Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Sophia Hoffmann

Sophia Hoffmann is a consultant based in Berlin, and has worked on migration in the Levant for nearly ten years as a journalist, researcher, adviser, lecturer and activist. She holds a doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the

MER Article

Refugee Rights Hit the Wall

The expansion of humanitarian aid in Syria and its neighboring states has gone hand-in-hand with a growing restriction on refugees’ right of movement and ever-stricter control over refugees’ personal information and biometric data. UNHCR and the Syrian and Jordanian governments share two interests i

Sophia Hoffmann • 8 min read

Current Analysis

Nowhere to Turn for Mosul's Refugees

In 2006, 30,000 Iraqis arrived in Syria every month, seeking and receiving safe haven from US occupation and sectarian warfare [http://www.irinnews.org/report/79659/syria-unhcr-cash-for-iraqi-refugees-but-many-vow-never-to-return] as kidnappings, death threats, and bombings by air and land engulfed

Sophia Hoffmann • 4 min read