Regional Focus: Syria

Forced Dispersion: A Demographic Report on Human Status in Syria (Syrian Center for Policy Research, Dec. 2016) [text via ALNAP]

Reflections on Future Challenges to Housing, Land and and Property Restitution for Syrian Refugees (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Religious Identity and Experiences of Displacement: An Examination into the Discursive Representations of Syrian Refugees and Their Effects on Religious Minorities Living in Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 20 Oct. 2016 [free full-text]

Safe Zones for Syria: A List of Questions that Policymakers Need to Answer (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Syrian Refugees’ Right to Legal Identity: Implications for Return (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Trump’s "Safe Areas" in Syria — An Explainer on International Law (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

UNHCR Chief Says Safe Zones Would Not Work in Syria (Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb. 2017) [text]

Note: Just a reminder that many other publications relating to Syrian refugees/IDPs are referenced in other blog posts under various regional/thematic headings. You can locate these by browsing the "Syrians" subject label.

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3RP Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in Response to the Syria Crisis [access]
- "United Nations agencies and NGO partners [have] appealed for US$4.63 billion in new funding to continue vital work in addressing the growing needs of refugees from Syria and communities hosting them in neighbouring countries. The UN and more than 240 partners formally launched the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) for 2017 and 2018. The plan aims to assist over 4.7 million refugees from Syria and 4.4 million people hosting them in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The funding for the 3RP is in addition to the $3.4 billion that the UN estimates will be required to address the humanitarian needs of 13.5 million people within Syria this year." Look under "publications" for the latest documents.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (26 Jan. 2017)

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