Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Egypt: Parliament approves controversial asylum law (InfoMigrants, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in the Global Legal Monitor.

Egypt hosts Africa Chapter of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges (IARMJ) Conference (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Egypt now biggest recipient of Sudanese forced to flee ongoing war (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Gaza Humanitarian Access Snapshot #7: (10 Oct.- 13 Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Iraq: Prime Minister Issues Directives to Assist Lebanese Refugees," Global Legal Monitor, 5 Nov. 2024 [text]

Keep UNRWA alive in Gaza and the West Bank (International Crisis Group, Nov. 2024) [text]

Palestinian Refugees and the Future of Asylum (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Syria and Syrian Refugees: From EU Migration Policies to Israel’s War on Lebanon (TIMEP, Nov. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Food shortages in Gaza: A Protection nightmare (Protection Cluster et al., Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related Just Security blog post and New Humanitarian article.

The Gaza Scorecard (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2024) [text]

"Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged": Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2024) [access]

Material Assistance Shortages: Impact on the Protection Situation in Gaza (Protection Cluster et al., Nov. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 27 (Nov. 024)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Ukraine-Gaza: exchange of views."

"Dignity in Practice: Navigating Humanitarian Response and the Right to Stay Amid Lebanon’s Multiple Migrations," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 1 Dec. 2024 [full-text]

"Exploring relationships between conflict intensity, forced displacement, and healthcare attacks: a retrospective analysis from Syria, 2016–2022," Conflict and Health, 18:70 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Making rent: how forced migrant families access private rental housing in the Biqa’ Valley, Lebanon," Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Unsettled Ground, Unsettled Lives: The Ontological (In)securities of Syrian Refugees in the Shadow of Turkey’s 2023 Earthquake," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 Nov. 2024 [full-text]

"Vaccination coverage and access among children and adult migrants and refugees in the Middle East and North African region: a systematic review and meta-analysis," eClinicalMedicine, vol. 78 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Western Sahara’s Sahrawi Refugees Face an Uncertain Future after 50 Years of Exile," Migration Information Source, 20 Nov. 2024 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (11 Nov. 2024)