Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia - (Forced Migration) by Susan Kneebone & Reyvi Mariñas & Antje Missbach & Max Walden (Hardcover)

About the Book

"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"--

Book 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.

Review Quotes

"I believe this book is the first of its kind, especially in terms of the theoretical structure and goals ... it promises new thinking, insights and epistemologies." - Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Catholic University of Santos, Brazil.

"This is a valuable contribution to the growing interdisciplinary literature on refugee protection in Southeast Asia. It represents some of the leading voices in the scholarly community engaged with refugee protection in Southeast Asia." - Martin Jones, University of York

About the Author

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