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Refugee protection in Southeast Asia
Most countries in Southeast Asia have not acceded to the international Refugee Convention. However, there is a lived practice of refugee protection in the region that is largely...
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Driven out: One village's experience with MFIs and cross-border migration
Throughout Cambodia’s northwest, widespread microfinance debt is pushing families from their homes to find work across the Thai border. In this briefing paper “Driven Out: One V...
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Women Migration and Women's Land Tenure Security in the greater Mekong sub-region
This report considers the interlinkages between migration, gender, and land tenure. The study on which the report is based explored how migration affects women’s land tenure sec...
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Lao PDR Economic Monitor: Livelihoods in the Time of COVID-19
The Lao PDR Economic Monitor provides updates on macroeconomic developments and sectoral issues in the country. It is produced biannually and distributed widely to government ag...
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Made in China Journal: The Chinese Worker Goes Abroad (Volume 5, Issue 3)
The Made in China Journal (MIC) is a publication focussing on labour, civil society, and human rights in China. It is founded on the belief that spreading awareness of the compl...
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Rural-urban migration and employment quality: A case study from Thailand
This study investigates the effects of rural–urban migration on economic development in Thailand. It draws upon a panel database of 2,000 rural households collected from 2008 to...
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COVID-19 Impact on International Migration, Remittances, and Recipient Households in Developing Asia
This brief assesses the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on migrant workers, how reduced remittances will affect households and economies in Asia and the Pacific, an...
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Social Protection Across Borders - Policy Brief October 2019
As a network of migrant support organisations, grassroots movements, and research institutes from across the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), the Mekong Migration Network (MMN) ...
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Labor migration in the greater Mekong sub-region - synthesis report : phase 1
Migration has been occurring in the GMS for centuries, largely in an informal and unregulated fashion. The GMS Labor Migration program, launched in June 2005 as part of the Worl...
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Myanmar’s first census in more than 30 years: A radical revision of the official population count
A report by Chantal Cases, Gilles Pison, Marie-Paule Reydet, Catriona Dutreuilh, Isabelle Milan on Myanmar’s first census in more than 30 years, analysing discrepancies between...
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Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights
This report, Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights in Burma focuses on land confiscation by Government forces, responsible for Burma’s most acute Hous...
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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Migration and Urbanization
This report presents the findings on Migration and Urbanization. Migration is measured either over the lifetime of individuals or in terms of more recent moves. The level of int...
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Migration Activities
This webpage provides a summary of migration activities in Lao PDR, specifically migration profiles and interconnecting needs.
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Great Family of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities
The country currently has 54 ethnic groups. Among the 54 ethnic groups, there are ethnic groups who were originally born and developed in Vietnam territory, and other ethnic gro...
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Illegal Immigration to and through Thailand
The Thai police bureau commissioner reports that approximately 500,000 illegal aliens currently live in Thailand. Most are believed to be Burmese employed in fishing and agricul...
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The Harsh Life of Thailand’s Migrant Workers
An article about the plight of Thailand's migrant workers.
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Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Shrimp and Seafood Processing Areas in Thailand
Information about the project Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Shrimp and Seafood Processing Areas in Thailand intended to create an industry that is free of child l...
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From the Tiger to the Crocodile: Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand
The thousands of migrant workers from Burma, Cambodia, and Laos who cross the border into Thailand each year trade near-certain poverty at home for the possibility of relative p...
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Restricted Rights: Migrant Women Workers in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia
This report presents the results of new research into the lives and conditions facing migrant women workers in Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia. In particular, it presents the fi...
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‘Voluntary’ Migration in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) (GoL) seeks to transform what it considers to be a traditional, rural economy into a modernised, market-oriented system ...