Abstract
Rohingya refugees crisis have challenged ASEAN and regional institutions. Asian institution-building remains state-centric, especially covering the issues of human rights (Acharya, Int Stud Rev 13:12–17, 2011). In addition, humanitarian intervention meets the gap of noninterference ASEAN Way. The principle of noninterference leads to states ignoring human rights violations. More than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees live in the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar and around a hundred thousands stay at temporary shelters with a very limited facility in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. This needs urgent strategic national, regional, and international policy involving bilateral and multistate role in overcoming the crisis. This chapter examines the Indonesian foreign policy on the issue of Rohingya refugees and how the Indonesian government led the regional initiatives in overcoming the problem. This chapter is based on in-depth interviews to Rohingya refugees, governments, and policy makers in Southeast Asia and on analyzing documents related to the issue from 2016 to 2018. It argued the ASEAN way and international pressures toward ASEAN, and Myanmar will strengthen the policy to reduce the tension of the conflict and stabilize regional security sue to the refugees.
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Sholeh, B. (2019). Indonesia and ASEAN Responses on Rohingya Refugees. In: Ratuva, S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2898-5_170
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