Thailand
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
3179000
Immigrant Population
4.4%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
1179000
Emigrant Population
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Criminalizing Irregular Migrant Labor: Thailand’s Crackdown in Context
Thailand's 2017 migrant labor decree risks deepening exploitation and excluding the poorest from legal migration channels.
Resolving Policy Conundrums: Enhancing Humanitarian Protection in Southeast Asia
The May 2015 Rohingya maritime crisis exposed Southeast Asia's missing protection infrastructure and underscored the need for regional responses that connect protection with livelihoods.
Achieving Skill Mobility in the ASEAN Economic Community: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications
The ASEAN's skilled-labor mobility goal is far from reality, blocked by credential recognition barriers, national restrictions, and professionals' reluctance to move within the region.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
In 2014, people born in Asian accounted for 30 percent of U.S. immigrants, with high rates of educational attainment, sizable median incomes, and wide differences across origin groups.
Big Business of Smuggling Enables Mass Movement of People for Enormous Profits
Smuggling networks have profited from shifting, often deadly routes to Europe and Asia.
The Southeast Asia-Australia Regional Migration System: Some Insights into the “New Emigration”
The Australia-Southeast Asia migration system is far more multidirectional and complex than the standard destination-sending country framing suggests.
Promoting the Health of Left-Behind Children of Asian Labour Migrants: Evidence for Policy and Action
Left-behind children of Asian labor migrants face elevated mental health and nutritional risks that worker-focused programs largely fail to address.
Irregular Maritime Migration in the Bay of Bengal: The Challenges of Protection, Management, and Cooperation
The surge in irregular crossings of the Bay of Bengal in 2015 exposed regional protection failures, as statelessness, smuggling, and non-interference blocked effective coordinated response.
A ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges in 2015 and Beyond
ASEAN's freer skilled labor flow aspiration is undermined by low-skilled migration dominance, irregular flows, and weak political will to adapt domestic regulations.
The Opening of Burmese Borders: Impacts on Migration
Burma's 2011 political opening has done little to stem labor migration to Thailand.
