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: June 2023

June 2023:

Kim Huynh, Australia’s Refugee Politics in the 21st Century: STOP THE BOATS!, Routledge, June 2023

Patricia K. Kubow, Citizen Identity Formation of Domestic Students and Syrian Refugee Youth in Jordan: Centering Student Voice and Arab-Islamic Ontologies, Routledge, June 2023

Selma Porobić & Brad K. Blitz, eds., Forced Migration, Gender and Wellbeing: The Long-Term Effects of Displacement on Women, Edward Elgar, June 2023

Paolo Boccagni, ed., Handbook on Home and Migration, Edward Elgar, June 2023

Gihan Karunaratne, ed., Informal Settlements of the Global South, Routledge, June 2023

 Ida Marie Savio Vammen, Signe Cold-Ravnkilde & Hans Lucht, eds., The Long Shadow of the Border: Migrants, Brokers and European Border Governance in Africa, Routledge, June 2023

Jeffra Flaitz, Refugee Students: What Every ESL Teacher Needs to Know, Univ. of Michigan Press, June 2023

May 2023:

Apostolos Andrikopoulos, Argonauts of West Africa: Unauthorized Migration and Kinship Dynamics in a Changing Europe, Univ. of Chicago Press, May 2023 

Adelina Miranda & Antía Pérez-Caramés, eds., Migration Patterns Across the Mediterranean: Exchanges, Conflicts and Coexistence, Edward Elgar, May 2023

- Note: The introduction, foreword and first chapter are freely available and chapter 9 is open access.

Amit Ranjan & Diotima Chattoraj, eds., Migration, Regional Autonomy, and Conflicts in Eastern South Asia: Searching for a Home(land), Springer, May 2023

Estella Carpi, The Politics of Crisis-Making: Forced Displacement and Cultures of Assistance in Lebanon, Indiana Univ. Press, May 2023

Annamaria Fabian, ed., The Representation of REFUGEES and MIGRANTS in European National Media Discourses from 2015 to 2017: A Contrastive Approach (Corpus Linguistics), J.B. Metzler, May 2023

Legal text:

Oreva Olakpe, South-South Migrations and the Law from Below: Case Studies on China and Nigeria, Hart Publishing, May 2023

Open access:

Maurizio Ambrosini & Minke H.J. Hajer, Irregular Migration: IMISCOE Short Reader, Springer, May 2023

Magdalena Nordin & Jonas Otterbeck, Migration and Religion: IMISCOE Short Reader, Springer, May 2023

New Books: May 2021 - Pt. 2

See also Part 1 of this post.

April 2021:

Ana Ndumu, ed., Borders and Belonging: Critical Examinations of Library Approaches toward Immigrants, Library Juice Press, April 2021

Ioana Vrăbiescu, Deporting Europeans: The Racialized Mobility of Romanians in France, Lexington Books, April 2021 

Chin-Peng Chu & Sang-Chul Park, eds., Immigration Policy and Crisis in the Regional Context: Asian and European Experiences, Springer, April 2021

Catherine Dauvergne, ed., Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration, Edward Elgar, May 2021 

Tómas Joensen & Ian Taylor, eds., Small States and the European Migrant Crisis: Politics and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, April 2021

Open access:

Veronica Federico & Simone Baglioni, eds., Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Integration in European Labour Markets: A Comparative Approach on Legal Barriers and Enablers, Springer, May 2021

Ephraim Pörtner, Re-Cording Lives: Governing Asylum in Switzerland and the Need to Resolve, transcript Verlag, May 2021

- Note: The complete text will be made available as of 27 May 2021.

Manlio Cinalli, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Verena K. Brändle, Olga Eisele & Christian Lahusen, Solidarity in the Media and Public Contention over Refugees in Europe: Debating Solidarity Across Borders, Routledge, April 2021 

Jussi S. Jauhiainen & Miriam Tedeschi, Undocumented Migrants and Their Everyday Lives: The Case of Finland, Springer, May 2021 

Legal text:

Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales & Philip G. Schrag, The End of Asylum, Georgetown Univ. Press, May 2021

New Books: June 2020 - Pt. 2

Legal texts:

Ben Saul & Dapo Akande, eds., The Oxford Guide to International Humanitarian Law, Oxford Univ. Press, June 2020

Open access:

Sergio Carrera, Deirdre Curtin & Andrew Geddes, eds., 20 Years Anniversary of the Tampere Programme: Europeanisation Dynamics of the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, European University Institute, May 2020

- See esp. Part II on "Borders and Asylum."

Julia M. Eckert, ed., The Bureaucratic Production of Difference: Ethos and Ethics in Migration Administrations, Transcript-Verlag, April 2020

Sarah Spencer & Anna Triandafyllidou, eds., Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe: Evolving Conceptual and Policy Challenges, Springer, May 2020

New Books: November 2019 - Pt. 1

See below for new books due out in November. There are also references to books published in October 2019, as well as a new legal text.

This is part 1 of a two-part listing. All books referenced in part 2 focus on Europe.

November 2019:

Hein de Haas, Stephen Castles & Mark J. Miller, The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, 6th ed., Macmillan, Nov. 2019

Laura Moran, Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World: Refugee Youth and the Pursuit of Identity, Rutgers Univ. Press, Nov. 2019
- Focus is on Australia.

Shauna Labman, Crossing Law's Border: Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program, UBC Press, Nov. 2019

Christophe Declercq & Federico M. Federici, eds., Intercultural Crisis Communication: Translation, Interpreting and Languages in Local Crises, Bloomsbury, Nov. 2019

B. Heidi Ellis, Saida M. Abdi & Jeffrey P. Winer, Mental Health Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Youth: A Socioecological Framework, American Psychological Assoc., Nov. 2019

John Winterdyk & Jackie Jones, eds., The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking, Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2019

October 2019:

Peter Billings, Crimmigration in Australia: Law, Politics, and Society, Springer, Oct. 2019

David Hollenbach, Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees, Georgetown Univ. Press, Oct. 2019

Nergis Canefe,, ed., Transitional Justice and Forced Migration: Critical Perspectives from the Global South, Cambridge Univ. Press, Oct. 2019

Roberto G. Gonzales, Nando Sigona, Martha C. Franco & Anna Papoutsi, Undocumented Migration, Polity Press, Oct. 2019

Legal text:

Guofu Liu, Chinese Refugee Law, Brill, Nov. 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: March 2019

See below for new listings of books due out in March. There are also additional references to books published in February.

March 2019:

Terence Chun Tat Shum, Asylum-Seeking Journeys in Asia: Refugees in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Routledge, March 2019

Nancy Hiemstra, Detain and Deport: The Chaotic U.S. Immigration Enforcement Regime, Univ. of Georgia Press, March 2019

Greg Grandin, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America, Metropolitan Books, March 2019

David Scott FitzGerald, Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers, Oxford University Press, March 2019

Christine Crudo Blackburn & Paul E. Lenze, Jr., Syrian Forced Migration and Public Health in the European Union, Lexington Books, March 2019

Bridget M. Haas & Amy Shuman, Technologies of Suspicion and the Ethics of Obligation in Political Asylum, Ohio University Press, March 2019

February 2019:

Katharyne Mitchell, Reece Jones & Jennifer L. Fluri, eds., Handbook on Critical Geographies of Migration, Edward Elgar, Feb. 2019

Khalid Arar, Kussai Haj-Yehia, David B Ross & Yasar Kondakci, eds., Higher Education Challenges for Migrant and Refugee Students in a Global World, Peter Lang, Feb. 2019

Deborah A. Boehm & Susan J. Terrio, eds., Illegal Encounters: The Effect of Detention and Deportation on Young People, NYU Press, Feb. 2019

Sudha Rajput, Internal Displacement and Conflict: The Kashmiri Pandits in Comparative Perspective, Routledge, Feb. 2019