Playing with Words: The Securitization Construction of “Refugee” in ASEAN Politics

Jati, Irawan; Sunderland, Emily

doi:10.18196/hi.62119

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“…Indonesian policymakers consider it too risky to view refugees in any manner except by humanitarian terms, primarily because sovereignty and domestic security are jealously guarded and considered fundamental (Lee 2006). Until now, refugee issues in Southeast Asia have been overshadowed by politicised discourses on securitisation, questions of sovereignty and populist anti-immigrant backlashes (Jati and Sunderland 2017). Southeast Asia has the weakest normative frameworks for refugee protection of any region in the world, apart from the Middle East (Klug 2013).…”

Section: Refugee Governance In Indonesiamentioning

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Making Do: How a Somali Refugee Woman Experiences Social Mobility Amidst Precarity in Transit in Indonesia

Missbach

Cameron²

2021

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This article presents an account of Faduma, a Somali woman currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia, in order to illustrate the creativity, resilience and adaptability required to make do as a refugee with little to no formal support in a rather hostile environment. For Faduma, Indonesia presents such an environment. As it offers no formal protection for asylum seekers and refugees and only tolerates their temporary presence without guaranteeing them any fundamental rights, such as the right to work, it can be characterised as a ‘deviant destination’ for refugees in search of durable and effective solutions. This article analyses Faduma's strategies, embedded in the macro-political context of forced migration, the Global North's externalised border policies, the absence of safe pathways, and the lack of proper refugee protection in Southeast Asia, for finding informal employment, attaining new skills and education, and forming strategic friendships with Indonesians and expatriates as a means of dealing with racism, exploitation and multifaceted precarity. We selected Faduma's case from amongst a number of encounters that we had with Somali refugees in Indonesia because of her extraordinary involvement with the Somali community. While the current toleration of refugee activities by Indonesian authorities enables refugees to survive in transit, we argue that such unintentional and informal protection is not a durable approach for larger groups of refugees enduring prolonged periods of waiting.

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Making Do: How a Somali Refugee Woman Experiences Social Mobility Amidst Precarity in Transit in Indonesia

Missbach

Cameron²

2021

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“…Ardiyanti & Anwar, (2018) in their article entitled The Dilemma of Human Security on Palm Oil Plantation in Indonesia, try to look at environmental problems through a human security approach and state that the seven ideas in the concept of human security have a correlation with one another. Jati & Sunderland, (2018) through her article entitled Playing with Words: The Securitization Construction of 'Refugee' in ASEAN Politics, gives us an understanding that politics plays a role in the securitization of humanitarian issues. Dwinantoaji & Sumarni, (2020) in their article entitled Community Empowerment During the Covid-19 Pandemic in a Human Security Perspective, described how perspective, human security is at the implementation level and stated that one of the efforts to prevent Covid-19 is by empowering the community, especially in health services.…”

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State Security Vs Human Security: Which Should Prioritize The State or The Individual?

Anggayudha¹,

Rafsanjani²

2023

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Nowadays, the concept of human security is an issue that is often discussed, especially when issues regarding policies or how a country deals with the Covid-19 pandemic make headlines in every news report. The concept of human security shifts the focus point of security which previously focused on the state to become towards individuals. Often various discussions collide these two concepts under the pretext of finding the best way for the state to make an appropriate policy, especially during emergencies such as problems caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. So to solve this problem it is necessary to re-understand the priorities in the security of a country in an emergency situation, especially in Indonesia. This paper aims to find out what is prioritized by the state in the event of an emergency. Literature study or desk research becomes a research method, accompanied by a conceptual and regulatory approach, then secondary data is analyzed descriptively. Based on the research, it was concluded that the concept of state security or human security should not be made as if they are contradictory but instead complement one another and become a thinking construct for the state to determine a priority in order to achieve common interests through an insecurity faced in an emergency situation. The state as the shelter of an individual certainly needs to be a top priority without neglecting the security of every individual in it. The difference in focus on the concept of state security and human security should not make both of them an option.

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Playing with Words: The Securitization Construction of “Refugee” in ASEAN Politics

Cited by 2 publications

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Making Do: How a Somali Refugee Woman Experiences Social Mobility Amidst Precarity in Transit in Indonesia

Making Do: How a Somali Refugee Woman Experiences Social Mobility Amidst Precarity in Transit in Indonesia

State Security Vs Human Security: Which Should Prioritize The State or The Individual?

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