Despite its long history of refugee crises, Asia lacks effective refugee protection mechanisms. Most Asian states resist ratification of the international refugee laws, and many international organizations are ineffective and lack concrete legal and political approaches to protecting refugees. Asian civil society, particularly Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), collaborates to protect refugees by employing alternative frameworks. This paper argues that Asian civil society aims to challenge the nature of refugee protection in Asia. Instead of encouraging states to ratify the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, APRRN stimulates national-level implementation of refugee protection principles and practices from below. It engages its members in global decision-making by mobilizing and sharing resources with them. APRRN frames refugee protection as international human rights issue instead of as a national security concern.

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亚洲公民社会与亚洲难民保护的重构

尽管难民危机历史悠久，但亚洲缺乏有效的难民保护机制。大多数亚洲国家拒绝批准国际难民法，许多国际组织无效，缺乏保护难民的具体法律和政治途径。亚洲民间社会，特别是亚太难民权利网络 (APRRN)，通过采用替代框架合作保护难民。本文认为，亚洲公民社会旨在挑战亚洲难民保护的性质。APRRN 不是鼓励各国批准 1951 年《关于难民地位的公约》和 1967 年《关于难民地位的议定书》，而是鼓励国家一级从下而上实施难民保护原则和做法。它通过动员其成员并与他们共享资源来使其成员参与全球决策。APRRN 将难民保护视为国际人权问题，而不是国家安全问题。