Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2023) [text]

"Myanmar Reportedly Jailed Malaysia-bound Rohingya Refugees for Traveling 'Without Official Documents'," VOA News, 13 Jan. 2023 [text]

Refugees and neutral territories: Hong Kong and Macau during World War II (Refugee History Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Rescued at sea, why do Rohingya refugees end up in Sri Lankan detention centers? (Global Voices, Jan. 2023) [text]

The Rohingya Crisis: Indonesia’s Immigration Issue (Raisina Debates, Jan. 2023) [text]

UNHCR seeks comprehensive regional response to address rise in deadly South-East Asia sea journeys (UNHCR, Jan. 2023) [text]

- Includes link to this flash update on "Protection at Sea in South-East Asia: 2022 in Review."

Reports & journal articles:

"Contested Identity and Prejudice Against Co-Ethnic Refugees: Evidence from South Korea," Political Research Quarterly, OnlineFirst, 3 Dec. 2022 [preprint]

"The Creeping Cruelty of Australian Crimmigration Law," Sydney Law Review, vol. 44, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

"The 'good refugee' ideal: How discourses of deservingness permeate Australia's refugee and asylum seeker narratives," Australian Journal of Social Issues, Early View, 18 Jan. 2023 [open access]

"Immigration Amnesties in Australia: Lessons for Law Reform from Past Campaigns," Sydney Law Review, vol. 44, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

In the Holy Land: The Lives and Activities of Tibetan Refugees in India - Part I (Refugees in Towns, Jan. 2023) [text]

"The Politics of Statelessness, Refugeehood and Humanitarianism of the Rohingyas," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 11 Jan. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on India.

"Protracted displacement, local economies and protection: communities and ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 82 (Jan. 2023) [full-text]

"Waiting for Papers: Paperwork, Migration, and the Uncertainty of Tibetan Refugees in India," International Journal of South Asian Studies, vol. 13 (2023) [full-text]

Resource:

Legal Information Sheets for Afghans (Amera, PILnet, APRRN & APNOR) [access]

- Country-specific "information for people seeking legal help who are impacted by the crisis in Afghanistan." Sheets are available in English and Dari for France, India, Ireland, Italy, the UK and US. 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (9 Jan. 2023)