Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Short pieces:

The Applicability of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in Situations of Violence Linked to Organized Crime (RID Blog, March 2025) [text]

The right to perform secondary movements under international refugee law (EU Law Analysis Blog, Feb. 2025) [text via LinkedIn]

Reports & book chapters:

Global Report on Law and Policy on Internal Displacement: Implementing National Responsibility (Global Protection Cluster, March 2025) [text]

- "This report presents an overview – global and by region - of key law and policy developments related to prevention, protection and solutions for IDPs that occurred since the publication of the first Global Report... . The report then delves more deeply into the implementation of existing frameworks. Drawing evidence from 15 countries addressing displacement (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Iraq, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Ukraine and Yemen), the research reviews the legal, policy and institutional response by affected States in order to identify challenges, lessons learnt, good practices and opportunities to strengthen implementation and ensure enjoyment of rights."

"International Refugee Law," Chapter in Research Handbook on Constitutional Interpretation (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming 2025) [preprint]

The Protection of Victims of Armed Conflict in Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law (International Committee of the Red Cross, Feb. 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

AJIL Unbound, vol. 119 (2025) [open access]

- Theme is "Transdisciplinary Approaches to Migrant Solidarity in Theory, Law, and Praxis." 

"Global Compacts and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration: A Clash Between the Talk and the Walk," Laws, vol. 14, no. 2 (March 2025) [open access]

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [contents]

- Special issue on "What role for law in refugee studies? Towards a transdisciplinary agenda." 

"Missing Migrants and the Right to Identification," Nordic Journal of Human Rights, vol. 43, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"The Turkish Council of State’s Engagement with International Refugee Law in Cases Involving ‘Non-European’ Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 31 Jan. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (4 Feb. 2025) 

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Seminar: Climate Change and Migration: Challenges and Opportunities, New York/Online, 18 March 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Historic ruling of the Colombian Constitutional Court regarding internally displaced persons for environmental reasons (FAO, March 2025) [text]

International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit (EJIL: Talk Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reimagining Refugee Protection: The Inter-American Commission’s Resolution on Human Mobility Due to Climate Change within the Framework of International Refugee Law (RLI Blog, March 2025) [text]

Turning Africa’s legal advantages into benefits for climate refugees (ISS Today, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Evolution of climate-related migration and displacement in IPCC reporting, Working Paper (Wilfrid

Laurier University, March 2025) [text]

Exploring Non-Economic Losses of Climate Refugees (CRs): A Systematic Review (Dalhousie University, Dec. 2024) [text]

Exploring resilience strategies in the Lake Chad Basin amid climate change, natural disasters and conflict (Humanitarian Practice Network, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Exploring the Realities of (Im)mobility, Climate Change, and Disasters," Chapter in Reducing Risks: A WSPC Reference on Preventing and Mitigating Disasters and Dangers (World Scientific, Forthcoming) [preprint]

The nexus between climate change, mobility, and conflict in Somalia, Discussion Paper, no. 3 (CGIAR & Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT, Feb. 2025) [text] 

Journal articles:

"Adaptation Efforts May Reduce Harms amid Significant Climate-Linked Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa," Migration Information Source, 19 Feb. 2025 [text]

"Intersectional homemaking: Bridging the social and material inequities of refugees living in climate precarity," Transformative Social Work, vol. 2, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

- Focuses on refugees resettled to Canada.

"'Othering' in the Panicocene: intergovernmental and non-governmental awareness campaigns on climate change induced-migration," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 24 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Southasiadisasters.net, vol. 19, no. 7 (Feb. 2025) [full-text]

- Thematic issue on "Towards COP30: Key Action Areas for Displacement in the Context of Climate Change."

"When Climate Change Forces Flight: Legal Duties in the Age of Retreat," Iowa Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Multimedia:

Global South Perspectives on Climate Change and Displacement, 30 Jan. 2025 [access]

- Video recordings are available in both English and Spanish.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (12 Feb. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (12 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

The Microdata Library in 2024: Expanding Access to Data While Strengthening Privacy Protections (UNHCR Blog, March 2025) [text]

Migrantising Diplomacy (E-International Relations, Feb. 2025) [text]

A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

The Road to Nowhere? A Critique of the ‘Route-Based Approach’ to Migration and Asylum (RLI Blog, March 2025) [text]

"Sustainable Response: Accelerating Opportunities for Inclusion," JDC Newsletter (Feb. 2025) [text]

Trauma-Informed Participatory Research: Ethical Pathways in Displacement and Migration Studies (RLI Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Global South Reflections and Recommendations on a Routes-Based Approach to Onward and Mixed Movements (UNHCR) (IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement, Feb. 2025) [text]

- This policy brief resulted from a related webinar; the video recording is listed below under multimedia.  

International recommendations on refugee, internally displaced persons and statelessness statistics, Cairo, 26-28 November 2024 [access]

- Follow link for conference documents and presentations.

"Migration aspirations and their realisation: a configurational driver analysis of 26 African and Asian research areas," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:8 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"The Right to Stay, Migrate and Return: Conceptualizing Freedom, Examining Diverse National Contexts and Exploring Policy Implications," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 13, no. 1 (March 2025) [full-text]

Truth matters: How to combat misinformation about refugees and migrants (Kaldor Centre, March 2025) [access]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

UNHCR Toolkit for Participatory Assessment: Practical Guide (UNHCR, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Provisional release. Also available in Spanish.

"Visual Portrayals of Migrants as Threats or Victims are Reductive—But Can Have Far-Reaching Impact," Migration Information Source, 5 March 2025 [text]

Multimedia:

Global South Perspectives on Internally Displaced Persons, 13 Feb. 2025 [access]

Global South reflections on a routes-based approach to protection: Perspectives from Latin America and North Africa, 11 Dec. 2024 [access]

No Exit: Preventing Exit to Prevent Entry, 6 Feb. 2025 [access]

The Politics and Process of Refugee Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Factors Conditioning Refugee Leadership in Global South, 6 Feb. 2025 [access]

Resources:

Independent Oversight Portal (UNHCR) [access]

- Provides access to "relevant reports issued by the four independent oversight providers for UNHCR: UNHCR’s Evaluation Office, UNHCR’s Internal Audit Service (OIOS), the UN Board of Auditors, and the UN Joint Inspection Unit – since 2020."

Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab (Migration Policy Centre) [access]

- "There is a significant amount of research and evidence on migration, but it is often not utilised in policymaking. The Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab aims to change that by facilitating knowledge exchange, providing tools for improved research communication, and promoting active collaboration." For more info., see also the video recording of the launch event.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (14 Feb. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (14 Feb. 2025)

Opportunities: More March 2025 & New April 2025

Webinar: Launch of VoxDevLit on Refugees and Displaced Populations, 11 March 2025 [info]

Presentation: When USAID Freezes, Who Pays? The Dangerous Myth of Remittances in Global Crises, Oxford/Online, 12 March 2025 [info]

CFP: Regional Webinar Series on "Towards a Global South School of Thought on Displacement: Localizing Knowledge Production or Producing Local Knowledge?, Online, 7-9 May 2025 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 15 March 2025.

Seminar: Climate Change and Migration: Challenges and Opportunities, New York/Online, 18 March 2025 [info]

Launch event: Refugee Employment Platform: Connecting companies with refugee talent, 21 March 2025 [info]

Seminar: Unsung asylum: The law and practice of refugee hosting in communist and authoritarian states, Online, 21 March 2025 [info]

Call for nominations: Nansen Refugee Award [info]

- Submission deadline is 7 April 2025.

Speaker series: Using the NewsScape Corpus to Explore Multimodal Meaning-Making in TV News Communication about Immigration, Online, 8 April 2025 [info]

CFP: Migration and Border Studies: Prospects and Possibilities Within and Beyond Academia, London, 29&30 May 2025 [info]

- Submit proposals by 10 April 2025.

Panel discussion: Asylum Under Pressure: Public Lecture and Panel Discussion, Dublin, 10 April 2025 [info]

Job announcement: Director, Electronic Immigration Network [info]

- Apply by 11 April 2025.

Call for registration: Conference on Internally Displaced People: Shifting Power and Advancing Protection, Washington, DC/Online, 14 April 2025 [info]

Seminar: Presentation and workshop with Prof. Santosh Jatrana on Researching Discrimination Among Migrants, 17 April 2025 [info]

- Note: The presentation is hybrid (Toronto/Online) and workshop is in-person (Toronto).

Related post:

- Opportunities: A Few More Feb. & March 2025

News: Free Access to Sage Journals Content

Sage Journals is currently providing free access to all of its journal content. I haven't come across an official announcement about this so I don't know how long it will last - take advantage while you can!

Here are some specific examples:

The Asian and Pacific Migration Journal recently published two OnlineFirst articles on refugees and asylum that look interesting: 

- Central Asian migrants at the US-Mexico border: An exploration of causes

- Fostering sustainable livelihoods: Evaluating the skillsets of refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia

International Migration Review as a new issue out this month; see also the OnlineFirst articles.

Latin American Perspectives has a forthcoming special issue on refugees and asylum; visit the OnlineFirst section to view articles in the pipeline.

More generally, here are search results for >>refugees<< in the article title, organized by date. 

New Issue of RSQ

A special issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. The theme of vol. 44, no. 1, March 2025 is "Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads." Contents include:

• Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads [free full-text]
• Comparing Refugee Resettlement Services: A New Global Dataset and Typology [abstract] [related dissertation]
• The Politics of Refugee Resettlement in the Asia Pacific: Belonging and ICT-enabled Transnational Settlement [open access]
• Racialising Refugees: The Global Colour Line in US Resettlement [abstract]
• Self-settlement and the Challenges of Local Integration of Syrians in the Absence of Government Support [abstract]
• How Refugees Conceptualise Success: Grounding Definitions and Examining Heterogeneity [abstract]
• Navigating Vulnerability and Integration: Refugee Resettlement from Rwanda to Third Countries under the Medical Needs Category [open access]
• Resettlement Knowledge: The Expertise of Service Providers [open access]
• The Invisibilised Labour of Diasporas as Co-sponsors in Refugee Sponsorship: Lessons From Canada [open access]
• Surviving and Resisting Retrenchment: US Resettlement Organizations’ Responses to Trump-era Anti-refugee Policy [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

Admin: Short Break

This blog will be quiet for the rest of the week.

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for a two-part listing of references to new books. Part 1 highlights new books due out in March 2025, while Part 2 lists additional February 2025 titles as well as new open access texts.

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (28 Feb. 2025)

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 Feb. 2025.

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. 

Bronze OA:

"Strengthening the Medicolegal System: Fulfilling International Law Obligations during Conflicts and Disasters to Prevent and Resolve Issues of Humanitarian Concern," International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 106, no. 926 (Aug. 2024)

- Author = Iraq

Diamond OA:

"Detención de migrantes indocumentados en Estados Unidos: quién es quién en aprehensiones? = Detention of Undocumented Migrants in the United States: Who is Who in Apprehensions?," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 15 (2024)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Dix ans après la nouvelle politique d’immigration marocaine: des sphères d’action distinctes pour une réforme globale?," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 40, no. 4 (2024)

- Author = Morocco

"El estatuto de refugiado erigido como frontera humanitaria en Chile," Colombia Internacional, no. 121 (2025)

- Authors (2) = Chile

"Migración y éxodo en Cuba: tendencias migratorias desde el siglo XIX hasta la actualidad = Migration and Exodus in Cuba: Migratory Trends from the 19th Century to the Present," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 16 (2025)

- Authors (2) = Mexico

"Migraciones sur-norte del Caribe, África y Asia en las Américas: 'Detención segmentada' y 'detenibilidad' en Sudamérica," Colombia Internacional, no. 121 (2025)

- Author = Argentina

"Towards Equitable, Transparent and Evidence-based Malaysian Citizenship Law Amendments: Taking Stock of Remaining Risks of Statelessness and Exclusion," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 6, no. 2 (2024)

- Authors (2) = Malaysia

"Understanding Perspectives and Practices of 'Learning through Play' in East African Refugee and Host-Country Schools," Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 10, no. 1 (2025) 

- Authors (7) = Ethiopia (lead), US (3), Uganda (2), Tanzania (1)

"World Conference on Statelessness 2024: Key Takeaways," Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 6, no. 2 (2024)

- Authors (2) = Nepal

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.

"Changing Patterns of Family Formation among Internally Displaced Populations in Yemen," BMC Public Health, 24:3365 (Dec. 2024)

- Authors (8) = US (4, incl. lead), Yemen/UK (1), Yemen (3)

- APC = USD 3190

"Determinants of Women Empowerment: Case of Refugee Women Living in Nairobi Kenya," Economies, vol. 13, no. 2 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Germany (lead), Kenya (1)

- APC = CHF 1800

"The Effect of Syrian Asylum on the Jordanian National Identity from the Point of View of Yarmouk University Students," Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, vol. 52, no. 3 (2025) 

- Authors (3) = Jordan/Oman (lead), Jordan (2)

- APC = JD 250-300 (authors based in Jordan), USD 600 (all other authors)

"Facing Migration under Adverse Conditions: Challenges and Resilience in the Colombo-Venezuelan Border Area," BMC Public Health, 25:261 (Jan. 2025)

- Authors (7) = Colombia (5, incl. lead), Germany (2)

= APC = USD 3290

"Gendered Analysis of the Effect of Displacement on Labor Market Outcomes: A Focus on Nairobi County, Kenya," Economies, vol. 13, no. 2 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (2) = Kenya

- APC = CHF 1800

"The Hidden Crisis: Double Burden of Malnutrition among Refugee Children in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis from Observational Studies," Frontiers in Nutrition, 9 Feb. 2025

- Authors (7) = India (6), Malaysia (1)

- APC = CHF 3150

"An Investigation using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist and Post Traumatic Growth Inventory Conducted on Refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Rohingya in India," Demography India, vol. 53, no. 2 (2024)

- Authors (2) = India

- APC = INR 1000 (authors based in India), USD 50 (all other authors)

"Legal Residency Status and Its Relationship with Health Indicators among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: A Nested Cross-sectional Study," BMJ Global Health, vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (8) = Lebanon (6, incl. lead), US (2) 

- APC = GBP 3410

"Migration and Health Policy: Applying the Nexus to Safety Issues of Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean Sea," Public Health Challenges, vol. 4, no. 1 (March 2025)

 - Authors (12) = Lebanon (3), Cyprus (2), Egypt (2), China (1), UK (1), France (1), Spain (1), UK/Philippines (1)

- APC = USD 2520

"Perspectives on the Implementation Gap in Citizenship Policy," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:6 (Jan. 2025) 

- Authors (2) = Mexico (lead), Switzerland (1)

- APC = USD 1490

"Resilience of Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Foster Care at Tongogara Refugee Camp Zimbabwe," Discover Global Society, vol. 2, no. 1 (Dec. 2024)

- Authors (3) = Zimbabwe/South Africa (lead), Zimbabwe (2)

- APC = USD 1390

"Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Case Severity of COVID-19 Cases among the Syrian Refugees in Azraq Camp in Jordan: A Retrospective Observational Study," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 19(2): e0012875 (Feb. 2025) 

- Authors (11) = Jordan (8, incl. lead), US (3)

- APC = USD 2670

Green OA:

"Beyond the Normative Impasse of Environmental Migration: From Regimes to Infrastructures in a Latin American Key," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 4 (Dec. 2024)

- Preprint version posted on SocArXiv

- Authors (2) = Brazil

"A New Index for Climate-induced Migration Uncertainty," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) 

- Preprint version posted on SSRN

- Authors (2) = Nigeria (lead), Nigeria/South Africa (1)

Hybrid OA:

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

"Aligning Sustainable Finance and Fintech to Promote an Integrated Approach to Refugee Finance," Global Policy, vol. 16, no. S1 (Jan. 2025)

- Authors (4) = Qatar (3, incl. lead), UK (1)

- APC = USD 4200

"European Biometric Borders and (Im)Mobilities in West Africa: Reflections on Migrant Strategies for Border Circumvention and Subversion," Politics & Policy, vol. 53, no. 1 (Feb. 2025)

- Author = Nigeria/UK

- APC = USD 2900

"European Union/Africa Synergy: A Panacea to Ending Irregular/illegal Migration from Africa?," The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies, vol. 113, no. 6 (2024)

- Authors (3) = South Africa (2, incl. lead), Nigeria (1)

- APC = USD 3650

"Formal and Informal Integration in Contexts of Displacement: Exploring Implications for Youth Civic Identities," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Feb. 2025

- Authors (4) = UK (2, incl. lead), Lebanon (1), Jordan (1)

- APC = EUR 4421

"From Crisis to Cure: The Afghan Refugee Dilemma, Security, and Technological Interventions," Asiascape: Digital Asia, vol. 11, no. 3 (Dec. 2024)

- Authors (3) = UK (lead), India (2)

- APC = USD 2595

"Hues of Refuge: Framing Compassion and Condemnation in Refugee Portrayals Through a Political-Media Cycle of Reinforcement," Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, FirstView, 4 Feb. 2025

- Author = Lebanon

- APC = USD 3550

"On the Design of Islamic Blended Microfinancing for Refugee Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Logic Perspective," Global Policy, vol. 16, no. S1 (Jan. 2025)

- Authors (3) = UK (lead), Indonesia (2)

- APC = USD 4200

"Pregnant Women’s Concern toward COVID-19 in Iraqi Camps: Differences between IDPs and Refugees - A Cross-sectional Study," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 21, no. 1 (Feb. 2025)

- Authors (5) = Iraq (2, incl. lead), Italy (3) 

- APC = USD 4105

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Jan. 2025)

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

The Hidden 30% Cost Premium of Digital Cash Transfers for Refugees (ICTWorks, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya.

The platform transforming how refugee students learn (UNICEF, Jan. 2025) [access]

- Available in English, Polish and Ukrainian.

Smart borders kill: New frontiers of violence and erosion of rights at the world’s borders (Open Global Rights, Feb. 2025) [text]

Symposium: Advanced Digital Technologies in Migration Management: Data Protection and Fundamental Rights Concerns (Völkerrechtsblog, Feb. 2025) [access]

Taking innovation global with two-way communications with refugees (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2025) [text]

"US immigration is creating a mirage of mass deportations on Google search," The Guardian, 6 Feb. 2025 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Blockchain-based solution for addressing refugee management in the Global South: transparent and accessible resource sharing in humanitarian organizations," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 24 Feb. 2025 [open access]

"European Biometric Borders and (Im)Mobilities in West Africa: Reflections on Migrant Strategies for Border Circumvention and Subversion," Politics & Policy, vol. 53, no. 1 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Migrants’ and refugees’ digital literacies in life and language learning," ReCALL, FirstView, 19 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Unlocking Artificial Intelligence’s Potential in COI Research, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 44 (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

TikTok trails: Decoding migrant smugglers' visual narratives in migration advertising, 11 Dec. 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (5 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

In a New Era for Syria, States Must Take Responsibility for Their Islamic State-Affiliated Prisoners and Families (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

"'It'll be a disaster': Uncertainty for thousands forced from West Bank camps by Israeli raids," BBC News, 26 Feb. 2025 [text]

Libya: Migrants Face Extreme Violence and Exclusion from Healthcare (MSF, Feb. 2025) [text]

"US aid freezes escalate Syria’s crisis," The New Humanitarian, 17 Feb. 2025 [text]

Reports: 

From Gaza to the West Bank: The Systematic Undermining of Humanitarian Aid - Making Life Untenable for Palestinians, Humanitarian Access Snapshot #10 (Action for Humanity et al., Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Installing solar-powered pumps in fragile contexts: Main lessons learned from Concern Worldwide’s experience in an IDP camp in Northern Syria, WASH Learning Paper (Concern, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

No Model of Refuge: Sudanese Refugees in Egypt (Refugees International, Feb. 2025) [text]

USAID Funding Freeze and Its Impact on the Humanitarian Response in Syria (Northwest Syria NGO Forum, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Am I Discriminated Against? Explaining Immigrants’ Perceived Discrimination by First Name and Ethnic Origin," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 17 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Ethiopian immigrants in Israel.

"Are Forced Migrant Trajectories Path-Dependent? A Markov Analysis," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 24 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians transiting through Turkey, Lebanon, and Egypt.

"Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees," Scientific Reports, 15:5945 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan. See also related Science news article.

"Formal and informal integration in contexts of displacement: Exploring implications for youth civic identities," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on displaced youth in Jordan and Lebanon.

"Legal residency status and its relationship with health indicators among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a nested cross-sectional study," BMJ Global Health, vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Navigating coexistence: perspectives of host community and Syrian refugees in Al-Mafraq, Jordan," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Temporal trends in the incidence and case severity of COVID-19 cases among the Syrian refugees in Azraq camp in Jordan: A retrospective observational study," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 19(2): e0012875 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (10 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 2 (Ukrainians)

Reports & journal articles:

"Attitudes of Ukrainian refugees in Austria: gender roles, democracy, and confidence in international institutions," Genus: Journal of Population Sciences, 81:3 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

"Building Bridges or Forging Bonds? Exploring the Role of Social Capital in the Reception of Ukrainian Refugees in Italy," Journal of Regional Science, Early View, 3 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe: Increased flexibility but insufficient data hinders future assessment of effectiveness (European Court of Auditors, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Available in multiple languages.

Displaced Ukrainians: Challenges and outlook for integration in the EU (European Parliament, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Navigating Displacement: The Intertemporal Migration and Settlement Experiences of Ukrainians in Latvia," Global Networks, vol. 25, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

Policy Paradox: How Robust Host-Country Support for Ukrainian Refugees Can Foster Integration and Return (MPI, Feb. 2025) [text]

Still at risk: Homelessness among displaced Ukrainians in the UK (British Red Cross, Feb. 2025) [access]

Ukraine’s fight for its people: Strategies for refugee and diaspora engagement (Chatham House, Feb. 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1 (27 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Solutions - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Assisted Voluntary Return: Lessons from 1990s Bosnia for Developing Effective Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programmes (RLI Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Brazzaville hosts a key ministerial meeting on durable solutions for forcibly displaced Central Africans (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

Facilitating the Informed and Sustainable Voluntary Return of Syrian Refugees (RLI Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Family from Gaza Settle in UK Following Ukraine Scheme Application: A Legal Loophole? (EIN Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Language: A bridge to refugee integration and inclusion (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Central Asia.

The Racial Twist in Trump’s Cutoff of Refugee Admissions (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Refugee Resettlement Organizations Persevere Despite Trump’s Suspension Order (Documented NY, Feb. 2025) [text]

"Things to know about the ruling blocking President Trump’s refugee ban," AP News, 26 Feb. 2025 [text]

- See also related CNN article.

Reports & journal articles:

It is time to act together: Durable solutions for internally displaced persons in Colombia (Internal Displacement Solution Fund, Jan. 2025) [text]

"More than a place for social capital creation: Public library as a place for immigrants’ social integration," Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, OnlineFirst, 17 Nov. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Refugee Integration in Germany: The Interplay of Othering, Digital Exclusion, and Identity Negotiation," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 19 Feb. 2025 [open access]

"Understanding the Prevalence and Factors Associated with Accessing Public Housing Programs: Findings from the 2019 Annual Survey of Refugees," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 18 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (18 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Acquisition and loss of citizenship in EU Member States: Overview and key issues (European Parliament, updated Feb. 2025) [text]

Addressing Statelessness and Displacements in Southeast Asia: Workshop Report, January 23-24, 2025 (Centre on Gender and Forced Displacement et al., Feb. 2025) [text]

Feasibility study on a non-binding legal instrument regarding stateless children’s access to nationality (Council of Europe, Feb. 2025) [access]

Journal articles:

"The Civil War and Reconstruction Amendments’ Effects on Citizenship and Migration," Journal of American Constitutional History, vol. 3, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"The Consequences of Ending Birthright Citizenship," Washington Univ. Law Review (Forthcoming 2025) [preprint]

"Limits to Deprivation of National Citizenship under European Union law: The Case of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and the Right to be Readmitted into the EU for Their Children," German Law Journal, FirstView, 10 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"The symbolic violence of citizenship tests: low-schooled refugees narrate their experience," Citizenship Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Norway and Denmark.

Multimedia:

2025 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 19 Feb. 2025 [access]

- See also related ENS editorial.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (26 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Birthright Citizenship: when “home” becomes a game of border politics (LSJ Online, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on both Australia and the US.

Breaking Down Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related 

Kuwaiti government must end campaign of mass citizenship stripping and repeal recent amendments to Nationality Law (Minority Rights Group, Feb. 2025) [text]

Living Statelessness in the Legal ‘in-between’: Migrants from Thailand in Japan (CSS Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

Press release on the first anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa (African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Feb. 2025) [text]

"UK to deny citizenship to small boat refugees," BBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 [text]

Unpacking the intersection between Islamophobia and Statelessness (CSS Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

"US appeals court rejects Trump's emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship," Reuters, 20 Feb. 2025 [text]

- Additional legal proceedings relating to this issue can be viewed here (select "Immigration and Citizenship" from the topic menu).

Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship: Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2025) [text]

*Voices from the Margins: Grassroots Resilience in the Face of Statelessness in Lebanon (Borders & Limitations Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related Minority Rights Group post.

"Watchdog points to loophole leaving children born in Estonia without citizenship," Estonian Public Broadcasting, 17 Feb. 2025 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (5 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"European Union/Africa synergy: a panacea to ending irregular/illegal migration from Africa?," The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies, vol. 113, no. 6 (2024) [open access]

"Exclusionary by Design: Law, Lawyers, and State Harms in the UK’s Streamlined Asylum Process," State Crime Journal, vol. 13, no. 2 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"The Italy–Albania Protocol: A new model of border-shifting within the EU and its compatibility with Union law," Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 31, no. 5 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

- See also related LSE Human Rights blog post.

"Migration diplomacy and Greek–Turkish relations: A three-level game analysis," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

"Migration, subjectivity and identity: navigating power, agency and discourse in interviews with asylum seekers," Multilingua, Ahead of Print, 20 Feb. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Italy.

"Norway: Rising Immigration in a Welfare State," Migration Information Source, 12 Feb. 2025 [text]

"(Re)constructing Homelands Between Precarity and Intentionality: Syrian Armenians in Armenia," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Workers’ experiences in non-profit and for-profit managed asylum systems: A comparative analysis of Italy and Ireland," International Journal of Comparative Sociology, OnlineFirst, 19 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (26 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Colombian-German Migration Agreement: An Insufficient Strategy (Fluchtforschung Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

German party leaders are united against immigration – but there is little evidence for a key part of their argument (The Conversation, Feb. 2025) [text]

Post-Conflict Resettlement in Karabakh: Rebuilding Livelihoods (RID Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

The Vanishing Archive: UNHCR Archives’ Recovery and Preservation of the Records from the Former Yugoslavia (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

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

Reports:

Country Guidance: Explained (EU Agency for Asylum, Feb. 2025) [text]

How Social Capital and Support Structures Shape the Experiences of People Affected by the War in Ukraine: The Case of Ukraine, Poland, and Germany (International Rescue Committee, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mixed Movements in South-Eastern Europe: Challenges Along the Route and Drivers of Onward Movements (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Pushed, Beaten, Left to Die: European Pushback Report 2025 (11.11.11 et al., Feb. 2025) [text]

Return or regularization? A temporal analysis of rejected asylum seekers in Germany, RSC Working Paper, no. 6 (European Univ. Institute, Feb. 2025) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Ukraine Emergency Three Years On: 2025 Update (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (8 Feb. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (United Kingdom) (8 Feb. 2025)