16 March 2024

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Opportunities:

Seminar: Treatment of children as asylum seekers and refugees, London, 21 March 2024 [info]
- Focuses on the UK.

Book discussion: Child Migration and the Geopolitics of Compassion, London/Online, 3 April 2024 [info]
- Focuses on the US.

Short pieces:

Despite Progress, the Tragedy of Family Separation Can Never Be Undone (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Life beyond paradox: Everyday life experiences and dreams of Rohingya adolescents (RLI Blog, March 2024) [text]

Listening to child refugees and asylum seekers in Australia - what matters most (Refugee Research Online, March 2024) [text]

"The Migrant Families Separated Under Trump Are Still in Legal Limbo," Mother Jones, 27 Feb. 2024 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children: Responses and accountability measures - Workshop report (European Parliament, March 2024) [text]

Insights from the Ahlan Simsim Scaling Journey (International Rescue Committee, March 2024) [text]

Longitudinal Survey of Forced Migrant Children from Venezuela (World Bank, Jan. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.

"Luchando Junt@s Por Una Familia Unida (Fighting Together for a United Family): Rebuilding the Cohesive Self of Immigrant Parents and Community Healing after a Family Separation in the United States – A Self Psychology Perspective," Clinical Social Work Journal, Latest Articles, 17 Feb. 2024 [open access]

Transforming Tomorrow: Innovative Solutions for Children in Crisis, Learning from Ahlan Simsim's experience in the MENA region (International Rescue Committee, March 2024) [text]

Trauma-Informing the Asylum Process: Guidelines and Recommendations Co-developed with Young People Seeking Asylum (Univ. of Southampton, 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

"What Does it Mean to Adopt a Trauma-Informed Approach to Research?: Reflections on a Participatory Project With Young People Seeking Asylum in the UK," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13 July 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Book launch: Becoming Adult on the Move, 21 Feb. 2024 [access]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Improving education and human security for vulnerable refugee children (Sophia Univ., March 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Syrian refugee children in Jordan.

Making promises a reality: Including refugees in national education systems (Education for Global Development Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Education for All: Realising the Right to Education for Refugee and Stateless Children in Malaysia (SUHAKAM: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Multilingual Stories for Immigrants and Refugees: A Language-as-Resource Approach," Chapter in Learning Inclusion in a Digital Age: Belonging and Finding a Voice with the Disadvantaged (Springer, Feb. 2024) [open access]

Right to Education: Forced Migration and Child Education Outcomes, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10720 (World Bank, March 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.

Summary Report: Regional Strategic Dialogue on Refugee and Stateless Children Education (ADSP & APRRN, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: Two Schools Under One Roof—One Is Offline, the Other One Online," Chapter in Designing Democratic Schools and Learning Environments: A Global Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, March 2024) [open access]

Journal articles:

"Bridging the Gap Between Imagined and Plausible Futures for Refugees: What Students Wish Their Teachers Knew," AERA Open, 8 March 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Syrian students in Lebanon.

"Forced Migration, School Wastage and Refugee Governance: An Empirical Analysis of the Situation of Refugee Children in Cameroon," Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Psychology, Pedagogy, vol. 45, no. 2 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Home-Culture Education for Refugees: What—Why—How," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 45

"Language considerations in refugee education: languages for opportunity, connection, and roots," Language and Education, vol. 37, no. 2 (2023) [postprint]

"A Lesson in Creating Community for Educational Rights in Cairo," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 71.

"Refugee and migrant children’s views of integration and belonging in school in Ireland – and the role of micro- and meso-level interactions," International Journal of Inclusive Education, Latest Articles, 13 June 2023 [open access]

"Reponses to the Question of the Schooling of Refugees in the Commune of Mandjou: Modalities and Evaluation from 2013 to 2023," Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Psychology, Pedagogy, vol. 45, no. 2 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Schools and teachers as brokers of belonging for refugee-background young people," International Journal of Inclusive Education, Latest Articles, 11 May 2023 [open access]

Related post:

Opportunities: Even More March & April 2024

Panel discussion: People Forced to Flee, Ottawa, 20 March 2024 [info]

Panel discussion: Internal Displacement and the Law, Geneva, 20 March 2024 [info[

Call for registration: ICVA’s 2024 Annual Conference: Rethinking Coordination: Accountability, Credibility and Trust in Principled Humanitarian Action, Geneva, 21 March 2024 [info]

Seminar: Treatment of children as asylum seekers and refugees, London, 21 March 2024 [info]

Call for registration: Migration Disrupted: How Technological Transformation is Reshaping Human Mobility, Toronto/Online, 7-9 May 2024 [info]
- Early bird deadline is 22 March 2024.

Call for participation: Training on International and Regional Human Rights Laws on Statelessness, Online, 26-29 March 2024 [info]
- No deadline indicated.

Speaker series: Border Controls, Politics and Digitization: The banality of digital "reasonable suspicions" and their effects, Toronto, 28 March 2024 [info]

CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Financing displacement response." Submit proposals by 1 April 2024.

CFP: Time, Temporalities and Migration Law: International seminar on the role and meaning of time in Migration Law, Uppsala, Sweden, 5-6 September 2024 [info]
- Submit proposals by 1 April 2024.

Book discussion: Child Migration and the Geopolitics of Compassion, London/Online, 3 April 2024 [info]

Panel discussion: Strategic Litigation Network: After NZYQ – Community Safety Orders, Sydney/Online, 3 April 2024 [info]

Seminar: The contemporary role of the Global Refugee Regime in Africa, Online, 3 April 2024 [info]

Call for applications: International School on Climate Mobilities 2024, Online, 3 June-10 July 2024 [info]
- Apply by 5 April 2024.

Seminar: Emerging Regional (Forced) Migration Patterns in Africa Part 1: Responses to Coups and Conflict, Online, 10 April 2024 [info]

CFP: ASB-UNHCR Research Workshop on Refugee Studies and Forced Displacement 2024, Kuala Lumpur, 12-13 June 2024 [info]
- Submit proposals by 15 April 2024.

Summer course: Forced Migration: Exploring the intersections between forced migration and technology, Toronto/Online, 3-7 June 2024 [info]
- Early bird deadline is 15 April 2024.

Seminar: Emerging Regional (Forced) Migration Patterns in Africa Part 2: Evolving Migration Governance, Online, 17 April 2024 [info]

Seminar: ‘New’ Regionalism, Transnationalism, and the Search for Solutions, Online, 24 April 2024 [info]

Related post:

15 March 2024

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

"Anger as Panama stops MSF working in Darién Gap amid sexual violence spat," The New Humanitarian, 11 March 2024 [text]

Argentina reaffirmed to the UNHCR that the protection of refugees is a matter of priority and a State policy for Argentina (Govt. of Argentina, March 2024) [text]

The Migration Crisis in Central America: How Domestic NGOs from Panama Are Central to the US Migration Strategy (USAPP Blog, March 2024) [text]

"What’s happening in Haiti, and what’s the humanitarian backdrop?," The New Humanitarian, 6 March 2024 [text]
- See also related IOM news story.

What is the Darien Gap? And why are more migrants risking this Latin American route to get to the US? (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

Reports:

Converging Crises: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in South America (Migration Policy Institute, March 2024) [text]

El impacto del desplazamiento forzado en la movilidad humana: Reporte del monitoreo de protección en México 2023 (UNHCR, March 2024) [access]

Movimientos migratorios recientes en América del Sur: Informe Anual 2023 (IOM, Feb. 2024) [text]

La situación humanitaria en el Caribe colombiano: la invisibilización contemporánea de lo históricamente olvidado (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"A global protection gap: Migrant insecurity in Mexico," Latin American Policy, vol. 15, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]

"The impact of policy and policy communication on COVID-19 vaccination inequalities among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia: a comparative cross-sectional interrupted time-series analysis," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 3 (March 2024) [open access]

"Historic transit migration through Darién, Panama: Qualitative results of impact for local communities," Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIII, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 18.

"Unrecognizing Refugees: The Inadmissibility Scheme Replacing Article 1F Decisions in Canada," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 29 Feb. 2024 [open access]

Multimedia:

What Is the Importance of Offering Temporary Protected Status During Conflict? (Points of Clarity Video Series, March 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Colombia.

Related post:

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh, (ICG Commentary, March 2024) [text]

Commission achievements on EU migration and asylum over the last four years (European Commission, March 2024) [text]

The Hungarian Refugee Crisis of 1956 and the Challenges of Organizational Adaptation (Sources & Methods Blog, March 2024) [text]

A New Pact on Migration and Asylum: What Changes for Responsibility-Sharing in the European Union? (NCCR On the Move Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

The war in Ukraine and the geopolitics of migration (EUROPP Blog, March 2024) [text]

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

Reports:

Coordination Breakdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Europe (Migration Policy Institute, March 2024) [text]

EU migration and borders: Key facts and figures (European Parliament, March 2024) [text]

The EU-Turkey cooperation in the field of migration and asylum: What is wrong with it and how to fix it (ASILE Project, Feb. 2024) [text]

European Union: new pact on migration and asylum (US Library of Congress, Jan. 2024) [text]

Legal Aid and Protection Needs of the People Displaced from Ukraine: Report on the results of the research in Poland (Danish Refugee Council, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Legal fiction of non-entry in EU asylum policy: Implications of the new Screening Regulation (European Parliament, March 2024) [text]

Tunisia-EU cooperation immigration management: From Mobility Partnership to containment (ASILE Project, Feb. 2024 [text]

Voices in Europe: Experiences, hopes, and aspirations of forcibly displaced persons from Ukraine (EU Agency for Asylum & OECD, March 2024) [text]
- See also executive summary.

Journal articles:

"Enhancing the Rights of Protection-Seeking Migrants through the Global Compact for Migration: The Case of EU Asylum Policy," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 9 March 2024 [open access]

"Establishing a probability sample in a crisis context: the example of Ukrainian refugees in Germany in 2022," AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, Latest Articles, 4 March 2024 [open access]

"Extreme hardship, care ethics, and humanitarian protection: Lessons from Libya and Italy," Mediterranean Politics, Latest Articles, 20 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"How regional attitudes towards immigration shape the chance to obtain asylum: Evidence from Germany," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 6 March 2024 [open access]

"Multiple sources of right to an effective remedy in EU migration and asylum law: Towards common standards on judicial protection?," Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, OnlineFirst, 5 March 2024 [open access]

"The UK and the ECHR After Brexit: The Challenge of Immigration Control," European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, Advance Articles, 23 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Uncovering disparities: Temporary protection schemes in response to the Ukraine crisis," Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIII, no. 1 (March 2024) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 41.

Multimedia:

Ukrainians in the EU: What is Next After the Temporary Protection Directive?, 4 March 2024 [access]

Related post:

14 March 2024

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Application of the Cessation Clauses to the Refugee Problem in Rwanda: opportunities and challenges," Rwanda Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Business, vol. 3, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"'The Greatest and Most Important Human Right': Citizenship and Bureaucratic Indifference in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence," Migration Politics, Accepted manuscript, 22 Feb. 2024 [open access]
- "[A]nalyzes letters sent by refugees in Kenya to UNHCR headquarters in Geneva between 1983 and 1994."

"Influence of socio-economic factors on the mental health of vulnerable populations at risk in Kakuma refugee camp," Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Investigation of COVID-19 outbreak at a refugee transit centre, Kisoro District, Uganda, June–July 2022," PLOS Global Public Health 4(3): e0002428 (March 2024) [open access]

Journal of Development Studies, vol. 60, no. 3 (2024) [contents]
- Special issue on “How Close is Close? Assessing Uganda’s Progressive Refugee Policy in the Era of COVID-19.” The introduction is freely available.

"Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda," Geoforum, vol. 150 (March 2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Voices Rising: Refugee-Led Solutions, 9 Feb. 2024 [access]
- Panel discussion that focused on the "Voices Rising: Refugee-led Solutions Conference" held in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

Related post:

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Inclusion statistique des réfugiés et des rapatriés au Burundi : une approche localisée pour collecter des données de bonne qualité (UNHCR Blog, March 2024) [text]
- The English version is here.

Reports:

Assessing the effectiveness of South Africa’s Zimbabwean Dispensation policy (ASILE Project, Feb. 2024) [text]

The Domestication of the Kampala Convention in Mozambique: Workshop Report, Maputo, 22-24 Nov. 2023 (Govt. of Mozambique, UNHCR & IIHL, March 2024) [text]

How Donors Can Better Support Urban Refugees in Kampala and Nairobi (Center for Global Development, March 2024) [text]

National Refugee Policy Implementation Plan (Govt. of Zambia & UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Return and reintegration in the context of Senegal: Strengthening the evidence base (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2024) [text]

Scars of War and Deprivation: An Urgent Call to Reverse Tigray’s Humanitarian Crisis (Refugees International, Feb. 2024) [text]

Related post:

13 March 2024

CFPs/New Issues of Child & Adol. Psych. Clinics, Geopolitics, Girlhood Stud., Hum. Exch., JEMS, JIMI, JIANL, Migr. Stud., OxMo

CFPs:

International Journal of Inclusive Education [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Disputing Deindividualisation: Learning with and from refugees and migrants to make education more inclusive." Submit abstracts by 29 March 2024.

Forced Migration Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Financing displacement response." Submit proposals by 1 April 2024.

Hagar: International Social Science Review [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue: on "Contemporary Readings on Migration and Displacement." Submit full papers by 1 April 2024.

Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Seeking Refuge beyond Europe: New perspectives on European Refugees, Migrants and Exiles in the Middle East and North Africa, 19th-20th centuries." Submit abstracts by 15 April 2024.

Health and Human Rights Journal [info]
- Contributions sought for a special section on "Distress migration and the right to health." Submission deadline is 30 April 2024.

New issues:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
, vol. 33, no. 2 (April 2024)  [contents]
- Special issue on "Supporting the Mental Health of Migrant Children, Youth, and Families."

Geopolitics, vol. 29, no. 1 (2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Geopolitics in the Global Compacts." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access.

Girlhood Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (March 2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Girls on the Move: Girlhood and Forced Displacement, Migration, and (Re)settlement." The two editorials are open access.

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 84 (March 2024) [full-text]
 - Focuses on "Climate change, conflict and displacement."

*Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 3 (2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Rethinking the Migration State." The introduction is freely available and three articles are open access.

*Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 4 (2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with three that are open access.

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 38, no. 1 (2024) [contents]
- Special issue on the "implications of the New Plan for Immigration for the LGBTIQA+ community." View TOC on the left.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 25, no. 1 (March 2024) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with 10 articles that are open access.

Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 1 (March 2024) [free full-text]
- Mix of articles.

Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]
- "[F]eatures nine pieces of critical and artistic scholarship from authors engaging with forced migration across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas."

*UPDATED

Tagged Periodicals.

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

Reproductive and Sexual Health:

"Abortion Experiences and Perspectives Amongst Migrants and Refugees: A Systematic Review," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no. 3 (March 2024) [open access]

"Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudanese refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory qualitative study," PLoS ONE 19(3): e0278731 (March 2024) [open access]

"Centring participant experience: a realist evaluation of a menstruator-friendly facility design project in a refugee settlement, Lebanon," BMC Women's Health, 24:170 (March 2024) [open access]

"Factors associated with family planning use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, West Nile, Uganda: a comparative study," BMC Public Health, 24:754 (March 2024) [open access]

"The hidden burden of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in Palestine refugee camps: a focus on well-being and academic performance," BMC Public Health, 24:726 (March 2024) [open access]

"'I don't want my marriage to end': a qualitative investigation of the sociocultural factors influencing contraceptive use among married Rohingya women residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh," Reproductive Health, 21:32 (March 2024) [open access]

"Safeguarding in practice: anticipating, minimising and mitigating risk in teenage pregnancy research in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya," BMJ Global Health, vol. 9, no. 2 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Unveiling silenced narratives: a scoping review on sexual function challenges in migrant and refugee women," Sexual Medicine Reviews, Advance Articles, 9 March 2024 [open access]

Related posts:

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: ¿Qué protección existe para las mujeres migrantes que experimentan violencia de genero?, 20 March 2024 [info]
- Focuses on Colombia, Mexico and the US.

Webinar: African Refugee Women and Gendered (In)Visibility, 26 March 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Innovating with, and investing in, women forced to flee (UNHCR Innovation Service, March 2024) [text]

"Migrant women find independence and more rights in Australia," IMPACT News, 8 March 2024 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The Association between Intimate Partner Violence and Female Syrian Refugees’ Mental Health," Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print, 28 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Balancing the Protection and Participation of Refugee Women through the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: Notes from Turkey," Journal of International Women's Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Girlhood Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (March 2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Girls on the Move: Girlhood and Forced Displacement, Migration, and (Re)settlement." The two editorials are open access.

"How to Start over: Coping Mechanisms during Individual Women Displacement by Organized Crime," Women & Criminal Justice, vol. 33, no. 3 (2023) [full-text via Programa de Política de Drogas]
- Focuses on Mexico.

"Innocence and danger at the border: migrants, 'Bad' mothers, and the nation’s protectors," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:13 (Feb. 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

Más allá de las fronteras: estigmas y desafíos en la integración de las mujeres migrantes en América Latina y el Caribe (IADB, March 2024) [text]

"The Temporality of Intimate Partner Violence: How an Understanding of Time and Gendered Threats Can Foster Protection-Positive Outcomes," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1 (March 2024) [free full-text]
- Reviewed case law from jurisdictions in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK.

Related post:

12 March 2024

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

"After two years in Poland, Ukrainian refugees ask when – and if – they will go home," The New Humanitarian, 5 March 2024 [text]

"America has a good model for how to handle immigration: America," Vox, 1 March 2024 [text]

Between “Go-and-See and Come-and-Tell” Visits: Reflections on the Repatriation Decision-Making Process of Rwandan Refugees in Uganda (Kujenga Amani, March 2024) [text]

Poland has opened its arms to nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees, but will they be able to stay for the long term? (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Feeling at Home? A Dynamic Analysis of the Impact of Discrimination, Refugee-Specific, and Participation Characteristics on Recently Arrived Refugees’ Belonging," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 6 March 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Syrian refugees in the Netherlands.

The History of Resettlement: Celebrating 25 years of the ATCR (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]
- Note: The Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR) have been renamed as the Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (CRCP).

An inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes (October 2022 – April 2023) (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2024) [text]

"'Let the State Decide It All for Me': The Role of Migration and Integration Policy in the Decision-Making of Ukrainian Refugee Women in Germany," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 6 March 2024 [open access]

"Reintegration Programs and the Willingness of Displaced Persons to Return Home: Analyzing the Role of Social Infrastructure in North-East Nigeria," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 15 Feb. 2024 [ResearchGate]

"Socio-economic Integration Strategies of 'Former Rwandan Refugees' in Yaoundé, Cameroon," Journal of Critical Global Issues, vol. 1, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Related post:

11 March 2024

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 43, no. 1, March 2024 include:
  • Doing Refugee Right(s) with Technologies? Humanitarian Crises and the Multiplication of “Exceptional” Legal States [open access]
  • “Safe Legal Pathways” or New Colonial Frontiers? A Critical Analysis of European Intervention in the Sahel and the Creation of Anomalous Legal Zones [open access]
  • Refugee Labour Mobility to the EU: A Tool Contributing to Fairer Sharing of Responsibilities in the Context of Forced Displacement? [open access]
  • The Temporality of Intimate Partner Violence – How an Understanding of Time and Gendered Threats Can Foster Protection-Positive Outcomes [free full-text]
  • When Legal Inclusion is not Enough: the “Uganda Model” of Refugee Protection on the Brink of Failure [open access]

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

Biden defends immigration policy during State of the Union, blaming Republicans in Congress for refusing to act (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

"The Health Impacts of Migrating by Sea," UC San Diego Today, 7 March 2024 [text]
- "A new study of migrant drowning deaths in the Pacific Ocean lays the groundwork for future research." See also related Guardian article.

Illegal Immigrants Have a Low Homicide Conviction Rate: Setting the Record Straight on Illegal Immigrant Crime (Cato at Liberty blog, Feb. 2024 [text]
- See also related blog post.

List of 120+ Biden Actions to Help Try To ‘Shut the Border’ (Cato at Liberty Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

What Should Courts do if a Future President Invokes the Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants? (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The 14th Circuit," Washington University Law Review, vol. 102, no. 3 (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

From Hope to Heartbreak: The Disturbing Reality of Border Patrol's Confiscation of Migrants' Belongings (ACLU et al., Feb. 2024) [text]

"Innocence and danger at the border: migrants, 'Bad' mothers, and the nation’s protectors," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:13 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"No Escape: How the Library of Congress Weaponized Internal Relocation Against Persecuted Sikhs and How to Fight Back," Asian American Law Journal, vol. 31 (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"Plane Hijackings between Cuba and the United States and the Opportunity for Diplomacy (1958–1973)," The Historical Journal, First View, 19 Feb. 2024 [open access]
- Note: The US initially viewed "hijackers as political asylum seekers rather than criminals."

"Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park," Migration Information Source, 28 Feb. 2024 [text]

Multimedia:

Suspended Lives: Navigating Everyday Violence in the US Asylum System, 2 Feb. 2024 [access]

Related post:

08 March 2024

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2024 (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

Digital Exclusions: Legal Identity, Identification, and the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 15 (Univ. of Copenhagen, 2023) [text]

Human Rights and Statelessness in Peninsular Malaysia (SUHAKAM: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, 2023) [text]

An inspection of the use of deprivation of citizenship by the Status Review Unit (April–June 2023) (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2024) [text]

Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information: Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2023; published Feb. 2024) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Apatridia en menores de padres venezolanos en Colombia: leyes sin políticas contundentes = Statelessness  of  Children  born  to  Venezuelan  Parents  in  Colombia: Lawmaking without Convincing Policies," Entramado, vol. 19, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
- The full-text is available in both Spanish and English.

"Doubtful Citizens: Irregularization and Precarious Citizenship in Contemporary India," Chapter in Statelessness in Asia (Cambridge Univ. Press, Forthcoming Aug. 2024) [preprint]

"The Right to Citizenship of Rohingya Children of Bangladeshi Descent Under International Human Rights Law," Statute Law Review, vol. 45, no. 1 (April 2024) [open access]

"Statelessness and Solidarity: Palestinians, Dhofaris, and Saharawis in Tricontinental Media," Bandung, vol. 11, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [Academia]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: 2024 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 21 March 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

Birth Registration as Bordering Practice in Fortress Europe (ENS Blog, March 2024) [text]

Court of Appeal rejects Shamima Begum’s appeal against the deprivation of her British citizenship (Free Movement Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Ending statelessness is achievable," Türk insists: 2024 World Conference on Statelessness (OHCHR, Feb. 2024) [text]
- Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

From Stateless to Citizen: Bosnia and Herzegovina is closing the gap (UN DCO, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Living as Stateless Palestinians in Jordan," Sapiens, 7 March 2024 [text]

A new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality in Africa (GLOBALCIT Blog, March 2024) [text]
- See also related UNHCR press release.

Panama: Risk of Statelessness according to National Census (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [access]

Statelessness through the lens of time (CSS Blog, Feb. 2024) [text]

Multimedia:

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