Regional Publications on the Americas: Colombia; and the Middle East

View As Web Page Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on the Americas

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]

New Publications on Colombia

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.

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]

New Publications on the Middle East

Alarming Abuse of Migrants in Yemen (RMMS, April 2013) [text]

Iraq 10 Years On: The Humanitarian Impact (IRIN, April 2013) [access]
– Special report.

More than 30,000 Refugees and Migrants Make Risky Sea Crossing to Yemen This Year (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

A Multitude of Meanings in a Mutual Past (ODI, April 2013) [text]
– Comment on event held in Amman that explored concepts of humanitarian action.

Reflections on a Humanitarian Policy Simulation (PAXsims, April 2013) [text]
– Overview of a simulation undertaken to assess UNRWA policy options.

“Struggle of the Middle East Refugees,” Cairo Review of Global Affairs, no. 9 (Spring 2013) [full-text]

 

 

New Regional Publications on the Middle East and Europe

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on the Middle East

“Do not send us so we can become refugees again” –  From “Nationals of a Hostile State” to Deportees: South Sudanese in Israel (African Refugee Development Center & Hotline for Migrant Workers, Feb. 2013) [text]

Funding Gap Threatens Refugee Response in Lebanon (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

Joint NGO/UN Briefing of the Current Shortfalls in Aid and Ability to Meet Humanitarian Needs of Refugees from Syria in Jordan (ICMC et al., April 2013) [text]

Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon (ANERA, April 2013) [text]

Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon: A Needs Assessment (ANERA, March 2013) [text]

Syrian Refugee Crisis: The View From the Turkish Border (Refugees International Blog, April 2013) [text]

UAE: Don’t Deport Tamil Refugees to Sri Lanka (Human Rights Watch, April 2013) [text]

New Publications on Europe

Decision Making in Asylum Cases and Appeal Process: Situation, Relevant Issues and Recommendations for Lithuania (IOM, 2013) [text]

Europe’s Forced Returnees Claim Abuse (IRIN, April 2013) [text]

Evaluering av advokatordningen for asylsøkere = Evaluating the legal aid provided to asylum seekers (Oxford Research, Oct. 2012) [text in Norwegian]
– An Executive Summary in English is provided on pp. 15-21.

Frontex: Human Rights Responsibilities (PACE, April 2013) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Turkey’s New Law on Asylum (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

 

New Regional Publications on the Middle East and Africa

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on the Middle East

Findings from the Inter- Agency Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence Assessment in the Za’atari Refugee Camp (Child Protection and Gender-based Violence in Emergencies Sub-Working Group, 2013) [text]

Israel: Detained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave (Human Rights Watch, March 2013) [text]

“Protected or Excluded? A Case Study of the Interpretation and Implementation of Article 1D with Regard to Palestinian Asylum Seekers,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 35 (March 2013) [full-text]

“State of Exception and Resistance: Two Indivisible Key Aspects to Understand the Political Socialization of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon,”  National Identity: Time, Place, People (University of Latvia, 2012) [text]
– Collection of “publications from 1st international conference for students at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia,” Riga, 15-17 March 2012; scroll to p. 26 for a/m paper.

Syria’s Mess Causes Soul Searching in Humanitarian Aid World (Global Observatory, March 2013) [text]

Syria’s Unseen Crisis: Displaced Women Face Rape, Insecurity, Poverty (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, March 2013) [text]

UNHCR Stands Up for Refugees in Israel (RSDWatch, March 2013) [text]

New Publications on Africa

Citizen Perceptions of Migration in South Africa (Afrobarometer, Feb. 2013) [text]

DR Congo: Poor Coordination Obstructs Emergency Response to Gender-Based Violence (Refugees International, March 2013) [text]

Emergency Response for the Situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Supplementary Budget Appeal (UNHCR, March 2013) [text]

“Humanitarian Conditions in Darfur: The Most Recent Reports Reveal a Relentless Deterioration,” Sudan Tribune, 10 Feb. 2013 [text via SudanReeves.org]

Joint Assessment Mission: Ivorian Refugees Operation in Liberia, February 2013 (WFP & UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Overview of UNHCR’s Operational Strategies in Africa, 56th EXCOM Standing Committee Meeting, 19 Feb. 2013 [text]
– See also related speech by UNHCR’s Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa.

 

 

New Regional Publications on MENA; Middle East, esp. Iraqis; and Europe

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on MENA

After Trials of Winter, Syrian Refugees Face Difficult Summer (Refugees International Blog, March 2013) [text]

AMERA-Egypt, Flagship of the Refugee Legal Aid Movement, Struggles for Financial Survival (RSDWatch, March 2013) [text]

Asylum and Migration in the Maghreb (Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Dec. 2012) [access]
– Country factsheets are available for Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.

‘Gaza has been de-developing for years’: Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Gaza (ODI, March 2013) [access]
– Podcast.

Jordan: Obama Should Press King on Asylum Seeker Pushbacks (Human Rights Watch, March 2013) [text]

Libya: Stop Revenge Crimes Against Displaced Persons (Human Rights Watch, March 2013) [text]

Syria Deeply+ António Guterres + Anne C. Richard (Syria Deeply, March 2013) [access]
– Video.

New Publications on Middle East, esp. Iraqis

“Chronic Disease and Disability among Iraqi Populations Displaced in Jordan and Syria,” International Journal of Health Planning and Management, vol. 28, no. 1 (January/March 2013) [free full-text]

Iraq, 10 Years On: “Living in Prolonged Limbo” (The IRC Blog, March 2013) [text]

Keeping an Eye on UNRWA (al-shabaka, Jan. 2012) [text via Bepress]

“Legal Status, Labelling, and Protection: The Case of Iraqi ‘Refugees’ in Jordan,” International Journal of Refugee Law (Forthcoming, 2013) [preprint via SSRN]

Overview of UNHCR’s Operational Strategies in the Middle East and North Africa, 56th EXCOM Standing Committee Meeting, 19 Feb. 2013 [text]
– See also related speech.

“Refugee Education as a Gauge of Liberal Multiculturalism: Iraqi Students in Jordan and the United States,” Chapter 10 in Human Rights in the Field of Comparative Education, Comparative and International Education, vol. 21 (Sense Publishers, 2013) [extract]

Remembering Iraq’s Displaced (Middle East Channel Blog, March 2013) [text] [text via Brookings]

Syria: Towards a More Effective Response (Refugees International Blog, March 2013) [text]

New Publications on Europe

Access to Citizenship and its Impact on Immigration Integration: EU Final Event, Brussels, 22 Feb. 2013 [access]
– Follow link for presentations including one on “Addressing Statelessness in Europe.”

The Dublin II Regulation: Lives on Hold (Dublin Transnational Project, Feb. 2013) [access]
– I posted a link earlier to the final report for this project but neglected to mention that National Reports are also available; follow the link to access them from the list on the left.

“The Europeanisation of Asylum Policies: Lessons Drawn from the Reception Conditions Directive,” London Migration Research Group Seminar, London, 12 March 2013 [access]

Eweida, Religion, Sexuality, Politics, Kylie and Asylum (Free Movement Blog, March 2013) [text]
– “[Eweida v UK] is a useful reminder that decision makers should not rush to judgment on another person’s inner identity.”

“The Implementation of the Right to Asylum in Italy,” ERA Forum, vol. 12, no.1, Suppl. (May 2011) [free full-text]

New and Updated Case-Law Factsheets (ECHR Blog, March 2013) [access]
– Particularly relevant ones are “Dublin” Cases and Interim Measures.

Overview of UNHCR’s Operational Strategies in Europe, 56th EXCOM Standing Committee Meeting, 19 Feb. 2013 [text]

 

 

New Regional Publications on Africa, esp. Kenya; Middle East, esp. Syria; and Europe

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on Africa, esp. Kenya

Behind the Scenes: Lessons Learnt from Developing a National Policy Framework on Internal Displacement in Kenya (Refugee Consortium of Kenya & Danish Refugee Council, Feb. 2013) [text]

Congo’s Elderly Act as Caregivers – But Who Will Care for Them? (Refugees International Blog, Feb. 2013) [text]

The Fine Line between Deportation and Refoulement: The Case of Zimbabweans in South Africa (Uppsala University, Autumn 2012) [text]

Invisible Suffering: The DRC’s Unofficial IDP Camps (Think Africa Press, Feb. 2012) [text]

Kenya: Government Directive Leads to Severe Abuses and Forced Returns (Refugees International, Feb. 2013) [text]

Kenya’s Somalis Face Urban Ejection (Think Africa Press, Feb. 2013) [text]

Kenyans Head to the Polls – and a New Displacement Crisis? (UpFront Blog, Feb. 2012) [text]

“Organization of African Unity and African Union Engagement with Refugee Protection: 1963–2011,” African Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 21, no. 1 (Feb. 2013) [extract]

Protection of the Right to Seek and Obtain Asylum under the African Human Rights System (Martinus Nijhoff, Feb. 2013) [info]

New Publications on Middle East, esp. Syria

Analysis of Host Community-Refugee Tensions in Mafraq, Jordan (Mercy Corps, Oct. 2012) [text via InterAction]

Camp New Iraq (Formerly Camp Ashraf) Residents and the Processing of their Cases for Solutions, Update no. 5 (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]

Can Israel Aid Syrian Refugees? (Huffington Post, Feb. 2013) [text]

Israel Deports Refugees to Sudan Despite Threat to their Lives (Daily Beast, Feb. 2013) [text]
– See also related AP story.

Journal of Palestinian Refugee Studies, vol. 2. no. 2 (Autumn 2012) [full-text]
– Mix of articles, with several on Palestinian refugees in Syria.  Individual articles can be accessed here.

*The Syrian Crisis and its Repercussions: Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees, MPC Research Report 2013/03 (Migration Policy Centre, 2013) [text]

UNHCR Leader Warns of Moment of Truth for Syria, Risk of Unmanageable Crisis (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]
– Note: A link to the text of the HC’s remarks to the UN Security Council was originally included, but now seems to have been removed.

UNHCR Warns of Humanitarian Cost of Syrian Conflict, especially on the Displaced (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]
– Includes link to text of AHC’s speech to the UN Human Rights Council.

New Publication on North America

“Aid Groups Warn of Human Cost of Sequester,” Foreign Policy, 21 Feb. 2013 [extract via Refugees International]

New Refugee Determination System in Canada (Oppenheimer Chair, Feb. 2013) [text]

Open Letter from 40 Organizations Supporting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Accounts (InterAction, Feb. 2013) [text]
– See also related press release.

Senate Immigration Hearing Should Include Fixes for Flawed Asylum System (Human Rights First, Feb. 2013) [text]

New Publications on Europe

“1952 – 2012: Le Juge Français de l’Asile, de la Commission de Recours des Réfugiés à la Cour Nationale du Droit d’Asile,” Colloque à l’Occasion des 60 ans de la CNDA, Paris, 29 Octobre 2012
– Conference materials include a speech by the Vice President of the Conseil d’État; a speech by the President of the Conseil National des Barreaux; and a keynote address by UNHCR’s Director of International Protection at a roundtable on social group.

Europe: The Dublin Regulation 10 Years on, Inhospitality Means Denial of Protection (Jesuit Refugee Service, Feb. 2013) [text]

Facing 2020: Developing a New European Agenda for Immigration and Asylum Policy (Migration Policy Institute Europe, Feb. 2013) [text]

“Ideas of ‘Home’ and ‘Return Home’ in Voluntary Return Messaging – A Contemplation on the Impact of Passage of Time and Sense of Failure on Asylum-seekers’ Engagements with Voluntary Return in Ireland,” Migration Policy Practice, vol. III, no. 1 (Feb./March 2013) [text]
– Scroll to p. 15.

Submission to Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece, Application No 30696/09 (Amnesty International, Feb. 2013) [text]

When Maternity Doesn’t Matter: Dispersing Pregnant Women Seeking Asylum (Refugee Council, Feb. 2013) [text]

 

 

New Publications on Gender-based Persecution; Protection and the Middle East

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on Gender-based Persecution

“Domestic Violence as a Basis for Asylum: An Analysis of 206 Case Outcomes in the United States from 1994 to 2012,” Hastings Women’s Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (2013) [text via SSRN]

“Gender-Based Persecution as a Basis for Asylum in the United States: Structural and Procedural Defects,” Impunity Watch, 2 May 2012 [text]

Gender Persecution and Refugee Law Reform in Canada (Battered Women’s Support Services, Oct. 2012) [text]

Gender Related Asylum Claims in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Law, Policies and Practice Focusing on Women in Nine EU Member States (European Parliament, Nov. 2012) [text]
– Re-issued version of this May 2012 report.

“Give Us Your Weary but Not Your Battered: The Department of Homeland Security, Politics and Asylum for Victims of Domestic Violence,” Southwestern Journal of International Law, vol. 18, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]

“Persecution on Account of One’s Gender: Refugee Status or Status Quo?,”Feminists@Law, vol. 2, no. 1 (2012) [open access text]

Refugee Status in Canada: Gender-related Claims (Ontario Women’s Justice Network, Jan. 2013) [text]

Research project:

Gender Related Harms in Forced Migration: A Comparative International Study, University of Technology Sydney, 2012-2015 [info]
– See related news story.

Publications on Protection

Just Tell Us What Happened (Free Movement Blog, Feb. 2013) [text]
– Discusses the findings reported in “Just Tell Us What Happened to You: Autobiographical Memory and Seeking Asylum,” Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 26, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2012).

“The Scarlett Letter ‘T’: The Tier III Terrorist Classification’s Inconsistent and Ineffectual Effects on Asylum Relief for Members and Supporters of Pro-Democratic Groups,” Baltimore Law Review, vol. 41, no. 3 (Spring 2012) [full-text]

Understanding the New Refugee Determination System in Canada (Rabble.ca, Jan. 2013) [text via Oppenheimer Chair]

Publications on the Middle East

Becoming Refugees Once More: Palestinians from Syria Return to Gaza (IRIN, Feb. 2013) [text]

“Following the El Kott Judgment, Palestinians from Syria Applying for Asylum in the EU Should Be Granted Refugee Status Automatically,” ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 8 February 2013 [access]
– See also text of El Kott judgment and UNHCR’s oral intervention.

“The Internally Displaced Palestinians in Israel,” al-Majdal, no. 51 (Winter 2012) [full-text]

Misery Beyond the War Zone: Life for Syrian Refugees and Displaced Populations in Lebanon (MSF, Feb. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Nutrition Assessment Report for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, using SMART Methodology (UNICEF et al., Jan. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Palestinian Christians: Ongoing Forcible Displacement and Dispossession… until When? (Badil & Kairos Palestine, Dec. 2012) [text]

“Spatialising the Refugee Camp,” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan. 2013) [free full-text]

Syrian Arab Republic: Special Focus on the Humanitarian Situation of Palestine Refugees in Syria (UNRWA & OCHA, Feb. 2013) [text via PRRN Blog]

New Regional Publications on Africa; Europe; and the Middle East, esp. Syria

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on Africa

“Afraid and Exhausted: Striking Portraits of Mali’s Refugees,” Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2013 [access]
– Highlights portraits from UNHCR’s Instagram feed.

Displacement, Disharmony and Disillusion: Understanding Host-Refugee Tensions in Maban County, South Sudan (Danish Demining Group, Jan. 2013) [text]

Statement by the African Commission on the Present Human Rights Situation in Mali (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Jan. 2013) [text]
– The texts of the resolutions referenced in this statement are here: 209, 210, and 217

UNHCR Position on the Directive by the Kenyan Government on the Relocation of Refugees from the Urban Centres to the Refugee Camps (UNHCR, Jan. 2013) [text]
– See also related IRIN news story and RI blog post.

UNHCR’s Rwanda Cessation: Flawed, but Perhaps Not Entirely Wrong (RSDWatch, Jan. 2013) [text]

Urban Refugee Education in Uganda: A Solution from the Non-formal Education Sector, Paper presented at panel on “Not Business as Usual: Education in Emergency and Conflict Settings – The Lived Experiences of the Oft Forgotten,” at the Global Education Leadership Opportunities Conference, Boston, 24-25 January 2013 [text]

New Publications on Europe

“Asylum Legal Framework and Policy of the Slovak Republic,” Jurisprudence, vol. 19, no. 4 (2012) [open access text]

“Cultural Identity as a Specific Dimension of the Socio-Cultural Dynamics: Refugees in Temerin,” Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 6, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 2012) [full-text]
– Scroll to p. 55.

Enhancing Intra-EU Solidarity Tools to Improve Quality and Fundamental Rights Protection in the Common European Asylum System (ECRE, Feb. 2013) [text]

Feeling Like an Outsider: A Case Study of Refugee Identity in the Czech Republic, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 251 (UNHCR, Jan. 2013) [text]

New Publication on the Middle East, esp. Syria.

“Book Review: Displaced at Home: Ethnicity and Gender among Palestinians in Israel,” Journal of International Women’s Studies, vol. 13, no. 3 (2012) [open access text]

“Drowning in the Flood: Foreign Governments and Agencies are Failing Syria’s Refugees,” The Economist, 2 Feb. 2013 [text]

Emergency Response to Housing, Land and Property Issues in Syria (Global Protection Cluster, Jan. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Financing to the Syria Crisis in 2013 (Global Humanitarian Assistance, Jan. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Palestinian Refugees Struggle to Survive,” Nature Middle East, 20 Jan. 2013 [text]

Trapped Between Africa and Saudi Arabia (Lens, Jan. 2013) [access]
– Photos of African refugees in Yemen.

 

 

 

New Publications on Syria; Asia; and Economic/Work Issues

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

New Publications on Syria

An International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria will be held tomorrow in Kuwait City.  In advance of the conference, the U.S. has just pledged $155 million, while the EU has promised €100 million. The UN is seeking a total of $1.5 billion in assistance. You can monitor funding on the Syria Information Hub and via the Financial Tracking Service.

More information on the role the European Union has played in the Syrian crisis, in terms of both humanitarian aid and accepting refugees, is available on the newly launched web site from the Migration Policy Centre: “Syrian Refugees: A Snapshot of the Crisis – in the Middle East and Europe.”

Publications:

Hospitals and Doctors under Attack in Syria: Q&A with the Chair of the Humanitarian Aid Committee for the Syrian Expatriates Organization (Migration Information Source, Jan. 2013) [text]
– Audio of the Q&A is also available.

Kurdistan’s Syrian Refugee Crisis (Cato Institute, Jan. 2013) [text]

Syria’s Afghan Refugees Trapped in a Double Crisis (UN Dispatch, Jan. 2013) [text]

Syrian Refugees: Facts and Figures (Library of the European Parliament, Dec. 2012) [text]

UN: To Avoid Tensions with Refugees, Lebanese Hosts Need Support (IRIN, Jan. 2013) [text]

New Publications on Asia

Disaster-induced Internal Displacement in the Philippines: The Case of Tropical Storm Washi/Sendong (IDMC, Jan. 2013) [text]

Feet of Clay: Aung San Suu Kyi, UNHCR and the Rohingya Refugees (Footsteps to Freedom Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

Promoting Psychosocial Resilience among Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal: A Study of Ethnopsychology, Coping Strategies, and Community Resources 2011-2012 (Transcultural Psychosocial Organization-Nepal, 2012) [text]

Refugee Watch Online (Jan. 2013) [full-text]
– News and views on displaced people in South Asia.

Working Differently in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: The ADB Experience (Asian Development Bank, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

New Publications on Economic/Work Issues

Economic Empowerment of Urban Refugee Youth: Guiding Principles (Women’s Refugee Commission, Jan. 2013) [access]
– Follow the link for access to the text of the Guiding Principles, an executive summary and a presentation about them.  See also related blog post.

“The Economic Security of Refugees and IDPs: Social Capital, Remittances and Humanitarian Assistance,” Chapter in Global Migration: Challenges in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan, October 2012) [info]

“The Economics of Forced Migration,” Journal of Development Studies, Forthcoming (SSRN, Jan. 2013) [preprint]
– See also related COMPAS blog post.

Making Work Safe: Safety Mapping Tool (Women’s Refugee Commission, Jan. 2013 [access]
– “Watch this 2-minute video to learn how to make your livelihoods program safe for women.”

Why Aren’t Refugees Allowed to Work? Asylum Access Launches Global Refugee Work Rights Survey (Refugee Work Rights, Jan. 2013) [text]
– Includes an invitation to join the Refugee Work Rights Coalition.

 

New Publications on Africa; the Middle East and North America

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on Africa

Africa’s Illiberal State-builders, Working Paper, no. 89 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2013) [text]

Baseline Report: The Right to Information for Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya (Article 19, Dec. 2012) [text]

Kenya: Discrimination against Rift Valley Displaced (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2013) [text]

Mali: Outside the Spotlight, Displaced People in Urgent Need of Assistance (Refugees International Blog, Dec. 2012) [text]
– Includes video report.

Receiving LGBTI Refugees in South Africa: Towards a Culture of Non-Discrimination and Human Rights, Working Paper, no. 5 (Refugee Rights Unit, 2012) [text]

The Right to Stay: Fighting Slum Evictions in Kenya (IRIN, Jan. 2013) [text]

Women Refugees and Sexual Violence in Kakuma Camp, Kenya: Invisible Rights, Justice, Protracted Protection and Human Insecurity (Erasmus University, Dec. 2012) [text]

Publications on the Middle East

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has just released a new report entitled Syria: A Regional Crisis.  Discussion of the report’s findings is currently taking place at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) [click on Livestream link]. See also the press release.

Also today, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement is hosting a discussion on “What’s Next for Syria: Humanitarian and Political Perspectives,” in Washington, DC. If you miss it, check back for a summary/audio of the event.

Other publications:

Displacement Monitoring and Needs Assessments: Final Report 2012 (IOM Iraq, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Palestinian Refugees in the Arab World: Realities and Prospects, Doha, 24-25 March 2012 [access]
– Follow the link for an overview of the meeting and links to seminar papers.

Trapped between the Fences (Oxford Human Rights Hub, Sept. 2012) [text]

Publications on North America

Blueprints for the Next Administration (Human Rights First, Dec. 2012) [access]
– Three sets of recommendations on LGBTI refugees, repairing the asylum and refugee resettlement systems, and immigration detention.

CARL in the Courts: Ezokola v. Canada, a Primer (Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Jan. 2013) [access]
– Intervention on case involving exclusion.

“Domestic Violence as a Basis for Asylum: An Analysis of 206 Case Outcomes in the United States from 1994 to 2012,” Hastings Women’s Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (2013) [full-text via SSRN]

“Indirect Refoulement: Challenging Canada’s Participation in the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement,” Wisconsin International Law Journal, vol. 30, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]

Year in Review: Changes in 2012 for Refugees and Other Newcomers to Canada (Canadian Council for Refugees, Jan. 2013) [text]

 

New Publications on Africa; the Middle East; Australia; and Statelessness

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on Africa

Global Insider: Kampala Convention Sets a Global Example for IDP Protection (World Politics Review, Dec. 2012) [text]

Kenya’s Decision to Confine Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Camps is Unlawful (Amnesty International, Dec. 2012) [text]

Refugee Resettlement: The View from Kenya – Findings from Field Research in Nairobi and Kakuma Refugee Camp, Research Report 2012/01 (KNOW RESET, 2012) [text]

Rescuing Migrants in Libya: The Political Economy of State Responses to Migration Crises – The Case of Ghana, Working Paper, no. 16 (DIIS, Dec. 2012) [text]

“Tanzania’s Mtabila Camp Finally Closed,” Pambazuka News, no. 610 (Dec. 2012) [text]

Toward a Regional Solution for Rwanda’s Returning Refugees, Backgrounder no. 45 (Africa Initiative, Nov. 2012) [text]

Transnational Exile Complex: How to Think about African Diaspora Politics, Working Paper, no. 88 (RSC, Dec. 2012) [text]

Publications on the Middle East

Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) Residents and the Determination of their International Protection Needs, Update no. 4 (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [text]

Jordan: Syrian Child Refugees Who Work – Culture or Coping Mechanism? (IRIN, Dec. 2012) [text]

The State of Human Rights in Israel and the OPT 2012 (Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
– Includes a chapter on refugees and asylum-seekers.

Syria Regional Response Plan: January to June 2013 (UN, Dec. 2012) [text]
– See also related UNHCR press release.

Tortured in Sinai, Jailed in Israel: Detention of Slavery and Torture Survivors under the Anti-Infiltration Law, June-September 2012 (Hotline for Migrant Workers, Oct. 2012) [text]

Why They Left: Stories of Iranian Activists in Exile (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2012) [text]

Publications on Australia

Australia and Asylum Seekers: Media Perspectives (London Progressive Journal, Dec. 2012) [text]

Boat People Economics 101: Exposing the Flawed Logic of Asylum Seeker Policy (The Conversation, Dec. 2012) [text]

Cognitive Dissonance and Sunk Cost: The Psychology of Seeking Asylum (The Conversation, Nov. 2012) [text]

Defiance and Compliance: Australia and the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Thesis submitted to the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011; posted July 2012) [text]

Immigration Detention on Christmas Island:  Observations from Visit to Immigration Detention Facilities on Christmas Island (Australian Human Rights Commission, Dec. 2012) [text]

Policy Déjà Vu Will Have a Devastating Effect on Asylum Seeker Mental Health (The Conversation, Dec. 2012) [text]

UNHCR Mission to the Republic of Nauru 3-5 December 2012 (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [text]
– See also related press release.

“What Does the Literature Say about Resilience in Refugee People? Implications for Practice,” Journal of Social Inclusion, vol. 3, no. 2 (2012) [open access text]

Publications on Statelessness

“Atlantis, Narnia and Statelessness: How Political and Environmental Factors Can Cause Statelessness,” Social & Political Review, vol. XXII (2012) [full-text]
– Scroll to p. 73.

A Call to Include the Stateless on International Human Rights Day (ENS Blog, Dec. 2012) [text]

Children and Their Search for a Home: What It Means to be Stateless in the 21st Century (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, July 2012) [text]

Citizens of Nowhere: Solutions for the Stateless in the U.S. (UNHCR & Open Society Justice Initiative, Dec. 2012) [text]
– See also related Refugees International blog post.

Naturalization of Stateless Persons: Solution of Statelessness?, Thesis submitted to the Department of European and International Public Law (Tilburg University, 2012) [text]

S. Sudan Takes Vital Step to Prevent Statelessness (RI Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

“Statelessness and the Politics of Misrecognition,” Res Publica, vol. 18, no. 1 (2012) [eprint]

Statelessness in Southern Africa, Briefing Paper for UNHCR Regional Conference on Statelessness in Southern Africa, Mbombela (Nelspruit), South Africa, 1-3 November 2011 [text]

 

New Publications on the Middle East; Asia/Pacific; and Legal Items

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on the Middle East

Analysis: Politics and Humanitarianism in Israel-oPt (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Assessment of the Situation of the Syrian Refugees in Kurdistan Region Iraq, MPC Research Report 2012/15 (Migration Policy Centre, 2012) [text]

The European Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: What Next?, MPC Research Report 2012/14 (Migration Policy Centre, 2012) [text]

Labour Force Survey among Palestinian Refugees Living in Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon, 2011 (ILO & EU, Nov. 2012) [exec. summ. via ReliefWeb]

Out in the Cold: Syria’s Children Left Unprotected (Save the Children, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Palestine: The Demographic and Economic Dimension of Migration, CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes 2012/04 (CARIM, 2012) [text]

Syrian Refugee Camps and Conflict in Turkey (DIIS Comment, Nov. 2012) [text]

Syrian Refugees: Reliance on Camps Creates Few Good Options (Refugees International, Dec. 2012) [text]
– See photo above.

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: The Humanitarian Approach under Political Divisions, MPC Research Report 2012/13 (Migration Policy Centre, 2012) [text]

Syrian Refugees Living in the Community in Jordan: Assessment Report (IFRC, Sept. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Publications on Asia/Pacific

Analysis: Australia’s Offshore Asylum Process (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Challenges of IDP Protection: Research Study on the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Afghanistan (IDMC, Nov. 2012) [text]

Country of Origin Report: Vietnam (CORI, Sept. 2012) [text via Refworld]

Myanmar: COI Compilation (Accord, Nov. 2012) [text via Refworld]

“Protecting and Assisting Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Malaysia: The Role of the UNHCR, Informal Mechanisms, and the ‘Humanitarian Exception’,” Journal of Political Science and Sociology, no. 17 (2012) [full-text via KOARA]

“Psychiatric Ethics and a Politics of Compassion,” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, vol. 9, no. 1 (2012) [extract]
– Focuses on asylum seeker detention in Australia.

UNHCR Afghanistan: Statistical Summary of Conflict-induced Internal Displacement (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]

Publications on Legal Items

Difficult to Believe: The Assessment of Asylum Claims in Ireland (Irish Refugee Council, Nov. 2012) [text]

Podcast: Stephen Yale-Loehr and Stanley Mailman on 125 Years of Matthew Bender (LexisNexis, Nov. 2012) [access]
– Discussion with editors of the 21-volume Immigration Law and Procedure.

“Protecting the Protectors or Victimizing the Victims Anew? ‘Material Support of Terrorism’ and Exclusion from Refugee Status in U.S. and European Courts,” ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, vol. 18, no. 2 (2012) [text via SSRN]

Return and Reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons in Post-Conflict Situations: Right Based Approach to Peacebuilding (SSRN, Nov. 2012) [text]

The Role of ‘Credibility’ in International Protection Claims, Dublin, 9 Nov. 2012 [info]
– Videos of speeches and other materials are available here.

New Publications on Health and the Middle East

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on Health

“Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Treatment Outcomes among Conflict-affected and Forcibly Displaced Populations: A Systematic Review,” Conflict and Health 6:9 (Oct. 2012) [open access text]

Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and Resources: Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (WHO & UNHCR, 2012) [text]

Canadian Doctors Speak Out on the Impacts of Cuts to Refugee Healthcare (CCR Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]
– Includes links to two videos.

“Emotional and Behavioural Problems amongst Afghan Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children: Results from a Large-scale Cross-sectional Study,” European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 15 November 2012 [free full-text]

“Factors Associated with Latent Tuberculosis among Asylum Seekers in Switzerland: A Cross-sectional Study in Vaud County,” BMC Infectious Diseases 12:285 (Nov. 2012) [open access text]

“Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Contraception among Afghan Refugee Women in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study,” PLoS ONE 7(11) (Nov. 2012) [open access text]

“Migrants, Refugees and Displaced people,” Section in State of World Population 2012 (UN Population Fund, Nov. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
– Scroll to pp. 62-64.

“Pervasive Refusal Syndrome among Inpatient Asylum-seeking Children and Adolescents: A Follow-up Study,” European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, OnlineFirst, 2 November 2012 [free full-text]

“Remembering Episodes of Sexual Violence: The Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on Evidence,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 30 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]

“Resilience among Asylum Seekers Living with HIV,” BMC Public Health 12:926 (Oct. 2012) [open access text]

“Resilience and Its Association with Depression, Emotional and Behavioural Problems, and Mental Health Service Utilisation among Refugee Adolescents Living in South Australia,” International Journal of Population Research, vol. 2012, article ID 485956 (March 2012) [open access text]

Publications on the Middle East

Denationalizing Bahrainis, Ousting the Opposition (Statelessness Programme Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

Don’t Forget about the Successes of the UNRWA (The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees) (Huffington Post, Nov. 2012) [text]

Israel and the Criminalization of Asylum Seekers (DIIS Comment, Nov. 2012) [text]

The Palestinians are De Jure Stateless: Centralising Them in the Discourse as a Means to Better Address Statelessness (Statelessness Programme Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

*Rethinking the Response to Refugees in Jordan: Local Based Assistance, Urban Refugees and Host Communities (USCRI, Nov. 2012) [text]
– See also other related notes from the field.

Syria: Turkey Opens up to International Aid in Camps (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: The Humanitarian Approach under Political Divisions, MPC Research Report 2012/13 (Migration Policy Centre, 2012) [text]
– Note: Watch for an upcoming MPC “edited volume of reports on the Syrian refugee crisis containing studies from Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt.” More information is in their newsletter.

Syrian Women & Girls: No Safe Refuge (Refugees International, Nov. 2012) [text]

New Publications on Humanitarian Assistance and the Middle East

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Aid to Syria: Winning Friends and Influence (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Beyond the ‘French Doctors’: The Evolution and Interpretation of Humanitarian Action in France, HPG Working Paper (ODI, Oct. 2012) [text]

Cultures of Humanitarianism: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific, Keynotes, no. 11 (Australian National University, Sept. 2012) [text]

Humanitarian Policy Notes (Oxfam) [access]
– “A series of short papers on Oxfam’s positions on the important issues facing humanitarian response to conflicts and natural disasters.”

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (Protection Cluster, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Aid to Syria: Winning Friends and Influence (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]

Desperate Choices: Conditions, Risks and Protection Failures Affecting Ethiopian Migrants in Yemen (DRC &Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 28, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]
– Special theme issue with 10 articles focusing on “Iraqi refugees” in Australia, Egypt, Europe, Indonesia, Jordan, Syria, and the U.S.

Syria Crisis: An Update on the Humanitarian Response, London, 31 Aug. 2012 [info]
– Report for second roundtable.

The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Role of the European Union (Amnesty International, CCME & ECRE, Nov. 2012) [text]

Syrian Refugees: Who Will Tell Their Story? (Refugees International Blog, Nov. 2012) [text]

Libya: “We are foreigners, we have no rights”: The plight of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya
Amnesty International.

In a prevailing atmosphere of lawlessness and xenophobia, undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at continuous risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention in harsh conditions, as well as physical beatings. Even so, the EU seeks to prevent at any cost foreign nationals from reaching Europe, including those fleeing war and persecution. For now, foreign nationals have nowhere to turn to seek justice and redress. Urgent action is needed to end the indefinite detention, violence and other abuses suffered by foreign nationals in Libya.

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New Publications on Africa; Middle East; and Asia/Oceania

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on Africa

Bulletin spécial sur Mtabila (UNHCR Burundi, Oct. 2012)
– No. 1, no. 2 and no. 3 are available via ReliefWeb.

Burundi-Tanzania: A Troubled Homecoming (IRIN, Oct. 2012) [text]

From Arid Zones into the Desert: The Uganda National IDP Policy Implementation 2004-2012, RLP Working Paper, no. 23 (Refugee Law Project, Oct. 2012) [text]

Internal Displacement in Africa: A Development Challenge (IDMC, Oct. 2012) [text]

Kenya: Refugee Relocation Order Sparks Concern (IRIN, Oct. 2012) [text]

Kenya’s Neglected IDPs: Internal Displacement and Vulnerability of Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya (IDMC & ISS, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
– See also related IRIN report.

Publications on the Middle East

Egyptian Policy Toward the Palestinian Refugees, 1948 to 1952: Incorporating Arab Sources into the Historiography of the 1948 War for Palestine (SSRN, 2012) [text]

Israel: Asylum Seekers Blocked at Border (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2012) [text]

Palestinian Refugee Experience in a Changing Humanitarian Order, Working Paper, no. 2011/58 (Birzeit University, 2011) [text via SSRN]

“Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the State of Israel,” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, vol. 6, no. 3 (2012) [full-text]

“Some UNRWA Refugees Have Resettled,” Middle East Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4 (Fall 2012) [full-text]

Spatializing Identity: The Changing Landscape of Palestinian Refugee Camps, Working Paper, no. 2011/50 (Birzeit University, 2011) [text via SSRN]

Publications on Asia/Oceania

“Barriers to Reform in Myanmar: Displacement of Civilians in Kachin State,” Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 2, no. 2 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]

Changing Realities, Poverty and Displacement in South East Burma/Myanmar (The Border Consortium, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

Exporting Australia’s Asylum Policies (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2012) [text]

Human Rights Issues Raised by the Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Third Countries (Australian Human Rights Commission, Oct. 2012) [text]

“Intermédiaires du Tourisme Médical: Les Réfugiés Afghans de Delhi,” Moussons, no. 19 (2012) [full-text]

Rohingya in Bangladesh: Maintaining the Status Quo; Squandering a Rare Opportunity (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Rohingya in Burma: Spotlight on Current Crisis Offers Opportunity for Progress (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Sri Lanka: A Hidden Displacement Crisis (IDMC, Oct. 2012) [text]

“Unsolved Issues in South Korea’s Domestic Refugee Law,” Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 31 (Nov. 2012) [full-text]

 

New Publications on Canada; the Middle East; Syria; and Return Migration

Publications on Canada:

*New Canadian Law Attempts to Block Bogus Refugees (The Asylumist, Oct. 2012) [text]

Shaping the Future: Canada’s Rapidly Changing Immigration Policies (Maytree, Oct. 2012) [access]

Update on Impact of Federal Cuts to Refugee Health Services (Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, Sept. 2012) [text]

*Whither Refugee Protection in the Changes to the Canadian and British Asylum Systems?, Presentation to RLI Seminar, 17 Oct. 2012 [text]

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on the Middle East:

Iranian Defects at UN General Assembly: A New Case for Political Asylum (HR Brief Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Refugees in the Middle East Peace Process: Evaluating the Impasse (PRRN Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Restricted Existence: A Study of the Social Dynamics and Legal Challenges Faced by Non-camp Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, IMES Capstone Paper Series (George Washington University, May 2012) [text]

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Publications on Syria:

Amnesty “Deeply Alarmed” at UK Government Attempt to Return Syrian Activist to Damascus (Amnesty International UK, Oct. 2012) [text]

Analysis: Not-so-open Borders for Syrian Refugees? (IRIN, Oct. 2012) [text]

Back From the Field: Turkey, Jordan & Iraq (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]
– Map image sourced from this posting.

Europe: Act Now to Help Refugees Fleeing Syria (Amnesty International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Iraq/Turkey: Open Borders to All Syrian Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2012) [text]

“Syria’s Refugees Face a Bleak Winter,” The Lancet, vol. 30, no. 9851 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

Lebanon, Syrian Instability, and the Risks of Sunni-Shiite Competition.
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies
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Losing Syria (And How to Avoid It).
Brookings Institution.
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(Source: DocuBase)

Publications on Return Migration:

International Migration

Return Migration: The Experience of Eastern Europe.
A new article by Reiner Martin and Dragos Radu.
International Migration –Volume 50, Issue 6, pages 109–128, December 2012.
From the Abstract:

Over the last decade, a significant share of the labour force in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has been exposed to work spells abroad followed by return migration. Although there is a growing literature on CEE return migration, most previous studies are country-specific and no enquiry for the region as a whole has been undertaken so far. In this paper, we attempt to fill this gap. We collate data from the European Union (EU) Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) for a cross-country analysis of return migration in CEE countries. The aim of the paper is threefold. We first review the available evidence and literature on the characteristics and labour market behaviour of return migrants in CEE countries. Second, we provide a descriptive analysis of recent returnees using EU-LFS data. Third, we specifically analyse the income premia for work experience abroad, the occupational choices and the selectivity patterns of recent returnees in CEE countries from a cross-country perspective. Consistent with previous results, we find that the average income premia for work abroad range between 10 per cent and 45 per cent. Migrants are less likely to actively participate in the labour market upon return. They are, however, more likely to choose self-employment rather than dependent employment upon return. Recent migrants are also more likely to experience spells of unemployment in the first year after their return. The latter two findings are reversed, however, when adjusting for the unobserved heterogeneity of return migrants and for regional effects.

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