Thematic Introduction: Migration Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region in the Twenty-First Century

Title
Thematic Introduction: Migration Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region in the Twenty-First Century
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Kaur, Amarjit
Metcalfe, Ian
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Place of publication
France
UNE publication id
une:5510
Abstract
Trans-Asian labour migration, a defining feature of Asian globalisation prior to 1940, comprised mainly Chinese and Indian emigration to Southeast Asia and was quantitatively and qualitatively as significant as European transatlantic migration. Although migrant workers were regarded as sojourners, they established diasporic communities across the region, particularly in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. After the Second World War and problems of decolonisation, unskilled labour migration came to a halt.
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Citation
International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 9(2), p. 131-134
ISSN
1817-4574
Start page
131
End page
134

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