India and Bangladesh Swap Territory, Citizens in Landmark Enclave Exchange
In August 2015, India and Bangladesh officially exchanged 162 enclaves, marking the end of a 300-year old anomaly that saw the fragmented territory of one sovereign power located inside another...
View ArticleDevelopment through Diversity: Engaging Armenia’s New and Old Diaspora
The Armenian diaspora, which significantly exceeds the country's resident population, has played an instrumental role in Armenia's political and economic development since independence in 1991. Yet a...
View ArticleThe Australia-Cambodia Refugee Relocation Agreement Is Unique, But Does...
Two years on, the Australia-Cambodia refugee relocation agreement—the first of its kind involving a traditional resettlement country relocating refugees to a country with no resettlement track...
View ArticleResolving Policy Conundrums: Enhancing Humanitarian Protection in Southeast...
Human displacement, asylum movements, refugee and stateless populations, and irregular labor migration flows have long posed challenges for Southeast Asia. This report analyzes migration flows in and...
View ArticleTaming the Seas: Safety, Protection, and Attempts to Create Order in Maritime...
A book discussion that explores the different facets of maritime migration and the challenges governments, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations face in tackling this issue...
View ArticleAll at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term...
With maritime migration the subject of significant policy and public focus in Europe, Australia, and beyond, this timely volume reviews the policy responses to irregular maritime arrivals at regional,...
View ArticleMaid in Hong Kong: Protecting Foreign Domestic Workers
Hong Kong is home to more than 340,000 foreign domestic workers, who can be found in one of every seven households. Despite efforts by the governments of Hong Kong and top sending countries, these...
View ArticleTaming the Seas: Safety, Protection, and Attempts to Create Order in Maritime...
Marking the release of All at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term Response to Maritime Migration, this book discussion explores the different facets of maritime migration...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #10: While Mobility Comes under Assault in Europe,...
In stark contrast to a Europe that is erecting new barriers and reinstituting border controls, other regions around the world are moving toward greater mobility for intraregional travelers and...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #9: On the Brink of Demographic Crisis, Governments in...
With many countries in East Asia facing unfavorable demographic shifts in the form of aging populations, low fertility, and shrinking workforces, governments in 2016 continued to explore immigration as...
View ArticleOpen Windows, Closed Doors: Mutual Recognition Arrangements on Professional...
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States have approved Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) in the tourism sector and in six regulated occupations to ease the movement of...
View ArticleLabor Migration from Myanmar: Remittances, Reforms, and Challenges
Having emerged from a long era of military rule, Myanmar's leaders and many citizens are looking outward. In particular, with Burmese labor migration abroad on the rise, policymakers are examining ways...
View ArticleWith Millions Displaced by Climate Change or Extreme Weather, Is There a Role...
Climate-related displacement is not hypothetical: An average of 21.5 million people per year have been displaced since 2008 by natural disasters, and thousands more have fled slow-onset environmental...
View ArticleReinventing Mutual Recognition Arrangements: Lessons from International...
As Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States work to facilitate the movement of professionals, the experiences of other countries hold promise for policymakers and licensing bodies...
View ArticleFiring Up Regional Brain Networks: The Promise of Brain Circulation in the...
Given diverging demographics, rising educational attainment and wide variation in economic opportunities, countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are poised to see an expansion of both...
View ArticleSouth Korea Carefully Tests the Waters on Immigration, With a Focus on...
Faced with labor shortages in key sectors of the economy, South Korea has moved carefully in recent decades toward accepting greater numbers of workers—albeit in temporary fashion. Its Employment...
View ArticleThe Long Road Ahead: Status Report on the Implementation of the ASEAN MRAs on...
While it has been years since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed accords to facilitate the movement of professionals in seven occupations, implementation of these Mutual Recognition...
View ArticleAs Its Population Ages, Japan Quietly Turns to Immigration
One of the most rapidly aging societies in the world, Japan is looking to immigration to address increased labor shortages—albeit slowly and largely without public debate. This country profile offers a...
View ArticleRussia: A Migration System with Soviet Roots
The history of dynamic migration flows throughout the Soviet Union pre- and post-collapse has significantly shaped the current migration reality in Russia. Even as borders have shifted and policies...
View ArticleThe Philippines: Beyond Labor Migration, Toward Development and (Possibly)...
In the Philippines, a pervasive culture of migration has led millions to seek opportunities abroad, particularly since an economic downturn in the 1970s. The government has long embraced exporting...
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