Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia - Between Humanitarianism and Sovereignty

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Marinas Kneebone
• Assisted by: Susan Kneebone (Editor), Kneebone Susan (Editor), Reyvi Mariñas (Editor), Antje Missbach (Editor), Missbach Antje (Editor), Max Walden (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781805397809
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-780-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Forced Migration
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, South East Asia, Social and cultural anthropology, International humanitarian law, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, Public international law: humanitarian law, SDG 16