Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Webinar: COVID-19 Policies vs. Practices of Humanitarian Assistance NGOs: Reducing Infection Risk among Refugees in the MENA Region, 16 November 2020 [info]

CFP: Policy Workshop on Protection Challenges on the Central & Western Mediterranean Route, 15-17 February 2021 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 20 November 2020; a virtual Q&A session on the CFP will be held on 9 November 2020.

Blog posts & press:

"How Global South research institutes can use COVID-19 to their advantage," Routed Magazine, no. 12 (2020) [text]

- Focuses on Egypt.

Migration flows to Europe: a new Tunisian exodus (Protect Project Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

Palestinian petitions: activism in exile (Refugee History Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

A Recent History of Refugees in Saudi Arabia (Maja Janmyr Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

Refugee Lawyers in Egypt (RLI Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Beyond control: the criminalization of African asylum seekers in Israel," International Review of Sociology, vol. 30, no. 1 (2020) [ResearchGate]

Black Refugees in Jordan: Discrimination, Racial Abuse and Neglect (Amman Center for Human Rights Studies, Oct. 2020) [text]

Exiles in Their Own Country: Dealing with Displacement in Post-ISIS Iraq, Middle East & North Africa Briefing, no. 79 (International Crisis Group, Oct. 2020) [text]

“The impact of social adjustment policy on Syrian refugees,” Journal of International Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

"Jouer le jeu? Les Palestiniens du Liban, entre marginalisation sociale et 'rhétorique de l’officiel'," Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, no. 147 (Oct. 2020) [open access]

*Prevalent Discriminatory Policies and Practices Toward Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Refugees = Partners Project, Sept. 2020) [text]

Protecting migrants and refugees in North Africa: challenges and opportunities for reform, Discussion Paper, no. 281 (European Centre for Development Policy Management, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The real common interest: The converging EU and North African migration agendas – where do people’s interests come in? (Oxfam, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Country Portfolio Evaluation: Iraq (UNHCR, Aug. 2020) [text]

An Unusual Revolution: The Palestinian Thawra in Lebanon, c. 1969-82, Durham Middle East Paper, no. 103 (Durham Univ., Sept. 2020) [text]

"What the Beirut Blast means for Lebanon’s Refugees," Cairo Review, no. 39 (Fall 2020) [full-text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (30 Sept. 2020)