22 May 2025

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Data-driven lessons from Australia’s failed Fast Track process (Asylum Insight, May 2025) [text]

Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia? (The Conversation, May 2025) [text]

Labor now has the political clout to reset Australia’s refugee policy. Here’s where to start (The Conversation, May 2025) [text]

Localized Refugee Protection in Thailand and Hong Kong and Their National Security Concerns (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2025) [text]

"Myanmar in-depth: Slow earthquake response underlines need to overhaul long-flawed international aid efforts," The New Humanitarian, 16 May 2025 [text]

Stronger legal aid for refugees and stateless persons secured with renewal of UNHCR, Philippine Public Attorney’s Office partnership (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

"UN agency, Rohingya refugees allege Indian authorities cast dozens of them into the sea near Myanmar," AP News, 16 May 2025 [text]
- See also related OHCHR press release.

UNHCR: Mass returns push Afghanistan to brink as aid dwindles (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]
- See also related story.

Reports: 

APRRN Advocacy Briefer: Strategizing for Rohingya Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions - A Regional and Multi-Stakeholder Approach (Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

A Closing Window: How Aid Cuts are Undermining Rohingya Possibilities (Refugees International, May 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Localization in the Rohingya refugee response, 7 May 2025 [access]

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