09 April 2026

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Webinar: A System Under Strain: Can Refugee Protection Keep Pace with Global Displacement?, 14 April 2026 [info]
- "Using Jordan and Lebanon as a regional lens, the webinar will consider how non-signatory states engage with and shape the international refugee protection regime in practice."

Short pieces:

"Afghans in Iran are fleeing bombs, and Iranian crackdowns," The New Humanitarian, 7 April 2026 [text]

Evacuation Orders: An Unlawful Use of Precautionary Measures? (EJIL: Talk Blog, April 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Lebanon.

Gulf Countries: Conflict, Hardships Leave Migrants in Limbo (HRW, March 2026) [text]

Over 200,000 people cross into Syria after a month of hostilities in Lebanon (UNHCR, April 2026) [text]
- See also earlier related briefing note.

Six Months into Gaza Ceasefire, Setting the Record Straight About Aid (Refugees Intl., April 2026) [text]
- See also video recording of related media briefing.

Reports:

Middle East Emergency: One-Month Impact Report (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]

Situation Update: Iran - Ten Issues Reshaping the Humanitarian Landscape (USCRI, April 2026) [text]

Syrian refugees in Turkey: real prospects for returning to Syria?, Les Analyses du CERI (SciencesPo, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Bridges and shields in the law of immunity of international organizations? The 2025 ICJ’s advisory opinion and the issue of UNRWA’s immunities (Part I)," Questions of International Law (March 2026) [open access]
- Introduction to Part 1 of the Zoom-in. Part 1 includes "United Nations’ immunities: Abuses and disputes settlement" and "The inviolability of the United Nations in armed conflicts: International Humanitarian Law and the ICJ’s UNRWA Advisory Opinion."
- Part II has not yet been posted.

"Circular Refugee Migration: Understanding Protracted Displacement Beyond a Refugee-Returnee Binary," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 30 March 2026 [open access]
- "We examine circular refugee migration (CRM) between Syria and Lebanon, focusing on why refugees undertake trips to their home country and how they navigate them."

"Influx of Refugees in Egypt and Their Integration in Social Protection Programs," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 April 2026 [full-text]

"(Not) On the Map: Story-Mapping Uncertainties in Syrians' Displacement Between Syria and Tunisia," Antipode, vol. 58, no. 3 (May 2026) [open access]

"Towards a Humanized Border Governance in Africa: Protecting Vulnerable Migrants and Displaced Persons (The Cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya)," Pensar: Revista de Ciências Jurídicas, vol. 31 (2026) [open access]

"What Do Changes in Turkey and Syria Spell for Kurds Seeking Protection Abroad?," Migration Information Source, 2 April 2026 [text]

Multimedia:

An exit talk with UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, April 2026) [access]

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