Regional Focus: Asia

Past opportunity:

Training Course: Refugee Law & Protection in Thailand, Bangkok, 10 September-30 October 2019 [info] [programme]
- Unfortunately, this course has already begun, so the reference is included for information purposes only.

Blog posts & media:

Afghanistan: As Taliban and US Near Peace Deal, It's Far Too Soon to Commit to Returning Refugees (The Conversation, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Note: The peace talks were called off in early September.

From Forced Migration to Forced Return: The Plight of Afghanistani Returnees (RLI Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

"'It's impossible to do anything': Indonesia's Refugees in Limbo as Money Runs Out," The Guardian, 13 Sept. 2019 [text]

"Life in the Shadows: Thailand’s Urban Refugees," The New Humanitarian, 11 Sept. 2019 [text]

"Roundup: Migration, Displacement, and Afghanistan’s Interlocking Crises," The New Humanitarian, 13 Sept. 2019 [access]
- A "roundup of recent reporting on how interlocking crises affect civilians and humanitarian responses in Afghanistan, where different cycles of conflict have stretched on for more than four decades."

Reports & journal articles:

Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in Cash Assistance in Afghanistan (WFP & UNHCR, Aug. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Options for Protecting Refugees in South Asia," Harvard International Law Journal Online, 2 Sept. 2019 [full-text]

South Asia Short Course on Refugee Rights and Advocacy, Kathmandu, 13-18 June 2019 (APRRN, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Follow link for the short course report.

A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945): History, Theories and the Chinese Pattern (Springer, Sept. 2019) [info]

Rohingya crisis:

Blog posts & media:

"Roundup: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis, Two Years on," The New Humanitarian, 23 Aug. 2019 [access]
- "A roundup of our reporting explores the origins and ongoing impacts of the Rohingya crisis in both Bangladesh and Myanmar."

Three Ways Humanitarians Can Support the Rohingya in Bangladesh, Two Years on (ODI Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

Two Years on, and No End in Sight: How Should We Respond to the Rohingya Crisis in the Medium-Term? (CGD Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

UNHCR Statement on Voluntary Repatriation to Myanmar (UNHCR, Aug. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Documentation of Human Rights Abuses among Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar," Conflict and Health, 13:42 (Sept. 2019) [open access]

'A New Shape of Catastrophe': Two Years on from the 2017 Rohingya Crisis (UK All Party Parliamentary Group on the Rights of the Rohinga, Sept. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Qualitative Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity: The August 2017 Attacks on the Rohingya in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar," Conflict and Health, 13:41 (Sept. 2019) [open access]

Report of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/42/50 (UN Human Rights Council, Aug. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related news release, fact sheet and TNH article.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (13 Aug. 2019)

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