Refugee protection in Southeast Asia : between humanitarianism and sovereignty / edited by Susan Kneebone, Reyvi Mariñas, Antje Missbach and Max Walden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kneebone, Susan, editor.

Mariñas, Reyvi, editor.

Missbach, Antje, editor.

Walden, Max, editor.

Series:

Forced migration ; v. 51.

Forced migration ; volume 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Southeast Asia.

Refugees.

Emigration and immigration law--Southeast Asia.

Emigration and immigration law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2025.

Summary:

"Despite being long-term hosts to refugee populations, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia are not yet part of the 1951 Refugee Convention. In all three states, refugees are regulated as discretionary humanitarian exceptions to immigration legislation. With contributions from scholars within and outside the region, this book promotes new thinking on protection of refugees and on resolving tensions between states, actors and institutions in the region. It evaluates the key concepts of sovereignty, security and humanitarianism in this context, the different bases of protection by state and non-state actors and the meaning of responsibility and regionalism in Southeast Asia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. ‘Humanitarian Responses’ to Refugees in Southeast Asia / Susan Kneebone, Max Walden, Reyvi Mariñas and Antje Missbach

The Limits of Refugee Protection in Urban Southeast Asia : A View from Above and Below / Itty Abraham

Asylum and Refugee Protection in Thailand’s History : Between Sovereignty and Humanitarianism / Bongkot Napaumporn and Susan Kneebone

Appendix. Groups of Post-Second World War Refugees and Other Ethnic Minorities, and Protection Provided to Them in the Past

‘Partial Protection’ for Refugees : Aspirations of Refugee Activists in Indonesia / Realisa D. Masardi

A Responsible Sovereign? Between Sovereignty and Responsibility in Refugee and Asylum Seeker Protection in Indonesia –The Case of the Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016 / Hestutomo Restu Kuncoro and Atin Prabandari

Approaching Thailand’s National Screening Mechanism through Affective Governmentality : Protection and Competent Governance or Maintaining the Status Quo? / Kate Coddington

The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia : What Is the Way Forward? / Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Aslam Abd Jalil

Are Sovereignty and Humanitarianism Mutually Exclusive? An Exploration of the Role of Civil Society in Bridging the Gap / David Keegan, Evan Jones and Mitra Khakbaz

The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and the Promotion of Refugee Rights in Southeast Asia / Savitri Taylor

Appendix. The APRRN’s Organizational Structure and Governance as in 2021

Nonstate Actors’ Practices and Agency in Indonesian Refugee Protection : The Importance of Communities of Practice / Nino Viartasiwi

Sovereign States and Refugee Rights Protection in ASEAN / Sriprapha Petcharamesree

Conclusion : Sovereignty, Responsibility and Human Rights / Susan Kneebone, Reyvi Mariñas and Max Walden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed October 29, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Refugee protection in Southeast Asia

ISBN:

9781805397823

1805397826

9781805397816

1805397818

OCLC:

1464288119

Publisher Number:

CIPO000153980

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license

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