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WELCOME: Migration, Displacement and Development Book Series

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to our third quarterly newsletter of the year: Volume 4, Issue 3. This issue is possible because of the volunteered contribution of Zoe Ochwango, our CRN11 Newsletter Editor. Please join me in saying thank you to Zoe for another fabulous work done!

Have you ever wondered why securitization and protection of refugees dominate international migration discourse; the trans-Atlantic slave trade and indigenous displacement are expressly absent from the United Nations Refugee Convention 1951; colonisation, capitalism, and globalisation are missing from policy tied to migration and development; or the reluctance to reform international migration regime to address contemporary migration challenges associated with climate change, harsh environmental conditions, trafficked persons, stateless persons, and people forced to leave due to economic hardship?

Whether you are a seasoned scholar, a recent graduate, or a doctoral student, we are interested in hearing from you about this new book series we co-edit. We especially encourage emerging scholars and PhD Candidates from the Global South to share their thoughts and ideas with us. For more information, email us at vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu.

In closing, we would like to reaffirm our support for all those displaced by war and conflict in Myanmar, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Israel-Palestine, and Ukraine/Russia.

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender

DISPLACED PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons is an independent human rights expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. The first Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons was appointed in September 2010, with the same functions as the former Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons. In a report presented at the Human Rights Council’s 50th session in 2022, the Special Rapporteur examines the participation of internally displaced persons in electoral processes, in particular, their ability to exercise their right to vote and to stand in elections on equal terms with the non-displaced population. More information available here.

On 20 June 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Asia Director Indrika Ratwatte, speaking on World Refugee Day, submitted an expert review on the urgent need for solutions for forcibly displaced people in Asia and around the world. Asia is the setting for several of the world’s largest displacement crises, with the ongoing emergencies in Afghanistan and Myanmar affecting millions of people. He gave a resounding review on how the continent also has a proud tradition of providing safety to millions. In 2021, three of the world’s top ten refugee hosting countries were Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran. The situation in Afghanistan underscores the need for continued global attention. With the looming humanitarian crisis, he implored that it is more important than ever to sustain international support and give hope to the 40 million Afghans who live in the country – including those displaced by conflict. More information available here.

On 28 July 2022, Refugees International, Center for Global Development released the 2022 Refugee Work Report. Refugees’ right to work has been repeatedly recognized in international agreements—from the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees—and research continues to demonstrate the benefits of this right for refugees and their host countries alike. Yet most refugees today face significant legal and practical barriers to full economic inclusion in the labor markets of their host countries. In this project, produced by researchers at the Center for Global Development (CGD), Asylum Access, and Refugees International, they assess refugees’ work rights across the globe. They also examine different dimensions of work rights both in law (de jure) and in practice (de facto) across 51 countries that were collectively hosting 87 percent of the world’s refugee population at the end of 2021. The recommendations from the report are timely.  More information available here.

At the presentation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Annual Public Health Global Review, Sajjad Malik, Director for the Division of Resilience and Solutions at UNHCR gave important concerns about refugee health amid global displacement. He said that the rates of malnutrition are troubling, particularly as they were recorded before the war in Ukraine sent food and commodity prices rising. Despite the interruptions to health services caused by the pandemic, access to skilled birth attendants for refugees remained static at 93 percent. More information available here.

On 16 August 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Education Above All Foundation (EAA), and the Generation Amazing Foundation (GA) announced a collaboration to develop a “Football 4 Development Playbook” (F4DP). As the world gears up for FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 2022 this initiative aims to build stronger communities. Speaking at the project launch, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi said that this project aims to harness the transformative power of football, empower refugee children and youth, and provide them with life-long skills that can help them and their local host communities. More information available here.

In a statement on 26 August 2022, George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, warned that as the economic crisis continues to rattle Sri Lanka, it is the poorest, most vulnerable girls and boys who are paying the steepest price. Sri Lanka, a country normally known for its rapid economic growth and booming tourism, is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Families are skipping regular meals as staple foods become unaffordable. Children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come from – in a country which already had South Asia’s second highest rate of severe acute malnutrition. Almost half of children in Sri Lanka already require some form of emergency assistance. The education of 4.8 million children, already severely hampered by two years of interrupted learning, is at risk as school attendance continues to be jeopardized. More information available here.

CRN-11 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Migration, Development and Displacement Book Series Information Session

In collaboration with the Institute of Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender will lead an information session on 15 September 2022 about the Migration, Displacement, and Development book series published by Rowman and Littlefield (Lexington Books). All are invited. For more information contact, vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu.

Call for Book Proposal: Migration, Displacement and Development

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender as co-editors, have launched the Migration, Displacement, and Development book series with Rowman and Littlefield. The interdisciplinary series critically examines the obstinacy to expand legal protection to displaced peoples beyond the bona fide refugee within local, regional, and international contexts. Extending protection to a wide range of displaced persons, the series promises to address adverse effects on those forced to leave their homes in the name of globalization by improving the economic, social, and political conditions driving migration in favour of sustaining growth. The series strives for law and policy reform particularly in areas of trade, economy, remittance and aid as well as protecting individual rights to stay home and live a dignified life. If you are interested in turning your research into a full book, email vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu.

Call For Volunteers: Advertisement and Promotion Committee

CRN-11 is also recruiting volunteers to lead the Advertisement and Promotion Committee. To apply, submit a cover letter and CV to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Become a CRN-11 Research Collaborator

Interested in being a bona fide research collaborator with CRN-11? To apply, submit a cover letter and CV to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Invitation to be a Guest Blogger for CRN-11

Do you have an interesting story to tell about internal and international migration and displacement? CRN 11 is eager to share your piece as a guest blogger in our quarterly newsletter.  Submit your stories to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open 

GENERAL CALLS: UPCOMING EVENTS

The Migration Conference

The conference is organized in thematic streams of parallel sessions focusing on migration, migrant populations, diasporas, migration policies, labor migrations, refugees, economic impacts, remittances as well as non-migrants, and the wider impact of human mobility on sending, transit, and receiving societies. The scientific program of TMCs usually comprises invited talks, oral presentations, poster presentations, exhibitions, and workshops. The conference hosts about 80 parallel sessions and several distinguished keynote speakers joining us in intriguing plenary sessions. The conference will be held on 7-10 September 2022. Register here.

PRFDHR Seminar: Ordinary People Under Extreme Life Conditions: Internal and External Forced Displacement from War-Torn Territories in Ukraine

The start of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014 led to the temporary occupation of the Crimea peninsula and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk region. With the beginning of Russian aggression, more than 2 million people left the uncontrolled territories of Ukraine and were forced to move both to other parts of Ukraine and beyond its borders. According to the Ministry of Social Policy, after 2015 and before the full-scale Russian invasion began on 24 February 2022, the number of registered internally displaced persons (IDPs) was relatively stable at around 1.5 million. Residents of war-torn territories have also been fleeing the country since 2014. Professor Mikheieva will talk on September 20, 2022 about how the Russian aggression of 2014 has changed people’s daily lives in Ukraine, what challenges Ukrainian society has encountered, and what problems people who were forced to leave their homes have faced. Register here.

PRFDHR Seminar: Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential

Drawing on a global and comparative ethnography, this presentation explores how Syrian men and women seeking refuge in a moment of unprecedented global displacement are received by countries of resettlement and asylum—the U.S., Canada, and Germany. It shows that human capital, typically examined as the skills immigrants bring with them that shape their potential, is actually created, transformed, or destroyed by receiving states’ incorporation policies. Since these policies derive from historically informed and unequal approaches to social welfare, refugees’ experiences raise a mirror to how states (re)produce inequality. Heba Gowayed is the Moorman-Simon Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Join her in this seminar on September 20, 2022. Register here.

African Society of International Law Annual Conference

The 11^th Annual Conference of the African Society of International Law: Africa and the Challenge of Climate Change will take place in Cairo, Egypt on 28-29 October 2022. Register here.

Palestine Refugees and International Law

This two-day short course places the Palestinian refugee case study within the broader context of the international human rights regime. It examines, within a human rights framework, the policies and practices of Middle Eastern states as they impinge upon Palestinian refugees. This course is suitable for: experienced practitioners; graduate researchers; parliamentarians and staff; members of the legal profession; government officials; and personnel of inter-governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The 2023 Palestine Refugees and International Law short course will be held as an in-person event on Friday 10 March and Saturday 11 March 2023 at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.  More information is available here. Deadline: 23 February 2023.

Recognising Refugees: Refugee Studies Centre Conference 2023

Forty years ago, in 1982, the Refugee Studies Centre was founded at the University of Oxford. The RSC is therefore delighted that the theme for its 40th Anniversary Conference is Recognising Refugees, held in association with the RefMig project. We welcome papers and presentations that consider any of the following themes: the legal recognition of refugees; recognising refugee leaders; history, politics and ethics of refugee recognition; and technologies of recognition. The conference will take place at Keble College, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PG on 20-21 March 2023. More information available here. Deadline: 31 October 2022.

Rewriting Jurisprudence

Rewriting Jurisprudence: Centring Refugee and Migration Lived Experience is an ongoing project. In its first phase, they will be publishing a selection of rewritten judgments as articles in a special issue of a journal. They will then work towards producing a broader range of rewritten judgments for publication as an edited collection. The strong preference is that these publications will be open access. During the project, they will also publish shortened or draft versions as blog posts as a way of ensuring both accessibility and timeliness of contributions. To submit an abstract: click here.

Certificate in Migration Studies

This Fall (2022), the Zolberg Institute is offering courses for the Certificate in Migration Studies. All course readings, videos, discussions, and materials are delivered online. All courses can be taken individually or as part of the Migration Studies Certificate. For more information about these courses or the Certificate, please email Catherine McGahan, Zolberg Institute Associate Director. Register now for the Fall 2022 courses in Migration Studies. More information available here.

RESEARCH, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Call for Proposals: Metropolis Americas Migration Policy Summit

This Summit’s purpose will be to explore the challenges of a cooperative framework for the regional governance and social inclusion of intra and extra-regional migrants and refugees across the Americas, while examining the root causes of migration in the region. Migration is the object of growing conversation and deliberation amongst policy-makers, civil society, and researchers across the Americas. Many countries in the Hemisphere have become source, transit, and destination for migrants. A call is made to submit proposals for workshops, round tables, and posters for the summit.  More information is available here. Deadline: 12 September 2022.

Call for Abstracts: Jordan Concluding Conference

An invitation for proposals is open from various academic disciplines and fields (such as Anthropology, Law, Sociology, Social Work, Religious Studies, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Gender Studies) and diverse theoretical perspectives. The Jordanian Concluding Conference intends to bring together researchers whose work is grounded in solid empirical research in relation to broader societal developments. Preference is given to papers that engage in-depth with a limited set of questions over papers that present broad overviews or general descriptions. More information is available here. Deadline: 1 September 2022.

Call for Expression of Interest: IOM Research Training Design

The International Organisation for Migration is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to undertake a consultancy involving the development of an internal research training package. More information available here. Deadline: Monday 12 September 2022 (17:00 CEST).

Fellowship Opportunity: Migration and Technology Monitor (MTM)

Through this fellowship program, MTM aims to create opportunities for people with lived experience to meaningfully contribute to research, storytelling, policy, and advocacy conversations from the start, and not as an afterthought. Among the aims is a collaborative, intellectual, and advocacy community committed to border justice. More information is available here. Deadline: 30 September 2022.

Beyond Borders Bursary at London College of Communication

Beyond Borders offers postgraduate opportunities for students who have refugee status in the UK and would like to study Journalism at the London College of Communication. The award will cover tuition fees, course costs, and living expenses. For details on the scholarship email rjp@arts.ac.uk. More information is provided here. Deadline: 31 September 2022.

Call for Papers for Recognizing Refugees | RSC Conference 2023

The Refugee Studies Centre was founded at the University of Oxford. Its aim was to understand the causes, consequences, and responses to forced migration. Throughout its history, a common theme has been to explore and recognize the agency of refugees, viewing forcibly displaced people as social, economic, and political actors. Through its research, teaching, and outreach it has tried to include the perspectives, lived experiences, and voice of displaced people. The call for papers and presentations asks for consideration of any of the following themes; the legal recognition of refugees, recognizing refugee leaders, history, politics, ethics of refugee recognition, and technologies of recognition. More information is available here. Deadline: 31 October 2022.

EU-PASSWORLD: Widening Complementary Pathways Linked to Community Sponsorship in Europe

In its recent Recommendation on legal pathways), the Commission identified the linkage between Community Sponsorship (CS) and Complementary Pathways (CPs) as a crucial nexus to both enhance refugees’ integration and significantly scale numbers. Their proposal brings together a unique multi-stakeholder consortium of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Governments, Universities, and UNHCR offices leading the work on CS and CPs to design, pilot, and implement innovative policies, practices, and tools that foster this link. More information is available here. Deadline: Rolling.

Grant Opportunities for Organizations Led by Displaced and Stateless People

UNHCR introduces new grant agreements that will allow them to get engaged with organizations led by displaced and stateless people in Indonesia as their partners. These new grants aim to create a simple mechanism to provide financial support to these organizations in order to assist them in realizing their projects and building their capacity; they will also allow them to work directly with the people we serve without having to use intermediaries. More information is available here. Deadline: Rolling

JOB POSTS

IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia

Asian Institute of Technology is currently recruiting a Research Chair who would be serving as a research leader on Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia and start up and lead a Center for the same purpose at AIT. The project is supported by IDRC Canada. Rank: Senior Research Fellow or Research Professor (associate/full). Location: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. More information available here. Deadline: 5 September 2022.

Post-Doctoral Research Scholar in Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research scholar position for Gender in Forced Displacement in Asia supported by IDRC (Canada). The post-doctoral research scholar is to work under the supervision of the Acting Director of the Center for Gender in Forced Displacement. Duties and responsibilities: Support the Acting Director in establishing the Center for Gender in Forced Displacement. Concretely, the post doc will 1) develop research proposal and engage in research on gender and forced displacement in Asia; and 2) support the acting director for project management on gender in forced displacement. More information available here. Deadline: 5 September 2022.

Network Administrator, Immigration & Refugee Program (IRP+)

Church World Service (CWS) is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable solutions to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. This position is primarily responsible for working with and assisting the Senior Network Administrator in the administration, managing, maintenance, and monitoring of ICT networks and Infrastructure; including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and network segments, intranets, and other data. More information is available here. Deadline: 30 September 2022.

PUBLICATIONS

New Report: Partition, Sindhi Refugees, and the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution

Scholars have paid significant attention to the linguistic reorganization of states in India but there is less consideration of how the demands of linguistic movements to redraw the map of India is linked to the history of a partition across the colonial-postcolonial divide as well as of the new minorities that linguistic states created. This article draws attention at first to the unsuccessful pre-partition resistance of Sindhi Hindus to the separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency on linguistic lines as separation would make them a religious minority. Access the full report here.

New Report: Urban Refugees and IDPs in Secondary Cities

This report examines the current reality of forcibly displaced people in cities and towns in East Africa, namely Arua, Uganda; Adama, Ethiopia; and Kakuma and Lodwar Town, Kenya. It argues that the growing urbanization of forcibly displaced people has fostered increasing engagement and partnerships for assistance with local urban actors such as municipal governments and local civil society organizations while at the same time highlighting, and in cases exacerbating, the challenges that many municipalities face in terms of funding and a lack of recognition of urban needs. The report also discusses a crucial gap in research on forcibly displaced people: their often unacknowledged presence in so-called secondary (non-capital) cities and towns, which themselves often lack the resources to adequately receive them. Access the full report here.

New Report: The State of the Humanitarian Energy Sector: Challenges, Progress, and Issues in 2022

The State of the Humanitarian Energy Sector (SOHES) report explores the major challenges, progress, and issues associated with humanitarian energy. This seminal report was led by the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) and co-authored by leading humanitarian energy institutions: UNITAR, Chatham House, IOM, SEforALL, GIZ, Practical Action, NORCAP, Mercy Corps, University of Oxford, MECS, UNDP, Imperial College London, Selco Foundation, International Lifeline Fund, and UNHCR. The SOHES report aims to inspire and encourage humanitarian energy sector partners, the private sector, and donors to progress towards better funding, inclusive policy-making, enhanced data collection, and inclusive innovative delivery towards achieving SDG7 targets. Access the full report here.

New Report: From Fear to Solidarity: The Difficulty in Shifting Public Narratives about Refugees

This report examines the narratives that emerge in communities welcoming forced migrants and two types of interventions that address negative narratives: information campaigns and ‘contact-building’ initiatives that aim to build connections between refugees and host communities. The report concludes that efforts to address negative narratives head-on may not work. Access the report here.

New Report: Migration’s Changing Face

360info in collaboration with the Calcutta Research Group explores the changing causes and effects of migration at a time when one in 30 people globally is a migrant. Access the report here.

New Report: Moving Beyond Humanitarian Assistance: Supporting Jordan as a Refugee-hosting Country

This study, conducted by three economists in the region — Belal Fallah, Rasha Istaiteyeh and Yusuf Mansur — analyzes the impact of Syrian refugees on Jordan’s economy and suggests ways that the international community can receive more international support. The issue of global responsibility-sharing for refugees was a major theme of the World Refugee Council’s (WRC) A Call to Action report in 2019. Access the report here.

Journal Article: ‘Unprincipled and Unrealized: CEDAW and Discrimination Experienced in the Context of Migration Control’

This article analyses the CEDAW Committee’s General Recommendations and Views on individual complaints, to evaluate its contribution to the elimination of discrimination against women experienced in the context of migration control. It argues the Committee’s General Recommendations contain a range of doctrinal and empirical shortcomings. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Camps and Counterterrorism: Security and the Remaking of Refuge in Kenya’

This article examines the enduring entanglements of counterterror governance and refugee encampment in Kenya. The specter of “terrorism” and its supposed remedy—“counterterrorism”—have loomed large in Kenyan politics since the 1990s and gained further traction since the country’s military invasion and occupation of southern Somalia in 2011. Few other spaces have been associated as persistently with threats to Kenya’s national security and sovereignty as the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in the country’s Northern belt, which are popularly depicted as “wombs” of terror. Access the article here.

Journal Article: ‘Camp Methodologies: The “How” of Studying Camps’

This special section contributes to the growing interdisciplinary field of camp studies by examining the ways in which scholars methodologically approach and study camps and camp-like spaces. The characteristics of camps, which render them of interest to scholars in the first place, simultaneously generate methodological, ethical, and practical questions for research. Access the article here.

Journal Article: ‘Following Richard Burton: Religious Identity and Difference in Colonial Sindh’

Richard Burton, soldier, ethnographer, translator, philologist, and colonial intelligence-gatherer spent the early years of his career in Sindh and was the first and primary colonial ethnographer of Sindh. Burton was clearly attracted to the ecumenical complexity of Sindhi religious practice but was hostile in his descriptions of Sindh’s Hindus whom he viewed as a corrupt and scheming “race,” subjecting the Muslims of the province to their tyranny. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Community Engagement in Pastoralist Areas: Lessons from the Public Dialogue Process for a New Refugee Settlement in Turkana, Kenya’

Large-scale development interventions have long failed to accommodate the needs and preferences of pastoralists or the systems of resource governance and land tenure upon which they rely. However, advocates of rights-based approaches to development emphasize the importance of community participation in planning and agenda-setting, and in Kenya, public participation is a formal constitutional requirement for government decision-making processes.  Access the article here.

Journal Article: ‘Humanizing Studies of Refuge and Displacement’

Dehumanizing politics and sentiments towards refugees and other migrants are noxious and widespread today. The rise of nativist, right-wing, and anti-asylum populism in Europe and its settler colonial extensions in North America and the Pacific are escalating an existing system of racialized inequality, dispossession, and differential mobility that has grown out of histories of empire and a militarized liberal world order built on racial capitalism. Access the article here.

Journal Article: ‘This Place is a Bus Stop: Temporalities of Zimbabwean Migrant Men Waiting at a Zimbabwe-South Africa Border Transit Shelter’

This article explores how temporal disruptions at international borders shape immobile bodies’ experiences and modes of waiting by focusing on irregular Zimbabwean migrant men at the Zimbabwe-South Africa border who have arrived in South Africa but are restricted in moving further into the interior. It argues that waiting is a component of both governing these migrants as well as them seeking agency through the relationship between time, space and humanitarianism in this border regime. This shows how immobilities at ‘carceral junctions’ can be conceptualised as in time as much as in space. The article is based upon four months of ethnographic field research at the ‘I Believe in Jesus Church’ men’s shelter in the border town of Musina. Access the article here.

New Book: Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE Regional Reader (open-access)

This open access book provides an analysis of migration-related issues in the West African sub-region. Offers policy recommendations for the challenges and harnessing the benefits of migration. Provides a historical analysis of many migration-related issues. Examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. Access the book here.

New Book: The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach

Some people facing violence and persecution flee. Others stay. How do households in danger decide who should go, where to relocate, and whether to keep moving? What are the conditions in countries of origin, transit, and reception that shape people’s options? This incisive book tells the story of how one Syrian family, spread across several countries, tried to survive the civil war and live in dignity. This story forms a backdrop to explore and explain the refugee system. Departing from studies that create siloes of knowledge about just one setting or “solution” to displacement, the book’s sociological approach describes a global system that shapes refugee movements. Access the book here.

New Book: The Kurdish Women’s Movement: History, Theory, Practice

The Kurdish women’s movement is at the heart of the most exciting revolutionary experiment in the world today: Rojava. Forged over decades of struggle, most recently in the fight against ISIS, Rojava embodies a radical commitment to ecology, democracy, and gender equality. Access the book here.

New Book: Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical History

This critical history of refugee self-reliance assistance brings new dimensions to refugee and international development studies. The promotion of refugee self-reliance is evident today, yet its history remains largely unexplored, with good practices and longstanding issues often missed. Access the book here.

New Book: The Alevis in Modern Turkey and the Diaspora: Recognition, Mobilisation and Transformation

This book explores the struggles of a minority group – Alevis – for recognition and representation in Turkey and the diaspora. It examines how they mobilize against state practices and claim their rights, while at the same time negotiating how they define themselves. The authors offer a conceptual framework to study minorities by looking at both structural and agency-related factors in resisting state pressure and mobilizing for their rights. Access the book here.

New Book: Queer and Trans African Mobilities: Migration, Asylum and Diaspora

Recent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the cross-border movements of LGBT persons, particularly those seeking protection in the Global North. While this has helped focus attention on the plight of individuals fleeing homophobic or transphobic persecution, it has also reinvigorated racist tropes about the Global South. In the case of Africa, the expansion of anti-LGBT laws and the prevalence of hetero-patriarchal discourses are regularly cited as evidence of an inescapable savagery. The figure of the LGBT refugee – often portrayed as helplessly awaiting rescue – reinforces colonial notions about the continent and its peoples.  Queer and Trans African Mobilities draws on diverse case studies from the length and breadth of Africa, offering the first in-depth investigation of LGBT migration on and from the continent. The collection provides new insights into the drivers and impacts of displacement linked to sexual orientation or gender identity and challenges notions about why LGBT Africans move, where they are going and what they experience along the way. Access the book here.

New Book Chapter: ‘Hanging in the Air: The Experiences of Liberian Refugees in Ghana’

The civil wars that devastated Liberia between 1989 and 2003 displaced an estimated 800,000 people internally, with more than a million people travelling to neighbouring countries in West Africa in search of protection and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. More than 15 years after the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed, tens of thousands of Liberians continue to be displaced in Liberia, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire. Whilst some have been resettled – primarily to Canada, the U.S., Australia, and European countries – most have been left ‘hanging in the air’, living in extreme poverty, marginalised from mainstream development policies and planning, and unable to either contribute to, or benefit from, efforts to rebuild peace and security in their home country. Access the chapter here.

Working Paper: ‘Social Cohesion and Refugee-Host Interactions: Evidence from East Africa’

Building upon the literature on contact theory, this paper explores the role of inter-group interaction in shaping social cohesion between refugees and host communities in East Africa. It draws upon first-hand quantitative (n=16,608) and qualitative data collected from refugees and nearby host communities in urban and camp-like contexts in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. Access the working paper here.

Policy Paper: Humanitarian Pathways for Central Americans: Assessing Opportunities for the Future

For the majority of Central Americans who are forced to flee their homes, traveling to Mexico or the United States to apply for refuge or asylum is the only option to seek international protection. To date, refugee resettlement has been used to a limited extent in the region. This report explores the role that resettlement and other humanitarian protection pathways play in addressing these needs. Access the paper here.

Policy Brief: ‘Temporary Protection Visas in Australia: A Reform Proposal’

This Policy Brief provides concrete recommendations about how to move refugees on temporary visas to permanent visas—using existing powers under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and minor amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)—as well as recommendations for people whose protection claims have not yet been assessed, or have been refused. The 17 recommendations are intended as a package of coherent and inter-related measures, rather than a suite of different options. Access the paper here.

Policy Brief: ‘Immigrant Children’s Medicaid and CHIP Access and Participation’

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program help many children in low-income families access health care. But under federal rules, hundreds of thousands of children are ineligible due to immigration status. This brief presents U.S. and state-level estimates of immigrant children who are eligible for and participate in these programs and considers the impact of state policies that expand access to public health insurance. Access the paper here. 

Policy Brief: ‘COVID-19 and People on the Move’

COVID-19 leaves few lives and places untouched. But its impact is harshest for those groups who were already in vulnerable situations before the crisis. This is particularly true for many people on the move, such as migrants and displaced people. The disproportionate impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on people on the move presents itself as three interlocking crises, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.  Access the paper here.

Book Review: ‘Laura Affolter, Asylum Matters: On the Front Line of Administrative Decision-Making’

Laura Affolter’s analysis critically explores how asylum decision-making is operationalized in the Swiss Secretariat for Migration (SEM) on a daily basis. It shows us clearly that, although decision-makers have the independence to make their judgments, their decisions do not occur in a void. Access the review here.

Magazine Article: ‘Ukraine: the UK is failing to meet its obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention’

The internationally agreed 1951 Refugee Convention defines who a refugee is and sets out the protection that all refugees should receive without discrimination. This includes protection from being rejected at the frontiers of states and being punished for entering a country without permission. The convention, and the broader international regime, enable people to seek protection without having to ask for permission first. Yet this is precisely what people seeking safety in the UK from the war in Ukraine are being told to do. They are required to apply for a visa – a form of permission – to enter the country. Access the article here.

Movie Series: Refugee (2022)

When a drug dealer from the Geneva Camp of Bangladesh gets involved in a spine-chilling conspiracy of the third generation of freedom fighters, it makes him keep his displeasure with his own country aside and fight to prevent a catastrophe. Access the movie series here.

Short Film: Introducing the Issues

North Star Fading is a ‘zoom comic’ by Positive-Negatives inspired by the true testimonies of four Eritrean refugees who fled their homes to make the dangerous journey across Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya to Europe. The art is by Karrie Fransman and the words by Lula Mebrahtu. Access the film here.

Short Film: Dear Habib

Dear Habib is a short animation sharing the true story of a young, unaccompanied child migrant called Habib. Co-produced by Habib himself, along with Majid Adin and PositiveNegatives. The animation brings to life the incredible challenges, and opportunities, that young unaccompanied child migrants face. Find the film here.

Blog Post: Mobility and sanctuary: How to revive asylum in Europe

In the ‘global north’, successive waves of anti-refugee policies have so eroded the institution of asylum that it almost seems lost. The EU’s response to the unprecedented number of refugees from Ukraine demonstrates what it, and the UK, can and should do for all those fleeing war and persecution. Access the post here.

Blog Post: Child narrators and their displacement: An analysis of Neelkontho Pakhir Khonje

In 1947 the independence of India came at the cost of a bloody and brutal partition of the territory. Contrary to the claims of the contemporary native politicians, the Partition not only triggered a mass-migration across the borders of Bengal and Punjab, but also created the premise for a superficial game of establishing the superiority of one religious community over the other through violence and bloodshed. Hence, the subsequent death-toll and the collective sense of loss, trauma and despair made the Partition the ‘founding trauma’ (LaCapra, 1998) for the people of the Indian subcontinent. Access the post here.

Podcast: The dangers of border technologies for refugees

How are mass surveillance, biometric data, and other high-tech border measures affecting refugees and migrants? In this episode of Fixing Aid, host Alae Ismail speaks to a Latinx community organizer and migration researchers on the use of border and surveillance technology aimed at stopping refugees and migrants from crossing European and American borders. Access the podcast here.

 Podcast: RLI Annual Conference

The Refugee Law Initiative 6th Annual Conference, on ‘Improving the Global Refugee Regime: From Theory to Practice?’, was held last month with 500+ participants from across the globe and a fantastic range of keynote and panel presentations. You can now watch the keynote presentations (from Professor Alex Aleinikoff, Professor Jane McAdam and Sana Mustafa) and most of the panel sessions. Access the podcast here.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, CAMPAIGNS, AND ALERTS

Together for Learning: Education for Refugees Campaign

This campaign is education for refugees, other forcibly displaced, and host community children and youth. Take part in the #TogetherForLearning social media challenge! Take action and create awareness about the importance of quality education and learning for refugees, other forcibly displaced, and host community children and youth. More information available here.

Mapping Refugee Law Teaching Balkans/Maghreb

As part of the RELATE (Refugee Law Teaching Support) Initiative, funded by the Global Learning and Development Centre of UNHCR, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee is undertaking a mapping research on the Balkans and the Maghreb that will serve, among other purposes, to organize future regional events and training sessions in the field of refugee law. For that reason, we would really appreciate it if you could help us to identify those institutions, universities, and legal clinics currently involved in the teaching of refugee law by sending an email providing any useful information or contacts of such actors. Email: Javier Gamarro Javier.gamarro@helsinki.hu.

Forced Migration Studies Collection

“Lived Places” has a special meaning for refugees and other displaced persons because it can refer to a remembered home, a temporary camp or settlement, or a new community— or all of these places simultaneously. Facing an uncertain future, they must negotiate with states, non-governmental and international organizations, smugglers, host communities and others in the search and struggle for home. The Forced Migration Collection is guided by the conviction that the study of displacement must be conceived and undertaken with the participation of those who have been compelled to leave their homes and communities. It will seek titles that examine forced migration from the ground up, from the lived lives of refugees, asylum-seekers and the internally displaced. We welcome submissions from authors writing about displacement from their lived experiences and from researchers focusing on narratives of individual or collective displacement. More information is available here.

The Refuge: A CYRRC Podcast

The Refuge Podcast brings together youth with refugee experience, academics, and community partners to discuss key issues affecting refugee children, youth, and families in Canada and beyond. More information available here.

Working Paper Series: ‘The Zolberg Institute Working Paper Series’

The Zolberg Institute Working Paper Series is a collection of writing on different topics relating to migration and mobility studies. The papers posted are in progress, under submission, or in press and forthcoming elsewhere.

To submit a paper for consideration in the Zolberg Institute Working Papers, please email Catherine McGahan at mcgahanc@newschool.edu. More information available here.

IN THE NEWS

UNHCR, Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DR Congo (02 August 2022)

The Guardian, UK treatment of Afghan refugees ‘continues to be source of shame’ (15 August 2022)

Global News, Refugees fleeing Taliban in Afghanistan facing long hotel stays in Calgary (1 July 2022)

The Guardian, Dutch plans to house refugees on cruise ships described as ‘absurd’ and illegal (22 July 2022)

Aljazeera, End ‘double standards’ on refugees, UN expert urges Poland (28 July 2022)

UN News, Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea – UNHCR (10 August 2022)

The Guardian, Eritrean refugees say they are being arbitrarily detained in Ethiopian camps, (28 July 2022)

The Conversation, How displaced Syrians effectively navigated ‘border frictions’ in Lebanon and Turkey (15 August 2022)

The Guardian, Dutch plans to house refugees on cruise ships described as ‘absurd’ and illegal (22 July 2022)

Aljazeera, At least 17 Haitian refugees killed as boat capsizes off Bahamas (24 July 2022)

CTV News, With official targets unchanged, temporary immigration soars in Quebec (19 June 2022)

ReliefWeb, World Refugee Day 2022: New Ipsos survey shows greater compassion for forcibly displaced as war in Ukraine wears on(17 June 2022)

CIC News, Canada’s immigration minister wants to make good on mandate letter commitments for refugees and undocumented workers(22 July 2022)

Aljazeera, Irish scheme supports thousands of undocumented immigrants (27 July 2022)

SEND US YOUR NEWS AND EVENTS

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WELCOME: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dear Colleagues:

This is the last quarterly newsletter of the year: CRN 11 End of Year 2021 Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 4. This year has been challenging for many of you with the ongoing global pandemic and its variants. If you lost a family member or friend, please accept our heartfelt condolences. Otherwise, we really hope you and your family are keeping safe as the year comes to an end.

We are still excited about the Law and Society Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, 13-16 July 2022. The 7^th Global Meeting on Law and Society: Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy will be held both in-person and virtually. Early registration opened on 16 December 2021 and will close on 7 January 2022. Watch this space for more information on CRN-11 specific presentations during the 7^th Global Meeting on Law and Society.

CRN 11 is committed to advocating for the rights and protection of displaced peoples through this medium. We are seeking a newsletter editor who will commit to producing the quarterly newsletters for 2022. Consider applying and joining us today!

CRN 11 is happy to announce the launch of the Migration, Displacement, and Development book series with Rowman and Littlefield. The interdisciplinary book series critically examines the obstinacy to expand legal protection to displaced peoples beyond the bona fide refugee within local, regional, and international contexts. The book series strives for law and policy reform and will attract scholars who boldly critique conventional worldviews as well as those who suggest cutting-edge approaches to addressing and ameliorating the harsh realities of global displacement.

In closing, we affirm our support for survivors, families, loved ones, and friends of the recent “clashes between herders, fishermen, and farmers in the far north of Cameroon which have displaced at least 100,000 people from their homes in two weeks.”

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender

DISPLACED PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

On 9 December 2021, with equality as the focus for Human Rights Day 2021, 14 women from Costa Rica were brought together at a human rights and music camp to identify common challenges. Negative discrimination, gender violence, inequality and lack of opportunities were all discussed. Responses were identified, as were approaches for more effective advocacy to decision-makers. The camp took place from 22 to 26 November and was conducted by Sara Curruchich, a Kaqchikel Mayan singer-songwriter from Guatemala, and not-for-profit Costa Rican record label We Could Be Music (WCBM).

On 3 November 2021, Members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee urge Governments at COP26 in Glasgow to step up support to people most at risk and vulnerable to the devastating effects of the climate crisis. As humanitarian organizations, we have witnessed for years how climate change is placing millions of lives at risk and creating unprecedented humanitarian needs. In the last 20 months alone, more than 658 million people have been exposed to extreme-temperature events, while climate-related disasters have killed more than 17,200 people and affected the lives and livelihoods of at least 139 million. More information available here.

On 21 December 2021, after Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) brought widespread destruction to the Philippines on 16 December, the needs of children and families in affected areas are becoming clear. Based on initial assessments, around 845,000 children need urgent assistance. Immediate needs include food, water, medicines, clothing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), cooking equipment, family kits with sleeping materials, hygiene kits, temporary shelter, disaster kits, tents for healthcare facilities and go bags. More information is available here.

In 2020, the UNODC, with support and funding from the Government of Germany, initiated the project ‘Public-Private Partnerships: Fostering Engagement with the Private Sector on the Implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and its Trafficking in Persons Protocol’ (‘PPP Project’). This PPP Project aims to improve a partnership between the public and private sectors with a view to better assisting member States in their implementation of the UNTOC and its Trafficking in Persons Protocol. The main outcome of the PPP project is the drafting of a Compendium of Promising Practices on PPPs. Download the compendium here.

On 16 December 2021, the UN General Assembly adopts an annual resolution on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This resolution was approved by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) on 12 November 2021.  Bolivia and Ecuador were the co-facilitators for the resolution. See the resolution document: A/76/459).

CALLS: CRN-11 EVENTS

Expression of Interest: Migration, Displacement and Development Book Series

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender as co-editors, have launched the Migration, Displacement, and Development book series with Rowman and Littlefield. The interdisciplinary series critically examines the obstinacy to expand legal protection to displaced peoples beyond the bona fide refugee within local, regional, and international contexts. Extending protection to a wide range of displaced persons, the series promises to address adverse effects on those forced to leave their homes in the name of globalisation by improving the economic, social, and political conditions driving migration in favour of sustaining growth. The series strives for law and policy reform particularly in areas of trade, economy, remittance and aid as well as protecting individual rights to stay home and live a dignified life. If you are interested in turning your research into a full book, email vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu.

Call for CRN-11 Newsletter Editor

CRN-11 Newsletter is produced quarterly per annum and must be released on the last day of March, June, September, and December. The Newsletter Editor will be responsible for:

• Researching and compiling information for the Newsletter,
• Assisting with the distribution of the Newsletter electronically to subscribers and other social networks,
• Inviting and showcasing guest blogger written pieces, and
• Promoting and advertising the Newsletter with the aim of expanding its reach.

To apply, submit a cover letter and CV to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca  and benders@seattleu.edu. Application Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: LSA 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal

CRN-11 is in need of volunteers as chairs,  discussants, and notetaker for LSA 2022 conference in Lisbon, Portugal. All interested please email vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: Advertisement and Promotion Committee

CRN-11 is also recruiting volunteers to lead the Advertisement and Promotion Committee. To apply, submit a cover letter and CV to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Become a CRN-11 Research Collaborator

Interested in being a bona fide research collaborator with CRN-11? To apply, submit a cover letter and CV to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Invitation to be a Guest Blogger for CRN-11

Do you have an interesting story to tell about internal and international migration and displacement? CRN 11 is eager to share your piece as a guest blogger in our quarterly newsletter.  Submit your stories to vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

GENERAL CALLS: UPCOMING CONFERENCES

IASFM ’19, San Paolo, Brazil, 2022

The 19^th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference (IASFM19), with the theme, “Global Issues, Regional Approaches – Contexts, Challenges, Dialogues and Solutions”, will be held from August 1-5 August 2022 and hosted online by Universidade Católica de Santos (UniSantos). More information is available here. Deadline: 31 January 2022

UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons

The UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons has launched the sixth Call for Proposals (Sub-grant Programme 1) on 17 December 2021. More information available here. Deadline: 31 January 2022.

Call for Nominations – Membership of UNPFII 2023-2025

The Permanent Forum serves as an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues relating to economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health, and human rights. The Permanent Forum holds annual sessions of ten working days each year, generally in April-May. Indigenous peoples’ organizations are invited to submit nominations for the membership of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2023-2025. More information available here. Deadline: 25 January 2022.

Changing Migration, Migration in Change, Berlin, 2022

The 25^th International Metropolis Conference Berlin, Changing Migration, Migration in Change, will be held at the Berlin Congress Center in Germany on 4-9 September 2022. Migration is changing. Complex interconnections between technology and digitisation, climate and demographic change, and political unrest are creating a constant state of flux for patterns of, and issues concerning, international migration. The COVID-19 pandemic is an additional challenge. The Conference will consider these challenges. More information is available here.

Support, Sanctuary, Solidarity: Moving Towards Migrant Justice and Resilience 2022

The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), in collaboration with York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), invites abstract proposals for its 16th annual Student Conference on the theme of “Support, Sanctuary, Solidarity: Moving Towards Migrant Justice and Resilience” on March 4-6, 2022. Deadline: 10 January 2022. More information is available here.

In Dialogue: Symposium on the Displacement of Peoples Between Africa and Europe, 2022

Join Indiana University at the IU Europe Gateway in Berlin for a symposium on the transnational dynamics and repercussions of the movement of displaced peoples between Africa and Europe. This two-day symposium (18-19 March 2022) seeks to feature scholars, practitioners, activists, members of local refugee communities, and artists in a dialogue that investigates how education, national security, humanitarian aid, social services, policies, economics, children, families, and identities are being impacted in communities in Africa and Europe. More information available here.

Improving the Global Refugee Regime: from theory to practice?, 2022

Call for Papers for the 2022 6th Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference, ‘Improving the Global Refugee Regime: from theory to practice?’ on  29 June – 1 July 2022, which will be run as a virtual event. Please send all paper and panel proposals (of 3-4 papers maximum) for ‘thematic’ and ‘open’ panels
to rliconference2022@sas.ac.uk. We welcome proposals from researchers at any stage in their careers and, particularly, from researchers working in or on refugee protection in the global South. More information available here. Deadline: 31 March 2022.

RESEARCH, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Sanctuary Scholarship for People Seeking Asylum and Refugees with Temporary Protection

The Sanctuary Scholarship for People Seeking Asylum and Refugees with Temporary Protection has been established to support talented students who are asylum seekers or refugees on temporary visas with the opportunity to pursue tertiary education at UNSWAustralia. Students who are asylum seekers or refugees on temporary visas with a genuine interest and passion to undertake studies at UNSW are strongly encouraged to apply for this Scholarship. More information is provided here. Deadline: 12 January 2022.

PUBLICATIONS

Hearing: ‘The Asylum Commission Held Hearing
A hearing where people who applied for asylum during the period 2015-2017 could tell their experiences of coming to Sweden was held recently. It was arranged in Stockholm by Linköping University in collaboration with a number of voluntary organizations. Access the hearing document here.

New Report: ‘Waiting is Not an Option’
A Call for Repatriation of Foreign Citizens in Northeast Syria. Repatriate the Children Sweden calls for immediate action for governments to repatriate all their citizens as one measure to protect children and other citizens — in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere — from being victims of war. Additionally, Repatriate the Children Sweden calls for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria to release all detainees requested by governments who guarantee to receive them. Access the full report here.

New Report: ‘World Migration Report 2022’
Since 2000, IOM has been producing its flagship world migration reports every two years. The World Migration Report 2022, the eleventh in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration and mobility throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues. Access the full report here.

New Report: ‘“I Didn’t Feel Like a Human in There,” Immigration Detention in Canada and its Impact on Mental Health’
Despite its reputation as a refugee-welcoming and multicultural country, Canada incarcerates thousands of people on immigration-related grounds every year, including people who are fleeing persecution, those seeking employment and a better life, and people who have lived in Canada since childhood. Figures from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reveal that the number of immigration detainees incarcerated in Canada has in- creased every fiscal year between 2016-17 and 2019-20, peaking in fiscal year 2019-20 with a total of 8,825 people in immigration detention. For many detainees, not knowing how long they will be detained causes trauma, distress, and a sense of powerlessness. Access the full report here.

New Report: ‘No Shelter from the Storm: The Urgent Need to Recognise and Protect Climate Refugees’
Since 2008, weather-related hazards have displaced over 21 million people each year on average. This figure does not include those forced to leave home due to slow-onset climate impacts, such as desertification and sea level rise. Most of the world’s climate refugees come from vulnerable communities in lower-income countries, where environmental degradation and climate change intersects with and exacerbates other stressors such as poverty, oppression, and conflict. Access the full report here.

Policy Paper: ‘Seizing the Opportunity for a Coherent Refugee Policy!’
Over the past few weeks, the world watched in horror as the Taliban rapidly took over Afghanistan. Greatly underestimated by many, the capture of Kabul caused great consternation on the part of the international community – even more so: complete helplessness. Access the paper here.

Policy Brief: ‘Dire Consequences: Addressing the Humanitarian Fallout from Myanmar’s Coup’
Nine months have passed since the coup in Myanmar, and the country’s humanitarian outlook is increasingly dire. Amid the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing economic crisis, the military junta’s crackdown on dissent has resulted in the killing of more than 1,100 civilians and the forcible displacement of more than 200,000 people and has left an estimated 3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. This brief details the current situation in Myanmar and the complex geo-political dynamics hampering much-needed action, and recommends steps Myanmar’s neighbors, ASEAN countries, donor countries, and the United States must take to address the crisis and provided aid and safety to those in need. Access the paper here.

Policy Brief: ‘Canada’
This first Canadian report draws solely on desk research findings. Some of the policy recommendations are subject to revision, following interviews with civil servants and practitioners. Others reflect long-standing issues in the Canadian context. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Social Work Law in Nexus with Migration Law. A Legal Cartographic Analysis of Inter-legal Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion in Swedish Legislation’
This article departs from the promise frequently put forward, that social work is a profession committed to human rights. In a Swedish context, this commitment is manifested in ethical guidelines as well as national law referring to rights such as the right to ‘a reasonable living standard’. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Pushed Out in Limbo – The Every-day Decision-making about ‘Practical Impediments to Enforcement’ in the Swedish Management of Return Migration’
This article presents a study of the contradiction between the rhetoric of return, stressing that rejected asylum seekers should leave the country, and the reality of how migrants end up as legally stranded, in Sweden. Through a qualitative analysis of; 25 decisions by the Swedish Migration Agency, an internal quality report about the legal application, and the documentation in two complete individual casefiles, the study reveals assessments of facts which, combined with legal interpretations, push people out in social and economic destitution, i.e. they become superfluous with no right to residency and no way to leave Sweden. Access the paper here

Journal Article: ‘Anxiety, Ambivalence, and the Violence of Expectations: Migrant Reception and Resettlement in Sicily’
Throughout Europe, the arrival of irregular migrants in recent years has triggered the expression of nativist anxieties, witnessing a broad recourse to violent rhetoric and the embrace of exclusivist models of national and regional community. With an ethnographic focus on migrant resettlement in Sicily, this paper argues that the elaboration of a cosmopolitan ethic that rejects the politics of exclusion can be met with ambivalence by local people who share neither the middle-class sensibilities of refugee advocates, nor their access to the public funds by which it is possible to earn income as social service and resettlement workers. Access the paper here.

Journal Articles: ‘Forced Migration Current Awareness: Regional Focus on Africa Part 1’
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. Access the resources here.

Journal Articles: ‘Forced Migration Current Awareness: Regional Focus on Africa Part 2’
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. Access the resources here.

Journal Articles: Politics and Governance Open Access Journal ‘Migration and Refugee Flows: New Insights’
Access the Articles here.

Journal Article: ‘The Healer as the Enemy: Attaching Health Care in War’
Violence against health care in war has shocked the global public conscience over the past decade. Images of attacks on hospitals from Syria have been especially disturbing. Documentaries such as The New Barbarianism, For Sama, and The Cave, the latter two from Syria, provide gripping accounts of the plight of hospitals and health workers under attack. Scholarship on health-care attacks has not been extensive. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Local Integration as a Durable Solution? Negotiating Socioeconomic Spaces between Refugees and Host Communities in Rural Northern Uganda’
With a growing number of displaced people, there is a need for robust approaches to coping with displacement. Uganda has a progressive refugee policy that promotes freedom of movement and the socioeconomic rights of the refugees. Specifically, refugees are often allocated land to settle and cultivate rural settlements, and the integrated social service provision facilitates interaction with host communities. However, there remain challenges in creating sustainable livelihoods for refugees in rural settlements. There exist significant tensions over shared resources such as land, water, woodlots, and grazing areas. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Rebirthing the Violent Past: Friction Between Post-Conflict Axioms of Remembrance and Cambodian Buddhist’
Problematising the vernacularisation of key mechanisms in post-conflict Human Rights (HR) regimes, ethnographic interviews with Cambodian interlocutors present resistance to victim-perpetrator outreach and reconciliation, truth telling, and memorialisation. Resistance stems from the incommensurability between Buddhist present and future-focused perspectives and Euro Western (EW) past-focused memory work so central to the above mechanisms of post-conflict reconciliation. The vernacularisation of EW memory work is not only perceived as culturally incongruent, but appears to threaten a resurgence of genocide-related distress and strife that the HR regime hoped to assuage. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Tracing Invisibility as a Colonial Project: Indigenous Women Who Seek Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border’
In the United States, Central American Indigenous women who seek asylum are officially classified as Latinas or Hispanic. The erasure and consequent invisibility of Indigenous identity not only causes assimilation but also jeopardizes Central American Indigenous women’s procedural rights. Using a transnational feminist lens combined with a Critical Latinx Indigeneities framework, and drawing on fieldwork research, I address the complex relationships of migrants whose identities are intertwined with geography, different states, and racial representations, while I claim that the invisibility of Indigenous women from Abya Yala who cross borders responds to the white settler colonial project. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Visitor Visa Policy Changes and Mexico-Canada Migration’
Although recent scholarship shows that restrictive visa policies curtail migration, research does not disaggregate policy effects within migration flows. This article analyzes Mexico-Canada migration when a travel visa was imposed in 2009 and removed in 2016. The imposition coincided with a dramatic decrease in travel and refugee claims. However, the number of Mexican immigrants grew, contrasting expectations of migration policy effectiveness research. The authors suggest that future research should disaggregate effects of policy changes, consider a state’s broader approach to migration policy, and examine how subnational programs and number of legal migration pathways influence trends of mixed migration flows. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Speaking the Language of the ‘Other’: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries through Language in Chitmahals in Indo-Bangladesh Borders’
Borders are not merely assertions of sovereign territorial demarcations, but indicative of cultural boundaries. This article discusses how the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (2015) led to reorganisation of territorial boundaries, whereby the inhabitants had the choice of citizenship between India and Bangladesh that reaffirmed their identity. The subjective differentiation between ‘us’ and ‘them’ was negotiated by various cultural elements such as Bangla language; an everyday language symbolizing membership in the constituting communities, kinship and citizenship in the nation. Language was an important attribute that identified them as ‘Bengali’/‘Bangladeshi’ while navigating the trans-territorial national identity. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Commitments to Forced Migrants in African Peace Agreements, 1990-2018’
This article presents data on peace agreement commitments towards forced migrants on the African continent (excluding MENA) from 1990 to 2018, resulting from the analysis of 177 peace agreements responding to the search queries ‘Africa (excl. MENA)’ and ‘refugees and displaced persons’ on the Peace Agreement Database (PA-X). This article presents preliminary results from four thematic categories: (1) return, reconstruction, rehabilitation, reintegration, and resettlement (5R), (2) provision commitments, (3) rights and law, and (4) land and property. Access the paper here.

Journal Article: ‘Sanctuary in a Trumpist Context: Creating Spaces of Democratic Exception’
This paper first identifies the necessity for sanctuary as a form of protest against the discretionary and often absolute forms of power shaping the current immigration system, particularly as it affects undocumented immigrants. Although the plenary power doctrine has removed legal personhood from immigrants at the federal level since the late 1800s, immigrants’ rightlessness and vulnerability to detention and deportation have grown since Trump was elected. It distinguishes between a sanctuary city and church-based sanctuary, holding that the latter fits more ancient conceptions of sanctuary. Access the paper here.

New Book: ‘Refugee States: Critical Refugee Studies in Canada’
Exploring “refuge” and “refugee” as concepts that shape Canadian nation-building both within and beyond national borders, Refugee States takes an interdisciplinary and critical approach to describing how refugees articulate their relation to and defiance of official discourses. Through close examinations of refugee movements, contexts, and subjectivities, this collection reveals how Canada has relied upon the rejection and inclusion of refugees as a crucial means of statecraft. Access the book here.

New Book: ‘Human Trafficking: Global History and Perspectives’
Human Trafficking: Global History and Perspectives argues that, far from being a recent development, human trafficking is rooted in the history of the human condition and has only been amplified by globalization. Using a multidisciplinary approach that traces the historical roots of human trafficking in global history, the chapters explore case studies from different parts of the world to show that human trafficking is not only a global phenomenon but a localized enigma. The contributors contend that the causes, and thus, the solutions, are rooted in local and regional social, cultural, political, and economic conditions of victims. The case studies include global, regional, and local examples to analyze the complex causes and effects of human trafficking as well as the legal ramifications. Access the book here.

New Book: ‘Perilous Medicine’
Pervasive violence against hospitals, patients, doctors, and other health workers has become a horrifically common feature of modern war. These relentless attacks destroy lives and the capacity of health systems to tend to those in need. Inaction to stop this violence undermines long-standing values and laws designed to ensure that sick and wounded people receive care. Access the book here

E-Learning: ‘GENIDA e-Learning on IPDs’
GENIDA e-learning on IDPs is aimed at empowering and equipping advocates, civil society actors, lawyers, researchers, policy analysts and law makers with practical leadership skills tailored towards creating a society that respects protects and supports IDPs. GENIDA envisions an Africa where the rights of IDPs are observed, protected and promoted. We believe that an investment in mentorship, civic education, capacity development in form of training will secure the respect, protection promotion and observance of the rights of IDPs today and in the future. Access the course here.

E-Learning: ‘Certificate in Global Displacement and Migration Studies’
Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration is offering a new Certificate in Global Displacement and Migration Studies, designed for mid-career professionals. The Certificate will be offered in a one-week intensive course format from 7-11 February with a required capstone project due a few weeks later. The online course will include both synchronous and asynchronous sessions and is intended to provide a solid academic overview of migration and displacement. Tuition is USD 5995. More information is available here

E-Learning: ‘Forced Migration – The Humanitarian Challenge of the Decade Online Training Course’
The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs offers online humanitarian training courses for humanitarian students and practitioners around the world, designed to prepare current and future aid workers with the knowledge and skills needed to respond effectively to humanitarian crises and disasters. More information is available here.

Documentary Film: ‘Children of the Enemy’
What does it feel like to move through a world designed to limit and exclude you? What are the joys and pains of holidays for people of colour, when guidebooks are never written with them in mind? How are black lives today impacted by the othering legacy of colonial cultures and policies? What can travel tell us about our sense of self, of home, of belonging and identity? Why has the world order become hostile to human mobility, as old as humanity itself, when more people are on the move than ever? Access the film here.

Documentary Film: ‘The New Barbarism’
Healthcare and humanitarian workers are increasingly in the crosshairs as hospitals and aid centers have become part of the battlefield in today’s wars. So far, there has been little to stop the profound surge of violence seen across several open-ended conflicts which has claimed thousands of lives, destroyed health systems, triggered mass displacement and state collapse, and exposed the crisis facing the norms of international humanitarian law contained in the Geneva Conventions. Access the film here.

Documentary Film: ‘For Sama’
An intimate yet epic journey into one young mother’s experience of the Syrian conflict. In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. The award-winning documentary unfolds as a love letter from filmmaker and young mother Waad al-Kateab to her daughter — Sama. Access the film here.

Documentary Film: ‘The Cave’
From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad, The Cave tells the story of a hidden underground hospital in Syria and the unprecedented female-led team who risk their lives to provide medical care to the besieged local population. Access the film here.

Research Guide: ‘Trucking and Human Trafficking’
Human trafficking, or the illegal movement of people, often for sex or labor, is a $32 billion industry that often goes undetected. Unfortunately, truck stops remain a frequent location of trafficking crimes. While truck stops are not naturally hives of crime, they are, unfortunately, convenient and central locations for traffickers to move throughout the United States. Access the guide here

JOB POSTS

ICVA Deputy Regional Representative Asia Pacifica

ICVA is seeking a Deputy Asia Regional Representative to support the execution of the ICVA strategy in the Asia Pacific region. More information available here. Deadline: 2 January 2022.

ICVA Deputy Regional Representative Asia Pacifica

The West and Central Africa (WCA) Representative will complement and support the regional representative in setting the direction and focus of ICVAs work in the WCA region in the framework of the 2019-2021 Strategy. More information available here. Deadline: 2 January 2022.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition

It is with great pleasure that the Migration Law Research Group from Ghent University is inviting you to the 2022 International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition. This international competition aims to bring together students interested in international migration and asylum law from around the globe. The moot court competition consists of a written round in October and November 2021 and a two-day oral round on 17 and 18 March 2022 in Ghent, Belgium. More information is available here.

Thriplow Charitable Trust Bursary

The Thriplow Charitable Trust has established a bursary for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. The Thriplow Charitable Trust bursary will be awarded in March 2022. This £5,000 bursary seeks to support an outstanding student based in the UK, who might not otherwise be able to gain access to the MA in Refugee Protection. More information available here. Deadline: 21 January 2022.

Lives in Dignity Grant Facility

Following a hugely successful launch of the Lives in Dignity Grant Facility on World Refugee Day in June this year, we are excited to announce the second call for proposals, which was launched on Tuesday November 30. The second call focuses on projects in countries that have been impacted by the displacement crises related to Myanmar, Venezuela and the Sudan-South Sudan situation. In alignment with the first call, projects are expected to draw upon and develop new forms of collaboration between humanitarian, development and peace actors, with an emphasis on the engagement of affected populations and local ownership, with a total of €12m to be allocated to projects in this call. More information available here. Deadline: 23 January 2022.

Canada Must Save Syrian Boy from Threat of Jail, Torture

Canada must help Yazan Alali, a 17-year-old Syrian boy who is afraid to turn 18, because that’s when the murderous Assad regime will come to claim him for its blood-stained military. His refusal to be forcibly conscripted into an atrocities-tainted army will mark him for jail, torture or death. With most of his family in Canada, he needs an urgent Temporary Resident Permit to escape a regime condemned by Canada for its “brutal and shocking attacks on its own people.” More information available here.

IN THE NEWS

Daina Beth Solomon, After weeks walking, Mexico migrant caravan splits up on buses headed north (23 December 2021

NPR, Migrants are freezing to death at Belarus-Poland boarder (21 November 2021).

Calcutta Research Groups, Kolkata Declaration on the Need for a Coherent Protection Policy and Justice for Refugees and Migrants of Afghanistan (20 November 2021).

Farouk Chothia, Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: How the TPLF has outflanked the army (18 November 2021).

Haroon Siddique, New bill quietly gives powers to remove British citizenship without notice (17 November 2021).

Stepfan J Bos, Poland’s forces use water cannon, tear gas against migrants (16 November 2021).

Karolina Tagaris, Aid workers face trial in Greece for spying after refugee rescues (15 November 2021).

The Guardian, Trafficking victims should be granted leave to remain in UK, high court rules (12 October 2021).

Tom Cheshire, Uyghurs tortured and beaten to death in Xinjiang, former Chinese police officer reveals (11 October 2021).

BBC News: A year in Calais: One migrantʼs year-long attempt to cross the Channel (21 September 2021).

SEND US YOUR NEWS AND EVENTS

Displaced Peoples (CRN11) newsletter is published quarterly.  The newsletter is a venue for sharing information regarding displaced peoples, broadly defined. Your contribution to the newsletter is crucial to its sustenance, success and quality. To contribute to the newsletter, please contact Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender: vfynnbruey@athabascau.ca and benders@seattleu.edu. To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit CRN 11 Displaced Peoples.

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WELCOME

Dear Colleagues:

Happy New Year and welcome to the CRN 11 Jan-Mar 2021 Newsletter: volume 3 Issue 1, the first quarterly issue of the year 2021. We really hope you and your family are thriving well as the COVID-19 vaccines phases out to include the general population around the world. In these difficult times we want to let you know that you and your loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers.

Although we are making progress with the COVID-19 vaccination, displaced populations are still at risk in diverse ways. On 16 March 2021, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported that 12.5 million people were displaced globally between September 2020 and February 2021, 60 percent of which occurred in the Asia Pacific region mainly due to climate and weather-related disasters.

Recent attacks in DR Congo have left 40,000 displaced, dozens killed, including Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio, a policeman and their driver. Human Rights Watch reports that approximately 900,000 Rohingya are currently displaced in overcrowding camps in Bangladesh while the 600,000 remaining in Myanmar are being subjected to persecution, violence, and limited access to food, healthcare, education, and livelihoods. In other disturbing news, Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor, the UK Representative for the UNHCR, is “extremely concerned”, after the Home Secretary Priti Patel said that  the UK is considering the processing of asylum seekers abroad.

In spite of the continuous challenge globally, CRN 11 is committed to advocating for the rights and protection of displaced peoples through this medium. Consider joining us today!

Lastly, please join us in thanking Dr Azin Emami, who has taken on the Editor role to produce CRN11 quarterly newsletter.

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender

DISPLACED PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

On 1 February 2021, UN experts said Sudan must urgently implement strong measures to ensure the safety of civilians, including the internally displaced, and thoroughly investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of recent deadly intercommunal violence and attacks in Darfur. More information is available  here.

Ahead of a virtual conference on 4 February 2021, UNHCR and IOM are calling on states to strengthen protection and assistance of people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change. More information is available here.

As Portugal assumes the presidency of the European Union (EU), to be followed by Slovenia later this year, the UNHCR on 12 January 2021 called on them to lead the effort to forge a better protection system for those seeking refuge across the continent and beyond. More information is available here.

On 18 February, in an appeal to “put Syrians first…finally”, Paolo Pinheiro, the Commission of Inquiry Chair, led renewed calls for a ceasefire. He also urged the international community to “expend every effort to support a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict and to help place Syria on a path toward a stable, prosperous, and just future for all her people”. More information is available here.

GENERAL CALLS: CRN 11 EVENTS

Call For Members: Research and Development Committee

CRN 11 is currently recruiting members to join Magdalena Krystyna Butrymowicz who leads the Research and Development Committee. Those interested, please email Magdalena: magdalena.butrymowicz@upjp2.edu.pl. Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: Advertisement and Promotion Committee

CRN 11 is currently recruiting volunteers to lead the Advertisement and Promotion Committee. Those interested, please send a cover letter and CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org.

Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: Newsletter Editor

Interested in making the best use of your time during COVID-19 lockdown? Apply for the CRN11 newsletter editor position.  Submit a cover letter and CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Become a CRN 11 Research Collaborator

Interested in being a bona fide research collaborator with CRN 11? Email veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org for details on how to apply. Deadline: Open

Invitation to be a Guest Blogger for CRN 11

Do you have an interesting story to tell about internal and international migration and displacement? CRN 11 is eager to share your piece as a guest blogger for our quarterly newsletter.  Please submit your stories to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline:Open

RESEARCH, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

University of Birmingham, Global Masters Scholarship.  Deadline: 30 June 2021.

The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships for African Students to Study in the United Kingdom. Deadline: 1 April 2021.

Griffith Remarkable Scholarship for exceptional students applying for undergraduate and postgraduate coursework studies at Griffith University. Deadline: Trimester 2, 2021 entry: 16 April 2021, Trimester 3, 2021: 6 August 2021.

Brock University, Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor, Indigenous History in Canada. Deadline: 10 April 2021.

Charles University, PhD Program in Demography. Deadline: Please inquire.

University of Ottawa, Postdoctoral Fellowship. Deadline: 5 April 2021.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES/EVENTS/CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadly Voyages Virtual Book Launch (Free)

Deadly Voyages: Migrant Journeys across the Globe explores the burdens and impact of perilous migration, while considering which laws, policies, practices, and venues might establish empathy and protection for migrants. This interdisciplinary volume envisions and calls for a transformation in migration policy, motivated by the common goal of drastically reducing the peril migrants face when compelled to make their treacherous journeys. All contributors to this volume agree on the inadequacy of current approaches and the dire need for change in global migration law and policy. Therefore, the book seeks to inform, educate, persuade, and facilitate newer or less-heard perspectives, toward wider participation and influence within the forced migration policy debate. Guided by the famous advice of Karl Marx that the point should be changing the world rather than merely analyzing or interpreting it, the contributors suggest practical measures to fix the current gap in responses to migrant peril, along with strategies for diagnosing, countering, and promoting human dignity and social justice, with the aim of preventing future deaths and injuries in migrant journeys across the globe.

Host: School of Advanced Study, University of London
Date: 21 April 2021, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (GMT)
Click here to RSVP. Watch the video presentation here.

Host: Institution of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Date: 12 May 2021, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CEST)
Click here to RSVP.

2021 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting

Virtual event 27th-30th May 2021. Ours is an era of multiple and overlapping crises. Climate, democracy, economy and health are newly unstable throughout the world. Last summer, for the first time, the physical Law and Society conference was canceled in light of a global pandemic. In the United States, the pandemic exacerbated underlying racial inequalities that erupted in protests throughout the country, and beyond. Across the globe, these crises reveal existing social inequalities in different ways, and demand that we adapt to survive. What is the role of law, which strives for stability as well as justice, in this volatile context?
Click here to learn More about the Conference

Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference

Virtual event 9th-11th June 2021. The Refugee Law Initiative Conference is an annual international forum dedicated to debating the latest research and developments in the field. Run this year as a virtual event over three (3) half-days, the 5th RLI Annual Conference builds on the success of previous RLI conferences in uniting refugee law academics, practitioners, policy-makers and students. This year’s theme is ‘Ageing Gracefully? The 1951 Refugee Convention at 70’, but more general papers are also welcome. Paper/panel proposals are due on 31 March 2021.

Law and Society Annual Meeting 2021 Radboud Summer school: The Science Behind Migrant Inclusion Policies: Evidence-Based Policies and Policy-Based Evidence

Many migrants in receiving countries are facing disadvantaged living circumstances when compared to natives. In most Western countries, we observe economic inequality, inequality in access to information, healthcare and housing. Moreover, there are increasing concerns that migrants and the ‘native’ population live separated lives and rarely meet and mingle. When migrant inclusion is hampered, this limits migrants to reach their own full potential. Moreover, the resulting inequalities and the lack of social cohesion can pose a threat to the wellbeing and prosperity of the receiving country as a whole. It is therefore no surprise that to curb the cons of migration and to capitalize on the pros, migrant policy makers and scientists alike strive for a better inclusion of migrants into host societies.
Date: 12 – 16 July 2021
Mode of study: On campus
Fee: € 550 Scholarship available!

Somali Studies in Canada Colloquium: Somalinimo, Blackness and Belonging in the West

Carleton University is pleased to announce its third biennial Somali Studies in Canada Colloquium, taking place on October 16 & 17, 2021. Somali diaspora communities live in sizeable numbers in Canada and most other Western countries. This year’s theme comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matter global protests of summer 2020 which were sparked by the murder of George Floyd in South Minneapolis, a neighbourhood with a large Somali-American community. Somali diaspora communities in Minneapolis, other parts of the U.S., Canada, Europe and elsewhere participated in these popular demands for racial justice not only for African-Americans but also for Somalis and other Black communities. Crucially, the cases of Abdirahman Abdi in Canada and Shukri Abdi in the U.K. were also part of protestors’ calls for transparency, accountability and justice for the victims, their families and the community-at-large. For abstract submission or if you have any question, please contact: Dr. Nimo Bokore, nimo.bokore@carleton.ca
Abstract Deadline: 15 May 2021 

Border Abolition 2021 Conference

Border Abolition 2021 will be a two-day online event aimed at connecting organising, campaigning, activist research and academic work around border violence, racism, incarceration and abolitionism. We hope to bring together people struggling against the border in all its forms, from immigration detention, prison and militarised border sites, to the solidarity practices that resist expanding systems of everyday bordering. The conference will involve themed sessions, roundtables and several open discussion slots, with the aim to create an accessible, welcoming and practically useful set of conversations. Six themed panels invite contributions on data technologies, documenting border violence, feminist approaches, solidarity infrastructures, histories of border abolition, and state racism/racial capitalism. A shared gallery, digital archive, resource toolkit, library and smaller digital breakout spaces will provide ways to meet and learn beyond the panel discussions. We welcome contributions and ideas (whether for papers, presentations, workshops, artwork, creative sessions, questions or non-written media) that fit these themes or suggest others.Click here for more information.
Date:18-19 June 2021

18^th IMISCOE Annual Conference Virtual Workshop Serries on ‘Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa,’ April- July 2021

Natural hazards, disasters and climate change are among the leading drivers of human mobility across Africa. Yet, lawful pathways for those who move across international borders in this context remain limited, and often uncertain. This Virtual Workshop Series on ‘Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa’ will provide an opportunity for academics and policy experts working across Africa to engage in discussion, form networks and plan future research on topics related to disaster and climate change-related displacement and migration.
Call for Participation and further information can be found here.

18^th IMISCOE Annual Conference

Crossing Borders, Connecting Cultures  will be held 7-9 July 2021 in Luxembourg.

IASFM 18 (Updated)

The International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM18) Bi-annual conference: Disrupting Theory, Unsettling Practice: Towards Transformative Forced Migration Scholarship and Policy, will be held 26-28 July 2021 at the University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

JOB POSTS

Lecturer in Latinx Studies, Ethnicity, Race and Migration at Yale University

The Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University invites applications for a lecturer’s position in the field of Latinx Studies with an initial three-year appointment beginning July 1, 2022. Review of applications will begin on March 16, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled. More information is available here.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

The Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore (NUS) seeks to appoint two established or emerging research leaders in the field of Social/Cultural Geography whose work addresses contemporary crises of sustainability in Asia. This could include, but is not limited to, issues of environmental justice, sustainable practices and futures, or the socio-spatial dimensions of climate change. Applications close 16 April. Further information is available here. 

PUBLICATIONS

New Paper: ‘Assessing refugee protection claims at Australian airports: the gap between law, policy and practice’

Network members Regina Jefferies, Dr Daniel Ghezelbash and Asher Hirsch have continued their analysis of protection claims at Australian airports with a new paper for the Melbourne University Law Review. Access the advance copy here

New Paper: ‘Unheard voices of the forced migrants in Armenia and Azerbaijan’

Network member D. G. Niruka Sanjeewani has published a new piece on ‘Unheard voices of the forced migrants in Armenia and Azerbaijan’ for the website Act For Displaced. Niruka is a lecturer in the Department of Strategic Studies, Faculty of Defence and Strategic Studies at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. Access the piece here.

New Podcast: ‘Temporary’

Don’t miss exploring the long-form stories, beautiful artwork and audio for ‘Temporary’ – a Kaldor Centre/Guardian Australia/UNSW Centre for Ideas initiative that tracks the experiences of refugees caught in Australia’s campaign to ‘stop the boats’. New instalments of the Temporary podcast are available now.

New Book: The Death of Asylum: Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago, by Alison Mountz. University of Minnesota Press. Access the book here.

New Article: Climate Refugees in the Pacific By Saber Salem and Armin Rosencranz
50 Environmental Law Reporter 10540-10545 (2020). Access the article here.

IN THE NEWS

Reuters,  ‘Please Help Us:’ Migrants Exposed to Freezing Bosnia Winter, Await Chance to Reach EU (11 January 2021)

Aljazeera, Ocean Viking Ship Rescues Hundreds of Migrants Off Libya Coast  (23 January 2021)

Aljazeera, Ethiopia: UN Says 20,000 Refugees Missing in Tigray (2 February 2021)

UNHCR, Race Against Time to Help Thousands of Central African Refugees (12 February 2021).

Reuters, U.S. Presses Ethiopia to end Tigray Violence, Protect Civilians  (3 March 2021).

Arab News, Thousands of Refugees at Risk of Homelessness in Greece (5 March 2021)

France24, Refugees Trickle Across India Border from Myanmar Turmoil (5 March 2021).

The Guardian ,Refugee Rescuers Charged in Italy With Complicity in People Smuggling (4 March 2021).

SEND US YOUR NEWS AND EVENTS

Displaced Peoples (CRN11) newsletter is published quarterly.  The newsletter is a venue for sharing information regarding displaced peoples, broadly defined. Your contribution to the newsletter is crucial to its sustenance, success and quality. To contribute to the newsletter, please contact Veronica Fynn Bruey (veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org), Steven Bender (benders@seattleu.edu), and Azin Emami (aziemami@gmail.com). To subscribe or unsubscribe visit CRN 11 Displaced Peoples.

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WELCOME

LSA 2021 Chicago: Invitation to Submit Papers to CRN-11

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the CRN 11 Oct-Nov Newsletter: volume 2 Issue 10/11, the last and final issue for the year 2020. We really hope you and your family are thriving well amid the latest wave and resurgence of  the COVID-19 pandemic. These are indeed challenging times and so we want to make sure you know that you and your loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers.

Although we are still not certain when the pandemic is going to subside, our annual events are still being planned and organised.On 05 November 2020, the Law and Society Association announced the Call For Papers for the 2021 Chicago Annual Meeting: Crisis, Healing, Reimagining. With Alexandra Huneeus (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago) chairing, the Annual Meeting will take place between 27-30 May 2021. Submission is due on 15 December 2020. Please note that the anticipated time slot for the conference is 7:00 AM – 10:45 PM CST.

We invite you to submit your papers clearly stating keywords that include CRN 11: Displaced Peoples. Also, please consider volunteering as Chairs and Discussants for CRN 11 presentations.

We strongly encourage you to take a moment to browse the LSA website  2021 Chicago Annual Meeting for more information about abstract submission and volunteering.

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender

DISPLACED PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

On 21 November the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the African Union’s (AU) appointment of three high-level envoys to help resolve the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, calling it an “initiative for peace.” The envoys are Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former Liberian President, and Kgalema Motlanthe, former President of South Africa. More information available here.

On 21 November 2020, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, said that the Secretary-General condemns the rocket attacks in Kabul today which resulted in the death and injury of many civilians. He expresses his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured. More information is available here.

On 16 October, the Peru’s Alianza Lima became the country’s first professional football club to partner with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to support refugee integration. The club has pledged to provide talented young refugees and migrants with sports scholarships to attend its football academies and is also working with UNHCR to train coaches so they can better support Peruvian and refugee students and foster the values of inclusion and understanding. More information available here.

On 11 November 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi warned that COVID-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide. Marking the sixth anniversary of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, Grandi called on world leaders to include and protect stateless populations and make bold and swift moves to eradicate statelessness. More information available here.

On 12 November, the United Nations Children’s Fund expressed concern about situation of children affected by typhoons in the Philippines. UNICEF is concerned for children and families who continue to bear the brunt of natural disasters in one of the most emergency prone countries in the world. More information available here.

GENERAL CALLS: CRN 11 EVENTS

Call For Papers: Law and Society Annual Meeting

The 2021 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting will be held, we hope, in Chicago, on 27-30 May. CRN 11 is inviting you to submit an abstract to be considered for a panel, salon, or round-table. In order to meet LSA deadline, kindly submit your abstract to Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender: veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org and benders@seattleu.edu by 15 December 2020. Visit here for more information.

Call For Members: Research and Development Committee

CRN 11 is currently recruiting members to join Magdalena Krystyna Butrymowicz who leads the Research and Development Committee. Those interested, please email Magdalena: magdalena.butrymowicz@upjp2.edu.pl. Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: Advertisement and Promotion Committee

CRN 11 is currently recruiting volunteers to lead the Advertisement and Promotion Committee. Those interested, please send a cover letter and CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org. Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: Newsletter Editor

Interested in making the best use of your time during COVID-19 lockdown? Apply for the CRN11 newsletter editor position.  Submit a cover letter and CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Become a CRN 11 Research Collaborator

Interested in being a bona fide research collaborator with CRN 11? Email veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org for details on how to apply. Deadline: Open

Invitation to be a Guest Blogger for CRN 11

Do you have an interesting story to tell about internal and international migration and displacement? CRN 11 is eager to share your piece as a guest blogger for our monthly newsletter.  Please submit your stories to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

RESEARCH, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS…

National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic, Scholarships for international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists. No Date.

University of Toronto, Metro International Secondary Academy Award of Excellence 2021, University of Toronto, Canada. Deadline: 31 December 2020.

UQIDAR joint-PhD Program 2020, Australia and India, University of Queensland. Deadline: 31 December 2020.

La Trobe University, International Scholarships 2021. Deadline: 31 December 2020.

Near East University, Scholarship Programs 2020-2021. Deadline: 31 December 2020.

Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Scholarships Program 2020-2021. Deadline: 31 December 2020.

Antioch University, Non-Tenure Track Faculty (Environmental Studies). Deadline: 13 January 2021.

American Society of International Law, 7^th Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition. Deadline 15 January 2021.

Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Institutet Global Master’s Scholarships 2021, Sweden. Deadline: 15 January 2021.

Trinity University, International Student Financial Aid 2020. Deadline: 15 February 2021.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES/CALL FOR PAPERS

Colloque international de l’APAD 2020 (Postponed)

Colloque international de l’APAD 2020, Circulations in the Global South: Ethnographic Explorations of Globalized Exchanges (Les Circulations Dans le Sud Global: Ethnographies des échanges Mondialisés), 08-11 December 2020, l’ Université of Lomé, Togo. For more information contact: colloque@apad-association.org.

Law and Society Annual Meeting 2021

Submissions are now open for the Law and Society 2021 Annual Meeting: Crisis, Healing, and Re-imagining. Due to the pandemic, LSA is planning for a meeting with a mixed format with some events taking place in Chicago in-person, and many panels likely to take place virtually through an online platform. Deadline for submission is 31 December 2020.

Dialogues between Hispanic Studies and Indigenous Studies

This project attempts to illuminate the literary, oral, and non-alphabetic Indigenous pluriverse of Abiayala at the crossroads of the hemispheres of Hispanic Studies and Indigenous Studies. The editors invite proposals from scholars or authors, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, on the topic,  Tearing Down Disciplinary Barriers: Dialogues between Hispanic Studies and Indigenous Studies. Deadline for submission is 15 January 2021.

The Centre for History of the University of Lisbon

The Centre for History of the University of Lisbon, 11^th Iberian African Studies, African Transits in the Global World: History and Memories, Heritage and Innovation, 21-23 January 2021, Lisbon, Portugal.

Freedom Network USA Human Trafficking Conference

The 2021 Freedom Network USA Human Trafficking Conference, 25-26 March 2021, Washington DC, USA.

Second Research Conference on Forced Displacement

The Joint Data Center’s 2nd Research Conference on Forced Displacement will be held on May 28-29, 2021 in Bogotá, Colombia, in partnership with the School of Economics at Universidad de los Andes.

IASFM 18 (Updated)

The International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM18) Bi-annual conference:
Disrupting Theory, Unsettling Practice: Towards Transformative Forced Migration Scholarship and Policy, will be held 26-28 July 2021 at the University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration, and Development

Visit the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development, Maastricht University, The Netherlands for a list of events on Migration.

JOB POST

Assistant or associate Level Faculty Position, UC Berkeley

The School of Social Welfare and the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a jointly appointed faculty search. We seek a faculty member with expertise in Native American community health and well-being. The position will be a tenured faculty position at the level of Associate Professor, or tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2021. Rank will be determined based on qualifications and experience. Review of applications will begin on November 20, 2020. All materials and information should be submitted electronically. More materials may be requested of finalists. For full consideration, please apply by December 7, 2020. To apply, go to the following URL: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02788

PUBLICATIONS

Emily Ryo, Ingrid Eagly, Steven Shafer, Mirian Martinez-Aranda (Editors), Law and Society Review Special Symposium on Immigration Detention (20 November 2020).

Sam Grundy and Sarah Zingg, Community Stabilization – An approach for facilitating progress towards durable solutions and operationalizing the Humanitarian–Development–Peace Nexus: Lessons from Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Somalia (12 November 2020).

Leyland Cecco, ‘We won’: Indigenous group in Canada scoops up billion dollar seafood firm (12 November 2020).

Alexander Aleinikoff and Donald Kerwin, Improving the US Immigration System in the First Year of the Biden Administration (10 November 2020).

Ahmet Içduygu and Jan Rath (Editors) International Migration, Volume 58, Issue 5 (October 2020).

Francesca Albanese and Lex Takkenberg, Palestinian Refugees in International Law (9 August 2020).

Yang Wang, Yining Feng, Qi Han, Jian Zuo, Raufdeen Rameezdeen, Perceived discrimination of displaced people in development-induced displacement and resettlement: The role of integration (June 2020).

Mahvish Kabir and Muhammad Sohail Afzal, COVID-19 pandemic and economic cost’ impact on forcibly displaced people (May June 2020).

Miriam Orcutt, Parth Patel, Rachel Burns, Lucinda Hiam, Rob Aldridge, Delan Devakumar, Bernadette Kumar, Paul Spiegel, Ibrahim Abubakar, Global call to action for inclusion of migrants and refugees in the COVID-19 response (23 April 2020).

IN THE NEWS

Aljazeera, ‘Save yourselves’: Ethiopia warns Tigrayans of Mekelle attack (22 November 2020).

Freedom United, Freedom United campaign success as Costa Rica ratifies Forced Labour Protocol (20 November 2020).

France24, Violent clashes over arrest of Ugandan opposition leader leave dozens dead (20 November 2020).

Shahid Hussain, The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Diplomatic Repercussions for Pakistan (18 November 2020).

Mark Townsend, Migrant children’s welfare is being sidelined in the UK’s ‘brutal push to deport’ (15 November 2020).

SEND US YOUR NEWS AND EVENTS

Displaced Peoples (CRN11) newsletter is published monthly.  The newsletter is a venue for sharing information regarding displaced peoples, broadly defined. Your contribution to the newsletter is crucial to its sustenance, success and quality. To contribute to the newsletter, please contact Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender: veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org and benders@seattleu.edu. To subscribe or unsubscribe visit CRN 11 Displaced Peoples.

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WELCOME: RACISM and DISPLACEMENT

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the CRN 11 May 2020 Newsletter: volume 2, Issue 5.

Systemic and Institutional racism, a chronic disease, entered a new era. Anti-racism solidarity protests, sparked by the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was pinned to the ground by a White police office kneeling on his neck, are sweeping across the world in defiance of a new surge in COVID-19 cases. In the United States alone, a total of two million cases and 115,644 deaths are reported; a quarter and half of all global cases and deaths confirmed, respectfully.

But the chronicity of structural racism across the world is not confined to police brutality, the criminal injustice system, or elite academic institutions, but alive and well in in literally every segment of society where there is racial diversity. Thus, the internally displaced peoples, especially those from the Global South, who “happen” to be Black and Brown peoples, are no exception.

Undisputedly, racism was the main cause of forced displacement during WWII, prompting the drafting of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Host countries’ relentless efforts to close their borders from displaced persons, migrants, refugees, and other immigrants, particularly those from war-torn countries in the Global South, are sustained by racism, xenophobia, and nationalism. Even after acceptance into a host country as a bona fide immigrant, displaced persons still face unending challenges of austerity measures, restrictive policies, detention, ill-treatment, violent attacks, and socio-economic discrimination. These challenges predispose displaced peoples to all forms of human rights abuses, including denial of protection and care for their basic needs.

Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender

DISPLACED PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

Global Protection Cluster marks the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (GP20), with a multi-stakeholder 3-year plan: Plan of Action for Advancing Prevention, Protection and Solutions for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) 2018–2020. This Plan of Action centres around four priority issues identified at a 2017 IDP stakeholder meeting convened by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs: participation of IDPs; national laws and policies addressing internal displacement; data and analysis on internal displacement; and addressing protracted displacement and facilitating durable solutions. More information is available here.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) adopted Resolution 74/131 on 18 December 2019 during the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly. Recalling the Organization of African Unity Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa of 1969 and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Resolution 74/131 “calls upon African States that have not yet signed or ratified the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa to consider doing so as early as possible in order to ensure its wider implementation …”. More information is available here.

On 21 May 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)signed a new agreement to strengthen and advance public health services for the millions of forcibly displaced people around the world. The agreement updates and expands an existing 1997 agreement between the two organizations. More information is available here.

Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), Rupert Colville, gave a press briefing on Yemen on 12 June 2020: He says, “We are alarmed at the desperate situation in Yemen, where the healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, and are fearful that countless lives will be lost not only to COVID-19 but as a result of malaria, cholera, dengue fever and other diseases. We urge international donors to provide immediate relief to help the millions who have already endured five years of warfare.” More information is available here.

A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report found that COVID-19 measures will likely to lead to an increase in migrant smuggling and human trafficking in longer term. According to the report, COVID-19 travel and movement restrictions are not stopping the movement of people fleeing conflict, human rights abuses, violence and dangerous living conditions, while the economic consequences of the pandemic are likely to lead to an increase in smuggling of migrants and trafficking in person flows from the most affected countries to more affluent destinations. More information is available here.

On 4 June, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) delivered the first round of cash assistance to vulnerable migrants in Iraq who have lost their incomes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the minimum expenditure basket, each individual received USD 182 to enable them to meet essential needs such as food, rent, and utilities. The recipients — Bangladeshi and Filipino nationals — were referred to IOM Iraq by their respective embassies. More information is available here.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) denounces the attack that killed 16 people, including five girls under the age of 15, on 3 June in Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this attack on innocent children,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative in the DRC. “We call on all parties to respect the rights of women and children.” According to UN-verified reports, the attack took place in Moussa, a village in the Djugu area, north of the Ituri capital Bunia. More information is available here.

Statement by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the Killing of Health Workers in Somalia. “I am appalled by the abduction and execution of seven health workers at a health center in southern Somalia.”Targeting health care workers is an egregious violation of international law and can constitute a war crime. These heinous attacks interfere with fundamental protections of the right to health and the perpetrators must be held accountable.” More information is available here.

EVENTS CANCELLATION AND COVID-19

CINETS/Border Criminologies Conference Postponed Until 2021

The fifth biennial CINETS conference, a joint project of the CINETS research network and Border Criminologies, is postponed to 2021. It was originally scheduled for September 2020 at Lewis & Clark Law School, but will be held at Leiden University in 2021.

GENERAL CALLS: CRN 11 EVENTS

The Journal of Internal Displacement—Call for Submissions

Theme: ‘A Crisis within a Crisis: Global Pandemics and Displacement’
Publication: January 2021 (Volume 11, Issue 1)
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2020

The Journal of Internal Displacement is now accepting submissions for its January 2021 (Volume 11, Issue 1). We are particularly interested in topics on global pandemics and displacement: SARS, Ebola, H1N1 and COVID 19. Download the Call for Paper here.

The Journal of Internal Displacement (ISSN 1920-5813 Online), established in 2009, is the only scholarly and inter-disciplinary platform for raising the profile of displaced populations through discussions, critical dialogue, emerging themes, reflections and explorations on a wide range of topics and regions around the globe. The JID promotes free and open access and does not charge authors for submissions. Visit our website to submit a paper or subscribe for free.

The Journal of Internal Displacement: Research Assistant Position

The Research Assistant will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief and assist the editorial team by researching, collecting, assessing data on institutions (e.g., libraries) and organisations (e.g., humanitarian agencies) interested in global displacement. The overall goal is to promote free and open access to the Journal Internal Displacement to help increase the JID’s impact factor. Download job ad here.

Call for Book Chapters

As the CRN 11 lead on the Research and Development Committee, I am planning to publish an international book on displaced children. I have already contacted potential publishers (e.g., Rowman & Littlefield). The book will attempt to engage academics, researchers, and specialists working on the topic of displaced peoples with a focus on displaced children globally. I am interested in papers concerning:

• children rights
• children with families
• the right to home
• displaced children
• children in society
• children and war
• children and families of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)
• children and families during migration

The deadline for chapter proposal is 25 June 2020. Please send your proposal to

magdalena.butrymowicz@upjp2.edu.pl and ollytola@yahoo.com

Call For Members: Research and Development Committee

CRN 11 is currently recruiting members to join Magdalena Krystyna Butrymowicz who leads the Research and Development Committee. Those interested, please email Magdalena: magdalena.butrymowicz@upjp2.edu.pl. Deadline: Open

Call For Volunteers: Newsletter Editor

CRN 11 is currently recruiting volunteers to lead the Advertisement and Promotion Committee. Those interested, please send a cover letter and CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org. Deadline: Open

Interested in making the best use of your time during COVID-19 lockdown? Apply for the CRN11 newsletter editor position.  Submit a cover letter and CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org  and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Become a CRN 11 Research Collaborator

Interested in being a bona fide research collaborator with CRN 11? Email veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org for details on how to apply. Deadline: Open

Invitation to be a Guest Blogger for CRN 11

Do you have an interesting story to tell about internal and international migration and displacement? CRN 11 is eager to share your piece as a guest blogger for our monthly newsletter.  Please submit your stories to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org and benders@seattleu.edu. Deadline: Open

Call for Papers: Improving Attention to Internal Displacement Globally

In February 2020, a new High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement appointed by the UN Secretary-General began work, preparing concrete and practical recommendations on improving the response to internal displacement, with particular attention to achieving solutions. It gives added momentum to existing initiatives, such as the GP20 process, launched on the 20th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in 2018. The Refugee Survey Quarterly will publish a special collection to engage researchers, practitioners and policy-makers afresh by feeding into this public debate and to promote new insights and thinking on policy-oriented challenges and solutions to internal displacement. Deadline: 5 July 2020. For more information, visit here.

A Call for Papers: The Displacees and Health – A Challenging Issue in Society

Refugees or internally displaced people are faced with multiple crises from local to international levels in the arena of detention, deportation, fragility, sexual orientation, gender identity, out place experience, armed non-state actors, HIV/AIDS, security, conflict, climate change, education of future generation, ethical concerns, human rights, disability etc. All these issues spur from the basic question of life which is close to the living conditions and life as human beings.  This seems to challenge the existence of health of man as a refugee irrespective of gender, class and citizenship. For more information contact, frnorbypaul@gmail.com.

Call for Pool of Experts: International Association of Refugees and Migration Judges

The International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges (IARMJ) is mid-way through a four year Framework Contract with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for the review, update and further development of the Professional Development Series (PDS) for members of courts and tribunals. IARMJ has decided that the midpoint of this Framework Contract is the right time to seek to refresh the pool and to update the particulars of those already included in it. For more information, visit here.

Call for Participants: Advancing Young Scholars and Peacebuilders Careers

We are pleased to announce the call for participants for our project “Advancing Young Scholars and Peacebuilders Careers”. The project aims to strengthen the capacities and future prospects for young researchers and civil society activists from the whole Caucasus region. Within the project we will: (1) offer training on vital skills and input on relevant topics by international experts and scholars; (2) facilitate dialogue and networking among selected candidates; and (3) strengthen the visibility of the participants within the expert community and enable knowledge transfer from the Caucasus into international discourses. To achieve these objectives, the project consists of several components. Deadline: 26 June 2020. For more information, visit here.

Call for Contributions: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic

The Comparative Migration Studies issued an open call for articles on the relation between migration and the pandemic. We are particularly interested in articles that take a comparative approach. Prospective papers might examine the consequences of the pandemic for migrants and mobility across different regions and/or jurisdictions; compare policy responses and their effects across different cases; and consider the long-term consequences of the pandemic with regard to questions of diversity.Deadline: 15 July 2020.

RESEARCH, JOBS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS…

University of British Columbia, President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award. Deadline: Ongoing.

Various University, Australian Awards Scholarships. Deadline: 30 June 2020.

Princeton University. Princeton Society of Fellows Fellowship Program in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2021-2024. Deadline: 4 August 2020/

University of Peace, Master of Laws in Transnational Crime and Justice. Deadline: 6 September 2020.

University of Pretoria, Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program. Deadline: 31 August 2020.

Birkbeck University of London, School of Law Postgraduate Fee Awards for Master’s Students 2020. Deadline: 30 June 2020.

DePaul University, Part Time Faculty, Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Deadline: 30 June 2020.

D-Prize supports a new entrepreneurs who can distribute proven poverty interventions. Deadline: 13 July 2020.

Journal of Transient Migration – call for submission on Contemporary dynamics of the future of work, the platform economy and transient migrants. Deadline: 15 July 2020.

UQIDAR joint-PhD Program 2020, Australia and India, University of Queensland. Deadline: 31 December 2020.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

Summer School – Central Eurasian Studies Society

Summer School – Innovations in Disaster and Climate Risk Reduction, 29 June – 3 August 2020, CEU, Hungary.

Colloque international de l’APAD 2020 (Postponed)

Colloque international de l’APAD 2020, Circulations in the Global South: Ethnographic Explorations of Globalized Exchanges (Les Circulations Dans le Sud Global: Ethnographies des échanges Mondialisés), 08-11 December 2020, l’ Université of Lomé, Togo. For more information contact: colloque@apad-association.org.

The 17^th IMISCOE Annual Conference 2020

The 2020 IMISCOE annual conference is going online! Europe’s largest research network of migration and integration scholars and practitioners is coming together for its first online annual conference. The first online annual conference will take place on July 1 and 2, 2020.

Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza Universita di Napoli Federico II

The 2020 EULAB Summer School on Labour Migration in the European Union, 7-16 July 2020,Department of Law of the University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

Association of Commonwealth University Summer School

Association of Commonwealth University Summer School 2020, The Migration Generation? Climate, Youth and Refugees, 2-10 August 2020, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

The Migration Conference 2020

The Migration Conference Organizing Committee cordially invite you to submit abstract(s) to the 8th conference in the series which will take place on 9 to 11 September 2020, South East European University campus, Tetovo, North Macedonia.

The 6^th International Conference on Conflict, Violence and Development

Due to the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the VI International Conference “Conflict, Violence and Development”, organized by the Institute of Social and Economic Studies (IESE) will take place on 15^th  and 16^th  September 2020, in Maputo,Mozambique.

Utrecht University, The Netherlands: Connecting Europe Project

Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Connecting Europe Project Conference, Migrant Belongings: Digital Practices and the Everyday, 4-6 November 2020, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

German Historical Institute

Annual Academic and Policy Symposium, Contested Meanings of Migration Facilitation: Emigration Agents, Coyotes, Rescuers, and Human Traffickers, 16-17 November 2020, Washington, DC.

The Centre for History of the University of Lisbon

The Centre for History of the University of Lisbon, 11^th Iberian African Studies, African Transits in the Global World: History and Memories, Heritage and Innovation, 21-23 January 2021, Lisbon, Portugal.

VAD 2020

The VAD Conference 2020, African Challenges, has been postpone to 02-05 June 2021, co-hosted by the European Conference on African Studies, African Futures, in Cologne Germany.

Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration, and Development

Visit the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development, Maastricht University, The Netherlands for a list of events on Migration.

PUBLICATIONS

Comparative Migration Studies, Volume 8, Number 4, Special Issue on Externalization at Work – Responses to Migration Policies from the Global South (2020).

Ov Cristian Norocel, Anders Hellstrom, and Martin Bak Jorgensen, Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections Between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe (2020).

John Washington, The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond (20 May 2020).

Agata Blaszczyk, War and Resettlement: Polish Resettlement Camps in the UK after the Second World War. The experience of creating a settlement policy for Polish political refugees (May 2020).

GENIDA Research Network – INDCaP Project, Recommendations on Internal Displacement in Africa (May 2020). The submissions were coordinated by IDRP Senior Research Associates Dr Romola Adeola, Dr Beatriz Sanchez and Dr Hana Asfour(a JID Editorial Team Member), with support from Prof. David Cantor.

Middle East Research Network – INDCaP Project, Key Problems and Possible Solutions to Internal Displacement in the Middle East ( May 2020). The submissions were coordinated by IDRP Senior Research Associates Dr Romola Adeola, Dr Beatriz Sanchez and Dr Hana Asfour (a Journal of Internal Displacement Editorial Team Member), with support from Prof. David Cantor.

Latin America Research Network – INDCaP Project,  Main Problems and Possible Solutions from Latin America (May 2020). The submissions were coordinated by IDRP Senior Research Associates Dr Romola Adeola, Dr Beatriz Sanchez and Dr Hana Asfour(a JID Editorial Team Member), with support from Prof. David Cantor.

Romola Adeola, Climate Change, Internal Displacement and the Kampala Convention (May 2020).

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Migration, Displacement & Education: Building Bridges, Not Walls (2019).

Nazli Avdan, Visas and Walls: Borders Security in the Age of Terrorism (2019).

Javier S. Hidalgo, Unjust Borders: Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration (2019).

Margit Feischmidt, Ludger Pries, Celine Catat, Refugee Protection and Civil Society in Europe (2019).

Corporate Watch, The UK Border Regime: A Critical Guide, 2018

Jeffrey S. Kahn, Island of Sovereignty: Haitian Migration and the Borders of Empire (2018).

Nicola Mai, An Intimate Autoethnography of Migration, Sex Work, and Humanitarian Borders (2018).

Rimple Mehta, Women, Mobility and Incarceration: Love and Recasting of Self Across the Bangladesh-India Border (2018).

Ernesto Castaneda, A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion in New York, Paris, and Barcelona (2018).

IN THE NEWS

Julia Conley, 47 UN Human Rights Experts Condemn US Support for Israel’s ‘Unlawful’ Annexation Plan (16 June 2020).

UNHCR, UNHCR and Twitter launch 2020 World Refugee Day emoji created by Ivorian artist O’Plérou (15 June 2020).

Peter Yeung, Democratic Republic of the Congo Gears Up to Fight 11^th Ebola Outbreak (15 June 2020).

Reeda Al Sabri Halawi, Human Rights Violations of Refugee Populations in Lebanon Amidst the COVID-19 Outbreak (12 June 2020).

IOM, Internally Displaced Persons Must Be “Agents of Their Own Solutions”: IOM Joins High-Level Discussion to Resolve Internal Displacement (11 June 2020).

Sylvia Nabanoba and Vanessa Zola, Restoring Sudan’s Forest Cover, One Tree at a Time (8 June 2020).

Maryla Klajn, Bordering the Biological Threat and the Questionable Logic of Poland’s “Closed Borders” Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (8 June 2020).

Alicia Alvarez Gill, Forests in Guatemala Find New Guardians: Refugees (5 June 2020).

Antonio Vitorino, IOM Director General Message on World Environment Day (5 June 2020).

International Organization for Migration, Partners Offer “Filter Hotel” to Migrants Needing Quarantine in Northern Mexico (5 June 2020).

Patricia Zengerle, U.S. Bill to Pressure China Over Uighur Rights Goes to Trump for Decision (27 May 2020).

Noahiko Omata, Many Refugees Living in Nairobi Struggle to Survive Because of COVID-19 (20 May 2020).

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, U.S. suspends protections for migrant kids at border, expelling hundreds amid pandemic (7 May 2020).

Trishna as told to Pallavi Pundir, Being Forced into Sex Trade as a Teenager was Devastating. But being Shamed for it Made it Worse (6 May 2020).

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, COVID-19: UNODC Warns of Increased Risks to Human Trafficking Victims (5 May 2020).

Deutsch Welle, Coronavirus Threatens Millions Displaced by Extreme Weather and Conflict (28 April 2020).

António Guterres, The Fury of the Virus Illustrates the Folly of War (23 March 2020).

Tasmasha Hussein, Power Talks (18 June 2019).

Rahaf Albalkhi, Power Talks (18 June 2019).

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