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Labor Migration and Trafficking among Vietnamese Migrants in Asia

Full title in original language:

Labor Migration and Trafficking among Vietnamese Migrants in Asia

Education level:

University

University (18+ years)

Topic / subtopic:

Trafficking in persons / smuggling of migrants

Human-rights based approach to trafficking in persons

Target audience:

Teachers / Lecturers, Students, Professors

Type of resource:

Publication / Article

Languages:

English

Region of relevance:

Global

Access:

restricted access: requiring payment

Individual authors:

Danièle Bélanger

Publication year:

2014

Published by:

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Copyright holder:

Contact name and address:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0002716213517066

Contact website:

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ann

Key themes:

Links:

Publication

Short description:

Asia is known as a continent where human trafficking is particularly prevalent. Departing from the bulk of research on trafficking in Asia that focuses on illegal migration and prostitution, this article examines the embeddedness of human trafficking in legal temporary migration flows. This analysis uses survey and interview data to document the experiences of Vietnamese migrants who worked in East Asian countries. It identifies a continuum of trafficking, abuse, exploitation, and forced labor, and examines how exploitation begins at the recruitment stage with the creation of bonded labor. Guest-worker programs in destination countries put migrants in particularly precarious situations, which do, in some cases, qualify as trafficking. The author argues that temporary migration programs may create the conditions that lead to extreme forms of exploitation among many legal migrant workers in the region.

Short description:

Asia is known as a continent where human trafficking is particularly prevalent. Departing from the bulk of research on trafficking in Asia that focuses on illegal migration and prostitution, this article examines the embeddedness of human trafficking in legal temporary migration flows. This analysis uses survey and interview data to document the experiences of Vietnamese migrants who worked in East Asian countries. It identifies a continuum of trafficking, abuse, exploitation, and forced labor, and examines how exploitation begins at the recruitment stage with the creation of bonded labor. Guest-worker programs in destination countries put migrants in particularly precarious situations, which do, in some cases, qualify as trafficking. The author argues that temporary migration programs may create the conditions that lead to extreme forms of exploitation among many legal migrant workers in the region.

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