This paper examines the issue of migration control in Malaysia. Despite the fact that the
majority of the world's migratory movements are between countries in the Global South, the …

This paper draws attention to the current and possible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
the (im) mobility trajectories of international students (IS) and the global higher education …

Migration industries are usually researched in terms of the facilitation and control of
migration and less attention is paid to how migrants as equally central agents perceive …

Drawing on ethnographic research on foreign scholars working at Sino-foreign universities
(SFUs), this paper explores how both migration infrastructures 'from the above'and those …

Through examining the experiences of Burmese migrant workers in Malaysia this paper
analyses the complicated relationship between legal status and protection from violence …

This paper focuses on irregularities as a result of the privatization of migrant worker
recruitment and the unregulated activities of outsourcing companies, created by the …

Immigration control constitutes a particular technique for regulating urban space and for
controlling and disciplining migrant subjects within it. Unlike other manifestations of state …

Human smuggling is a special term for the facilitation of movement across international
borders which is not authorised by the State. It is a clandestine practice considered by the …

Although state actors in labour-receiving and sending countries developed ethical
recruitment initiatives, such initiatives did not function as intended without full compliance …

The migration industry consists of actors and organisations (eg agents, brokers, agencies,
corporations) through which migration is facilitated, organised, and accelerated. Although …