29 May 2020

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

Blog posts & press:

98 Migrants Returned to Libya after Being Rescued by Commercial Ship (InfoMigrants, May 2020) [text]

Libya and Its Migrants Confront New Threats (Future Development Blog, May 2020) [text]

"'Like a ship about to sink': Refugees in Jordan Voice Pandemic Despair," The New Humanitarian, 14 May 2020 [text]

Locked Up with No Escape: Refugees and Migrants in Libya Face Bombs, Virus and Everything in Between (openDemocracy, May 2020) [text]

Multi-focal Power in Refugee Research (Ammodi Blog, May 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Sudanese in Israel.

"Palestinians in Lebanon Say Coronavirus Help is Too Little, Too Late," The New Humanitarian, 27 May 2020 [text]

Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Egypt in the Time of Covid-19 (ERF Forum, May 2020) [text]

UN Agencies Warn Conflict and the COVID-19 Pandemic Present a Significant Threat to Life in Libya: Joint Statement by OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, WHO, IOM (May 2020) [text]
- See also related UNHCR news story and briefing note.

Reports & journal articles:

9 Years into Exile: Building Hope and Durable Solutions (CARE, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

2019 Annual Report: Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan in Response to the Syria Crisis (UNHCR, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"'Biting our tongues': Policy Legacies and Memories in the Making of the Syrian Refugee Response in Jordan," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 23 May 2020 [open access]

Destroying Ma’aret al Numan and Saraqeb Cities and Displacing Their Residents Is a Clear Example of the Syrian Regime’s Tactics in the Recent Military Campaign Since Early December 2019 Until March 2020 (Syrian Network for Human Rights, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Egypt's Most Vulnerable and COVID19," Cairo Review, no. 37 (Spring 2020) [full-text]

Guiding Protection Principles and Minimum Standards for Emergency Relocation Support in Northwest Syria (Protection Cluster, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"IDPs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Intractable Return and Absence of Social Integration Policy," International Migration, Early View, 27 May 2020 [open access]

*The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mobility of Refugees and Migrants in Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2020) [text]

Local Governance Quality and the Environmental Cost of Forced Migration, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 13145 (Institute of Labor Economics, April 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Impact Evaluation on the Well-being of Syrian Refugees (Cash Learning Partnership, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

*"Voices from the Middle East: Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank Confront the COVID-19 Crisis," Middle East Report Online, 14 May 2020 [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (11 May 2020)
Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2 (11 May 2020)

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