12 May 2021

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for applications: 10th Online International Refugee Law Course (Arabic), 21 June-16 July 2021 [info]
- Registration deadline is 17 May 2021.

Discussion panel: Palestinian Right of Return, 17 May 2021 [info]

Call for proposals: Establishing Research Chairs on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa [info]
- This call is now open. The submission deadline is 3 August 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Algerian desert: The 'point zero' where migrants are abandoned (InfoMigrants, April 2021) [text]
- See also related African Arguments post.

“Death by a thousand cuts”: Syrian refugees face dire conditions as Lebanon unravels (MEI, May 2021) [text]

In Jordan and Lebanon, refugee volunteers boost vaccine uptake (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

*"Palestinian Refugees Deserve to Return Home. Jews Should Understand," New York Times, 12 May 2021 [text]

Reporting on refugees during the pandemic in Egypt and Morocco (International Journalists’ Network, May 2021) [text]
- First in a 3-part series.

UNHCR statement on the postponement of the evacuation to Rwanda (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Wandering and waiting: field observations as a key tool for qualitative data collection (MIGNEX Insight, May 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Tunisia.

Multimedia:

De Facto Measures for De Facto Refugees: Protecting Displaced Persons in the UAE, 9 May 2021 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Fard NGO: Working as a non-Profit with Syrian Migrants in Egypt, 6 April 2021 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

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