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  • 7 Jul 2025
    • Asylum seekers and refugees
    • International law
    • Lebanon

    The protection paradox: How refugee law fails those fleeing failed states

    Guita G. Hourani
    Legal definitions rooted in 1951 miss today’s reality – many people flee state collapse, not specific persecutors.
  • 20 Jun 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • Myanmar
    • Asylum seekers and refugees

    Destabilisation of refugee camps in Bangladesh could lead to a new exodus of Rohingyas

    David Brewster
    A security breakdown and aid reductions could push refugees to seek dangerous alternative routes.
  • 26 May 2025
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Asylum seekers and refugees

    Australia’s role in preventing the next Andaman Sea refugee catastrophe

    Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti , Christy Kumesan , Caitlin McCaffrie , Naparat Kranrattanasuit
    Regional reforms since the 2015 maritime crisis show progress, but gaps in coordination threaten vulnerable populations.
  • 25 Mar 2025
    • Aid & Development
    • Bangladesh
    • Myanmar
    • Asylum seekers and refugees

    Beyond politics: Australia’s role in solving the Rohingya crisis

    Arunn Jegan
    More than a million people in disease ridden camps in our region should be a national concern.
  • 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.

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