New Books: March 2026 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books due out in March 2026, while Part 2 lists additional February 2026 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.

March 2026:

Violetta Hionidou & Dimitris Skleparis, eds., Across the Aegean: A Century of Forced Migrations Between Greece and Turkey, 1922-2022, Routledge, March 2026

Victoria Abrahamyan, Armenian Refugees in French Mandate Syria: Statelessness and Nation-Building in the Middle East, I.B. Tauris, March 2026

Molly Fee, Believing in Light after Darkness: Displacement and Refugee Resettlement, Univ. of California Press, March 2026

Paolo Boccagni & Thomas Lacroix, Death in Migration: Foregrounding Loss, Grieving and Memory Out of Place, Bristol Univ. Press, March 2026

Francesca Esposito, Teresa Degenhardt & Annika Lindberg, eds., Detention and Deportation in Europe: Analyses, Contestations, and Radical Visions in the Aftermath of COVID-19, Policy Press, March 2026

Julia F. Irwin, Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford Univ. Press, March 2026

Melissa Hauber-Özer, Investment in Second Language Learning and Higher Education: Narratives of Syrian Refugees in Turkish Universities, Multilingual Matters & Channel View Publications, March 2026

Emily R. Crawford, Bryan Mann, Meredith Bittel & Ryan Rumpf, eds., Leading for Refugees and Newcomers: Cases for K-12 Schools, Harvard Education Press, March 2026 

Carmen Santamaría-García & Eija Ventola, eds., A Multimodal Approach to Picturebooks on Migration and Migrants, Routledge, March 2026

Nasreen Chowdhory & Priya Singh, eds., New Frontiers in the Register of Migration and Refugee Studies, Springer, March 2026

Čarna Brković, Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans: From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics, Indiana Univ. Press, March 2026

Emilio Rodríguez, ed., A Renewed Canadian Welcome: Eleven Visions from Migrants and Advocates, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, March 2026

New Books: March 2026 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

February 2026:

Judit Szente, Education of Young Children Caught in Disasters: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Interventions, Springer, Feb. 2026

Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Verina Wild, Anna Gotlib, Ryoa Chung & Deborah Zion, eds., Forced Migration and Health Justice, Oxford Univ. Press, Feb. 2026

Bayes Ahmed & Bishawjit Mallick, eds., Handbook on Climate Mobility, Edward Elgar, Feb. 2026 

Gabrielle Daoust & Synne L. Dyvik, Humanitarianism in the Home: Hosting-at-home and the Politics of Hospitality, Routledge, Feb. 2026

Mălina Ciocea, ed., Ukrainian Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe: Public Debates, Strategic Narratives and Practices, Springer, 2026 

Legal texts:

Lenni B. Benson, Stephen W. Yale-Loehr & Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, eds., Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies, 3rd ed., Carolina Academic Press, Jan. 2026

- Focuses on the US.

Spyridoula Katsoni, Shared Responsibility for Multiple International Persons' Contribution to a Refoulement, Springer, Feb. 2026 

Open access:

Carolin Funke & Dennis Dijkzeul, Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Crises: Robust Human Rights Norms?, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2025

Grażyna Baranowska & Milica Kolaković-Bojović, eds., Enforced Disappearances: On Universal Responses to a Worldwide Phenomenon, Cambridge Univ. Press, Aug. 2025

Michelle Obeid, Migration as Anchorage: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London, Berghahn Books, Dec. 2025

Maja Hertoghs, Working the Dutch Asylum Apparatus: An Ethnography of Suspicious Compassion and State Power, Berghahn Books, March 2026

New Books: February 2026 - Pt. 1

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

February 2026:

Aina Backman, Anthropology and Immigration Detention Work in Sweden: Being an Outsider Inside the Fence, Routledge, Feb. 2026

Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Nicholas De Genova, Gustavo Dias, Eduardo Domenech, eds., The Borders of America: Migration, Control, and Resistance Across Latin America and the Caribbean, Duke Univ. Press, Feb. 2026

Matthew Hilton, Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development, Cambridge Univ. Press, Feb. 2026

Mahmood Monshipouri, Climate Change, Environmental Refugees, and Human Rights in the Middle East, Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026

Dolapo Fakuade & Erman Akilli, Crises, Displacement, and Foreign Aid in the Horn of Africa, Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026

Paolo Boccagni & Thomas Lacroix, Death in Migration: Foregrounding Loss, Grieving and Memory Out of Place, Bristol Univ. Press, Feb. 2026

Sophia Pandya, The Hizmet Movement in Exile: Refugees of Turkey's Purge, I.B. Tauris, Feb. 2026

Sohail Jannesari, The Migrant Art of Coping, Pluto Books, Feb. 2026

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

Hanno Brankamp, Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya, Duke Univ. Press, Feb. 2026

Carolina Valdivia, Sanctuary Making: Immigrant Families Reshaping Geographies of Deportability,
Univ. of California Press, Feb. 2026

Legal texts:

Kirsten McConnachie & Sarah Singer, eds., Landmark Cases in International Refugee Protection: International Jurisprudence on the Rights of Refugees, Hart Publishing, Feb. 2026

Kevin R. Johnson, Raquel Aldana, Bill Ong Hing, Leticia M. Saucedo, & Enid Trucios-Haynes, Understanding Immigration Law, 4th ed., Carolina Academic Press, Feb. 2026

- Focuses on the US.

New Books: February 2026 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1.

January 2026:

Annet Adong, Armed Conflicts and Forced Displacements in the Anthropocene: Incentives and Consequences in the Great Lake Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, with a Special Focus on Northern Uganda, Springer, Jan. 2026

Benjamin Nangle & Giedrė Blažyte, The Construction of Hostility Towards Migrants: The Case of the Lithuanian-Belarusian Border Crisis of 2021, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2026 

Joseph Zajda & Patricia Kubow, eds., Globalisation and Education for Refugee and Displaced Children: Education and Policy Reforms in Non-Western Contexts, Springer, Feb. 2026

Maria Schiller & Peter Scholten, eds., Handbook on Migration and Public Policy, Edward Elgar, Jan. 2026

K. Bruce Newbold & Mary Crea-Arsenio, eds., A Research Agenda for Immigration Settlement and Adjustment, Edward Elgar, Jan. 2026

Murtaza Faruquee, Sarah Saqib, Afra Nur Akman & MD Shariful Alam, eds., Resilience Lessons from Humanitarian Supply Chains: A Framework for Capabilities Integration, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2026

Mark Rainey, Restless Justice: Asylum, Homelessness and Volunteering, Manchester Univ. Press, Jan. 2026

- Focuses on the UK. 

Nimo Bokore, Trauma-Informed, Culturally Based Intervention: Integration of Neuroscience and Social Work in Supporting Refugees, Springer, Jan. 2026

Open access:

Maria Framke, Between Empire and Nation: South Asian Humanitarianism in the Late Colonial Period, Cambridge Univ. Press, Dec. 2025

Morten Skovdal & Lena Skovgaard Andersen, eds., Continuity of Care for Forcibly Displaced Persons Living with Chronic Illness, Policy Press, Feb. 2026

Claudio Minca & Yolanda Weima, eds., Thinking Like a Route: Counter-geographies of Informal Migration in the Balkans, Edward Elgar, Jan. 2026

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

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, 2nd ed., 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