Regional Focus: Syria

Event:

Syria will be high on the agenda next week at the 64th meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee.  The first two days will include sessions devoted to a "High-level Segment on Solidarity and Burden-sharing with Countries Hosting Syrian Refugees."  Here is an agenda for the segment, along with a concept paper and an outline of the HC's opening remarks.  Background documentation that has been made available includes a refugee fact sheet, funding updates for UNHCR and for all agencies, and a time line.  Also scheduled is a side event on "Protection of Syrian Refugee Children."

*Update: Two additional items have been posted today (30 Sept. 2013):
- Countries Hosting Syrian Refugees: Solidarity and Burden-sharing - Background Papers for the High Level Segment
- Solutions for Syrian Refugees

Opportunities:

UNHCR is recruiting applicants for a wide variety of positions to assist with the humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis.  More information is available here.  The deadline for external applicants is 10 October 2013.

Publications:

Egyptian Coast Guard Fires on, Kills Syrian Refugees (The Asylumist, Sept. 2013) [text]

Getting Syrian Children Back to School: A Corporate Imperative (Brookings' Education+Development Blog, Sept. 2013) [text]

Iraq: The Impact of the Syria Crisis (IOM, Sept. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Jordan: A Vulnerability Analysis Framework for Syrian Refugees in Jordan (ACAPS, Sept. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Jordan's Za'atri Refugee Camp Takes off (UNHCR, Sept. 2013) [text]

No Welcome Mat for Syrians in Europe (IRIN, Sept. 2013) [text]

September Podcast: Educating Syrian Refugees, Service Delivery, MY World and Post-2015 (ODI, Sept. 2013) [access]

Syria: Overview of the Humanitarian Response (U.S. Congressional Research Service, Sept. 2013) [text via Refworld]

Syria in 6 Months’ Time: Why We Must Act Now to Fill the Aid Void (IDMC Blog, Sept. 2013) [text]

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