Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia

AMARJIT KAUR is Professor of Economic History at the University of New England, Australia. She has published widely on labour and economic and social change in Southeast Asia/Asia. IAN METCALFE is Adjunct Professor and Deputy Director of the Asia Centre, University of New England, Australia. He has published widely on geological evolution and the resources of Asia.

'This is a rare and useful study, providing a wide range of insights, mainly focused on Asia, but offering no easy recipes for solutions.' - Sumaya Khair, South Asia Research

• List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preliminary Note Notes on the Contributors PART 1: DIVIDED WE MOVE: MIGRATION CHALLENGES IN ASIA Introduction; A.Kaur & I.Metcalfe Changing Border Control Regimes and their Impact on Migration in Asia; T.Morris-Suzuki Order (and Disorder) at the Borders: International Labour Migration and Border Controls in Southeast Asia; A.Kaur Coping with Cross-Border Labour Flows within Southeast Asia; C.Manning & P.Bhatnagar Women, Work and International Migration in Southeast Asia: Trends, Patterns and Policy; G.Hugo PART 2: CROSSING BORDERS: THE STATE, MIGRATION STRATEGIES AND TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORKER SCHEMES Trading Labour; Socioeconomic and Political Impacts and Dynamics of Labour Export from the Philippines, 1973 - 2004; R.E.Ball Indonesian Labour Migration after the 1997 - 98 Asian Economic and Financial Crisis; C.M.Firdausy The Feminisation of Migration: Gender, the State, and Migrant Strategies in Bangladesh; I.Shamim 'White Collar Filipinos': Australian Professional Workers in Singapore; M.Butcher Indian Professional Workers in Singapore; S.Gaur PART 3: MANAGING THE BORDER: GOVERNANCE OF RECRUITMENT, FACILITATION OF REMITTANCES AND MIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTS The Recruitment of Foreign Labour in Malaysia: From Migration System to Guest Worker Regime; D.Wong After Nunukan: The Regulation of Indonesian Migration to Malaysia; M.Ford The State and Labour Migration Policies in Thailand; P.Wongboonsin The State and Facilitation of Financial Flows (Remittances) by Temporary Workers: The Case of Bangladesh; K.Jackson Regional Perspectives on the 1990 UN Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers; N.Piper Index