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163588
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Based on field research, this article focuses on the little-known phenomenon of Bangladeshi ‘boat people’ seeking entry to Thailand and Malaysia. It identifies how in a populous country of the Global South, familiar with various kinds of worker migration and movements of people, changing political, social and ecological contexts may generate and drive yet more manifestations of migration, also related to trafficking. In particular, certain developments in international relations connected to religious politics are shown to be instrumental in facilitating migration through legal and illegal channels. The interviews identify significant motivating factors that suggest an urgent need to develop policy recommendations, also in South Asia, to alleviate risks and suffering for irregular migrants and their families.
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150590
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According to the United Nations, the current worldwide displacement is at the highest level ever recorded. Further, the humanitarian crises unfolding in the Mediterranean and the Bay of Bengal have focused the spotlight on the maritime domain as a prominent escape route. They have also raised many questions pertaining to human security and the humanitarian obligations of the states at one end of the spectrum and national security considerations that come with such mass arrivals on the other. However, the two crises have elicited varying responses by the affected state and non-state actors, who have interpreted international law and state obligations differently. This paper seeks to understand and analyse maritime and policy responses to the Syrians in the Mediterranean and the Rohingyas in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to identify the best practices for states to comply with their international humanitarian obligations while taking state security imperatives into consideration.
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