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Onward pushes and negotiated refuge
Theorizing the fluid national and urban regimes of forced migration in Southeast Asia
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This chapter analyzes the complex and informal nature of refugee protection in Southeast Asia. The author specifically looks at Thailand and Malaysia and uses the discussion of Rohingya refugees to illuminate the different ways in which the state colludes with people smugglers and others in clandestinely pushing Rohingya refugees into Malaysia. The crackdown on these practices clearly reveals how deeply involved the Thai state is with these practices. The state is implicated not only in people smuggling; in analyzing the ambiguous and patchy nature of refugee protection in Southeast Asia – where there is no recognition of refugee status nor protection of it (except non-refoulement) – the author reveals how the state is also involved in the continuous marginalization and oppression of Rohingya refugees. He shows how the legality and enforcement of refugee rights differs at different scales – from the scale of the state to that of the urban. His work draws attention to the scalar nature of the law and reveals how the lack of legal frameworks creates socially and economically precarious situations for refugees.

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