Perceptions of Borders and Human Migration
The Human (In)Security of Shan Migrant Workers in Thailand
Ropharat APHIJANYATHAM
IRASEC, Bangkok
Série Observatoire
octobre 2009, 88 p.
ISBN : 978-616-90282-1-5
English text
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Understanding Borders Perceptions and Human Security in Human Migration
- Research Framework
- Organization of the Paper
Chapter 1 - A history of borders and its influence on Shan migrant workers’ migration behaviour
- An Introduction to the Shan, the History of Borders and Migration Today
- The Contemporary Migration Situation in Northern Thailand
- Push Factors : Political and socio-economic insecurities in Burma drive more people to move to Thailand
- Pull Factors : The Availability of low-paid jobs, work for women and demographic factors in Thailand attract more people from Burma to become migrant workers
- An Increasing Influx of Foreign Workers in Thailand and their Macroeconomic Contribution to the Thai GDP
- The Migration Legal Framework in Thailand
Chapter 2 - A comparative analysis of the different perceptions of borders and of the cost-benefit assessment between the Thai government, Shan migrant workers, Thai employers and informal brokers
- Human Security and Migration
- Human Insecurities in Burma as Factors in Migration
- More Human Securities or Less Human Insecurities ? the Post-Migration Situation in Thailand
- Three Actors’ Perceptions of Borders, their Cost-Benefit Assessment, and the Migration of Shan Migrant Workers
- The Thai Government’s Perception of Borders : Legal Borders vs. Social Borders
- Shan Migrant Workers’ Perception of Borders : Borderless or Ethnic Borders - An Interpretation of Socio-Economic Demand
- Thai Employers’ and Informal Brokers’ Perception of Borders : Economic Advantages from the Multi-Perceptions of Borders
- The “Acquiescent Reciprocity” : A Factor in the Migration Phenomenon
- Differences in the Perceptions of Borders and the Perpetuation of Illegal Migration
Summary and conclusion
- From the Solid Meaning of Borders by the Nation-State to the Different Perceptions of Borders by the Locals
- Recommendations
- Inclusion of the Different Perceptions of Borders in Policy Formulation
- The Need to Accelerate the Legal Process and to Create Coherence in Immigration and Registration Policies
Glossary
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