28 March 2022

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

How many refugees will drown at Bhasan Char in Bangladesh? (Pearls & Irritations, March 2022) [text]

Indonesia: Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans, rights experts report (OHCHR, March 2022) [text]

"Thousands of Refugees in Indonesia ‘Shut Out’ from Public Facilities," VOA News, 11 March 2022 [text]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeals for global engagement to address Afghanistan’s needs (UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for greater support for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan *(UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

*UNHCR and partners call for sustained funding and support for Rohingya refugees (UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

"US Declares Myanmar's Treatment of Rohingya Minority a 'Genocide'," VOA News, 20 March 2022 [text]

"Why it’s time to talk about the aid void on the India-Myanmar border," The New Humanitarian, 22 March 2022 [text]

Reports & book chapters

Barely Above Water: Challenges of National and Local NGOs Navigating Humanitarian Space In the New Afghan Context (ACBAR, March 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan (UNHCR, Feb. 2022) [text]

"Introduction," The Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia: A Legal Fiction (Routledge, 2022) [Academia]

Possibilities and impediments to cross-border movement in Afghanistan (Refugee Council of Australia, Feb. 2022) [text]

Rohingya Refugee Camps and Forest Loss in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: An Inquiry Using Remote Sensing and Econometric Approaches, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9948 (World Bank, Feb. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Contested regionalism in the Asia-Pacific: the case of the Bali Process and the protection of refugees," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 Nov. 2021 [Academia]

"The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Rohingya refugees with pre-existing health problems in Bangladesh," Conflict and Health, 16:10 (March 2022) [open access]

"Implementing the Right to the City: A Legal Tool for Improving the Rights of Refugees in Indian Cities," Australian Journal of Asian Law, vol. 22, no. 1 (2022) [full-text]

"Living in the Shadows: Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia," Asian Journal of International Law, FirstView, 21 March 2022 [open access]

"The obscure Kashmiris in the Kashmir conflict: Analysing the 1990 Kashmiri refugees," Cogent Arts & Humanities, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Protecting Refugees, Preserving State Sovereignty and Mandating Equitable International Burden-sharing: Finding the Balance for Malaysia," INSAF: The Journal of the Malaysian Bar, vol. 39, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Routed Magazine, no. 19 (Feb. 2022) [full-text]
- Themed issue on “Moving towards a better normal: Defining mobility, human rights & freedoms in a post-pandemic Southeast Asia.”

"Seeking justice amidst chaos: methods to identify and document individuals implicated in crimes against the Rohingya in August 2017," Conflict and Health, 16:9 (March 2022) [open access]

"Southeast Asia and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: Substance without Form?," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 33, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [Academia]

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