23 March 2023

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Blog posts & press:

"How Australia wrote the 'stop the boats' playbook," BBC News, 18 March 2023 [text]

In Between the Sea and Fire: The Rohingya in Bangladesh (Refugee Watch Online, March 2023) [text]
- See also related first person account in The New Humanitarian.

"Myanmar, Bangladesh Readying Repatriation of More Than 1,000 Rohingya," The Diplomat, 16 March 2023 [text]

"Pakistan steps up crackdown on Afghan refugees, adds new restrictions," The New Humanitarian, 23 March 2023 [text]

"UN and Rohingya Refugee Repatriation: Is History About to Repeat Itself?," The Irawaddy, 22 March 2023 [text]
- See also related article in The Diplomat and UNHCR statement.

*"UN Refugee Repatriation Debacle in Myanmar,"  The Irawaddy, 23 March 2023 [text]

UNHCR, partners seek $876m for Rohingya refugees facing ‘chilling fog of uncertainty’ and for Bangladeshi hosts (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

*"Why nothing is getting better for Rohingya refugees stuck in Bangladesh," NPR, 28 Feb. 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Exploring healthcare-seeking behavior of most vulnerable groups amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the humanitarian context in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Findings from an exploratory qualitative study," PLOS Global Public Health 3(3): e0000382 (March 2023) [open access]

"Exploring Mental Health Status and Psychosocial Support among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study," Mental Illness, vol. 2023: 6128286 (March 2023) [open access

"A Glimpse into the Minds of Thais: Unveiling the Factors Influencing Thai Local Attitudes towards Myanmar Refugees," Migration Letters, vol. 20, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Migrant and Refugee Retention in Regional Australia at the Intersection of Structure and Agency," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 17 March 2023 [open access]

Pakistan: Flow Monitoring of Undocumented Afghan Migrants - Summary Report 2022 (IOM, March 2023) [text]

"Self-perceived mental health and factors associated with the mental health of Hong Kong's asylum-seekers and refugees: A mixed methods study," Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 2 (Feb. 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

Book discussion: Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru, 23 Feb. 2023 [access]

Creative resistance: Behrouz Boochani and friends on fighting a dehumanising system, 9 Feb. 2023 [access]
- Follow link for podcast and video recording.

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