Regional Focus: MENA

Region-specific sessions at "UNHCR at 70" virtual conference:

Session 1: Legal and Policy Frameworks in Refugee Hosting Countries: Perspectives from the MENA region, 21 January 2021 [info]

- Hosted by the Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo.

Session 2: International Cooperation in the face of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, 21 January 2021 [info]

- Hosted by the Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo.

Blog posts & press:

"For African migrants in Yemen, no way forward and no way back," The New Humanitarian, 17 Dec. 2020 [text]

Overwhelming majority of Jordanians continue to empathize with refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

Study Reveals Reason for Reluctance of Refugees to Return (The Syrians Observer, Dec. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"72 Years of Homemaking in Waiting Zones: Lebanon's 'Permanently Temporary' Palestinian Refugee Camps," Frontiers in Sociology, 26 Nov. 2020 [open access]

Algeria’s Migration Dilemma: Migration and Human Smuggling in Southern Algeria (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Dec. 2020) [text]

"Caught in the Crossfire: Challenges to Migrant Protection in the Yemeni and Libyan Conflicts," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 8, no. 4 (2020) [open access]

Challenges Facing Syrian Refugees and Jordan: Pressures from a Pandemic - Event Report (World Refugee & Migration Council, Dec. 2020) [text]

Compounding Misfortunes: Changes in Poverty since the Onset of COVID-19 on Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Lebanon (World Bank & UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text] 

Exclusion through Public Discourse: Media representations of Syrian Refugees in Turkey (Europe Canada Network, June 2020) [text]

Final Evaluation of “Education and Protection for Syrians in Jordan'' (CARE, Aug. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Refugees in the Arab Region (ESCWA, ILO & UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Legal Relevance of the Global Compact on Refugees: Improving Refugee Rights in Lebanon and Jordan, Working Paper (American Univ. of Beirut, April 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Placing Refugee Return and Reintegration at the Heart of International Development Policy, 7 Dec. 2020 [info]

- Webinar was livestreamed in English and Arabic. Follow language links to access video recordings.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA (7 Dec. 2020)