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

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

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

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: February 2023 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

January 2023:

Myriam Denov, Claudia Mitchell & Marjorie Rabiau, eds., Global Child: Children and Families Affected by War, Displacement, and Migration, Rutgers Univ. Press, Jan. 2023

Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano, Elena Cabiati & Sofia Dedotsi, eds., Migration and Social Work: Approaches, Visions and Challenges, Policy Press, Jan. 2023

Domenico Sergi, Museums, Refugees and Communities, Routledge, Jan. 2023 

Joseph Chamie, Population Levels, Trends, and Differentials: More Important Population Matters, Springer, Jan. 2023

- Includes chapters on international migration, irregular migration & refugees.

Jutta Bakonyi & Peter Chonka, Precarious Urbanism: Displacement, Belonging and the Reconstruction of Somali Cities, Bristol Univ. Press, Jan. 2023

Hasret Çomak, Burak Şakir Şeker, Mehlika Özlem Ultan, Yaprak Civelek & Çağla Arslan Bozkuş, eds., Refugee Crisis in International Policy, vol. V-VI: Refugees in Turkey and Beyond, Transnational Press London, Jan. 2023

Rhoda Kanaaneh, The Right Kind of Suffering: Gender, Sexuality, and Arab Asylum Seekers in America, Univ. of Texas Press, Jan. 2023 

Open access:

Ervis Martani & Denise Helly, eds., Asylum and Resettlement in Canada: Historical Development, Successes, Challenges and Lessons, Genova Univ. Press, Dec. 2022

Andrea Bernert-Bürkle, Paolo Federighi & Francesca Torlone, eds., The Fast Track Labour Market Integration of Immigrants: Work-related Learning of Culture, Language and Profession, W. Bertelsmann Verlag, Jan. 2023

Sabine Krause, Michelle Proyer & Gertraud Kremsner, eds., The Making of Teachers in the Age of Migration: Critical Perspectives on the Politics of Education for Refugees, Immigrants and Minorities, Bloomsbury, Jan. 2023

Simone Baglioni & Francesca Calò, eds., Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Work Integration in Comparative Perspective, Policy Press, Jan. 2023

Enrico Michelini, Sport, Forced Migration and the 'Refugee Crisis', Routledge, Feb. 2023 

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: February 2021

New titles published in January & February 2021 are listed below, along with a new legal text.

February 2021:

Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty, Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees, Oxford Univ. Press, Feb. 2021 

Andrew Geddes, Governing Migration Beyond the State: Europe, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia in a Global Context, Oxford Univ. Press, Feb. 2021

Ma Vang, History on the Run: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies, Duke Univ. Press, Feb. 2021

Julius Fein, Hitler's Refugees and the French Response, 1933–1938, Lexington Books, Feb. 2021 

Ralf Roßkopf & Katharina Heilmann, eds., International Social Work and Forced Migration: Developments in African, Arab and European Countries, Verlag Barbara Budrich, Feb. 2021

Inocent Moyo, Jussi P. Laine & Christopher Changwe Nshimbi, eds., Intra-Africa Migrations: Reimaging Borders and Migration Management, Routledge, Feb. 2021

Elisabeth Yarbakhsh, Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality: Spaces of Refuge and Belonging in the City of Shiraz, Lexington Books, Feb. 2021

Ken R. Crane, Iraqi Refugees in the United States: The Enduring Effects of the War on Terror, NYU Press, Feb. 2021

Lynne Jones, The Migrant Diaries, Fordham Univ. Press, Feb. 2021

Geoffrey Cameron, Send Them Here: Religion, Politics, and Refugee Resettlement in North America, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Feb. 2021

Marcus Herz & Philip Lalander, Social Work, Young Migrants and the Act of Listening: Becoming an Unaccompanied Child, Routledge, Feb. 2021

January 2021:

Larry Hollingworth, Aid Memoir, Fordham Univ. Press, Jan. 2021 

- Account of the author's time "as head of the UNHCR’s efforts in Bosnia throughout the lengthy conflict that plagued the former Yugoslavia in the early to mid ’90s."

Elliott Young, Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System, Oxford Univ. Press, Jan. 2021

Joe Cropp, The Humanitarian Fix: Navigating Civilian Protection in Contemporary Wars, Routledge, Jan. 2021

Legal texts:

Natasa Mavronicola, Torture, Inhumanity and Degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR: Absolute Rights and Absolute Wrongs, Hart Publishing, Feb. 2021

- Note: Part 7 focuses on "Specifying the Non-Refoulement Duty under Article 3 ECHR."

New Book Titles: October 2020 - Pt. 2

Part 1 of this post is available here.

September 2020:

Joanne Laycock & Francesca Piana, eds., Aid to Armenia: Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present, Manchester Univ. Press, Sept. 2020

Robert S. Meyers, Conducting Psychological Assessments for U.S. Immigration Cases, Springer, Sept. 2020

Mogens Chrom Jacobsen, Emnet Berhanu Gebre & Drago Župarić-Iljić, eds., Cosmopolitanism, Migration and Universal Human Rights, Springer, Sept. 2020

Darren Palmer, Garry Coventry, Glenn Dawes & Stephen Moston, Crime, Criminalization and Refugees: The Case of Sudanese Australian, Springer, Sept. 2020

Kelly McKowen & John Borneman, eds., Digesting Difference: Migrant Incorporation and Mutual Belonging in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, Sept. 2020

Angelika Groterath, Viviana Langher & Georgia Marinelli , eds., Flight and Migration from Africa to Europe: Contributions of Psychology and Social Work, Verlag Barbara Budrich, Sept. 2020

Yvan Yenda Ilunga, Humanitarianism and Security: Trouble and Hope at the Heart of Africa, Palgrave Macmillan, Sept. 2020

Pablo Bose, Refugees in New Destinations and Small Cities: Resettlement in Vermont, Palgrave Macmillan, Sept. 2020

Open access:

Antonio De Lauri, ed., Humanitarianism: Keywords, Brill, Sept. 2020

Doug Specht, ed., Mapping Crisis: Participation, Datafication and Humanitarianism in the Age of Digital Mapping, Univ. of London Press, Sept. 2020

Laura Zanfrini, ed., Migrants and Religion: Paths, Issues, and Lenses - A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Sited Study on the Role of Religious Belongings in Migratory and Integration Processes, Brill, Sept. 2020

New Books: September 2020 - Pt. 1

New titles from both August and September 2020 are listed below. New legal texts are provided in Part 2.

September 2020:

Robert Layton, The Anthropology of Displaced Communities, Sean Kingston Publishing, Sept. 2020

Anne Meike Fechter & Anke Schwittay, Citizen Aid and Everyday Humanitarianism: Development Futures?, Routledge, Sept. 2020

Ralf Roßkopf and Katharina Heilmann, eds., International Social Work and Forced Migration: Developments in African, Arab and European Countries, Verlag Barbara Budrich, Sept. 2020

David Nasaw, The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, Penguin Press, Sept. 2020

Doug Specht, Mapping Crisis: Participation, Datafication and Humanitarianism in the Age of Digital Mapping, Univ. of London Press, Sept. 2020

Greg Prieto, Myth and Reality in the U.S. Immigration Debate, Routledge, Sept. 2020

Serena Parekh, No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis, Oxford Univ. Press, Sept. 2020

Gillian McFadyen, Refugees in Britain: Practices of Hospitality and Labelling, Edinburgh University Press, Sept. 2020

Shauna Labman & Geoffrey Cameron, eds., Strangers to Neighbours: Refugee Sponsorship in Context, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Sept. 2020

Anne Marie Baylouny, When Blame Backfires: Syrian Refugees and Citizen Grievances in Jordan and Lebanon, Cornell Univ. Press, Sept. 2020

August 2020:

Esther Möller, Johannes Paulmann & Katharina Stornig, eds., Gendering Global Humanitarianism in the Twentieth Century: Practice, Politics and the Power of Representation, Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2020

Yiagadeesen Samy & Howard Duncan, eds., International Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy, Aug. 2020

Sara Marino, Mediating the Refugee Crisis: Digital Solidarity, Humanitarian Technologies and Border Regimes, Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2020

Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran, Migration Crises in 21st Century Africa: Patterns, Processes and Projections, Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2020

Glenn Rayp, Ilse Ruyssen & Katrin Marchand, eds., Regional Integration and Migration Governance in the Global South, Springer, Aug. 2020

Jesse Spohnholz, Ruptured Lives: Refugee Crises in Historical Perspective, Oxford Univ. Press, Aug. 2020

New Books: September 2019

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

September:

Ċetta Mainwaring, At Europe's Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean, Oxford Univ. Press, Sept. 2019

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump, NYU Press, Sept. 2019 

Tommaso Natoli & Alice Riccardi, eds., Borders, Legal Spaces and Territories in Contemporary International Law: Within and Beyond, Springer, Sept. 2019

Sweta Shah, Early Childhood Development in Humanitarian Crises: South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda, Routledge, Sept. 2019 

Stephanie Malia Hom, Empire's Mobius Strip: Historical Echoes in Italy's Crisis of Migration and Detention, Cornell University Press, Sept. 2019

Susan McGrath & Julie E.E. Young, eds., Mobilizing Global Knowledge: Refugee Research in an Age of Displacement, Univ. of Calgary Press, Sept. 2019

Chris Chancey & Katie Gibson, Refugee Workforce: The Economic Case for Hiring the Displaced, Amplio Recruiting, Sept. 2019

Lee T. Bycel, Refugees in America: Stories of Courage, Resilience, and Hope in Their Own Words, Rutgers Univ. Press, Sept. 2019

August:

Todd Miller, Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Border Around the World, Verso Books, Aug. 2019

Sarah S. Willen, Fighting for Dignity: Migrant Lives at Israel's Margins, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Aug. 2019

Kate Darian-Smith & Paula Hamilton, eds., Remembering Migration: Oral Histories and Heritage in Australia, Palgrave Macmillan, August 2019

Lauren Wroe, Rachel Larkin& Reima Ana Maglajlic, eds., Social Work with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants: Theory and Skills for Practice, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Aug. 2019

Legal text:

Deborah Anker, The Law of Asylum in the United States, Thomson Reuters, 2019

Reference book:

Catherine Baillie Abidi & Shiva Nourpanah, Refugees & Forced Migration: A Canadian Perspective - An A-Z Guide, Nimbus Publishing, July 2019