Antje Missbach
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Biography
Publications
Antje Missbach is a senior research fellow at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute in Freiburg. She is interested in transregional migration and refugee protection in Southeast Asia. She just published Indonesia: State and Society in Transition (2020), together with Jemma Purdey and Dave McRae, and edited a special section in Migration and Society with Melissa Phillips.
![Migration: The bargaining power of transit states](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1205706079%20copy.jpg?itok=SMHuNahY)
Migration: The bargaining power of transit states
Destination countries try to get transit countries in line with their migration policies. It doesn't always work.
![The tiny African country making a big case against Myanmar](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1187939808%20copy.jpg?itok=sBsnSSry)
The tiny African country making a big case against Myanmar
The plight of the Rohingya has had the world’s attention for years. What made Gambia stand up and do something about it?
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Refugee detention in Indonesia
An unclear policy framework, resistance to community housing expansion, and refugees being unsupported and unable to work continue to impede progress.