Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

David Yambio: Life in Libya – 'Living a nightmare' (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2025) [text]

The struggle for a dignified return of refugees to Syria (The Loop Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

"Syria is still not safe: Refugees need protection," The New Humanitarian, 14 Jan. 2025 [text]

Will Syrian Refugees Go ‘Home’? A Look at Some Experimental Evidence on Return Intentions (COMPAS Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

- See also related UN News story.

"UN lays groundwork for Gaza aid surge under ceasefire but still sees challenges," Reuters, 15 Jan. 2025 [text]

- See also related UNSG statement.

Reports:

[Letter from group of Special Rapporteurs sent to the Egyptian Government concerning certain provisions of the recently adopted "Asylum Law"] (Special Rapporteurs, Dec. 2024) [text via Refworld]

Refugee Exposure and Attitudes Toward Refugees in a Developing Country Context, GLD Working Paper, no. 77 (Univ. of Gothenburg & Cornell Univ., 2025) [text] 

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Silent Struggles: Mental health realities in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon (UNICEF, Dec. 2024) [text]

Suffering by Design: The Human Cost of Repeated Displacement in Gaza (Danish Refugee Council, Jan. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Uprooting the Displaced: The Forced Evictions of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Access Center for Human Rights, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Articles:

"Exploring the use of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests among displaced populations in Iraq: findings from a pilot project in four IDP camps," Conflict and Health, 18:71 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"One of the World’s Largest Refugee Populations, Afghans Have Faced Increasing Restrictions in Iran," Migration Information Source, 7 Jan. 2025 [text]

*"Receipt of humanitarian cash transfers, household food insecurity and the subjective wellbeing of Syrian refugee youth in Jordan," Public Health Nutrition, vol. 28, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

Routed Magazine, no. 5 (2024) [text]

- Issue theme is "Migration in the MENA Region: (Youth) Perspectives, Policy and Impact​."

"Symbolic Boundary Work among Syrian Refugees: Perceived Stigmas, Responses, and Cultural Repertoires," European Societies, Online Early, 1 Jan. 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Turkey.

"Uprooting, removing and relocating populations: The role and significance of internal displacement in the Syrian regime’s integrated military–political war strategy," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:1 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (31 Dec. 2024)