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Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiiyeh is a Professor in Migration and Refugee Studies, and Co-Director of the Migration Research Unit at University College London

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UNRWA Financial Crisis

President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce the United States’ contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to only $60 million in 2018—compared to a total of $364 million in 2017 [1]—has been widely denounced as a brutal form of collecti

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh • 9 min read