Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria

News:

Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, Brussels IV Conference, 22-30 June 2020 [info]
- Follow link for the joint declaration, background documents, and video. See also related European Commission and UNHCR press releases, and HC's call for enhanced support amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blog posts & press:

COVID-19: New Cases Confirmed Near Sahrawi Camps, 173,000 Refugees at Risk (Oxfam, May 2020) [text]

Economic Misery Engulfs Syrian Refugees and Their Hosts (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

"Libya Intercepts and Returns 71 Europe-bound Migrants," InfoMigrants, 25 June 2020 [text]

Researchers Launch Project to Assess Community Responses to COVID-19 in Gaza Strip Refugee Camps (Univ. of Bath, June 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Don’t Leave Them Alone: The Future of the Cross-border Response in North West Syria (Interagency Report, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Extremism, Contested Territory and Diversity: An Opportunity for Development of Iraq’s National Policy on Displacement in 2020?, IDRP Working Paper, no. 7 (Refugee Law Initiative, June 2020) [text]

"Imaginary Objects, Imaginary Palestine: Exploring Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Ethnographic Research in the Context of the Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp," Refugee Review, no. IV (June 2020) [open access]

Internal Displacement in the Middle East: A Review of the Literature IDRP Working Paper, no. 4 (Refugee Law Initiative, June 2020) [text]

"Investigating Self–settled Syrian Refugees’ Agency and Informality in Southern Cities Greater Cairo: A Case Study," Review of Economics and Political Science, Early Cite, 18 May 2020 [open access]

"Measuring the Psychosocial, Biological, and Cognitive Signatures of Profound Stress in Humanitarian Settings: Impacts, Challenges, and Strategies in the Field," Conflict and Health, 14:40 (June 2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Impact Evaluation on the Well-being of Syrian Refugees (AUG & CAMEALEON, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting Refugees in the Middle East from Coronavirus: A Fight against Two Reinforcing Contagions (Project on Middle East Political Science, April 2020) [text]

"Yemen: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World, Ignored," Mundi: Global Studies Society Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (14 June 2020)
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2 (14 June 2020)