Despite the sizeable numbers of refugees from Myanmar within Asia, the overall protection environment remains flimsy. For decades, countries in South and Southeast Asia have been hosting refugee populations originating from within and outside the region. Most of these refugees are from Myanmar and include persons from a number of the country’s ethnic groups such…
Welcome to the March 2022 newsletter from the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform. These newsletters are intended to shine a spotlight on some of the issues being tackled by our members, and the programmatic work done to improve outcomes for persons affected by displacement. We hope you find this newsletter informative. For any questions please don’t…
Intersessional Panel Discussion on the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations Session 2: Situations of vulnerability arising from the reasons for migration Oral Statement The Asia Displacement Solutions Platform stresses the need for action to address the vulnerable situations of displacement affected persons from Afghanistan and Myanmar. Afghanistan Afghanistan has a long history of displacement,…
Welcome to the December 2021 newsletter from the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform. These newsletters are intended to shine a spotlight on some of the issues being tackled by our members, and the programmatic work done to improve outcomes for persons affected by displacement. We hope you find this newsletter informative. For any questions please don’t…
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, deposed Myanmar’s elected government. Alleging widespread fraud in the November 2020 elections, which the Tatmadaw’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party lost to the incumbent National League for Democracy (NLD), Tatmadaw leaders announced a one-year state of emergency. Anti-coup protests and an organised Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM)…