Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

AU, EU and UN push for urgent action to address the pressing needs of migrants and refugees in Libya: Joint Press Release (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

Breaking Down Barriers to Emergency Earthquake Aid in Syria (Just Security Blog, March 2023) [text]

Repatriating Syrians from Lebanon: A Pivotal Role for UNHCR (UNU-CPR Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Syria after the earthquakes: challenges to post-disaster recovery following the catastrophic humanitarian response (ODI Insights, March 2023) [text]

"Taking stock of the UN’s shift away from emergency aid in Iraq," The New Humanitarian, 20 March 2023 [text]

Twelve years on, Syrian refugees face deepening debt and hunger (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

Reports: 

Captive commodities: “This route is like a fire”: Commodification, exploitation and missingness of Ethiopian irregular migrants on the Eastern Route to Yemen and Saudi Arabia (Ravenstone Consult, March 2023) [text via MMC]

Is the Humanitarian Sector Practicing What It Preaches? What an examination of refugee response framework in Jordan tells us about the humanitarian sector’s real feelings on localization, impartial aid, and humanitarian principles (Locally Led, Feb. 2023) [access]

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Migration-relevant Policies in Tunisia, MIGNEX Background Paper (PRIO, Feb. 2023) [text]

No Place but Displacement: A report into multiple displacement of IDPs in Northwest Syria due to 12 years of conflict and February 6th’s earthquakes (Action for Humanity, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Poverty Measurement for Refugees in Jordan, VAF Welfare Study - A Technical Note (UNHCR & World Bank, March 2023) [text]

*The Role of UNHCR and International Law in Return, Ethics and Practice: Can Lebanon Repatriate Syrian Refugees in Safety and Dignity Alone?, IMS Policy and Working Paper, no. 1 (Lebanese American Univ., 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Carry-over effect of single media exposure and mass-mediated contact with remote outgroups: From asylum seekers in Europe to an Israeli local outgroup," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Early View, 17 Feb. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Israel.

"Coping strategies and personal growth: The case of Palestinian refugees in Shatila camp, Lebanon," Frontiers in Psychology, 9 March 2023 [open access]

"The Dynamics of Refugee Return: Syrian Refugees and Their Migration Intentions," British Journal of Political Science, FirstView, 16 Feb. 2023 [open access]

"Experiences of Homelessness Among Afghan Refugees in Iran: Empowerment Through a 4Es Model (Education, Employment, Emotional and Economical Support)," International Journal on Homelessness, vol. 2, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

*"A multidimensional approach to measuring vulnerability to poverty among refugee populations," Journal of International Development, Early View, 7 March 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

"Sampling refugee groups: The example of Syrians in Turkey," International Migration, Early View, 14 March 2023 [open access]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (7 March 2023)