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Policy Brief – Assessing the Current Status of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye
Yesterday marked the first round of the 2023 General Elections in Türkiye, providing citizens with the chance to exercise their democratic right to vote. The political discourse leading up to the elections has taken a concerning turn, with Syrian refugees being scapegoated and even subjected to forced deportations to gain political points and direct voting…
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Putting Syrian Refugees Centre Stage – Refugee Protection Watch
📣 New publication-alert! A recent online conversation with the refugee community highlights that despite the aim of UNHCR to “employ participatory methodologies” and “promote feedback and response systems”, a majority of Syrian refugees in Lebanon do not feel or only feel somewhat included in decision-making processes and feedback mechanisms. Together with partners of the Refugee…
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Refugee Protection Watch’s Call to Action: Making ‘Accountability to Affected Populations’ Reality in Humanitarian Response
Despite increasing commitments and standards to the notion of ‘Accountability to Affected Populations’, its implementation has been proven challenging for the aid sector’s prominent actors. This is no exception for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, as Upinion’s engagement with Syrian refugees in Lebanon clearly illustrates a disconnect between people’s perceptions and the humanitarian organisation’s intentions to…
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HNPW 2023: Real-time engagement of Upinion’s community members
We are excited that our Syrian community from Lebanon has the chance to participate real-time during the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) and have a seat at the table about this urgent matter. We are looking forward to a meaningful participation! Let this be one of many to come ✨More information on the event…
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Field trip in Lebanon: meeting youth in Qaa!
Upinion’s team is currently on a field trip in Lebanon – one of the countries where it has a large, active online community. Our conversations with youth, refugee, and women-led organisations, representing all nationalities and from all over Lebanon, have been providing us with valuable feedback on our online platform, the topics that are being…
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Resisting the Narrative: Syrian Refugees Challenge the Push for Return
The narrative of Syria being safe for refugees to return is gaining traction, fueling anti-refugee sentiments and leading to dehumanizing policies and practices, despite clear evidence that the country is not yet safe to return. In response, Upinion, in its partnership with the Refugee Watch Coalition, published its third annual report on the conditions inside…
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Hidden Hardship: 1 Year Living in Forced Displacement for Refugees from Ukraine
“One year on and with no end in sight to this conflict, it is the policies that are laid down now that will determine the future of refugees and the communities who host them in neighbouring countries,” said Carlo Gherardi, NRC’s Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe. Upcoming Friday marks one year since the…
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Upinion X Bopinc: Clean Green Latrines
Upinion and NGO partner Bopinc investigated how people in urban #Bangladesh deal with their shit – quite literally. Read the below article on an interesting impact assessment! Clean Green Latrines: Delivering impactful sanitation services
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Endless Refuge and Unsafe Homecoming (Refugee Protection Watch Report 2022)
📣 In this newly-published research report, RPW is ringing the alarm bells on the living conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and those who have returned to their home country. Upinion – together with PAX for peace, 11.11.11, Basmeh & Zeitooneh for Relief and Development of the Refugee Protection Watch (RPW) coalition – has conducted…
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Alarming situation for Afghan refugees in Türkiye
One year after the Taliban’s violent take-over in Afghanistan, Upinion and its partner 11.11.11, the Belgian umbrella organization of International Solidarity, show in a new report that the situation of Afghan refugees in Türkiye is alarming and requires immediate attention by the international community. References to the findings of the Upinion conversation were made in…