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This book, based on exploratory ethnographic research, analyzes the
experiences of African migrants in Thailand. Thailand has always
been a regional migration hub with Africans being the most recent.
Sitting at the intersection of race and migration studies, this
book focuses on the challenges Black and labor migrants face trying
to integrate into a society that has had very limited contact with
and knowledge about Black Africans. Bringing together research from
African, Thai, and European scholars, this volume focuses on forced
migrants, such as Somali asylum seekers, and labor migrants,
largely African men seeking better livelihoods in niche economies
such as gem trading, garment wholesale, and football playing and
coaching. The book also includes theoretical contributions to the
understanding of precarity and human security, the concept of
in/visibility to analyze the challenges African migrants face in
Thailand as well as the concept of othering to understand
discrimination against Africans. The book also analyzes the Thai
migration policy context and the challenges facing Thai
policy-makers, law enforcement representatives, and the migrants
themselves. While not comparative in nature, this volume directly
connects with studies of Africans in other parts of Asia,
especially China. Addressing an important gap in migration
research, this book will be of interest to researchers across the
fields of migration and mobility studies, African Studies, and
Asian Studies.
This book contributes to a better understanding of the relationship
between migration, vulnerability, resilience and social justice
associated with flooding across diverse environmental, social and
policy contexts in Southeast Asia. It challenges simple analyses of
flooding as a singular driver of migration, and instead considers
the ways in which floods figure in migration-based livelihoods and
amongst already mobile populations. The book develops a conceptual
framework based on a 'mobile political ecology' in which particular
attention is paid to the multidimensionality, temporalities and
geographies of vulnerability. Rather than simply emphasising the
capacities (or lack thereof) of individuals and households, the
focus is on identifying factors that instigate, manage and
perpetuate vulnerable populations and places: these include the
sociopolitical dynamics of floods, flood hazards and risky
environments, migration and migrant-based livelihoods and the
policy environments through which all of these take shape. The book
is organised around a series of eight empirical urban and rural
case studies from countries in Southeast Asia, where lives are
marked by mobility and by floods associated with the region's
monsoonal climate. The concluding chapter synthesises the insights
of the case studies, and suggests future policy directions.
Together, the chapters highlight critical policy questions around
the governance of migration, institutionalised disaster response
strategies and broader development agendas.
This book contributes to a better understanding of the relationship
between migration, vulnerability, resilience and social justice
associated with flooding across diverse environmental, social and
policy contexts in Southeast Asia. It challenges simple analyses of
flooding as a singular driver of migration, and instead considers
the ways in which floods figure in migration-based livelihoods and
amongst already mobile populations. The book develops a conceptual
framework based on a 'mobile political ecology' in which particular
attention is paid to the multidimensionality, temporalities and
geographies of vulnerability. Rather than simply emphasising the
capacities (or lack thereof) of individuals and households, the
focus is on identifying factors that instigate, manage and
perpetuate vulnerable populations and places: these include the
sociopolitical dynamics of floods, flood hazards and risky
environments, migration and migrant-based livelihoods and the
policy environments through which all of these take shape. The book
is organised around a series of eight empirical urban and rural
case studies from countries in Southeast Asia, where lives are
marked by mobility and by floods associated with the region's
monsoonal climate. The concluding chapter synthesises the insights
of the case studies, and suggests future policy directions.
Together, the chapters highlight critical policy questions around
the governance of migration, institutionalised disaster response
strategies and broader development agendas.
This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration
study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn
University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). The camps on the Thai Myanmar border are the result of the
world s largest resettlement program. However, despite large-scale
financial and human resource engagement, little research existson
how successful this resettlement has been. This book provides the
first insight on how realistic the policy recommendations are for a
durable solution for refugees at the borders. Practitioners and
policymakers from governments, international organizations and NGOs
will benefit from its findings. The volume is also helpful for
anyone studying forced migration and its denouement in the age of
globalization."
This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration
study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn
University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP).this volume discusses the environmental impact of temporary
shelters for displaced people along the Thai Myanmar border. Of
nine shelters, three were selected for detailed study: Ban Tham Hin
(Ratchaburi province), Ban Mai Nai Soi (Mae Hong Son province), and
Ban Mae La (Tak province). For each shelter, various research
methods were used to assess the environmental conditions, analyse
the ways of living and use of resources by displaced persons, and
disclose their perceptions of the environmental conditions they
face. The environmental impact of the shelters on the surrounding
areas were also assessed by listening to officials and
representatives. The book provides realistic policy recommendations
for a durable solution for refugees at the borders. Practitioners
and policymakers from governments, international organizations and
NGOs will benefit from its findings. The volume is also helpful for
anyone studying forced migration and its denouement in the age of
globalization."
This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration
study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn
University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP).This volume reviews the livelihood opportunities for
displaced persons in temporary shelters and in the surrounding
communities. It explores labor-market conditions and provides
recommendations for improving opportunities. The editors discuss
the current policies of the Royal Thai Government towards displaced
persons on restrictions for settlement that impede access to
welfare, justice, education and health care. Service provision for
displaced persons are identified here, as well as access to justice
and other key services, including Thai services outside the
settlements, and the potential for conflict with the local Thai
population over resource allocation. Summarizing the results of a
highly important research project this volume provides realistic
policy recommendations for a durable solution for refugees at the
borders. Policymakers from governments, international organizations
and NGOs will benefit from its findings and conclusions.
This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration
study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn
University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). This volume examines the protracted refugee situation at
the Thai-Myanmar border. Displaced persons are kept in closed
settlements, and this has limited their self-reliance. A
resettlement program has been implemented and many refugees have
been accepted in resettlement countries. Repatriation is not
recommended as a durable solution unless Myanmar becomes a safe
place for return. Funding and intervention policies of
international organizations and NGOs vary. Donors prefer to switch
humanitarian assistance to development aid. The book provides
realistic policy recommendations for a durable solution for
refugees at the borders. Practitioners and policymakers from
governments, international organizations and NGOs will benefit from
its findings. The volume is also helpful for anyone studying forced
migration and its denouement in the globalized age.
This book provides essential background information on the
protracted displacement of several ethnic groups along the
Thai-Myanmar border before turning to an examination of whether
Myanmar has now shifted into a post-conflict society, the expected
challenges involved in reintegrating returnees to Myanmar, and the
possibility of voluntary and sustainable repatriation. The authors
conclude that, given the current, ongoing security challenges and
the lack of job opportunities in Myanmar, voluntary repatriation is
not yet feasible as a long-term solution. After more than 60 years
of conflict and displacement, Myanmar is now in the midst of
political reform. A new nominally civilian government and the
promise of elections in 2015 have raised hopes of a lasting
democratic transition after years of military rule. For the first
time in decades, repatriation of refugees in Thailand is being
discussed as a real and imminent possibility.
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