Refugee History.

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Mar 15

Mar 15 Travelling Fear in Global Context: Exploring Everyday Dynamics of In/Security and Im/Mobility

Aydan Greatrick

Refugees Today

The shock that greeted President Trump’s travel ban ruling was seismic, inspiring massive demonstrations in opposition to the executive order barring individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

Mar 15

Mar 15 Refugees in Syria, Syrian Refugees: Then and Now

Benjamin Thomas White

Refugees Today

Six years ago today, popular demonstrations began against the Assad regime in Syria. Their brutal repression by the regime plunged the country into civil war, and since then Syria has become the world’s largest producer of refugees—almost five million at the latest count.

Jan 22

Jan 22 Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon face an uncertain 2017

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Refugees Today

As 2016 drew to a bloody close in Syria and the government took back control over eastern Aleppo, over 4.8m Syrian refugees continued to seek safety and a means of living a dignified life across the Middle East.

Dec 21

Dec 21 Palestinian and Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Sharing Space, Electricity and the Sky

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Refugees Today

ollowing Peter Gatrell's call to pay attention to the ways refugees present their own history, here forced migration specialist, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh discusses the importance of interconnecting refugee histories in Baddawi camp, Lebanon, home to Palestinian refugees since the 1950s and now also host to Syrian refugees.

Dec 5

Dec 5 Externalising the ‘Refugee Crisis’: A Consequence of Historical Denial?

Aydan Greatrick

Refugees Today