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Tag Archives: Bali Process
Building a regional refugee framework.
The Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration (ADFM) expanded its membership, deepened its policy contributions to the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (Bali Process) and developed its connection to the Association of Southeast Asian … Continue reading
TRAVERS McLEOD, PETER HUGHES, SRIPRAPHA PETCHARAMESREE, STEVEN WONG, TRI NUKE PUDJIASTUTI: Rohingya refugees and building a regional framework to manage refugee flows.
Part 1. The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: what happened and how did the region respond? The Andaman Sea crisis a year ago catalysed important policy developments on forced migration in Southeast Asia. Part one recaps what happened, … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Andaman Sea refugee crisis, Bali Ministerial meeting., Bali Process, Peter-Hughes, Regional Refugee Framework, Rohingya refugees, Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Steven Wong, The Conversation, Travers McLeod, Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti
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John Menadue and CPD. Building a regional framework on refugees and forced-migration.
For several years a group of us at the Centre for Policy Development (CPD) have been endeavouring to develop a regional framework for the management of refugee issues in our region. We strongly feel that no country in the region, … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Bali Ministerial meeting., Bali Process, forced-migration, John Menadue, Peter-Hughes, Track II Dialogue, Travers Migration
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John Menadue. Regional cooperation on refugees, Bali and a Track II Dialogue.
I attended a Track II Dialogue in Bangkok recently to try to help develop a framework of shared responsibility to manage in a humane and efficient manner, displaced people movements in the region. There is concern that the Track I … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Bali Process, Centre for Policy Development, John Menadue, Track II Dialogue
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Arja Keski-Nummi. Offshore Processing in Cambodia – Really?
The idea of Cambodia as a so-called offshore processing centre is not new. For a nanosecond I recalled the former government contemplated Cambodia as a likely candidate for an offshore processing centre. Thankfully saner heads prevailed, although to their discredit … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, International Affairs, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Arja Keski-Nummi, Bali Process, Cambodian-refugee-processing, Malaysian-agreement
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Asylum seekers – good news at last. John Menadue
The joint communique issued yesterday by President Yudhoyono and PM Rudd is the best news that I have read on asylum seekers for many years. A regional framework is the only viable policy for the future. Individual countries cannot do … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Bali Process, PM Rudd, President Yudhoyono, regional refugee arrangements.
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