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Facilitating Safe Labor Migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Issues, Challenges, and Forward-Looking Interventions

2013 Asian Development Bank

All rights reserved. Published in 2013.
Printed in the Philippines.

ISBN 978-92-9254-020-3 (Print), 978-92-9254-021-0 (PDF)
Publication Stock No. RPT135586-2

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Asian Development Bank.

Facilitating safe labor migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Issues, challenges, and forward-looking interventions.

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2013.

1. Labor migration. 2. Human resource development. 3. Greater Mekong Subregion. I. Asian Development Bank.

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Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Introduction

Stock, Flows, and Patterns

Driving Forces

Migrant Categories and Sectors of Activity

Internal Migration

Border Mobility

Extra GMS Migration

Economic Role of Labor Migration

Issues

Economic Integration and Labor Mobility

Irregular Migration

Rights and Protection of Migrant Workers

Knowledge Gap

Partnerships and Legal Framework of Migration in the GMS

Regional Cooperation and Networking Programs

National Legal Framework to Manage Migration

Recommendations and Ideas Toward Strengthening Subregional Approaches

References

List of Tables and Figures

Tables

	Migration Stock in the Greater Mekong Subregion
	Main Demographic and Economic Indicators for the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries
	Characteristics of Migration Flows in the Greater Mekong Subregion
	Number of Workers Deployed, by Destination, 2010

Figures

	Migration Flows and Stocks in the Greater Mekong Subregion
	Relationship between Development, Aging, and Migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion
	Demographic Profiles of the Greater Mekong Subregion and Possible Evolution until 2050
	Registered Migrant Workers (2010) in Thailand by Sector

Acknowledgments

This report is a product of the continuing collaborative partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Under a regional technical assistance on Support for Regional Multisector Investment Framework for Greater Mekong Subregion, ADB commissioned IOM to review the trends and patterns of labor migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and contribute to the dialogue process that would look at labor migration as contributing to and resulting from the regional integration dynamics in the GMS.

The report also incorporates inputs and insights from an expert-level workshop attended by academics and civil society organizations and international organizations, as well as country and regional consultations under the auspices of the GMS Working Group on Human Resource Development.

Olivier Ferrari and Yuko Hamada, IOM, wrote the report, while Pradeep Srivastava, ADB, and Federico Soda, IOM, provided overall guidance and support. IOM missions in the subregion and Leah Gutierrez and her staff at ADB provided constructive comments and suggestions. The production of the report was managed by Flor Melendez and Georginia Nepomuceno.

Abbreviations

ADB	Asian Development Bank
AEC	ASEAN Economic Community
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
COMMIT	Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking
ESCAP	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
EU	European Union
GDP	gross domestic product
GMS	Greater Mekong Subregion
ILO	International Labour Organization
IOM	International Organization for Migration
Lao PDR	Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
MOU	memorandum of understanding
NGO	nongovernment organization
PRC	Peoples Republic of China
SSS	social security schemes
UN	United Nations
UNIAP	United Nations Interagency Project on Human Trafficking
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund

Executive Summary

Migration within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) can be categorized as international migration, internal migration, and border mobility. Labor migration in the GMS is widespread and concerns at least 3 to 5 million workers. However, a precise estimate is difficult because very little data are available. Thailand is the subregional hub for labor migration and host of 60% of the total migrants, 80% of which are from Myanmar. The bulk of labor migrants work in low-skilled jobs and are irregular workers.

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