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04 May 2021

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Bangladesh: Rohinyga Refugees Allegedly Tortured (Human Rights Watch, April 2021) [text]

Biden’s Decision to Pull Troops from Afghanistan Risks a Major Refugee Crisis (Just Security Blog, April 2021) [text]

"Chinese man seeking ‘freedom and equality’ says he travelled to Taiwan in dinghy," The Guardian, 4 May 2021 [text]

"Critics denounce Japan asylum reform as human rights violation," Reuters, 22 April 2021 [text]

"First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire," UN News, 25 April 2021 [text]

"‘From complex to chaotic’: Myanmar coup shrinks frontline aid," The New Humanitarian, 3 May 2021 [text]

"India and COVID-19 vaccines: A national crisis with global ripples," The New Humanitarian, 4 May 2021 [text]

Indian Supreme Court’s Stance on the Deportation of Rohingya Refugees Violates International Law (Just Security Blog, April 2021) [text]

Know the Myths from the Facts: Nine Things about the Refugee Issue in Malaysia (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

“'Significant' changes introduced to claiming refugee status in New Zealand,” New Zealand Herald, 28 March 2021 [text]

Turning Their Back on the Rohingyas: A Border Control Regime Blind to the Collapse of Burmese ‘Democracy’ (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Our Thoughts: Rohingya share their experiences and recommendations (ACAPS & IOM, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Recommendations for addressing internal displacement and cross-border movements in Afghanistan (IDMC, April 2021) [text]

"Rohingya Refugees and the Urgency of Solutions," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Online, 20 April 2021 [full-text]

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2019Nu61740 before the Seoul High Court (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]
- The case involves a Syrian "whose refugee claim is based on the risk of forced military conscription by the Syrian government into the reservist army in the context of ongoing armed conflict and violence in Syria."

*"‘A welcoming refuge?’ The experiences of European Jewish refugees in the Dutch East Indies, set against other Asian destinations, 1933-1965," Jewish Culture and History, Latest Articles, 26 April 2021 [open access]

Multimedia:

Country Case Study: Malaysia (Melissa Siegel) 
- Part 1: History of Migration [access]
- Part 2: Migration Policies [access]
- Part 3: Current Migration Situation [access]

Country Case Study: Pakistan (Melissa Siegel) 
- Part 1: History of Migration [access]
- Part 2: Migration Policies [access]
- Part 3: Current Migration Situation [access]

*UPDATED

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