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Questions for Discussion (Priya)
1. How can current refugee policies be expanded to protect those seeking asylum based on gender-based violence?
2. How can non-state actors play a bigger role in influencing state actor behaviours when it comes to refugee rights and policies? Is there a possibility for these two actors to work together in these matters?

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Discussion Question Week 7

How and to what extent has Australia protected human rights of refugees/asylum seekers and its sovereignty?

How does UNHCR function at national, regional, and international levels?

What kind of integration processes should host countries possess for refugees with gender-based asylum experiences?

Ayumi Kamijo

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Stephanie Kilpatrick
1. Which of the problems facing female asylum seekers as discussed by Bromfield, are applicable to other migrants?
2. In what ways do female migrants and female asylum seekers face different barriers?
3. The Refugee Convention protection does not automatically cover many traumas and dangers faced by women. What other gaps are there in the Refugee Convention?

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What is meant by the term Global Refugee Policy?

What is the difference between the Bali Process and the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network?

Southeast Asia has a “protracted refugee problem”, how can Global Refugee Policy be utilised more effectively to combat this?

Has placing emphasis on ‘people smugglers’ rather than refugees and asylum seekers within Global Refugee Policy proven effective? Why/why not?

Michael N

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Annisa Amalia

1. How do power dynamics among major countries in Asia-Pacific region shape global refugee regime and the practice of refugee protection?
2. Kneebone’s article presents the unbalanced relations between state-led institution and civil society actor. In your opinion, to what extent non-state actors can alter the refugee regime? How likely is it for the governments to change their security-focused policies?
3. Do you think gender aspect is important to explain refugee crisis in Asia-Pacific?

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What impact does Australia’s participation in the Bali Process and migration of refugees have on international relations with other countries in the Asia-Pacific and the world? Could it be regulated better?
Martin Isidro

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What policy related to refugees and asylum seekers is fair when looking at NGO+state collaboration or state-state cooperation? In  burden-sharing fair?

Irina Telipko

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What is Australia's policy on refugees? How does Australia assist refugees or asylum seekers settle?  MIKI

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In regards to international agreements on refugees, does the terminology of persecution leave too broad a spectrum in which to accurately assess claims of asylum? That is, have multilateral articles of refugee policy expressed themselves so generally that they leave doubt as to who, and under what circumstances, may qualify for asylum? - Matthew Bennett

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Week 7 questions - Hugh Binks

-          Should the definition of a refugee be amended to include those persecuted on the basis of their gender?

-          Should assessors of each refugee application be of the same or similar groupings for each individual asylum seeker?

-          Can signatories of the Refugee Convention and other relevant legislation do more to help refugees?

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Connor Syddall 992118 -

Should individuals identified by UNHCR as refugees be granted full entitlements if the country in which they have fled to consider them illegal migrants?

Should foreign governments reprimand states that fail to support their citizens from persecution?

Regardless of the burden of proof in regards to persecution, should citizens be entitled to flee their home countries due to civil war?

Should individuals be able to claim refugee status if their government is failing to offer them protection from gender-related issues, i.e. domestic violence?

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Hugh C 790222
Given the core conflict between the statist nature of the Bali Process (which the Australian government pursues) and the discussion of norms of international protection of asylum seekers, is state sovereignty too much of a problem to be overcome in Australia's geopolitical context?

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Cheng Peng: Susan Kneebone has stated that there is the blobalized refuee policy. If this is the case, given that some states are still underdeveloped and have heavy burden to feed their own population and stabilize their own society, is having the international refugee policy really fair to all states? Also, are the Asian states (including Australia) really want to provide protection for the refugees? Or they are just forced to do so because of the liberal values imposed by the Western countries?