04 November 2021

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Afghan Refugees in India Highlight the Need for Indian Domestic Refugee Law (Just Security Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

After decades of instability, what does the future hold for Afghan migration? (World Economic Forum Blog, Sept. 2021) [text]

Post-coup displacement in Myanmar: What we know, and what we don't (IDMC Blog, Sept. 2021) [text]

Student refugees in wartime China: Macau, 1937–45 (Refugee History Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

Taiwan's Displacement Risk from Drought (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

"U.N deal offers no guarantees of free movement for Rohingya on island - leaked agreement," Reuters, 15 Oct. 2021 [text]
- See also related press release and Devex article.

What did billions in aid to Afghanistan accomplish? 5 questions answered (The Conversation, Oct. 2021) [text]

Reports:
 
Dire Consequences: Addressing the Humanitarian Fallout from Myanmar’s Coup (Refugees International, Oct. 2021) [text]

Displacement and Access in Afghanistan: Scenarios (ACAPS, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The impact of the Afghanistan crisis on migration: Increasingly securitized borders will only make migration riskier and more dangerous (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2021) [text]

Like an Obstacle Course: Few Routes to Safety for Afghans Trying to Flee Their Country (Amnesty International, Oct. 2021) [text]

Moving forward localisation of humanitarian action in the Philippines: Empowerment leads to better humanitarian outcomes (Alliance for Empowering Partnership et al., Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"False Promise of Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016," Asian Journal of Law and Society, FirstView, 21 Sept. 2021 [free full-text]
- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue on Indonesia's Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016 concerning the Treatment of Refugees.

"Media influence on humanitarian interventions: analysis of the Rohingya refugee crisis and international media coverage," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:20 (Oct. 2021) [open access]

"Recent downhill course of COVID-19 at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: Urgent action solicited," Journal of Global Health, 11:03097 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Rohingya Boat Refugees at Bay of Bengal and Obligations of the South East Asian States Under Soft Law," Liverpool Law Review, Latest Articles, 8 Oct. 2021 [free full-text]

"What Rohingya refugees’ unsanctioned movement out of Indonesia reveals about the ‘safe migration’ discourse," Routed Magazine, no. 17 (Oct. 2021) [full-text]

Multimedia:

CSIS Podcast: Afghanistan and the Refugee Crisis: A Conversation with Refugees International's Hardin Lang, 15 Sept. 2021 [access]

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