Politics in Asia

<p><em>Security and Migration in Asia</em> explores how various forms of unregulated and illegal forms of human movement within Asia and beyond the region have come to be treated as ''security'' issues, and whether and how a ''securitization'' framework enables a more effective response to them. The process and theory of ''securitization'' and ''desecuritization'' have been developed within the international relations literature by the so-call Copenhagen school scholars, including Barry Buzan and Ole Waever among others.</p><p>The topics explored in this well- presented and engaging book cover geographic areas of China, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, the Russian Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Hong Kong SAR, and includes research on: </p><ul> <li>human trafficking and people smuggling </li> <li>financing illegal migration and links to transnational organized crime </li> <li>regulated and unregulated labour migration </li> <li>the ''securitization'' of illegal migration in sending, transit and receiving countries. </li> </ul><p>This book provides compelling insights into contemporary forms of illegal migration, under conditions of globalization, and makes a contribution to the literature in international relations and migration studies.</p>