Regional Focus: Syria

Blog posts & media:

*"How Aid Groups Map Refugee Camps That Officially Don't Exist," Wired, 20 Jan. 2020 [text]

“Lebanon's Financial Crisis Hits Syrian Refugees Hard,” The New Humanitarian, 9 Jan. 2020 [text]

"Syrian Refugees Return to Home Towns in 'Safe Zone' Despite Dangers," The Guardian, 18 Dec. 2019 [text]

"UN Backtracks on Syria Aid Reshuffle," The New Humanitarian, 17 Dec. 2019 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Competing Logics of Security toward Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Lebanon," e-International Relations, 20 Dec. 2019 [full-text]

Desperate Measures: Syrians Fleeing Turkey’s Military Operation (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Is Temporary Protection Eternal? The Future of Temporary Protection Status of Syrians in Turkey," Border Crossing, vol. 9, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

The Power of Choice: The Effects of Unrestricted Cash Transfers on Syrian Refugee Households (WFP, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Reclaiming Home: The Struggle for Socially Just Housing, Land and Property Rights in Syria, Iraq and Libya (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2019) [text]
- Most chapters focus on Syria.

"Refugees Hosting Other Refugees: Endurance and Maintenance of Care in Ouzaii (Lebanon)," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 10 Dec. 2019 [postprint]
- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 9 May 2020.

"Support to Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Roles of Descriptive and Injunctive Norms, Threat, and Negative Emotions," Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Early View, 18 Dec. 2019 [open access]

Syria: Actors (EASO, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Under the Guise of Resilience: The EU Approach to Migration and Forced Displacement in Jordan and Lebanon," Contemporary Security Policy, Latest Articles, 4 Dec. 2019 [open access]

VASyR 2019: Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Unicef, UNHCR & WFP, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related web site.

What Works and What’s Next for Social Stability in Jordan? Evidence from Mercy Corps’ Host-Refugee Social Cohesion Program (Mercy Corps, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria (5 Dec. 2019)