08 May 2023

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Course: European Border Externalization and the Transformation of Middle East and North African Host States, Cairo, 25-27 June 2023 [info]
- Apply by 25 May 2023.

Short pieces:

IFRC and IOM sign regional MoU to increase collaboration to support migrants and displaced people (IFRC, Dec. 2022) [text]

Lebanon: Authorities must halt unlawful deportations of Syrian refugees (Amnesty International, April 2023) [text]

Migrant solidarity in Tunisia offers hope after racist attacks (openDemocracy, April 2023) [text]

*Migration and Displacement in the Arab World Demands a More Equitable Response (Carnegie Endowment, May 2023) [text]

Shaken to the Core: The Plight of Syrian Refugees after February’s Earthquake (Wilson Center, April 2023) [text]

Syrian refugees face a grim future without international policy shifts (Order from Chaos Blog, May 2023) [text]

New open access book:

Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States: National and Institutional Perspectives
(E-International Relations, April 2023) [open access]
- "This edited volume explores whether and to what extent the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean especially have sought to integrate refugees of the Syrian conflict into their national societies. To this end, each chapter examines the rhetoric of various political actors operating in those countries as well as the practices of their governments. Specific chapters ask how those forces securitized and de-securitized Syrian refugee flows and how effective national governments have been in addressing the national security concerns their exodus and influx have created. A share of our authors analyze the roles that international actors, such as the EU, the United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR), and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), have played in assisting the process of Syrian refugee integration into the societies of the Eastern Mediterranean countries."

Reports & journal articles:

The Case of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned, Background paper to the World Development Report 2023 (April 2023) [text]

Durable Solutions and Early Recovery in Syria (COAR, DRC & DSP, Jan. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Economic Drivers of Displacement in Yemen (Cash Consortium of Yemen, May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Escalating Needs in Lebanon: A 2023 Overview (UN, April 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Generations of Palestinian Refugees Face Protracted Displacement and Dispossession," Migration Information Source, 3 May 2023 [text]

How to Achieve Positive Change for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Libya? Recommendations for the Libyan Authorities (OMCT, March 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report in English, French and Spanish.

Jerusalem Quarterly, no. 93 (Spring 2023) [full-text]
- Special issue on "UNRWA Archives (Part 1)."

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