Security and Migration in Asia

<p><em>Security and Migration in Asia</em> explores how various forms of unregulated and illegal forms of human movement within Asia and beyond the region have come to be treated as 'security' issues, and whether and how a 'securitization' framework enables a more effective response to them. The process and theory of 'securitization' and 'desecuritization' have been developed within the international relations literature by the so-call Copenhagen school scholars, including Barry Buzan and Ole Waever among others.</p><p>The topics explored in this well- presented and engaging book cover geographic areas of China, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, the Russian Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Hong Kong SAR, and includes research on: </p><ul> <li>human trafficking and people smuggling </li> <li>financing illegal migration and links to transnational organized crime </li> <li>regulated and unregulated labour migration </li> <li>the 'securitization' of illegal migration in sending, transit and receiving countries. </li> </ul><p>This book provides compelling insights into contemporary forms of illegal migration, under conditions of globalization, and makes a contribution to the literature in international relations and migration studies.</p> <p>1. Introduction: Applying Securitisation Theory to Unregulated Migration in Asia <em>Melissa G. Curley and Wong Siu-lun</em> 2. Levels of Analysis Issues in the Migration-Security Nexus <em>Melissa G. Curley</em> 3. Illegal Migration and Migrant Smuggling in the Asia- Pacific: Balancing Regional Security and Human Rights <em>Andreas Schloenhardt</em> 4. Securitising Human Trafficking in the Asia-Pacific: Regional Organisations and Response Strategies <em>Ralf Emmers, Beth Greener-Barcham and Nicholas Thomas</em> 5.The Securitisation of Chinese Migration to the Russian Far East: Rhetoric and Reality <em>Elizabeth Wishnick</em> 6. Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Taiwan Strait: Security Predicament or Political Dilemma? <em>James K. Chin</em> 7. The Cultural Economy of Illegal Migration: Migrant Workers Who Overstay in Hong Kong <em>Amy S.C. Sim</em> 8. Human Trafficking in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Critique of the Securitisation Framework <em>Nicole Jackson</em> 9. Reflections on Managing Migration in Southeast Asia: Mitigating the Unintended Consequences of Securitisation <em>Mely Caballero-Anthony</em> 10. Conclusion: Undocumented Migration and the State/Human Security Nexus in Asia <em>Melissa G. Curley and Wong Siu-lun</em></p>