Safe Migration and the Politics of Brokered Safety in Southeast Asia

The book investigates how the United Nations, governments, and aid agencies mobilise and instrumentalise migration policies and programmes through a discourse of safe migration. Since the early 2000s, numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies, and governments have warmed to the con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Molland, Sverre
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Routledge 2022
Taylor and Francis
No Funder Information Available
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge Series on Asian Migration
Subjects
Asian Studies (General)
brokered safety
Cultural & Ethnic Studies
Ethnic studies
Foreign workers
Foreign workers > Protection > Southeast Asia
Foreign workers > Services for > Southeast Asia
Interdisciplinary studies
Migration & Diaspora
politics
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Refugees
Refugees > Protection > Southeast Asia
Refugees > Services for > Southeast Asia
Regional / International studies
Regional Studies
safe migration
Social groups
Social groups, communities and identities
Social Science
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
South East Asian Politics
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia > Emigration and immigration
politics
Recruitment Agencies
Human Suffering
CI Centre
Southeast Asia
Lao Migrants
NGO Training
safe migration
Myanmar Migrants
Post-arrival Training
Mekong Region
Laos
Lao Thai Border
Pink Card
Ma Mya
Government Bodies
Hotline Calls
Lao People's Democratic Republic
KAP Survey
Ma Soe
Pre-departure Training
NGO Official
brokered safety
Mam
Nong Khai
Hotline Operators
Anti-trafficking Interventions
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- 1. Introducing safe migration -- PART I: Situating safety in migration -- 2. From traffic to safety: The allure of safe migration -- 3. Omnipresence and nothingness: Lao and Myanmar migrants compared -- PART II: Modalities of intervention -- 4. Departures: Technologies of anticipation -- 5. State-centric safety and biometric economies: Documents and recruitment chains -- 6. Destinations: Hotlines and safety nets -- PART III: Safety mediated -- 7. On humanitarian spaces -- 8. Brokers, migrants, and safety -- 9. Informal assistance -- 10. Conclusion -- Index