tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174465472026-04-17T02:53:21.393-04:00Forced 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.comBlogger9334110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-18453565897046280202026-04-13T11:15:00.000-04:002026-04-13T11:21:51.367-04:00Admin: April Break<div style="text-align: left;">This blog will be quiet for the next 10 days or so.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-30789826683793205202026-04-13T10:30:00.000-04:002026-04-13T10:37:22.705-04:00Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>In a high stakes environment, AI is failing asylum seekers (The Interpreter, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/high-stakes-environment-ai-failing-asylum-seekers">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>IOM and Google Cloud Team Up to Bring AI-Powered Planning to Communities in Crisis (IOM, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.iom.int/news/iom-and-google-cloud-team-bring-ai-powered-planning-communities-crisis">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports & book chapters:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Artificial Intelligence in Humanitarian Action (ReliefWeb) [<a href="https://reliefweb.int/topic/artificial-intelligence-humanitarian-action">access</a>]</div><div>- New topic in ReliefWeb.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>How are humanitarians using artificial intelligence? (Humanitarian Leadership Academy & Data Friendly Space, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.humanitarianleadershipacademy.org/news/75-percent-of-humanitarians-now-use-ai-regularly-yet-fewer-than-one-in-ten-work-in-an-organisation-where-ai-is-widely-integrated/">access</a>]</div><div>- Follow link for briefing notes in English, French and Spanish, and access to the data dashboard.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>"Policy Perspectives on AI Use for Asylum-Related Assessment Processes in Germany," Chapter in <i>Participatory Modelling and Simulation to Improve AI-based Public Social Services: Scientific Advice for Policy and Practice</i> (Springer, March 2026) [<a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-15283-1_9">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div>Reinventing humanitarian aid procurement for the age of AI (Access Now, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/ai-infiltrating-humanitarian-aid/">access</a>]</div><div><div>- Follow link for report and appendix.</div><div><br /></div><div>Security at the Border? The Lived Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK, Presentation at the ACM CHI 2026 Conference, Barcelona, 13-17 April 2026 [<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17280">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Using Agent-Based Modelling to Explore Possible Implications of AI Use in the Asylum Procedure in Germany," Chapter in <i>Participatory Modelling and Simulation to Improve AI-based Public Social Services: Scientific Advice for Policy and Practice</i> (Springer, March 2026) [<a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-15283-1_4">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Artificial intelligence and climate migration equity," <i>Humanities and Social Sciences Communications</i>, 13:374 (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-07087-1">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Digital Literacy as Capital: Syrian Migrant Women's ICT Utilization and Social Cohesion in Türkiye," <i>International Migration</i>, vol. 64, no. 3 (May 2026) [<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.70164">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"(Re)considering Generative AI in Border Studies: Emerging Trajectories and Methods," <i>Journal of Borderlands Studies</i>, Latest Articles, 22 March 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2026.2643839">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"The role of the media in the process of young refugees’ integration and identity in the host country: An exploratory study of the Portuguese case," <i>First Monday</i>, vol. 31, no. 4 (2026) [<a href="https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/14661">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Virtual Care and Compassion for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review," <i>Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health</i>, Latest Articles, 6 April 2026 [<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-026-01907-x">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multimedia:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Is AI a future panacea or problem for refugee law?, 18 March 2026 [<a href="https://rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/videos-podcasts/ai-future-panacea-problem-refugee-law">access</a>] - </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/03/thematic-focus-icts-other-technologies.html">Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (26 March 2026)</a> </div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-49088504031421402562026-04-11T15:15:00.005-04:002026-04-11T15:30:27.160-04:00Regional Focus: United States<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador (The Conversation, April 2026) [<a href="https://theconversation.com/philadelphias-40-year-history-of-protecting-undocumented-immigrants-began-with-churches-hiding-refugees-from-el-salvador-278756">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div>Trump Restrictions on Legal Immigration Could Sharply Reduce U.S. Population Growth (MPI, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/trump-legal-immigration-cuts-us-population-growth">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>U.S. Third-Country Deportation Agreements Are More About Fear than Numbers (MPI, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/us-third-country-deportation-agreements">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>USCIS Ends Some “Holds,” Including on Certain Asylum Seekers (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [<a href="https://asylumist.com/2026/04/08/uscis-ends-some-holds-including-on-certain-asylum-seekers/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>**Visit the <a href="https://migrationbrief.substack.com/">Americas Migration Brief</a> and <a href="https://immprof.com/">ImmProf Blog</a> for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.**</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>"Advice without Lawyers? Immigrants, Legal Deserts, and Reflections on Who Can Practice Law," <i>William & Mary Law Review</i>, vol. 68 (Forthcoming, 2027) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6401138">preprint</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Best Practices for Community-Engaged Research: Navigating Trust and Resistance in Challenging Sociopolitical Contexts," <i>International Journal of Qualitative Methods</i>, 14 March 2026 [<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/16094069261436018">open access</a>]</div><div>- "This methodological article synthesizes ethical challenges, safety concerns, and field-informed strategies for conducting qualitative, community-engaged research with migrant populations during periods of heightened immigration enforcement."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Desirable Mootness: How 'Making Moot' is a Tactic in Immigration Mandamus Claims," <i>UC Davis Social Justice Law Review</i>, vol. 29, no. 2 (Summer 2025) [<a href="https://sjlr.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/29/2/desirable-mootness-how-making-moot-tactic-immigration-mandamus-claims">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Drones, Drugs, and Deportations: The New War on Terror," <i>West Virginia Law Review</i>, vol. 129 (Forthcoming) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6432778">preprint</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Protection as Punishment: Victim Relief in the Crimmigration State," <i>California Law Review</i>, vol. 115 (Forthcoming, 2027) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6360838">preprint</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Punitive Exile," <i>Denver Law Review</i> (Forthcoming, 2027) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6460638">preprint</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Multimedia:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Is the Dignity Act "Amnesty"? My Conversation with Ashley DeAzevedo and Rebecca Shi, 10 April 2026 [<a href="https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/is-the-dignity-act-amnesty-my-conversation">access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Resources:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Immigration Court Data: Latest Outcomes for Immigrants in Court (Mobile Pathways) [<a href="https://www.mobilepathways.org/immigration-court-data">access</a>]</div></div><div>- Provides information and data relating to court appearances, asylum applications, immigration judges, and removal orders.</div><div><br /></div><div>Third Country Deportation Watch (Human Rights First & Refugees International) [<a href="https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/">access</a>]</div><div>- "This tracker explains the U.S. third country transfer agreements, the political and financial motives behind them, and the harms they have caused – as well as relevant lawsuits and other efforts to challenge them." See also related <i>AP</i> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-deportation-57084b48328548fbfda3355aa933913b">article</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Third Country Deportations Tracker (USCRI) [<a href="https://refugees.org/tcdtracker/">access</a>]</div></div><div>- "This page compiles publicly available information on third country deportations from the United States, and Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs) and their impact on asylum seekers."</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Related posts:</i><br />- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-detention-united-states.html">Thematic Focus: Detention (United States)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/regional-focus-united-states-pt-1.html">Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (2 April 2026)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/regional-focus-united-states-pt-2.html">Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (2 April 2026)</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-8692443802907239172026-04-10T14:45:00.001-04:002026-04-10T15:07:21.458-04:00Opportunities: More April & May 2026<div style="text-align: left;"><div>Webinar: A System Under Strain: Can Refugee Protection Keep Pace with Global Displacement?, <b>14 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/system-under-strain-can-refugee-protection-keep-pace-global-displacement">info</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Launch event: Promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees: UK launch of a manifesto to stop the inhumanity at Europe's borders, London/Online, <b>16 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://www.uel.ac.uk/about-uel/news/2026/april/new-manifesto-stop-inhumanity-europes-borders">info</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Call for registration: Community Resistance: Immigration Law in the Face of Mass Deportation & Repression, <i>UC Davis Immigration & Nationality Law Review</i> Symposium, Davis, CA, <b>17 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://law.ucdavis.edu/events/community-resistance-immigration-law-face-mass-deportation-repression">info</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Call for applications: 2026 Displaced Scholars Peer Mentoring Program [<a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=FORCED-MIGRATION;78f41063.2604">info</a>]</div><div>- Apply by <b>19 April 2026</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Webinar: Between Commitment and Implementation: Refugee Protection in East Africa, <b>21 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/between-commitment-and-implementation-refugee-protection-east-africa">info</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Webinar: Forced Migration in Latin America: Challenges and Creative Solutions, <b>28 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/forced-migration-latin-america-challenges-and-creative-solutions">info</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Webinar: Borders, Responsibility, and Refugee Governance in a Changing Protection Landscape, <b>4 May 2026</b> [<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/borders-responsibility-and-refugee-governance-changing-protection-landscape">info</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>CFP: Emerging Perspectives Essay Competition [<a href="https://mixedmigration.org/publications/mmr/2026/">info</a>]</div><div>- Submit abstracts by <b>5 May 2026</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Call for applications: ARC Laureate Fellowship: PhD Scholarships on Evacuations, UNSW Law & Justice [<a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/study/postgraduate-research/doctor-philosophy-phd/arc-laureate-fellowship-phd-scholarships-on-evacuations">info</a>]</div><div>- Apply by <b>18 May 2026</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>CFP: <i>REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana</i> [<a href="https://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/announcement/view/52">info</a>]</div><div>- Contributions sought for a dossier on "Migration and Aging." Submit manuscripts in English, French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish by <b>31 May 2026</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/opportunities-more-april-2026-new-may.html">Opportunities: More April 2026 & New May 2026</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-16129153227353432272026-04-10T14:30:00.000-04:002026-04-10T14:31:50.881-04:00Regional Focus: Africa<div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Opportunity:</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Webinar: Between Commitment and Implementation: Refugee Protection in East Africa, <b>21 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/between-commitment-and-implementation-refugee-protection-east-africa">info</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Short pieces:</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Amid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran is Starving Sudan (Just Security, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/135989/war-iran-starving-sudan/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Basic Services and Humanitarian Support Amidst Conflict: To Whom to Turn as a Congolese IDP? (RID Blog, April 2026) [<a href="https://researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/basic-services-and-humanitarian-support-amidst-conflict-to-whom-to-turn-as-a-congolese-idp/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"DRC joins US list of third-country deportation destinations," <i>DW</i>, 6 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/congo-joins-us-list-of-third-country-deportation-destinations/a-76682094">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Funding shortfalls put lifelines at risk for Sudanese refugees in Chad (WFP, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.wfp.org/news/funding-shortfalls-put-lifelines-risk-sudanese-refugees-chad">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Three years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move (UNHCR, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/three-years-war-weary-sudanese-remain-move">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Trade in all directions: How wars, crime and instability are fueling and expanding migration routes across Africa (InfoMigrants, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/70717/trade-in-all-directions-how-wars-crime-and-instability-are-fueling-and-expanding-migration-routes-across-africa">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement," <i>The Guardian</i>, 2 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/uganda-receives-first-us-deportation-flight-under-third-country-agreement">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>New open access book:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda: Agency, Gender, and Politics of Self-Organizing in Exile</i> (McGill-Queen’s University Press, April 2026) [<a href="https://carleton.scholaris.ca/items/5d0c883e-a609-4fb7-8cbc-a8d194707813">open access</a>]</div><div>- "Self-organization plays an essential yet often overlooked role in the everyday lives of refugees in exile. By self-organizing, they challenge restrictions, claim political representation, foster social relations and belonging, and create ongoing economic opportunities. While government authorities and aid organizations are supposed to provide protection and assistance, refugees often continue to face adversities, restrictions, and risks, prompting them to establish and maintain their own support systems. Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda offers nuanced insight into the problems arising from the aid system and especially the significance of the spectrum of informal and formalized self-organizations. [The authors] draw on a gender-sensitive understanding of relational agency and situated knowledge and use empirical research in Uganda’s camp Kyaka II and the capital, Kampala, to reveal how individuals collectively contribute to their own support in times of emergency and in everyday life."</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b><i>Reports:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>The case for large cash transfers: supporting refugees to meet basic needs and build resilience (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [<a href="https://odi.org/en/publications/the-case-for-large-cash-transfers-supporting-refugees-to-meet-basic-needs-and-build-resilience/">text</a>]</div><div>- Focuses on Uganda.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Exhausted: Three years of displacement and the collapse of survival systems in Sudan and the region (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.nrc.no/resources/reports/exhausted-three-years-of-displacement-and-the-collapse-of-survival-systems-in-sudan-and-the-region">text</a>]</div><div>- See also related <a href="https://www.nrc.no/news/2026/sudan-war-refugees-pushed-into-hunger-as-livelihoods-collapse-across-the-region">news release</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Somali systems: from aid-centred to state-led crisis response (ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, April 2026) [<a href="https://odi.org/en/publications/somali-systems-from-aid-centred-to-state-led-crisis-response/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Journal articles:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Authoritarian legacies: how 1970s African dictators shaped contemporary refugee policies," <i>Third World Quarterly</i>, Latest Articles, 14 March 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2026.2636129">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Forced migrant arrivals can reduce political trust in African host communities," <i>World Development</i>, vol. 203 (July 2026) [<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X26000859">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"'Human beings should not be deported': The Horn of Africa’s hegemon contests the EU’s norm to readmit," <i>Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies</i>, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2026.2633670">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Nigeria Aims to Capitalize on Regional Integration amid Evolving Emigration Patterns," <i>Migration Information Source</i>, 8 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/nigeria-profile-immigration-emigration">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Trajectories of migration aspirations through urban and temporal lenses: rethinking (im)mobility decision-making in Dakar, Senegal," <i>Comparative Migration Studies</i>, 14:21 (April 2026) [<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40878-026-00537-4">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/03/regional-focus-africa.html">Regional Focus: Africa (27 March 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-31667552603026511882026-04-10T12:30:00.001-04:002026-04-11T15:27:52.427-04:00Thematic Focus: Detention (United States)<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beyond the Official ICE Detention Death Count (Austin Kocher Substack, April 2026) [<a href="https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/beyond-the-official-ice-detention">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>- See also <a href="https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-full-story-behind-deaths-in-ice">video</a> of related discussion, as well as other <a href="https://austinkocher.substack.com/t/detention">detention-related posts</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Court Blocks Unlawful National Refugee Detention Policy (IRAP, March 2026) [<a href="https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/court-blocks-unlawful-national-refugee-detention-policy">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>US/El Salvador: Deportees Forcibly Disappeared (HRW, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/16/us/el-salvador-deportees-forcibly-disappeared">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reports & journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"A Case Against Mass Deportation: The Japanese American Internment Camps and Recent Treatment of <i>Korematsu</i>," <i>UC Law Journal</i>, vol. 77, no. 2 (2026) [<a href="https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol77/iss2/6/">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention: A Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and 2025 Update (SSRN, March 2026) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6426316">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>*Illegal Immigrant Incarceration Rates, 2010–2024: The Demographics of American Imprisonment, Briefing Paper, no. 198 (CATO Institute, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/illegal-immigrant-incarceration-rates-2010-2024-demographics-american-imprisonment">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Legal Lipstick on Extraordinary Rendition: A Legal Analysis of U.S. Counterterrorism Tactics Recast as Third Country Deportation, Prague Law Working Paper, no. 2026/I/5 (Charles University, April 2026) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6505323">text</a>]</div><div>- Posits that the "Trump Administration’s third country deportations to El Salvador constitute a contemporary form of extraordinary rendition," i.e., "the transfer of individuals from one country to another for the purpose of detention."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Liberty Lost: Establishing Constitutional Boundaries for Migrant Detention," <i>Minnesota Law Review</i>, vol. 111 (Forthcoming, 2026) [<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6277138">preprint</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Resurrecting Immigration Releases," <i>Yale Law Journal</i>, vol. 135, no. 5 (2026) [<a href="https://yalelawjournal.org/article/resurrecting-immigration-releases">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Swallowing Razors, Gouging Their Eyes Out: The Detainee Treatment Act and Eighth Amendment Protections for Asylum Seekers in Segregated Isolation," <i>Columbia Human Rights Law Review</i>, vol. 56, no. 2 (Winter 2024; posted Feb. 2026) [<a href="https://hrlr.law.columbia.edu/hrlr/swallowing-razors-gouging-their-eyes-outthe-detainee-treatment-act-and-eighth-amendment-protections-for-asylum-seekers-in-segregated-isolationswallowing-razors/">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multimedia:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Immigrant Detention (Unsettled Podcast Series, March 2026) [<a href="https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-5-immigration-detention/">access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Resource:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>ICE Fiscal Year-to-Date (FYTD) Detention Statistics (Vera Institute) [<a href="https://github.com/vera-institute/ice-fytd-stats">access</a>]</div></div><div>- "This repository contains datasets originating from statistical reports published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), archived by Vera and originally published at: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 'Detention Statistics,' https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management#stats. The repository includes both the raw files published by ICE and Vera’s cleaned, panel-formatted datasets derived from that data."</div><div><br /></div><div><b>*UPDATED</b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/03/thematic-focus-detention.html">Thematic Focus: Detention (25 March 2026)</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-75920226128097895922026-04-09T13:00:00.001-04:002026-04-10T12:36:53.675-04:00Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Journal articles:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Anti-Effectiveness and Potency in the Residue of Power: Reflecting on an Overlooked International Human Rights Agreement," <i>Nordic Journal of Human Rights</i>, vol. 44, no. 1 (2026) [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18918131.2026.2622224">open access</a>]</div><div><div>- Focuses on the 1985 UN General Assembly Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live (DHRN). </div><div><br /></div><div><div>"Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations? The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part I)," <i>Questions of International Law = Questioni di Diritto Internazionale</i> (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.qil-qdi.org/bridges-and-shields-in-the-law-of-immunity-of-international-organizations-the-2025-icjs-advisory-opinion-and-the-issue-of-unrwas-immunities/">open access</a>]</div><div>- Introduction to Part 1 of the Zoom-in. Part 1 includes "<a href="https://www.qil-qdi.org/united-nations-immunities-abuses-and-disputes-settlement/">United Nations’ immunities</a>: Abuses and disputes settlement" and "<a href="https://www.qil-qdi.org/the-inviolability-of-the-united-nations-in-armed-conflicts-international-humanitarian-law-and-the-icjs-unrwa-advisory-opinion/">The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts</a>: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion."</div><div>- Part II has not yet been posted.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>"But for Borders: The Protection Gap for Internally Displaced Persons," <i>NYU Journal of International Law and Politics</i>, vol. 57, no. 2 (Spring 2025) [<a href="https://nyujilp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/5.-Sinha_But-For-Borders_Formatted_EDT-2.pdf">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Deportation as Torture," <i>NYU Journal of International Law and Politics</i>, vol. 57, no. 2 (Spring 2025) [<a href="https://nyujilp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/4.-Bossow_Article_Formatted_EDT-2.pdf">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>*"The Humanitarian Lawyers," <i>Yale Law Journal</i>, vol. 135, no. 5 (March 2026) [<a href="https://yalelawjournal.org/article/humanitarian-lawyers">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><div>"An International Human Rights Law of Migration? Reflections on the Place of a Right to Immigrate," <i>International Journal of Migration and Border Studies</i> (Forthcoming, 2026) [<a href="https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kn8mg_v1">preprint</a>]</div></div><div><br /></div><div>"Opening the black box of international human rights enforceability through the study of migrant rights," <i>Australian Journal of International Affairs</i>, Latest Articles, 4 March 2026 [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357718.2026.2627256">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Outsourcing our Dirty Work: Analyzing Migration Control and Asylum Management Externalization Models in Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States," <i>NYU Journal of International Law and Politics</i>, vol. 58, no. 1 (Fall 2025) [<a href="https://nyujilp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Acosta_Outsourcing-Dirty-Work_Macroed_OxfCom_1_25-copy.pdf">full-text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>"Persecuted but Undeserving," <i>Refugee Survey Quarterly</i>, Advance Articles, 1 April 2026 [<a href="https://academic.oup.com/rsq/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rsq/hdag008/8571943">open access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><b>*UPDATED</b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/04/thematic-focus-lawpolicy-items-pt-1.html">Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (9 April 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-79205026563296651722026-04-09T12:45:00.001-04:002026-04-09T13:07:03.249-04:00Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Short pieces & reports:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Internal Displacement Law and Policy in a Changing World (RID Blog, March 2026) [<a href="https://researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/internal-displacement-law-and-policy-in-a-changing-world/">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Part of a series on "Internal Displacement in a Changing World Order" that was launched as a tie-in with the recently-published <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-internal-displacement-9780198928775?cc=gb&lang=en&"><i>Oxford Handbook of Internal Displacement</i></a>. See below for two other posts in this series.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Internally Displaced Persons and the Global Compact on Refugees: Are They Included and What Does This Mean for the Future? (RID Blog, March 2026) [<a href="https://researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/internally-displaced-persons-and-the-global-compact-on-refugees-are-they-included-and-what-does-this-mean-for-the-future/">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Is it time to reform the international refugee regime? (EPRS, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2026)785666">text</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention (ICVA, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.icvanetwork.org/news/10085907">text</a>]</div><div>- See also related DRC <a href="https://drc.ngo/en/news/protecting-refugee-rights-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-refugee-convention/">commentary</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Negotiating a ‘fair price’ for migration partnerships: UK-Rwanda dispute in the Hague (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2026) [<a href="https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-criminologies-blog/blog-post/2026/03/negotiating-fair-price-migration-partnerships-uk-rwanda">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Three Decades of Policies on Internal Displacement: Patterns, Progress, and an Uncertain Future (RID Blog, March 2026) [<a href="https://researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/three-decades-of-policies-on-internal-displacement-patterns-progress-and-an-uncertain-future/">text</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>Multimedia:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world," 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, Sydney/Online, 23 October 2025 [<a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/kaldor-centre/news-events/events/2025-kaldor-centre-conference">access</a>]</div><div>- Collection of recordings from the conference.</div><div><br /></div><div>Displaced People at a Crossroads: The Refugee Convention at 75, 1 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KkSE7lNrlk">access</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Humanitarian Displacement? The (Mis-)Appropriation of Humanitarian Principles to Justify Mass Displacement (Public International Law Podcast Series, Part III, March 2025) [<a href="https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/humanitarian-displacement-misappropriation-humanitarian-principles-justify-mass-displacement">access</a>]</div><div>- An <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6265-727-4_3">article with the same title</a> was recently published in the <i>Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why Is Immigration Policy So Hard to Get Right? (World of Migration Podcast Series, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/why-immigration-policy-so-hard-get-right">access</a>]</div><div><br /></div></div><div><i>Related post:</i></div><div>- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/03/thematic-focus-lawpolicy-items.html">Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (24 March 2026)</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-86338084616051783122026-04-09T12:00:00.015-04:002026-04-09T13:13:19.421-04:00Regional Focus: MENA<div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Opportunity:</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Webinar: A System Under Strain: Can Refugee Protection Keep Pace with Global Displacement?, <b>14 April 2026</b> [<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/system-under-strain-can-refugee-protection-keep-pace-global-displacement">info</a>]</div><div style="text-align: left;">- "Using Jordan and Lebanon as a regional lens, the webinar will consider how non-signatory states engage with and shape the international refugee protection regime in practice."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Short pieces:</i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"Afghans in Iran are fleeing bombs, and Iranian crackdowns,"
<i>The New Humanitarian</i>, 7 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/04/07/afghans-iran-fleeing-bombs-crackdowns">text</a>]
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<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
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Evacuation Orders: An Unlawful Use of Precautionary Measures? (EJIL: Talk
Blog, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.ejiltalk.org/evacuation-orders-an-unlawful-use-of-precautionary-measures/">text</a>]
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<div>- Focuses on Lebanon.</div>
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Gulf Countries: Conflict, Hardships Leave Migrants in Limbo (HRW, March
2026) [<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/31/gulf-countries-conflict-hardships-leave-migrants-in-limbo">text</a>]
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<div><br /></div>
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Over 200,000 people cross into Syria after a month of hostilities in Lebanon
(UNHCR, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-over-200-000-people-cross-syria-after-month-hostilities-lebanon">text</a>]
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- See also earlier related
<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-calls-urgent-support-lebanon-humanitarian-catastrophe-looms">briefing note</a>.
</div>
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Six Months into Gaza Ceasefire, Setting the Record Straight About Aid
(Refugees Intl., April 2026) [<a href="https://www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives-and-commentaries/six-months-into-gaza-ceasefire-setting-the-record-straight-about-aid/">text</a>]
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<div>
- See also
<a href="https://www.refugeesinternational.org/events-and-testimony/media-briefing-live-from-gaza-six-months-since-the-ceasefire/">video recording</a> of related media briefing.
</div>
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<div><b><i>Reports:</i></b></div>
<div><br /></div>
<div>
<div>
Middle East Emergency: One-Month Impact Report (UNHCR, March 2026) [<a href="https://www.unhcr.org/media/middle-east-emergency-one-month-impact-report-march-2026">text</a>]
</div>
<div><br /></div>
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Situation Update: Iran - Ten Issues Reshaping the Humanitarian Landscape
(USCRI, April 2026) [<a href="https://refugees.org/situation-update-iran-april-2026/">text</a>]
</div>
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<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>]
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<div><b><i>Journal articles:</i></b></div>
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<div>
"Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations?
The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part
I)," <i>Questions of International Law</i> (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.qil-qdi.org/bridges-and-shields-in-the-law-of-immunity-of-international-organizations-the-2025-icjs-advisory-opinion-and-the-issue-of-unrwas-immunities/">open access</a>]
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<div>
- Introduction to Part 1 of the Zoom-in. Part 1 includes "<a href="https://www.qil-qdi.org/united-nations-immunities-abuses-and-disputes-settlement/">United Nations’ immunities</a>: Abuses and disputes settlement" and "<a href="https://www.qil-qdi.org/the-inviolability-of-the-united-nations-in-armed-conflicts-international-humanitarian-law-and-the-icjs-unrwa-advisory-opinion/">The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts</a>: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion."
</div>
<div>- Part II has not yet been posted.</div>
<div><br /></div>
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"Circular Refugee Migration: Understanding Protracted Displacement Beyond
a Refugee-Returnee Binary," <i>International Migration Review</i>,
OnlineFirst, 30 March 2026 [<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01979183261427441">open access</a>]
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- "We examine circular refugee migration (CRM) between Syria and Lebanon,
focusing on why refugees undertake trips to their home country and how
they navigate them."
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"Influx of Refugees in Egypt and Their Integration in Social Protection
Programs," <i>Journal on Migration and Human Security</i>,
OnlineFirst, 3 April 2026 [<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23315024261423883">full-text</a>]
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<div><br /></div>
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"(Not) On the Map: Story-Mapping Uncertainties in Syrians' Displacement
Between Syria and Tunisia," <i>Antipode</i>, vol. 58, no. 3 (May 2026) [<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.70155">open access</a>]
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"Towards a Humanized Border Governance in Africa: Protecting Vulnerable
Migrants and Displaced Persons (The Cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,
and Libya)," <i>Pensar: Revista de Ciências Jurídicas</i>, vol. 31
(2026) [<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/401676882_Towards_a_Humanized_Border_Governance_in_Africa_Protecting_Vulnerable_Migrants_and_Displaced_Persons_The_Cases_of_Morocco_Algeria_Tunisia_and_Libya">open access</a>]
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"What Do Changes in Turkey and Syria Spell for Kurds Seeking Protection
Abroad?," <i>Migration Information Source</i>, 2 April 2026 [<a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/kurds-asylum-seekers">text</a>]
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<div><b><i>Multimedia:</i></b></div>
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<div>
An exit talk with UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini (Rethinking Humanitarianism
Podcast Series, April 2026) [<a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/2026/04/02/rethinking-humanitarianism-exit-talk-unrwa-philippe-lazzarini">access</a>]
</div>
<div><br /></div>
</div>
<div><i>Related post:</i></div>
<div>
- <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2026/03/regional-focus-mena.html">Regional Focus: MENA (24 March 2026)</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17446547.post-81774822403006982482026-04-08T14:00:00.000-04:002026-04-08T14:12:13.639-04:00New Issues of Disasters, Env. & Planning E, EJML, Hum. Alt., IMR, JEMS, Migr. Stud., Persp. on Pol., Yrbk. Intl. Hum. Law<div><b>*Reminder:</b> Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier <a href="https://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2020/12/tip-share-articles-published-in-zero.html">blog post</a> for more information. </div><div><br /></div><div>Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/10315/38506">FMRA</a>). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's <a href="https://refugeeresearch.net/ms/fmra/">website</a>.</div><div>__________________________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Disasters</i>, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2026) [<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677717/2026/50/2">contents</a>]</div><div>- Mix of articles, with eight that are open access.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>*Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space</i>, vol. 9, no. 1 (Feb. 2026) [<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/enea/9/1">contents</a>]</div><div>- Theme issue is "Colonial Pasts, Alternative Futures: Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change Resettlement and Inhabitation in the Global South." The <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251411656">introduction</a> and four articles are open access.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>*European Journal of Migration and Law</i>, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 2026) [<a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/emil/28/1/emil.28.issue-1.xml">contents</a>]</div><div>- Mix of articles.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Humanitarian Alternatives = </i><i>Alternatives Humanitaires</i>, no. 31 (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.alternatives-humanitaires.org/en/category/focus-en/humanitarian-action-and-social-action-a-common-front/">Eng. full-text</a>] [<a href="https://www.alternatives-humanitaires.org/fr/category/focus-fr/action-humanitaire-et-action-sociale-meme-combat/">Fr. full-text</a>]</div><div><div>- Issue theme is "Humanitarian action and social action: a common front? = Action humanitaire et action sociale: même combat?"</div></div><div><br /></div><div><i>International Migration</i>, vol. 64, no. 2 (April 2026) [<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682435/2026/64/2">contents</a>]</div><div>- Mix of articles, with five that are open access.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>*International Migration Review</i>, vol. 60, no. 1 (March 2026) [<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/mrxa/60/1">contents</a>]</div><div>- Features a special collection on "Migration, Advanced Digital Technologies, and the Future of Work," and sub-sections on "Migrant and Diasporic Social and Political Identities and Actions" and "New Research on Public Opinion on Immigration and Migrants." A total of 15 articles are open access and all book reviews are freely available.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies</i>, vol. 52, no. 7 (2026) [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/52/7">contents</a>]</div><div>- Mix of articles, with 10 that are open access.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies</i>, vol. 52, no. 8 (2026) [<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/52/8">contents</a>]</div><div>- Special issue on "Families on the Move – Latin American Perspectives." The <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2609027">introduction</a> is freely available and two articles are open access.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Migration Studies</i>, vol. 14, no. 1 (March 2026) [<a href="https://academic.oup.com/migration/issue/14/1">contents</a>]</div><div>- Mix of articles, with 12 that are open access.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>*Perspectives on Politics</i>, vol. 24, spec. issue no. 1 (March 2026) [<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/issue/0F357A6A76154139ED5D1B3F5EDFA409">free full-text</a>]</div><div>- Highlights political science research on refugees and migration via 1) a series of critical dialogues and book reviews, which are presented and discussed in this <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/refugees-migration-and-the-politics-of-movement-in-political-science/5AB2745A3F407CCC2968794FBD00F8BC">editorial introduction</a> (the reviews themselves are all freely available elsewhere in the issue); and 2) a Review Symposium on Nele Kortendiek’s <i>Global Governance on the Ground: Organizing International Migration and Asylum at the Border, </i>that comprises a review and four commentaries<i> </i>(here is the editors' <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/global-migration-governance-from-the-ground-up-an-introduction-to-the-symposium-on-nele-kortendieks-global-governance-on-the-ground-organizing-international-migration-and-asylum-at-the-border/1DAB24848EF373E65180810A5F2B704A">introduction</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law</i>, vol. 27 (2024; published in 2026) [<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-6265-727-4">contents</a>]</div><div>- The volume's theme is "International Humanitarian Law under Pressure." </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">Tagged </span><span style="color: #2288bb; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/search/label/periodicals" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Periodicals</a>.</span></span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0