One of the tragic consequences of war is that thousands and perhaps even millions of civilians are displaced, uprooted from their homes and lives and have involuntarily acquired the unwanted distinction of becoming refugees. Yet, in most instances regarding refugees after the wars of the twentieth century, these refugees eventually found new homes and new lives – many times better homes and better lives – and were, in the main, successfully absorbed into their new societies. This pattern happened to the survivors of the Holocaust and to the almost three quarters of a million Jewish refugees from Arab lands that immigrated to Israel in the 1940s and 1950s. However, the three quarters…

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Victor Kattan : Palestine and the ICC: what’s next? http://bit.ly/1zi5n1o 

Unlike the Consolidated Appropriations Act this legislation has no provision for waiver. This is why the US stopped funding the UNESCO after it admitted Palestine to membership in 2011.

Who is hosting the world’s refugees? Explore the latest data http://trib.al/wFH3ldT

Asylum is massively stretched close to Syria – small neighbours are heavily burdened http://trib.al/5oAv5xk

New report: „Living in the Shadows“: The rising poverty of Syrian refugees http://trib.al/8TaP13C 

Two in every three Syrian refugee households are below the absolute poverty line in Jordan http://trib.al/pF1cdlY 

New #UN report highlights the brutal poverty facing many refugees from #Syria http://owl.li/HnLmn 

„If you don’t know about what’s happening in Syria, it’s because you’re not looking“- @HannahAllam // @NewAmerica @ASU conference

@tobycadman: there can be no peace in Syria without justice and accountability #SyriaCrisis #NewAmerica @PILPG

Speaking today about the Caesar Investigation at „Examining the Crisis in Syria“ hosted by the McCain Institute in Washington DC