| Cover | Title | Publisher(s) | Publishing Year | Synopsis | Dossier | Theme |
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Policy Paper on Reforming the “Sponsorship System” for Migrant Domestic Workers: Towards an Alternative Governance Scheme in Lebanon | KAFA (Enough Violence and Exploitation) | 2012 |
In recent years, the “sponsorship system” (kafala) in Lebanon and in other countries in the region has been identified as a core problem leading to the exploitation and abuse of migrant domestic... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Migrant Workers, Human Rights & Protection |
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Intertwined: A Study of Employers of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon | International Labour Organization | 2016 |
Over 250,000 migrant women are employed by private households in Lebanon to carry out household tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and caring for children and the elderly. A standard contract for... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Migrant Workers, Livelihoods & Labour Rights, Human Rights & Protection |
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The Neglected Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon and the Syrian Refugee Crisis | DIIS· Danish Institute for International Studies , Institute for Migration Studies (IMS) | 2016 |
Based on field study in Lebanon Spring 2016, this paper focuses on the consequences of the refugee crisis for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. 455.000 Palestinians are registered by UNWRA,... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Refugees, Quality of Life |
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A Socio-economic Profile of the Nahr El-Bared and Beddawi Refugee Camps of Lebanon: Based on the 2006 Labour Force Survey among Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon | Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies | 2007 |
As a consequence of the armed struggle between the Islamist group Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army in and around the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli the past 3 weeks... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation, The Nahr El-Bared War | Refugees, Quality of Life |
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: ANERA Reports on the ground in the Middle East | American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera) | 2012 |
The list of challenges Palestinian refugee families living in Lebanon face is long and overwhelming. They live in overcrowded camps and have to deal with discrimination, isolation and social... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Refugees, Quality of Life |
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Profiling the Vulnerability of Palestine Refugees from Syria living in Lebanon | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) | 2015 |
The “Profiling vulnerability of Palestine refugees from Syria living in Lebanon” report is a multi-sectorial analysis of the vulnerability experienced by the Palestine... [read more] |
Refugees, Quality of Life | |
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No Place to Stay? Reflections on the Syrian Refugee Shelter Policy in Lebanon | UN-Habitat, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs | 2015 |
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Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Refugees, Shelter & Housing |
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Responding to the Syrian crisis in Lebanon: Collaboration between Aid Agencies and Local Governance Structures | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) | 2016 |
This working paper seeks to document and analyse collaboration mechanisms between local authorities and humanitarian actors in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis in urban and peri-urban settings... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Refugees, Policy Interventions, Humanitarian Financing & Resources |
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Widening Access to Quality Education for Syrian Refugees: The Role of Private and NGO Sectors in Lebanon | Centre for Lebanese Studies | 2014 |
As the Syrian crisis enters the fourth year, there is a timely need to reflect on the wider implications on Lebanon. The influx of over a million and half Syrian refugees has brought a total of... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Refugees, Education |
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Local Politics and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Exploring Responses in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan | Refugee Studies Centre | 2017 |
Refugee protection is inherently political. While international law and values inevitably influence governments’ decisions about how to respond to refugees, so too do power and interests. Host and... [read more] |
Migration, Mobility and Circulation | Refugees, Policy Interventions |
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