Refugee reflections

Commentary and analysis

2013-2020

Jeff Crisp

August 2021

E-mail: jefferyfcrisp@gmail.com
Twitter: @jfcrisp
Skype: crispjeff

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‘Are labour mobility programmes for refugees a good idea?’
Free Movement, August 2021
https://www.freemovement.org.uk/briefing-is-labour-mobility-for-skilled-refugees-a-good-idea/

‘The state of the world’s refugees: crisis or progress?’

Journal of Human Security Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, July 2021
https://www.jahss-web.org/single-post/journal-of-human-security-studies-vol-10-no-2-special-
issue-2021

‘Relevant or redundant? The future of the international refugee protection regime’ (with Nick
Maple)
Refugee Law Initiative, July 2021
https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/07/22/relevant-or-redundant-the-future-of-the-international-
refugee-protection-regime/

‘New and neglected refugee situations’

United Against Inhumanity, June 2021
http://www.against-inhumanity.org/2021/06/14/uai-june-2021-newsletter/

‘Institutionalizing inhumanity: assessing recent developments in EU andUK refugee policies’

United Against Inhumanity, June 2021 http://www.against-
inhumanity.org/2021/06/30/institutionalizing-inhumanity-assessing-recent-developments-in-eu-
and-uk-refugee-policies-by-dr-jeff-crisp/

‘Dishonest, disingenuous and dangerous: the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum’

Refugee Law Initiative, October 2020
https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/10/01/disingenuous-dishonest-and-dangerous-the-eu-pact-on-
migration-and-asylum/

‘What is externalization and why is it a threat to refugees?’

Chatham House, October 2020
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/10/what-externalization-and-why-it-threat-refugees

‘The end of asylum?’

United Against Inhumanity, July 2020
http://www.against-inhumanity.org/2020/07/02/the-end-of-asylum/

‘Saving lives and protecting human rights: why safe and legal routes are needed for refugees’.
Migrant Offshore Aid Station, June 2020
https://www.moas.eu/saving-lives-and-protecting-human-rights-why-safe-and-legal-routes-are-
needed-for-refugees/

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‘After the Forum: new directions in global refugee policy’:
Transnational Figurations of Displacement, January 2020
https://trafig.eu/blog/after-the-forum-new-directions-in-global-refugee-policy

‘Three tests for the Global Refugee Forum’

The New Humanitarian, December 2019
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2019/12/16/refugees-UN-UNHCR-conference-
Geneva-GRF-human-rights

‘Externalization and the erosion of refugee protection’

Comparative Network on Refugee Externalization Policies, November 2019
https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-social-and-political-sciences/research/comparative-
network-on-refugee-externalisation-policies/blog/externalization-and-the-erosion-of-refugee-
protection

‘Unwilling and fearful refugees should not be forced to return home’

The Guardian, October 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/07/unwilling-and-fearful-refugees-
should-not-be-forced-to-return-home

‘Refugees are finding their own solutions - but are taking great risks in the process’
Refugee Law Initiative, June 2019
https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2019/06/19/refugees-are-finding-their-own-solutions-but-are-taking-
great-risks-in-the-process/

Review of ‘Refuge lost: asylum law in an interdependent world’

Journal of Refugee Studies, March 2019
https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/32/1/172/5375874?redirectedFrom=fulltext

‘As the world abandons refugees, UNHCR’s constraints are exposed’,

Refugees Deeply, September 2018
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/13/as-the-world-abandons-refugees-
unhcrs-constraints-are-exposed
‘Beware the notion that better data lead to better outcomes for refugees and migrants’
Chatham House, March 2018
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/beware-notion-better-data-lead-better-
outcomes-refugees-and-migrants

‘We must not repeat the shameful history of returning Rohingya refugees’,
Refugees Deeply, January 2018
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/01/17/we-must-not-repeat-the-
shameful-history-of-returning-rohingya-refugees

‘Operation Sovereign Borders: a prehistory’,

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Inside Story, January 2018
http://insidestory.org.au/operation-sovereign-borders-a-prehistory/

‘A global academic network on refugees: some unanswered questions’

International Journal of Refugee Law, December 2018
https://academic.oup.com/ijrl/article/30/4/640/5209680

‘As the world abandons refugees, UNHCR’s constraints are exposed’,

Refugees Deeply, September 2018
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/09/13/as-the-world-abandons-refugees-
unhcrs-constraints-are-exposed

‘Leaving Libya by boat: what happens after disembarkation?’

International Refugee Rights Initiative, April 2018
http://refugee-rights.org/leaving-libya-by-boat/

Review of ‘Refugees in extended exile: living on the edge’

Journal of Refugee Studies, December 2017
https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/30/4/633/4741418?redirectedFrom=fulltext

‘The Global Compact on Refugees: what can we expect?’

Refugees International, December 2017
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/globalcompactonrefugees

‘Don’t expect to see any immediate solutions in Libya’,

Bosphorus Migration, October 2017
http://www.bmigration.com/libya-jeff-crisp/

‘New York Declaration on Refugees: a one-year report card’

Refugees Deeply, September 2017
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/09/18/new-york-declaration-on-
refugees-a-one-year-report-card

‘It’s far too early to talk of return for Syrian refugees’,

Chatham House, August 2017
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/it-s-far-too-early-talk-return-syrian-refugees

‘The case against refugee camps’

Refugees International, June 2017
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/refugeecamps

‘Refugees: the Trojan horse of terrorism?’

Open Democracy, June 2017

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/refugees-trojan-horse-of-terrorism/

‘Focus on refugees risks neglecting the internally displaced’

Chatham House, May 2017
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/focus-refugees-risks-neglecting-internally-
displaced

‘An inside account of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy’,

Refugees Deeply, April 2017
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/14/an-inside-account-of-unhcrs-
urban-refugee-policy

‘Finding space for protection: an inside account of the evolution of UNHCR’s urban refugee
policy’
Refuge, March 2017
https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/viewFile/40451/36444

‘Trump era casts new shadow over refugees’,

Chatham House, January 2017
httpJournals://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/trump-era-casts-new-shadow-over-
refugees

‘Safe and voluntary repatriation: from principle to practice’ (with Katy Long)
Journal on Migration and Human Security, September 2016
https://cmsny.org/publications/jmhs-safe-and-voluntary-refugee-repatriation/

‘Minor miracle or historic failure ahead for UN summit?’

Refugees Deeply, August 2016
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/08/08/long-read-minor-miracle-or-
historic-failure-ahead-for-u-n-summit

‘A troubling tradition of excluding refugees’

Refugees Deeply, May 2016
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/05/30/a-troubling-tradition-of-excluding-
refugees

‘Can humanitarian summit create a Global Compact?’

Refugees Deeply, May 2016
https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/05/20/can-humanitarian-summit-create-
global-compact

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‘The Syrian refugee emergency: implications for state security and the international
humanitarian system’
Middle East Institute, April 2016
https://www.mei.edu/publications/syrian-refugee-emergency-implications-state-security-and-
international-humanitarian

‘Protection and pragmatism: the EU-Turkey refugee deal in historical perspective’

Open Democracy, March 2016
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/openglobalrights-openpage/protection-and-pragmatism-eu-
turkey-refugee-deal-in-historical-perspecti/

‘Can Europe rise to the refugee challenge?’

Refugees International, January 2016
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/2016/1/19/europe

‘New border regime in the Balkans inequitable and illegal’

The New Humanitarian, November 2015
http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2015/11/27/new-border-regime-balkans-
inequitable-and-illegal

‘A long way to go for Somali refugee returns’ (with Mark Yarnell)

Refugees International, November 2015
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/2015/11/5/a-long-way-to-go-for-somali-refugee-
returns-in-kenya?rq=jeff%20crisp

‘Zaatari: a camp and not a city’

Refugees International, October 2015
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/zaatari-camp-and-not-city

‘Refugee settlement and self-reliance: new challenges for UNHCR’

Refugees International, July 2015
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/2015/7/27/refugee-settlement-and-self-reliance-new-
challenges-for-unhcr

‘Military madness in the Med’

Oxford Department of International Development, June 2015
https://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/military-madness-med

‘Australia and Europe: failing the world’s refugees’

Asylum Insight, June 2015
https://www.asyluminsight.com/jeff-crisp#.XRy sOtK guo

‘Syria’s refugees: a global responsibility’

Open Democracy, June 2015

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/syrias-refugees-global-responsibility/

‘Legal routes no easy fix to EU migration crisis’

The New Humanitarian, April 2015
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2015/04/28/legal-routes-no-easy-fix-eu-migration-
crisis

‘Sri Lanka’s unfinished humanitarian business’

Refugees International, March 2015
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/2015/8/16/sri-lankas-unfinished-humanitarian-
business

‘Humanitarian responses alone won’t solve refugee crises’

Right Now, February 2015
http://rightnow.org.au/opinion-3/humanitarian-responses-alone-wont-solve-refugee-crises/

‘Resettlement: a new start in life?’

Refugees International, December 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150204023412/http://refugeesinternational.org/blog/resettlement-
new-start-life

‘Get up, stand up: how serious is the UN’s new human rights initiative?’
Refugees International, December 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150219060845/http://refugeesinternational.org/blog/get-stand-
how-serious-un%E2%80%99s-new-human-rights-initiative

‘Myanmar: a tipping point for refugee rights?’ (with Sarnata Reynolds)

Refugees International, November 2014
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/506c8ea1e4b01d9450dd53f5/t/5610d330e4b0521c793a5
03d/1443943216123/111714_myanmar_a_tipping_point_for_rohingya_rights_letterhead_0.pdf

‘Humanitarian emergencies: a new funding formula?’

Refugees International, October 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150511173556/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/humanit
arian-emergencies-new-funding-formula

‘Local integration: thumbs up for Tanzania’

Refugees International, October 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150601225139/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/local-
integration-thumbs-tanzania

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‘No rush to return for Kayin’s displaced’
Refugees International, October 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150601220358/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/no-
rush-return-kayins-displaced

‘No way of escape’

Refugees International, September 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150601061811/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/no-way-
escape

‘Out of camp, out of mind?’

Refugees International, September 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20150601061833/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/out-
camp-out-mind

‘Tough times for Syrian refugees in Egypt’ (with Daryl Grisgraber)

Refugees International, May 2014
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/506c8ea1e4b01d9450dd53f5/t/561e512de4b0ae904e8ce
b21/1444827437303/050714+Syrian_Refugees_Tough_Times+letterhead+-+for+website.pdf

‘Flight to Egypt’
Refugees International, March 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140402205356/http://refugeesinternational.org/blog/exodus-egypt

‘Beyond emergency assistance: Syrian refugees in Jordan and Northern Iraq’ (with Daryl
Grisgraber)
Refugees International, February 2014
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/506c8ea1e4b01d9450dd53f5/t/561e5f17e4b06fe5135cd1
ee/1444830999182/020414_Syrian_Refugees_Beyond+Emergency+letterhead.pdf

‘Syrian refugees at risk’

Refugees International, January 2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140118093055/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/syrian-
refugees-risk
‘Let’s hear it for the hosts’
Refugees International, December 2013
https://web.archive.org/web/20140218131955/http://refugeesinternational.org/blog/lets-hear-it-
hosts

‘Missing the boat: Europe’s asylum and immigration crisis’,

Open Democracy, November 2013
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/missing-boat-europes-asylum-and-
immigration-crisis/

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‘From slow boil to breaking point: a real time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian
refugee emergency’ (with Frances Voon et al)
UNHCR, July 2013
https://www.unhcr.org/uk/research/evalreports/52b83e539/slow-boil-breaking-point-real-time-
evaluation-unhcrs-response-syrian-refugee.html

‘Destination Delhi: a review of the implementation of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy in India’s
capital city (with MaryBeth Morand)
UNHCR, July 2013
https://www.unhcr.org/uk/research/evalreports/51f66e7d9/destination-delhi-review-
implementation-unhcrs-urban-refugee-policy-indias.html