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How safe is Safe? ‘Safe migration’ in Southeast Asia
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Abstract:
Safety issues of migration have come to the fore in the public and academic discourse in recent
years. People seek irregular means of passage in their effort to migrate overseas. As a result, their
lives are at put at risk. Female migrants are more vulnerable than their male counterparts in unsafe
migration conditions. This paper tries to understand the perception of migrants about their own
migration experiences. About 94 female migrants were selected based on snow ball and convenient
sampling from two destinations: Thailand and Malaysia. The study shows that most of the
respondents underwent (pre-migration, enroute, post-migration) extremely dangerous and unsafe
experiences. Gross human rights violation by travel agencies, brokers and employers as well were
revealed. Safe migration entails a series of policies, programs, and initiatives which focus on all
aspects of migration- from education of potential migrants in the home countries to policies which
protect migrants while in transit, to the protection of human rights in holding centers, and proper
border control and policing. Safe migration requires the participation of all countries involved in
the migration process in creating more opportunities for safe migration by empowering and
educating people on migration options and by creating policies that protect human rights.
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Date:
2016
Authors:
AKM Ahsan Ullah
Yusnani Mohamed Yusof
Maria D'Aria
Publisher:
Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
