18 January 2021

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Region-specific sessions at "UNHCR at 70" virtual conference:

Session 1: The Rohingya refugee crisis: Reflections from the region, 21 January 2021 [info]
- Hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at the University of New South Wales.

Session 2: Re-examining displacement in the context of disasters and climate change, 21 January 2021 [info]
- Hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at the University of New South Wales.

Blog posts & press:

Afghan Diaspora in Pakistan: Healthcare and Education Policy Recommendations (Refugee Research Online, Jan. 2021) [text]

First Nation in Asia to Legislate an Independent Refugee Law Urged for Responsible Implementation of the 1951 Refugee Convention (APRRN, Dec. 2020) [text]

Hong Kong’s regressive legislative amendments risk undermining protection for refugees and asylum seekers (APRRN, Dec. 2020) [text]

Innovations in gathering evidence from the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar (UNHCR Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

The new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and the Rohingya refugee situation (Asile Project Forum, Dec. 2020) [text]

Surviving Fear and Uncertainty: Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia (Mixed Migration Centre, Jan. 2021) [text]

What India’s COVID-19 Lockdown Revealed about Migrant Protection (WRM Council Blog, Dec. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles: 

Critical Policy Advice for President-Elect Biden: Leading a Global Response on the Rohingya Crisis (Refugees International, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Displacements in the Philippines in a Post-COVID-19 World: A Recovery Focus," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [free full-text]

"Exploring Transnational Marriages among Afghan Refugees in Quetta, Balochistan: Social Forces and Cultural Dynamics," Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research, vol. 3, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2020) [open access]

"The implications of international rescue and relief operations for domestic regulatory regimes—lessons from the 2011 East Japan Earthquake," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:1 (Jan. 2021) [open access]

"Should Internal Migrants Who Cannot Return Home due to COVID-19 Be Treated as Disaster IDPs? Lessons from India," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [free full-text]

Southasiadisasters.net, no. 190 (Nov. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Themed issue on "COVID-19 impact in India."

"Technological Disasters and Displacement in Developed World: What Should We Learn from Fukushima IDPs?," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [free full-text]

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