New Books: August 2026 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1.

July 2026:

Purna Banerjee & Priya Singh, eds., Fractured Spaces: Intersectional Approaches to Migration and Displacement, Springer, July 2026 

 John Washington, Paperback, How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention, Haymarket Books, July 2026 

- Focuses on the US.

Jun Sung Hong, Jennifer M. Bondy & Anthony A. Peguero, eds., Violence and Trauma Without Borders: Perspectives of Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees, Palgrave Macmillan, July 2026

- Focuses on the US.

Legal texts:

Luísa Helena Lemos da Cruz, Claims to Refugee Status based on Domestic Violence: Exploring the Frontiers of International Refugee Law with the Guidance of International Human Rights Law, Editora Dialética, July 2026

Thomas Mulder, Solidarity in International Disaster Response Law, Hart Publishing, Aug. 2026

Open access:

Edanur Yazici, The British Asylum System in Policy and Practice, Policy Press, July 2026

Chiara Scissa, Disaster Displacement and International Protection in the EU: Challenges, Misconceptions, and the Way Forward, Routledge, July 2026

Nóra Béres, ed., International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law: From the Perspective of Human Rights Law, Central European Academic Publishing, July 2026

Victorie Knox, Organised Crime and Migration: Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico, Univ. of London Press, June 2026

Alexander Betts, Naohiko Omata, Jade Siu & Olivier Sterck, The Refugee Trap: The Economics of Displacement, Cambridge Univ. Press, July 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.

*Emilie McDonnell, Protecting the Right to Leave in an Era of Externalised Migration Control, Hart Publishing, Feb. 2026 

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

*UPDATED

New Books: May 2025 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books & legal texts due out in May 2025, while Part 2 lists additional April 2025 titles as well as new open access items.

May 2025:

Irene I. Vega, Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality, Princeton Univ. Press, May 2025 

Dawn Chatty & Marcus Colchester, eds., Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development, 2nd ed., Berghahn Books, May 2025

Chiho Ochiai, Sandra Carrasco & Sung Lun Tsai, eds., Disaster and Displacement: Exploring the Physical and Social Dimensions of Resettlement and Reconstruction, Springer, May 2025

Gihan Karunaratne, ed., Displaced Urbanism, Routledge, May 2025

Khalid Arar, Emily R. Crawford, Deniz Örücü & Ira Bogotch, eds., Education, Immigration and Migration: Revisiting and Re-Imagining Policy, Leadership and Praxis for a Changing World, 2nd ed., Emerald Publishing, May 2025

Christian H Kälin, ed., Free Global Cities: The Future Leaders in Migration and Public Governance, Hart Publishing, May 2025

Danielle Battisti & S. Deborah Kang, eds., Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States, Univ. of Illinois Press, May 2025 

Kirsten Emiko McAllister, Ayaka Yoshimizu & Daniel Ahadi, eds., Migration and the Politics of Methodology: Doing Fieldwork, Decentring Power, and Foregrounding Migrants’ Perspectives, Routledge, May 2025

Avijit Mistri, Md. Selim Reja & Bhaswati Das, eds., Migration Studies: The Fundamentals, Routledge, May 2025

Kolleen Guy & Jay Winter, eds., Statelessness after Arendt: European Refugees in China and the Pacific during the Second World War, Manchester Univ. Press, May 2025

Legal texts:

Heather Jean Alexander, The Nationality and Statelessness of Nomadic Peoples Under International Law, Oxford Univ. Press, May 2025

Aphrodite Papachristodoulou, Protection of Human Life at Sea in International Law: Rescuing Maritime Migrants, Routledge, May 2025

New Books: October 2024 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books due out in October 2024 along with new legal and open access texts, while Part 2 lists additional September 2024 titles. 

October 2024:

Christina Clark-Kazak, Aging In and Out of Place: Lived Experiences of Forced Migration Across the Life Course, Lived Places Publishing, Oct. 2024

Andreas Neef, Natasha Pauli & Bukola Salami, eds., De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and Climate Mobility Justice, De Gruyter, Oct. 2024

Min Wha Han, Eun-Jeong Han & JongHwa Lee, eds., Displacement, Mobility, and Diversity in Korea: Diaspora Within Homeland, Routledge, Oct. 2024

Clarena Larrotta & Merih Ugurel-Kamisli, eds., English Literacy Educators Working with Refugee Families: An Intercultural Approach to Adult Education, Routledge, Oct. 2024

Brianna Nofil, The Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration, Princeton Univ. Press, Oct. 2024

Carol Cleaveland & Michele Waslin, Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for Asylum, NYU Press, Oct. 2024

- Focuses on the US.

Laura Madokoro, Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance in a North American City, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Oct. 2024

- Focuses on Canada.

Legal texts:

Marie Aronsson-Storrier & Susan C. Breau, eds., Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar, Sept. 2024

Marjoleine Zieck, Resettlement as Protection: Integrating Resettlement of Refugees in International Refugee Law, Edward Elgar, Sept. 2024

Open access:

Charlotte Röhner, Jessica Schwittek & Antoanneta Potsi, eds., Transmigration und Place-making junger Geflüchteter = Transmigration and place-making of young refugees, Verlag Barbara Budrich, Sept. 2024

- Chapters are in English or German.

Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen, Voices in the Dark: The Energy Lives of Refugees, Berghahn Books, Oct. 2024

- Focuses on refugee camps in Rwanda and Kenya.

New Books: December 2022 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

November 2022:

Armelle Gouritin, Climate Displacement in Mexico: Towards Vulnerable Population Protection, Nov. 2022

Phillip Cole, Global Displacement in the Twenty-first Century: Towards an Ethical Framework, Edinburgh University Press, Nov. 2022

Kevin Ostoyich & Yun Xia, eds., The History of the Shanghai Jews: New Pathways of Research, Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2022

Nancy J. Murakami & Mashura Akilova, eds., Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons, Springer, Nov. 2022

Irina Mützelburg, Transferring Asylum Norms to EU Neighbours: Multi-Scalar Policies and Practices in Ukraine, Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2022

Legal text:

Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi & Philippe De Bruycker, eds., Research Handbook on EU Migration and Asylum Law, Edward Elgar, Dec. 2022

Open access:

Aylin Yildiz Noorda, Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move: Providing Protection under International Law, Brill/Nijhoff, Nov. 2022

Barbara von Rütte, The Human Right to Citizenship: Situating the Right to Citizenship within International and Regional Human Rights Law, Brill/Nijhoff, Dec. 2022

Irina Isaakyan, Anna Triandafyllidou & Simone Baglioni, eds., Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: NowHereLand - A Biographical Perspective, Springer, Nov. 2022

Gabriele Anderl, Linda Erker & Christoph Reinprecht, eds., Internment Refugee Camps: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, transcript Verlag, Nov. 2022

Seyda Subasi Singh, Olja Jovanović Milanović & Michelle Proyer, eds., Perspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education: Ruptures, Passages, and Re-Orientations, Verlag Barbara Budrich, Nov. 2022

New Books: November 2022 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

October 2022:

Andrea Pacheco Pacifico, Environmentally Internally Displaced Persons in the Northeastern Backlands of Brazil: A Case Study, Cambridge Scholars, Oct. 2022

Agnieszka Cholewińska-Nielsen, Evolving Humanitarianism: The Work of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Peter Lang, Oct. 2022

Jane Freedman, Nina Sahraoui & Evangelia Tastsoglou, eds., Gender-Based Violence in Migration: Interdisciplinary, Feminist and Intersectional Approaches, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2022

Oliver Razum, Angus Dawson, Lisa Eckenwiler & Verina Wild, eds., Refugee Camps in Europe and Australia: An Interdisciplinary Critique, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2022

Legal text:

Stephen Meili, The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law: Implications for Refugees, Oxford Univ. Press, Nov. 2022

Open access:

Amy North & Elaine Chase, eds., Education, Migration and Development: Critical Perspectives in a Moving World, Bloomsbury, Sept. 2022

Michiel de Haas & Ewout Frankema, eds., Migration in Africa: Shifting Patterns of Mobility from the 19th to the 21st Century, Routledge, April 2022

New Books: November 2021 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

October 2021:

Yeshwant Naik, Domestic Violence Against Male Same-Sex Partners in the EU with Special Reference to Refugee and Migrant Gay Men in Germany, Springer, Oct. 2021

Silvana Lakeman, Environmental and Disaster Displacement Policy: Organisational Cooperation between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2021

Hans-Joachim Preuß, Christoph Beier & Dirk Messner, eds., Forced Displacement and Migration: Approaches and Programmes of International Cooperation, Springer, Oct. 2021

Eve Hayes de Kalaf, Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner, Anthem Press, Oct. 2021

Lauren Carruth, Love and Liberation: Humanitarian Work in Ethiopia's Somali Region, Cornell Univ. Press, Oct. 2021

Mustapha El Alaoui-Faris, Antonio Federico & Wolfgang Grisold, eds., Neurology in Migrants and Refugees, Springer, Oct. 2021

Nicolas Fromm, Annette Jünemann & Hamza Safouane, eds., Power in Vulnerability: A Multi-Dimensional Review of Migrants’ Vulnerabilities, Springer, Oct. 2021

Reece Jones, White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall, Beacon Press, Oct. 2021

New Books: August 2021 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

July 2021: 

 Mondira Dutta, Disaster and Human Trafficking, Springer, July 2021

Jasmin Lilian Diab, Migrant Rights and Migrant Wrongs: Bilateral Relations, Asylum and Security under the Safe Third Country Agreement, Disserta Verlag, July 2021 

Gerasimos Tsourapas, Migration Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa: Power, Mobility, and the State, Manchester Univ. Press, July 2021

Gottfried Schweiger, ed., Migration, Recognition and Critical Theory, Springer, July 2021 

Barzoo Eliassi, Narratives of Statelessness and Political Otherness: Kurdish and Palestinian Experiences, Palgrave Macmillan, July 2021 

Austin Sarat & Devyani Prabhat, eds., Privatisation of Migration Control: Power without Accountability?, Emerald Publishing, July 2021

Yvonne Vissing & Sofia Leitão, eds., The Rights of Unaccompanied Minors: Perspectives and Case Studies on Migrant Children, Springer, July 2021

Monish Bhatia & Victoria Canning, eds., Stealing Time: Migration, Temporalities and State Violence, Springer, July 2021

New Books: January 2020

See below for new books published in Jan. 2020.

January 2020:

Philip G. Schrag, Baby Jails: The Fight to End the Incarceration of Refugee Children in America, UC Press, Jan. 2020

Isabella Alexander-Nathani, Burning at Europe's Borders: An Ethnography on the African Migrant Experience in Morocco, Oxford Univ. Press, Jan. 2020

Elwood D. Carlson & Nathalie E. Williams, eds., Comparative Demography of the Syrian Diaspora: European and Middle Eastern Destinations, Springer, Jan. 2020

Emília Lana de Freitas Castro & Sergio Maia Tavares Marques, eds., Current Challenges in Migration Policy and Law, Transnational Press London, Jan. 2020

Elizabeth F. Cohen, Illegal: How America's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All, Basic Books, Jan. 2020

Abby Stoddard, Necessary Risks: Professional Humanitarianism and Violence against Aid Workers, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2020

Niro Kandasamy, Nirukshi Perera & Charishma Ratnam, eds., A Sense of Viidu: The (Re)creation of Home by the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Australia, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2020

Lucy Williams, Emel Coşkun & Selmin Kaşka, eds., Women, Migration and Asylum in Turkey: Developing Gender-Sensitivity in Migration Research, Policy and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2020

Legal text:

Matthew Scott, Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention, Cambridge Univ., Press, Jan. 2020

New Books: October 2019

See below for new listings of books due out in October. There are also references to books published in September as well as several new legal texts.

October 2019:

Julie Hirschfeld Davis & Michael D. Shear, Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration, Simon & Schuster, Oct. 2019

Gil Richard Musolf, ed., Conflict and Forced Migration: Escape from Oppression and Stories of Survival, Resilience, and Hope, Emerald Books, Oct. 2019

Susanna M. Hoffman & Roberto E. Barrios, eds., Disaster Upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice, Berghahn Books, Oct. 2019

Cynthia Anderson, Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town, Public Affairs Books, Oct. 2019

Meryam Schouler-Ocak and Marianne C. Kastrup, eds., Intercultural Psychotherapy: For Immigrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Ethnic Minority Patients, Springer, Oct. 2019

Maurizio Ambrosini, Manlio Cinalli & David Jacobson, eds., Migration, Borders and Citizenship: Between Policy and Public Spheres, Palgrave Macmillan, Oct. 2019

Clarke Rountree & Jouni Tilli, eds., National Rhetorics in the Syrian Immigration Crisis: Victims, Frauds, and Floods, Michigan State Univ. Press, Oct. 2019

Şule Can, Refugee Encounters at the Turkish-Syrian Border: Antakya at the Crossroads, Routledge, Oct. 2019

Rania M. Rafik Khalil & Froilan T. Malit, Jr, eds., Recent Migrations and Refugees in the MENA Region, Transnational Press, Oct. 2019

Loren Collingwood & Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, Sanctuary Cities: The Politics of Refuge, Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2019

Jill Casner-Lotto & Teresita B. Wisell, eds., Working toward an Equitable and Prosperous Future for All: How Community Colleges and Immigrants are Changing America, Rowman & Littlefield, Oct. 2019

September 2019:

Albert Ali Salah, Alex Pentland, Bruno Lepri & Emmanuel Letouzé, eds., Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios: The 'Data for Refugees Challenge' Study, Springer, Sept. 2019

Shane Joshua Barter & William Ascher, eds., Internal Migration: Challenges in Governance and Integration, Peter Lang, Sept. 2019

Nicos Trimikliniotis, Migration and the Refugee Dissensus in Europe: Borders, Security and Austerity, Routledge, Sept. 2019

William D. Lopez, Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Sept. 2019

Guang Pan, A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945): History, Theories and the Chinese Pattern, Springer, Sept. 2019

Ugur Yildiz, Tracing Asylum Journeys: Transnational Mobility of Non-European Refugees to Canada via Turkey, Routledge, Sept. 2019

Legal texts:

Dree K. Collopy, AILA's Asylum Primer: A Practical Guide to U.S. Asylum Law and Procedure, 8th ed., American Immigration Lawyers Association, Aug. 2019

T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Leah Zamore, The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime, Stanford Univ. Press, Oct. 2019

Satvinder Singh Juss, ed., Research Handbook on International Refugee Law, Edward Elgar, Sept. 2019

New Books: August 2019

See below for new listings of books due out in August. There are also a few references to books published in June and July as well as a legal text.

August 2019:

Khaled Hassine, Handling Climate Displacement, Cambridge Univ. Press, Aug. 2019

Hamza Safouane, Stories of Border Crossers: A Critical Inquiry into Forced Migrants’ Journey Narratives to the European Union, Springer, Aug. 2019

Nina Maadad, Syrian Refugee Children in Australia and Sweden: Education and Survival among the Displaced, Dispossessed and Disrupted, Routledge, August 2019

Peter, Gatrell, The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a Continent, Basic Books, August 2019

July 2019:

Christina W. Hoven, Lawrence V. Amsel & Sam Tyano, eds., An International Perspective on Disasters and Children's Mental Health, Springer, July 2019

Robin Andersen & Adrian Bergmann, Media, Central American Refugees, and the U.S. Border Crisis: Security Discourses, Immigrant Demonization, and the Perpetuation of Violence, Routledge, July 2019

Sinja Hantscher, The UNHCR and Disaster Displacement in the 21st Century: An Organizational Analysis, Palgrave Macmillan, July 2019

June 2019:

Sergio Carrera, Juan Santos Vara & Tineke Strik, eds., Constitutionalising the External Dimensions of EU Migration Policies in Times of Crisis: Legality, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Reconsidered, Edward Elgar, June 2019
- Note: Chapter 1 is freely available.

Legal text:

Kevin R. Johnson, Raquel Aldana, Bill Ong Hing, Leticia M. Saucedo & Enid Trucios-Haynes, Understanding Immigration Law, 3rd ed., Carolina Academic Press, August 2019

New Books: May 2018

See below for new listings of books due out in May. There are also additional references to books published in March and April, new legal texts, and an open access book!

May 2018:

Asfa-Wossen Asserate, African Exodus: Migration and the Future of Europe, Haus Publishing, May 2018

Kathy Davis,‎ Halleh Ghorashi & Peer Smets, eds., Contested Belonging: Spaces, Practices, Biographies, Emerald Publishing, May 2018

Carleen Maitland, ed., Digital Lifeline? ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons, MIT Press, May 2018

Shawna Shapiro, Raichle Farrelly & Mary Jane Curry, eds., Educating Refugee-background Students: Critical Issues and Dynamic Contexts, Multilingual Matters, May 2018

Gerhard Besier & Katarzyna Stoklosa, eds., How to Deal with Refugees? Europe as a Continent of Dreams, LIT Verlag, May 2018

Daniel Trilling, Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe, Picador, May 2018

April 2018:

Mary Ngo, Between Humanitarianism and Evangelism in Faith-based Organisations: A Case from the African Migration Route, Routledge, April 2018

Teresa Thornhill, Hara Hotel: A Tale of Syrian Refugees in Greece, Verso Books, April 2018

March 2018:

Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani, Emanuele Sommario, Federico Casolari & Giulio Bartolini, eds., Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Disasters, Routledge, March 2018

Legal texts:

Katia Bianchini, Protecting Stateless Persons: The Implementation of the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons across EU States, Brill/Nijhoff, April 2018
- See also this supplementary abstract.

Hilary Evans Cameron, Refugee Law's Fact-Finding Crisis: Truth, Risk, and the Wrong Mistake, Cambridge University Press, May 2018

Open access:

Sieglinde Rosenberger, Verena Stern & Nina Merhaut, eds., Protest Movements in Asylum and Deportation, Springer, April 2018