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The Seminar Series on Forced Migration which will be given by Prof. Nergis Canefe (York University), titled “Decolonizing Forced Migration Studies: Lessons from Borderlands”. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, 2021 starting at 5pm CET (Vienna time)/11am CST (Toronto time) and will be held online. Everyone is welcome and please find the registration here. 

The agenda for the Symposium is as follows: 

May 11, 2021: Opening Ceremony 

The symposium will commence with welcome remarks from HDSR Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Xiao Li Meng, USA for IOM CEO, Luca Dall’oglio, and USA for UNHCR CEO, Anne-Marie Grey. 

The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) flagship publication has launched a dynamic new webpage that connects fact-based narratives on migration with interactive data visualizations on some of the latest global migration data and information. It is the first microsite of its kind since the World Migration Report (WMR) series began more than two decades ago. 

This online event celebrates the launch of the University of London intercollegiate Refugee Law Clinic, recognising our partnerships, networks and the work of the clinic. The event will present a number of introductory comments from the University’s Vice Chancellor, project partners and staff, followed by an expert panel discussion addressing the topic of ‘The New Plan for Immigration: What now for asylum seekers?’. 

International migration is a key feature of globalization. Yet there is no international migration regime that would support cooperation and governance at the global level. This makes for enduring and worldwide migration crises. This article identifies five distinct patterns of migration governance: (1) national/sovereign migration governance, according to which migration is an issue of state sovereignty; (2) global anti-migrant governance, which posits that cooperation and governance exist in practice, but either to control migration (global forced immobility governance) or to exploit migrant labour (global labour exploitation governance); (3) global rights-based migration governance, grounded in human rights and international norms; (4) managerial/developmental global migration governance, which aims at steering migration flows to optimize their utility; and (5) the free (non)-governance of migration, premised on ethical and utilitarian arguments in favour of free movement. The article discusses the implications of this typology for understanding current and future prospects of migration governance. 

Anschütz S. & Mazzucato V. (2021). Reconceptualizing family reunification from a youth mobilities perspective: transnational youth between Ghana and Belgium. Children’s Geographies. 

The conflict in Myanmar has forced roughly 850,000 Rohingya refugees to flee across the border into Bangladesh. Many now live in a series of sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been an increase in the number of Rohingya refugees moving from Bangladesh and Myanmar, towards other countries in Southeast Asia. High population density, a lack of knowledge about COVID-19 and a lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in settlements have exacerbated the risks among Rohingya refugees and migrants. 

The conflict in Myanmar has forced roughly 850,000 Rohingya refugees to flee across the border into Bangladesh. Many now live in a series of sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been an increase in the number of Rohingya refugees moving from Bangladesh and Myanmar, towards other countries in Southeast Asia. High population density, a lack of knowledge about COVID-19 and a lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in settlements have exacerbated the risks among Rohingya refugees and migrants. 

Leclerc C., Vink M., and Schmeets H. (2021) Citizenship Acquisition and Spatial Stratification: Analysing Immigrant Residential Mobility in the Netherlands. Urban Studies. 

In this new video Melissa Siegel dives in to the Atlas of Migration developed by the European Commission’s Knowledge Center on Migration and Demography. The Atlas is a collection of data from numerous sources in a central, easily accessible online platform. In her video Melissa addresses the history and composition of the atlas. 

The new series will examine migration in a specific country or geographic region. The first migration snapshot examines the European Union (EU). This is based on the data found in the Atlas of migration. In this first video Melissa Siegel looks at various indicators and the flows of migration including through the issuance of residence permits and the number of asylum claims.

The important role of social protection programming (especially cash/in-kind transfers and cash or food for work) in responding to humanitarian crises has been gaining increasing recognition, and most recently not least because of the compounding effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.