New Books: January 2026 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books due out in January 2026, while Part 2 lists additional December 2025 titles, as well as new reference, legal and open access texts.

January 2026:

Ofer Gazit, Hamutal Sadan & Sarah Hankins, eds., Art Practice and Asylum in Israel: Home in the Making, Routledge, Jan. 2026 

Aysuhan Tuba Saral & Margarita Pavlova, Education for Refugees and Sustainable Green Urban Development: Building Skills through Non-formal Learning, Springer, Jan. 2026

Duncan McLean, Françoise Duroch & Amy Mavor, eds., Humanitarian Myths and Hubris: A Critical Self-Portrait from Médecins Sans Frontières, Routledge, Jan. 2026

Irène Herrmann, Humanitarianism and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1859 to 1989, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2026

Mary Gilmartin, Malene H. Jacobsen & Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto, Migration: A Critical Introduction, Wiley, Jan. 2026

Daniel Rauhut & Marika Gruber, eds., Refugee Housing in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities in Multi-Dimensional Governance, Edward Elgar, Jan. 2026

Angela Dew, Refugee Journeys to Australia: Safety, Security, and Support for People with Disabilities from Syria and Iraq, Bloomsbury Academic, Jan. 2026

Georgina Colby & Jane Freedman, eds., Representing Violence Against Women: Asylum, Voice, and Testimony, Liverpool Univ. Press, Jan. 2026

Kerstin von Brömssen & Live Stretmo, eds., Rethinking Childhoods and Migrations: Multidisciplinary Understandings and Key Concepts, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2026

Ainoa Cabada, The UN Charter, the Refugee Convention and the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: Towards a Preventative Protection Regime, Routledge, Jan. 2026

Ana Carden-Coyne, Charles Green, Chrisoula Lionis & Angeliki Roussou, Understanding Displacement Aesthetics: History, Art and Museums, Manchester Univ. Press, Jan. 2026

Rebecca Buxton & Samuel Ritholtz, The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge, Univ. of California Press, Jan. 2026

New Books: January 2026 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

December 2025:

Marco Perolini, Migration and Mobile Rights: Activism, Racial Justice, and Human Rights from Below, Bristol University Press, Dec. 2025

Peter Mancina, On the Side of ICE: Policing Immigrants in a Sanctuary State, NYU Press, Dec. 2025 

Priyanca Mathur & Rubina Pradhan, eds., Post-Pandemic World Order: Issues and Challenges, Routledge, Dec. 2025

- Focuses on Asia. See Part II: State of International Migrants and Refugees. 

Reference books:

Sofia Dedotsi, Elena Cabiati & Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Migration: Theory, Practice, Education and Research, Routledge, Jan. 2026

Laura Cleton, Nahikari Irastorza, Agnieszka Weinar & Lyubov Zhyznomirska, eds., The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe, Routledge, Jan. 2026

Legal texts:

Alex Powell, Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration, Bristol University Press, Jan. 2026

Open access:

Chrisoula Lionis, Contemporary Art and Forced Displacement: Methods of Intervention and Cultural Resilience, Routledge, Dec. 2025

Katherine Kunz, Contested Home: Asylum-seeking in Switzerland and the Politics of Belonging, Place, and Religion, transcript Verlag, June 2025 

Marcin Stonawski, Karolina Sobczak-Szelc, Katarzyna Górska, Agnieszka Olter-Castillo, Silvana Gomez & Jan Brzozowski, Coping and Adaptation in Times of Exodus: Venezuelan Migration Decisions and Strategies, Routledge, Dec. 2025

Anne Ring Petersen, Worlding and Storying Forced Displacement: Contemporary Art and Refugee Experience in Denmark, transcript Verlag, Dec. 2025 

New Books: December 2025 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books due out in December 2025, while Part 2 lists additional November 2025 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

December 2025:

Eleni Chasioti, Clothes and Textiles of Anatolian Greek Refugees: Embodied Memories on Display, Lived Places Publishing, Dec. 2025

- Note: The title displayed on the image of the book cover is different: The Clothes Anatolian Greek Refugees Wore: Items Brought When Fleeing in the 20th Century.

Mirna Carranza, The Cost of Safety: Central American Young People's Notions of Home, Lived Places Publishing, Dec. 2025

- Focuses on Canada.

Bobby Luthra Sinha, Nirmala Devi Gopal, Annapurna Devi Pandey & Ashutosh Kumar, eds., Dark Anthropology, Migrants and Others: Of Vulnerable Communities, Solidarities and Challenges to Nation-States, Routledge, Dec. 2025 

Franziska Werner, Philipp Piechura, Carla Bormann & Ingrid Breckner, eds., (Forced) Migration and Space: An Introduction to a Space-Sensitive Approach in (Forced) Migration Studies, Springer, Dec. 2025

Gusztáv D. Kecskés & Tamás Scheibner, eds., A Handbook on Post-1956 Hungarian Refugee Relief: From Local Crisis to Global Impact, De Gruyter, Dec. 2025

Henrik Kjellmo Larsen, How Spontaneous Volunteers Disrupt the Management of Forced Migrants and Life Seekers, Springer, Dec. 2025

- Focuses on Greece.

Susanne Korbel & Philipp Strobl, eds., Practices of Reunification: The Continuation of Refugee Life after 1945, Routledge, Dec. 2025

Valerie Preston, John Shields & Tara Bedard, eds., Social Resilience and the Urban Migrant Experience, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Dec. 2025

- Focuses on Canada.

Nimo Bokore, Trauma-Informed, Culturally Based Intervention: Integration of Neuroscience and Social Work in Supporting Refugees, Springer, Dec. 2025

Michelle Pace, Un-welcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration, Manchester Univ. Press, Dec. 2025

Bernadette Ludwig, Unwelcome Shores: Black Refugees in America, Rutgers Univ. Press, Dec. 2025

New Books: December 2025 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1.

November 2025:

Martin Gottwald, Beyond Principles? A Critical Look at UNHCR’s Organisational Culture, Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2025

*Valerie Francisco-Menchavez & Leah Williams Veazey, eds., Communities of Care in Migration, Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2025

*Alpaslan Özerdem, Handbook on Humanitarian Crises, Edward Elgar, Nov. 2025

Legal texts:

Natale Serón Arizmendi, Unaccompanied Migrant Children and International Law: The Role of Strategic Litigation in Advancing Human Rights, Routledge, Dec. 2025

Open access:

Ataus Samad, Aparna Hebbani & Nichole Georgeou, eds., Beyond the Cities: The Dynamics of Migrant Settlement in Regional Australia, Springer, Nov. 2025

Lauren Sakae Nishimura, Climate Change, Human Rights, and Adaptive Mobility, Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2025

Ana Beduschi, Massimo Marelli & Aaron Martin, eds., Data Protection in Humanitarian Action: Responding to Crises in a Data-Driven World, Routledge, Oct. 2025

Heidi Østbø Haugen & Bingyu Wang, eds., Handbook on Migration to China, Edward Elgar, Sept. 2025

*Doina Anca Cretu & Michal Frankl, eds., Humanitarian Mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe: Local, National and International Perspectives, Manchester Univ. Press, Nov. 2025

Piotr Długosz & Dominika Izdebska-Długosz, eds., Women War Refugees from Ukraine: Two Years Since the Invasion, Peter Lang, Nov. 2025

*UPDATED

New Books: November 2025 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books due out in November 2025, while Part 2 lists additional October 2025 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

November 2025:

Josip Obradović & Sampson Lee Blair, eds., Families and Migration: Examining the Causes, Processes, and Consequences of Migration, Emerald Publishing, Nov. 2025

Marketa Bacakova, Wayne Veck & Julie Wharton, eds., Forced Migration, Disability and Education: Inclusion and Exclusion at the Intersection of Displacement and Disablement, Routledge, Nov. 2025

Karen Jacobsen, Host Cities: How Refugees Are Transforming the World’s Urban Settings, Yale Univ. Press, Nov. 2025

Tual Sawn Khai, Irregular Migration in Southeast Asia: Contemporary Barriers to Regularization and Healthcare, Routledge, Nov. 2025

Marijana Hameršak, Iva Pleše &Tea Škokić, eds., Keywords of the Balkan Route: The European Irregularized Migration Regime at the Periphery, Berghahn Books, Nov. 2025

Adèle Garnier, Sarah Dubuc & Christina R. Clark-Kazak, eds., and Lyse Hébert, transl., La migration forcée au Canada, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Nov. 2025

Rachel Hoare, Psychological Support for Refugee Adolescents: An Expressive Arts Approach to Wellbeing and Trauma Recovery, Routledge, Nov. 2025

Eva Plach, Relief on the Hoof: The Seagoing Cowboys, the Heifer Project, and UNRRA in Poland, Northern Illinois University Press, Nov. 2025

Joseph Musasizi, Dharma Arunachalam & Helen Forbes-Mewett, Rethinking Refugee-Host Relations: Cultural Proximity and Historical Links, Routledge, Nov. 2025 

New Books: November 2025 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1.

October 2025:

Haya Al-Dajani, Maysa Baroud & Deema Refai, Arab Refugee Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities in Jordan and Lebanon, Lived Places Publishing, Oct. 2025 

Muhammed Serhat Semercioğlu & Ahmet Oğuz Akçay, eds., Foundational Education of Primary-Level Refugee Students: Advancing Fundamental Subject Knowledge, Springer, Oct. 2025

Bronte Alexander, Governing Migration and Mobility: Military-Humanitarianism at Brazil's Northern Frontier, Bristol Univ. Press, Oct. 2025

Andreas Niederberger, Uchenna Okeja & Johanna Gördemann, eds., Handbook of Migration Ethics, Springer, Oct. 2025

Paula Banerjee, Nasreen Chowdhory & Priya Singh, eds., The Postcolonial Compendium: Keywords in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2025 

Mohammad Zaman, Robert Anderson & Kawser Ahmed, eds., Rohingya Stories: History and Geopolitics in a Multipolar World, Springer, Oct. 2025

Nasir Uddin, ed., Scattered Lives of ‘Stateless’ People: The Rohingyas in SAARC & ASEAN Countries, Springer, Oct. 2025

Legal texts:

Jenny Poon, Counteracting Containment Policies in the EU: Safeguarding the Non-Refoulement Principle, Springer, Oct. 2025

Niovi Vavoula, Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi & Valsamis Mitsilegas, eds., Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU, Routledge, Sept. 2025

- A preprint version of the introduction is available via SSRN.

Open access:

Hans Karl Peterlini & Jasmin Donlic, eds., Jahrbuch Migration und Gesellschaft = Yearbook Migration and Society 2023/2024, transcript Verlag, 2025 

- The theme of this edition is "Gender*Queer." Contributed chapters are in either German or English.

Ryuji Hattori & Tual Sawn Khai, Japan’s Humanitarian Aid Toward Myanmar After the 2021 Coup: Exploring Four Channels Amid the Weaponization of Assistance, Springer, Sept. 2025

Janine Dahinden & Andreas Pott, eds., Reflexivities and Knowledge Production in Migration Studies: Pitfalls and Alternatives, Springer, Nov. 2025

New Books: October 2025 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books due out in October 2025, while Part 2 lists additional September 2025 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

October 2025:

Marla A. Ramírez, Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation, Harvard Univ. Press, Oct. 2025

Andriani Fili, Caged Histories: Violence and Resistance in Greek Immigration Detention, Routledge, Oct. 2025

Eram Alam, The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Oct. 2025

Gentille Dusenge, A Congolese Refugee's Quest for a Purpose and Better Life: More to Life than a Refugee Camp, Lived Places Publishing, Oct. 2025

Mirna Carranza, The Cost of Safety: Central American Young People's Notions of Home, Lived Places Publishing, Oct. 2025

Sarah Scott Ford, Entangled Asylum in the Nordic Region: Legal Sociology and Human Rights, Bristol Univ. Press, Oct. 2025

Marco Palillo, Forced Migration, Masculinities, and Vulnerabilities in the Mediterranean: Refugee Men on the Margins of Europe, Routledge, Oct. 2025

Leila Hudson, Lines of Flight, Assemblages of Home: Syrian Women Displaced, Syracuse Univ. Press, Oct. 2025

Loretta E. Bass, ed., Migrant Children and Youth: Wellbeing and Integration Around the World, Emerald Publishing, Oct. 2025

- Note: One chapter is open access.

Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, ed., Research with Refugee Children and Families: Ethical Dilemmas and Methodological Insights, UBC Press, Oct. 2025