Regional Focus: Asia

Afghanistan: Where Home is a Battlefield (IRIN, May 2018) [text]

APRRN Statement: Afghanistan Remains Unsuitable and Unsafe for Returning Refugees (Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Displacement Survey Shows 3.5 Million Internally Displaced, Returnees from Abroad in 15 Afghan Provinces (IOM, May 2018) [text]

The Long Haul Ahead for Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugee Crisis, Asia Report, no. 296 (International Crisis Group, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Poverty and Politics Trip up Urban Refugees in India," Reuters, 10 May 2018 [text]

"A Rapid Needs Assessment among the Rohingya and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A Randomized Survey," Open Science Framework, 15 April 2018 [preprint]

"More Rohingya Refugees Arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh," VOA News, 7 May 2018 [text]

Reluctant Journeys: Why Afghans Migrate Irregularly to Europe (SEEFAR, April 2018) [text]

UNHCR Thanks Indonesia and Malaysia for Rescue and Disembarkation of Rohingya Refugees, Calls on Countries in the Region to Comply with Maritime Search and Rescue Obligations (UNHCR, May 2018) [text]

Why Does Japan Recognise So Few Refugees? (RLI Blog, May 2018) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (26 April 2018)

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