17 January 2019

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Publications:

Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, vol. 11, no. 2 (2018) [open access]
- Special issue on "Forced Migration in Southeast Asia."

IOM Data Report on Asia and the Pacific: 2017-June 2018 (IOM, Jan. 2019) [text]
- "Unique IOM data and information contained in this report will contribute to an increased understanding of migration in and from the Asia and the Pacific region by touching upon various aspects of human migration. International migration, cross border mobility and resettlement figures are analyzed. Internal and international displacement, human trafficking, and the impacts of identity and document fraud on irregular migration are other aspects covered in this report."

Profiling Internally Displaced Persons of the Marawi Conflict (UNHCR, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting Civilians in the Kachin Borderlands, Myanmar: Key Threats and Local Responses (ODI, Dec. 2018) [text]

"Strengthening Responsibility Sharing with South–South Cooperation: China’s Role in the Global Compact on Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 24 Dec. 2018 [open access]

"Thailand Signals Major Shift in Refugee Policy after Rahaf Mohammed Case," The Guardian, 17 Jan. 2019 [text]
- See also earlier related UNHCR statement.

"Too Scared to Return Home, Myanmar Refugees in Thai Camps Face an Uncertain Future," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 14 Jan. 2019 [text]

"Vanishing Selves under Hong Kong’s Unified Screening Mechanism," Cultural Diversity in China, vol. 3, no. 1 (July 2017) [open access]

Rohingya crisis:

"Asylum Seekers in a Non-Immigrant State and the Absence of Regional Asylum Seekers Mechanism: A Case Study of Rohingya Asylum Seekers in ACEH-Indonesia and ASEAN Response," Indonesia Law Review, vol. 7, no. 3 (2017) [SSRN]

Flow Monitoring Surveys: Insights into the Profiles and Vulnerabilities of Myanmar Migrants to Thailand (IOM, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Hundreds of Rohingya Families Flee India after Deportations," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 17 Jan. 2019 [text]
- See also earlier related UNHCR statement.

"If Not Now, When?": The Responsibility to Protect, the Fate of the Rohingya and the Future of Human Rights, Occasional Paper, no. 8 (Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Rohingya Crisis: What to Watch for in 2019 (RI Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Rohingyas in Limbo as Diplomacy Falters," The Diplomat, 15 Jan. 2019 [text]

"The Rohingyas' Plight: What Options Under International Law?," The Diplomat, 15 Jan. 2019 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (19 Dec. 2018)

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