The Andaman Sea Crisis: 5 years on
Kaldor Centre's special series marking the five-year anniversary
of the Andaman Sea crisis
About the series
Five years ago, as many as 8,000 Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi migrants were left stranded at sea after people smugglers abandoned their boats and neighbouring countries refused to allow them to come ashore. As the world comes to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic, crowded boats in the Bay of Bengal are once more forcing the region to confront the plight of Rohingya refugees seeking safety by sea.
At this critical moment, the Kaldor Centre begins a series aiming to inform regional discussions about protection. With analysis from a diverse range of perspectives from refugees, academics, human rights organisations and others at the forefront of forming regional policy in this area, we aim to consider how far the region has come in the past five-years, and encourage critical discourse about the steps yet to be taken.
Hear from series convener and Kaldor Centre Senior Research Associate, Madeline Gleeson, in this 10 minute introductory podcast:
Series contributors
If you are interested in contributing to the Kaldor Centre's special series marking the five-year anniversary of the Andaman Sea crisis, either in a standalone piece or response to an existing contribution, please contact Madeline Gleeson at madeline.gleeson@unsw.edu.au.