09 June 2022

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for applications: CMRS Summer Short Courses, Cairo, 3-28 July 2022 [info]
- The 3 courses offered include: 1) Migration and Demography in the Mediterranean Area: Searching for Complementarities, 3-7 July 2022; 2) Examining the Role of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Asylum Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, 17-21 July 2022; and 3) Child Protection Issues and Interventions for Refugees and Migrants, 24-28 July 2022
- The application deadline for the courses is 30 June 2022. Note: A limited number of scholarships are available; apply by 20 June 2022 for these. More info is available here.

Blog posts & press:

"For desperate Afghans, risky crossings into Iran are worth chancing," The New Humanitarian, 17 May 2022 [text]

In Lieu of the 1951 Refugee Convention: The Role of UNHCR-Host State Memoranda of Understanding in the Middle East (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, May 2022) [text]

"Turkey’s plan to forcibly relocate Syrian refugees gains momentum," The Guardian, 27 May 2022 [text]

UNRWA as a Proxy Site of Conflict? The Case of the Gaza Strip (Sada Blog, May 2022) [text]

Reports:

Displacement in Yemen: An Overview (Inst. for Migration Studies & Euro-Med Monitor, May 2022) [text]
- See also Arabic version.

Why the UN Security Council Must Act to Save Lives and Secure Humanitarian Access for Millions in Need in Northern Syria (Physicians for Human Rights, May 2022) [text]

Multimedia:

The Context of a Refugee Return in Syria, 11 April 2022 [access]

Egyptian Migration Hub Official Launch, 6 June 2022 [Part 1] [Part 2]
- More information on the hub is available here; see also related Twitter thread.

Writing and researching Palestine: reflections on positionality and decoloniality, 8 June 2022 [access]

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