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This overview provides a synopsis of the current knowledge base. Having considered all the information, we make sense of it by taking a stab at the following: 1) What are the priority issues that deserve attention, 2) What are opportunity areas that community or voluntary organisations can already take action on, and 3) What knowledge gaps deserve further investigation?
 
This overview provides a synopsis of the current knowledge base. Having considered all the information, we make sense of it by taking a stab at the following: 1) What are the priority issues that deserve attention, 2) What are opportunity areas that community or voluntary organisations can already take action on, and 3) What knowledge gaps deserve further investigation?
  
=== Background (refugees in SEA) ===
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===Background (refugees in SEA)===
  
=== History of Refugees in SEA ===
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====History of Refugees in SEA====
  
=== ASEAN Policy on Refugees ===
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====ASEAN Policy on Refugees====
  
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==== Present Situation ====
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== Priority Issues ==
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==== Singapore ====
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==== ASEAN ====
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=== Knowledge Gaps ===
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==== General ====
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==== Singapore ====
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== Singapore ==
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=== Singapore's history of hosting Vietnamese refugees ===
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==== Origins ====
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==== The Hawkins Road Refugee Camp ====
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=== Singapore's current policy and position on refugees ===
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==== Perception towards refugees and migrants ====
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===== Understanding of Refugees =====
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===== Singapore's Policy on Refugees =====
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==== Action by Different Stakeholders ====
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===== Refugees =====
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===== Governments =====
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===== ASEAN =====
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===== Media =====
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===== Businesses =====
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=== Actionable Opportunity Areas ===
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==== Be a transit country ====
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===== Hong Kong =====
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==== Be a resettlement country ====
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===== Canada =====
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===== Australia =====
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=== Understanding Responsibility Sharing – Why should we help? ===
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== Definitions ==
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Refugees (forced displacement)
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Asylum Seekers
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Internally Displaced People
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Stateless People
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Principle of Non-Refoulement
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Climate-induced migrants
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== Key Statistics and Figures ==
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=== General ===
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=== SEA Region ===
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== Map of Areas of Need and Key Issues ==
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=== Pre-Departure ===
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==== Reasons for fleeing ====
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==== Other Contributing Factors ====
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=== Life in Transit ===
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==== Land ====
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==== Sea ====
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==== Air ====
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==== Living Situations ====
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===== Refugee Camps =====
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===== Informal Tented Settlements =====
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===== Urban Settlements =====
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===== Makeshift Camps =====
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==== Challenges Faced by refugees ====
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===== General Reasons =====
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====== Basic Needs ======
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====== Access ======
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====== Protection ======
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===== Examples of Countries and Case Studies =====
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====== UNHCR Camp in Cox's Bazar ======
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====== Informal camps in Malaysia's Jungles ======
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====== Calais Jungle Camp in France ======
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=== Durable Resolutions ===
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==== Resettlement ====
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==== Voluntary Repatriation ====
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==== Local Integration ====
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== Example of Different Refugee Crises ==
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=== Refugees among Thai-Burma Border ===
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=== Lao Hmong Refugees in Thailand ===
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=== Rohingya Refugee Crisis ===
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=== Internal Displacement in Mindanao, Philippines ===
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=== Vietnam Montagnard Refugees in Cambodia ===
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=== Internal Displacement in Mawari, Philippines ===
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=== Climate-Induced Migration: Pacific Islands Rising Sea Levels ===
  
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Revision as of 06:06, 19 June 2021


Contents

Overview

This overview provides a synopsis of the current knowledge base. Having considered all the information, we make sense of it by taking a stab at the following: 1) What are the priority issues that deserve attention, 2) What are opportunity areas that community or voluntary organisations can already take action on, and 3) What knowledge gaps deserve further investigation?

Background (refugees in SEA)

History of Refugees in SEA

ASEAN Policy on Refugees

Present Situation

Priority Issues

Singapore

ASEAN

Knowledge Gaps

General

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore's history of hosting Vietnamese refugees

Origins

The Hawkins Road Refugee Camp

Singapore's current policy and position on refugees

Perception towards refugees and migrants

Understanding of Refugees
Singapore's Policy on Refugees

Action by Different Stakeholders

Refugees
Governments
ASEAN
Media
Businesses

Actionable Opportunity Areas

Be a transit country

Hong Kong

Be a resettlement country

Canada
Australia

Understanding Responsibility Sharing – Why should we help?

Definitions

Refugees (forced displacement)

Asylum Seekers

Internally Displaced People

Stateless People

Principle of Non-Refoulement

Climate-induced migrants

Key Statistics and Figures

General

SEA Region

Map of Areas of Need and Key Issues

Pre-Departure

Reasons for fleeing

Other Contributing Factors

Life in Transit

Land

Sea

Air

Living Situations

Refugee Camps
Informal Tented Settlements
Urban Settlements
Makeshift Camps

Challenges Faced by refugees

General Reasons
Basic Needs
Access
Protection
Examples of Countries and Case Studies
UNHCR Camp in Cox's Bazar
Informal camps in Malaysia's Jungles
Calais Jungle Camp in France

Durable Resolutions

Resettlement

Voluntary Repatriation

Local Integration

Example of Different Refugee Crises

Refugees among Thai-Burma Border

Lao Hmong Refugees in Thailand

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Internal Displacement in Mindanao, Philippines

Vietnam Montagnard Refugees in Cambodia

Internal Displacement in Mawari, Philippines

Climate-Induced Migration: Pacific Islands Rising Sea Levels

Priority Issues

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Actionable Opportunity Areas

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Knowledge Gaps

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Definitions

Definition of [insert your target group / issue]

  • Identify and define your target group or social issue, and state who is included or excluded to provide a sense of the scope of the issue. (For example, will the page on Animal Welfare include livestock? Or just focused on pets, community animals and wildlife?)
  • It is usually easier to start with national guidelines, laws or reports from apex organisations.
  • Include a comparison with how other countries define the issue if possible (e.g. Local definition of Disability does not include mental health conditions)

Key Statistics & Figures

  • Size of target population / prevalence rate: Ideally, it would be the total number of people in your target group, identified by national censuses, surveys or research. When data isn't available, try using the best available proxy, e.g., number of people receiving key services.
  • If the issue you are interested has many sub-segments and sub-pages, then only include the key figures that affect all or most stakeholders in the sector here and leave the other relevant figures at the specific segment or page. This reduces cognitive load for the reader & contributor.

Map of Key Needs & Issues

[This table and arrows acts as a kind of visual map that allows a sense of sequencing; of the broad preconditions necessary for longer term outcomes to be achieved. Hyperlink the categories below to the specific page or sub-header in the page for easy navigation, so that you can click on 'Employment' below for example, and get straight to that page / segment]

Click the links below to go directly to specific areas of interest:

Community Integration
Social Inclusion
Family & Caregiving
Financial Independence
Employment
Education

Sub-pages

  • If there are population segments that have substantial enough information or interest, then create sub-pages for them. e.g. 'Autism' can be a stand alone pages linked to the Disability pages if the autism community is keen to populate more autism specific information. Or, artists with disability can populate a 'Arts & Disability' page.
  • Insert links to these sub-pages.

Areas of Needs / Desired Outcomes

[Insert Description of an Area of Need]

First, describe the area of need (e.g. employer willingness to hire, work readiness etc) in your sub-heading. It is tempting to define needs in terms a specific solution—eg youths needing mentoring, dying seniors needing hospice care. But these are not needs, they are actually specific solutions to address those needs. Needs should be defined in more perennial terms because the solutions can change while the needs generally remain largely stable. E.g. I don’t need a CD player or MP3 player, which are specific solutions to address my more perennial need, which is the need for portable music. Current solutions include streaming services like Spotify.

  • Desired outcomes: A need area necessarily implies that there is a desired outcome that has yet to be met. It is important to articulate what the ideal or desired outcomes for this particular need area should be, otherwise it would be unclear what the gaps will be. The trick is to use adjectives to articulate a statement about what is the desired state of affairs. People with disabilities need 'viable jobs' (that pays a living wage), or 'desirable careers' (with progression and career development)? In terms of the example above: If the desire outcome is no longer portable music (because most solutions now are portable), then a different quality like 'searchable' or 'discoverable' music would set a new criteria for what is desired.
  • Synopsis: Provide an analytic summary of the table below, of how existing resources (if any) have been meeting the need, and gaps that still exist. The goal is to make sense of a lot of information, so at every segment, the tables and information collated seeks to be comprehensive; here at the start of each segment, we aspire to a good synoptic statement that captures the essential and highlights the pertinent. An example: If the area of need is 'Accessibility & Affordability of childcare', then the synopsis might be: "Even though there are 1,510 childcare centres across Singapore, 80% of low-income single mothers cannot afford them as they earn less than $1,500 a month.
    • Where a single sentence or paragraph is not enough, you can insert sub bullet points like this.
    • Use sub bullet points if necessary
  • Statistics: Insert the specific figures and trends relevant to only this area of need.
    • Use sub bullet points if necessary
    • Use sub bullet points if necessary
Existing Programmes Gaps & Their Causes Possible Solutions
List existing services or programmes (private or public; formal or informal); relevant policies and legislation as long as they are a resource or asset that helps meet the needs stated in this segment.

Group these resources into categories and put them into a specific cell of the table.

Some gaps could be due to 1) capacity of solution to meet size & projected demand, 2) quality of solution (effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, scalability etc.), 3) accessibility (geographical, cost to client)

Also insert reasons why those gaps exist if possible. This will be crucial information. E.g. seniors do not want to make end of life plans because they think it is inauspicious to talk about death

Based on the reasons for those gaps, what might be solutions that can help?

Put links to ideas that have been tried elsewhere that show potential.

Category A: Streaming services
  • [If there are too many specific services to fit properly here, then come up with a category and list all of them in a sub-heading below]
Insert general gaps for this category, and leave the specific issue with each specific service for the segment below]
  • Annoying ads on free streaming services
  • Incomplete collection
  • Badly curated playlists
Category B: Physical devices
Category C: ?

Category A: Streaming services

  • Spotify
  • Pandora Radio
  • Apple Music

Category B: Physical devices

  • CD player
  • MP3
  • Turntables

Category C: ?

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Existing Programmes Gaps & Their Causes Possible Solutions
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Category C
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Existing Programmes Gaps & Their Causes Possible Solutions
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Resource Directory

References