Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:

Job vacancy: Strengthening Regional Advocacy for the Legal and Social Protection of Rohingya Refugees, APRRN [info]
- Apply by 15 June 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Capturing a Crisis: What Lessons Can We Learn from the “Overdocumentation” of the Rohingya Crisis? (Justice in Conflict Blog, May 2020) [text]

Facing Covid-19 in a State of Rightlessness: Rohingyas at Sea in South Asia (RLI Blog, June 2020) [text]

"Fear Stops Rohingya Getting Tested as Virus Hits Refugee Camps," Reuters, 5 June 2020 [text]

The Hidden Heterogeneity of Rohingya Refugees (New Mandala Blog, June 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Malaysia.

IOM Calls for Rescue and Safe Disembarkation of Rohingya Stranded at Sea (IOM, May 2020) [text]

Malaysia/Thailand: Allow Rohingya Refugees Ashore (Human Rights Watch, June 2020) [text]

*Rapid Assessment Round 2: COVID-19 Related Vulnerabilities and Perceptions of Non-Thai Populations in Thailand (IOM, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Survey: South Koreans Oppose a More Open Refugee Policy," The News Lens, 8 June 2020 [text]

Track II Diplomacy in Solving Asia’s Refugee Crisis (Asialink Insights, June 2020) [text]

"Unwanted: Bangladesh, Malaysia Reject Rescued Rohingya Refugees," Aljazeera, 10 June 2020 [text]

"Violence or the Virus? Mindanao’s Displaced Forced to Choose," The New Humanitarian, 1 June  2020 [text]

Why Hong Kong’s Untold History of Protecting Refugee Rights Matters Now in Its Struggle with China (The Conversation, June 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Afghan Refugees and the Coronavirus Pandemic," e-International Relations, 26 May 2020 [text]

*"COVID-19: Socio-environmental Challenges of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, Latest Articles, 12 June 2020 [free full-text]

*"COVID-19 and the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: The Challenges and Recommendations," Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, OnlineFirst, 7 June 2020 [free full-text]

"Disaster Risk Reduction in Conflict Contexts: Lessons Learned from the Lived Experiences of Rohingya Refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 50 (Nov. 2020) [free full-text]

Have You Ever Walked a Mile in Their Shoes? Rohingya Patients Report on Health Services since the Pandemic Began (IOM & ACAPS, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

A New Vulnerability: COVID-19 and Tropical Cyclone Harold Create the Perfect Storm in the Pacific (Refugees International, June 2020) [text]

"Refugee Issues in Southeast Asia: Narrowing the Gaps between Theory, Policy, and Reality," Refugee Review, vol. IV (2020) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (29 May 2020)
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (29 May 2020)

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