13 February 2023

Regional Focus: MENA

Feb. 6th Earthquakes in Türkiye & Syria:

Earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye and northwestern Syria (ACAPS, Feb. 2023) [text]

"‘I couldn’t just stand by’: Syrians step up with earthquake aid despite pressures," The New Humanitarian, 13 Feb. 2023 [text]

Northwestern Syria needs humanitarian assistance. Getting it there must be a priority (Order from Chaos Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

There wasn’t before, and now there even more definitely isn’t, any legal barrier to providing cross-border humanitarian assistance in northwest Syria (EJIL Talk Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Turkey earthquake: Between life and death, refugees have to start all over again (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2023) [text]

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Why it is so difficult to get rescue and relief to where it is most needed (The Conversation, Feb. 2023) [text]

UNHCR: Over 5 million may need shelter support in Syria after quake (UNHCR, Feb. 2023) [text]
- See also related news story.

"Why is UN aid so slow to reach Syrian earthquake survivors?," The New Humanitarian, 10 Feb. 2023 [text]

**For much more information, visit ReliefWeb's "Türkiye/Syria: Earthquakes" page.

Blog posts & press: 

EU preparing new efforts to increase Libyan border controls (Statewatch, Feb. 2023) [text]
- See also related Human Rights Watch news story.

More than 1,000 migrants returned to Libya since beginning of the year (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2023) [text]

Questioning the Narratives Underpinning Voluntary Return Programmes: Evidence from the IOM Morocco Return Scheme (COMPAS Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Reports:

Country Guidance: Syria (EU Agency for Asylum, Feb. 2023) [text]
- "In its most recent analysis, the Agency confirms that the situation remains volatile and targeting by different actors, including the Government of Syria, continues to substantiate the international protection needs of many."

Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2019-2021 (BADIL, Nov. 2022) [access]
- Previous editions of the survey can be accessed here.

Syrians Barometer 2021: A Framework for achieving social cohesion with Syrians in Turkey (MÜGAM & UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]
- See also Executive Summary.

Journal articles:

"The Geopolitics of Returns: Geopolitical Reasoning and Space-Making in Turkey’s Repatriation Regime," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 6 June 2022 [open access]

"The impact of immigrants’ characteristics on anti-immigrant sentiment among the Jewish majority and the Arab minority in Israel," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 7 Feb. 2023 [open access]

"Localisation in the balance: Syrian medical-humanitarian NGOs' strategic engagement with the local and international," Disasters, vol. 47, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

"Measuring the SDGs in Refugee Camps: An Insight into Arab States Bordering Syria," Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 2 (Jan. 2023) [open access]
- "This article aims to take stock of implementing the 2030 Agenda in the refugee camps of the Arab Middle East based on empirical data from Syrian refugees and Iraqi IDPs collected using a questionnaire distributed in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon."

"The permanently minority people: Palestinian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, (attempted) social death and desire to return," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 10, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"The short-lived effects of unconditional cash transfers to refugees," Journal of Development Economics, vol. 160 (Jan. 2023) [preprint]
- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

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