New Books: September 2025 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

Legal texts:

Ruth Rubio Marín, Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Benedita Menezes Queiroz & Fulvia Staiano, eds., Handbook on Migration and Human Rights, Edward Elgar, Sept. 2025

Lena Riemer, The Prohibition of Collective Expulsion: Protecting against Arbitrary Expulsion in Human Rights Treaty Law, Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025

Elizabeth Mavropoulou, Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law: Towards Common but Differentiated Legal Obligations, Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025

 Júlia Zomignani Barboza, Undesirable but Unreturnable Migrants: The Challenges of Dealing with Criminal Migrants in Need of Protection - A Comparative Analysis of Australia, Belgium and Canada, Brill/Nijhoff, Sept. 2025

Reference book:

Yen Le Espiritu, ed., The SAGE Encyclopedia of Refugee Studies, 1st ed., SAGE Publications, Aug. 2025

Open access:

Iva Dodevska, Europe and Its Others: Migrant Integration in Research and Policy, Springer, Aug. 2025

Susan Bibler Coutin, On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy, Univ. of California, Press, Aug. 2025

William Mude & Sally Baker, Possibilities of Educational Pathways to Refugee Resettlement: A Personal Journey from Kakuma Refugee Camp to Australia, Lived Places Publishing, Aug. 2025

Julija Sardelić, Refugee Protection Crises and Transit Europe: Immediate Responses, Selective Memory, and the Self-Serving Politics of Diversity, Springer, Aug. 2025

Regina Polak, Aybiçe Tosun & Ansgar Jödicke, eds., Religious and Non-Religious Narratives on Migration: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Brill/Schoningh, Aug. 2025

Anas Ansar, Rohingyas and the Geographies of Precarity in Exile: Everyday Life in Bangladesh and Malaysia, De Gruyter, Aug. 2025

Harald Bauder & Mary Boatemaa Setrana, eds., Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection, 2 vols., Springer, Aug. 2025

- Vol. 1: Frontiers of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality

- Vol. 2: Global Perspectives of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality

New Books: September 2023 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

August 2023:

Elaine Chase, Nando Sigona & Dawn Chatty, eds., Becoming Adult on the Move: Migration Journeys, Encounters and Life Transitions, Springer, Aug. 2023

Kalyani Ramnath, Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962, Stanford Univ. Press, Aug. 2023

Noa Shaindlinger, Displacement and Erasure in Palestine: The Politics of Hope, Edinburgh Univ. Press, Aug. 2023

Hakan Shearer Demir, Displacement Governance and the Illusion of Integration: From Population Movement to Movement of the People, Springer, Aug. 2023

David Carment & Yiagadeesen Samy, eds., Handbook of Fragile States, Edward Elgar, Aug. 2023 

Devorah Wainer, Human Rights for Refugees and Other Marginalised Persons: A Midrash Methodology, Springer, Aug. 2023

Chiara Renzo, Jewish Displaced Persons in Italy 1943–1951, Routledge, Aug. 2023

Bojan Aleksov, Jewish Refugees in the Balkans, 1933-1945, Brill, Aug. 2023 

Elspeth Guild, ed., Monitoring Border Violence in the EU: Frontex in Focus, Routledge, Aug. 2023

Wendell C. Wallace, ed., The Movement of Venezuelans to the Americas and the Caribbean in the 21st Century, Springer, Aug. 2023

Yana Meerzon & S.E Wilmer, eds., The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration, Springer, Aug. 2023

Fernando Chang-Muy & Elaine Congress, eds., Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees: Legal Issues, Clinical Skills, and Advocacy, 3rd ed., Springer Publishing Company, Aug. 2023

New Books: April 2023 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

Legal text:

Tetsu Sakurai & Mauro Zamboni, eds., Can Human Rights and National Sovereignty Coexist?, Routledge, March 2023

Rottem Rosenberg-Rubins, Crimmigration under International Protection: Constructing Criminal Law as Governmentality, Routledge, March 2023

Open access:

Elżbieta M. Goździak & Izabella Main, eds., Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements, Springer, March 2023

Cristiane Feldmann Dutra, Daniel Braga Nascimento & Sandra Regina Martini, eds., Os Desafios dos Direitos Humanos Durante e na pós Pandemia no Mundo Globalizado (Human Rights Challenges during and after the Pandemic), Editora Fi, 2023

- Includes four English- and three Portuguese-language chapters that focus on migrants and refugees.

Sergio Carrera & Meltem Ineli-Ciger, eds., EU Responses to the Large-scale Refugee Displacement from Ukraine: An Analysis on the Temporary Protection Directive and Its Implications for the Future EU Asylum Policy, European Univ. Institute, 2023

Marja Tiilikainen, Johanna Hiitola, Abdirashid A. Ismail & Jaana Palander, eds., Forced Migration and Separated Families: Everyday Insecurities and Transnational Strategies, Springer, March 2023

Paolo Boccagni & Sara Bonfanti, eds., Migration and Domestic Space: Ethnographies of Home in the Making, Springer, 2023

Sriprapha Petcharamesree & Mark P. Capaldi, eds., Migration in Southeast Asia: IMISCOE Regional Reader, Springer, March 2023

Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek, N. Ela Gökalp-Aras, Ayhan Kaya & Susan Beth Rottmann, Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Between Reception and Integration, Springer, March 2023

New Books: July 2022 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

June 2022:

Babak Akhgar, Karen Latricia Hough, Yara Abdel Samad, Petra Saskia Bayerl & Anastasios Karakostas, eds., Information and Communications Technology in Support of Migration, Springer, June 2022 

Nadia El-Shaarawi & Stéphanie Larchanché, eds., Migration and Health: Challenging the Borders of Belonging, Care, and Policy, Berghahn Books, June 2022

Evan Easton-Calabria, Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical History, Bristol University Press, June 2022 

- Note: The first chapter, "Why Refugee Self-Reliance?," is open access.

Imtiaz A. Hussain, ed., Rohingya Camp Narratives: Tales From the ‘Lesser Roads’ Traveled, Palgrave Macmillan, June 2022

Open access:

Alexandra Kassir et al., contrib., From Education to Employment? Young People’s Trajectories in Protracted Crisis, Lebanese American Univ. & Oxford Brookes Univ., June 2022

Peter Scholten, ed., Introduction to Migration Studies: An Interactive Guide to the Literatures on Migration and Diversity, Springer, June 2022

Vladislava Stoyanova & Stijn Smet, eds., Migrants' Rights, Populism and Legal Resilience in Europe, Cambridge Univ. Press, May 2022

New Books: December 2021 - Pt. 1

Part 1 highlights new books published in November & December 2021, while part 2 lists new legal texts and open access titles.

December 2021:

Baden Offord, Caroline Fleay, Lisa Hartley, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes & Dean Chan, eds., Activating Cultural and Social Change: The Pedagogies of Human Rights, Routledge, Dec. 2021

Nina Maadad & I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan, The Education of Arabic Speaking Refugee Children and Young Adults: Education, Employment and Social Inclusion, Routledge, Dec. 2021

Anna De Fina & Gerardo Mazzaferro, eds., Exploring (Im)mobilities: Language Practices, Discourses and Imaginaries, Multilingual Matters, Dec. 2021

Miriam Orcutt, Clare Shortall, Sarah Walpole, Aula Abbara, Sylvia Garry, Rita Issa, Alimuddin Zumla & Ibrahim Abubakar, eds., Handbook of Refugee Health: For Healthcare Professionals and Humanitarians Providing Care to Forced Migrants, CRC Press, Dec. 2021

Khalid Arar, Yasar Kondakci, Bernhard Streitwieser & Anna Saiti, Higher Education in the Era of Migration, Displacement and Internationalization, Routledge, Dec. 2021

Inken Bartels, The International Organization for Migration in North Africa: Making International Migration Management, Routledge, Dec. 2021

Vilashini Somiah, Irregular Migrants and the Sea at the Borders of Sabah, Malaysia: Pelagic Alliance, Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2021

Marie McAuliffe, ed., Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology, Edward Elgar, Dec. 2021

Mohammad Zaman, Reshmy Nair & Shi Guoqing, eds., Resettlement in Asian Countries: Legislation, Administration and Struggles for Rights, Routledge, Dec 2021

Nasir Uddin, ed., The Rohingya Crisis: Human Rights Issues, Policy Concerns and Burden Sharing, SAGE, Dec. 2021

Khalid Arar, School Leadership for Refugees’ Education: Social Justice Leadership for Immigrant, Migrants and Refugees, Routledge, Dec. 2021 

Neil James Wilson Crawford, The Urbanization of Forced Displacement: UNHCR, Urban Refugees, and the Dynamics of Policy Change, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Dec. 2021

November 2021:

Katherine C. McKenzie, ed., Asylum Medicine: A Clinician's Guide, Springer, Nov. 2021

Catherine Jones & Garren Mulloy, eds., East Asia, Peacekeeping Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, Routledge, Nov. 2021

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

New Books: December 2021 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

Legal texts:

Grant Dawson & Rachel Laut, Humans on the Move: Integrating an Adaptive Approach with a Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change Mobility, Brill/Nijhoff, Dec. 2021

Mark Gibney, Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Markus Krajewski & Wouter Vandenhole, eds., The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations, Routledge, Dec. 2021

- Part III focuses on migration and refugee protection. Note: Apparently, this volume will eventually include open access content. Once it is available, I will reference it under the open access section in next month's "new books" post.

Richard Grimes, Vera Honuskova & Ulrich Stege, eds., Teaching Migration and Asylum Law: Theory and Practice, Routledge, Dec. 2021 

Open access:

Nicola Jones, Kate Pincock & Bassam Abu Hamad, eds., Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis: Displacement, Gender and Social Inequalities, Routledge, 2021

Huub Dijstelbloem, Borders as Infrastructure: The Technopolitics of Border Control, MIT Press, Aug. 2021

Roger Mac Ginty, Sandra Pogodda & Oliver P. Richmond, eds., The EU and Crisis Response, Manchester Univ. Press, Nov. 2021

Jesper Bjarnesen & Simon Turner, eds., Invisibility in African Displacements: From Marginalization to Strategies of Avoidance, Zed Books, Oct. 2020

Max Gallien & Florian Weigand, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling, Routledge, Dec. 2021 

Francesco Della Puppa & Giuliana Sanò, eds., Stuck and Exploited: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy Between Exclusion, Discrimination and Struggles, Edizioni Ca'Foscari, 2021

New Books: March 2020 - Pt. 2 (Legal texts)

Legal texts:

Alexander Sungurov, Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, María del Carmen Barranco Avilés, María Cruz Llamazares Calzadilla & Oscar Pérez de la Fuente, eds.,  Current Issues on Human Rights, Dykinson, 2020

Gilad Ben-Nun, The Fourth Geneva Convention for Civilians: The History of International Humanitarian Law, I.B. Tauris, Feb. 2020

Justine N Stefanelli, Judicial Review of Immigration Detention in the UK, US and EU: From Principles to Practice, Hart Publishing, Jan. 2020

Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Refugee Law after 9/11: Sanctuary and Security in Canada and the United States, UBC Press, Feb. 2020

Mark Klaassen, Stephanie Rap, Peter Rodrigues & Ton Liefaard, eds., Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law, Intersentia, Jan. 2020

New Books: More Dec. 2019

See below for additional titles published in Dec. 2019.

December 2019:

Sam Dubberley, Alexa Koenig & Daragh Murray, eds., Digital Witness: Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation, and Accountability, Oxford Univ. Press, Dec. 2019

Michael Fingerle & Rüdiger Wink, eds., Forced Migration and Resilience: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Results, Springer, Dec. 2019

Joël Glasman, Humanitarianism and the Quantification of Human Needs: Minimal Humanity, Routledge, Dec. 2019

Masako Yonekawa, Post-Genocide Rwandan Refugees - Why They Refuse to Return ‘Home’: Myths and Realities, Springer, Dec. 2019

Juline Beaujouan & Amjed Rasheed, eds., Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees: Voices from Jordan and Lebanon, Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2019

Legal texts:

Lenni B. Benson, Stephen W. Yale-Loehr & Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies, Carolina Academic Press, Dec. 2019

Pauline Maillet, Nowhere Countries: Exclusion of Non-Citizens from Rights through Extra-Territoriality at Home, Brill, Dec. 2019

New Books: July 2019

See below for new listings of books due out in July. There are also a few references to books published in May and legal texts.

July 2019:

Khalid Arar, Jeffrey S. Brooks & Ira Bogotch, eds., Education, Immigration and Migration: Policy, Leadership and Praxis for a Changing World, Emerald Publishing, July 2019

Heather Smith-Cannoy, ed., Emerging Threats to Human Rights: Resources, Violence, and Deprivation of Citizenship, Temple Univ. Press, July 2019

Burcu Dogramaci & Birgit Mersmann, eds., Handbook of Art and Global Migration: Theories, Practices, and Challenges, De Gruyter, July 2019

Terry Gibson, Making Aid Agencies Work: Reconnecting INGOs with the People They Serve, Emerald Publishing, July 2019

Neil Carrier & Tabea Scharrer, eds., Mobile Urbanity: Somali Presence in Urban East Africa, Berghahn Books, July 2019

Olga Maya Demetriou, Refugeehood and the Postconflict Subject: Reconsidering Minor Losses, SUNY Press, July 2019 

Elizabeth G. Ferris & Katharine M. Donato, Refugees, Migration and Global Governance: Negotiating the Global Compacts, Routledge, July 2019

Wendy Hunter, Undocumented Nationals: Between Statelessness and Citizenship, Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2019


May 2019:

Jody L. McBrien, ed., Educational Policies and Practices of English-Speaking Refugee Resettlement Countries, Brill, May 2019

Legal texts:

Jane McAdam & Fiona Chong, Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs: A Frank, Up-to-date Guide by Experts, New South Books, July 2019

New Books: May 2019

See below for new listings of books due out in May. There are also a few references to books published in April, as well as links to new legal texts and an open access text.

May 2019:

Caroline Lenette, Arts-Based Methods in Refugee Research: Creating Sanctuary, Springer, May 2019

Juan Carlos Velasco & MariaCaterina La Barbera, eds., Challenging the Borders of Justice in the Age of Migrations, Springer, May 2019

Adam Hosein, The Ethics of Migration: An Introduction, Routledge, May 2019

Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, Leah Kimathi & Michael Omondi Owiso, eds., Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities, Springer, May 2019

Daniel G Maxwell & Kirsten Gelsdorf, Understanding the Humanitarian World, Routledge, May 2019

April 2019:

Kyle Farmbry, Migration and Xenophobia: A Three Country Exploration, Rowman & Littlefield, April 2019

Kelly Oliver, Lisa M. Madura & Sabeen Ahmed , eds., Refugees Now: Rethinking Borders, Hospitality, and Citizenship, Rowman & Littlefield, April 2019

New legal texts:

Anna Liguori, Migration Law and the Externalization of Border Controls: European State Responsibility, Routledge, March 2019

Maria O’Sullivan, Refugee Law and Durability of Protection: Temporary Residence and Cessation of Status, Routledge, May 2019

Open access:

Erik R. Vickstrom, Pathways and Consequences of Legal Irregularity: Senegalese Migrants in France, Italy and Spain, Springer, April 2019

New Books: February 2019

See below for new listings of books due out in February. There are also references to books published in January and December as well as a new legal text title.

February 2019:

Laurie L. Charlés & Gameela Samarasinghe, eds., Family Systems and Global Humanitarian Mental Health: Approaches in the Field, Springer, Feb. 2019

Gordon DiGiacomo & Susan L. Kang, eds., The Institutions of Human Rights: Developments and Practices, Univ. of Toronto Press, Feb. 2019
- See esp. Chapter 6, "Protecting Refugee Rights: International Refugee Law and the UNHCR."

Cecilia Menjívar, Marie Ruiz & Immanuel Ness, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises, Oxford Univ. Press, Feb. 2019

Barbara K. Eisold, Psychodynamic Perspectives on Asylum Seekers and the Asylum-Seeking Process: Encountering Well-Founded Fear, Routledge, Feb. 2019

Trine Øland, Welfare Work with Immigrants and Refugees in a Social Democratic Welfare State, Routledge, Feb. 2019

January 2019:

Gregory Feldman, The Gray Zone: Sovereignty, Human Smuggling, and Undercover Police Investigation in Europe, Stanford Univ. Press, Jan. 2019

Pascale Allotey & Daniel Reidpath, eds., The Health of Refugees: Public Health Perspectives from Crisis to Settlement, Oxford Univ. Press, Jan. 2019

Daphna Sharfman, Refugees, Human Rights and Realpolitik: The Clandestine Immigration of Jewish Refugees from Italy to Palestine, 1945-1948, Routledge, Jan. 2019

Gaja Maestri, Temporary Camps, Enduring Segregation: The Contentious Politics of Roma and Migrant Housing, Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2019

Sue Clayton, Anna Gupta & Katie Willis, eds., Unaccompanied Young Migrants: Identity, Care and Justice, Policy Press, Jan. 2019

December 2018:

Susana de Sousa Ferreira, Human Security and Migration in Europe's Southern Borders, Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2018

Arzu Güler, Maryna Shevtsova & Denise Venturi, eds., LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration, Springer, Dec. 2018

Alexander Krämer & Florian Fischer, eds., Refugee Migration and Health: Challenges for Germany and Europe, Springer, Dec. 2018

Elisabeth Wacker, Ulrich Becker & Katharina Crepaz, eds., Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU: Comparative and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges and Solutions, Springer, Dec. 2018

Legal texts:

Charlotte Lülf, Conflict Displacement and Legal Protection: Understanding Asylum, Human Rights and Refugee Law, Routledge, Feb. 2019