Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Joint Statement: Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a place of safety for those rescued at sea (Statewatch, April 2023) [text]

Non-Syrian refugees refused humanitarian aid in Jordan (openDemocracy, April 2023) [text]

Reports:

Guidance on establishment and managing reception centers in Northwest Syria (CCCM Cluster, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Assistance under International Law: Guidance on the legal framework regulating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to earthquake-affected areas in Syria (Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre, March 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Reimagining Reintegration: An Analysis of Sustainable Returns after Conflict (IOM, March 2023) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Iraq. Follow link for report and key findings.

Journal articles:

 

"Forced migration governance in Tunisia: Balancing risks and assets for state-making during independence and democratization," Mediterranean Politics, Latest Articles, 12 April 2023 [open access]

"'How Can I Trust People When They Know Exactly What My Weakness Is?' Daily Life Experiences, and Resilience Strategies of Stateless Afghans in Iran," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 18 April 2023 [open access]

"Militarized urbanism in the cold war era: The resettlement of the refugees in Khan Younis," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, OnlineFirst, 17 April 2023 [open access]

"Mobility control as state-making in civil war: Forcing exit, selective return and strategic laissez-faire," Migration Politics, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Based on fieldwork conducted in Syria, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia.

"Patterns of Refugees’ Organization Amid Protracted Displacement: An Understanding from Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"Sense of Community and Conflict-induced Displacement: A Study among Iraqi IDPs in Camps," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 13, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Resource:

La révélation et l'identification des besoins de protection internationale dans la region du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord: Module de formation (UNHCR, April 2023) 

- Includes five modules; access via ReliefWeb: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (7 April 2023)