Migration in Southeast Asia IMISCOE Regional Reader

• Other Authors: Petcharamesree, Sriprapha (Editor), Capaldi, Mark P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Subjects: Migration, immigration & emigration; Political science & theory; Human rights; Politics & government; Developments in migration studies in Southeast Asia; The movement of migrants between vulnerability and victimhood; The human rights of non-citizens in Southeast Asia; Challenges of citizenship and borders for migrants; Forced, irregular and mixed migratory flows in Southeast Asia; Statelessness, refugees and asylum seekers in Southeast Asia; Political sensitivities; The Politics of Migration in Southeast Asia; Legal identity of migrants and the stateless in Southeast Asia; Situation of migrants amidst the trans-boundary pandemic Covid19; Forced & voluntary migration of Rohingya cross-border movements; Stateless ethnic Vietnamese in Thailand; Health systems and healthcare access of migrant populations; People of Indonesian descent in the Philippines; Independent Child Migration in Southeast Asia; Vulnerability, agency and resilience of irregular migrants; Trafficking and migrant smuggling in Southeast Asia
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This open access IMISCOE Regional Reader explores the issues faced by migrant groups in Southeast Asia and the challenges of getting of their human rights recognized. It analyses the different responses, or lack thereof, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to these highly complex situations which are shaped by contemporary debates around borders and concepts of states, migrants' rights as well as access to citizenship and how these concepts and paradigms are intertwined with issues such as agency and resilience of migrants. Crucial attention is given to the region's lesser known populations and issues such as the Vietnamese in Thailand, people of Indonesian descent (PIDs) in Southern Philippines, independent child migrants across the region, and the vulnerabilities of migrant workers facing the COVID-19 pandemic. With its unique regional focus, this book provides a valuable resource to those studying human rights and migration issues, policy makers and researchers and students.