Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Factors Affecting Domestic Refugee Policy Development: An Analysis of South Korea’s Case, Paper presented at The Social Practice of Human Rights: Charting the Frontiers of Research and Advocacy, Dayton, OH, 8-10 Nov. 2017 [text]

"Forced Migration, Refugees and China’s Entry into the ‘Family of Nations’, 1861–1949," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Jan. 2018 [free full-text]

In Northern Myanmar, a Long-forgotten Conflict Flares Out of View (IRIN, Jan. 2018) [text]

Labour Migration as an Alternative for Asylum Seekers Facing Protection Issues: A Sri Lanka-based Longitudinal Study, Irregular Migration and Border Research Occasional Paper, no. 22 (Govt. of Australia, Sept. 2016) [text]
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"Malaysia: A Refugee Conundrum," The Lancet, vol. 391, no. 10116 (Jan. 2018) [info]
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"Protection in the Context of Mixed Migratory Movements by Sea: The Case of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Crisis," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 22, no. 2 (2018) [SSRN]

"Self-legitimation through Knowledge Production Partnerships: International Organization for Migration in Central Asia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 29 Aug. 2017 [abstract]
- See earlier related conference paper.

"Towards Global Management on Flight and Migration? A Comparison of Refugee Politics in Europe and Asia," Asian Journal of German and European Studies, 2:8 (June 2017) [open access]

Rohingya crisis:

Bangladesh and Burma: The Rohingya Crisis (UK Parliament International Development Committee, Jan. 2018) [text]

*Burma/Bangladesh: Return Plan Endangers Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2018) [text]

"Nepal and the Rohingya Refugees," The Diplomat, 5 Dec. 2017 [text]

"Plan to Send Rohingya Refugees Back to Myanmar is Put on Hold," NPR, 21 Jan. 2018 [text]

The Rohingya Crisis: Backgrounder (Council on Foreign Relations, updated Jan. 2018) [text]

Rohingya Who Fled Myanmar a Second Time are Certain: "We can’t go back" (IRIN, Jan. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Notes Bangladesh, Myanmar Talks; Stresses Importance of Returns Meeting International Standards (UNHCR, Jan. 2018) [text]

*UNHCR Steps Up Call for Unhindered Access in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State (UNHCR, Jan. 2018) [text]

We Must Not Repeat the Shameful History of Returning Rohingya Refugees (Refugees Deeply, Jan. 2018) [text]

"Will Rohingya Refugees Actually Return to Myanmar without the Promise of Full Rights as Citizens?," UN Dispatch, 17 Jan. 2018 [text]

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- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (5 Jan. 2018)

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