Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

Opportunities:

Course: Addressing Refugee Crises in the Middle East and North Africa: Policy and Practice, Cairo, 9-13 July 2017 [info]
- Apply by 15 June 2017.

Course: Palestinian Refugees, Cairo, 23-27 July 2017 [info]
- Apply by 15 June 2017.

Publications:

De-Escalation Zones in Syria: Not an Alternative for Refugees (MSF Analysis, May 2017) [text]

European Refugees in Egypt (Mashable, May 2017) [access]
- Follow link for historic photos.

"Even if we can't go back, we'll rebuild Syria": Refugees' Futures in Jordan (ODI Blog, May 2017) [text]

"Iran Continues Deporting Undocumented Afghan Refugees," VOA News, 21 May 2017 [text]

Israel's New Tactic for Forcing out African Refugees — Dock Their Wages (+972 Blog, May 2017) [text]

Jordan’s Azraq Becomes World’s First Clean Energy Refugee Camp (UNHCR, May 2017) [text]

Libya’s Migrant Report, Round 9, March-April 2017 (IOM, May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/71/849 (UN General Assembly, March 2017) [text]

Safety Zones (Refugees Deeply 2017) [access]
- Follow link to access a series of articles on this issue.

*Survey on Humanitarian Assessments in Yemen (REACH, April 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syria Has Changed the Way We Respond to Refugees. Here's How (World Economic Forum Blog, May 2017) [text]

The Tragedy of Migrants in Libya (Future Development Blog, May 2017) [text]

Web site:

Searching for Syria (UNHCR & Google) [access]
- This site "combines UNHCR data and stories, Google Search Trends and other sources to deliver answers to the five most common queries that people around the world are asking about the Syrian refugee crisis." For more information, read this UNHCR press release.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (30 May 2017)

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