Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"15,000 Rohingya under Quarantine as Coronavirus Cases Rise," Al Jazeera, 26 May 2020 [text]

"ASEAN Must Act to Save Rohingya Refugees in the Bay of Bengal," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 26 May 2020 [text]

"Fear and Uncertainty for Refugees in Malaysia as Xenophobia Escalates," The New Humanitarian, 25 May 2020 [text]

"Frustrated Hong Kong Asylum Seekers Want to Join Covid-19 Fight," Hong Kong Free Press, 3 May 2020 [text via APRRN]

The Invisible Crisis: Refugees and COVID-19 in India (Kaldor Centre, May 2020) [text]

Rohingya in Malaysia, Doubly Trapped (The Inperpreter Blog, May 2020) [text]

"Taiwan Says It Will Draft Plan to Help Hong Kongers as National Security Law Looms," The Diplomat, 29 May 2020 [text]

Thailand: Let UN Refugee Agency Screen Rohingya (Human Rights Watch, May 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Challenges Experienced by North Korean Refugee Doctors in Acquiring a Medical License in South Korea: A Qualitative Analysis," Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, vol. 39, no. 2 (Spring 2019) [open access]

"From Refuge to Rights: Majnu ka Tilla Tibetan Colony in New Delhi," Kritisk etnografi: Swedish Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2, nos. 1-2 (2019) [full-text]

"Healthcare Policies for Stateless Populations in ASEAN Countries: A Scoping Review," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 22, no. 3 (2020) [full-text via ProQuest]

"Host Communities and Refugees in Southeast Asia: Report on a Workshop Held at the National University of Singapore (NUS), 10–11 May 2019," Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, vol. 35, no. 1 (March 2020) [free full-text]

The Potential Impact of COVID-19 in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh and Beyond: A Modeling Study (Medrxiv, May 2020) [preprint]

"Prevalence of COVID-19 Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Health Behaviors in Host and Refugee Communities in Cox’s Bazar: A Representative Panel Study," Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 11 May 2020 [preprint via Yale]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (12 May 2020)
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (12 May 2020)