Antje Missbach
Biography
Publications
Antje Missbach is Professor of Sociology at Bielefeld University, specialising in Migration and Mobility Studies, first and foremost in the Asia-Pacific region. She co-leads the Maritime Refugee Lab, as a research-based attempt to help overcome the terracentricity inherent to Refugee Studies. Her latest books include The Criminalisation of People Smuggling in Indonesia and Australia: Asylum out of Reach (2022) and a co-edited collection on Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia: Between Humanitarianism and Sovereignty (2024).
Rohingya boats: Out of mind but still coming
Regional states may prefer not to see what is happening, but wilful blindness does not make the boats disappear.
Migration: The bargaining power of transit states
Destination countries try to get transit countries in line with their migration policies. It doesn't always work.
The tiny African country making a big case against Myanmar
The plight of the Rohingya has had the world’s attention for years. What made Gambia stand up and do something about it?
Refugee detention in Indonesia
An unclear policy framework, resistance to community housing expansion, and refugees being unsupported and unable to work continue to impede progress.
