“Migration has emerged as a critical global issue, one that now touches almost every corner of the world” -Nana Oishi wrote in 2005. In 2016 the situation is the same or even worse, and our governments are doing nothing.
Today we moved from the US to Asia! This unknown continent is today’s target. The Asia-Pacific region hosts most than half of the worlds population, around 3.7 billion people, and it is characterised by dynamic and diverse forms of migration.
This region hosts the largest undocumented flows of migrants in the world, mainly between neighbouring countries. They are usually searching for better living conditions or fleeing conflict and persecution. In 2010 the number of international migrants in Asia was estimated at 27.5 million people.
Most migrants are workers whom are searching for higher incomes, adventure, exploration or curiosity but, also fleeing from persecution and armed conflict. “The large inflow of migrants from Myanmar to Thailand and from Afghanistan to Pakistan, are examples of dislocations caused by armed conflict and suppression of ethnic groups”. Essentially, migrants from countries of Asia-Pacific move towards the US and the UK, even those whom belong to the richest countries.
Feminine migration presents serious issues to be solved in these countries. As a woman, they are more exposed to the many abuses in which human rights are violated. Women are more likely to be part of domestic duties and entertainment (strip clubs or prostitution) works.
One of the most alarming issues related with woman is the “trafficking of persons”. The UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime defines trafficking of persons as follows. “Trafficking in persons” shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs”.
The Convention is supplemented by a series of protocols targeting specific types of crime and the two relevant Protocols in this context are: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea.
The International Labour Organisation recommended to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that they “should take a firm stand on trafficking of women and children. It is a major humanitarian issue and the criminal syndicates and traffickers behind these practices should be harshly dealt with as accepted by the Bangkok Declaration. Thailand has passed some laws, which introduce punishment of traffickers. These have to be strictly enforced. Trade unions can monitor their activities and bring them to the notice of concerned agencies”.
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La Organización Laboral Internacional recomendó a la Asociación del Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN) que “deben tomar una posición firme sobre la trata de mujeres y niños. Es una cuestión humanitaria importante y las organizaciones criminales y traficantes detrás de estas prácticas debe ser tratado con firmeza a lo aceptado en la Declaración de Bangkok. Tailandia ha aprobado algunas leyes, que introducen en castigo a los traficantes. Estos tienen que ser estrictamente impuesto. Los sindicatos pueden controlar sus actividades y conducir el aviso a las agencias encargadas”.
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