OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Attenuated Governance in Australia’s Offshore Immigration Detention Regime: How Financial Mismanagement Can Achieve Government Goals	31
Following AENEAS’ Route: Unpacking Two Decades of Migration-Related Measures in EU Development Funds	27
Weakening Practices Amidst Progressive Laws: Refugee Governance in Latin America during COVID-19	22
Deconstructing the Migrant/Refugee/Host Ternary in Kigoma, Tanzania: Toward a Borderland Politics of Solidarity and Reparation	18
Rapid Evolution of Refugee Policy in Poland: Russian Invasion of Ukraine as a Focusing Event	17
Efforts in Mainstreaming Gender into Uganda’s Refugee Settlement Policy Approach	17
The Intimate Lives of Left-Behind Young Adults in the Philippines: Social Media, Gendered Intimacies, and Transnational Parenting	12
Border Crises and Migrant Deservingness: How the Refugee/Economic Migrant Binary Racializes Asylum and Affects Migrants’ Navigation of Reception	12
Asset Building among U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: The Role of Initial Legal Status	11
Thy Neighbor’s Gendarme? How Citizens of Buffer States in North Africa View EU Border Security Externalization	11
Social Navigation of Asylum Seekers: Journeying through Host/Transit Countries amid Changing Political Conditions	10
Correction	10
Violence Here and Violence There: How Compound Violence Drives Undocumented Mexicans’ Migration to and Settlement in the United States	10
Differentiated Integration Among the Stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Camps	10
The Local Solidarity Network in the Reception of Female Ukrainian Refugees’ Influx of 2022	9
What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees?: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse	8
Paradoxes of Migration Policy Rescaling-Local Migration Policies in Tel Aviv in Times of Restrictionism	8
Financing Externalisation: The Role That EU Funds Play in Shaping the Turkish Asylum and Migration Policies	8
Construction of Fear of the Other as an Electoral Strategy in European Politics: The Case of France and Sweden	8
Introduction to Special Issue: Gender, Migration and Digital Communication in Asia	8
TheDisplacement Economies Framework	8
Ambazonian Separatist Movement in Cameroon and the Dialectics of Cameroonian Refugee Crisis in Nigeria	7
“ Immigrant Invasions to the South American Tiger ”: Immigration Representations in Chilean Newspapers (1991–2001)	7
Sustainability and Resilience in Migration Governance for a Post-pandemic World	7
A Strategy Typology: Unearthing How U.S.-Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits Contribute to Immigrant Inclusion Outcomes	7

Fields of Play: Refuge(e)s in Youth Multiculturalism on the Fringes of Melbourne	7
‘Still Stood Adamant and Strong to Chase My Dream’ : Sense of Identity and Resilience among Hazara Youth following Childhood Experiences of Forced Migration	7
Does Canada’s Express Entry System Meet the Challenges of the Labor Market?	7
Determinants of Refugees’ Identification with Country of Origin and Host Country and Their Naturalization Intentions: Evidence from Germany	7
Framing Migration and Migrants Through Border Crises: The Case of Ceuta and Melilla	6
The Bordering Practices of Canadian Newspapers (2011-2022): “Canada is the Hope of the World”	6
The Effect of Bilateral Agreements on Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry in Israel	6
Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel: Traumatic Experience, Social Contacts with Eritreans and Israelis, Psychological Well-Being, and Sociocultural Adaptation	6
Transferring Skills but Not Progressing: Labour Market Trajectories of intra-European West-to-West Movers	6
The Well-Being of Forced Migrants in Finland: A Capabilities Approach-Based Examination	6
Exploring the Joint Role of Outgroup Identification and Empathic Concern in Reducing Perceived Immigrant Threat and Motivating Pro-Immigrant Collective Action	6
Host Communities and Elderly Refugees in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Discourse of Conflict and Peaceful Co-Existence	6
Pretending to be Domestic Workers to be ‘Legal’. Uneven Performances of Deservingness Within Italy’s Labour Migration Regime	6
Crafting Individual Resilience Through Social Capital in Times of Conflict: A Qualitative Study on Ukrainian Refugees in Germany	6
Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia	6
Immigrant Work and the Production of Italian Agrifood: The Variants of Subordinate Integration	5
Vicarious Impacts of Working with Refugees and Asylum Seekers: An Integrative Review	5
Selectivity in Migration Governance in the South American Mercosur: Selecting-by-Origin, Selecting-by-Merit, or Not Selecting at All?	5
Oscillating Between Hope and Despair: Understanding Migrants’ Reflections on Ambivalence in ‘Transit’	5
Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050	5
Safeguarding Through Exit: How Security Governance Relates to the Surge of Asylum Seekers	5
An Economy of Lies: Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India	5
The Battleground of Migration Politics in Prague Amid the (Poly)Crisis	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
Transnational or Not: COVID Pandemic and Chinese Academic Migrants	5
Protestant Churches’ Space-Sharing with Immigrant Congregations	4
Examining Determinants of Employers’ Attitudes toward Hiring Immigrant Workers: Evidence from an Employer Survey	4
Considerations for a New Research Agenda on Migration and Refugee Studies: Lessons from Studying Migration and Foreign Policies in Mexico	4
Waiting in Motion. Migrants’ Involvement in Civil Society Organizations While Pursuing a Migration Project	4
National Register of Citizens Assam, India: The Tangled Logic of Documentary Evidence	4
Responding to Increasing Health and Social Needs of Unprotected Unaccompanied Minors in Paris in the Context of COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Case Study	4
Dispositional Gratitude Trajectories of Syrian Origin Young Adults in the Netherlands	4
Introduction: Towards a New Migration and Asylum Research Agenda for the Americas	4
Personal Social Networks of Recent Refugees in Germany: Does Family Matter?	4
Migration Management and Responsibility Sharing with Afghanistan Through EU Funding?	4
No Hope for the ‘Foreigners’: The Conflation of Refugees and Migrants in South Africa	4
Visitor Visa Policy Changes and Mexico-Canada Migration	4
Refugee Students’ Transition from Higher Education to Employment: Setting a Research Agenda	4
Restrictive North versus Permissive South? Revisiting Dominant Narratives on the Evolution of the Refugee Regime	4
From Funding to Financing: Complementary Pathways, Refugee Finance and the Emergence of the Refugee Entrepreneur	4
Desi but Liberal Men : Pakistani Brides Navigating Marriage, Migration and Integration Between Family and State	4
Refugees and (Im)Migrants: (Re)Conceptualizing and (Re)Contextualizing Migration in the Media	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
Migration Crisis Revisited: Our Approach to a “Joker Card” Concept	4
The Causes and Consequences of Administrative Burdens in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program	4
Migration Governance Through Funding: Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Perspectives	4
The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden	4
Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes: An Institutionalist Analysis of Italian Labor Immigration Regulations 1990–2020	4
Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid	4
Managing Migration Through Foreign Aid in Mexico and Central America: The Role of U.S. Conditionality on Mexico’s Migration Policies	4

Unpacking Food and Housing Insecurity: A Study of Ukrainian and Syrian Refugee Women in Canada	3
What does Intermarriage Say about Immigrant Integration in Japan? The Maintenance of a National and Gender Hierarchy through Marriage Norms	3
“We Are the Real, Original Refugees”: The Dynamic Nature of Processes of Vietnamese Refugees’ Self-Conceptualization	3
Theorizing the Life and Death of Moments of Openness toward Refugees in the Global North: The Case of Germany during the 2015–2016 Refugee “Crisis”	3
Improving Financial Inclusion Through Understanding the Credit Preferences of Immigrants	3
The Migration Decision-Making Process Among Ukrainian Refugees: Different Contexts of Reception	3
Re-Envisioning Immigrant Integration: Toward Multidirectional Conceptual Flows	3
The Utilisation of Preventive Health Services among Migrants in Italy	3
Resettlement Factors Associated with Subjective Well-Being among Refugees in Australia: Findings from a Service Evaluation	3
Expanding the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies: Refugee Protection, Regularization, and Naturalization in Latin America	3
Support Services for Immigrant and Refugee Women of Color Domestic Violence Survivors: Knowledge, Perceptions, and Barriers	3
Integration Refugees and Host Communities Through Sport: Case Study of a Women’s Football Tournament in Uganda	3
Exploring Factors Related to the Development and Implementation of a Local Intervention Program for Syrian Refugee Children	3
Practices of ‘Digital Homing’ and Gendered Reproduction among Older Sinhalese and Karen Migrants 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
“Even When the Sun Shines There, It Does Not Warm You”: Examining Experiences of Return Migrant Women to Kosova	3
Protracted Exile and Active Pariahdom: Turkey’s Kurdish Refugees in Rome	3
Applying the CARIN Criteria to Migrant Settlement: Cross-National Validation of the Migrant Deservingness Scale	3
Constrained Localism in an Authoritarian Environment: Developments in Solidarity With Displaced Ukrainians in Hungary	3
Making Do as a Migrant in Morocco: Between Formal Recognition and True Integration	3
How Do Migrants Fare in the Irish Labor Market? Country of Origin, Gender, Asylum and Ethnicity Effects	3
Personal Recognition Strategies of Undocumented Migrant Domestic Workers in The Netherlands	3
Welcoming Neighbourhoods: Place Attachment and Ethno-Racial Acceptance	2
COVID-19 and Sanctions Affecting Afghans in Iran	2
From Displacement to New Community: Social Convoys, Environmental Contexts, and Needs of Older Montagnard and Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese Refugees	2
“Violence is Everywhere.” How Semi-Permeable Borders Facilitate Transnational Perpetration of Structural, Symbolic and Interpersonal Sexual and Gender-Based Violence	2
Weathering the Storm: Nonprofit Resilience and Resistance in Response to the Refugee “Crisis”	2
Crafting a Transnational Partnership Amidst a Protracted Displacement Crisis: The R4V Platform in Latin America	2
Responsiveness of Local Politicians to Immigrants Does Not Vary Systematically by Voting Rights	2
Migration Policy Liberalization in Response to an Exogenous Crisis. The Case of Italy’s Regularization of Immigrant Workers Amidst the Covid19 Pandemic	2
Regulatory (Mal)Integration: Its Implications for Migrant Workers’ Ability to Access Employment Rights in Indonesia	2
Refugee Identity and Integration in Germany during the European “Migration Crisis”: Why Local Community Support Matters, and Why Policy Gets It Wrong	2
Identity Negotiation amongst Pakistani Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in Bangkok	2
Syria, the Homeland. Feeling at Home in Rotterdam? The Multiple Feelings of Belonging of Resettled Syrian-Born Youngsters with a Refugee Background	2
Scapegoating Human Smugglers: How Migrants’ Accounts Challenge the EU’s Dominant Narrative	2
Making the Match: Understanding the Destining Process of Government-Assisted Refugees in Canada	2
Employment, Precarious Employment, and Unemployment Among Female Immigrant Youth in the United States	2
The Integration Resources of Refugees and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the City of Vienna	2
Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: The Role of Casual Intergroup Contact in Perceived Group Threat	2
Deservingness Perceptions Toward Refugees: A Gender Perspective	2
Limits of Activation? Street-Level Responses to the 2015 Refugee Challenge in German Job Centers	2
The Professional Life of Social Workers Working in the Refugee Field in Greece	2
Fraudulent Families? Investigating the Role of Paperwork in the Assessment of Refugees’ Family Reunification in Belgium	2
Fleeing Ukraine: The Forced Migration Journeys of Black African Students	2
Linguistic Enclaves, Sorting, and Language Skills of Immigrants	2
“I Turned to Things That Mean More to Me”: Unpacking the Activist Trajectories of Syrians in Oslo	2
A Creeping Crisis of Migration Management? Institutional Responses and Implications for “Access” at the EU’s Physical, Legal, and Social Borders	2
“Life is Stuck in a Hole”: An Intersectional Understanding of Rohingya Adolescent Girls’ Vulnerabilities in Bangladeshi Camps	2
Potential and Limits of Municipal Solidarity with Refugees: A Case Study of the Greek Island of Tilos	2
Negotiated Identity: A Study of Bangladeshi Migrants in Eastern India	2
Layered Confinement in Reception Centers—A Study of Asylum Seekers’ Experiences in Finland	2