Pressures from a pandemic: Syrian refugees and Jordan
New research from the World Refugee & Migration Council analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syrian refugees in Jordan — as well as the pressures on Jordan as a host country. The Council's Elizabeth Ferris and researcher Diana Rayes discuss the research findings on the multiple shocks facing Jordan today. Read
Welcome support from the IKEA Foundation
A new donation from the IKEA Foundation will provide operational support for the Council’s ambitious programme to implement the concrete recommendations in A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System needed to reset the international response to forced displacement. Read
Creating a network of refugee women leaders
WRMC President Fen Osler Hampson talks to Carleton University's Another Take about the Council's collaborations with refugee women and girls amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Hampson highlights partnerships with Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) and Germany's new Action Network on Forced Displacement — Women as Agents of Change, as well as plans with tech companies to empower refugees. Read
Crisis in Lebanon
The WRMC hosted a virtual event addressing the refugee situation in Lebanon following the August 4 blast in the port of Beirut. The event highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on refugees and internally displaced persons and the need for responsibility sharing to address ongoing crises. Watch
Resetting the response to forced displacement
Our 2019 Call to Action report took a hard look at displacement on five continents, and found a global refugee system under great stress. Since then, the situation has gone from critical to catastrophic with a confluence of events and conditions leading to an awful new reality for the forcibly displaced. Our new campaign calls on the international community to #ResetTheResponse to forced displacement. Get involved
Upcoming WRMC Events
December 11: Refugee Women: Unpacking Gender-based Violence
This interactive conference led and organized by Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) and hosted by the World Refugee & Migration Council will include refugee women from around the world leading discussions on topics of gender-based violence. Register
December 7: Placing Refugee Return and Reintegration at the Heart of International Development Policy
WRMC's Honorary Chair HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal will deliver a keynote speech as part of a panel of international experts on refugee return and reintegration. The online symposium will be hosted by the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in partnership with WRMC. Register
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