Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Call for Comments: Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees [info]
- Submit comments by 25 September 2017.

Publications:

28.2 Million Children in Need in the Middle East & North Africa (Unicef, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

*EU Migration Policy towards Libya: A Libyan Perspective on the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Libya (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Libya Office in Tunisia, July 2017) [text]

"'Ghost Boats' Drop Tunisian Migrants onto Sunny Italian Tourist Beaches," Reuters, 8 Sept. 2017 [text]

A Kingdom of Humanity? Saudi Arabia's Values, Systems and Interests in Humanitarian Action (ODI, Sept. 2017) [text]

Libya's Migration Crisis is about More Than Just Security (IRIN, Sept. 2017) [text]

Morocco and Algeria’s Changing Roles in Managing Migration (ISS Today, Sept. 2017) [text]

New Trend: Old Tactics - War Revives Brutal Smuggler Practices in the Gulf of Aden (Regional MMS, Sept. 2017) [text]

"The Plight of Arab Refugee Scientists in the Diaspora," SciDev.net, 12 Sept. 2017 [text]

Processing Centres in North Africa are Not the Answer for EU Refugees (The Conversation, Sept. 2017) [text]

Quick Fixes Won’t Block Libya’s People Smugglers for Long (International Crisis Group, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Refugees or Migrants? Difficulties of West Africans in Morocco," Middle East Report, no. 281 (Winter 2016) [text]

Report of the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UN Doc. No. A/72/326 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2017) [text via Refworld]

Returned Migrants are Being Robbed, Raped and Murdered in Libya (OHCHR, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Sub-Saharan African Migrants Face Old Enemy in Libya: Bigotry," New York Times, 12 Sept. 2017 [text]

The UK’s Humanitarian Support to Syria: A Performance Review Approach Paper (Independent Commission for Aid Impact, Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Steps Up Efforts Towards Alternatives to Detention in Libya and Solutions for Vulnerable Refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2017) [text]

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA (6 Sept. 2017)

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