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Migrants and the ASEAN. Lack of mention of migrants in any ASEAN declaration Migrants are only mentioned in the ASEAN in three areas: Security issues Trafficking Trade in services (professional and skilled workers) Functional Cooperation: labour, accreditation of skills, social mobility. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Migrant Forum in Asia
Migrants and the ASEANMigrants and the ASEAN
0ctober 2003
2Migrant Forum in Asia
Lack of mention of migrants in any ASEAN declaration
Migrants are only mentioned in the ASEAN in three areas:– Security issues– Trafficking– Trade in services (professional and skilled workers)– Functional Cooperation: labour, accreditation of
skills, social mobility
0ctober 2003
3Migrant Forum in Asia
MIGRANTS ISSUES IN THE ASEAN (1)MIGRANTS ISSUES IN THE ASEAN (1)
The non-recognition of indigenous community in the ASEAN. They are considered as illegal migrants
Lack of recognition for “unskilled” labour. Biggest number of migrants in ASEAN do not fall into the category of skilled or professionals
Brain drain among sending countries Non interference and health issues of migrants - Some
states create an environment where people are forced to migrate. These migrants are forced to be undocumented with little or no access to adequate health care.
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MIGRANTS ISSUES IN ASEAN (2)MIGRANTS ISSUES IN ASEAN (2)
Migrants abuses: pre-departure, on-site and return or reintegration. – Pre-dep: exaction of exhorbitant fees render them in debt
bondage;– slavery like conditions in Indonesian training camps and
issue of forced labour– On-site: lack of labour protection for migrant workers onsite.
Domestic workers are not covered by labour laws. Lack of recognition of women workers contribution to the economy (domestic workers).
Lack of labour policy in the ASEAN region Migrants are not allowed to form unions or join unions
in the host countries
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MIGRANTS ISSUES IN THE ASEAN (3)MIGRANTS ISSUES IN THE ASEAN (3)
Discriminatory practices in wages. Some nationalities have lower wages for the same work. “Cheap labour”
Lack of recognition of skills of workers in the region. No ASEAN accreditation (e.g. nurses)
Criminalization of undocumented workers Broker system promoting trafficking Trafficking as an accepted form of migration in
some countries
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RECOMMENDATIONSRECOMMENDATIONS
Engage the ASEAN and call for labour policies in the region (“labour circulation”, “ASEAN people’s movement within ASEAN)
Call for labour protection in the region that will include the protection of migrant workers
Call for the recognition of equal pay for equal work Engage host and home countries on their
responsibilities to protect migrants CSOs to create new methods of engagement, forge
solidarity within the migrant sector, with other sectors and interlink the issue of migration to overarching issues of debt, poverty, sustainable development.