16 April 2021

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunity:
 
Funding opportunity: NGO programs benefiting refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 28 April 2021.

Blog posts & press:

"Afghanistan’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans cross conflict front lines," The New Humanitarian, 7 April 2021 [text]

Anywhere but here? China’s response to refugee protection during COVID-19 (openDemocracy, March 2021) [text]

*"Long After the World Moved on, Bangladesh Is Still Sheltering Rohingya Refugees," The Diplomat, 16 April 2021 [text]

News comment: UNHCR calls on Myanmar’s neighbours to protect people fleeing violence (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]
- See also related Refugees International statement.

Pakistan launches ‘drive’ to issue smartcards to registered Afghan refugees (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

"Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Fear Deadly Fires," VOA News, 10 April 2021 [text]

Thailand’s National Screening Mechanism, refugee protection, and the human rights crisis in Myanmar (RLI Blog, April 2021) [text]

The U.S. Can Promote Democracy and Religious Freedom in Asia Through Migration Policy (Niskanen Center Blog, April 2021) [text]

"Why India Must Provide Political Asylum to Chin Refugees Fleeing Myanmar: There are concrete strategic reasons why New Delhi must do so, beyond obvious humanitarian ones," The Diplomat, 2 April 2021 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Biometrics, Notion of Governmentality and Gender Relations in Rohingya Refugee Camps, Policies and Practices, no. 114 (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Dec. 2020) [text]

"COVID-19 and Refugees in Malaysia: An NGO Response," Intervention Journal, vol. 19, no. 1 (March 2021) [open access]

"A Cross-Sectional Study on Disparities in Unmet Need among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand in 2019," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 8 (April 2021) [open access]

Non-Refoulement in International Human Rights Law: India's Legal Obligation to Protect Refugees,” De Lege Ferenda, vol. III, no. i (2021) [full-text]

Transition without Justice in the Postcolonial World: Protection Discourses for Refugees and Migrants in South Asia, Policies and Practices, no. 117 (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Dec. 2020) [text]

Walking Together in Partnership: Exploring the Impact of Localisation of Humanitarian Action Research in the Pacific (PIANGO & Humanitarian Advisory Group, Feb. 2021) [text]

*UPDATED

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