20 May 2022

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Panel discussion: Accounting for Australia’s refugee policy – from the Tampa to tomorrow, 24 May 2022 [info]

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture: Bordering and Ordering among Refugees from Burma/Myanmar, 25 May 2022 [info]

Call for applications: New Zealand Refugee Advisory Panel [info]
- Deadline is 12 June 2022.

Blog posts & press:

"For desperate Afghans, risky crossings into Iran are worth chancing," The New Humanitarian, 17 May 2022 [text]

"How International Donors Can Better Offer Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar," The Diplomat, 6 May 2022 [text]

Lessons for Ukraine from the Rohingya crisis: even sympathetic communities can lose their enthusiasm for hosting refugees (The Conversation, May 2022) [text]

"Malaysia on potential collision course with UN body over refugee system," The Straits Times, 7 May 2022 [text]

"Pakistan: World’s Second Largest Host of Afghan Refugees," Eurasia Review, 17 May 2022 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Consistency of reports of violence from northern Rakhine state in August 2017," Conflict and Health, 16:22 (May 2022) [open access]

"Factors influencing refugees’ willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines in Greater Sydney: a qualitative study," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Early View, 12 May 2022 [open access]

"Fault-lines in temporary migration schemes: The case of Australia and the legacies of settler-colonial mentalities in the exploitation of temporary non-citizens," International Migration, Early View, 19 May 2022 [open access]

"Inter-agency collaboration and disaster management: A case study of the 2005 earthquake disaster in Pakistan," Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, vol. 14, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

Moving forward localisation of humanitarian action in the Philippines: The Philippine Multi-Stakeholder Localisation Dialogue Process Final Report, February-July 2021 (Alliance for Empowering Partnership et al., 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Palaweños helping Palaweños: Localisation of aid driving more sustainable humanitarian outcomes in Palawan (OCHA, May 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Southeast Asia: ASEAN’s Role and Way Forward," Journal of International Studies, vol. 17 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

'90 Days & 50 Pounds': Idi Amin, Uganda & the Disbursal of South Asians, 19 May 2022 [access]

Resource:

APRRN Information on Afghanistan [Facebook]
- "This page is dedicated to sharing relevant information and services for Afghan refugees in the region."

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