“I had to sell a gift my sons gave to me on Mother’s Day”: Syrian Refugees and Coronavirus “Post-Stability Destabilization” in Jordan

In this piece, Hazar Oklah, Southern Responses to Displacement researcher, draws on her interviews with Syrian refugees, local residents and aid providers to describe the unequal impact of the Coronavirus lockdown on Syrian refugees living in Jordan. Oklah outlines how the Jordanian state, NGO and civil society networks responded ‘in solidarity and brotherhood’, when Syrian... Continue Reading →

July 16, 2020 2

Dr Estella Carpi offers seminar on The Syrian Exodus in Lebanon and Turkey. Humanitarian Aid, Governance and Social Spaces

On Friday 22 May 2020, from 11.30am - 1pm GMT, Dr. Estella Carpi, Southern Responses Research Associate, will teach a seminar class titled: The Syrian Exodus in Lebanon and Turkey. Humanitarian Aid, Governance and Social Spaces. The event is free and hosted at the Faculty of Historical, Geographic, and Antiquity Sciences at the University of... Continue Reading →

May 21, 2020 0

National and Local Responses to Support Syrian Refugees in Turkey in the times of COVID-19

It is vital that responses to the COVID-19 pandemic support rather than undermine the rights and needs of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs. In this piece, the second in a two-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syrian refugees living in Turkey, Selma Akay Erturk traces the ways that different institutions... Continue Reading →

April 24, 2020 3

The effects of COVID-19 on Syrian refugees in Turkey

How is the COVID-19 global pandemic affecting Syrian refugees living in Turkey? In the first of a two part blog series, Selma Akay Erturk explores some of the ways that COVID-19 has changed the lives of Syrian refugees, who continue to make and be affected by diverse decisions relating to migration and mobility. This first... Continue Reading →

April 24, 2020 12

Syrian refugees and the transformation of Turkey’s rural areas

The arrival of Syrian refugees in Turkey has led to what has been termed the “refugee-ization” of theTurkish agricultural and local labour market. In this post, the second in a two part series, Selma Akay Erturk draws on her own field work in Hatay province, and traces the changes that have taken place in rural... Continue Reading →

March 6, 2020 7

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“I had to sell a gift my sons gave to me on Mother’s Day”: Syrian Refugees and Coronavirus “Post-Stability Destabilization” in Jordan

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