Moving beyond Humanitarian Assistance: Supporting Jordan as a Refugee-hosting Country

This study, conducted by three economists in the region — Belal Fallah, Rasha Istaiteyeh and Yusuf Mansur — analyzes the impact of Syrian refugees on Jordan’s economy and suggests ways that the international community can receive more international support. The issue of global responsibility-sharing for refugees was a major theme of the World Refugee Council’s (WRC) A Call to Action report in 2019.

When welcome wears thin: bolstering support for countries hosting Syrian refugees

By Elizabeth Ferris and Diana Rayes Well over half of Syria’s 17 million population are now displaced: 7 million inside Syria and another 6.7 million as refugees, mostly in neighboring Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. For over a decade, these three countries have hosted Syrian refugees with no end in sight.  Prospects for voluntary return to […]

Only global immunization can make us safe

Ensuring the equitable distribution of vaccines worldwide is the smart thing to do. More importantly, it is the right thing to do. Lloyd Axworthy & Barbara Grantham This article was first published in The Ottawa Citizen The devastating situation in India is our newest reminder that we need global cooperation to defeat COVID-19. Despite producing most […]

Hermanos en la Frontera

Hermanos en la frontera: Responsabilidad colectiva y la respuesta regional a la crisis migratoria venezolana

Michael J. Camilleri & Fen Osler Hampson Este artículo también está disponible en: Inglés La crisis política, económica y humanitaria de Venezuela ha dado lugar a la mayor crisis de refugiados y migraciones en la historia del hemisferio occidental. Un nuevo informe, producido por el Programa de estado de derecho Peter D. Bell del Diálogo Interamericano y su Grupo […]