Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (Libya, Palestinians)

News: 

Palestinians:

The U.S. announced that it would terminate its funding of UNRWA. These news reports & commentary provide additional information:

Three Charts on US Funding Cuts for Palestinian Refugees (IRIN, 3 Sept. 2018) [text]

"Trump Wants to Help Israel by Cutting Aid to Palestinians. Why are Some Israelis Worried?," Foreign Policy, 29 Aug. 2018 [text]

"UN Official: Palestinian Refugees Can’t be Wished Away," VOA News, 24 Aug. 2018 [text]

"The U.N.’s Palestinian Refugee Agency: What It Does and Why It Matters," New York Times, 31 Aug. 2018 [text]

The US Plans to End All Support for UN Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees (Vox, 31 Aug. 2018) [text]

"The U.S. is Sidelining Itself in the Middle East," The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2018 [text]

"U.S. to End Funding to U.N. Agency That Helps Palestinian Refugees," New York Times, 31 Aug. 2018 [text]

Libya:

"Libya Evacuates Migrants Trapped by Fighting, with U.N. Help," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 30 Aug. 2018 [text]

Militias Evict and Disperse 1,900 Displaced People in Libya (UNHCR, 14 Aug. 2018) [text]

MSF: Conflict in Libya Puts Lives in Danger (Médecins Sans Frontières, 31 Aug. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tripoli Violence Threatens Civilians, Displaced Refugees and Migrants (UNHCR, 4 Sept. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Moves Detained Refugees Out of Harm’s Way in Volatile Libyan Capital (UNHCR, 30 Aug. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Position on Returns to Libya (Update II) (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text]
- "UNHCR urges all States to suspend forcible returns to Libya until the security and human rights situation has improved considerably" (p. 20).

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (10 Aug. 2018)

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