Forced migration blog

Upcoming event:

Labour Migration and Refugee Protection – a Contradiction?, Prague, 3-4 June 2013 [info]
- Register by 18 May 2013.

Publications:

Agreement Reached in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers (ImmigrationProf Blog, April 2013) [text]

The Benefits of Granting Third Country Nationals Equal Rights to Work (ENARgy, April 2013) [text]
- From the European Network against Racism.

The Economic and Political Impact of Immigrants, Latinos and Asians State by State (Immigration Policy Center, Jan. 2012) [access]
- Note: Some state factsheets were updated May 2013.

How a Stateless Refugee Overcame Low Self-Esteem to Become a Successful Entrepreneur (Huffington Post, April 2013) [text]

"Immigration Reform Overlooks Asylum-seekers - Harsh Rules Enacted in 1996 Prevent Them from Working for Months or Years, Making Many Destitute," Los Angeles Times, 25 April 2013 [text]

The Plight of an Ethiopian Refugee Searching for Work in Nairobi (Refugee Work Rights, May 2013) [text]

Web sites:

Asylum Seeking and Work (ASAW) [access]
- "The main objective of ASAW is to raise the awareness of employment issues in the reception of asylum seekers in relation to the implementation of concerning EU directives."

Higher Advantage [access]
- A program of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) that "provides newcomer workforce solutions to corporations across the U.S. while supporting career entry and advancement for resettled refugees and other new Americans."

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools. 

UNHCR info:

The Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, has retired.  Read a press release announcing her initial appointment in 2006, a Q&A with her on protection, and the text of her last speech to EXCOM.

Employment opportunities
- Currently, over 50 positions in the International Professional Staff category are open.  For more info., visit the relevant page, select "Click here to apply," then enter the code in order to access the job descriptions.

UNHCR Headquarters Organizational Structure (Geneva and Budapest) (UNHCR, April 2013) [access]

UNHCR’s Budget Process and Prioritization (UNHCR, April 2013) [access]

Analyses of UNHCR's work:

"Interactions et filiations entre organisations internationales autour de la question des réfugiés (1946-1956)," Relations internationales, no. 152 (2012) [abstract]

"Normalizing Exception: UNRWA, UNHCR and the Politics of Protection," Chapter in The Post-Conflict Environment: Intervention and Critique (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming 2013) [info]

Political Survival as a Motive in Decision-Making: The UNHCR and the Rwandan Refugee Crisis, Undergraduate Thesis (Univ. of Maryland, March 2013) [text]

"Regime Complexity and International Organizations: UNHCR as a Challenged Institution," Global Governance, vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan.-March 2013) [abstract]

The UNHCR and Angolan Liberation: 1974-1975, Global Migration Research Paper, no. 4 (Programme for the Study of Global Migration, 2013) [text]

Upcoming event:

UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 11-13 June 2013 [info]
- The agenda is available, along with several background papers, regional overviews and general information.


Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Part-time Communications Assistant, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford [info]
- Apply by 9 May 2013.

Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor, Oxfam, New York [info]
- Apply by 14 May 2013.

Legal Officer (Statelessness), UNHCR, Geneva [info]
- Apply by 16 May 2013. (Note: If link above is invalid, go to the "International Professional Staff" page, select "Click Here to Apply," and enter the code to access a list of available positions.)

Legal and Research Advisor, New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal, Auckland [info]
- Apply by 17 May 2013.

African Refugee Research Internship, African Refugee Development Center, Tel Aviv [info]
- Apply by 19 May 2013.

Country of Origin Information Portal Officer, European Asylum Support Office, Valletta, Malta [info]
- Apply by 31 May 2013.

Senior Librarian, Voluntary Service Overseas, Harare, Zimbabwe [info]
- Apply by 31 May 2013. Photo at right taken from Harare City Library Facebook page.

Tagged Events & Opportunities.

CFPs:

Tilburg Law Review [info]
- Special issue on statelessness; submit abstract by 1 June 2013.

New issues:

Cairo Review of Global Affairs, no. 9 (Spring 2013) [full-text]
- Focus is on "Humanity on the Move"; includes articles on refugee research, refugees in the Middle East, Syrian refugees, Palestinian refugees, human trafficking in Egypt, Iraqi displacement, displacement in the DRC, drought displaced, and the Vietnamese diaspora.

Criminologie, vol. 46 (2013) [contents]
- Theme is "La criminalisation de l'immigration"; includes articles on asylum, the detention of asylum-seekers and human trafficking.

Development in Practice, vol. 23, no. 3 (2013) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

EASO Newsletter (April 2013) [full-text via EASO Monitor]
- News and information from the European Asylum Support Office.  The first two articles discuss country of origin information developments.

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 37 (May 2013) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.
Forced Migration Review, no. 42 (April 2013) [open access text]
- Theme is "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and the Protection of Forced Migrants"; see also related IRIN news story.

Relations Internationales, nos. 151 & 152 (2012) [Part 1 contents] [Part 2 contents]
- Two-part focus on "Organisations internationales et ONG: coopération, rivalité, complémentarité de 1919 à nos jours." Read the introduction for more information.  Several articles discuss refugee assistance organizations.

The Researcher, vol. 8, no. 1 (April 2013) [full-text]
- From the Refugee Documentation Centre in Ireland; includes articles on the 1933 Refugee Convention, interpretation in the asylum process, rape in India, the Rohingya, and the concept of discrimination.

Watch for:

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 57 (May 2013) [info]
- Forthcoming issue on South Sudan.

Tagged Periodicals and Events & Opportunities. 

Funding:

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration is offering a number of funding opportunities with May deadlines.  Check out the list available on their web site.

Events & opportunities:

Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism in a Refugee Camp, Oxford, 14 May 2013 [info]

The Human Trace: The Rise of Humanitarian Remote Management, Copenhagen, 16 May 2013 [info]
- Register by 15 May 2013.

New Directions in Resettlement: Implications for Refugees and the Settlement Sector, Webinar, 15 May 2013 [info]
- Note: This Webinar was re-scheduled from 26 March 2013. Free event but registration is required.

Saving the World: Does Faith-based Humanitarian Aid Deliver Relief or Redemption?, New York, 15 May 2013 [info]

UNHCR Award for Statelessness Research [info]
- Nomination deadline extended to 22 May 2013.

Bhutanese Refugee Re-settlement Workshop, London, 22-23 May 2013 [info]
- Free event but registration is required.

The (Mis)treatment of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel, Oxford, 28 May 2013 [info]

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: Last Minute April/More May 2013 

Tagged Events & Opportunities.  

Changes to existing web sites:

AlertNet [access]
- As of 23 April 2013, AlertNet was folded into Trust.org; for more info., watch the video.

Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers [access]
- New URL and look and feel.

Human Security Gateway [info]
- This service has been discontinued; its contents will be transferred to the World Bank's The Hive (see below).

Refworld [access]
- New and improved version launched in mid-April; here's the press release.

New sites/resources:

The Hive: A Knowledge Platform on Fragility, Conflict and Violence [access]
- "Provides both an online and face-to-face communication platform for the community of practice working on these issues to share and build knowledge."

JIPS Essential Toolkit (JET) [access]
- "Aims to support good practices in profiling exercises."

Road to Refuge [access]
- "An interactive website about asylum seekers and refugees that allows the user to step into their shoes and make the impossible decisions along their journey from home to Australia."  See also Facebook page.

Women Working in Aid and Development [access]
- Blog established to give women "a forum that they could go to to discuss their experiences in the sector."

Tagged Web Sites/Tools.

Opportunities:

UNHCR Award for Statelessness Research [info]
- Nomination deadline extended to 22 May 2013.

CFP: Tilburg Law Review [info]
- Special issue on statelessness; submit abstract by 1 June 2013.

Publications:

Addressing the Human Insecurity of Stateless People: Complementing our Legal Advocacy with a Development Approach (ENS Blog, May 2013) [text]

Addressing Statelessness in the Western Balkans – ENS and WeBLAN Joint Workshop (ENS Blog, April 2013) [text]

"All You Can Do is Pray": Crimes against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State (Human Rights Watch, April 2013) [text]

Greg Constantine Talks @ Pulitzer [access]
- Discusses the In Search of Home e-book.

Is Nationality Always Relevant? – Reflections on Time Spent with a Lahu Community in Northern Thailand (Statelessness Programme Blog, May 2013) [text]

"Stateless in the United States: Current Reality and a Future Prediction," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 46, no. 2 (2013) [full-text]

Statelessness: The Core of the Palestinian Issue, Washington, DC, 2 May 2013 [info] [access]

"Statelessness in International Law: A Historic Overview," DAJV Newsletter, no. 3 (2012) [full-text]
- Select 3/2012 from the list of issues.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Opportunity:

FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees, Internally Displaced, and Stateless Persons in the South Caucasus [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 30 May 2013.

Publications:

"20 Years of Internal Displacement in Georgia: The International and the Personal," Forced Migration Review 25th Anniversary Collection (April 2013) [open access text]

Comments by the UNHCR Regional Representation for the Baltic and Nordic Countries on the Finnish Ministry of Justice's Proposal for Amendments to the Criminal Code's Provision on Arrangement of Illegal Immigration (UNHCR, March 2013) [text]

End Forced Evictions of Roma in Europe (Amnesty International, April 2013) [text via Refworld]

In Search of Normality: Refugee Integration in Scotland (Scottish Refugee Council, March 2013) [text]

"The Last Frontier of Globalization: Asylum and Citizenship in the Netherlands," Macalester International, vol. 30 (2012) [full-text]

New Case Law Developments in Removal and Extradition (ECHR Blog, April 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Events & opportunities:

Saving the World: Does Faith-based Humanitarian Aid Deliver Relief or Redemption?, New York, 15 May 2013 [info]
- Free and open to the public.

FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Research Projects to Strengthen Evidence-Based Humanitarian Decision Making by PRM and its Partners Worldwide [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 30 May 2013.

Publications:

A Call for Evidence-based Decision-making in Humanitarian Response (ALNAP Forum, April 2013) [text]

Hugo Slim: Legal and Ethical to Pursue Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid (Global Observatory, April 2013) [access]

"Humanitarian Workers Unprepared for Decades of Conflict, Warns UNHCR," The Guardian, 30 April 2013 [text]

"Improving Humanitarian Coordination: Common Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Cluster Approach," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (April 2013) [full-text]

*International Legal Frameworks for Humanitarian Action: Topic Guide (Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, March 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Many Meanings of Humanitarianism (Debating Development, March 2013) [text]

*updated

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Event:

The Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors from the EU: Family-tracing and Government Accountability in the European Return Platform for Unaccompanied Minors (ERPUM) Project, Oxford, 3 May 2013 [info]
- Taking place today!  View the remainder of the workshop online through the livestream.

Publications:

Childhood under Fire: The Impact of Two Years of Conflict in Syria (Save the Children, March 2013) [text]

Children on the Move (IOM, April 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Fractured Childhoods: The Separation of Families by Immigration Detention (Bail for Immigration Detainees, April 2013) [text via Migrants' Rights Network]

"The Kids before Khadr: Haitian Refugee Children on Guantanamo [A Comment on Richard J. Wilson's Omar Khadr: Domestic and International Litigation Strategies for a Child in Armed Conflict Held at Guantanamo]," Santa Clara Journal of International Law, vol. 11, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]

Mortality among Populations of Southern and Central Somalia Affected by Severe Food Insecurity and Famine during 2010-2012 (FEWS Net, May 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]
- "Half of deaths were children under five."

World Report on Child Labour: Economic Vulnerability, Social Protection and the Fight against Child Labour (ILO, April 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

A Cessation of Choice for Rwandan Refugees (Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Dec. 2012) [text]

Contesting Refugee Status Cessation: The Rwandan Case (Oxford Human Rights Hub, March 2013) [text]

"From Urban Catastrophe to 'Model' City? Politics, Security and Development in Postconflict Kigali," Urban Studies, vol. 50, no. 15 (forthcoming 2013) [eprint via LSE Research Online]

Hutu Refugees Fear Forced Return to Rwanda (AP's The Big Story, April 2013) [text]

"Longing for Home: Pre-genocide and Post-genocide Refugees in Rwanda," African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 12, no. 3 (2012) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 77.

Ministerial Meeting Reviews Timeline for Solving Rwandan Refugee Situation (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]
- Read also speech given by South Africa's Minister of Home Affairs, and news report on the DRC's position.

Nakivale Refugee Settlement (Lived Possibilities Blog, April 2013) [text]

Political Survival as a Motive in Decision-Making: The UNHCR and the Rwandan Refugee Crisis, Undergraduate Thesis (Univ. of Maryland, March 2013) [text]

"Recommendations of the International Conference on Rwandan Refugees, held in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 and 20 April, 2013," Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 37 (May 2013) [full-text]

"Rwandan Refugees – Is It Safe to Come Home?," Panel at ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 23-27 April 2013 [info]
- Scroll to p. 68; see also a brief overview of the panel discussion in FRLAN, no. 37 (May 2013).

[Map credit: UNHCR Presence in Rwanda, July 2012]

Tagged Publications. 

FYI, please check out my Pinterest page for new book titles due out in May 2013.  I've also added more titles to the April 2013 and New Legal Texts boards.

Tagged Publications. 

IDMC's Global Overview 2012 reports that "Colombia is the country with the largest population of IDPs, with estimates from the government and civil society ranging from 4.9-5.5 million."  For more, read the individual country profile.
Additional publications:

Colombia: Protection of Land and Patrimony of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Project (World Bank) [access]
- Project is now in its third phase; see recent financing report.

Colombia: Resources for Humanitarian Response and Poverty Reduction (Development Initiatives, April 2013) [text]

Desplazamiento forzado intraurbano y soluciones duraderas: Una aproximación desde los casos de Buenaventura, Tumaco y Soacha (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Expectativas de futuro de la población colombiana refugiada en las ciudades de Ibarra, Lago Agrio y Esmeraldas (UNHCR & FLACSO Ecuador, Feb. 2013) [text]

Fortalecimiento de la Registraduría Nacional en la atención a población en riesgo o situación de desplazamiento (Govt. of Colombia & UNHCR, April 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Human Rights, Forced Displacement, and Economic Development in Colombia: Consideration of the Impact of International Law on Domestic Policy, Paper prepared for Seminario en Latinoamérica de Teoría Constitucional y Política, 6-9 June 2013 [text]

The Impact of Conflict on Education Attainment and Enrollment in Colombia: Lessons from Recent IDPs, HiCN Working Paper, no. 41 (Households in Conflict Network, April 2013) [text]

[Image credit: Colombia: Humanitarian Snapshot, OCHA, 22 April 2013]

Tagged Publications. 

Applications with a forced migration/humanitarian assistance focus are increasingly being developed for smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices.  But it's hard to know what is currently available.  Below is an initial list of apps that I have come across so far, but it's no doubt very incomplete.  If anyone knows of other relevant apps or a useful directory that provides access to apps in our field, please comment!

Books:

In Search of Home (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting) [info]
- "With reporting by Stephanie Hanes, and photography by Greg Constantine, this interactive book takes you on a journey to visit the stateless people of Kenya, Burma and the Dominican Republic"; voted one of the best tablet/Mobile Delivery projects from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).  See also related blog post.

Advocacy/raising awareness:

AiCandle (Amnesty International) [info]
- "Show your solidarity with the human rights movement and join our global network of more than 3 million activists, supporters and members."

And Then I Was a Refugee... (Australian Red Cross) [info]
- An app that "highlights some very real scenarios faced by people from refugee backgrounds including hunger and dehydration, tribal links, insecurity, people smuggling and endless queues. Our goal is to demystify the refugee experience and show people that this is a crisis millions of people find themselves in today. To add even more to the authenticity we have included stories and photos of people who have had a refugee experience and are now settled in Australia."

My Life as a Refugee (UNHCR) [info]
- A game that "lets players contemplate the same life-changing decisions refugees make in a true-to-life quest to try to survive, reach safety, reunite with loved ones and re-start their lives."

Refugee Lives (Medill School of Journalism) [info] [access]
- "Northwestern students documented the lives of refugees from three different places in the world – Jordan, Malawi and Namibia — depicting the daily lives of refugees and establishing connections between resettled refugees and those abroad."

Journals/magazines:

Intervention Journal (Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins) [info]
- "An international multi-disciplinary journal of mental health, psychosocial work and counseling in areas of armed conflict" and the official journal of the War Trauma Foundation.

Perspective (Norwegian Refugee Council) [info]
- "The first international foreign affairs magazine published by a Norwegian NGO. The English-speaking magazine focuses on humanitarian assistance and international politics."

News & information:

Global Emergency Overview [info] [access]
- "Provides an easily accessible, updated snapshot of natural disasters and complex emergencies at a global level. This overview is combined with a more in-depth analysis provided through the Disaster Needs Analyses. The GEO provides a more agile manner in which to share the analysis and receive feedback from responders in the field."

Human Rights Watch [info]
- "Delivers the week's most pressing global human rights news as well as the organization's in-depth reports, allowing users to learn more about current challenges and opportunities to create change. The 'latest news' section is regularly updated, ensuring that viewers have the most current information possible."

Humanitarian Response Kiosk (OCHA) [info] [info]
- "One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and accurate information. New technology provides an opportunity for humanitarian workers to develop better ways to access and share this information, and get aid to those who need it more quickly and effectively."

Operational support:

Focus Reader (UNHCR) [info]
- "Focus Reader provides quick access to UNHCR’s planning data entered in Focus Client. It offers simple views reflecting the different components of an operations plan such as narratives, indicators, budgets, office and positions structures of a single operation. Focus Reader's main advantage is its simplicity and speed. Users with basic Focus Client knowledge will be able to utilize the tool with minimal guidance. Due to its limited size, Focus Reader functions perfectly in environments with limited internet connectivity."

Global MedAid (U.S. Dept. of Defense) [info] [access]
- "Provides tools and resources to health sector personnel performing humanitarian and disaster relief operations. The App is intended for use by healthcare professionals such as public health officers, medics, nurses or doctors. This innovative app supports personal preparation, enables just-in-time learning and enhances productivity in the field.

iGDACS (UN & European Commission) [info]
- "Provides near real-time information about natural disasters and gives the possibility to send back information in the form of a geo-located image and/or text."

SAFE: Safe Access to Firewood and alternative Energy (Women's Refugee Commission) [info]
- Scroll down to "What are the global guidance documents?"; "the tools included in this app guide humanitarian actors through the various steps and sectors involved in designing and implementing an appropriate cooking strategy and thus contribute to improved access to safe cooking fuel."

UN-ASIGN (UNOSAT) [info]
- "A tool for taking and sharing geo-tagged photos specifically designed to work over low bandwidth. The photos are automatically mapped, thus helping towards overall situational awareness."

Training:

Learn & Connect (UNHCR) [info]
- "The e-learning platform for UNHCR, bringing training opportunities to more than 8,000 staff members and partners worldwide. With this mobile application UNHCR’s Global Learning Centre offers an additional learning opportunity for staff members, allowing them to access bite-size training courses via their mobile devices. These training courses have been designed to offer staff members access to the information they need, when and where they need it, covering a diverse range of topics from Management & Leadership to Emergency & Security."

Note that more web sites are also being optimized for mobile devices.  Here are some examples:

Forced Migration Review (FMR) [access]
- As of issue no. 42, FMR is now in A5 format, in part to make it easier to read on mobile devices.

Oxford Journals [info]
- Adding an "m." at the beginning of a journal's URL will direct a user to the mobile version; see, e.g., International Journal of Refugee Law, the Journal of Refugee Studies, and Refugee Survey Quarterly.

Refugees United [info] [access]

RefWorld [info]

ReliefWeb Mobile [info] [access]

Other app listings:
- Disaster Apps and Mobile Optimized Web Pages [access]
- UN Mobile Applications [access]

Learn more about apps at this upcoming event:

Linking Humanitarian Organizations with Mobile Data Collection Tool Providers, Paris, 15-17 May 2013 [info]

Tagged Events & Opportunities and Web Sites/Tools. 

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has published the 2012 edition of its annual Global Overview: People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence.  The report estimates a record-high total IDP population of 28.8 million last year, due in large part to the conflicts in Syria and the DRC.  Here's more about the contents:
The report’s introduction begins by outlining the scale and impact of internal displacement during the year, and includes a ‘snapshot’ of internal displacement in 2012 before exploring some of the key issues and challenges associated with internal displacement at the national, regional and global level. Five regional summaries are followed by descriptions of internal displacement situations in countries of those regions.
Press releases, maps and infographics in English, French and Spanish are available here.  Previous editions of the Global Overview can be retrieved via my forced migration research guide.

Tagged Publications.  

Displacement: Colombia's Inescapable Burden? (Fletcher Forum, April 2013) [text]
- Note: Photo sourced from this blog post.

Displacement and Resistance: The Ogiek of Kenya (Think Africa Press, March 2013) [text]

The Displacement Decathlon: Olympian Struggles for Affordable Housing from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro (Design Observer Group, April 2013) [text]

Electricity for all but those the Kariba Dam Displaced (IPS, March 2013) [text]

Evicted from Ancestral Lands: Botswana's Basarwa Minority (Think Africa Press, March 2013) [text]

Resettlement Conflicts Follow Mozambique's Mining Boom (IRIN, March 2013) [text]

The World Bank Must Stop Underwriting Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia (TerraNullius, March 2013) [text]
- See also related New York Review of Books blog post and recent statement from World Bank.

Tagged Publications. 

Human Rights and Democracy 2012 (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, April 2013) [text]

Introductory Remarks at Panel on "International Norm-Making on Forced Displacement: Challenges and Complexity," 106th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, 28-31 March 2012 [text via SSRN]
- See also info. re. published proceedings; extracts of the various papers presented at the a/m panel are available, pp. 429-443.

Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire? Migration from Fragile States to Fragile States, Working Paper, no. 9/2013 (OECD, Jan. 2013) [text]

"Putting Refugees in Their Place," New Global Studies, vol. 7, no. 1 (April 2013) [open access text]

Salience of Threat: The Effects of Dissident Violence and Ethnic Diversity on Internal Displacement, Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, 11-14 April 2013 [text via SSRN]

Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner (Protection) High Level Segment of the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 26 February 2013 [text]

Tagged Publications.  

Boat Arrivals on the Mainland: What Difference Does it Make? (FlagPost, April 2013) [text]

Deterring the 'Boat People': Explaining the Australian Government’s People Swap Response to Asylum Seekers, Working Paper, no. 103 (COMPAS, 2013) [text]

Human Rights Standards for Immigration Detention (Australian Human Rights Commission, April 2013) [text]

More Questions about Australia's Record in Rescuing Boat People at Sea (Refugee Council of Australia, April 2013) [text]

The Resettlement of Refugees in Australia: A Bibliography (Australian Policy Online, April 2013) [text]

Tell Me About: Bridging Visas for Asylum Seekers (Australian Human Rights Commission, April 2013) [text]

"Use of Term 'Illegal' is Ignorant or Mischievous," The Age, 22 April 2013 [text]

Tagged Publications. 

A study on The Implementation of UNHCR's Policy on Refugee Protection and Solutions in Urban Areas has just been released.  Its findings are "based on a detailed survey that was sent to the agency’s 24 programs with urban refugee programs that numbered more than 5,000 according to UNHCR’s 2011 statistics. The survey sought to gauge the rate of implementation for each of the 24 UNHCR operations against the twelve protection strategies set forth in the policy. By doing this we hoped to provide a baseline for future implementation measurements, and, to identify good practices and specific challenges concerning urban refugees."

Other recent publications include:

Accessing Services in the City: The Significance of Urban Refugee-Host Relations in Cameroon, Indonesia and Pakistan (Church World Service, Feb. 2013) [text]

Adapting to Urban Displacement: The Use of Cash Transfers in Urban Areas, Thesis (Sciences Po Grenoble, Sept. 2012) [text]

Understanding the Nature and Scale of Urban Risk in Low- and Middle-income Countries and its Implications for Humanitarian Preparedness, Planning and Response (IIED, March 2013) [text]

Events & opportunities:

Engaging Violent Cities: Operational Challenges for Humanitarian Action in Urban Areas, Online, 25 April 2013 [info]
- Note: If you miss this webcast, you will be able to access a recording of the event after the fact.

FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Urban Refugees in Egypt [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 1 May 2013.

Course: Addressing Global Trends: Psychosocial and Mental Health Interventions for Refugees Living the Urban Context, Cairo, 16-20 June 2013 [info]
- Apply for a scholarship by 19 May 2013, otherwise by 22 May 2013.

Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course, Cambridge, MA, 26-28 July 2013 [info]
- Register by 1 June 2013 for discounted rate.

Past events:

Improving Humanitarian Action in Urban Areas: An Action-oriented Roundtable, London, 5 Dec. 2012 [text]

Learning from the City: Humanitarian Action in Urban Areas, London, 19 April 2013 [info]
- Follow some of the discussion that took place on #UrbanLearning.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Opportunity:

FY 2014 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Reception and Placement Program [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 1 July 2013.

Publications:

Empowering Students, Empowering Communities, through Community-Based Learning and Civic Engagement: The Case Study of Refugee Resettlement in Lancaster, PA, Paper presented at American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching & Learning, Long Beach, CA, 8-10 Feb. 2013 [text via SSRN]

'Nowhere to go': Forced Evictions in Haiti's Displacement Camps (Amnesty International, April 2013) [access]

"Organized Crime and Refugee Policy in Honduras," Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 37 (May 2013) [full-text]

Refugees and Asylees: 2012 (DHS Office of Immigration Statistics, April 2013) [text]

"Stateless in the United States: Current Reality and a Future Prediction," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 46, no. 2 (2013) [full-text]
- Includes a survey of statelessness in the Americas generally.

UN and Ministry of Justice Data Shows 175% Increase in Asylum Requests in Brazil between 2011 and 2012 (Portal Brasil, April 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.