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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300514103321

Autore

Henry Nicholas

Titolo

Asylum, Work, and Precarity : Bordering the Asia-Pacific / / by Nicholas Henry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-60567-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 227 p. 2 illus.)

Collana

Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific, , 2662-222X

Disciplina

320.95

Soggetti

Asia—Politics and government

Emigration and immigration

Social history

Asia—History

Asia—Economic conditions

Asian Politics

Migration

Social History

Asian History

Asian Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Asia-Pacific: Regional reordering -- Chapter 3. Myanmar: at the margins of democratisation -- Chapter 4. Australia: border anxiety and threat perception -- Chapter 5. Asia-Pacific: Unfinished independence -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the regional coordination and impact of state responses to irregular migration in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The main argument is that regional and international trends of securitisation and criminalisation of irregular migration, often associated with framing the issue in terms of migrant smuggling and human trafficking, have intensified carceral border regimes and produced greater precarity for migrants. Bilateral and multilateral processes of regional coordination at multiple levels of government are



analysed with a focus on the impact on asylum seekers and migrant workers in major destination and transit countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. The book will be of interest to a wide academic audience interested in the interdisciplinary field of Border Studies, as well as general readers concerned with the treatment of refugees and migrant workers who cross borders in search of safety, security, and a better life.