Protection of refugees and displaced persons in the Asia Pacific region

The chapters in this book explore the impact of recent shifts in global and regional power and the subsequent development and enforcement of international refugee protection standards in the Asia Pacific region. Drawing on their expertise across a number of jurisdictions, the contributors assess the challenges confronting the implementation of international law in the region, as well as new opportunities for extending protection norms into national and regional dialogues. The case studies span key jurisdictions across the region and include a comparative analysis with China, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Australia. This topical and important book raises critical questions for the Asia Pacific region and sheds light on the challenges confronting the protection of refugees and displaced persons in this area. Interdisciplinary in its approach, it will be of interest to academics, researchers, students and policy-makers concerned with the rights and protection of refugees

1. Shifting powers : protection of refugees and displaced persons in the Asia Pacific region / Angus Francis and Rowena Maguire -- 2. Responsibility, regionalism and refugees : what lessons for Australia? / Penelope Mathew -- 3. Civil society and the fight for refugee rights in the Asia Pacific region / Savitri Taylor -- 4. The search for protection in Southeast Asia / Taya Hunt and Nikola Errington -- 5. Refugee protection in China : the issue of citizenship and potential solutions / Liang Shuying -- 6. Prospects for refugee rights in Hong Kong : towards the legalization and expansion of protection from refoulement / Kelley Loper -- 7. Migration and the refugee regime in Malaysia : implications for a regional solution / Amarjit Kaur -- 8. Challenges and opportunities in respecting international refugee law in Indonesia / Bhatara Ibnu Reza -- 9. Irregular migration, refugee protection and the 'Malaysian solution' / Peter Billings and Anthony Cassimatis with Marissa Dooris -- 10. Revisiting the concept of protection in international refugee law : implications of the protracted refugee situation on the Thai-Myanmar border / Akiko Okudaira and Hitoshi Nasu -- 11. Internally displaced persons in Northern Thailand : involuntary relocation and the need for regulation / Photchanat Intaramanon -- 12. The international regulation of persons displaced by climate change / Rowena Maguire and Louise Kruger -- 13. Conceptualising climate-induced displacement in Bangladesh / Mostafa Mahmud Naser.