Asia Focus: Round-up of Resources

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)

Asian civil society mobilizes in support of refugee rights (UNHCR, Oct. 2009) [text]

Climate Change

Climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific (Asian Development Bank, 2009) [exec. summary via PreventionWeb]
- "This draft study discusses how climate change is likely to influence population displacement, migration and settlement patterns and examines how this will impact development in five sub-regions of Asia and the Pacific. It argues that if migration due to climate change is managed effectively, humanitarian crises will be minimized, conflicts avoided, and countries can benefit."

Burmese Displacement

Audio-slideshow marks 25th anniversary of the Burmese refugee crisis along the Thailand Burma border (Christian Aid, Nov. 2009) [access via AlertNet]

Burmese border refugee sites with population figures (Thailand Burma Border Consortium, Oct. 2009) [text]

The People Nobody Wants (ISN Security Watch, Nov. 2009) [text]

Protracted displacement and militarisation in Eastern Burma (Thailand Burma Border Consortium, Nov. 2009) [text]

"Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Burmese Refugees in Australia," Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 15, no. 11 (Nov. 2009) [full-text]

Detention

Asylum Seekers in Indonesia: Project, Findings & Recommendations (Behind Australian Doors, Nov. 2009) [text]
- See related blog.

Human Rights

"Asean Human Rights Body Launched Amid Controversy," The Irrawadday (23 Oct. 2009) [text]

ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Oct. 2009) [text]
- Provides an overview of the member state representatives to the new ASEAN human rights body.

"Asia: Human rights body’s shaky beginnings," IRINNews (26 Oct. 2009) [text]

Human Rights Defender, vol. 5, no. 2 (Sept. 2009) [full-text]
- Focus is "We Want an ASEAN Human Rights Commission with Teeth."

Human Trafficking

Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project (ARTIP) [access]

Please Don't Say My Name (Karen Zusman, 2009) [access]
- Documentary on human trafficking of Burmese refugees in Malaysia.

[Map credit: "East Asia and Pacific," UNHCR]

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