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085989
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This paper offers a first attempt at discussing the linkages between migration and development in reference to the feminisation of intra-regional migratory flows in Asia. It begins with a summary of the current debate on the 'migration and development nexus' with two objectives in mind: 1) to assess this debate's relevance to intra-regional migration in Asia; and 2) to redirect attention to the social dimension of feminised migrations and its relationship to development. In doing so, the focus is on the individual and family level to discuss the impact of migration on personal development as well as on interpersonal relations. What follows thereafter is a brief summary of the character and context of feminised migration in Asia, by approaching this issue from an intra-regional (that is migratory moves of Asians within Asia) perspective. The final section links the previous discussion to the issue of rights. The article concludes that the conceptual and normative linkages between women's social and economic rights as they relate to migration need further exploration, eg by way of specific case studies or ethnographic research. This is needed for relevant policy reform and implementation.
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161131
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International labour migration is inherently a transnational phenomenon that reflects the changing composition of labour markets and labour systems and has resulted in the rising presence of non-citizens in places of work. While the transnationalism literature has made important contributions by shifting empirical attention beyond national boundaries, so too has it overstated migrant agency while downplaying the relevance of state power. This paper draws on the concept of protracted precarity, as it applies to temporary labour migration within key migratory corridors in Asia, to develop an alternative paradigm of forced transnationalism that better accounts for transnationalism in the absence of meaningful agency. Three prominent features of cross-border labour migration are examined: temporary employer-tied contracts, commercialised recruitment, and feminised migration. This leads on to a discussion of the specifically transnational dimensions of the curtailed economic and political rights that produce migrant precarity and precarious livelihoods.
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116853
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2012.
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The emerging global governance of migration is dominated by two discourses which shape policy approaches: 1) migration management and 2) the migration-development nexus. With large numbers of labour migrants being marginalised, migrant rights organisations have formed global alliances to argue for the centrality of a third discourse, the rights-based approach to migration. The question is how to inject this into the global debate which has sidelined migrant rights issues. Despite having hardly any bargaining power and restricted space for direct access vis-à-vis global governing institutions, migrant rights organisations are employing a number of strategies to overcome this marginalisation. We analyse these efforts by drawing on social movement studies and International Relations research on communicative action. Empirically this article draws on observations made during two major global fora: the negotiations in connection with the new Convention on 'Decent Work for Domestic Workers' at the International Labour Conference (ilc) and civil society participation in the Global Forum on Migration and Development (gfmd).
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148289
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Migration entails multi-faceted social transformations at various scales, in both countries of origin and destination as well as regionally and globally, implicating migrants and non-migrants alike. The act of migration turns migrants into objects of change as well as agents of change, individually and collectively. Marriage migration, as a sub-category of broader migration, involves both birth families in origin communities and those newly formed (or joined) in destination countries. The institution of the family is, therefore, particularly impacted in multiple ways.
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148290
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This paper takes as its starting point the multidirectionality and multi-sitedness of change triggered by migration, especially in relation to gender and migrant precarity. More specifically, it interrogates four strands of the gendered migration debate related to marriage migration: various forms of precarity faced by migrant women and their implications in socio-economic and legal terms; changes to family patterns and social reproduction connected to marriage migration; social policies in origin and destination countries and their relevance to women’s unpaid care work duties; and the productive and reproductive functions involved in the creation of a precarity that leads to, and results, from marriage migration. It points to remaining gaps in knowledge and offers ideas for future lines of inquiry into marriage migration in general and in the context of Asia specifically.
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161588
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Migration in one form or another has always been a part of human existence, but the politics that surround migration have shifted over time. The institutional actors involved in regulating the flow of migrants have increased in number and become more diverse. They are located not only within the state but also at sub‐ and supra‐state levels. There is also greater awareness of the various fields of policy that directly or indirectly interact with migration. Therefore, the issues engaging policymakers go well beyond controlling people's exit from one country and entry into another. They require bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Yet the world is still made up of single states continuing to assert their sovereignty over territorial borders and population movement, and the importance of migration governance in a transnational context is at an all‐time high. What processes shape the structure and the predominant patterns of migration between countries and what do these imply for the migration possibilities that confront different populations?
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