01 September 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 2020 - Pt. 2

Part 1 is available here.

Legal Texts:

Francesca Ippolito, Gianluca Borzoni & Federico Casolari, eds., Bilateral Relations in the Mediterranean: Prospects for Migration Issues, Edward Elgar, Aug. 2020

Romola Adeola, Development-induced Displacement and Human Rights in Africa: The Kampala Convention, Routledge, Sept. 2020

Felicity G. Attard, The Duty of the Shipmaster to Render Assistance at Sea under International Law, Brill/Nijhoff, Aug. 2020

Madalina Moraru, Galina Cornelisse & Philippe De Bruycker, eds., Law and Judicial Dialogue on the Return of Irregular Migrants from the European Union, Hart Publishing, Aug. 2020

Adam B. Cox & Cristina M. Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law, Oxford Univ. Press, Sept. 2020

Dana Schmalz, Refugees, Democracy and the Law: Political Rights at the Margins of the State, Routledge, Sept. 2020



03 August 2020

New Books: August 2020

August 2020:

Rachel Ida Buff & Alejandra Oliva (transl.), A is for Asylum Seeker: Words for People on the Move / A de Asilo: Palabras para Personas en Movimiento, Fordham Univ. Press, Aug. 2020

Francesca Ippolito, Gianluca Borzoni &  Federico Casolari, eds., Bilateral Relations in the Mediterranean: Prospects for Migration Issues, Edward Elgar Publishing, Aug. 2020


Vicki Squire, Europe's Migration Crisis: Border Deaths and Human Dignity, Cambridge Univ. Press, Aug. 2020

Neve Gordon & Nicola Perugini, Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire, Univ. of California Press, Aug. 2020

Honey Oberoi Vahali, Lives in Exile: Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees, 2nd ed., Routledge, Aug. 2020

Yoshikazu Shiobara, et al., eds., Migration Policies in Asia, 5 vols., SAGE Publishing, Aug. 2020

Leah Hamilton, Luisa Veronis & Margaret Walton-Roberts, eds., A National Project: Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada,  McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, Aug. 2020

Anindita Ghoshal, Refugees, Borders and Identities: Rights and Habitat in East and Northeast India, Routledge, Routledge, Aug. 2020

Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, Sigrun Marie Moss & Özden Melis Uluğ, eds., Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities, Springer, Aug. 2020

Paolo Boccagni, Luis Eduardo PéRez Murcia & Milena Belloni, Thinking Home on the Move: A Conversation Across Disciplines, Emerald Publishing, Aug. 2020

July 2020: 

Neža Kogovšek Šalamon, ed., Causes and Consequences of Migrant Criminalization, Springer, July 2020

Masako Yonekawa & Akiko Sugiki, eds., Repatriation, Insecurity, and Peace: A Case Study of Rwandan Refugees, Springer, July 2020

Ana Vila-Freyer & Mehmet Gökay Özerim, eds., Young Migrants: Vulnerabilities, Boundaries, Protection and Integration, Transnational Press, July 2020

Legal texts:

Stian Øby Johansen, The Human Rights Accountability Mechanisms of International Organizations, Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2020
- See esp. Chapter 5, "Case study: UNHCR-administered refugee camps."

Romit Bhandari, Human Rights and the Revision of Refugee Law, Routledge, Aug. 2020

James C. Simeon, ed., Terrorism and Asylum, Brill/Nijhoff, Aug. 2020

Giovanni Sciaccaluga, International Law and the Protection of 'Climate Refugees', Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2020

Open access:

Norbert Götz, Georgina Brewis & Steffen Werther, Humanitarianism in the Modern World: The Moral Economy of Famine Relief, Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2020

Vanessa Agnew, Kader Konuk & Jane O. Newman, eds., Refugee Routes: Telling, Looking, Protesting, Redressing, transcript De Gruyter , Aug. 2020




01 July 2020

New Books: July 2020

July 2020:

Yehia Ghanem, Al Jazeera, Freedom of the Press, and Forecasting Humanitarian Emergencies, Routledge, July 2020

Michael Kagan, Battle to Stay in America: Immigration's Hidden Front Line, Univ. of Nevada Press, July 2020

Jacqueline Bhabha, Wenona Giles & Faraaz Mahomed, eds., A Better Future: The Role of Higher Education for Displaced and Marginalised People, Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2020

Fazila Bhimji, Border Regimes, Racialisation Processes and Resistance in Germany: An Ethnographic Study of Protest and Solidarity, Spring, July 2020

Laurie Collier Hillstrom, Family Separation and the U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis, ABC-CLIO, July 2020

Nora Stel, Hybrid Political Order and the Politics of Uncertainty: Refugee Governance in Lebanon, Routledge, July 2020

Nafisa Yeasmin, Waliul Hasanat, Jan Brzozowski & Stefan Kirchner, Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration and Resilience, Routledge, July 2020

Clara Rachel Eybalin Casseus, Stevens Aguto Odongoh & Amal Adel Abdrabo, Memory, Conflicts, Disasters, and the Geopolitics of the Displaced, IGI Global, July 2020

Ranabir Samaddar, The Postcolonial Age of Migration, Routledge, July 2020

Jessy Abouarab, Reframing Syrian Refugee Insecurity through a Feminist Lens: The Case of Lebanon, Rownman & Littlefield, July 2020

Lisa Unangst, Hakan Ergin, Araz Khajarian, Tessa DeLaquil & Hans de Wit, eds., Refugees and Higher Education: Trans-national Perspectives on Access, Equity, and Internationalization, Brill, July 2020

Jacob Soboroff, Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, Custom House, July 2020

S. Behnaz Hosseini, Trauma and the Rehabilitation of Trafficked Women: The Experiences of Yazidi Survivors, Routledge, July 2020

Lucia De Haene & Cécile Rousseau, eds., Working with Refugee Families: Trauma and Exile in Family Relationships, Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2020

June 2020:

Suzan J. Song & Peter Ventevogel, eds., Child, Adolescent and Family Refugee Mental Health: A Global Perspective, Springer, June 2020

Raul Matta, Charles-Edouard de Suremain, Chantal Crenn, eds., Food Identities at Home and on the Move: Explorations at the Intersection of Food, Belonging and Dwelling, Routledge, June 2020

Legal texts:

Eve Massingham & Annabel McConnachie, eds., Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law, Routledge, July 2020

Francesca Albanese & Lex Takkenberg, Palestinian Refugees in International Law, 2nd ed., Oxford Univ. Press, July 2020

Mathilde Crépin, Persecution, International Refugee Law and Refugees: A Feminist Approach, Routledge, July 2020

Open access:

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, ed., Refuge in a Moving World: Tracing Refugee and Migrant Journeys Across Disciplines, UCL Press, July 2020
- Note: This volume will be available as of 17 July 2020.


01 June 2020

New Books: June 2020 - Pt. 1

Part 2 lists new legal texts and Open Access titles.

June 2020:


Adam Goodman, The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants, Princeton Univ. Press, June 2020

Silvia Pasquetti & Romola Sanyal, eds., Displacement: Global Conversations on Refuge, Manchester Univ. Press, June 2020


Jana K. Lipman, In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates, Univ. of California Press, June 2020

Daniel Stein, Cathy C. Waegner, Geoffroy de Laforcade & Page R. Laws, eds., Migration, Diaspora, Exile: Narratives of Affiliation and Escape, Lexington Books, June 2020

Sonia Shah, The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move, Bloomsbury Publishing, June 2020

Sourav Kumar Das & Nidhi Chowdhary, Refugee Crises and Third-World Economies: Policies and Perspectives, Emerald Publishing, June 2020

Colin Yeo, Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System, Bite Back Publishing, June 2020
- See also related book review.

May 2020:

Mary Crock, Kate Bones, Daniel Ghezelbash, Jemma Hollonds & Mary Anne Kenny, Children and Young People in Asylum and Refugee Processes: Towards Best Practice, Federation Press, May 2020 


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."


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

01 May 2020

New Books: May 2020

May 2020:

Melissa Schnyder and Noha Shawki, Advocating for Refugees in the European Union: Norm-Based Strategies by Civil-Society Organizations, Rowman & Littlefield, May 2020

A. Naomi Paik, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century, Univ. of California Press, May 2020

Jean-François Véran, Doris Burtscher & Beverley Stringer, eds., Médecins Sans Frontières and Humanitarian Situations: An Anthropological Exploration, Routledge, May 2020

Jochen Lingelbach, On the Edges of Whiteness: Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War, Berghahn Books, May 2020

Beata Halicka, The Polish Wild West: Forced Migration and Cultural Appropriation in the Polish-German Borderlands, 1945-1948, Routledge, May 2020

Jessy Abouarab, Reframing Syrian Refugee Insecurity through a Feminist Lens: The Case of Lebanon, Rowman & Littlefield, May 2020

Rachel Sharples, Spaces of Solidarity: Karen Activism in the Thailand-Burma Borderlands, Berghahn Books, May 2020

Tom Scott-Smith & Mark E. Breeze, eds., Structures of Protection? Rethinking Refugee Shelter, Berghahn Books, May 2020

April 2020:

John Washington, The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond, Verso Books, April 2020

Tom Scott-Smith, On an Empty Stomach: Two Hundred Years of Hunger Relief, Cornell Univ. Press, April 2020

Swen Steinberg & Anthony Grenville, eds., Refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe in British Overseas Territories, Brill, April 2020

Legal texts:

Lili Song, Chinese Refugee Law and Policy, Cambridge University Press, May 2020

Sandra Mantu, Paul Minderhoud & Elspeth Guild, eds., EU Citizenship and Free Movement Rights: Taking Supranational Citizenship Seriously, Brill/Nijhoff, April 2020

Valsamis Mitsilegas, Violeta Moreno-Lax & Niovi Vavoula, eds., Securitising Asylum Flows: Deflection, Criminalisation and Challenges for Human Rights, Brill/Nijhoff, May 2020