Community, Militarism and Policing, Refugees, pandemic
Asylum, Repatriation and Border Management during a Pandemic: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
June 18, 2021
By Sarah Ibrahim, Mahmoud Hashoush, and Jasmin Lilian Diab
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, thousands of people around the world continue to be infected at a steadily increasing rate. The pandemic has severely affected the living situation and conditions all over the world, and has been remarkably salient towards refugees and asylum seekers who constitute a particularly vulnerable group. Lebanon, being the second main country of refuge for Syrian refugees and the country hosting the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, is not an exception to these disruptions. Syrian refugees in Lebanon comprise a particularly vulnerable population and as such, are being affected disproportionately on multiple levels…
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