Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"Analysis: Libya and Morocco’s twin tragedies highlight differences," Al Jazeera, 22 Sept. 2023 [text]

- See also related article in The New Humanitarian.

A damaging deal: abuses, departures from Tunisia continue following EU agreement (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

- See also related articles in The New Humanitarian and in Politico Europe.

"Long hours and low budgets: Meet the refugee groups supporting Sudanese displaced in Egypt," The New Humanitarian, 20 Sept. 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"'The Decision to Return to Syria is Not in My Hands': Syria’s Repatriation Regime as Illiberal Statebuilding," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 17 Sept. 2023 [free full-text]

"Double burden of vulnerability for refugees: conceptualization and policy solutions for financial protection in Iran using systems thinking approach," Health Research Policy and Systems, 21:94 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

Factsheet: Displacement of Palestinian herders amid increasing settler violence (OCHA, Sept. 2023) [text]

Jerusalem Quarterly, no. 94 (Summer 2023) [full-text]

- Special issue on "UNRWA Archives (Part 2)."

Pressures for refugees to return to Syria in the context of the crisis in Lebanon (Fafo, March 2023) [text]

"Sayed’s Journey to Encampment: Examining Sites and Scenes of Economic Migrant Displacement in Mandate Palestine," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 Sept. 2023 [open access]

The spatial governance of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan: Refugees between urban settlements and encampment policies, CMI Report, no. 3 (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Aug. 2023) [text]

UNRWA’s Reckoning: Preserving the UN Agency Serving Palestinian Refugees, MENA Report, no. 242 (International Crisis Group, Sept. 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (3 Sept. 2023)