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Asia is home to the world’s largest known stateless group, the Rohingya. Reuters/Rafiquar Rahman

How the Asia‑Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Unless managed more effectively, forced migration will have permanent and intensifying negative impacts on countries across the globe.
Diplomats and officials from 17 countries met in Bangkok in May 2015 to discuss how to deal with the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees. AAP/Diego Azubel

The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: is the region now better prepared?

Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies; Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Plans for more robust architecture on forced migration need to be more advanced. Countries in our region must not rest on their laurels.
Regional leaders must continue to take concrete steps to avoid a repeat of the 2015 Andaman Sea refugee crisis. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: what happened and how did the region respond?

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

The region is showing signs it is determined to ensure similar mass displacement crises such as that which took place in the Andaman Sea in 2015 are avoided.
Despite its limitations, the Bali Process is the main game in town when it comes to dealing with forced migration in the Asia-Pacific. EPA/Hotli Simanjuntak

The Bali Process can do a lot more to respond to forced migration in our region

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

There is every sign the underlying causes of forced migration – war, repression, ethnic conflict, climate change displacement and rampant human trafficking – will continue.

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