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>