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Mixed Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region
Presentation by UNHCR
Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Personsand Related Transnational Crime
Workshop on Regional Protection, Resettlement and RepatriationBali, Indonesia; 7-8 June 2010
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Overview
• Mixed movements and triggers
• Key statistics in the region
• Key movements
• Protection environment
• Factors affecting irregular movements
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Protection and migration in the Asia-Pacific
People move for a web of reasons
Protection-driven movements triggered by human rights violations, armed conflict, serious
disturbances of public order
Economic based, including labour migration
Protection-based social factors
(family reunification and education)
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People on the Move subjected to Smugglers and Traffickers
Economic Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers:
– Travel in same directions– Use same routes and means of transport– Face same risks on route
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Main Source Countries* in the Region(Estimated number of persons)
*Source: 2009 Annual Statistical Report for UNHCR’s geographical Asia-Pacific Region. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.
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Main Host Countries* in the Region(Estimated number of persons)
*Source: 2009 Annual Statistical Report for UNHCR’s geographical Asia-Pacific Region. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.
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Change in Newly registered asylum-seekers* from 2009 to 2010 for key countries in the Region
Country of Asylum
1Jan-31Mar09 1Jan-31Mar10Change in Number
Percentage Change
Australia 1,259 2,444** + 1,185 + 94%
India 847 1,362 + 515 + 61%
Indonesia 498 968 + 470 + 94%
Malaysia 4,439 14,168 + 9,729 + 219%
Thailand 390 557 + 167 + 43%
Total 7,433 19,499 +12,066 +162%
* Source: 1st Quarterly Statistical Reports 2010. For Australia, figures are reported by UNHCR Canberra.** Newly registered asylum-seekers in Australia is the total number of protection visa applications, comprising all “onshore arrivals” (Australian mainland) during first quarter 2010, and a number of “offshore arrivals” (Christmas Island) who became eligible to apply for a protection visa in first quarter 2010.
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Malaysia Nepal ThailandOthers in Asia & the
Pacific
Total Asia & the
PacificWorld
Submitted 10,228 22,139 19,879 3,215 55,461 128,558
Departed 7,509 17,442 16,835 2,546 44,332 84,657
Resettlement Figures (Total 2009)
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Key Movements in the Region
LEGEND
CoO: Myanmar
CoO: Sri Lanka
CoO: Afghanistan
Return to Afghanistan
CoO: IraqCoO: Iraq
CoO: Myanmar
CoO: Sri Lanka
CoO: Afghanistan
Return to Afghanistan
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Some factors affecting movements
• Armed conflict • Human insecurity• Demand for foreign labour• People smuggling rings• Disparate standards of protection• Access to solutions
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Protection Environment in the Region
Lack of legal and social framework to protect refugees and asylum-seekers:– Accession rate to Refugee
Convention low– Processing arrangements– Use of detention to curb irregular
migration– Few national asylum systems in
place– Low standard of treatment and
poor access to basic services and employment
– Few available solutions
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