The Syrian Civil war has caused approximately 2.7 million Syrians to leave their country since 2011, and double that many are expected to have fled Syria by the end of 2014.1 The Syrian refugee crisis has brought tremendous challenges to the region, and this research attempts to map out one aspect of the crisis that … Continue reading Protecting Syrian Refugees: Laws, Policies, and Global Responsibility Sharing
The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) is delighted to present you the following Policy Brief: Europe Must Take on its Share of the Syrian Refugee Burden, But How?by Philippe Fargues, Director of the MPChttp://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/29919/20140214-PB-RSCAS_MPC-Syria-web.pdf?sequence=1 While peace talks between Syria’s government and opposition entered into deadlock in Geneva, battles rage on the ground, and the death toll … Continue reading Europe Must Take on its Share of the Syrian Refugee Burden, But How?
This paper attempts to formulate the general asylum landscapes within the EU during the 2003 Iraq War and the 2011 Syrian Civil War. The overall picture gleamed from this comparison is intended to evaluate how the EU and its MS addressed the effects of one Middle Eastern crisis (in Iraq) in order to apply lessons … Continue reading A comparative study on the asylum landscapes within the EU for Iraqis after the 2003 Iraq war and Syrians after the 2011 Syrian civil war
Real-time evaluation report on UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency, published 20 July, 2013. The report is a summary of findings and recommendations based on an 11-day mission to Jordan, Lebanon, and Northern Iraq by a joint UNHCR-ICVA-InterAction team in May and June 2013. Read the report (in PDF format) by clicking on this … Continue reading From slow boil to breaking point: A real – time evaluation of UNHCRs response to the Syrian refugee emergency