Kristina Kironska

Public Opinion and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Asia（亞洲難民保護的民意與政治）

Email: k.kironska@gmail.com

Refugee protection depends not only on international norms and state institutions but also on how refugees and asylum seekers are perceived by host societies. Public attitudes can enable humanitarian policies, but they can also reinforce exclusion, securitization, and political reluctance to establish formal protection mechanisms. This research examines public opinion toward refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless populations in East and South Asia. It focuses particularly on societies that have not adopted comprehensive refugee legislation, as well as on countries hosting politically contested refugee populations. Using public opinion surveys and qualitative analysis, the research investigates how nationalism, political identity, religion, media narratives, and perceptions of security shape attitudes toward refugees and refugee protection.

難民保護不僅仰賴國際規範與國家體制，亦取決於接收社會如何看待難民與尋求庇護者。公眾態度固然能推動人道主義政策的落實，但同時也可能加劇社會排斥、安全化思維，以及政府欠缺建立正式保護機制的政治意願。本研究旨在探討東亞與南亞地區公眾對難民、尋求庇護者及無國籍人口的民意態度。研究特別聚焦於尚未制定全面性難民法規的社會，以及收容具高度政治爭議性難民群體的國家。本研究結合民意調查與質性分析，深入剖析民族主義、政治認同、宗教信仰、媒體敘事及安全感知，如何共同塑造大眾對難民及其保護機制的態度。

Related works 相關著作書目資料

Journal Articles 期刊論文

  • Pan, Mei-Lin and Kristina Kironska, 2025, “Taiwanese Public Opinion on Inviting the Dalai Lama to Taiwan: Political or Religious Motives?” International Journal of Taiwan Studies 8(1): 185-211. link
  • Verma, Monika and Kristina Kironska, 2024, “Exploring Public Opinions on Rohingya Refugees Residing in India: An Empirical Study.” International Journal of Population Studies 10(4): 45-62. link
  • Kironska, Kristina, 2022, “Taiwan’s Road to an Asylum Law: Who, When, How, and Why Not Yet?” Human Rights Review 23(2): 241-264. link
  • Kironska, Kristina and Ni-Ni Peng, 2020, “How State-Run Media Shape Perceptions: An Analysis of the Projection of the Rohingya in the Global New Light of Myanmar.” South East Asia Research 29(1): 16-31. link

Book Chapter 專書論文

  • Kyselova, Zdenka Peichl and Kristina Kironska, 2024, “The Role of Nationalism and Political Identity in Shaping Japanese People’s Perceptions of Immigrants and Refugees.” Pp. 203-234 in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan, edited by Laura Momesso and Polina Ivanova. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. link
  • Kironska, Kristina, 2024, “Formosa as a Safe Haven? Taiwan’s Public Opinion on Potential Asylum Mechanisms and Refugees.” Pp. 235-256 in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan, edited by Laura Momesso and Polina Ivanova. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. link
  • Kironska, Kristina, 2016, “The Rohingya Oxymoron: Stateless People Leaving Their Home Country.” Pp. 213-240 in Migration in East and Southeast Asia, edited by Samuel C. Y. Ku and Kristina Kironska. Singapore: World Scientific. link

Dataset 資料集

  • Turcsanyi, Richard Q., Kristina Kironska, Alfred Gerstl, Monika Arnez, Jiří Čeněk, Yiju Chen, Rong Chen, Andrew Chubb, Peter H. Gries and Tao Wang, 2022, “Sinophone Borderlands Indo-Pacific Survey” [dataset]. Olomouc: Palacky University Olomouc.

Analytical and opinion pieces 分析與評論文章

Podcasts and webinars 播客與線上研討會