Rohini Mitra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3760412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rohini Mitra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rohini |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitra |
| SIGNATURE | MITRA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bonn |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5355-6470 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Transnational Onward Migration and Rohingya Experiences in India and Malaysia
Taking a transnational lens and bringing a global South perspective, this chapter unpacks the drivers, characteristics, variations and responses associated with the Rohingya’s onward migration to India and Malaysia. The Rohingya’s onward journeys to, and experiences in, India and Malaysia are mediated through and constituted by their experiences in the first country of asylum—Bangladesh. Drawing on recent empirical research in Malaysia and India,…
The Development and Dismantling of Fragmented Protection
Research has extensively explored the ad hoc nature of forced migration governance in India, with scholars arguing that India has tended to take a different approach to different asylum-seeking groups. Recent research also highlights how policy toward a single refugee group can shift drastically over time. What does this fragmentation and ad hocism mean for the everyday life of refugee and asylum-seeking communities? How does it affect the lived …
From the Translocal to the Multi-Sited Transnational
This paper examines the transnational and translocal experiences of the Rohingya in India, a stateless, refugee community forcibly displaced from Myanmar, onward migrants from Bangladesh, who currently occupy a legally precarious space in India. Drawing on approximately 90 interviews conducted with refugees, community leaders and NGOs across three Indian cities, along with informal group discussions and field notes, this paper makes two arguments…
Bargaining (in)visibility
Despite relatively low numbers, Rohingya refugees in India have faced a spiralling, multi-factorial crisis of negative visibility over the past decade, constructed by public opinion, politicians, and media coverage. This paper examines this process of negative visibility, largely outside of the community’s control, its very real consequences, and in response, how refugees navigate within an increasingly hostile policy landscape. Relying on qualit…
Refugee Reception in Southern Africa
Bargaining (in)visibility
Despite relatively low numbers, Rohingya refugees in India have faced a spiralling, multi-factorial crisis of negative visibility over the past decade, constructed by public opinion, politicians, and media coverage. This paper examines this process of negative visibility, largely outside of the community’s control, its very real consequences, and in response, how refugees navigate within an increasingly hostile policy landscape. Relying on qualit…
From the Translocal to the Multi-Sited Transnational
This paper examines the transnational and translocal experiences of the Rohingya in India, a stateless, refugee community forcibly displaced from Myanmar, onward migrants from Bangladesh, who currently occupy a legally precarious space in India. Drawing on approximately 90 interviews conducted with refugees, community leaders and NGOs across three Indian cities, along with informal group discussions and field notes, this paper makes two arguments…
Refugee Reception in Southern Africa
Bargaining (in)visibility
Despite relatively low numbers, Rohingya refugees in India have faced a spiralling, multi-factorial crisis of negative visibility over the past decade, constructed by public opinion, politicians, and media coverage. This paper examines this process of negative visibility, largely outside of the community’s control, its very real consequences, and in response, how refugees navigate within an increasingly hostile policy landscape. Relying on qualit…
Refugee Reception in Southern Africa
The Development and Dismantling of Fragmented Protection
Research has extensively explored the ad hoc nature of forced migration governance in India, with scholars arguing that India has tended to take a different approach to different asylum-seeking groups. Recent research also highlights how policy toward a single refugee group can shift drastically over time. What does this fragmentation and ad hocism mean for the everyday life of refugee and asylum-seeking communities? How does it affect the lived …
From the Translocal to the Multi-Sited Transnational
This paper examines the transnational and translocal experiences of the Rohingya in India, a stateless, refugee community forcibly displaced from Myanmar, onward migrants from Bangladesh, who currently occupy a legally precarious space in India. Drawing on approximately 90 interviews conducted with refugees, community leaders and NGOs across three Indian cities, along with informal group discussions and field notes, this paper makes two arguments…
Transnational Onward Migration and Rohingya Experiences in India and Malaysia
Taking a transnational lens and bringing a global South perspective, this chapter unpacks the drivers, characteristics, variations and responses associated with the Rohingya’s onward migration to India and Malaysia. The Rohingya’s onward journeys to, and experiences in, India and Malaysia are mediated through and constituted by their experiences in the first country of asylum—Bangladesh. Drawing on recent empirical research in Malaysia and India,…
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works)