Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"For Sudanese fleeing to Egypt, a hard border and an uncertain future," The New Humanitarian, 10 July 2023 [text]

Syrian Refugees in Türkiye: Debunking a Tale of Misconceptions (RLI Blog, July 2023) [text]

Tunisia: No Safe Haven for Black African Migrants, Refugees (Human Rights Watch, July 2023) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for English and Arabic versions. See also French version.

UNHCR and IOM appeal for urgent solutions for refugees and migrants stranded in Tunisia and Libya borders (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

- See also related New Humanitarian article on Tunisia and DW article on Libya.

Reports:

Addressing Irregular Migration through Principled Programmatic Approaches: Examining the West Africa Route and WFP Operations (IFPRI & WFP, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Locally-led responses to cash and voucher assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: Barriers, progress and opportunities (CALP Network, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Conflicted presence: The many arrivals of Palestinians in Lebanon," Migration Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 (June 2022) [free full-text]

"La fabrique d’un droit d’asile au Maroc: Circulation des normes, tâtonnements juridiques, et atermoiements politiques," La Revue des droits de l'homme, no. 24 (2023) [full-text]

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 83 (July 2023) [full-text]

- Issue focus is "Refugee participation and leadership"; several articles focus on the MENA region.

"Migration governance in civil war: The case of the Kurdish conflict," European Journal of International Security , First View, 5 June 2023 [open access]

"The Palestinian Refugee Problem: Theory and Practice in Light of Back-Channel Negotiations," International Negotiation, Advance Articles, 4 July 2022 [free full-text]

"The Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Looking for a Convivial Habitat," Contemporary Arab Affairs, vol. 15, no. 1 (March 2022) [free full-text]

"What Becomes a Refugee Camp? Making Camps for European Refugees in North Africa and the Middle East, 1943–46," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 July 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (7 July 2023)