Who will Help Syria’s Displaced University Students?
Sep 17, 2015 / Blog entry
Unprecedented in scale and, with 16 million people already displaced and more living under the threat of displacement, the current crisis in the Middle East seems unlikely to go away anytime soon. The crisis is rare in that it largely affects middle income countries with fairly well developed education systems. The worst hit country is Syria,...
Syrian Refugee Crisis: What we watch in Horror on the Nightly News has Been Unfolding for Years in the Middle East
Sep 17, 2015 / Blog entry
Today, the world has woken-up to the reality that some countries in the Middle East have been living through for the past three years. The unbearably tragic picture of the Syrian toddler, Aylan, lying face down on a beach in Turkey has driven home the tragic fate of millions of refugees...
TV Debate: A Mediterranean Graveyard for Migrants?
Sep 16, 2015 / Highlight
France 24, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM) and the Center for Mediterranean Integration bring you a special Mediterranean debate from Marseille.
Every day, thousands risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean in an attempt to reach Europe. The news is full of the migrants' tragic stories; of makeshift crafts...
[Mediterranean Debates TV Show] A Mediterranean Graveyard for Migrants?
Crisis and Post-Crisis Situations: Development Agencies are also Concerned!
Sep 16, 2015 / Blog entry
2.6 billion people have been affected by natural disasters over the past ten years. Over 1.5 billion human beings are today living in countries affected by a violent armed conflict. There are 60 million refugees around the world. “Crises” are no longer an exception. From the tragedy in the Central African Republic to the Ebola epidemic or the...
Syrian Refugee Conference - Biographies
Public Response of the Education Sector to the Syrian Refugees Crisis in Lebanon
Les pays d'accueil offrent au monde un bien public mondial
Sep 08, 2015 / Library
Interviews with Ferid BELHAJ, Country Director for the Middle East at the World Bank; Alain BIFANI, Director General at the Lebanese Ministry of Finance; Amin AWAD, Director of Bureau for the Middle East and North Africa at UNHCR; and Olivier Ray, Head of the Crisis Prevention and Conflict Unit at the French Development Agency.
Interviews...
Syria’s Neighbours Seek Help with Refugee Crisis
Sep 08, 2015 / Library
Interviews with Ferid BELHAJ, Country Director for the Middle East at the World Bank and Salaheddin AL BASHIR, Chairman of the Board of Justice Center for Legal Aid in Jordan, in the context of the high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis “From Resilience to Development” jointly organized by the CMI, the World Bank,...
Syria Refugee Crisis: Supporting Mashreq Countries in their Development Agenda
Sep 08, 2015 / Highlight
Sixty decision-making representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey and European countries affected by the refugee crisis, development and financing partners, practitioners and technical experts on fragility and conflict gathered in Marseille to discuss the long term development implications of the refugee crisis in the...
Press Release: Call for a Reinvigorated International Response to Support Mashreq Countries Hosting Syrian Refugees in their Development Agenda
Participant List: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Concept Note: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Agenda: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Press Invitation: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
“Mediterranean Debates” TV Show on Migrations
Sep 01, 2015 / Highlight
The CMI is partnering with France 24 TV channel and the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) for the co-production of new trilingual TV debate show series: “The Mediterranean Debates”.
The first edition will be dedicated to a key issue that is on everyone’s agenda: refugees and migration across the Mediterranean.
The show...
Improving Refugee Integration Policies: National Policies for an International Challenge
Aug 26, 2015 / Library
As record numbers of refugees attempt dangerous Mediterranean crossings to escape instability and poverty in parts of Northern Africa and the Middle East, countries in Europe and North America have struggled to craft helpful policy responses –from the role of nations within a global protection system to the mechanics of asylum seeker processing...
CMI Facilitates a Preparatory Meeting for a High Level Stakeholder Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Jun 25, 2015 / Highlight
June 23, 2015, Paris, France
The CMI in partnership with the World Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the United Nations held a consultative meeting to discuss proceedings for a high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis in the Mashreq to take place on 7-8 September, 2015. The consultative meeting aimed at: (i...
