Safe migration and the politics of brokered safety in Southeast Asia

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    • Molland, Sverre

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Safe migration and the politics of brokered safety in Southeast Asia

Sverre Molland

(Routledge series on Asian migration / series editors, Yuk Wah Chan, Jonathan H.X. Lee and Nicola Piper, 7)

Routledge, 2022

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index

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Description

The book investigates migration safety, which is a central policy concern the United Nations and within public discourse in light of the recent global refugee crisis. Presenting a fresh angle within wider hostilities and ambivalences regarding migration polices worldwide, this book offers unprecedented insights into what safe migration may look like in practice. It is an innovate contribution to contemporary theorizing relating contemporary forms of governance and will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and human geographers working on Migration studies as well as Southeast Asian and Global Studies.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing safe migration PART I SITUATING SAFETY IN MIGRATION 2. From traffic to safety: The allure of safe migration 3. Omnipresence and nothingness: Lao and Myanmar migrants compared PART II MODALITIES OF INTERVENTION 4. Departures: Technologies of anticipation 5. State-centric safety and biometric economies: documents and recruitment chains 6. Destinations: hotlines and safety nets PART III SAFETY MEDIATED 7. On Humanitarian spaces 8. Brokers, migrants and safety 9. informal Assistance 10. Conclusion

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