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  • Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 63 No. 4 (2024)

    This issue covers developments and findings from the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. The editorial sheds light on the approved extension of the Schengen Area and its anticipated effects on migration routes and internal border securitization. Mansour & Hudaib present a comparative study on illegal and legal pathways for humanitarian migration from Lebanon to Europe. Huth-Hildebrandt & Hammash analyse family dynamics and resilience of Syrian refugees in the Za'atari camp, Jordan. Resilience specifically of refugee women from different parts of the word hosted in Germany is the focus of the contribution by Hagues, Dryjanska & and Sanchez. Kuehl, Carruth & Castañeda explore the inequities of humanitarian parole in the U.S. zooming in primarily on Ukrainian and Afghan refugees. Cecil & Hagues draw conclusions from field research in Germany, Greece and Lebanon for enhancing refugee social work education through practitioner insights. This is complemented by Reich's foundation of Mindful-Based Intercultural Communication & Resilience Training as a means to prepare social workers for crisis, flight and social transformation.

  • Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 63 No. 3 (2024)

    This issue covers an Integrated Reading of the Italy-Albanian Protocol and Article 25 of the the Visa Code. It demonstrates the legal disadvantages from formally not considering Asylum Seekers' Benefits Law as part of German Social Law. In a commentary, the potential of a derailed national migration debate to destroy the European Union is illustrated. And the review of jurisdiction sheds light on requested advisory opinion on obligations with respect to climate change including the migratory nexus as well as the ICJ's advisory opinion on the occupation of Palestine territory.

  • The cover of volume 63, issue 2, of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 63 No. 2 (2024)

    Issue 2/2024 of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP) covers a wide range of topics. While Roßkopf introduces to the cornerstones of the newly adopted EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in the News & Notes, his editorial highlights an unfolding shift of the European reform discourse from management to prevention and further extraterritorialisation. Europe is also the scope for a review of the case-law of the CJEU and ECtHR on COVID-19 related emergency measures and their compliance or non-compliance with fundamental human rights by Friedery and Kecskés. Huth-Hildebrandt, Al'Ali and Al-Madi shed light on often neglected 'random camps' analysing educational needs and deprivation of minor Syrian refugee inhabitants in Jordan. Another situation of protracted displacement is covered by Bibi critically investigating repatriation measures taken by Pakistan against Afghan refugees to put a forceful end to it. Finally, Barbo and Jeeroburkhan review studies on programs with an aim to navigate diet and nutrition of newcomer populations from a Canadian perspective.

  • Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 63 No. 1 (2024)

    This issue of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP) has a special focus on refugee situations in the Middle East. The Presidency of AWR German Section devotes a resolution to the Middle East Conflict, Simchat Torah Massacre and Gaza War. Roßkopf summarizes the related Order of the International Court of Justice of 26/1/2024 and draws conclusions for the needed peace process. Ghanem et al. compare the situation of Palestinian and Syrian refugee groups hosted in Jordan to derive recommendations for future refugee scenarios. Syrian refugee women in Jordan were also at the core of a student research and mobility project evaluated by Al-Saideh et al. This is complemented by Weidmann's analysis of potentials and limits of social work with Syrian survivors of atrocity crimes in their fight for transitional justice in German courts. Hoffman summarizes current migration related European jurisdiction and developments in politics, legislation and on the ground. Finally, the organisers announce a call for papers for AWR's upcoming international conference on "Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Humanitarian Pathways".

  • Cover of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, Volume 62, Number 4 of the year 2023

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 62 No. 4 (2023)

    This issue of the QRP mainly summarizes contributions, discussions, findings and conclusions from the 68th International Conference of the Association for the World Refugee Problem (AWR) on the subject of “Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Transnational Skill Partnerships”. It was held at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt on 24-26 May 2023 and gathered expertise from science and practice, from receiving and sending States. Additionally it looks at the financial inclusion of forcibly displaced persons and comments on the legal fate of the Palestinian refugees in the light of the current war in the Gaza Strip.

  • The cover of the 2023, volume 62, third issue of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 62 No. 3 (2023)

    This issue analyses a diverse range of forced migration issues from an African and European perspective. The first contribution presents the plight of cross-border displacement in the East, Horn of Africa and Great Lakes (EHAGL) region by exploring the resilience experience of adult refugees living in Addis Ababa. Turnig to Europe,  a further article highlights some recent changes in the perception of young people in Hungary by analyzing shifts in issue perception and importance among young extremist acolytes in Hungary, whereby particular attention has been paid among others to the issues of migration. A legal study  provides an overview of the tools the European Union used to promote a more effective role for the EU's external borders in managing the COVID-19 crisis and its ongoing negative effects on migration and access to asylum. As a policy report, developments in vocational training for refugees are outlined and embedded in the context of migration movements in Germany.This is complemented by an overview of migration related European jurisdiction for the period January-June 2023 and related current developments.

  • The cover of the 2023, volume 62, second issue of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 62 No. 2 (2023)

    This issue analyses from a retrospective view which factors influenced Syrian refugees’ decision-making in the context of forced migration and flight. Another contribution explores the religiosity of Muslim refugees in Germany as a potential resource for social work interventions. The Anogeia Reception Centre for Minor Asylum Seekers, Greece's first reception centre for unaccompanied minors, is introduced as an example of best practice from the perspective of critical social work. A second practitioner report sheds light on how a platform provided by asylum seeker-led organizations in Hong Kong was used to cope with challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last but not least, very recent developments on the universal and European level are looked upon with respect to UNHCR's freshly published Global Trends report as well as the latest dynamics on the reform of the European Union's migration and asylum policies.

  • The cover of the 2023, volume 62, first issue of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 62 No. 1 (2023)

    This issue views critically the current state of the European Union's migration policies, debates and implementation on the ground. It looks at the Russian-Ukrainian war from an angle of diplomatic protection and poses the question whether anything would prevent States having taken in and given protection to exiled Ukrainians from taking diplomatic protection measures. It reviews the legal relevance of adaptation measures to climate change for the protection of migrants. For the chosen ones actually having the option to resettle, concepts and approaches for pre-departure and post-arrival services are assessed and recommendations given. Turning to Germany's migration society, the issue introduces the results of a comprehensive intersectional analysis of a labor market integration project for women with a migration background and proving that intersectionality is not only a theoretical framework but can offer a helpful lens to approach related data. Last but not least, a helpful compilation of migration related European jurisdiction for the period August-December 2022 and current related developments is given.

  • The cover of the 2022, volume 61, second issue of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 61 No. 2 (2022)

    This issues covers general questions of truly interdisciplinary migration research as well as studies on habitus based social education, children and youth migrants affected by disability and medical fragility, the fate of Palestine refugees, and political activism in the field of migration from a social work perspective.

  • The cover of the 2022, volume 61, first issue of the Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin

    Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
    Vol. 61 No. 1 (2022)

    This issue bridges regions and disciplines. Challenges for and perceptions of elderly family members left behind in a country of origin are contrasted with attitudes in receiving societies towards immigration and refugee policies as well as with volunteering in support of migrants as acts if reflective solidarity and inclusion. A general introduction to mandate and practice of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants is contrasted by most current topics related to national responses to environmental and climate-related displacement, COVID-19 effects on the Schengen border regime and the war in the Ukraine. Overviews of and linking to relevant European case law and developments complement each other.