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

	Looking ahead: Human rights standards in the context of protection at sea Pia Oberoi
	“There we are nothing, here we are nothing!”: The enduring effects of Rohingya persecution and genocide in Myanmar and on lives in the diaspora Melanie O'Brien and Gerhard Hoffstaedter
	Defying Hopelessness: Navigating the Humanitarian-Security Nexus within the Discourses of Irregular Migration post-Andaman Sea Crisis Annisa Dina Amalia
	Bureaucratic Gaps and Exclusion: The limits of documentary ‘protection’ for Rohingyas in India Anubhav Dutt Tiwari and Jessica Field
	Human rights metaphors: Revealing regional perspectives about Rohingya displacement since the Andaman Sea crisis Maree Higgins
	Responsibility for boat crises in ASEAN: Potential means and methods for accountability Sangeetha Yogendran
	Why we Rohingya refugees risk our lives at sea Mohammad Arfaat
	The Rohingya Refugee Crisis, International Justice, and Rethinking Solutions Brian Gorlick
	A closer look at repatriating the Rohingya Savitri Taylor
	Trafficking in Rohingya Women: The ASEAN Perspective Niruka Sanjeewani
	Crossfire and criminal cases: How Bangladesh’s counter-trafficking actions changed the game for migrants and refugees in Southeast Asia Ashraful Azad
	Andaman Sea crisis: Is the region really better off in 2020  Caitlin McCaffrie
	Diversity and inclusion: blockchain technology and digital identity for stateless Rohingya refugees Abraha Desale
	Lost in transit: Refugees stranded in a legal vacuum in Indonesia Heru Susetyo
	Is the 2016 Indonesian Presidential Regulation a potential 'game-changer' on rescue of Rohingya boat refugees? Susan Kneebone
	A sad case of déjà vu for the Rohingya Graham Thom
	My Rohingya journey from statelessness to the US via Malaysia and Manus Island  Imran Mohammad
	The Andaman Sea Crisis: 5 years on Madeline Gleeson

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.