30 January 2026

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Afghanistan: FAO and Asian Development Bank advance $100 million initiative to boost food security and resilience (FAO, Jan. 2026) [text]

How our small organisation struggles against logistics challenges in Bangladesh (Humanitarian Practice Network, Jan. 2026) [text]

"Palau lawmakers vote to block controversial Trump deal to resettle migrants from US," The Guardian, 30 Jan. 2026 [text]

Returning Home: Land, Displacement, and the Politics of Resettlement in Post-War Sri Lanka (RID Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Anxieties about a Porous Border: Australian Government Responses to Melanesian 'Boat People'," Australian Historical Studies, vol. 56, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

Making Partnerships Work in Afghanistan Guiding: Principles and Modalities for Equitable Collaboration - Advancing equitable, locally led humanitarian and development partnerships (Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development, Jan. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"'No one ever asked for my suggestions…': photo-elicitation with forcibly-displaced Rohingya about humanitarian responses to mass displacement in Cox’s Bazar," Medical Humanities, Online First, 20 January 2026 [open access]

"Refugee status as taboo: how humanitarian intervention impeded refugee recognition in Vietnam before the Orderly Departure Program (1979)," Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Latest Articles, 20 Jan. 2025 [postprint]
- See also other related postprint.

"The Role of Local NGOs in Promoting Peace and Conflict Resolution in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh," International Journal of Peace and Conflict Research, vol. 1, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Securitised Exit and Passport Regimes in South Korea: Law, Politics and Jurisdiction," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Societal impacts of the Rohingya refugee presence in Bangladesh’s border communities: Tensions and transformations," Societal Impacts, vol. 7 (June 2026) [open access]

"Theorising the politics of famine: Bangladesh in 1974," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

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