15 February 2021

Regional Focus: Asia

Blog posts & press:

"As deportations soar, Afghan returnees struggle on home soil," The New Humanitarian, 26 Jan. 2021 [text]

"Historical views on crises in Afghanistan provide lessons for today," IHSA´s Humanitarian Blog Posts Selection, no. 39 (Jan. 2021) [access]

"In the news: Myanmar’s conflict and crises," The New Humanitarian, 1 Feb. 2021 [access]

"New EU Agreement with Afghanistan Amid Deteriorating Security Situation," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 5 Feb. 2021 [text]

Persecution, dire living conditions keep pushing Rohingya to seek better refuge (The Conversation, Feb. 2020) [text]

Rethinking Japan’s refugee and asylum policy (East Asia Forum, Jan. 2021) [text]

Should Hong Kong emigrants be called refugees? (RLI Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

What epidemic modelling can teach us about the spread of disease in refugee settlements (UN Global Pulse, Jan. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on the Rohingya in Bangladesh.

Reports & journal articles:

“Constructing a Protracted Sanctuary Status for Refugees,” Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 9, no. 1 (Dec. 2020) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 80. Focuses on Myanmar.

Country Guidance: Afghanistan (European Asylum Support Office, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Deconstructing the Victimization Narrative: The Case of the Chin in Malaysia,” Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 9, no. 1 (Dec. 2020) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 69.

“Factors Influencing the Decision of Returning to Rakhine State: The Case of the Rohingya in Malaysia,” Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 9, no. 1 (Dec. 2020) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 87.

"The Importance of Keeping Alive Sustainable Foraging Practices: Wild Vegetables and Herbs Gathered by Afghan Refugees Living in Mansehra District, Pakistan," Sustainability, vol. 13 no. 3 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

"The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Implications for Regional Security," Chapter in Decolonising Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene (Springer, Jan. 2021) [ResearchGate]

Multimedia:

Country Case Study: Afghanistan - Migration History [access]
- More info about this video series.

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