Opportunities:
Call for registration: 54th Online Course on International Refugee Law (Arabic), 15 September–15 October 2026 [info]
- Register by 4 September 2026.
CFP: "Displacement Beyond the Archive: Creative Practices, Affective Memory and Palestinian Survival" [info]
- Contributions sought for a forthcoming special issue with potential publication in the Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security. Submit abstracts by 15 September 2026.
Lebanon: More than 850,000 displaced return to areas of origin but crisis
remains far from over (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]
Return Without Protection: Afghan Refugees and the 2026 U.S.-Iran War
(USCRI, Aug. 2026) [text]
UNHCR’s Salih urges global solidarity as Syria reaches pivotal moment for
return and recovery (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]
New book:
Overseas: Young Migrant Voices from Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia
(International Center for Transitional Justice, 2025; posted July 2026)
[full-text]
- "This book features testimonies of young migrants originally from or
currently residing in Lebanon, Libya, or Tunisia who left their home
countries for political or socioeconomic reasons. The authors all took
part in ICTJ’s 2023 writing contest titled 'Overseas'. The contest aimed
to encourage participants to reflect on the reasons for leaving their home
countries and to explore how marginalization, exclusion, inequality, and
conflict shaped their decisions." See also related
press release. Available in English, Arabic and French.
Reports:
Accounting for Missing Persons in Libya: Applying Global Good Practice
(International Commission on Missing Persons, Feb. 2026) [text
via ReliefWeb]
Research on Syrian refugees’ perceptions of return (Syrian Civil
Administration Dev. Center, Aug. 2026) [text
via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Türkiye.
Journal articles:
"The assemblage of IDP governance in Iraq: The politics of camp closures and
(non-)returns,"Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (Sept. 2026)
[open access]
"From Crisis to Gains in the Gulf ?: Decentralized Migration Management,
COVID-19 Pandemic Diplomacy, and the Emirati State," Chapter in
Healthcare, Migration and Politics in the Middle East: The Covid-19
Pandemic in Local Contexts
(Palgrave Macmillan, April 2026) [preprint]
"Harm reduction among refugees and displaced populations in Lebanon: a
systematic review," Harm Reduction Journal, OnlineFirst, 23 July 2026
[open access]
"Heat and Dust Impacts on the Health of Refugees in Zaatari Refugee Camp,"
GeoHealth, vol. 10, no 7 (July 2026) [open access]
"Litigating Slow Violence: Deprivation in Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, and the
Limits of International Humanitarian Law,"
Harvard International Law Journal, vol. 67, no. 2 (Summer 2026) [full-text]
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