ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the response of East Asian institutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis, with the aim of gaining insights into Asian regionalism. It explores the origin and evolution of the Rohingya issue in order to describe the social and political context in which the migration crisis developed. The chapter surveys the main initiatives taken by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ASEAN Plus Three (APT) and the East Asia Summit (EAS) to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis, contrasting them with those of the major powers, in particular, the United States, Japan and China. It paper investigates the European Union (EU's) commitment to developing a joint diplomatic action with ASEAN. The migration crisis originating in Myanmar and spreading its effects across Southeast Asia has its root-causes in the conditions of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority living in western Myanmar's Rakhine State. The response of the international community to the crisis was not long in coming.
