Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

CFP: Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for special issue on "Marriage and Migrations: Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa." Submit abstracts by 22 November 2024.

Short pieces:

Gaza Humanitarian Access Snapshot #5 (27 August-10 Sept. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Joint Press Release: Israel’s siege now blocks 83% of food aid reaching Gaza, new data reveals (Sept. 2024) [text] 

- Methodology used to gather data is provided here. See also related Reuters article.

Libya: Slow Flood Recovery Failing Displaced Survivors (HRW, Sept. 2024) [text]

Palestine: Humanitarian impact of the escalation of violence in northern West Bank in August 2024 (ACAPS, Sept. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Targeted: How Misinformation Puts Lebanon’s Syrian Refugees in Danger (TIMEP, Aug. 2024) [text]

Yemen: Needs grow for millions displaced amid catastrophic flooding and prolonged humanitarian emergency (UNHCR, Aug. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Maghreb migrations: How North Africa and Europe can work together on sub-Saharan migration (European Council on Foreign Relations, Sept. 2024) [text]

Middle East and North Africa: Migrants Deaths and Disappearances in 2023 (IOM, 2024) [text]

Untangling the Reality of Famine in Gaza (Refugees International, Sept. 2024) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Biomonitoring Environmental Exposure in Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Epidemiologia, vol. 5, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]

"Circular and return migration of Egyptian migrant workers in Libya," International Migration, Early View, 11 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Interventions to promote mental health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Palestinian refugees: A scoping review," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, vol. 70, no. 6 (2024) [open access]

- See also related ACAPS report.

"Irregular Migrants in Moroccan Law: An Analysis of Arabic Texts," Chapter in International Migration and the Law: Legal Approaches to a Global Challenge (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Migrations and Legal Reforms in Tunisia Among Physical and Digital Circularity," Chapter in International Migration and the Law: Legal Approaches to a Global Challenge (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Unravelling future in displacement: Legality as an existential condition," History and Anthropology, Latest Articles, 28 Aug. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Lebanon.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (4 Sept. 2024)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (4 Sept. 2024)