Regional Focus: Asia

Afghans: 

The Afghanistan Situation: Strengthening International Solidarity & Achieving Solutions (UNHCR, July 2019) [text]

"Back in Time? A Temporal Autobiographical Approach to Afghan Return Migration," International Migration, Early View, 7 July 2019 [open access]

Displacement and Access in Afghanistan: Scenarios - Possible Developments in the Profile of the Displaced Population and Humanitarian Access over the Next 18 Months (NRC & ACAPS, June 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Fragile Future: The Human Cost of Conflict in Afghanistan (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative et al., Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Living Conditions and Settlement Decisions of Recent Afghan Returnees (UNHCR & World Bank, July 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related press release, in English, Dari and Pashto.

Returns to Afghanistan in 2018: Joint IOM-UNHCR Summary Report (IOM & UNHCR, May 2019) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for text in English, Dari and Pashto.

Socio-Economic Survey and Post-Distribution Monitoring: UNHCR’s Assistance Programmes for Returnees, IDPs, and Persons with Specific Needs (UNHCR et al., July 2019) [text]

Rohingya: 

"Framing Statelessness and 'Belonging': Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh’s The Daily Star Newspaper," Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa, vol. 25, nos. 1&2 (2019) [open access]

Japan’s Cold-Blooded Approach to the Rohingya Crisis (Human Rights Watch, June 2019) [text]

Prioritising Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees Ignores the Ongoing Crime and Health Crises within Bangladesh's Camps (The Conversation, June 2019) [text]

Steps Toward Forest Landscape Restoration in the Context of the Rohingya Influx: Creating Opportunities to Advance Environmental, Humanitarian, and Development Progress in Bangladesh (Center for Global Development, July 2019) [access]
- Follow link for policy paper, brief and infographic.

Update on Myanmar at the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council, Statement by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kate Gilmore, 10 July 2019 [text]
- See also related VOA News article.

Elsewhere:

Event:

Japan’s Refugee Policy and Practice: How has Refugees’ Agency Challenged Japan’s Refugee Protection Structure?, Tokyo, 26 July 2019 [info]

Publications:

"'If I had known, I wouldn’t have returned to Myanmar': Shortcomings in Refugee Repatriation and Reintegration (Karen Human Rights Group, June 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

India Must Have a Sustainable Refugee Policy (RLI Blog, July 2019) [text]

"We are not safe here": Refugees under Attack in Sri Lanka and the Need for Resettlement (Amnesty International, June 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Asia/Pacific - Pt. 1 (19 June 2019)
- Regional Focus: Asia/Pacific - Pt. 2 (Afghans, Rohingya) (19 June 2019)

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