CMS | 03.01.2017
Omar al-Muqdad – a prominent journalist, documentary filmmaker, and former Syrian refugee – writes a bi-monthly blog for CMS titled, “Dispatches from the Global Crisis in Refugee Protection.” This series covers the Syrian Civil War, the experiences of Syria’s immense and far-flung refugee population, the global crisis in refugee protection, religious persecution, and US refugee and immigration policies. Mr. al-Muqdad’s work has been featured by the BBC, CNN, and in many other media outlets. CMS will be featuring this work in its weekly Migration Update and on its website.
It is almost impossible to debate refugee issues without becoming immersed in geopolitics. Syrian refugees in Lebanon are a case in point. The massive influx of Syrians has tested Lebanon in many ways. Many Lebanese officials and politicians have expressed their opposition to the presence of the refugees for economic and political reasons. Syrian refugees in Lebanon, in turn, have faced some of the hardest conditions in the Syrian diaspora.
