Safe migration and the politics of brokered safety in Southeast Asia

"The book investigates how the United Nations, governments and aid agencies mobilise and instrumentalise migration policies and programmes through a discourse of safe migration. Since the early 2000s, numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies and governments have warmed to the...

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Main Author: Molland, Sverre (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
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