The Connecting Issue of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Southeast Asia
Abandoned by neighbors, 30,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi asylum seekers were left stranded in the Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait in 2015: their protection is essential
Reports on Genocide in Myanmar Highlight the Need for Change
The situation for the majority of Rakhine State’s residents, Buddhist and Muslim, is dreadful. But, for the Rohingya Muslims it is tragic.
Managing Expectations in NLD-led Myanmar
Rooting out predatory power such as that firmly in place after decades of military rule in Myanmar requires public and international buy-in.
Problems with Facts about Rohingya Statelessness
Ironically, and tragically, the surpassing symbolic and juridical power of ‘national race’ identity is for the Rohingya at once their problem and their solution.
What Next for the Rohingya in Myanmar? Suu Kyi’s Balancing Act after the Election
The muslim minority Rohingya have long been the targets of persecution from the local Buddhist majority, the military, and the central government.
The Rohingya, Genocide and a New Dawn for Myanmar
Putting right the terrible suffering which has been systematically inflicted upon the Rohingya is going to require a great deal of political courage.
Rohingya Crisis and the ‘Boat People’ Conference: Towards a Regional Solution?
Regional governments in South East Asia need to identify the unsolved Rohingya problem as a chance for constructive cooperation instead of a roadblock for collaboration.
Who Has a Right to Belong?
Whilst there might be international conventions which address the internally displaced, refugees, and the stateless the gap between theory and practice seems very large.
