Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

"Inside the troubled repatriation of Iraqis from Syria’s al-Hol camp," The New Humanitarian, 7 June 2021 [text]

Renewed commitment needed to support displaced Afghans and their hosts (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Iran.

Journal articles:

"How do refugees navigate the UNHCR’s bureaucracy? The role of rumours in accessing humanitarian aid and resettlement," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 June 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Lebanon.

"Refugees and Migrants in Turkey: Differential Status and Access to Healthcare," Refugee Watch, no. 57 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 88.

"Symbolic annihilation of Syrian refugees by Turkish news media during the COVID-19 pandemic," International Journal for Equity in Health, 20:137 (June 2021) [open access]

Reports:

10 Years into Exile: A Shock on Top of a Crisis - 2020 Annual Assessment Report (CARE, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Do Refugees Cause Crime?, Working Paper, no. 1470 (Economic Research Forum, April 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Exiled at Home: Internal displacement resulted from the armed conflict in Iraq and its humanitarian consequences (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guidance Note: Shelter solution for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum seekers in Libya (Shelter Cluster, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Internal displacement's impacts on health in Yemen (IDMC, June 2021) [text]

Intersectoral Vulnerability Survey: The Vulnerability Conditions of Refugees Living in Turkey (IFRC, June 2021) [text]

- See also related summary and VOA article.

Palestinian refugees and the Global Compact on Refugees, RSC Working Paper, no. 136 (Refugee Studies Centre, May 2021) [text]

Protection Monitoring Report: Syrian Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities in Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Adana and Mersin (GOAL, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Turkey.

Rethinking solutions for Palestinian refugees: A much-needed paradigm shift and an opportunity towards its realization, RSC Working Paper, no. 135 (Refugee Studies Centre, May 2021) [text]

Slipping Through the Cracks: The limitations of response in Palestinian communities in Lebanon (Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syria Situation of returnees from abroad: Country of Origin Information Report (EASO, June 2021) [text]

Vulnerability Assessment 2018 (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

- Focuses on Egypt.

When Do Refugees Return Home? Evidence from Syrian Displacement in Mashreq, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9688 (World Bank, June 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (2 June 2021)