25 February 2026

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

"Compliant aid: Who are the Israel-approved NGOs scaling up in Gaza?," The New Humanitarian, 11 Feb. 2026) [text]

Egypt: Refugees in hiding amid crackdown involving arbitrary arrests and unlawful deportations (Amnesty International, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports: 

Accounting for Missing Persons in Libya: Applying Global Good Practice (International Commission on Missing Persons, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Business as Usual: Human Rights Violations and Abuses against Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and Refugees in Libya (OHCHR & UNSMIL, Feb. 2026) [text]

Guidance on Identity and Civil Documentation Requirements for Accessing Humanitarian Assistance and Services (Global Protection Cluster, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Syria.

Journal articles:

"Forced migrants’ agency in first countries of asylum: towards a more holistic Understanding of decisions about secondary movement by Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon," Comparative Migration Studies, 23 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Global Humanitarianism Between Ideals and Realities: Lessons from Gaza’s 2023 Crisis," Forum for Development Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Globalizing the international refugee regime: UNHCR’s expansion to Lebanon in 1962," Journal of Global History, FirstView, 26 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Migration under double war: transnational perspectives and the role of a conceived third country," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 19 Feb. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on migrants to Israel from Ukraine, Russia, and Ethiopia.

"Procedural (in)justice: unpacking the role of humanitarian aid targeting in shaping host–refugee relations in Lebanon," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Violent and non-violent death tolls for the Gaza conflict: new primary evidence from a population-representative field survey," The Lancet Global Health, Online First, 18 Feb. 2026 [open access]

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