2012 ASIAN MIGRATION OUTLOOK SCALABRINI MIGRATION CENTER ASIAN MIGRATION OUTLOOK 2012 The country reports were written by Karen Anne S. Liao, with overall supervision provided by Graziano Battistella and Maruja Asis. Valentin Mendoza prepared the bibliography of selected publications on migration in Asia and Oceania. Ma. Leonila Domingo did the layout of the report. Other staff of the Scalabrini Migration Center - Michelle Taguinod, Ma. Cecilia Guerrero, Cecilia Ruiz-Marave and John Paul Asis - pro- vided support and assistance at various stages of the project. Asian Migration Outlook 2012 Copyright © Scalabrini Migration Center 2013 First published 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without permission from SMC. Scalabrini Migration Center #40 Matapat St., Bgy. Pinyahan, 1100 Quezon City - Philippines Tel. (63-2) 436-7915 Fax: (63-2) 434-7692 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.smc.org.ph ISSN 2244-2294 Printed in the Philippines 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Technical Notes I. Definitions .............................................................................................................................................. 15 II. Data Sources .......................................................................................................................................... 19 List of Abbreviations ...........................................................................................................................................