Why is Asia Known as the Region that Rejects the Refugee Convention?

Blog post written by Professor Susan Kneebone (University of Melbourne) who is the convenor of two panels at the upcoming RLI 4th Annual Conference: ‘Human Rights and the Refugee Convention in Asia: Nationality, States and “Regionalism”’ and ‘Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia: Indonesia’s Laws and Policies in Regional Context’. The conference draft programme is online and registration for the event is now open.

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