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Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration is a peer-reviewed and refereed flagship journal brought out biannually by the critically recognized Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group in June and December, on a regular basis in both printed and electronic formats. It publishes original research papers that broadly engage with issues of forced displacement and migration, refugees, statelessness, internally displaced people, development related displacement, climate change and demography, borders and border conflicts, citizenship, human rights, peace and conflict resolution, women’s dignity and myriad other themes relevant to democracy. Being reviewed by an international advisory board, the journal is interdisciplinary in tenor and reflects the considerable expansion and diversification that has occurred in academia and policy -based research on issues of migration in India in recent years. The articles published are expected to initiate dialogue on the above-mentioned themes in transnational and global spaces and thus effectively open out new fields of interventions. Refugee Watch is being published since 1998 with the ISSN number 2347-405X
Articles selected for publication in the journal generally is placed in the Essays section or the Book Reviews section. From 2026 onwards to contribute towards inclusive research the Book Reviews sections has been redesignated as the “Reviews” whereby not only book reviews but review of podcasts, primary sources, derivates of larger data set analysis, photo essays and likewise are to be published. The Essays section of the journal publishes primary research work in the field of migration and mobility studies that add to existing knowledge structures on forced migration studies. The essays are drawn from both workshops and conferences organised by CRG in collaboration with different educational institutes and organizations as well as are solicited through Call for Papers for Special Issues and selected submissions that are open all round the year. For Special Issues published, each issue has its own Guest Editor/s as proposers of the issue who work in close collaboration with the Editorial Board.