17 July 2023

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

"Can the UN Secretary-General Help the 2,000 North Koreans Detained in China?," The Diplomat, 5 July 2023 [text]

Environmental coordination in humanitarian settings: case study of the Energy and Environment Technical Working Group in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (Humanitarian Practice Network, July 2023) [text]

New open access book:

Migration in South Asia: IMISCOE Regional Reader
(Springer, June 2023) [open access]
- "This open access Regional Reader provides a contemporary look at the emerging challenges and issues facing South Asian migration amidst covid-19 and discusses a framework for a sustainable and cooperative migration from and within the region, which will impact both the economic and regional development of South Asia. The book draws a focus on this area through an interdisciplinary and holistic lens and follows the three broad areas of migration studies in South Asia: Governance and mobility, Family, health and demography, and Forced migration."

Reports:

Asia & the Pacific Regional Trends: Forced Displacement and Statelessness 2022 (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

“They Left Us Without Any Support”: Afghans in Pakistan Waiting for Solutions (Refugees International, July 2023) [text]

A WREC case study: The Role of Scrap Dealers in Cox’s Bazar to support humanitarian response and reduce environmental impact (WREC & Logistics Cluster, July 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"The Effects of COVID-19 on Refugees in Peninsular Malaysia: Surveillance, Securitization, and Eviction," ASEAS: Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 16, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"An emerging concern of medical waste management in Rohingya refugee camps at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: existing practice and alternatives," Frontiers in Environmental Science, 13 July 2023 [open access]

"Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 response in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh," International Journal for Equity in Health, 22:111 (June 2023) [open access]

"Surviving in the Post-Repatriation Era: Challenges and Opportunities for Papuan refugees after returning from Papua New Guinea," Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional, vol. 19, no. 1 (2023) [open access via DOAJ]

"'These people are conning us': Australia’s Medevac laws and the biopolitical production of the 'malingering' refugee," Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, OnlineFirst, 9 July 2023 [open access]

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