Death of the Refugee: The Silence of Numbers

Global Policy on Migration

“…Thus, the visions of the Global Compact should be carefully examined at the beginning stages to avoid the mistake of creating another document that is long on promises and short on outcomes at the global level. In light of the recent conflicts that produced crises of mass displacement in the Middle East, it has become apparent that countries, such as Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, which are not party to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol lack coherent and sustainable practices and policies about refugees and their rights (Canefe 2018). In the same vein, the forms of state cooperationwhich typically takes the form of standardization and coordination on a global scaleare also under transformation, and an increasing number of states introduce externalization practices such as readmission agreements to their migration regimes through bilateral and multilateral agreements and regional cooperation.…”

Covering Syrian refugee women Online. (2019)

“…Since the start of the Syrian crisis in 2011, anti-government protests eventually resulted in the Syrian civil war (Canefe, 2018;Di Peri & Meier, 2016). Relatedly, the civil war resulted in many Syrian refugees attempting dangerous boat-journeys to Europe (Di Peri & Meier, 2016).…”

“…In particular, Lebanon is a primary host-country (i.e., hosts majority of Syrian refugees per capita) due to proximity to the Syrian border and is used as a transit country. Conversely, the UK is a resettlement country (Canefe, 2018). 2015; White & Marsh, 2016).…”

“…Initially, this paper hypothesized that media coverage of refugee influxes and politicians in 2015-due to Lebanon introducing visa requirements for Syrian refugees crossing the border (Canefe, 2018).…”