08 October 2021

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Call for proposals: New Book Series on "Refugees and Migrants within the Middle East" [info]

Blog posts & press:
 
As Vaccines Roll Out in Egypt, Refugees are Not Left Behind (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [text]

Libya: Evidence crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since 2016, UN report finds (UN Human Rights Council, Oct. 2021) [text
- See also related statement from the UN Support Mission in Libya. The full report was presented to the UN Human Right Council on 7 October 2021. See below for access to the text.

Syrian refugees in Turkey: time to dispel some myths (The Conversation, Sept. 2021) [text]

"UN launches initiative to support returnees trapped in Syria camps," UN News, 29 Sept. 2021 [text]

UNHCR appeals for end to arrests of asylum seekers in Libya, calls for urgent resumption of humanitarian flights (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

Yemenis helping rebuild lives on conflict’s frontlines win 2021 Nansen Award (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [text]

Reports: 

2021 Progress Report: Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan in Response to the Syria Crisis (3RP Secretariat, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

[Letter from UNRWA to UNHCR describing UNRWA's mandate and services] (UNRWA, Sept. 2021) [text]

Migration, Asylum, and Internal Displacement in Times of Armed Conflicts: The Legal Framework and the Crisis Current Situation (Maat Organization for Peace, Development, and Human Rights, Aug. 2021) [text via SSRN]

Moving beyond Humanitarian Assistance: Supporting Jordan as a Refugee-hosting Country (World Refugee & Migration Council, Sept. 2021) [text]

Protection for Syrian and non-Syrian Refugees in Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt, August 1, 2020 – July 31, 2021 (CARE, published July 2021; posted Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/48/83 (UN Human Rights Council, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also web page for the FFM, which provides access to documentation, statements and other background information.

Resilience in the West Bank: Impact evaluation of the ‘From Emergency Food Security to Durable Livelihoods: Building Resilience in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’ project (Oxfam, Oct. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report in English and summaries in English and Arabic.

Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: VASyR 2021 Preliminary Findings (UNHCR, UNICEF & WFP, Sept. 2021) [text]
- See also related news story. The full report will be issued in Dec. 2021.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Case study K: Palestine's national cash transfer programme: An example of cash transfer programming in a humanitarian setting," Chapter in Handbook on Social Protection Systems (Edward Elgar, Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Mental Health in Lebanon’s Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19," Frontiers in Public Health, 20 Jan. 2021 [open access]

"The psychological impacts of COVID-19 related stressors on Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of resource loss, discrimination, and social support," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 85 (Nov. 2021) [free full-text]

"Syrian refugees and the politics of waiting in a Turkish border town," Social Anthropology/ Anthropologie Sociale, vol. 29, no. 3 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Sudanese Refugees and the 'Syrian Refugee Response' in Lebanon: Racialised Hierarchies, Processes of Invisibilisation, and Resistance," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 27 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"Waiting for justice amidst the remnants: urban development, displacement and resistance in Diyarbakir," Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, vol. 29, no. 3 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"When Refugees Care for Refugees in Lebanon: Providing Contextually Appropriate Care from the Ground Up," Medicine Anthropology Theory, vol. 8, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

Resource: 

Refugee settlement and encampment in the Middle East and North Africa, 1860s–1940s (Refugee History, Sept. 2021) [access]

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