Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia: Between Humanitarianism and Sovereignty: 51 (Forced Migration, 51)

ISBN 10: 180539780X ISBN 13: 9781805397809

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2024

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Susan Kneebone is Professorial Fellow and Senior Associate of the Asian Law Centre and Research Affiliate of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Reyvi Mariñas is Research Fellow on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project 180100685: Indonesia’s Refugee Policies: Responsibility, Security and Regionalism at Melbourne Law School

Antje Missbach is Professor of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany and a Partner Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project 180100685.

Max Walden is a PhD student and Research Assistant under the Australian Research Council Discovery Project 180100685 at Melbourne Law School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180539780X
• ISBN 13: 9781805397809
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Kneebone Susan, Mariñas Reyvi, Missbach Antje, Walden Max