Irregular and Forced Migration within Asia: Governance, Marginality, and Labor

IF 2.9 1区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

International Migration Review Pub Date : 2026-04-15 DOI:10.1177/01979183261442877

Niro Kandasamy, Nirukshi Perera, Matt Withers

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Abstract

This special collection of International Migration Review brings together a series of articles that collectively situate Asia at the heart of contemporary discussions of irregular and forced migration. Foregrounding the scholarship of researchers working in and from Asia, we position the collection as a deliberate decentering of Global North preoccupations with border control, instead emphasizing the diverse expressions of inequity and resistance that characterize the “routine irregularities” of migration governance in the majority-world. Our editorial introduction traces the origins and normative commitments of the special collection, before discussing the key themes that emerged from a subsequent workshop held in Kuala Lumpur in 2024: governance from above and below, marginality and social exclusion, and labor market segmentation. Each of the papers in the special collection offers a timely intervention in irregular and forced migration debates, hastening analytical departures from Eurocentric epistemes by centering the knowledge production of those directly researching the contextually specific histories, policies, practices, and outcomes of migration in the region where it occurs most.

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亚洲内部的非正规和被迫移民：治理、边缘化和劳动力

本期《国际移民评论》特刊汇集了一系列文章，将亚洲置于当代非正常和被迫移民讨论的核心位置。我们将亚洲研究人员的学术成果放在重要位置，将其定位为有意分散全球北方对边境控制的关注，而不是强调不平等和抵抗的各种表达，这些表达是多数世界移民治理中“常规不规则”的特征。我们的社论导论追溯了特别收藏的起源和规范承诺，然后讨论了2024年在吉隆坡举行的后续研讨会中出现的关键主题：自上而下的治理，边缘化和社会排斥，以及劳动力市场细分。特辑中的每一篇论文都及时介入了非正规和被迫移民的辩论，通过将那些直接研究移民发生最多地区特定背景的历史、政策、实践和结果的知识生产集中起来，加速了对欧洲中心主义知识的分析偏离。

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International Migration Review DEMOGRAPHY-

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7.00

自引率

7.90%

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期刊介绍： International Migration Review is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects of sociodemographic, historical, economic, political, legislative and international migration. It is internationally regarded as the principal journal in the field facilitating study of international migration, ethnic group relations, and refugee movements. Through an interdisciplinary approach and from an international perspective, IMR provides the single most comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis and review of international population movements.