Asian research centre for migration

The Asian Migration cluster maintains research interest in a broad range of human migrations, mobilities and interconnectivities within and beyond Asia. For , the cluster has three priority research themes. The first draws attention to the material processes and discourses of globalization and transnationalism as they intersect in Asian cities. The focus is on exploring new knowledge frameworks through which to understand the complex and diverse linkages between global change and transnational migration.

We are a multidisciplinary network of scholars, researchers and practitioners with a central focus on expanding and nurturing academic research concerning local, regional and global migration. We welcome partnerships with government and non-government organisations, private and public groups and regional and international organisations. The centre also provides opportunities for researchers to build their expertise in the field of migration as interns, visiting scholars and fellows. We aim to produce academic research through an action-oriented approach, encouraging multidisciplinary perspectives on existing and emerging migration issues and the challenges they pose to countries of origin and destination, migrants and non-migrants, and the organisations and institutions involved in its regulation. We nurture the next generation of academics and practitioners by providing high-quality postgraduate education and career development in international migration. We broaden and deepen public understanding of the specificities of international migration as it occurs in the Asia-Pacific region in relation to global trends and links between the local, regional and global levels. Our research focuses on relationships between economic activity, social welfare, state sovereignty and cross-border mobility and how this plays out in the real experience of migrants and non-migrants on the ground.

The Governments of Thailand and Cambodia should increase cooperation to expand the scope of their MOU Memorandum of Understanding on labour migration, allowing also in the future the regularization of migrants who are already working in Thailand. It was indeed noted that regularization process has resulted in a high percentage of labour migrants being registered, lowering recruitment time and cost. In-depth interviews — points out an IOM press release — were also carried out among key stakeholders, including government officials, employers, non-governmental organization staff members.

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