Regional Refugee Protection Mechanism in ASEAN: a Case-Study of Rohingya Crisis during 2017 and 2018
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In October 2017, the Myanmar military conducted a clearance operation of Rohingyas to retaliate the attacks by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. They continued with another clearance operation against Arakanese Army who were labelled “terrorist group” in late 2018. This critical humanitarian crisis caused thousands of Rohingya refugees to leave Myanmar. As a key regional institution, ASEAN has yet to successfully develop regional mechanism on refugee protection despite early regional cooperation to establish a regional refugee protection mechanism, with the introduction of the 2011 Regional Cooperation Framework, the 2013 Jakarta Declaration on Addressing Irregular Movement of Persons, and the 2015 Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean. This paper examines ASEAN’s response to the Rohingya crisis from 2017 to 2018 using the norm localization framework, and explores the implications on the norm of regional refugee protection. Its central question is: What are the barriers to the formation of a regional refugee protection mechanism in ASEAN during 2017 and 2018? This research builds on the literature on Asian regional institutions in norm socialization under crisis and suggests strategies to improve regional cooperation over refugee protection.
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