Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & media:

*The Bhasan Char Relocation Project: Implications for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (The Sentinel Project, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Five Things You Should Know about the Rohingya Refugee Response (InterAction Blog, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Conflict and Refugee Returns Fuel Afghanistan Displacement," The New Humanitarian, 20 Jan. 2020 [text]

*Should India Deport Rohingya Refugees Because Its ‘Soldiers are Fighting at the Borders’? (RLI Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

World Court Rules against Myanmar on Rohingya (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Before you were born, your mother ran": Displacement and Disillusion in South-east Myanmar (International Displacement Monitoring Centre, Dec. 2019) [text]
- Part of the Invisible Majority thematic series.

*"Between Torture and Hiding: The North Korean Migration Case in China," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 8, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

"Criticizing the Handling of Rohingya Refugees in Southeast Asia by ASEAN and Its Members," Politika: Jurnal Ilmu Politik, vol. 10, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

A Different Kind of Pressure: The Cumulative Effects of Displacement and Return in Afghanistan (International Displacement Monitoring Centre, Jan. 2020) [text]
- Part of the Invisible Majority thematic series.

*Fourth Annual Research & Orientation Workshop & International Conference on Refugees and Migrants: Issues of Protection, Rights and Justice, Kolkata, India, 25-29 Nov. 2019 [conf. report]

"Host Communities and Refugees in Southeast Asia: A Workshop Report," Asia Dialogue, 19 Dec. 2019 [text]

"More Rights, Less Justice: Tribal Communities and the Indian Republic," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 8, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Rethinking Solutions and Accountability, RSC Working Paper,  no. 131 (Refugee Studies Centre, Dec. 2019) [text]

A Sustainable Policy for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, Report, no. 303 (International Crisis Group, Dec. 2019) [text]

"Syrian Muslim Refugees in Malaysia: The Narratives and Survivability," Islam Realitas: Journal of Islamic & Social Studies, vol. 5, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

"'Two Homes, Refugees in Both': Contesting Frameworks – The Case of the Northern Muslims of Sri Lanka," Journal of Social and Political Psychology, vol. 7, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

"When 'Qualifying' as a Refugee Gets You Permanent 'Illegal' Status in Hong Kong," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 8, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

Web site:

Asia Pacific Network of Refugees [Facebook page]
- The "Asia Pacific Network of Refugees is a network of refugee-led groups established in 2018, on the recommendation of APSOR, which brought together 104 representatives from refugee-led organisations in Asia to advocate for refugee agency & self representation."

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Asia - Pt. 1 (14 Dec. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Asia - Pt. 2 (Rohingya) (14 Dec. 2019)

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