Welcome to the October-December 2025 ADSP Newsletter. These quarterly newsletters are intended to highlight some of our activities and the issues being tackled by ADSP, aiming to promote solutions to displacement through policy change. Over this quarter, ADSP continued to pursue its objectives across its two main axes of work on Afghanistan displacement and on…
Welcome to the July-September 2025 ADSP Newsletter. These quarterly newsletters are intended to highlight some of our activities and the issues being tackled by ADSP, aiming to promote solutions to displacement through policy change. Over this quarter, ADSP launched two new projects, while continuing to advance its core objective of promoting solutions to displacement in the…
This publication examines how more robust national data systems can support durable, inclusive solutions to forced displacement across Asia and the Pacific. A collaboration between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (ADSP), it analyzes existing data systems and identifies how stronger evidence can inform better policies, programs, and interventions for…
This Durable Solutions Analysis focuses on the context of Herat (Western Afghanistan) in urban and peri-urban areas, which are home to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees, especially from Iran. Based on research conducted in early 2025 with Samuel Hall, the analysis combines data from over 36,000 surveys across six datasets, and qualitative research to…
Welcome to the April-June 2025 ADSP Newsletter. These quarterly newsletters are intended to highlight some of our activities and the issues being tackled by ADSP, aiming to promote solutions to displacement through policy change. Over this quarter, ADSP finalized its contributions to the third phase of the ECHO-funded project on ‘Protecting Refugees in Asia’. Under DANIDA-funded…
The ongoing crisis in Southern Asia has driven significant cross-border displacement into Thailand and Malaysia, where preparedness measures remain fragmented, with limited space for joint solutions-oriented planning to foster inclusion and resilience. This briefing note calls for the adoption of whole-of-society approaches to strengthen both immediate responses and the enabling environment for long-term solutions for…
Published in the Forced Migration Review #75, this article developed jointly by ADSP, the Mixed Migration Center (MMC) Asia and the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Indonesia argues that adopting a civil society-supported ‘route-based approach’ can enhance existing coordination structures and more effectively assist and protect Rohingya refugees undertaking dangerous maritime and overland journeys. The article…
Welcome to the January-March 2025 ADSP Newsletter. These quarterly newsletters are intended to highlight some of our activities and the issues being tackled by ADSP, aiming to promote solutions to displacement through policy change. This quarter, despite the major disruptions experienced by the humanitarian and development sectors, ADSP continued to promote principled approaches. Our evidence-based…
Now that over a million Afghans have been returned from Pakistan since September 2023, ADSP is calling on all actors to uphold the principles of voluntary, safe, and dignified return, and work towards a coordinated regional response that respects the rights and choices of Afghans. Most returnees arrive with very little belongings or savings, no…
On 5 February 2025, ADSP joined the Second Asia Pacific Regional Review of the Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, organized in Bangkok, Thailand. Contributing to Agenda Item 3 on “Thematic discussions on progress and challenges with regard to implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration at…