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]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (15 Jan. 2026)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Bangladesh: New Rohingya Refugees Lack Protection, Aid (HRW, Sept. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

The pressing case for a new emergency visa to help people fleeing Gaza and other conflicts (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

The Responsibility to Protect vs. National Sovereignty: The Case of Rohingya Refugees in Myanmar and Bangladesh (RLI Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Road from Rakhine: The uncertain fate of Rohingyas (Raisina Debates, Oct. 2024) [text]

Reports:

A fair and fast asylum process for Australia: Lessons from Switzerland, Policy Brief, no. 16 (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2024) [access]

Migration, Pathway to Nation Building (Parliament of Australia, Sept. 2024) [access]

Returning from Pakistan: How are Afghan returnees coping back in their homeland? (Afghanistan Analysts Network, Sept. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Trapped Between Three Conflicts, Central Asian Migrants Face Problems We Can No Longer Ignore, Policy Memo, no. 909 (PONARS Eurasia, Aug. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Anxieties about a Porous Border: Australian Government Responses to Melanesian ‘Boat People’," Australian Historical Studies, Latest Articles, 10 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"Global Media Sentiments on the Rohingya Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of News Articles from Ten Countries," Journalism and Media, vol. 5, no. 3 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Implications of refugee crisis on public sector healthcare organizations: Empirical observation from Myanmar's Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

"National Borders among Families: Removal and 'Bare Life' in India," Migration Politics, Accepted Submission, 9 Sept. 2024 [preprint]

"Rewriting Internal Relocation from a Refugee Perspective: The Lived Experience of Refugees in Afghanistan," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (17 Sept. 2024)

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]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (29 June 2023)

Thematic Focus: Mental Health

Approaches to Providing Psycho-social Support for Children, Teachers and Other School Staff, and Social and Emotional Learning for Children in Protracted Conflict Situations (UK Department for International Development, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Assessment of Suicide Risks and Factors in a Refugee Camp in Thailand (IOM, 2017) [text]
- See also related Reuters article.

"The Centrality of Social Ties to Climate Migration and Mental Health," BMC Public Health, 17:600 (July 2017) [open access]

"The Effect of Ginkgo Biloba and Psycho-education on Stress, Anxiety and Fatigue among Refugees," Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 27 June 2017 [open access]

EU/Greece: Asylum Seekers’ Silent Mental Health Crisis (Human Rights Watch,
July 2017) [text]

"The Impact of the Asylum Process on Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Norway," BMJ Open, 7:e015157 (June 2017) [open access]

"The Mental Health Crisis in Syria: A Major Gap in Humanitarian Medical Response," Charged Affairs, 10 July 2017 [text]

Psychological First Aid for Children II: Dealing with Traumatic Responses in Children (Save the Children, May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Recommendations for Canadian Mental Health Practitioners Working with War-Exposed Immigrants and Refugees," Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, e-First Article, 30 June 2017 [open access]

"The Relationship of Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Culturally Distinct, Conflict-affected Population: A Study among West Papuan Refugees Displaced to Papua New Guinea," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8:73 (May 2017) [open access]

Seeking Asylum May Be Dangerous to Your Health, Your Children’s Health, and Even Your Unborn Baby’s Health (The Asylumist, July 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (14 June 2017)

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