03 February 2021

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

*Report launch: A Decade of Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa, 15 February 2021 [info]

*Book discussion: Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa, 16 February 2021 [info]

Conversation: Refugees in Middle Eastern History/The Middle East in Refugee History, 1918–39, 18 February 2021 [info]

Blog posts:

Confronting the negative repercussions of COVID-19 on refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia (Kaldor Centre, Jan. 2021) [text]

The Enduring Marginalisation of the Roma: Conflict and Asylum (RLI Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Iraq.

The Politics of Refugee Relief: UNRWA and the Ongoing Funding Crisis (PRIO Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Intentions Survey: Areas of Origin - IDPs in Formal Camps (REACH Initiative, Sept. 2020; posted Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related rapid assessment.

"Palestinian strategies, guidelines, and challenges in the treatment and management of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)," Avicenna Journal of Medicine, vol. 10, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2020) [open access]

Pinning Down Moving Targets: Adapting humanitarian cash programmes to the multi-pronged crises in Lebanon (Durable Solutions Platform & CAMEALEON, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protracted Displacement in Iraq: Revisiting Categories of Return Barriers (IOM, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Surviving seemingly endless refugeeship: Social representations and strategies of Palestinian refugees in Ein El Hilweh," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 Jan. 2021 [open access]

World Food Programme cash assistance in Lebanon: Protection outcomes for Syrian refugees (ODI & CAMEALEON, June 2020; posted Jan. 2021) [access]

World Food Programme cash assistance in Lebanon: social cohesion between Syrian refugees and host communities (ODI & CAMEALEON, June 2020; posted Jan. 2021) [access]

Multimedia:

Video recordings of the MENA-specific sessions at the "UNHCR at 70" virtual conference are now available on the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies Facebook page:
- Session 1: Legal and Policy Frameworks in Refugee Hosting Countries: Perspectives from the MENA region, 21 Jan. 2021 [access]
- Session 2: International Cooperation in the face of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, 21 Jan. 2021 [access]

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