08 October 2019

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & media:

The Illusion of Consent: Voluntary Repatriation or Refoulement? (International Law Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Rohingya return.

The Nexus of Human Rights and Security in Indonesia’s Approach to Refugees (RLI Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Stalemate Leaves Rohingya Refugees Trapped (The Interpreter Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

‘Stop playing politics’: Refugees Stuck in Indonesia Rally against UNHCR for Chronic Waiting (The Conversation, Oct. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Abroad Means Difficult...": A Research Project into the Irregular Migration of Rohingya Refugees from Bangladesh to Malaysia (Xchange, Sept. 2019) [access]

Cities for Children: A Case Study of Refugees in Towns - Islamabad, Pakistan (Tufts Univ., Oct. 2019) [text]

An Experimental Study on the Social Identity and Trust Behaviors of North Korean Refugees, MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper, no. 25 (Philipps-University Marburg, Sept. 2019) [text]

"Fundamental and Durable? An Understanding of Best Practices for Cessation in the Case of Chin Refugees from Myanmar," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 8, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Kolkata Declaration, 30 Nov. 2018 [text]
- Adopted by the Kolkata Conference on "The State of the Global Protection System for Refugees and Migrants."

Moving Beyond the Emergency: A Whole of Society Approach to the Refugee Response in Bangladesh (Center for Global Development & International Rescue Committee, Oct. 2019) [text]
- Note: "This is one of five publications where we outline steps for developing a medium-term plan for Bangladesh, to benefit refugees and their host community alike. The other four cover forest and landscape restoration, trade, private sector investment, and labor mobility." See also related CGD blog post.

Refugee Movements in South-East Asia: 2018-June 2019 (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related news briefing.

Update on UNHCR’s Operations in Asia and the Pacific (EXCOM, Sept. 2019) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (17 Sept. 2019)

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