01 November 2013

Regional Focus: Syria

Publications:

Growing Restrictions, Tough Conditions: The Plight of those Fleeing Syria to Jordan (Amnesty International, Oct. 2013) [text]
- See also related news story.

International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update II (UNHCR, Oct. 2013) [text]
- See also related ECRE news story.

The Last Refugee Camp: Could the World's Go-to Strategy of Warehousing the Displaced Finally be Changing? (Foreign Policy, Oct. 2013) [text]

Nowhere to Go (Slate, Oct. 2013) [access]
- Comic illustrating how "Nearly 10 percent of Syrians are now refugees in their own ravaged country or in neighboring countries ill-equipped to help them."

Where Would You Go? (RI Blog, Oct. 2013) [text]

Resources:

Beth Ferris Visits Syrian Refugee Camps in Turkey (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Oct. 2013) [access]

Displacement from Syria: Putting the Common European Asylum System to the Test?, Oxford, 24 Oct. 2013 [info] [access]
- Podcast of special lecture; see also related ICMC article.

EU Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis (Migration Policy Centre) [access]
- Details on humanitarian aid and Syrian asylum applications.

Za'atari Camp Twitter Feed
- Browse tweets here or follow @ZaatariCamp.

Upcoming event:

Crisis in Syria: Conflict & Refugees, London, 22 November 2013 [info]
- Film screening and panel discussion.

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