Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Launch event: Special Issue of Asian Journal of Law and Society on Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016, 17 March 2021 [info]

Seminar: The Causes and Consequences of Ethnic Violence in Myanmar, 27 April 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

The dirty history surrounding Rohingya movements since 1978 (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2021) [text]

Four things to know about Covid in the world’s largest refugee camp (Oxfam Blog, March 2021) [text]

A perfect storm: Malaysia’s forced deportation of refugees and migrants from Myanmar amid the military coup (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2021) [text]

Reports:

Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice after Cross-Border Displacement: The needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac Univ. & Asia Foundation, Feb. 2021) [text]

The Displaced and Stateless of Myanmar in the Asia-Pacific Region: An overview of the current situation for Rohingya and other persons of concern from Myanmar and UNHCR’s response across the region (UNHCR, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Solutions to Improve Dignity and Wellbeing for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, Humanitarian Leader Working Paper, no. 8 (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, July 2020) [text]

The JDMC: Deporting People to the World’s Least Peaceful Country (ECRE, March 2021) [text]

- Note: JDMC = Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation (JDMC) between the EU and Afghanistan.

UNHCR's Comments on the Legislative Amendment Proposal to the Refugee Act of the Republic of Korea (UNHCR, Feb. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Conceptualization of Health and Social Vulnerability of Marginalized Populations During Covid-19 Using Quantitative Scoring Approach," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 24 Feb. 2021 [postprint]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. Note: Access to the full-text is under embargo until 24 Feb. 2022.

"Do No Harm in refugee humanitarian aid: the case of the Rohingya humanitarian response," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:7 (March 2021) [open access]

"Facing challenges and drawing strength from adversity: Lived experiences of Tibetan refugee youth in exile in India," Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, vol. 20, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

*"Predisplacement Abuse and Postdisplacement Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms after Forced Migration among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," JAMA Network Open, 4(3): e211801 (March 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Reflections from the Region, 21 Jan. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording. See also edited remarks of one of the presenters.

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia (15 Feb. 2021)