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Forced Migration

The Syria Crisis’ Displacement and Protection

Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre

Place of Publish: United Kingdon, Oxford

Year: 2014

Page Numbers: 47

Series: Issue 47’ September 2014

Acc. No: 374-J

Category: Journals

Subjects: Adult Education

Languages: English

The 6.45 million displaced people inside Syria make this the largest IDP crisis in the world, with possibly also the largest number of people who are ‘trapped'. In addition, the number of refugees from Syria continues to increase. The international community has an opportunity to set up, from now, an effective response to what will clearly become protracted displacement. These 20 articles discuss how to increase protection for the displaced and how to shape assistance to both the displaced and their ‘hosts'. The official status, physical conditions and social reception of the refugee shave not been uniform either across geography or across time so far andwill no doubt continue to shift. With no obvious sign that the crisis inside Syria will die down in a manner or time that is predictable, the international community has an opportunity to set up, starting from now, an effective response to what will clearly become protracted displacement. While the conditions in neighboring countries and responses further afield willcontinue to evolve, a pattern of needs, lacks and problems has already emerged. The authors of articles in this issue offer observations that could be of value in increasing the level of protection for the displaced and in shaping assistance to both the displaced and the countries and communities that are ‘hosting' them.The civil war drags on, in the context of growing regional instability. The numbers of internally displaced people will increase, as will the numbers of refugees. The contributors to this issue bring a wide range of thought-provoking perspectivesto the Syrian displacement crisis: insights, reflections, questions and solutions.