Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunities:

Seminar: Refugees Return from Egypt: Legal Frameworks, Historical Contexts, and Contemporary Practices, Cairo, 14 June 2026 [info]

- *Note: This seminar has been postponed until further notice.

Consultancy: Regional Study on Gender Dynamics, Risks, and Decision-Making Related to Syrian Returns in Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye, and Syria [info]

- Submit proposal by 21 June 2026.

Short pieces:

Mixed migration through Iran (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2026) [access]

- Infographic.

Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

United Arab Emirates: Targeting of Shia Migrants for Deportation Amidst Iran War (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2026) [text]

Reports:

Downward Refugee-Led Accountability: Rethinking Humanitarian Governance by studying the Syrian Cross-Border Response, RLI Working Paper, no. 84 (Refugee Law Initiative, April 2026) [text]

International Protection Considerations with Regard to Asylum-Seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]

Not Yet Home: Evidence and recommendations on Syrian refugee returns from Türkiye (FORCE4Refugees & Upinion, May 2026) [text via ICVA]

Palestinians Returning to Lebanon: Possibilities, Readmission and Risks, RLC Briefing Paper, no. 6 (Refugee Law Clinic, May 2026) [text]

Returning to Syria: Supporting safe and inclusive returns from Jordan and Lebanon (Humanity & Inclusion, ) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Vulnerability Assessment Framework: Socio-Economic Survey on Refugees - Jordan (UNHCR, May 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire, no. 45 (2026) [open access]

- Thematic dossier on "Chercher refuge au-delà de l’Europe: Réfugiés, migrants et exilés européens au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (xixe-xxe siècles) = Seeking Refuge Beyond Europe. European Refugees, Migrants and Exilees in the Middle East and North Africa, 19th and 20th centuries."

"Exploring the Drivers of Hesitancy Towards Covid-19 Vaccine Among Syrian Refugees Residing in Mount Lebanon: A Qualitative Study," IJID Regions, In Press, 23 May 2026 [open access]

"Forced Displacement Trauma: Palestinian Nakba Narratives across Three Refugee Generations in Gaza," Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Latest Articles, 14 May 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

Humanitarianism in the West Bank: Structures, Power, and the Limits of Aid, 19 May 2026 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (19 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Fragile Masculinities and Bangladeshi Labour Migrants in the UAE (COMPAS Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

New Poll: Two-Thirds of U.S. Voters Back Asylum for Women and Girls (CGRS, Oct. 2025) [text]

Refashioning Strength Through Virtue: How Displaced Syrian Men Have Configured Masculinity in Istanbul (COMPAS Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

"Reading Climate into the Refugee Convention: Lessons from the Unfinished Business of Gender-Based Asylum," Chapter in Climate Change, Migration, Gender, and the Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming) [preprint]

- "This chapter traces the incomplete evolution of international refugee law with respect to protection claims related to gender. It examines the similarities and differences between such claims and the emerging area of climate-related displacement law and draws out lessons from the ongoing struggle to see gender as central to the notion of international protection."

Working with women-led organizations including those led by forcibly displaced and stateless women: A How-To Guide for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Operations (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

Journal articles (socio-legal aspects):

"Examining the Impact of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on Refugee Women," Laws, vol. 14, no. 6 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

"Gender-based and intersectional violence in migration and refugee contexts: A contextual global approach," International Sociology, OnlineFirst, 1 July 2025 [open access]

"Gendered Violence of Asylum Reporting Requirements," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 56, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Toward a feminist geo-legal reading: US country-of-origin information in asylum adjudication," Area, Early View, 30 Oct. 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (27 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (27 Oct. 2025)

Regional Focus: MENA

Focus on Gaza:

• "Behind the numbers: Gaza’s unprecedented aid worker death toll," The New Humanitarian, 21 March 2024 [text]
• "Days after U.N. Cease-fire Resolution, Has Anything Changed in Gaza?," New York Times, 29 March 2024 [text]
• “Famine is Setting in”: The International Court of Justice Returns to Gaza (Just Security Blog, March 2024) [text]
• Gaza's Famine is Underway (Just Security Blog, March 2024) [text]
• "Hundreds of trucks full of aid sit idle near border with Gaza as crisis deepens," NBC News, 30 March 2024 [text]
• "Japan to resume funding to UNRWA, following Sweden, Finland and Canada," Al Jazeera, 29 March 2024 [text]
• On UNRWA, Palestine Refugees, and International Law (EJIL Talk Blog, March 2024) [text]
• States must adhere to obligations under Genocide Convention to prevent further loss of life in Gaza, says Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese (OHCHR, March 2024) [text]
• "UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution," The New Humanitarian, 25 March 2024 [text]

Other publications:

"Covid-19 skepticism and public health norms during refugee assistance: does skepticism always lead to poor safety protocol adherence?," BMC Public Health, 24:881 (March 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on refugees in Lebanon, Türkiye, and Jordan.

"'The Decision to Return to Syria is Not in My Hands': Syria’s Repatriation Regime as Illiberal Statebuilding," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 1 (March 2024) [free full-text]

"Faith in Humanity: Religious Charitable Organizations Solidarity towards Migrants in the United Arab Emirates," Religions, vol. 15, no. 3 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Hosting Syrian Refugees through the Development Lens: The Case of Jordan," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

“Let it stay in the heart and injure, rather than going out and exposing me”: Unpacking cultural concepts of distress among Syrian refugees in Jordan (ELRHA Blog, March 2024) [text]

Refugees in Jordan: a data-driven approach for change (IIED, March 2024) [text]

*"Risk perception and desire in decision-making: the case of Syrians’ sea migration to Europe," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 30 March 2024 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (19 March 2024)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (19 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

The Harms of Family Detention: Why Detaining Families Cannot be the Answer to Increased Migration and Displacement (Wormen's Refugee Commission, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also two related Immigration Impact blog posts here and here.

High rates of physical and mental health problems found in children held in detention on Nauru: study (UNSW News, March 2023) [text]

- Note: This particular study is not freely available. However, another recently published journal article that focuses on the same issue is open access and is referenced below. 

IOM: thousands of migrants suffering in Libya detention centers (InfoMigrants, March 2023) [text]

Japan: 'Endless detention': Migrants speak out as government proposes harsh immigration bill (Amnesty International, March 2023) [text]

Migrant deaths in Mexico put spotlight on US policy that shifted immigration enforcement south (The Conversation, April 2023) [text]

- See also related Immigration Detention Monitor and Immigration Impact blog posts.

Researching and Exposing Violence Inside Pre-Removal Detention Centres on Mainland Greece (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]

Themed Series: The Changing Landscapes of Immigration Detention (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2023) [text]

- Includes 12 posts altogether. To view them all, enter "immigration detention" in the "search title or content" box. 

**See more news in the Global Detention Project's Immigration Detention Monitor.

Reports & journal articles:

"Health of children who experienced Australian immigration detention," PLoS ONE 18(3): e0282798 (March 2023) [open access]

- See also related post on The Conversation.

Hostile Accommodation: How the Asylum Housing System is Cruel by Design (Refugee Action, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. See also related press release.

"How Immigration Detention Became Exceptional," Stanford Law Review, vol. 75, no. 2 (Feb. 2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Il Existe une Alternative à la Détention des Migrants! (JRS Belgium, March 2023) [access]

"Incarcerating the Innocent: Inside Canada’s Immigration Detention Centres," Flux: International Relations Review, vol. 13, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 37.

"Keeping Counsel: Challenging Immigration Detention Transfers as a Violation of the Right to Retained Counsel," Michigan Journal of Race and Law, vol. 27, no. 2 (2022) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"This is a Slow Death": An Urgent Appeal on the Plight of Afghan Refugees Indefinitely and Arbitrarily Detained in the UAE (Global Detention Project, March 2023) [text]

- See also related Human Rights Watch news story.

U.S. Detention of Child Migrants: Backgrounder (Council on Foreign Relations, updated March 2023) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (22 Feb. 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (United States) (22 Feb. 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Migration data in Western Asia (Migration Data Portal, Feb. 2022) [text]

One hundred days of refugee protest in Libya (openDemocracy, March 2022) [text]

Reports: 

The Challenge of Coordinating Border Management Assistance between Europe and the Maghreb (Migration Policy Institute, March 2022) [text]

Principled humanitarian programming in Yemen: A ‘prisoner’s dilemma’? (HERE-Geneva, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protracted Displacement in Iraq: District of Displacement Profiles (IOM, Feb. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugees and migrants’ assistance needs and access to services in Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, Jan. 2022) [text]

Research snapshot: adolescent refugees and mental health (ELRHA, March 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

Safe But Not Settled: The 10,000 Afghans Stranded in the UAE (Samaritan's Purse, March 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Syrian Refugee Life Study: First Glance, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9940 (World Bank, Feb. 2022) [text]

Understanding the mixed migration landscape in Morocco (Mixed Migration Centre, Feb. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (23 Feb. 2022)

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts:

The Effects of UNHCR's Resilience Approach on the Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (ROR Network Blog, June 2021) [text]

Surrogate states: Palestinian refugees, the PLO, and UNRWA in history (CBRL Blog, Nov. 2020) [text]

Reports:

The Effect of 3.6 Million Refugees on Crime, IZA Discussion Paper, 14647 (Institute of Labor Economics, Aug. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Understanding the forced repatriation of Ethiopian migrant workers from the Middle East, Working Paper, no. 8 (Ryerson Univ., July 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Saudi Arabia.

“You’re going to your death”: Violations against Syrian refugees returning to Syria (Amnesty International, Sept. 2021) [access]

Journal articles:

"Bridging the Gap between Social Protection and a Humanitarian Response: Lebanon’s Refugees amid Host Community Fatigue, COVID-19 and Good Practices," Migration Affairs, vol. IV, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Different Type of Refugee: Onward Journeys of Gulf-Born Migrants from Politically Volatile Countries," E-International Relations, 12 Sept. 2021 [full-text]

- Focuses on Syrians in the United Arab Emirates.

"The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat," Religions, vol. 12, no. 9 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"The governance of Syrian refugees in the Middle East: Lessons from the Jordan and Lebanon Compacts," Digest of Middle East Studies, Early View, 8 Sept. 2021 [open access]

*"Ideological Extremism Among Syrian Refugees is Negatively Related to Intentions to Migrate to the West," Psychological Science, vol. 32, no. 9 (2021) [preprint]

- " The present research surveyed Syrian refugees residing in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq."

"Syrian refugees and other Syrian forced migrants in Jordan: forms of capital approach," British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"Vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 of migrants and refugees, Jordan," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 99, no. 9 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (2 Sept. 2021)

Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Policy and Advocacy Officer, St. Andrew’s Refugee Services, Cairo [info]

- Apply by 12 September 2021.

Blog posts & press:

List of publicly available resources: Gaza Strip and UNRWA programming and financial situation (UNRWA, Aug. 2021) [text via Refworld]

Saudi Arabia: Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns - Face Possible Return to Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis, Loss of Critical Remittances (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2021) [text]

Shelter needs soar for newly displaced in Yemen’s Marib (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

Reports:

COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: A study of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Marginalized Communities in Iraq (CARE, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting refugees from COVID-19: Identifying barriers to safer practices during humanitarian assistance in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon (ELRHA & Michigan State Univ., May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protracted Displacement in Iraq: District of Origin Profiles (IOM, Aug. 2021 [text via ReliefWeb]

Starvation Makers: The use of starvation by warring parties in Yemen as a method of warfare (Mwatana for Human Rights & Global Rights Compliance, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"The adaptation of Turkish health literacy scale for literate Syrian adult refugees living in Turkey: a reliability–validity study," Conflict and Health, 15:65 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Challenges and lessons learned in mental health research among refugees: a community-based study in Turkey," BMC Public Health, 21:1537 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Consanguinity rates among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a study on genetic awareness," Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 53, no. 3 (May 2021) [ResearchGate]

"Empowering the crowd: feasible strategies for epidemic management in high-density informal settlements. The case of COVID-19 in Northwest Syria," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 8 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Forced Migration and Protection: Turkey’s Domestic Responses to the Syrian Refugees," European Review, FirstView, 18 March 2021 [open access]

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 3 (June 2021) [contents]

- Includes a special section on "Displaced Syrians," with a freely available introduction and nine articles. 

- Three of these are open access: "‘Do Like You Did in Aleppo’: Negotiating Space and Place Among Syrian Musicians in Istanbul"; "Refugees but not Refugees: The UAE’s Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis Viewed through the Lived Experience of Syrians in Abu Dhabi"; and "The Syrian Emergency: A Catalyst for Change in the International Refugee Regime."

"Tunisia’s migration politics throughout the 2011 revolution: revisiting the democratisation–migrant rights nexus," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 9 July 2021 [open access]

"What Drives Migration to Europe? Survey Experimental Evidence from Lebanon," International Migration Review, vol. 55, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (17 Aug. 2021)

Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for applications: 10th Online International Refugee Law Course (Arabic), 21 June-16 July 2021 [info]

- Registration deadline is 17 May 2021.

Discussion panel: Palestinian Right of Return, 17 May 2021 [info]

Call for proposals: Establishing Research Chairs on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa [info]

- This call is now open. The submission deadline is 3 August 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Algerian desert: The 'point zero' where migrants are abandoned (InfoMigrants, April 2021) [text]

- See also related African Arguments post.

“Death by a thousand cuts”: Syrian refugees face dire conditions as Lebanon unravels (MEI, May 2021) [text]

In Jordan and Lebanon, refugee volunteers boost vaccine uptake (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

*"Palestinian Refugees Deserve to Return Home. Jews Should Understand," New York Times, 12 May 2021 [text]

Reporting on refugees during the pandemic in Egypt and Morocco (International Journalists’ Network, May 2021) [text]

- First in a 3-part series.

UNHCR statement on the postponement of the evacuation to Rwanda (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

Wandering and waiting: field observations as a key tool for qualitative data collection (MIGNEX Insight, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Tunisia.

Multimedia:

De Facto Measures for De Facto Refugees: Protecting Displaced Persons in the UAE, 9 May 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Fard NGO: Working as a non-Profit with Syrian Migrants in Egypt, 6 April 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (23 April 2021)

Regional Focus: MENA

*Opportunities:

Job announcement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Rights for Time Project, Centre for Lebanese Studies [info]

- Apply by 2 March 2021.

Seminar: Prison or Sanctuary? An Evaluation of Camps for Syrian Refugees, 2 March 2021 [info]

Seminar: Refugee-led Responses to Overlapping Precarity: Views from North Lebanon, 16 March 2021 [info]

Short course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, University of Macedonia, Online, 28-29 May 23-24 July 2021 [info]

- Please note the revised details. Apply by 29 March 2021.

Blog posts & press:

New survey shows how COVID-19 exacerbates the critical needs of Yemen’s IDPs (IDMC Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

Palestinian Refugees: Myth vs Reality (MEI, Feb. 2021) [text]

Yemen's 'marginalized ones' endure hunger, displacement (UNHCR, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Closely Knit: An Assessment of Migrants’ Social Networks in Libya (IOM, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

A decade of displacement in the Middle East and North Africa (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Feb. 2021) [text]

- "The first of its kind, [this report] delves into the scale, drivers, patterns and impacts of internal displacement in MENA."

Equal access to COVID-19 vaccines: who is responsible in the occupied Palestinian territory? (Medical Aid for Palestinians, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Exploring Refugee Administration Systems in Egypt, Jordan, and Uganda: A Comparative Study, Master's Thesis (American Univ. in Cairo, 2021) [text]

The Impact of Living Arrangements (In-Camp versus Out-of-Camp) on the Quality of Life: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9533 (World Bank, Feb. 2021) [text]

Influx of Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Effects on the Water Sector (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research & Govt. of Jordan, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Palestinian Refugee Regime: Tensions between the Collective Right of Return and Individual Rights, Master's Thesis (American Univ. in Cairo, 2021) [text]

Refugee Governance in Crisis: The Case of the EU-Lebanon Compact (MAGYC Project, Dec. 2020) [text]

Syrians in Turkey: Experiences of migration and integration through a survey study (RESPOND Project, Feb. 2021) [text]

Yemen Protection Brief (Protection Cluster, Jan. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

Anthropology of the Middle East, vol. 16, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

- Special issue on "States of Displacement: Middle Eastern Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Asylum Seekers in Global Context."

"COVID‐19, Economic Recession, and the Refugee Situation," International Migration, vol. 59, no. 1 (Feb. 2021) [free full-text]

- Focuses on Afghans in Iran.

"Media Coverage of Syrian Female Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon," SAGE Open, 19 Feb. 2021 [open access]

"Migration diplomacy in the Gulf: non-state actors, cross-border mobility, and the United Arab Emirates," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 10 Feb. 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

The international refugee regime and postcolonial sovereignty: Algeria, refugees & the UNHCR 1954-63. 3 Feb. 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (3 Feb. 2021)

Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2

Reports: 

A Crisis on Top of a Crisis: COVID-19 Looms over War-Ravaged Idlib (Refugees International, April 2020) [text]

Even If They Reopened the Airports: Barriers to Cross-border Movement Expose Yemenis to Repeated Internal Displacement (IDMC, April 2020) [text]

*Forced Population Transfer: The Case of Palestine - Segregation, Fragmentation and Isolation (BADIL, Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Impact of the War in Syria on Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon and Syria (Centre for Global Education, 2020) [text]

Improving Attitudes Toward Refugees in Jordan, Null Results Report, no. 20-02 (Immigration Policy Law, March 2020) [text]

'Nowhere is safe for us': Unlawful Attacks and Mass Displacement in North-west Syria (Amnesty International, May 2020) [text]

One Neighbourhood: CARE’s Humanitarian Response in Tripoli (ALNAP, April 2020) [text]

Quarterly Mixed Migration Updates, Q1 (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2020)
- See updates for the Middle East and North Africa.

A Region on the Move: 2019 Mobility Overview in the East and Horn of Africa and the Arab Peninsula (IOM, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Social Cohesion in Times of Forced Displacement: The Case of Young People in Jordan, Research Paper, no. 129 (Agence Française de Développement, April 2020) [text]

Understanding the Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees and Migrants in Tripoli, MMC North Africa 4Mi Snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2020) [text]

*United Arab Emirates: Country of Origin Information Relating to the Return and (Re)admission of Individuals Who Previously Resided in the UAE and Who Require a Visa Prior to Arrival (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

Urban Displacement in Iraq: A Preliminary Analysis (IOM, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

What Next for Livelihoods Programmes in Lebanon? Responding During Economic Crisis and COVID-19 (Durable Solutions Platform, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (11 May 2020)

Regional Focus: MENA

"Aspects of Crisis Migration in Algeria," Forced Migration Review, no. 45 (Feb. 2014) [open access]

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Handbook for the North African Region (IOM Egypt, 2013) [text]

Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue (PRRN Blog, March 2014) [text]

Journal of Palestinian Refugee Studies, vol. 3, no. 2 (Autumn 2013) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, including one that provides an overview of "Current Challenges Facing Palestinian Refugees."

Palestinians in Iraq (LandInfo, March 2014) [text via Refworld]

UAE Aid: A Top 20 Donor Plans to Get Bigger (IRIN, March 2014) [text]

Visualizing Palestine: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon (PRRN Blog, Feb. 2014) [access]

"You’re Just Not That Vulnerable Enough": The Situation of Urban Displacement in Libya (Urban Refugees, March 2014) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Middle East (28 Feb. 2014)
- Regional Focus: MENA (19 Feb. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Middle East

"Do not send us so we can become refugees again" -  From "Nationals of a Hostile State" to Deportees: South Sudanese in Israel (African Refugee Development Center & Hotline for Migrant Workers, Feb. 2013) [text]

Funding Gap Threatens Refugee Response in Lebanon (UNHCR, April 2013) [text]

Joint NGO/UN Briefing of the Current Shortfalls in Aid and Ability to Meet Humanitarian Needs of Refugees from Syria in Jordan (ICMC et al., April 2013) [text]

Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon (ANERA, April 2013) [text]

Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon: A Needs Assessment (ANERA, March 2013) [text]

Syrian Refugee Crisis: The View From the Turkish Border (Refugees International Blog, April 2013) [text]

UAE: Don’t Deport Tamil Refugees to Sri Lanka (Human Rights Watch, April 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications.   

Statelessness News

Publications:

Access to Protection: Promising Newcomers? (European Network on Statelessness Blog, Aug. 2012) [text]

The Cost of Statelessness: A Livelihoods Analysis (Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, May 2012) [info]
- A copy of the report may be requested from the U.S. State Department.

A Global Campaign to End Statelessness - The Time Has Come (European Network on Statelessness Blog, July 2012) [text]

Tilburg Hosts Successful Pilot of Statelessness Course (Statelessness Programme Blog, July 2012) [text]
- Brief report on first Statelessness Summer School held 23-27 July 2012.

Two Cases Show a World Divided on Nationality Rights (Refugees International, July 2012) [text]

Some of the coverage of stateless Olympic athletes:

As Olympics Begin, a Reason to Celebrate (Refugees International Blog, July 2012) [text]

Doing It for Themselves: Being an Independent Olympic Athlete (The Conversation, Aug. 2012) [text]

Go Guor! Stateless Marathoner to Compete in Olympics ((non)Citizens of the World, Aug. 2012) [text]

Is the Playing Field Level for Stateless Olympiads? (Future Challenges, Aug. 2012) [text]

Olympic Citizenship (Oecumene, Aug. 2012) [text]

There Are Olympians Without Countries—And Millions of Regular People, Too (Colorlines, Aug. 2012) [text]

Upcoming events:

The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Stateless Persons, Webster University [info]
- Series of events will be held to commemorate the 2012-2013 Year of International Human Rights.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.  

Focus on Statelessness

The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) was officially launched today.  Its aim is to promote legal and policy development, raise awareness, and support capacity building initiatives.  The web site provides access to information about its activities, the full-text of a variety of resources (reports, policy briefs, etc.), the ENS blog, and Twitter feed.  Interested parties can sign up for a newsletter, but it would also be great if the site could implement an RSS feed!  For more information about this new network, read this related blog post.

Publications:

"Addressing Statelessness," Global Report 2011 (UNHCR, June 2012) [text]

"Book Review: Statelessness in the European Union: Displaced, Undocumented, Unwanted, Caroline Sawyer & Brad K. Blitz, eds., New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011," Law & Society Review, vol. 45, no. 4 (Dec. 2011) [text via SSRN]

Ministerial Meeting, Geneva, 7-8 December 2011 (UNHCR) [access]
- Statements, state pledges and other meeting documents are now available as zipped files.

Persons at Risk of Statelessness in Serbia (UNHCR, June 2011) [text]

South Sudan Nationality: Commitment Now Avoids Conflict Later (Refugees International, May 2012) [text]

"Statelessness and Human Rights: The Role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)," EAFIT Journal of International Law, vol. 2, no. 2 (2011) [full-text]

UAE, Comoros and Statelessness (Statelessness Blog, June 2012) [text]

And finally, watch for the forthcoming "Equal Rights Trust Guidelines to Protect Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention," due to be published at the end of June 2012. For more information, visit the ERT's project page.

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.