OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Attenuated Governance in Australia’s Offshore Immigration Detention Regime: How Financial Mismanagement Can Achieve Government Goals	28
Navigating Crisis: Violence, Mobility, and Gendered Experiences of Unaccompanied Venezuelan Adolescents	22
Efforts in Mainstreaming Gender into Uganda’s Refugee Settlement Policy Approach	22
Rapid Evolution of Refugee Policy in Poland: Russian Invasion of Ukraine as a Focusing Event	22
Is the Return Process a Stressful Event? Reintegration, Mental Health and Gender Dynamics	20
Following AENEAS’ Route: Unpacking Two Decades of Migration-Related Measures in EU Development Funds	20
Building Bridges Through Sport: Syrian Refugee Children’s Integration Experiences in Turkey	15
Between Stuckness and Agency: Changing Staying Aspirations of Chinese Graduates in Japan and Singapore	15
Weakening Practices Amidst Progressive Laws: Refugee Governance in Latin America during COVID-19	13
The Local Solidarity Network in the Reception of Female Ukrainian Refugees’ Influx of 2022	12
Asset Building among U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: The Role of Initial Legal Status	12
Differentiated Integration Among the Stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Camps	12
Social Navigation of Asylum Seekers: Journeying through Host/Transit Countries amid Changing Political Conditions	12
Suspended Belonging: Transmigration and War Volunteering in Ukraine	11
Refugees’ Contributions to Resettlement and the Challenges They Face: A Capability Approach to Resettlement Practice	10
Leave the Country or Leave the Locality? Exploring External and Internal Migration Intentions During Wartime	10
What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees?: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse	10
“ Immigrant Invasions to the South American Tiger ”: Immigration Representations in Chilean Newspapers (1991–2001)	9
Determinants of Refugees’ Identification with Country of Origin and Host Country and Their Naturalization Intentions: Evidence from Germany	9
Financing Externalisation: The Role That EU Funds Play in Shaping the Turkish Asylum and Migration Policies	9
Does Canada’s Express Entry System Meet the Challenges of the Labor Market?	9
Multidimensional Poverty and Perceived Discrimination Among Newly Resettled Afghans in the United States	9
Reconstructing Home: Housing Pathways and Settlement Strategies of Skilled Syrian Refugees in Fatih District, Istanbul	8
The Displacement Economies Framework	8
Agency as Capabilities: Ambivalent Processes of (Dis)Empowerment Among Latin American Female Domestic Workers in Andalusia, Spain	8

Is Germany Missing Out or Catching Up? Gender Inequality and the German Skilled Immigration Act	8
The Illusion of Choice: Governing Suffering in West African Migration to Morocco	8
Construction of Fear of the Other as an Electoral Strategy in European Politics: The Case of France and Sweden	8
‘Still Stood Adamant and Strong to Chase My Dream’ : Sense of Identity and Resilience among Hazara Youth following Childhood Experiences of Forced Migration	7
Virtual Reality and Implicit Bias: Examining Racial Prejudice through the Representation of Black and White Asylum Seekers	7
The Well-Being of Forced Migrants in Finland: A Capabilities Approach-Based Examination	7
A Strategy Typology: Unearthing How U.S.-Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits Contribute to Immigrant Inclusion Outcomes	7
The Effect of Bilateral Agreements on Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry in Israel	7
Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia	7
Sustainability and Resilience in Migration Governance for a Post-pandemic World	7
Exploring the Joint Role of Outgroup Identification and Empathic Concern in Reducing Perceived Immigrant Threat and Motivating Pro-Immigrant Collective Action	7
Crafting Individual Resilience Through Social Capital in Times of Conflict: A Qualitative Study on Ukrainian Refugees in Germany	6
Pretending to be Domestic Workers to be ‘Legal’. Uneven Performances of Deservingness Within Italy’s Labour Migration Regime	6
The Bordering Practices of Canadian Newspapers (2011-2022): “Canada is the Hope of the World”	6
The Battleground of Migration Politics in Prague Amid the (Poly)Crisis	6
Host Communities and Elderly Refugees in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Discourse of Conflict and Peaceful Co-Existence	6
Framing Migration and Migrants Through Border Crises: The Case of Ceuta and Melilla	6
Managing Migration Through Foreign Aid in Mexico and Central America: The Role of U.S. Conditionality on Mexico’s Migration Policies	5
Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050	5
Digitally Navigating New Spaces: How ICTs Are Empowering Three Sgaw Karen Families in the Rural US	5
Immigrant Work and the Production of Italian Agrifood: The Variants of Subordinate Integration	5
Desi but Liberal Men : Pakistani Brides Navigating Marriage, Migration and Integration Between Family and State	5
Rethinking the education–migration nexus: Germany’s accessible higher education as a path to flexible mobility for international students	5
The Mediating Role of Binding Moral Foundations and Perceived Realistic and Symbolic Threats on the Relationship between Need for Cognitive Closure and Prejudice against Migrants	5
Oscillating Between Hope and Despair: Understanding Migrants’ Reflections on Ambivalence in ‘Transit’	5
In Their Own Words: Muslim Migrant Women’s Experience of Inclusion in Ireland	5
“It Has Been a Breath of Fresh Air” Participants’ Perception of the Impact of Self-Reliance Intervention Among Urban Refugees	5
Protestant Churches’ Space-Sharing with Immigrant Congregations	5
Transferring Skills but Not Progressing: Labour Market Trajectories of intra-European West-to-West Movers	5
Selectivity in Migration Governance in the South American Mercosur: Selecting-by-Origin, Selecting-by-Merit, or Not Selecting at All?	5
Transnational or Not: COVID Pandemic and Chinese Academic Migrants	5
Introduction: Towards a New Migration and Asylum Research Agenda for the Americas	5
Dispositional Gratitude Trajectories of Syrian Origin Young Adults in the Netherlands	4
From Funding to Financing: Complementary Pathways, Refugee Finance and the Emergence of the Refugee Entrepreneur	4
Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes: An Institutionalist Analysis of Italian Labor Immigration Regulations 1990–2020	4
Forced Internationalisation and the City-University Nexus: Syrian Refugee Students Navigating Belonging	4
Digital Networking Among Thai Bar Girl Brokers: Navigating the Infrastructure of Mobility and the Circulation of Affect	4
Mobility of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in the Strait of Gibraltar: An Approach Based on Organized Crime	4
“How Can I Trust People When They Know Exactly What My Weakness Is?” Daily Life Experiences, and Resilience Strategies of Stateless Afghans in Iran	4
Restrictive North versus Permissive South? Revisiting Dominant Narratives on the Evolution of the Refugee Regime	4
Refugees and (Im)Migrants: (Re)Conceptualizing and (Re)Contextualizing Migration in the Media	4
The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden	4
Migration Management and Responsibility Sharing with Afghanistan Through EU Funding?	4
Migration Governance Through Funding: Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Perspectives	4
Understanding the Settlement and Retention of Humanitarian Migrants in Australia: Comparing Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas	4
Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid	4
New Middle Classes on the Move: Understanding the Migration Strategies and Geographical Imaginaries of Indian Students in Georgia and Nepalese Students in Denmark	4
Transnationalism and Social Control of Female Chechen Refugees: Comparative Analysis of Women Fleeing Domestic Violence and Political Persecution	4
The Causes and Consequences of Administrative Burdens in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program	4
Examining Determinants of Employers’ Attitudes toward Hiring Immigrant Workers: Evidence from an Employer Survey	4

“Even When the Sun Shines There, It Does Not Warm You”: Examining Experiences of Return Migrant Women to Kosova	3
Prolonged Deportable Statuses of Southeast Asians in the United States	3
Re-Envisioning Immigrant Integration: Toward Multidirectional Conceptual Flows	3
Waiting in Motion. Migrants’ Involvement in Civil Society Organizations While Pursuing a Migration Project	3
Making Do as a Migrant in Morocco: Between Formal Recognition and True Integration	3
What does Intermarriage Say about Immigrant Integration in Japan? The Maintenance of a National and Gender Hierarchy through Marriage Norms	3
Protracted Exile and Active Pariahdom: Turkey’s Kurdish Refugees in Rome	3
The Influence of Immigration-Related Factors on Post-Traumatic Growth in Korean Immigrant Women in the United States	3
Exploring Factors Related to the Development and Implementation of a Local Intervention Program for Syrian Refugee Children	3
Migration Crisis Revisited: Our Approach to a “Joker Card” Concept	3
Supporting Refugee Education in Regional Australian Areas with Underdeveloped Arrival Infrastructures: Towards the Concept of Education Pioneer Migrants	3
Improving Financial Inclusion Through Understanding the Credit Preferences of Immigrants	3
From Brethren to Burden? Threat Narratives and the Construction of Refugees on Egyptian Social Media: A Mixed-Methods Study	3
Expanding the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies: Refugee Protection, Regularization, and Naturalization in Latin America	3
Unpacking Food and Housing Insecurity: A Study of Ukrainian and Syrian Refugee Women in Canada	3
Considerations for a New Research Agenda on Migration and Refugee Studies: Lessons from Studying Migration and Foreign Policies in Mexico	3
Applying the CARIN Criteria to Migrant Settlement: Cross-National Validation of the Migrant Deservingness Scale	3
Determinants of Wellbeing for Emerging Adult Immigrants in Australia	3
“At Least, at the Border, I Am Killing Myself by My Own Will”: Migration Aspirations and Risk Perceptions among Syrian and Afghan Communities	3
Named Sponsorship and Newcomer Settlement: Insights from Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program	3
Refugee Status Determination in Brazil: Enacting Injustice	2
Integration Refugees and Host Communities Through Sport: Case Study of a Women’s Football Tournament in Uganda	2
Integration of Study and Work: Dual Commodification of Southeast Asian Students in Taiwan’s International Industry-Academia Collaboration Programs	2
A Creeping Crisis of Migration Management? Institutional Responses and Implications for “Access” at the EU’s Physical, Legal, and Social Borders	2
Limits of Activation? Street-Level Responses to the 2015 Refugee Challenge in German Job Centers	2
“Life is Stuck in a Hole”: An Intersectional Understanding of Rohingya Adolescent Girls’ Vulnerabilities in Bangladeshi Camps	2
The (Un)Desirables: Vietnamese Vocational Students in Japan’s Skill-Based Migration Regime	2
Constrained Localism in an Authoritarian Environment: Developments in Solidarity With Displaced Ukrainians in Hungary	2
Why Don’t They Work? Understanding the Complexity of Work Intentions Among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany	2
Deservingness Perceptions Toward Refugees: A Gender Perspective	2
Toward Cosmopolitan or National Identity: Social Networks and Mobility Capital among International Students	2
Responsiveness of Local Politicians to Immigrants Does Not Vary Systematically by Voting Rights	2
Negotiated Identity: A Study of Bangladeshi Migrants in Eastern India	2
The Migration Decision-Making Process Among Ukrainian Refugees: Different Contexts of Reception	2
How Do Migrants Fare in the Irish Labor Market? Country of Origin, Gender, Asylum and Ethnicity Effects	2
Regulatory (Mal)Integration: Its Implications for Migrant Workers’ Ability to Access Employment Rights in Indonesia	2
Living in Stand-by Mode While Constructing Lived Citizenship	2
Resistance and Hope in Balance: Toward a Complementary Conceptual Framework	2
Exploring the Role of Common Pool Resources and (Mal)Coping in Socio-Environmental Dynamics: A Case Study of the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh	2
Migration Policy Liberalization in Response to an Exogenous Crisis. The Case of Italy’s Regularization of Immigrant Workers Amidst the Covid19 Pandemic	2
Layered Confinement in Reception Centers—A Study of Asylum Seekers’ Experiences in Finland	1
Identity Negotiation amongst Pakistani Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in Bangkok	1
Navigating Educational Exile through Liminal Space Mobility: Challenges and Pathways for Myanmar’s Displaced Youth	1
Syria, the Homeland. Feeling at Home in Rotterdam? The Multiple Feelings of Belonging of Resettled Syrian-Born Youngsters with a Refugee Background	1
Living in Limbo: The Experiences of People Seeking Asylum in Australia	1
Why Refugees Go to Different Countries: A Comparison of Perception and Motivation of Ukrainians in Norway and Bulgaria	1
“Labor Migrants”, “High-Skilled Migrants”, “Students”, “Refugees”, “French Citizens”? Migrants’ Narratives and Experiences of Categorization in a Biographical and Historical Perspective	1
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric on TikTok in the Wake of Child Deaths in South Africa in 2023	1
From Displacement to New Community: Social Convoys, Environmental Contexts, and Needs of Older Montagnard and Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese Refugees	1
Scapegoating Human Smugglers: How Migrants’ Accounts Challenge the EU’s Dominant Narrative	1
Unsettling Resettlement: Examining Local Dynamics of Refugee Integration in the United States Amid National Policy Change	1
Migrant by Proxy: How Big Data Defines and Redefines Human Mobility	1
Crafting a Transnational Partnership Amidst a Protracted Displacement Crisis: The R4V Platform in Latin America	1
Employment, Precarious Employment, and Unemployment Among Female Immigrant Youth in the United States	1
Fraudulent Families? Investigating the Role of Paperwork in the Assessment of Refugees’ Family Reunification in Belgium	1
Rebuilding Lives Beyond Traditional Destinations: Dispersal Placement and Typologies in U.S. Refugee Resettlement	1
From Crisis to Clinics The Rise of Refugee Law Clinics in Germany from 2013 to 2016	1
Exclusion as Default: The Legal and Policy Dynamics Around the Production of Irregular Migration in The Netherlands	1
From Aspiration to Participation? Understanding Why Syrian Women Who Want to Work, Do Not	1
Unpacking the Integration Paradox: The Impact of Muslim Religion, Destination Context, and Personal Characteristics on Perceived Group Discrimination	1
Fleeing Ukraine: The Forced Migration Journeys of Black African Students	1
Welcoming Neighbourhoods: Place Attachment and Ethno-Racial Acceptance	1
Linguistic Enclaves, Sorting, and Language Skills of Immigrants	1
“Violence is Everywhere.” How Semi-Permeable Borders Facilitate Transnational Perpetration of Structural, Symbolic and Interpersonal Sexual and Gender-Based Violence	1
Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: The Role of Casual Intergroup Contact in Perceived Group Threat	1
Weathering the Storm: Nonprofit Resilience and Resistance in Response to the Refugee “Crisis”	1
The Professional Life of Social Workers Working in the Refugee Field in Greece	1
Refugee Identity and Integration in Germany during the European “Migration Crisis”: Why Local Community Support Matters, and Why Policy Gets It Wrong	1
Resilience and Sustainability in the Gulf Migration Regimes: Kafāla in the Era of Covid-19	1
“Will They Take my Child?”: Perceptions and Experiences of Child Protection Among Families of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds Living in South Australia	1
Migrant Students, Hidden Labor: Family, Work and Time Among Indonesian and Tanzania Students in the UK	1
Symbolic Punishment and Accommodation: Logics of Immigrant Welfare Inclusion and Exclusion in 22 Western Welfare States	1
Differences and Similarities Between Novice and Habitual Refugee Entrepreneurs: Evidence of Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurs in Turkey	1
Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Ghana: Does Xenophobia Matter?	1
Voiceless Migrants vs Loving Employers: Framing the Kafala System in News from Lebanon	1