Focus: Middle East

Upcoming opportunity:

Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 15-16 March 2013 [info]
- Only 25 spaces are available so apply early!

Publications:

Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) Residents and the Determination of their International Protection Needs, Update no. 4 (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [text]

Jordan: Syrian Child Refugees Who Work - Culture or Coping Mechanism? (IRIN, Dec. 2012) [text]

The State of Human Rights in Israel and the OPT 2012 (Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Dec. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Includes a chapter on refugees and asylum-seekers.

Syria Regional Response Plan: January to June 2013 (UN, Dec. 2012) [text]
- See also related UNHCR press release.

Tortured in Sinai, Jailed in Israel: Detention of Slavery and Torture Survivors under the Anti-Infiltration Law, June-September 2012 (Hotline for Migrant Workers, Oct. 2012) [text]

Why They Left: Stories of Iranian Activists in Exile (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2012) [text]

Multimedia:

Where the War Still Echoes: Syrian Refugees in Jordan (IRIN) [access]
- Film that tells the story of a family in Za’atari camp.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.