Institute for Migration Studies (IMS)

Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog

Launched in December 2021, the Institute for Migration Studies’ “Borders and Limitations” blog is designed to serve as a platform that publishes content from scholars, practitioners, policymakers, researchers and students on pressing and ongoing intersections within the Migration and Forced Migration discourses. The “Borders and Limitations” blog is edited by the Institute’s Director, Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab, and Strategic Communications Writer, Luther J. Kanso.

The “Borders and Limitations” blog has an open and ongoing call for submissions. Accepted submissions are typically between 800 and 1,200 words. The blog adopts direct hyperlinks as its referencing style. Areas of focus of this blog include (but are not limited to):

Articles

Bridging Climate, Migration, and Justice: Reflections from ECMN25 Lebanon’s First Refugee Crisis and the Paradox of Non-Integration No Shelter but Each Other: Displaced LGBTQ+ Testimonies from Lebanon During Israeli Aggression Behind the Scenes: International Law and Human Rights Violations of Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates The EU and Colonial Continuities: The Externalisation of Migration to Lebanon and Its Impact on Syrian Refugees Sudanese Displacement in Egypt: Rewriting Agency, Refugeeness and Visibility Meaningful Research Engagement With the Migrant Communities We Serve: Insights From a Global Roundtable Reframing Resilience in a Contested Landscape On Community-based Resilience in Lebanon Refugees and Migrants Missing from the Table: Mapping AI Policy Gaps and Proposing an Inclusive Agenda in the Arab Region Permanent Temporariness and Climate Outsiders: Refugee Camps as Ecological Sacrifice Zones in the MENA Region Armenian Women, Cuisine, and Resilience: Cherishing the Past and Building the Future in Lebanon The Hidden Costs of Celebrating Syrian Women’s ‘Resilience’ and Questions of Return Whose Justice, Where? Long-term Displacement and Transitional Justice in Post-Assad Syria Children at a Crossroads: Hope and Hardship in Post-Assad Syria Resilience in Action: Refugee-Led Organizations Respond to Crisis in Lebanon Syrian Repatriation: Too Soon to Be a Reality? Home Away from Home: How Digital Spaces Are Bringing Refugees Together Precarity by Design: Governance Gaps, Refugee Resilience, and Policy Lessons from Lebanon A Legal First or a Lone Victory? The Precedent and Pitfalls of Lebanon’s First Migrant Slavery Case White Phosphorus, Displacement and the Precarity of Return to South Lebanon Resilience, Return, and Inclusive Governance in Post-Assad Syria Invisible Struggles: Gender-Based Violence and the Displaced Dom Community in Lebanon The Legal and Cultural Clash Between Muslim Migrants From the Mena Region and European Countries Bridging Divides: Sports as a Tool for Social Cohesion in Lebanon Bright vs. Blurred Boundaries: Social Resilience and Ethnoreligious Dynamics During the 4th Lebanon War Voices from the Margins: Grassroots Resilience in the Face of Statelessness in Lebanon Intersections of Vulnerability or Power?: Individual Efforts to Shelter LGBTIQ+ Displaced People in Beirut Living in the Social Fabric’s Cracks: The Shelter Crisis in a Highly Privatized Beirut Gendered Realities: Evaluating GBV Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Amid Forced Displacement and Migration The Case of Somalia in Discussing the Role of Diaspora Communities in Conflict Resolution The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum: Progress or Setback? The Deservingness of Feeling Anxious: Where are Migrant Domestic Workers in the War Narrative? Unprepared and Unsupported: Lebanon’s Migrant Workers Amid Surging Israeli Attacks Exposing the Harsh Reality of Migrant Domestic Workers Tackling Barriers in Education for Refugees in Crisis Situations: Is a Universal Curriculum the Solution? Migration Diplomacy in Lebanon: Its Transit Role, Issue Linkages and Mutual Gains A Challenge for Lebanon’s Sovereignty: The Implications of Palestinian Refugees’ Militarization Death, Migration and Identity: Comparing Burial Practices Among Refugees and Migrants in Lebanon and Morocco Where Are We Going? Testimonies of Movement, Pain and Exchange The Importance of Trauma-Informed Approaches in Research on Displaced and Vulnerable Groups Mitigating Period Poverty Among Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon: How a Local Organization Is Making a Contribution Don’t Second-Victimize Me: Interviewing GBV Survivors from Displaced Communities Using Trauma-Informed Techniques On Home and Belonging: A History of Exchange Between Greek and Turkish Populations Living in Fear After the “Beast” Is Gone: Navigating GBV, Survival and Trauma in Asylum Settings Palestinian and Syrian Refugees’ Access to Education in Lebanon: A Comparative Approach The Role of Humanitarian Architecture in Shaping and Assisting Refugees and Displaced Populations Working Migrant Mothers and Their Children: Overcoming the Consequences of Absence My Neighbor is No Longer an IDP! From Drought to Disaster? The Debate on the Syrian Conflict and Climate Change What the Kafala System Continues to Reveal about Lebanon’s Alarming History with Migrant Labor Environmental Determinants of Migration: Air Pollution in Developing Nations Canada as a Peacemaker and Refugee-friendly Nation in the Middle East: Challenges to Foreign Policy and Influence The Demographic Landscape of Northern Iraq Post-ISIS: Stranded Minorities Nationality-based Aid and the Role of Humanitarian Actors in the Making of Non-prioritized Refugees Working with LGBTIQ+ Persons in Forced Displacement: Narratives from Afghanistan and Lebanon In Lieu of the 1951 Refugee Convention: The Role of UNHCR-Host State Memoranda of Understanding in the Middle East The Challenges of EU Temporary Protection: Double Standards vs. Durable Solutions Integration and Mental Health: The Case of the Uyghur Diaspora Displaced Inside and Outside Borders: The Fate of Afghan Refugees During and Following American Evacuation The Role of NGOs within Search and Rescue Activities at Sea Defining Persecution: The Case of Climate Refugees and the 1951 Convention Childhood and Displacement in Yemen’s Protracted Crisis Mercy at Sea in a Post-Pandemic World: The Story of a Migrant Fisher The Role of Complementary Pathways for Refugees in Light of Resettlement Gaps Environmental Migration at the International Level: What’s There, What’s Not, and What’s Needed? The Dom in Lebanon: Citizens, Migrants, Refugees and Nomads The Lebanese Trend of Emigration: A New Peak Since 2019? Lebanon: A Country of Refuge or Transit? Virtual Borders: A Perpetuation of Lebanese Quandary? The Role of the Lebanese Diaspora in the Country’s Upcoming Elections The Lebanese Diaspora: From Passive to Retaliatory