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E-Artikel
Titel:
All Quiet on the Eastern Front?—Temporary contract migration in Asia revisited from a development perspective
Beteiligte:
Piper, Nicola
Erschienen:
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010
Erschienen in:Policy and Society
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1016/j.polsoc.2010.09.007
ISSN:
1449-4035;
1839-3373
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Although as such not new, the revival or continuation as well as expansion of temporary contract schemes as the main method by which to regulate economic migration legally is part and parcel of a new discourse on migration policy making: ‘management of migration’. Furthermore, this discourse and concomitant policy descriptions are related to the current phase of the debate on the relationship between migration and development. The focus on managing migration in its link to development revolves around the idea that orderly, legal migration schemes can benefit sending and receiving countries’ developmental and labour market needs as well as individual migrants themselves. The welfare and rights of migrant workers, however, remain the neglected dimension in this equation. As preference is given to temporary or circular migration policies, while little attention is paid to migrants’ rights beyond the rhetorical level, the question which arises pertains to migrants’ actual capability to contribute to development. In the attempt to address this question, the normative starting point of this paper is a rights-based approach to migration and development. The argument advanced revolves around the need to re-politicize this discourse and policy prescriptions. Empirically, my discussion is based on the ‘political activist work’ carried out by the regional migrant rights network in Asia, the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA).</jats:p>