Safe Migration and the Politics of Brokered Safety in Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Molland, Sverre
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2022; Taylor and Francis; No Funder Information Available; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge 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

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...