Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:

CFP: Refugee Watch Online [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "The Boat People." Deadline is 15 November 2015.

Publications:

Afghanistan: Conflict and Displacement in the Northeast, Kunduz City, and Kabul, (ACAPS & START Network, Oct. 2015) [text]

Deadly Journeys: The Refugee and Trafficking Crisis in Southeast Asia (Amnesty International, Oct. 2015) [text]

Disenfranchisement and Desperation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: Drivers of a Regional Crisis (ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, Oct. 2015) [text]

First Regional Dialogue Meeting on Forced Migration in the Asia-Pacific, Melbourne, 24-25 Aug. 2015 [info]
- Follow link for agenda and key documents.

*"Forced Migration: Typology and Local Agency in Southeast Myanmar," Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, vol. 37, no. 2 (Aug. 2015) [full-text via author site]

In Limbo in Micronesia (Asylum Insight, Oct. 2015) [text]

"The Long-run Socio-economic Consequences of a Large Disaster: The 1995 Earthquake in Kobe," PLoS One, 10(10): e0138714 (Oct. 2015) [open access]

"Myanmar’s Refugee Problem: It’s Not Just the Rohingya," The Diplomat, 14 Oct. 2015 [text]

Refugee Rescue Ship Enters Rough Waters in Southeast Asia (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

"Refugees and Neighbors: Rohingya in Bangladesh," The Diplomat, 14 Oct. 2015 [text]

*Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees: Progress Report 2014 (UNHCR, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Reports on achievements of the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees to Support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable Reintegration and Assistance to Host Countries (SSAR). See also related presentation and funding proposal.

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (8 Oct. 2015)

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