tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174465472026-05-24T09:23:45.757-04:00Forced Migration Current Awareness<i>A service highlighting open access reports & scholarly materials relating to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and other forced migrants; provided by Elisa Mason</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9378110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-15867273236604482552026-05-22T10:00:00.000-04:002026-05-22T10:13:31.050-04:00Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div>
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Safeguarding Children’s Futures: Addressing children’s experiences of loss
and damage in the context of climate-related (im)mobilities (RID Blog, May
2026) [<a href="https://researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/upended-childhoods-childrens-experiences-of-loss-and-damage-in-the-context-of-climate-related-immobilities/">text</a>]
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When Climate Change Still Matters in Asylum Law: Lessons from United States
and Italian Case Law (RLI Blog, May 2026) [<a href="https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/05/18/when-climate-change-still-matters-in-asylum-law-lessons-from-united-states-and-italian-case-law/">text</a>]
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<div><b>Reports: </b></div>
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"Addressing climate mobility: the role of local and community action,"
Chapter in <i>World Migration Report 2026</i> (IOM, May 2026) [<a href="https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2026-chapter-6">text</a>]
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<div><br /></div><div>Climate, the Environment and Site Management (CCCM Cluster, May 2026) [<a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/world/climate-environment-and-site-management-5-may-2026">text</a> via ReliefWeb]</div><div><br /></div>
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"Climate Change, Migration, and Vulnerability Diplomacy in the Middle
East," <i>Protracted Displacement </i><i>in the Middle East and North Africa</i> (Baker Institute, May 2026)
[<a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/protracted-displacement-middle-east-and-north-africa">access</a>]
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<div>- Scroll to p. 105 of this policy brief series.</div>
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<div>Climate vulnerability at the household level: A behaviorally informed index and its application to refugees in Jordan, HiCN Working Paper, no. 454 (Households in Conflict Network, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404552003_Climate_vulnerability_at_the_household_level_A_behaviorally_informed_index_and_its_application_to_refugees_in_Jordan">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div>
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Regional Symposium on Climate Mobility Approaches to Identifying and
Reducing Risks in Africa, Nairobi, 24-26 March 2026 [<a href="https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/regional-symposium-climate-mobility-approaches-climate-adaptation-africa">access</a>]
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<div>- Follow link for symposium documents.</div>
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When Climate Forces Movement: The Rise of Strategic Litigation for Climate
Migrants, Graz Law Working Paper, no. 09-2026 (Univ. of Graz, May 2026)
[<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6801038">text</a>]
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<div><b>Journal articles & book chapters:</b></div>
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"Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Climate-Induced Migration and
Security," <i>Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales</i>,
vol. 41, no. 4 (2025) [<a href="https://journals.openedition.org/remi/30460">open access</a>]
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"Between the homeless and the uprooted households: legal limits of civil
defense in Rio Grande do Sul in the face of climate disaster displacement
during the 2024 floods," <i>REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana</i>, no. 34 (2026) [<a href="https://www.scielo.br/j/remhu/a/MMDtwd6N4KkbNN5p6kbGmzg/abstract/?lang=en">open access</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Brazil.</div>
<div><br /></div><div>"Exploring the Linkages Between Climate Change, Food Security, Economic Growth, and Migration in Selected Countries," <i>Sustainability</i>, vol. 18, no. 19 (May 2026) [<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18/10/5135">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div>
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"How the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement Fail Climate and
Racial Justice: Time for the Kampala Convention?," Chapter in
<i>Emancipating International Law: Confronting the Violence of Racialized
Boundaries</i>
(Oxford Univ. Press, April 2026) [<a href="https://academic.oup.com/book/62562/chapter/560015775">open access</a>]
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- See also related OpinioJuris
<a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2026/04/30/beyond-containment-confronting-racial-hierarchies-in-international-law-designing-denial-of-reparations-race-the-un-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement-and-climate-idps/">post</a>.
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"Quiet catastrophes: Navigating climate-induced displacement and
marginality in urban Mongolia," <i>Migration Studies</i>, vol. 14,
no. 2 (June 2026) [<a href="https://academic.oup.com/migration/article/14/2/mnag023/8675183">open access</a>]
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<div><i>Related posts:</i></div>
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-
<a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/05/thematic-focus-climate-change-disasters.html">Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (4 May 2026)</a>
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- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/05/thematic-focus-climate-change-disasters_4.html">Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (4 May 2026)</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-72740362018138010992026-05-21T14:15:00.000-04:002026-05-21T14:21:53.563-04:00Thematic Focus: General<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div>
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"Star-studded refugee football team takes the pitch for UN," <i>UN News</i>,
19 May 2026 [<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167552">text</a>]
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Steven Vertovec Appointed President of the New International Panel on
Migration (IPM) (Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, May
2026) [<a href="https://www.mpg.de/26503236/steven-vertovec-appointed-president-of-the-new-international-panel-on-migration-ipm">text</a>]
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<div><b>Reports:</b></div>
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Against the Current: Three Years of Rescuing People in the Mediterranean
(EMERGENCY, May 2026) [<a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/world/against-current-three-years-rescuing-people-mediterranean">text</a>
via ReliefWeb]
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Every Autocrat’s Dream: A Global Snapshot of the Human Rights Harms of US
Foreign Aid Cuts (Human Rights Watch, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/14/us-foreign-aid-cuts-harm-human-rights-globally">text</a>]
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Freedom in the World 2026: The Growing Shadow of Autocracy (Freedom House,
May 2026) [<a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/world/freedom-world-2026-growing-shadow-autocracy">text</a>
via ReliefWeb]
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Global Displacement Forecast 2026 (Danish Refugee Council, April 2026) [<a href="https://drc.ngo/en/documents/global-displacement-forecast/">access</a>]
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- Follow link for this year's report and key findings, as well as access to
previous forecasts. See also recording of
<a href="https://drc.ngo/en/news/global-displacement-forecast-2026/">related webinar</a>.
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<div>UNDP–UNHCR Joint Collaboration Framework 2026–2030 (2026) [<a href="https://www.refworld.org/legal/agreements/undp/2026/151495">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><b>Journal articles:</b></div>
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<div>"From Barriers to Abuse: Border Hardening and Torture,"
<i>International Organization</i> (Forthcoming) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6576681">preprint</a>]</div>
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"Imagining Migratory Futures: The Transnational Chain of Actors in Migration
Information Campaigns Between Africa and Europe," Special collection in
<i>International Migration</i> (2025-2026) [<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-2435.imagining-migratory-futures">access</a>]
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- The
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.70167">editorial</a>
is freely available and four articles are open access.
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"Performing for multiple audiences: Immigration bureaucracies and horizontal
accountability," <i>Migration Studies</i>, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026)
[<a href="https://academic.oup.com/migration/article/14/2/mnag021/8671574">open access</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.</div>
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<div><b>Multimedia:</b></div>
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<div>Thinking Borders: Vicki Squire (Thinking Global Podcast Series, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.e-ir.info/2026/05/04/thinking-global-podcast-thinking-borders-vicki-squire/">access</a>]</div>
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<div><b>Resource:</b></div><div><br /></div>
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<div>Celebrating the new Refugee Studies Centre blog [<a href="https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/celebrating-the-new-refugee-studies-centre-blog">access</a>]</div>
<div>- "A platform for sharing research and reflections on current issues related to forced migration."</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i>Related post:</i></div>
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- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-general.html">Thematic Focus: General (29 April 2026)</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-92032813488810264062026-05-21T09:15:00.000-04:002026-05-21T09:20:08.274-04:00Thematic Focus: Education<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Hope in Exile: Afghan Refugee Children Struggle for Education in Pakistan (Refugee Research Online, April 2026) [<a href="https://refugeeresearchonline.org/hope-in-exile-afghan-refugee-children-struggle-for-education-in-pakistan/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Rohingyas as ‘FDMNs’ in Bangladesh: Implications for their Right to Education (OpinioJuris, May 2026) [<a href="https://opiniojuris.org/2026/05/05/rohingyas-as-fdmns-in-bangladesh-implications-for-their-right-to-education/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Adult English Instruction at Risk: The Threat of Federal Funding Cuts and Potential State Responses (Migration Policy Institute, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/adult-english-instruction-risk">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on the US.</div><div><br /></div><div>Building bridges to the future for displaced Ukrainian youth: A compendium of case studies from Czechia, Poland and Slovakia (Unicef, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.unicef.org/eca/reports/building-bridges-future-displaced-ukrainian-youth">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Completion of upper secondary school among unaccompanied refugee minors and the association with child welfare measures," <i>Children and Youth Services Review</i>, vol. 184 (May 2026) [<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740926001362">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Norway.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Early Childhood Intervention for Children with Disabilities and Syrian Refugee Children in Türkiye: Practices, Policies, and Recommendations," <i>Social Sciences</i>, vol. 15, no. 3 (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/15/3/204">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Educational outcomes of children with an immigrant background: Analyzing immigrant generation, age at immigration, and exogamous background as a unified construct," <i>Migration Studies</i>, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [<a href="https://academic.oup.com/migration/article/14/2/mnag015/8662677">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Finland.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Friendship as relational pedagogy: Syrian refugee children’s experiences of belonging in Scottish schools," <i>Pedagogy, Culture & Society</i>, Latest Articles, 5 May 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681366.2026.2669637">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Navigating educational pathways among randomness and ongoing displacements: experiences of refugee youth in the Austrian education system," <i>International Journal of Inclusive Education</i>, Latest Articles, 30 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2026.2664782">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Ukrainian distance education in double schooling of displaced children: Transnational educational spaces and family agency," <i>European Educational Research Journal</i>, OnlineFirst, 25 March 2026 [<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14749041261424536">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Germany.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-education.html">Thematic Focus: Education (3 April 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-76443896655906305392026-05-20T11:30:00.000-04:002026-05-21T15:58:48.685-04:00Regional Focus: Asia Pacific<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div>
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From coverage to prioritisation: how funding cuts are reshaping operational
decisions in Cox’s Bazar (Humanitarian Practice Network, May 2026) [<a
href="https://odihpn.org/en/publication/from-coverage-to-prioritisation-how-funding-cuts-are-reshaping-operational-decisions-in-coxs-bazar/"
>text</a
>]
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Is New Zealand sliding toward a US-style approach to immigration and asylum?
(The Conversation, May 2026) [<a
href="https://theconversation.com/is-new-zealand-sliding-toward-a-us-style-approach-to-immigration-and-asylum-281861"
>text</a
>]
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Malaysia: New Refugee Registration System Raises Concerns (HRW, May 2026)
[<a
href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/04/malaysia-new-refugee-registration-system-raises-concerns"
>text</a
>]
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Repatriation in Limbo: Bangladesh and the Future of the Rohingya (Observer
Research Foundation, March 2026) [<a
href="https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/repatriation-in-limbo-bangladesh-and-the-future-of-the-rohingya"
>text</a
>]
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<div><b>Reports:</b></div>
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2026-27 Federal Budget: What it means for refugees and people seeking
humanitarian protection (Refugee Council of Australia, May 2026) [<a
href="https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/2026-27-federal-budget-analysis/"
>text</a
>]
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- See also related UNSW
<a
href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2026/05/The-2026-Federal-Budget-and-refugees-and-asylum-seekers"
>comment</a
>.
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Advancing Refugee Protection and Promoting Accountability in Southeast
Asia Through Legal Empowerment and Refugee Leadership (Asylum Access, May
2026) [<a
href="https://asylumaccess.org/advancing-refugee-protection-southeast-asia/"
>access</a
>]
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Afghanistan: Conflict Displacement and Returnee Influx Contingency Plan
2026 (OCHA, May 2026) [<a
href="https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-conflict-displacement-and-returnee-influx-contingency-plan-2026-may-2026"
>text</a
>
via ReliefWeb]
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<div><b>Journal articles:</b></div>
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"Asian diaspora research in <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies</i>, 1978–2025,"
<i>Ethnic and Racial Studies,</i> Latest Articles, 10 April 2026 [<a
href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2026.2645421"
>open access</a
>]
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"The changing landscape of immigration detention in Australia: preventive
‘crimmigration’ and the legislative response to <i>NZYQ</i>,"
<i>International Journal of Refugee Law</i>, Advance Articles, 14 May 2026
[<a
href="https://academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ijrl/eeaf053/8678306"
>open access</a
>]
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"The Medical Border and Australia’s Extraterritorial Asylum Regime,"
<i>UNSW Law Journal</i>, vol. 49 (2026) [<a
href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/unsw-law-journal/2020-2029/2026/Issue%2049(1)%2010%20Dehm.pdf"
>full-text</a
>]
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"The Rohingya crisis and geopolitical tensions driving the failure of
humanitarian governance and legal accountability among refugees in
Bangladesh," <i>Geopsychiatry</i>, vol. 3 (June 2026) [<a
href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050713826000458"
>open access</a
>]
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<div><i>Related post:</i></div>
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- <a
href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/regional-focus-asia-pacific_30.html"
>Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (30 April 2026)</a
>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-10010604232830105462026-05-20T11:15:00.000-04:002026-05-20T11:15:33.567-04:00Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>"The humanitarian system celebrates refugee-led organisations, then starves them," <i>The New Humanitarian</i>, 28 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026/04/28/humanitarian-system-celebrates-refugee-led-organisations-then-starves-them">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Middle East crisis ripple effects strain aid efforts beyond region (UNHCR, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-middle-east-crisis-ripple-effects-strain-aid-efforts-beyond-region">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Health in a World of Crises and Impunity (Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health–<i>Lancet</i> Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00564-7/abstract">info</a>]</div><div>- Note: Unfortunately, the report itself is not open access, but apparently, users can register for free to read the text. Otherwise, the <a href="https://healthconflictcommission.org/the-report/">companion website</a> offers executive summaries and policy briefs. A number of <a href="https://healthconflictcommission.org/report-launch/">launch events</a> have also been scheduled. See also related <i>TNH</i> <a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/05/20/new-blueprint-transforming-aid-will-it-fly">article</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Standby Partnerships Report 2025 (UNHCR, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/media/standby-partnerships-report-2025">text</a>]</div></div><div><br /></div><div>The state of international humanitarian funding to local and national actors (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, May 2026) [<a href="https://odi.org/en/publications/the-state-of-international-humanitarian-funding-to-local-and-national-actors/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Advocating for a ‘New International Humanitarian Order’: Reform in the Name of Humanity and the Planet during the 1980s," <i>Journal of Humanitarian Affairs</i>, Ahead-of-Print, 14 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/journals/jha/aop/article-10.7227-JHA.140/article-10.7227-JHA.140.xml">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Aiding peace or conflict? The impact of USAID cuts on violence," <i>Science</i>, vol. 392, no. 6799 (May 2026) [<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aed6802">free full-text</a>]</div><div>- See also <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeh7122">related commentary</a> and NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/g-s1-122281/u-s-aid-usaid-trump-violence">article</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Caring humanitarian leadership: Exploring practices through real life experiences," <i>The Humanitarian Leader</i>, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [<a href="https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/thl/article/view/2328">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Rhetoric vs. reality: The meaningful participation of migrants in humanitarian action," <i>The Humanitarian Leader</i>, vol. 8, no. 1 (2026) [<a href="https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/thl/article/view/2345">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Strategies for closing humanitarian programs ethically: insights from a scoping review and analysis of endline reports from the Canadian Red Cross," <i>Journal of International Humanitarian Action</i>, 11:11 (May 2026) [<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41018-026-00197-0">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Voice Out Loud</i>, no. 40 (Dec. 2025) [<a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/world/voice-out-loud-40-fragility-cost-inaction-december-2025">full-text</a> via ReliefWeb] </div><div>- Issue theme is "Fragility: The Cost of Inaction."</div></div><div><br /></div><div>"Where Are Workers? Centring Logistics Labour in Humanitarian Aid Analyses," <i>Journal of Humanitarian Affairs</i>, Ahead-of-Print, 14 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/journals/jha/aop/article-10.7227-JHA.141/article-10.7227-JHA.141.xml">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multimedia:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>What it means for humanitarians to be political (Rethinking Humanitarianism, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/2026/05/07/rethinking-humanitarianism-what-it-means-humanitarians-be-political">access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related posts:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-humanitarian-assistance.html">Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (27 April 2026)</a></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-humanitarian-assistance_27.html">Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2 (27 April 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-5909421926698516852026-05-19T11:45:00.000-04:002026-05-19T11:58:24.613-04:00Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2<div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Everyday cosmopolitanism of refugee entrepreneurs," <i>International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research</i>, vol. 32, no. 11 (Dec. 2026) [<a href="https://www.emerald.com/ijebr/article/32/11/113/1362266">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Finland.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Institutional Ethnography of Mismatched Paths: Refugee Professionals’ Struggles to Reintegrate into Their Former Professions in Norway," <i>Journal of International Migration and Integration</i>, Latest Articles, 7 May 2026 [<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-026-01391-0">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"The Meaning of Work for Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil: Job Crafting as a Strategy for Inclusion and Professional Development," <i>Social Sciences</i>, vol. 15, no. 5 (May 2026) [<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/15/5/315">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Mental well-being among Syrian refugee workers in Lebanon: a multidimensional approach," <i>Journal of Global Health</i>, vol. 16 (2026) [<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13002169/">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Situated agency in precarious labor: intersectional insights from women in Lebanon’s informal economy," <i>Gender in Management</i>, EarlyCite, 4 May 2026 [<a href="https://www.emerald.com/gm/article/doi/10.1108/GM-01-2026-0054/1363419">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Unequal returns: gendered and origin-based disparities in initial refugee employment trajectories in Germany," <i>Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies</i>, Latest Articles, 10 May 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2026.2669616">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on refugees from Ukraine and MENA.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Work Authorization as a Due Process Interest in Property: How Procedural Due Process Can Be Used to Protect the Work Authorization of Beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status Program," <i>Georgetown Immigration Law Journal</i>, vol. 40, no. 1 (2025) [<a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/immigration-law-journal/in-print/volume-40-number-1-fall-2025/work-authorization-as-a-due-process-interest-in-property-how-procedural-due-process-can-be-used-to-protect-the-work-authorization-of-beneficiaries-of-the-temporary-protected-status-program/">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/05/thematic-focus-workeconomic-aspects-pt-1.html">Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (19 May 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-31496572949919222662026-05-19T11:30:00.000-04:002026-05-20T09:52:56.046-04:00Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Does the ban on asylum seekers working actually work? (UK in a Changing Europe Blog, April 2026) [<a href="https://ukandeu.ac.uk/does-the-ban-on-asylum-seekers-working-actually-work/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Immigrants Pay More in Taxes Than the Average Person (CATO At Liberty Blog, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/immigrants-pay-more-taxes-average-person">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on the US.</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPORTUNITY: IRC and partners roll out a pioneering approach to supporting Ukrainian entrepreneurs in Poland and Germany (IRC, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.rescue.org/eu/press-release/opportunity-irc-and-partners-roll-out-pioneering-approach-supporting-ukrainian">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Policy Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency: A Comparative Study of Syrian Refugees (Refugee Research Online, May 2026) [<a href="https://refugeeresearchonline.org/policy-pathways-to-economic-self-sufficiency-a-comparative-study-of-syrian-refugees/">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Jordan and Turkey.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Refugee entrepreneurs and the illusion of financial inclusion," <i>The New Humanitarian</i>, 19 May 2026 [<a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026/05/19/refugee-entrepreneurs-and-illusion-financial-inclusion">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Kenya.</div><div><br /></div><div>Refugee youth call for stronger investment in skills and decent work at ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 (ILO, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/refugee-youth-call-stronger-investment-skills-and-decent-work-ecosoc-youth">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Building Evidence to Enhance the Welfare of Refugees and Host Communities in Kenya: Insights from Two Rounds of the Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic Study (World Bank, Feb. 2026) [<a href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/75199b84-9734-4b75-a06b-fc3788c29cdc">text</a>]</div><div>- See also related <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/05/18/as-aid-shrinks-jobs-become-central-to-self-reliance-for-host-communities-and-refugees-in-kenya">news story</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Creating Inclusive Urban Economies for Migrants and Refugees (Migration Policy Institute, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/inclusive-urban-economies">text</a>]</div><div>- See also related <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/cities-economic-inclusion-migrants-refugees">press release</a> and webinar <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/future-ready-cities-immigrant-inclusion">video recording</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Labour mobility for skilled refugees: Improving outcomes for regional Australia (Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2026/05/new-policy-brief--how-skilled-refugee-pathways-can-support-regio">access</a>]</div><div>- See also <a href="https://theconversation.com/we-need-more-staff-regional-employers-are-hiring-but-we-are-closing-the-door-to-skilled-migrant-workers-283063">related post</a> on The Conversation.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>The ramifications of aid cuts on refugee lives: Case of the Differentiated Assistance (DA) model and the Shirika Plan in Kenya, IDOS Policy Brief, no. 9 (German Institute of Development and Sustainability, 2026) [<a href="https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/idospb/340852.html">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-workeconomic-aspects.html">Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (28 April 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-57228425130600530522026-05-19T09:00:00.000-04:002026-05-19T09:00:12.859-04:00Regional Focus: MENA<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Despite announced ceasefire, more people are forced to flee their homes in Lebanon (UNHCR, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-despite-announced-ceasefire-more-people-are-forced-flee-their-homes">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Middle East crisis ripple effects strain aid efforts beyond region (UNHCR, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-middle-east-crisis-ripple-effects-strain-aid-efforts-beyond-region">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today’s catastrophe is worse," <i>AP News</i>, 15 May 2026 [<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nakba-israel-palestinians-gaza-war-hamas-4230f1ef1a1a36a1f72b664b1ae12acf">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Tunisia: End Abusive Prosecution of Refugee Aid Workers (HRW, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/11/tunisia-end-abusive-prosecution-of-refugee-aid-workers">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Where Iranians are going under fire – a real‑time picture of displacement (The Conversation, May 2026) [<a href="https://theconversation.com/where-iranians-are-going-under-fire-a-real-time-picture-of-displacement-281353">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>An Analysis of Afghan Onward Movements from Iran to Türkiye (UNHCR, May 2026) [<a href="https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/122372">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Deaths and Displacement in Lebanon: Update on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon (OHCHR, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/deaths-and-displacement-lebanon-update-human-rights-situation-lebanon">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Overview Report: Practices and policies affecting human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,</div><div>including East Jerusalem (7 October 2023 – 31 May 2025) (OHCHR, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/overview-report-practices-and-policies-affecting-human-rights-occupied">text</a>]</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Protracted Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa (Baker Institute, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/protracted-displacement-middle-east-and-north-africa">text</a>]</div><div>- A compilation of nine briefs that "examine innovative approaches and state strategies for addressing long-term displacement — from refugee-led responses in Lebanon to climate-focused diplomacy in Egypt and Jordan, and alternative pathways in the United Arab Emirates — offering lessons on governance, inclusion, and durable solutions."</div><div><br /></div><div>Syrian refugees in Turkey: real prospects for returning to Syria?, Les Analyses du CERI (SciencesPo, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/news/syrian-refugees-in-turkey-real-prospects-for-returning-to-syria/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div>"Navigating access barriers: Strategies for Syrian refugees confronting healthcare challenges in Jordan - A qualitative approach," <i>PLOS Glob Public Health</i> 6(5): e0006136 (May 2026) [<a href="https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0006136">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"The Prohibition on Forced Displacement, the Right to Leave, <i>Non-Refoulement</i> and the Right to Return: Four Sides of the Same Coin?," <i>International & Comparative Law Quarterly</i>, vol. 75, no. 1 (2026) [<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-and-comparative-law-quarterly/article/prohibition-on-forced-displacement-the-right-to-leave-nonrefoulement-and-the-right-to-return-four-sides-of-the-same-coin/F647D9330B0723ED1D7958C8E3C2C670">open access</a>]</div><div>- "The article posits that a future realisation of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination has been coopted by external actors as a justification for infringing, in an immediate and tangible sense, the individual rights of Gazans to leave the strip in order to seek and to enjoy elsewhere protection from rights violations... ."</div><div><br /></div></div><div><i>Related posts:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/05/thematic-focus-gender-related-issues-pt_11.html">Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (MENA) (11 May 2026)</a></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/regional-focus-mena_28.html">Regional Focus: MENA (28 April 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-66216533128652499032026-05-15T09:15:00.000-04:002026-05-15T09:21:06.141-04:00Thematic Focus: Solutions<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Beyond Progressive Law: Ethiopia’s CRRF Commitments, Protracted Displacement, and the Structural Limits of Durable Solutions (RLI Blog, May 2026) [<a href="https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/05/06/beyond-progressive-law-ethiopias-crrf-commitments-protracted-displacement-and-the-structural-limits-of-durable-solutions/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Fifty years on, Lam Tac Tam reflects on life in Australia as the first Vietnamese refugee to arrive by boat," <i>The Guardian</i>, 25 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/26/australia-vietnamese-refugee-boat-fifty-years">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Not Without Housing, Security, and Social Stability: What Quantitative Modeling of Return Movements across Three Crisis Contexts Tells Us about Resolving Internal Displacement (RID Blog, May 2026) [<a href="https://researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/not-without-housing-security-and-social-stability-what-quantitative-modeling-of-return-movements-across-three-crisis-contexts-tells-us-about-resolving-internal-displacement/">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Iraq, Syria, and Sudan.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"The End of Refugee Resettlement," <i>The New Yorker</i>, 14 May 2026 [<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-jordan/the-end-of-refugee-resettlement">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on the US.</div><div><br /></div><div>Feedback on "<a href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-publications/submissions-and-discussion-papers/australias-humanitarian-program-2026-27#">Australia’s Humanitarian Program 2026-27</a>"</div><div>- The Australian government undertakes an annual consultation process regarding its humanitarian program. Here are examples of two submissions for the current year, from the <a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/kaldor/submissions/2026-03-kaldor-centre-submission-home-affairs-humanitarian-program-2026-2027.pdf">Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law</a> and the <a href="https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/defending-australias-legacy-humanitarian-program/">Refugee Council of Australia</a>. To view many more, simply <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=submission+Australia%E2%80%99s+Humanitarian+Program+2026-27&newwindow=1&sca_esv=87c8de793b4e90f9&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS862US862&sxsrf=ANbL-n5zyTrJu8cjicI8Bn09coHpeDOJxQ:1778851169796&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:m&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt4NWAsbuUAxVvmYkEHdJrAgAQpwV6BAgKEAk&biw=1536&bih=695&dpr=1.25">search</a> on >submission Australia’s Humanitarian Program 2026-27<.</div><div><br /></div><div>Transitioning from Temporary Protection: Projected Stay, Legal Pathways, and Policy Options for Refugees from Ukraine (UNHCR, May 2026) [<a href="https://www.refworld.org/reference/repcomp/unhcr/2026/151443">text</a>]</div><div><div><br /></div><div>"Ukrainian Refugees in Europe," <i>Ukrainian Analytical Digest</i>, no. 18 (Center for Security Studies et al., 2026) [<a href="https://css.ethz.ch/en/publications/uad/uad-all-issues/details.html?id=/n/o/1/8/no_18_ukrainian_refugees_in_europenr_18_">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"The Hidden Structure of Support: The Role of Vertical Bonding Ties for Refugees," <i>Journal of International Migration and Integration</i>, Latest Articles, 14 May 2026 [<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-026-01395-w">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on North Korean refugees in London.</div><div><br /></div><div>"The Relationship Between Structural Deregulation and Social Regulation: A Case Study of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program," <i>Georgetown Immigration Law Journal</i>, vol. 40, no. 2 (Winter 2026) [<a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/immigration-law-journal/in-print/volume-40-number-2-winter-2026/the-relationship-between-structural-deregulation-and-social-regulation-a-case-study-of-the-u-s-refugee-admissions-program/">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Settlement intentions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: Adhering to social status back home or restarting again abroad?," <i>Demographic Research</i>, vol. 54 (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/54/16">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Teoría y praxis de la regularización de migrantes: un esquema y un caso para su comprensión dinámica y crítica," <i>REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana</i>, vol. 34 (2026) [<a href="https://www.scielo.br/j/remhu/a/GdN9xMxL8crN5wLBKKSSCbJ/abstract/?lang=es">open access</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Venezuelans in Argentina. </div><div><br /></div><div>"The United Kingdom’s Ukraine Schemes and the Case for a Safe Passage Visa: At-Risk People, So-Called ‘Safe and Legal Routes’, and the Refugee Convention," <i>Laws</i>, vol. 15, no. 2 (April 2026) [<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/15/2/33">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-solutions.html">Thematic Focus: Solutions (28 April 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-57038029281965072672026-05-14T12:30:00.000-04:002026-05-14T14:49:17.884-04:00Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2<div style="text-align: left;">
<div><b>Journal articles & book chapters:</b></div>
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<i>Geopolitics</i>, vol. 31, no. 2 (2026) [<a href="ttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/31/2">contents</a>]
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- Special issue on "Questioning the Safe Haven: Interdisciplinary
Inquiries into Violence in Refugee Reception and Settlement," with a focus
on Europe; the introduction and eight articles are open access.
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<div><br /></div><div>"(Im)mobile islanders: protection seekers enacting and imagining onward movements from Malta," <i>Territory, Politics, Governance,</i> Latest Articles, 8 May 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21622671.2026.2660787">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div>
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"Islands of Solidarity? Migration and Activism in Malta,"
<i>Geopolitics</i>, vol. 31, no. 2 (2026) [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14650045.2025.2511206">open access</a>]
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- Note: This article appears in the <i>Geopolitics</i> issue listed above, but
it is not a part of the special issue.
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"'It Makes Sense': Credibility and Impartiality in an Interpreter-Mediated
Asylum Case in Court," Chapter in
<i>Power, Mobility and Voice: Jan Blommaert's Unfinished Business</i>
(Multilingual Matters, 2026) [<a href="https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_chapter_edited/jj.36309443.20?seq=1">open access</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Denmark.</div>
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"The Logistics of Settlement in Racial Capitalism: Migrant Dispersal,
Algorithms and the Struggle for Relationality," Chapter in
<i>Racial Capitalism: In the Shadow of the Swedish Model</i> (Brill, April
2026) [<a href="https://brill.com/display/book/9789004757639/BP000014.xml">open access</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Sweden and Germany.</div>
<div><br /></div>
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"Longing for Something Better: The Temporal Dimension in the Migration
Narratives of Iraqi Asylum Seekers," <i>Journal of International Migration and Integration</i>, Latest Articles, 12 May 2026 [<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-026-01396-9">open access</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Finland.</div>
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"Refugee Settlement Policy within a Racial Capitalist Housing Market,"
Chapter in
<i>Racial Capitalism: In the Shadow of the Swedish Model</i> (Brill, April
2026) [<a href="https://brill.com/display/book/9789004757639/BP000015.xml">open access</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Sweden.</div>
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"Social Networks and Agency in Forced Migration from Ukraine to
Switzerland," <i>Global Networks</i>, vol. 26, no. 3 (July 2026) [<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/glob.70056">open access</a>]
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<div><i>Related post:</i></div>
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<a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/05/regional-focus-europe-pt-1_01668792360.html">Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (14 May 2026)</a>
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