Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"International aid agencies hold secret collaboration meeting with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation," The New Humanitarian, 8 Aug. 2025 [text]

- See also related follow-up article. 

"Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan," AP News, 31 July 2025 [text]

- See also related UNHCR/IOM press release.

More of the Same, But Worse: Netanyahu’s “New” Plan in Gaza (Just Security, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Refugees without refuge: Afghans in Iran," The New Humanitarian, 5 Aug. 2025 [text]

"A tipping point in Israel’s genocide in Gaza?," The New Humanitarian, 1 Aug. 2025 [text]

The Unyielding Right to Assist Civilians in Gaza (EJIL: Talk Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related Human Rights Watch news release and MSF report.

Reports: 

The Principle of Non-Refoulement for Refugees Facing Real Risks: An In-Depth Analysis of a Contemporary Iraqi Judicial Precedent, Publication Series, no. 1 (Strategic Center for Conflict Resolution, 2025) [text via SSRN]

A route-based approach to migrant deaths and disappearances in the Middle East and North Africa region: Enhancing data driven responses (International Organization for Migration, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Community health workers for mental health care in refugee camps: a scoping review," International Journal for Equity in Health, 24:217 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the MENA region.

"Cradles of resilience: fertility and the fear of erasure among Syrian refugees in Lebanon," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:58 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Forced Evacuations and the Politics of Return in South Lebanon: Legal and Identity Implications," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 12 Aug. 2025 [full-text]

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 2 (2025) [open access] 

- Mix of articles.

"Migration in the Maghreb: Introduction," Journal of North African Studies, Latest Articles, 16 July 2025 [free full-text]

- Provides an overview of the articles that will appear in a forthcoming special issue.

"Trauma-Informed Participatory Research in Displacement Studies: Ethical and Methodological Considerations from Lebanon and Beyond,"International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 12 June 2025 [open access]

"Universal public health insurance for Afghan refugees in Iran: a contextual analysis," Globalization and Health, 21:46 (Aug. 2025) [open access]

"Urban Citizenship During a Protracted Crisis: Syrian Refugees’ Access to Rights and Services in Izmir, Turkey," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (29 July 2025)