Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Short Courses, 31 January-22 February 2024 [info]

- 1) Psychosocial Issues and interventions for Refugees and migrants - apply by 4 January 2024; 2) Palestinian Refugee Issues - apply by 4 January 2024; 3) Examining the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations supporting migrants and refugees in the Middle East and North Africa Region - apply by 11 January 2024; and 4) Introduction to International Refugee Law - apply by 18 January 2024.

News/commentary on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza: 

Here are the most recent sitreps from OCHA and UNRWA. Visit ReliefWeb for a much more comprehensive listing of updates and situation reports.

• "Expanding Israeli assault grinds Gaza aid efforts to a halt," The New Humanitarian, 6 Dec. 2023 [text]
• "Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed in two months," BBC News, updated 18 Dec. 2023 [text]
• "Gazans say they fear a fate worse than bombs: permanent exile," Reuters, 15 Dec. 2023 [text]
• "Hamas Terror and War in Gaza: The Trigger for Palestine Refugees Has Been Pulled," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 62, no. 4 (2023) [open access]
• Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2023) [text]
• Israel and the occupied territories: how international humanitarian law applies (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]
• Israel’s mass displacement of Gazans fits strategy of using migration as a tool of war (The Conversation, Dec. 2023) [text]
• No safe place for Gaza's displaced (Doctors without Borders, Dec. 2023) [text]
• Tipping point: The risks of Palestinian displacement for Egypt (ECFR, Dec. 2023) [text]
• "We are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza," New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023 [text]

Other publications:

Conflict Trends in the Middle East, 1989–2022 (PRIO, 2023) [text]

A decade on: improving outcomes for Syrian refugees in Jordan (IIED, Dec. 2023) [text]

"Gazing Toward and Beyond the Borders: Syrian Refugees and Organizations Supporting Them in Turkey," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Latest Articles, 6 Dec. 2023 [open access]

"'I Will Return Strong': The Role of Life Aspirations in Refugees’ Return Aspirations," International Migration Review, vol. 57, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

- Study "included survey research and in-depth interviews conducted in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria."

Mosul’s Gypsy Community Remains Unassisted Despite Protection Needs (RLI Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]

"Next Stop: Europe? Aspirations for Secondary Migration Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan," International Migration Review, vol. 57, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

"Perceived barriers of migrants and refugees to vaccinate their children against measles and polio: a study in Iran," International Journal for Equity in Health, 22:253 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

Protection risks in eastern and western Libya (ACAPS, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Transit in Hell: The Horrific Violations Targeting African Migrants During Their Journey Across Yemeni Territory (Mwatana for Human Rights, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Travailleurs sociaux libanais à l’épreuve de l’histoire et de l’altérité," Les Politiques Sociales, nos. 3-4 (2023) [full-text via LERRN]

"UNHCR’s Expansion to the GCC States: Establishing a UNHCR Presence in Saudi Arabia 1987-1993," Middle East Critique, Latest Articles, 22 July 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (4 Dec. 2023)