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Musikawong Sudarat: In Between Democratic Labor Movements and Migrant Worker Rights [Report]

Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation Room 1107, 11F, NO.136, Section 3, Ren’ai Road, Da’an District, Taipei City

Dr. Sudarat Musikawong's main concern as a sociologist working on democratic movements is how NGOs and trade unions could approach the conundrum of temporary foreign migrant workers. Immigration policies in Asia (including Thailand, Taiwan, and South Korea) tend to be exclusionary, with little promise for citizenship or even residency for migrant workers.

Perceptions of Thais towards refugees and migrants from Myanmar [Report / Video Recording]

HA Building II University Road No.1001, Hsinchu City

泰國成為難民、流離失所者,和移工的遷居地,已有三十年的時間。幾十萬的難民居住在沿著邊界所設立的九處難民營,另外有大約一萬人居住在市區。估計約有400萬移工,以合法和非法身分居住在泰國。根據在四個泰緬邊境的省分所做的調查,民眾反應出對於安全議題的高度關注。那些居住在靠近難民營的農民,相較於居住在距離較遠的都市區的受訪者,普遍有對於移工與難民有正向觀感。