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2015 ON THE HORIZON: MIGRATION AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE ASEAN COMMUNITY

2015 ON THE HORIZON: MIGRATION AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE ASEAN COMMUNITY. INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE 9-13 September 2013 - Tampere, Finland Maruja M.B. Asis Scalabrini Migration Center. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION. Brief background of Southeast Asia and ASEAN

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2015 ON THE HORIZON: MIGRATION AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE ASEAN COMMUNITY

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  1. 2015 ON THE HORIZON: MIGRATION AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE ASEAN COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE 9-13 September 2013 - Tampere, Finland Maruja M.B. Asis Scalabrini Migration Center

  2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION Brief background of Southeast Asia and ASEAN International migration and regional integration Steps towards governing migration & related issues in the envisaged ASEAN Community in 2015 Future prospects

  3. SOUTHEAST ASIA & ASEAN: A BACKGROUND • Southeast Asia • A region of 606 million people • Cultural diversity and in 3Ds: demographics, development, democracy • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) • Founded in 1967, with Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore &Thailand as founding members (ASEAN-5) • Expanded membership, esp. in the 1990s: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar & Vietnam • Observer status: East Timor & Papua New Guinea • Goal: to establish the ASEAN Community by 2015

  4. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA • Mixed flows • Temporary labor migration is dominant, mostly less skilled • From SEA to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries • From SEA to East Asia • Migration within SEA (est. 5 million workers) • The demand for domestic workers, a key driver of female migration • Irregular migration is significant • Permanent migration to countries of settlement • Marriage migration, mostly within Asia • Student migration, mostly from Asia to Western countries; also within Asia • Forced migration • Environment-related migration in the future?

  5. MIGRATION SYSTEMS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

  6. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA From a national framework, the governance of migration has developed into a multi-level approach From a state-centered framework, other non-state actors lend their voices to the governance of migration From a “migration only” policy thrust to a migration-integrated policy approach

  7. MIGRATION & RELATED ISSUES IN THE ASEAN COMMUNITY IN 2015 Various regional consultative processes since the 1990s 2004 ASEAN Declaration against Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children 2007 ASEAN Declaration for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers

  8. TOWARDS THE ASEAN COMMUNITY IN 2015

  9. FUTURE PROSPECTS • Migration is becoming integrated in economic, social and political-security issues in the region • … But discussions about migration continue to be qualified • restrictions to less skilled migration; openness to skilled/professional migration • continuing reticence to deal with irregular migration • An integrated ASEAN economy will need human resources of varying skills; growing interdependence • Post-ASEAN 2015 • Firmer commitments to key actions, leaner committees/bodies, broader participation of civil society & people’s organizations

  10. THANK YOU

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