23 January 2017

Regional Focus: Syria

[Note: I am re-circulating this post to reflect the addition of new references, as indicated below.]

Event: 

*Helsinki Conference on Supporting Syrians and the Region, Helsinki, 24 January 2017 [info]
- "[W]ill review plans for urgent humanitarian needs as well as livelihoods and longer-term support needed inside Syria and in neighboring countries." See also related comment.

Publications:

"As Peace Talks Loom, Syrian Refugees See Little Future in Going Home," Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2017 [text]

"No Man’s Land: Syrian Asylum Seekers and the Status of Military Deserters under International Refugee Law," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 6, no. 2 (Jan. 2017) [full-text]

"Refugee Protection in Turkey: Evaluating Needs and Challenges," Chicago Policy Review, 2 Jan. 2017 [text]

*Sphere Training Materials for the Syria Response (Sphere, Jan. 2017) [access via ReliefWeb]

Stand and Deliver: Urgent Action Needed on Commitments Made at the London Conference One Year on (Danish Refugee Council et al., Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syria and its Refugees: A Historical Perspective, Oxford, 18 Jan. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

"Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Social Workers Use a Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) Methodology for Needs Assessment, Human Rights and Community Development," International Social Work, OnlineFirst, 15 Nov. 2016 [free full-text]
- Note: This article is freely available until the end of Jan. 2017.

"Turkey’s Refugees, Syrians and Refugees from Turkey: A Country of Insecurity," Migration Letters, vol. 14, no. 1 (2017) [free full-text]

"Violence against Displaced Syrian Women in Lebanon," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, OnlineFirst, 5 Oct. 2016 [free full-text]
- Note: This article is freely available until the end of Jan. 2017.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (5 Jan. 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

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