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Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

Asia has a disproportionate share of the world’s young, working-age population—which represents the most mobile cohort—with resulting major immigration flows to other regions, and increasing intraregional migration as demographic transitions occur at different levels within Asia. The research here focuses on how the labor-sending countries of the region, notably the Philippines and other Colombo Process countries, manage these migration flows and the recruitment process. It also examines other conditions affecting the region, including humanitarian protection challenges, climate migration, diaspora relations, and remittances.

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Reports

Mobility Shutdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Asia and the Pacific

Some of the strictest COVID-19 pandemic-era limits on human mobility occurred in the Asia Pacific region. Border closures started in East and Southeast Asia in early 2020 and quickly spread through the entire region, in some cases remaining in place for more than two years. This report examines the approaches countries took and reflects on the immense costs and benefits of using border measures to tackle public-health risks.

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Reports

Leaving No One Behind: Inclusive Fintech for Remittances

Remittances are a vital lifeline for migrants’ families around the world and an important source of revenue for many low- and middle-income countries, especially in times of crisis. As more people turn to digital financial technologies for these money transfers, this shift holds the potential to shake up the rigid remittance industry and boost development benefits. But it also brings new challenges, as this report explores.

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Articles

The Philippines’ Landmark Labor Export and Development Policy Enters the Next Generation

Fifty years after the birth of the Philippines' strategy to use emigration as a tool for development, the government is doubling down on labor migration. While deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) slumped during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the government and civil society pivoting to assist with return migration and reintegration for hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, emigration has since rebounded, as this article details.

Recent Activity

Articles
January 1, 2005
Nepal's Dependence on Exporting Labor
By David Seddon
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Articles
December 1, 2004
South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls
By Young-bum Park
Articles
October 1, 2004
Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia
By Tsuneo Akaha
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Articles
August 1, 2004
Australia's Continuing Transformation
By Christine Inglis
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Reports
July 2004
Beyond Remittances: The Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in their Countries of Origin
By  Kathleen Newland and Erin Patrick
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Articles
May 1, 2004
East Timor: Old Migration Challenges in the World's Newest Country
By Kimberly Hamilton
Articles
April 1, 2004
China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant
By Ronald Skeldon
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Articles
February 1, 2004
Tonga: Migration and the Homeland
By Cathy A. Small, David L. Dixon

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Recent Activity

Articles
January 1, 2005

Nepal's Dependence on Exporting Labor

David Seddon of the University of East Anglia explains why so many Nepalis have migrated and why the government was slow to realize migration's benefits.

Articles
December 1, 2004

South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls

Young-bum Park of Hansung University outlines South Korea's response to temporary labor demands and its approach to integrating North Korean refugees.

Articles
October 1, 2004

Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia

Tsuneo Akaha of the Monterey Institute of International Studies looks at emerging migration patterns in North Korea, China, Russia, and Japan.

Articles
August 1, 2004

Australia's Continuing Transformation

Christine Inglis provides an update on the competing economic, political, and cultural forces that are challenging Australia's migration policy makers.
Reports
July 2004

Beyond Remittances: The Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in their Countries of Origin

This report analyzes the impact of established diaspora on the reduction of poverty in their countries of origin. It examines their contributions beyond individual remittances, in the dimensions of foreign direct investment, market development, technology transfer, philanthropy, tourism, political contributions, and the more intangible flows of knowledge, new attitudes, and cultural influence.

Articles
May 1, 2004

East Timor: Old Migration Challenges in the World's Newest Country

In May, following a UN withdrawal, East Timor's government will have more responsibility for dealing with thorny migration issues.
Articles
April 1, 2004

China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant

Ronald Skeldon of the University of Sussex maps out the migration patterns and policies of China, the source of tens of millions of migrants around the globe.

Articles
February 1, 2004

Tonga: Migration and the Homeland

Cathy Small of Northern Arizona University outlines how past changes in the Kingdom of Tonga, as well as the current challenges, are intimately tied to migration.

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