howard Law Journal, vol. 66, no. 3 (Spring 2023) [full-text]

- Symposium issue with articles that "examine the effects of recent immigration policies on marginalized communities and the future of immigration equity legislation and litigation." Focuses on the US.

International Migration, vol. 62, no. 2 (April 2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with seven that are open access. Both commentaries are also open access and all book reviews are freely available.

Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol. 66 (2023) [contents]

- Features a sub-section on "Mobility and Belonging in a Globalized World." 

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "The Global Challenge of Mass Migration and Asylum: Comparative Analysis of Street-Level Organizations at the Front Lines." One article is open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 6 (2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with four that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 8 (2024) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with five that are open access.

*Yearbook of International Disaster Law, vol. 5 (2022) [contents]

- Features a thematic section on "Human Rights and Disasters."

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Africa

Sudan Conflict: One-year anniversary:

- "Sudan is now the country with the largest number of displaced people and the largest child displacement crisis in the world" (IRC).

• "Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war," Reuters, 15 April 2024 [text] (see also related UNHCR statement)
• "From mutual aid to mass displacement: How we chronicled a year of conflict in Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 15 April 2024 [text]
• One Year of Conflict in Sudan: Visualizing the World's Largest Displacement Crisis (IOM, April 2024) [text]
• The Situation in Sudan After One Year of Conflict (USCRI, April 2024) [text]
• Sudan: A Year of War (International Crisis Group, April 2024) [text]
• Sudan Crisis Report: One Year of Conflict (International Rescue Committee, April 2024) [text]
• Thousands still fleeing Sudan daily, after one year of war (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]

Opportunity:

Consultancy: Research on the Impact of Freedom of Movement on Self-Reliance of Refugees in the East and Horn of Africa, Oxfam [info]

- Apply by 30 April 2024.

Short pieces:

"Crowded camps and local aid: How DR Congo’s M23 conflict is impacting Goma," The New Humanitarian, 4 April 2024 [text]

"How growing hostility in South Africa impacts South-South migration," The New Humanitarian, 9 April 2024 [text]

Nearly 1 million refugees in Ethiopia risk limited assistance due to unprecedented funding crisis, warn UNHCR, RRS and partners (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]

The Verb ‘Enjoy’ in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Application in Africa (Human Rights Here Blog, April 2024) [text]

"Why refugee ration cuts in Uganda risk long-term social damage," The New Humanitarian, 18 March 2024 [text]

New open access book:

African Perspectives on South–South Migration (Routledge, March 2024) [open access]

- "Popular media, government pronouncements, and much of the global research discourse continue to be oriented towards migration from the Global South to the Global North, despite the fact that the vast majority of migration is South-South. This book moves beyond these mischaracterisations and instead distinctly focuses on the agency of African migrants and the creative strategies they employ while planning their routes within and across the African continent. Case studies explore the flow of resources such as people, money, skills, and knowledge throughout the continent, while also casting a light on the lived experiences of migrants as they negotiate their sometimes precarious and vulnerable positions. Underpinned by intensive empirical studies, this book challenges prevailing narratives and provides a new way of thinking about South-South Migration."

Reports:

Africa Migration Report, 2nd ed. - Connecting the threads: Linking policy, practice and the welfare of the African migrant (African Union & IOM, March 2024) [access]

From a Humanitarian to Development Approach: Uganda’s Groundbreaking Journey in the Sustainable Provision of Water to Refugees and Host Communities (World Bank, April 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Improving Psychosocial Wellbeing and Parenting Practices Among Refugees in Uganda: Results of the Journey of Life Effectiveness Trial," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 11 (2024) [open access]

"Knowledge, risk perception and uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency setting, Northeast Nigeria," BMC Public Health, 24:634 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Patterns of inter-state irregular migration in Africa: insights from Ethiopian migrants to the Republic of South Africa," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 15 March 2024 [open access]

"The socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on refugees and host community’s livelihoods in south western Uganda: a case of Nakivale refugee settlement," Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3 (2024) [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (14 March 2024)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (14 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2

 Journal articles:

"'The Decision to Return to Syria is Not in My Hands': Syria’s Repatriation Regime as Illiberal Statebuilding," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 1 (March 2024) [free full-text]

"Encountering the hostile environment: Recently arrived Afghan migrants in London," Critical Social Policy, vol. 44, no. 2 (May 2024) [open access]

"The EU’s normative justifications of refugee resettlement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 March 2024 [open access]

"Examining the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Iraqi Refugees in Canada," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no. 3 (March 2024) [open access]

"In Search of Durable Solutions for Refugees in Indonesia: A State Security and Human Rights Protection Approach," The Age of Human Rights Journal, no. 22 (2024) [open access]

"Migrant integration in Turkey: Travels of a concept across borders and domains of knowledge production," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 26 March 2024 [open access]

"Ми з Вами! (We Are with You!): Solidarity Actions towards Ukrainian Refugees in Poland," Innovation in the Social Sciences, vol. 2, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]

"Refugee livelihood perspectives: post-traumatic growth in histories of Vietnamese, Bosnian, and Tamil Refugees in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 March 2024 [open access]

"Wanted Refugees: The Forming of an Instrument Constituency for Refugee Resettlement in the European Union," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 3 April 2024 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (17 April 2024)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

2024 CRCP Working Group on Settlement and Integration (Refugee Council of Australia, March 2024) [text]

- Note: CRCP = Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (CRCP), formerly the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR).

65,000+ People Sign Up to Sponsor Refugees in the First 3 Months of Welcome Corps Expansion (Niskanen Center Blog, April 2024) [text]

UNHCR promotes the inclusion of Roma refugees in countries of asylum (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]

U.S. Refugee Admissions Program finds new life in FY 2024 (Global Refuge Blog, April 2024) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Enduring hardships: Ukrainian refugees’ realities in Moldova and Poland two years on (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2024) [text]

- See also related news release.

A Global Snapshot of Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (Refugee Council of Australia, March 2024) [text]

Keys to the City 2024: Ending refugee homelessness in London (Refugee Council, April 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Scots Refugee Integration Delivery Project (Scottish Govt., March 2024) [text]

New Voices in the City: Refugee Participation in Warsaw, Gdynia, Wrocław, and Lublin - Review of Mechanisms, Best Practices, and Recommendations (Danish Refugee Council, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Prospects-powered solutions: Testing and scaling new approaches to forced displacement (UNICEF, April 2024) [text]

En qué situación están los migrantes en América Latina y el Caribe?: mapeo de la integración socioeconómica (BID, OCDE & PNUD, Oct. 2023) [text via Refworld]

"(Re)making a new home in a new land: The experience of former refugees," Chapter in The Experience of Homemaking in Unaffordable and Precarious Housing (Affordable Housing for Generations, April 2024) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 77. Focuses on New Zealand.

*Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for Refugees’ Transition out of Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways Programs (Migration Policy Institute, April 2024) [text]

"Voluntary Repatriation as a Durable Solution: The Case of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," Chapter in Displacement, Emplacement, and Migration: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays (Univ. of Bamberg Press, 2024) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 157.

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (21 March 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (21 March 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Assessing the domestic political impacts of Turkey’s refugee commodification," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 28 March 2024 [open access]

*"Asylum Adjudication and Street-Level Discretion: Negotiating Practice Rules," Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

"Asylum Marginalisation Renewed: ‘Vulnerability Backsliding’ at the European Court of Human Rights," International Journal of Law in Context, vol. 20, no. 1 (March 2024) [postprint]

"'The asylum system is completely broken': An analysis of justifications and resistance for the UK Government's Rwanda policy in parliamentary debates," CADAAD Journal, vol. 16, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Effects of blast exposure on anxiety and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among displaced Ukrainian populations," PLOS Global Public Health 4(4): e0002623 (April 2024) [open access]

"European voluntary sport clubs’ enabling and constraining effects on refugees’ social inclusion: an integrative review," Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, Latest Articles, 4 April 2024 [open access]

"Hope in the Ruins of Home: Narrative Meaning-Making of Forced Displacement, Place Attachment, and Deferred Future Resettlement in Varosha," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no 1 (March 2024) [open access]

"'It’s not about the information, it’s about the situation': understanding the misalignment between EU deterrence messaging and migrants’ narratives," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 29 March 2024 [open access]

"A mile in their shoes: understanding healthcare journeys of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, EarlyCite, 1 April 2024 [postprint]

"Refugees and (Im)Migrants: (Re)Conceptualizing and (Re)Contextualizing Migration in the Media," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 4 April 2024 [open access] 

"Risk perception and desire in decision-making: the case of Syrians’ sea migration to Europe," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 March 2024 [open access]

"'We can't help you – it doesn't concern us': the legal consciousness of young people seeking asylum in Sweden who report violent crime," Journal of Law and Society, vol. 51, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (16 April 2024)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Adoption of EU Pact on Migration and Asylum," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 12 April 2024 [access]

- Follow link to access the legislative files that comprise the Pact and next steps. See also related post on The Conversation.

Finland should not violate international agreements by restricting the rights of people in need of protection (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

Leaving the European convention on human rights won’t stop the boats – but it will create other problems for the UK (The Conversation, April 2024) [text]

UK’s Rwanda Bill: Stopping the boats or setting a precedent (Raisina Debates, April 2024) [text]

Why EU information campaigns are failing to deter migrants (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

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

Reports & book chapters:

Country Report: Bulgaria (AIDA, April 2024) [text]

- Updated profile.

EU-Turkey Deal (Stichting Bootvluchteling, April 2024) 

- Documenting Conditions in the Greek Hotspots 2016-2023 [text via ReliefWeb]

- Visualising Data from the Greek Hotspots 2016-2023 [text via ReliefWeb]

How London’s local councils build proactive responses to asylum (LSE, March 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"'Judicial Passivism' in EU Migration and Asylum Law Revisited," Chapter in Revisiting Judicial Politics in the European Union (Edward Elgar, March 2024) [preprint]

Please wait: Barriers to access the procedure for international protection in Italy (International Rescue Committee, April 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Italian.

Seeking Protection: Afghan Asylum Applicants in the EU, Policy Note, no. 45 (ECRE, March 2024) [text]

Social Assistance and Refugee Crime, Working Paper, no. 11051 (CESifo, April 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Switzerland.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (25 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 2

New open access book:

Peer Relationships at School: New Perspectives on Migration and Diversity (Bristol University Press, Feb. 2024) [open access]

- "Drawing on research from two UK schools, this book reveals how migration, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity shape youth relationships. Using Buber's model, it analyses 'I-It' and 'I-Thou' interactions, showcasing their power to reshape differences. It offers a pragmatic and hopeful view of the dynamics of diversity in everyday life."

Journal articles:

Comparative Education Review, vol. 68, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [contents]

- Includes a special section on "Providing for the Education of Migrant and Refugee Learners in a Fraught Global Context." 

"Experiences of teachers and students on school closures and its consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania," PLOS Global Public Health 4(3): e0002917 (March 2024) [open access]

"An integrated conceptual model for enhancing refugee education," British Educational Research Journal, Early View, 15 March 2024 [open access]

"North Korean refugee students’ strategy of school engagement and its impact on identity in South Korea: 'aspiration towards an inter-Korean identity through a process of being one of them'," Multicultural Education Review, vol. 15, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

“Sustainable Education for Refugees Children: A Literature Review,” International Journal of Care Scholars, vol. 7, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Who is responsible for refugee education? A multilevel analysis of integration and localization in Colombia," International Journal of Educational Development, vol. 107 (May 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1 (15 April 2024)

Thematic Focus: Education - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Education Across Borders: Ukrainian Refugees' Perceptions of German Schools, Spotlight on Ukraine, no. 5 (Centre for East European & International Studies, March 2024) [text]

NSW Schools Provide Safety, Support for Refugees (NSW Govt., March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Vastria CCAC: Provision of adequate education – a distant dream for minor asylum seekers (RLI Blog, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Greece.

The world’s largest humanitarian cash transfer programme reduces child labour and increases schooling among refugee children (VoxEU, April 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Reports:

Breaking down barriers: increasing girls’ access to and completion of secondary education in Kakuma (Jesuit Refugee Service, March 2024) [text via INEE]

Displaced learners in Japan: student evacuees and policy liminality, Policy Brief, no. 21 (European Univ. Institute, Dec. 2023) [text]

Hometown conflict and refugees’ integration efforts, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16862 (Institute of Labor Economics, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Out of School: Assessment on barriers to school enrolment for Ukrainian refugee adolescents in Poland (CARE, IRC & Save the Children, Feb. 2024) [text]

Political economy and (in)coherence of the education system in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (ODI, Jan. 2024) [text]

- See also related policy brief.

Protecting and Ensuring Safe Access to Education: The ICRC’s Experience and Approach in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence (ICRC, Feb. 2024) [text]

Refugee Education Financing: Key Facts and Findings: Insights into the Financing of Refugee Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10752 (World Bank, April 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (16 March 2024)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"COVID-19 vaccine uptake among non-US-born populations in the United States, 2020–2022," Vaccine, In Press, 11 April 2024 [open access]

"External and Internal Migration," Southern California Journal of Law and Social Justice, vol. 33, no. 3 (Forthcoming April 2024) [preprint]

"A Faster Way to Yes: Re-Balancing American Asylum Procedures," Georgetown Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States," Migration Information Source, 13 March 2024 [text]

Howard Law Journal, vol. 66, no. 3 (Spring 2023) [full-text]

- Symposium issue with articles that "examine the effects of recent immigration policies on marginalized communities and the future of immigration equity legislation and litigation."

"Immigration Law After Relentless," New York Univ. Law Review Online, vol. 99 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"The Limits of the Go-It-Alone Approach: U.S. Migration Management Increasingly Requires Other Countries’ Cooperation," Migration Information Source, 27 March 2024 [text]

"Making Protection Unexceptional: A Reconceptualization of the U.S. Asylum System," Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, vol. 55, no. 1 (Fall 2023) [open access]

"The Problem of Competency in Immigration Court," Northwestern University Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (15 April 2024)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Biden’s approach to migration management in the Americas (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2024) [text]

Differences in State Sunshine Laws Can Threaten Transparency Around Immigration Detention and Enforcement (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2024) [text]

FY 2024 Government Funding Package is a Mixed-Bag on Immigration (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2024) [text]

- See also related post.

How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under the Biden administration (Pew Research, March 2024) [text]

Immigration in the 2024 Presidential Election (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2024) [text]

Texas’ SB4 & the Rights of Asylum Seekers (RLI Blog, March 2024) [text]

Through the Darién Gap: A New Path for Chinese Asylum Seekers to the United States (Wilson Center, March 2024) [text]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

"Trump says migrants are fueling violent crime. Here is what the research shows," Reuters, 12 April 2024 [text]

U.S. Christians more likely than ‘nones’ to say situation at the border is a crisis (Pew Research, March 2024) [text]

Reports:

The Backlash to the Backlash: The Moral and Electoral Failure of Anti-Immigrant Political Campaigns in the U.S. 2018-2023, CLALS Working Paper, no. 46 (American Univ., Feb. 2024) [text]

Border Security: Border Patrol's Missing Migrant Program (GAO, March 2024) [access]

No Right to Life: Lives Lost and the Legalized Violence That Shaped a Humanitarian Crisis in the Arizona Borderlands, CLALS Working Paper, no. 44 (American Univ., Nov. 2023) [text]

Raising the Credible Fear Screening Standard Will Endanger Lives But Won’t Fix the Border (Human Rights First, March 2024) [text]

Safe Mobility Offices: Awareness, Migrants’ Interest, and Potential Influence on Mixed Migration Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (11 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

Can ‘the West’ be trusted? The future of European humanitarian aid (ODI Insights, March 2024) [text]

Community reflections on the State of the Humanitarian System report: returning findings to research participants (ALNAP Blog, March 2024) [text]

"Griffiths steps down as relief chief," The New Humanitarian, 26 March 2024 [text]

"How to fund refugee-led aid," The New Humanitarian, 2 April 2024 [text]

Imagining a feminist humanitarian system: reflections from co-organizing a panel on feminist approaches to humanitarian action (Bliss Blog, March 2024) [text]

Islamic philanthropy grows amid record emergencies and funding shortfalls (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Access, Power, Trust: Lessons from Humanitarian Aid in Protracted Displacement, Policy Brief, no. 1 (PRIO, 2024) [text]

Case Study: ICVA and INTERSOS’ Leading Role in the Development of the COVID-19 Vaccination in Humanitarian Settings Action Plan (ICVA & INTERSOS, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Distributional impacts of cash transfers on the multidimensional poverty of refugees: The Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey," World Development, vol. 179 (July 2024) [open access]

Humanitarian Diplomacy: A Tool to Rebuild Trust in the Humanitarian Sector, IDSS Paper, no. 32 (Nanyang Technological Univ., March 2024) [text]

Independent review of the humanitarian response to internal displacement: Summary report (ODI, March 2024) [text]

Learning from Red Cross Red Crescent Assistance in Protracted Crises and Complex Emergencies (IFRC, March 2024) [text]

Raise the Bar: A blueprint for EU leadership in a world of escalating crises (International Rescue Committee, March 2024) [access]

- Follow link for report and executive summary.

Social cohesion in displacement: when aid actors should step back (ODI, March 2024) [text]

The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2024: Marking Ten Years of the Humanitarian Data Exchange (OCHA, Feb. 2024) [text]

UNHCR Programme Handbook for Partners (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

Multimedia:

How Does Cash Assistance Work? (Points of Clarity Video Series, April 2024) [access]

Why Does UNHCR Provide Cash Assistance Instead of Physical Supplies? (Points of Clarity Video Series, Feb. 2024) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (21 Feb. 2024)

News: New Edition of COI Training Manual

An updated edition of the "Researching Country of Origin Information: Training Manual" was launched last month. 

First published in 2004 and revised in 2013, the current volume "outlines the role and standards of COI in refugee status determination (RSD) procedures or in procedures relating to other forms of international protection. There is general consensus that COI has an integral and indispensable role in decision-making on international protection. While the core COI quality standards set out in the 2004 version of the manual are now widely recognised and accepted, there have been developments in COI research and presentation. This revised edition aims to describe these developments and explain how they apply to those using and carrying out COI research."

The publisher, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin Information & Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), regularly holds COI trainings - check on this page for upcoming opportunities. ACCORD also manages the ecoi.net database, the principal resource for undertaking country conditions research.

Related post:

- Revised Edition of COI Training Manual (21 Nov. 2013) 

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

For trans migrants forced to flee their homes, the violence continues at our border (HRF Blog, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US-Mexico border.

Queer Asylum History: Forced Displacement and Statelessness (Refugee Action, Feb. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on North Africa.

Revisiting CEDAW Committee’s decision in A.S. v Denmark: Legalization of Homophobia in Uganda and the Need for a Rights-Based Assessment of Asylum Application (RLI Blog, March 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Développer des voies sûres et légales pour les réfugié·e·s LGBTQI+: Un état des lieux en Allemagne, en France et en Italie (Synergies Migrations, April 2024) [text]

"Event(ual) Queer Crafting of Dublin Regulated SOGIE Refugees," Italian Sociological Review, vol. 14, no. 95 (2024) [open access]

"Queer asylum: Between hostility and incredibility," International Migration, vol. 62, no. 2 (April 2024) [open access]

"Queer Digital Migration Research: Two Case Studies," Chapter in Doing Digital Migration Studies: Theories and Practices of the Everyday (Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2024) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 215

Queering Displacement: The State of the Ukrainian LGBTQ+ Community During the Russian Full-Scale Invasion (Global Public Policy Institute, April 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Sixth Ground: Why Adding Gender/Sexuality to the Grounds for Asylum Would Better Serve the Needs of LGBT Asylum Seekers," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 38, no. 1 (Fall 2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Transgender Immigrants in California (UCLA, Jan. 2024) [text]

Multimedia:

Ep 6: Queer and Trans African Mobilities (Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration Through Ideas Podcast, Feb, 2024) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (15 Jan. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

The Glas Case: Diplomatic Asylum Returns to the ICJ? (EJIL: Talk Blog, April 2024) [text]

"Venezuelans increasingly stuck in Mexico, lowering illegal crossings to US," VOA News, 31 March 2024 [text]

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

Reports:

Análisis regional de necesidades de ayuda legal: Colombia, México, Perú, Venezuela, Guatemala y Honduras (Danish Refugee Council, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Declaración de la IX Reunión Plenaria del Proceso de Quito: "Construyendo un sistema integral para la respuesta a las crisis migratorias y humanitarias en América Latina y el Caribe," Santiago, 22-24 Nov. 2023 [access]

- Text available in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Diagnóstico Participativo 2023: Percepciones de la población refugiada y otras personas desplazadas por la fuerza sobre la inseguridad y violencias en Ecuador (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [text]

Neglected in the Jungle: Inadequate Protection and Assistance for Migrants and Asylum Seekers Crossing the Darién Gap (Human Rights Watch, April 2024) [Eng. text] [Sp. text]

Nota metodológica: predicciones de víctimas y probabilidad de desplazamientos masivos e individuales 2024 (Blumont, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Colombia.

Perfil de los refugiados y los migrantes venezolanos en la República Dominicana (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, May 2023) [text]

The Politics of Immigration Arrives in Canada (Wilson Center, March 2024) [text]

Primera Consulta Temática del Proceso de Cartagena+40: Protección de las personas en situación de movilidad humana y apátridas, Ciudad de México, 4 y 5 de abril de 2024 [access]

- Follow link for concept note in Spanish and English. See also related press release in Spanish and English.

Refugee Relocation Can Be a Positive Experience (Baker Institute, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Mexico and Brazil.

*Riesgos y protección en las zonas más peligrosas de las rutas de tránsito migratorio por Centroamérica y México (IOM, April 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Design and implementation of an intensive panel survey with refugees and other migrants in need of protection in Costa Rica," PLoS ONE 19(3): e0301135 (March 2024) [open access]

"Estimating the incidence of Venezuelan migration and other socioeconomic factors on urban growth in Colombia," PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301552 (April 2024) [open access]

"Latin American immigration and refugee policies: a critical literature review," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:15 (March 2024) [open access]

"Lessons from Colombia’s response to Venezuelan forced displacement," Albany Law Review, vol. 87, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

"Persistent Food Insecurity and Material Hardships: A Latent Class Analysis of Experiences among Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Urban Colombia," Nutrients, vol. 16, no. 7 (April 2024) [open access]

"A Transnational Network Analysis of Refugees in Crisis," Media and Communication, vol. 12 (2024) [open access]

- "Over 3,000 articles from 2012–2022 in Spanish and English across the US, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras were manually coded to better understand how refugees in crisis were framed in both home and destination countries."

"Vulnerability of Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants in Toronto," Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, First View, 5 April 2024 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (15 March 2024)

Opportunities: More April & New May 2024

CFP: Special issue of Refuge on the role of vulnerability criteria in the resettlement process [info]

- Submit abstracts ASAP to accommodate tight deadlines!

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 17-21 June 2024 [info]

- "Offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis to suitably qualified and experienced applicants. Each school has a maximum of 50 spaces."

Talk: Liberating Language Skills: Critical Pedagogy for Refugee Empowerment in Employment, Online, 17 April 2024 [info]

Lecture: Leaving the legal kitchen: Insights from socio-legal studies on migration law, Maastricht/Online, 18 April 2024 [info]

Conference: Artistic Encounters in War and Violent Conflict, Oslo, 22-23 April 2024 [info]

Lecture: Practical and Compassionate Alternatives to Detention, Online, 23 April 2024 [info]

Call for registration: Surviving in Conflict: How can humanitarian arrangements contribute to the protection of civilians in armed conflict and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance?, London/Online, 24 April 2024 [info]

Call for registration: Research funding across the North-South divide: towards equity in knowledge production, Cambridge, UK, 29 April 2024 [info]

Call for contributions: Mixed Migration Review 2024: Short Essay Competition – Alternative Perspectives [info]

- Submit abstracts by 3 May 2024.

Seminars: RSC Public Seminar Series, Trinity Term, 8 May-5 June 2024 [info]

- Held weekly.

Call for registration: Legal discourses on international and EU migration/refugee law in Central and Eastern Europe: emerging new narratives or business as usual?, Prague, 9-10 May 2024 [info]

- No deadline indicated.

CFP: 3rd Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Abidjan/Online, 19-21 September 2024 [info]

- Submit papers/abstracts by 15 May 2024. 

Call for applications: Advanced Course on Childhood Statelessness and the Child’s Right to a Nationality, Online, 26 September-14 November 2024 [info]

- Apply by 15 May 2024.

Call for applications: Gil Loescher Memorial Fund [info]

- Submit funding proposals by 15 May 2024.

Call for applications: Odysseus Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, Brussels, 1-12 July 2024 [info]

- Refugee scholarships are available and a PhD seminar will also take place during the summer school. All of these have an application deadline of 15 May 2024. 

CFP: Maynooth University Workshop on Internal Displacement Law and Policy, Maynooth, Ireland, 19-20 September 2024 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 24 May 2024.

Call for registration: Summer Course on Forced Migration: Exploring the intersections between forced migration and technology, Toronto/Online, 3-7 June 2024 [info]

- Register by 25 May 2024.

Call for registration: Pacts, Promises and Refugee Protection, 8th Annual RLI Conference, London, 3-5 June 2024 [info]

- Registration closes 27 May 2024.

Workshop: The global governance of migration: What role for the research community?, Toronto/Online, 28 May 2024 [info]

CFP: Forced Displacement in an Urbanizing World, 20th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference (IASFM20), Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 21-23 January 2025 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 31 May 2024.

CFP: REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]

- Contributions sought for a dossier on "Human mobility and climate crisis." Submit manuscripts in  English, Italian, Portuguese, French or Spanish by 31 May 2024.

CFP: Return and Integration Prospects of Ukrainian Refugees, Nuremberg, Germany, 26-27 September 2024 [info]

- Submission deadline is 31 May 2024.

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More April 2024