Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

Opportunity:

Summer Short Course on Palestinian Refugees, Cairo, 21-22 & 24-26 July 2018 [info]
- Application deadline is 5 July 2018.

Publications:

20 Donors Announce Contributions at Pledging Conference to Bridge Severe Funding Gap for Palestine Refugee Agency (UN, June 2018) [text]

101 Facts & Figures on the Syrian Refugee Crisis (American Univ. of Beirut, Jan. 2018) [text]

Algeria: Inhumane Treatment of Migrants (Human Rights Watch, June 2018) [text]
- See also related IOM press release.

Contemplating a Forcible Return to Syria (RefLaw Blog, June 2018) [text]

Forced and Unlawful: Israel's Deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum-seekers to Uganda (Amnesty International, June 2018) [text]

"Head of U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees Warns of Cuts," New York Times, 25 June 2018 [text]

"How Yemen Became a Humanitarian Nightmare: Untangling a Complex War," New York Times, 13 June 2018 [text]

In the Hands of the Libyan Coast Guard: Pushbacks by Proxy (Open Migration Blog, June 2018) [text]

“No Shelter Here,” New Republic, 26 June 2018 [text]
- Article on Africans in Israel.

Raqqa: Avoiding Another Humanitarian Crisis (Refugees International, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons on Her Visit to Libya, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/38/39/Add.2 (UN Human Rights Council, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Return Migration: A Regional Perspective (Regional MMS, May 2018) [text]

Stranglehold: Coalition and Huthi Obstacles Compound Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis (Amnesty International, June 2018) [text]

Syrian Refugees - Iraq: Humanitarian Inter-Agency Interventions, Information Kit, no. 17 - End-Year Report 2017 and 2018 Plan (UNHCR, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Tunisia’s Role in the EU External Migration Policy: Crimmigration Law, Illegal Practices, and Their Impact on Human Rights," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 29 June 2018 [open access]

"UN Fears New Syrian Offensive Could Strand up to 200,000 Civilians," IRIN, 25 June 2018 [text]

Vulnerability Assessment of Refugees of Other Nationalities in Lebanon 2017 (UNHCR, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Yarmouk: A Late Obituary for the Capital of the Palestinian Diaspora (openDemocracy, June 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (7 June 2018)

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