REFUGEE & MIGRANT RIGHTS
What is the problem?
Refugees and migrants are offered few protections by countries within Southeast Asia. Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are the largest host countries for refugees, yet none of them are signatories to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, nor do they have legal protection mechanisms currently in place.
Southeast Asia is also host to Myanmar, the 4th major source of refugees in the world. Most of them are among the approximately one million Rohingya refugees now living in camps in southern Bangladesh. However, the Myanmar government has done nothing to put in place conditions for them to return in safety and dignity. ASEAN as a regional grouping is also failing to respond to the scale of the tragedy.
What are we doing about it?
Relevant Publications
Ahead of expected visit, ASEAN must hold Myanmar military accountable
JAKARTA - As the ASEAN Secretary-General and a representative of the ASEAN Chair, Brunei, are expected to visit Myanmar this week, parliamentarians across Southeast Asia urge them to hold the military accountable for its blatant disregard of the five-point consensus,...
Malaysia Defies Court Order, Putting Lives in Imminent Danger
The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) and the International Detention Coalition (IDC) strongly urge the Government of Malaysia to grant UNHCR immediate...
Malaysia: Regional MPs call for suspension of repatriation plans to Myanmar
JAKARTA – Malaysia must immediately suspend the planned repatriation of Myanmar nationals, amid reports that Myanmar's military government has offered to take back its citizens held in Malaysian immigration detention centers, Southeast Asian parliamentarians said...
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