Articles | Lowy Institute

25 Jul 2024
Asean

Bangladesh

India

Myanmar

Asylum seekers and refugees
Could BIMSTEC be the answer to the Myanmar question?

Arkoprabho Hazra

With a new charter and fresh ambition, a little-known regional organisation has as big summit coming up in September.
2 Apr 2024
Bangladesh

Myanmar

Asylum seekers and refugees
Myanmar: The junta’s forced conscription of Rohingyas

Md. Himel Rahman

The implications of this cynical act for people already oppressed could reverberate for neighbouring Bangladesh and across the region.
13 Mar 2024
Bangladesh

Myanmar

Asylum seekers and refugees

Human rights

Migration
A ring-fence around the Rohingya can’t last – Australia’s policy needs to change

Arunn Jegan

Seven years on, a temporary aid agenda is only extenuating the problem.
13 Dec 2023
Aid & Development

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Asylum seekers and refugees
Crunch time on Rohingya refugees

David Brewster

By bolstering assistance to Bangladesh, Australia can avoid a new source of maritime arrivals.
10 Nov 2023
Australia

Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration
Where did the Afghan refugees go – and where next?

Sadiq Amini

While the world is still figuring out the politics, the people are paying the price.
22 Sep 2023
Asylum seekers and refugees

Climate change

Environment

Middle East
Libya’s unlearnable lessons

Mark Beeson

Many of the world’s current crises didn’t need to happen. Why the least responsible are still paying the price.
9 Feb 2023
Indonesia

Australia

Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration

Transnational Challenges
Australia and Indonesia can lead a response to refugee crisis in the region

Andrew Hudson

Shared information will help with rescue efforts and to pursue the leaders in people smuggling outfits.
18 Sep 2022
India

Sri Lanka

Asylum seekers and refugees
Concern for Sri Lankans fleeing to India amid economic crisis

Prarthana Sen

A close haven carries appeal, but can life ever be settled without a legal status?
6 May 2022
Asylum seekers and refugees

Afghanistan War

Australian immigration

Afghanistan

Human rights
Australia can stand up for the Afghan people, and the time is now

Ahmad Shuja Jamal

Canberra should signal to the world that we’re all better off in a community of nations where human dignity matters.
7 Aug 2020
Asylum seekers and refugees

Australian Foreign Aid

Syria

Migration

Human rights
The Beirut explosion and the plight of Syrian refugees

Erin Watson-Lynn

The blast that killed over 100 and injured thousands is also a reminder of the fragile existence of millions.
27 May 2020
Asylum seekers and refugees

Myanmar

Migration

Malaysia

Human rights
Rohingya in Malaysia, doubly trapped

JJ Rose

Panics have a way of seeking out victims, and the Rohingya in Malaysia have been easy targets during the pandemic.
24 Apr 2020
Asylum seekers and refugees

Coronavirus
The danger of disease in the world’s largest refugee camp

Katrina Lee-Koo , Eleanor Gordon

Cox’s Bazar camps are in lockdown. No Covid-19 cases are yet reported, but infectious illness is already sadly common.
7 Apr 2020
Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration

Coronavirus
Covid-19: Refugees at risk

Max Walden

Cash payments and mobilising asylum seekers with medical training are measures to help refugees survive the pandemic.
28 Nov 2019
Asylum seekers and refugees

Australia
Behrouz Boochani: Still in limbo

Madeline Gleeson

The Kurdish-Iranian journalist left Manus Island after six years, but the bureaucratic hurdles still lie before him.
17 Apr 2018
Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration
Employment as protection: complementary pathways for refugees

Jay Song , Daniel Thambar

Refugees should have better access to labour migration schemes to reduce the pressure on humanitarian quotas.
10 Apr 2018
Asylum seekers and refugees

Australia

Nauru
The lack of appeal in Nauru

Erin Harris

Australia should question why final court appeals have been scrapped in the tiny Pacific nation before an alternative was set up.
5 Apr 2018
Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration
Migration and border policy links: Israel’s UNHCR backflip, Pacific seasonal workers, more

Erin Harris

Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field.
5 Oct 2017
Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration
Migration & border policy links: What the US wants, Afghanistan, Rohingya repatriation and more

Rachael Buckland

This week's links also include a tracking matrix for patterns of displacement and a lecture on how migration has shaped New Zealand.
31 Aug 2017
Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration
Migration & border policy links: Merkel and no regrets, Hurricane Harvey and more

Rachael Buckland

This week's links also include lessons from Canada and Facebook acts on people smugglers' posts.
17 Aug 2017
Asylum seekers and refugees

Migration
Migration & border policy links: Manus High Court ruling, H-2B shortage, Turkey’s Syrians and more

Rachael Buckland

This week's links also include a comparison of various citizenship laws and India's reported plan to deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims.