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How civil society can improve refugee protection in the Asia-Pacific

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imageMost Asia-Pacific governments are more focused on preventing irregular movement of asylum seekers and refugees than addressing the underlying causes of such movement. UNHCR/S.H. Omi

At the end of 2014, the Asia-Pacific region hosted around 117,000 asylum seekers and 3.8 million refugees. This is 18.6% of the worldwide total. Pakistan, with 38% of...

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