Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia
Between Humanitarianism and Sovereignty
Published on 1. December 2024
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-1-80539-780-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; 7 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80539-780-9 (9781805397809)
DOI
10.3167/9781805397809
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Persons
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
Content
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Erika Feller
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Historical Moments and Perspectives on Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia
Chapter 1. The Limits of Refugee Protection in Urban Southeast Asia: A View from Above and Below
Itty Abraham
Chapter 2. Asylum and Refugee Protection in Thailand's History: Between Sovereignty and Humanitarianism
Bongkot Napaumporn and Susan Kneebone
Chapter 3. 'Partial Protection' for Refugees: Aspirations of Refugee Activists in Indonesia
Realisa D Masardi
Part II: Country Studies
Chapter 4. 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
Chapter 5. Approaching Thailand's National Screening Mechanism Through Affective Governmentality: Protection and Competent Governance or Maintaining the Status Quo?
Kate Coddington
Chapter 6. The (Un)official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward?
Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Aslam Abd Jalil
Part III: The Refugee Convention: Protection by Non-State Actors
Chapter 7. 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
Chapter 8. The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and the Promotion of Refugee Rights in Southeast Asia
Savitri Taylor
Chapter 9. Non-state Actors' Practices and Agency in Indonesian Refugee Protection: The Importance of Communities of Practice
Nino Viartasiwi
Part IV: Concluding
Chapter 10. Sovereign States and Refugee Rights Protection in ASEAN
Sriprapha Petcharamesree
Conclusion: Sovereignty, Responsibility and Human Rights
Susan Kneebone, Reyvi Marinas and Max Walden
Index
Foreword
Erika Feller
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Historical Moments and Perspectives on Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia
Chapter 1. The Limits of Refugee Protection in Urban Southeast Asia: A View from Above and Below
Itty Abraham
Chapter 2. Asylum and Refugee Protection in Thailand's History: Between Sovereignty and Humanitarianism
Bongkot Napaumporn and Susan Kneebone
Chapter 3. 'Partial Protection' for Refugees: Aspirations of Refugee Activists in Indonesia
Realisa D Masardi
Part II: Country Studies
Chapter 4. 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
Chapter 5. Approaching Thailand's National Screening Mechanism Through Affective Governmentality: Protection and Competent Governance or Maintaining the Status Quo?
Kate Coddington
Chapter 6. The (Un)official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward?
Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Aslam Abd Jalil
Part III: The Refugee Convention: Protection by Non-State Actors
Chapter 7. 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
Chapter 8. The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and the Promotion of Refugee Rights in Southeast Asia
Savitri Taylor
Chapter 9. Non-state Actors' Practices and Agency in Indonesian Refugee Protection: The Importance of Communities of Practice
Nino Viartasiwi
Part IV: Concluding
Chapter 10. Sovereign States and Refugee Rights Protection in ASEAN
Sriprapha Petcharamesree
Conclusion: Sovereignty, Responsibility and Human Rights
Susan Kneebone, Reyvi Marinas and Max Walden
Index