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05 June 2021

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Mental health and conditions in refugee camps matter when Rohingya living in Bangladesh consider returning to Myanmar (HPN Blog, May 2021) [text]

"Rohingya Refugees Protest Conditions on Remote Island," The Diplomat, 1 June 2021 [text]
- See also related Reuters article.

UNHCR calls for continued engagement and increased support for Afghanistan (UNHCR, May 2021) [text]

UNHCR urges stronger support for refugee vaccinations in Asia (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioners conclude four-day visit to Bangladesh (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Reports:

An agenda for a dignified and sustainable Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh (Act for Peace, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Fading Humanitarianism: The Dangerous Trajectory of the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh (Refugees International, May 2021) [text]

For Rohingya, trust begins with who is asking the questions (Ground Truth Solutions, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Learning from responses to disasters and public health emergencies: The cases of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan, Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper (World Bank, Nov. 2021) [text]

Rohingya Crisis - Secondary impacts of COVID-19: Potential consequences of the May 2021 containment and risk mitigation measures (ACAPS, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Transit Country No More: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Indonesia (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Ethics-driven policy framework for implementation of movement restrictions in pandemics," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 6 (June 2021) [open access]
- Includes India case study.

"Non-refoulement and Right of Entry for Asylum-seekers," Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, vol. 29, no. S2 (2021) [open access]
- Focuses on Malaysia.

"The sustainability–peace nexus in crisis contexts: how the Rohingya escaped the ethnic violence in Myanmar, but are trapped into environmental challenges in Bangladesh," Sustainability Science, Latest Articles, 19 April 2021 [open access]

"Transnational contextualisation seeing the world from there, here and in-between," Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Latest Articles, 4 Nov. 2020 [open access]
- Focuses on Afghanistan and Afghan refugee experiences. See also related blog post.

Multimedia:

The experience of refugees and migrants in host countries in Southeast Asia, 27 May 2021 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

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