Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia

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

“I believe this book is the first of its kind, especially in terms of the theoretical structure and goals ... it promises new thinking, insights and epistemologies.” • Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Catholic University of Santos, Brazil.“This is a valuable contribution to the growing interdisciplinary literature on refugee protection in Southeast Asia. It represents some of the leading voices in the scholarly community engaged with refugee protection in Southeast Asia.” • Martin Jones, University of York

• List of IllustrationsForewordErika FellerPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction Part I: Historical Moments and Perspectives on Refugee Protection in Southeast AsiaChapter 1. The Limits of Refugee Protection in Urban Southeast Asia: A View from Above and BelowItty AbrahamChapter 2. Asylum and Refugee Protection in Thailand’s History: Between Sovereignty and HumanitarianismBongkot Napaumporn and Susan KneeboneChapter 3. ‘Partial Protection’ for Refugees: Aspirations of Refugee Activists in IndonesiaRealisa D MasardiPart II: Country StudiesChapter 4. A Responsible Sovereign? Between Sovereignty and Responsibility in Refugee and Asylum Seeker Protection in Indonesia: The Case of the Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016Hestutomo Restu Kuncoro and Atin PrabandariChapter 5. Approaching Thailand’s National Screening Mechanism Through Affective Governmentality: Protection and Competent Governance or Maintaining the Status Quo?Kate CoddingtonChapter 6. The (Un)official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward?Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Aslam Abd JalilPart III: The Refugee Convention: Protection by Non-State ActorsChapter 7. Are Sovereignty and Humanitarianism Mutually Exclusive? An Exploration of the Role of Civil Society in Bridging the GapDavid Keegan, Evan Jones and Mitra KhakbazChapter 8. The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and the Promotion of Refugee Rights in Southeast AsiaSavitri TaylorChapter 9. Non-state Actors’ Practices and Agency in Indonesian Refugee Protection: The Importance of Communities of PracticeNino ViartasiwiPart IV: ConcludingChapter 10. Sovereign States and Refugee Rights Protection in ASEANSriprapha PetcharamesreeConclusion: Sovereignty, Responsibility and Human RightsSusan Kneebone, Reyvi Mariñas and Max WaldenIndex