Migrant Workers In Asia

Author : Nicole Constable
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317986782

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Migrant Workers in Asia by Nicole Constable Pdf

This book provides rich and provocative comparative studies of South and Southeast Asian domestic workers who migrate to other parts of Asia. These studies range from Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore, to Yemen, Israel, Jordan, and the UAE. Conceptually and methodologically, this book challenges us to move beyond established regional divides and proposes new ways of mapping inter-Asian connections. The authors view migrant workers within a wider spatial context of intersecting groups and trajectories through time. Keenly attentive to the importance of migrants of diverse nationalities who have labored in multiple regions, this book examines intimate connections and distant divides in the social lives and politics of migrant workers across time and space. Collectively, the authors propose new themes, new comparative frameworks, and new methodologies for considering vastly different degrees of social support structures and political activism, and the varied meanings of citizenship and state responsibility in sending and receiving countries. They highlight the importance of formal institutions that shape and promote migratory labor, advocacy for workers, or curtail workers rights, as well as the social identities and cultural practices and beliefs that may be linked to new inter-ethnic social and political affiliations that traverse and also transform inter-Asian spaces and pathways to mobility. This book was published as a special issue of Critical Asian Studies.

Author : Masako Ishii,Naomi Hosoda,Masaki Matsuo,Koji Horinuki
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004395404

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Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States by Masako Ishii,Naomi Hosoda,Masaki Matsuo,Koji Horinuki Pdf

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, et al.) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region

Author : Kevin Hewison,Ken Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134204090

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Transnational Migration and Work in Asia by Kevin Hewison,Ken Young Pdf

Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context of globalization, providing a focused, contemporary discussion of what is undoubtedly a major twenty-first century concern. Transnational Migration and Work in Asia analyzes workers motivations and rationalities, highlighting the similarities of migration experiences throughout Asia. Presenting in-depth case studies of the real-life experiences and problems faced by migrant workers, the book discusses migrants’ relations with the state and their vulnerability to exploitation, as well as the major policy issues now facing governments, employers, NGOs and international agencies.

Author : S. Irudaya Rajan,Ginu Zacharia Oommen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813292871

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Asianization of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries by S. Irudaya Rajan,Ginu Zacharia Oommen Pdf

This edited volume contains sixteen chapters by eminent scholars on one of the largest migration corridors in the world i.e., between South and South-East Asia and the Gulf region. Asia’s trade and cultural contact with the Gulf date back to ancient historical times. Since the 1970s, the economic rise of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries owing to the discovery of oil has inspired a huge influx of migrant workers from Asia. At present, out of roughly 15 million expatriates in the Gulf region, Asians constitute around 12 million (80 percent). The chapters in this book look at migration from countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Philippines to the different GCC countries. A few chapters also focus on migration from the India state of Kerala- a state where migration to the Gulf is prominent and where remittances make up over 36 percent of the state GDP. Furthermore, the issues covered range from labour practices and policies, citizenship and state protection, human rights, gender and caste as well as diaspora. This book explores the multifaceted nuances of the ‘Asia-Gulf migratory corridor’ and unearths future prospects and strategic implications. The book examines remittance behaviour, changing gender roles of immigrants, social-spatial mobility, migrant policies, human rights, sense of belonging and identity and perception, and the interaction between nationals and non-nationals. The book will be of interest to researchers in the areas of demography, migration and gender studies as well as social science researchers, policy makers, human rights lawyers, civil society institutions working on migration, Gulf studies programmes and centres on South-Asian and Middle-Eastern studies.

Author : OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264251076

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Labor Migration in Asia Building effective institutions by OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization Pdf

This report analyses the institutions and structures that govern labor migration in Asia. It considers the important role of governments and other stakeholders in both labour-destination and labour-sending countries.

Author : Yaw A. Debrah
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0714653675

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Migrant Workers in Pacific Asia by Yaw A. Debrah Pdf

In an edited collection of writings the contributors to this volume consider a range of employment issues that affect migrant workers operating in Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia.

Author : Graziano Battistella,Maruja Milagros B. Asis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Asia
ISBN : UCSD:31822028151835

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The Crisis and Migration in Asia by Graziano Battistella,Maruja Milagros B. Asis Pdf

Author : OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264289642

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Labor Migration in Asia: Increasing the Development Impact of Migration through Finance and Technology by OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization Pdf

This report documents the increase in labor migration in Asia and looks at how finance and technology can aid its positive impact on home countries. As diasporas increase, governments have reached out to citizens abroad to provide them with financial instruments. Remittance channels have long ...

Author : Michele Ford
Publisher : ILR Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501735158

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From Migrant to Worker by Michele Ford Pdf

What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand were uniformly hostile towards foreign workers, but Ford deftly shows how times and attitudes have begun to change. Now, she argues, NGOs and the Global Union Federations are encouraging local unions to represent and advocate for these peripheral workers, and in some cases succeeding. From Migrant to Worker builds our understanding of the role the international labor movement and local unions have had in developing a movement for migrant workers' labor rights. Ford examines the relationship between different kinds of labor movement actors and the constraints imposed on those actors by resource flows, contingency, and local context. Her conclusions show that in countries—Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand—where resource flows and local factors give the Global Union Federations more influence local unions have become much more engaged with migrant workers. But in countries—Japan and Taiwan, for example—where they have little effect there has been little progress. While much has changed, Ford forces us to see that labor migration in Asia is still fraught with complications and hardships, and that local unions are not always able or willing to act.

Author : Aris Ananta,Evi Nurvidya Arifin
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9812302786

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International Migration in Southeast Asia by Aris Ananta,Evi Nurvidya Arifin Pdf

Includes statistics.

Author : A. Kaur,I. Metcalfe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230503465

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Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia by A. Kaur,I. Metcalfe Pdf

One of the biggest challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century is the large scale cross-border movement of people. This book explores: sovereignty; security issues and border-management strategies of major states, in the face of intensified transnational economic and social processes; and the expanding global governance regime.

Author : OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264507098

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Innovative Approaches for the Management of Labor Migration in Asia by OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization Pdf

This report analyzes labor migration trends in Asia and puts them in the context of demographic and policy trends. It provides an overview of the population trends in different Asian countries and looks at policy settings in several sending and destination countries of labor migrants.

Author : Nguyen Thi Hong Yen,Nguyen Toan Thang,Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan,Su Wai Mon
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781666940381

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Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers by Nguyen Thi Hong Yen,Nguyen Toan Thang,Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan,Su Wai Mon Pdf

This collection provides insights into international labor migration in the context of globalization through the lens of international law and national law of some Asian countries that are the home countries of migrant workers. The main focus of the volume is on challenges regarding international labor migration that some developing countries in Asia have been confronted with. It investigates and determines current situations in some Asian developing countries having the majority of overseas migrant workers. It also places some emphasis on national regulatory systems of policies and regulations regarding overseas labour migration from those countries. In addition, in light of the current situation on international labour migration, the chapters outlines some recommendations and solutions for those selected developing countries in Asia to resolve existing problems to effectively ensure the protection of the rights of overseas labor migrants and governance of international labor migration in accordance with international standards.

Author : Kwen Fee Lian,Naomi Hosoda,Masako Ishii
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811368998

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International Labour Migration in the Middle East and Asia by Kwen Fee Lian,Naomi Hosoda,Masako Ishii Pdf

The discourse on migration outcomes in the West has largely been dominated by issues of integration, but it is more relevant to view immigration in non-Western societies in relation to practices of exclusion and inclusion. Exclusion refers to a situation in which individuals and groups are usually denied access to the goods, services, activities and resources associated with citizenship. However, this approach has been criticised in relation to gender issues, which are very relevant to the situation of migrants. The authors in this volume address this criticism. Furthermore, when framed within a North–South discourse, it may be potentially ethnocentric to assume that the experience of exclusion is cross-culturally uniform. Indeed, work on migration issues has invariably been conducted within such a discourse. The contributors go beyond this binary discourse of ‘exclusion versus inclusion’ which has dominated migration research. They examine the situation of migrants in the Middle East and Asia as one that encompasses both exclusion and inclusion, addressing related concepts of empowerment, ethnocracy, the feminisation of migration and gendered geographies of power, liberal constraint and multiculturalism, individual agency, migrant-friendly discourses, spaces of emancipation and spaces of insecurity. The book highlights current research in the Arab Gulf states, and examines multiculturalism in Asia more broadly. It will be of particular interest to students and researchers in international labour migration studies in the Middle East and Asia.

Author : OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264311459

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Building Partnerships for Effectively Managing Labor Migration: Lessons from Asian countries by OECD,Asian Development Bank Institute,International Labour Organization Pdf

This report analyzes labor migration trends in Asia and emphasizes the importance of partnerships to promote effective labor migration management. It addresses temporary migrant worker programs, focusing on the Republic of Korea’s Employment Permit System and Malaysia’s Electrical and Electronics industry.