15 mm front 153 mm 8 mm 13 mm 8 mm front 153 mm 15 mm 15 mm GLOBAL ASIA 6 GLOBAL ASIA Pietsch & Clark (eds) Publications Migration and Integration in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia: A Comparative Perspective brings together a group of scholars from a wide range of disciplines to address crucial questions of migration flows and integration in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Comparative analysis of the three regions and their differing approaches and outcomes yields important insights for each region, as well as provokes new questions and suggests future avenues of study. Juliet Pietsch is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University. Southeast Asia, and Australia Migration and Integration in Europe, Marshall Clark is a Senior Lecturer at the Research School of Humanities and the Arts of the Australian National University in Canberra. 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Contents Contents 5 List of tables and figures 7 Acknowledgements 9 1 Introduction 11 The comparative study of migration flows Juliet Pietsch 2 Shifting migration flows and integration policies in Europe 25 An overview Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Magdalena Lesińska & Marek Okólski 3 Public opinion towards new migration flows in Europe and the increasing role of the EU 45 Juliet Pietsch 4 Shifting dilemmas 57 Multiculturalism and integration policies in Europe James Jupp 5 Malaysia 75 Labour migration, irregular movements and regional policies Amarjit Kaur 6 Labour migration flows and regional integration in Southeast Asia 99 Marshall Clark 7 Transiting asylum seekers in Indonesia 115 Between human rights protection and criminalisation Antje Missbach 8 Abrogating human rights responsibilities 137 Australia’s asylum-seeker policy at home and abroad Linda Briskman & Victoria Mason 9 Courting disaster? 161 Regional agreements for ‘protection elsewhere’ and the courts Penelope Mathew 10 Maritime pathways 187 Temporary migration flows from Indonesia to Australia Marshall Clark & Dedi Supriadi Adhuri Bibliography 203 Contributors 227 List of tables and figures Tables Table 3.1 Public support for EU institutions, 2009 51 Table 3.2 Public perception of the most important problems facing the Netherlands, 2009 54 Table 4.1 Foreign born and Muslim population of 21 selected democracies 60 Table 4.2 Support for anti-immigration parties in Europe and Australasia 70 Table 5.1 Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines: main economic indicators 2010 82 Table 5.2 Proportion of migrant workers in Malaysia’s main economic sectors 89 Table 5.3 Countries of origin of foreign workers approved for recruitment to Malaysia, 2008 89 Table 8.1 Asylum applications in Australia from Iraqis and Afghans 151 Figures Figure 3.1 Perceptions of respondents in EU countries of the impact of EU migration policies on their countries, 2009 52 Figure 3.2 Public support for decrease in immigration levels in EU countries, 2009 53 Figure 5.1 Malaysia: Foreign workers by country of origin (per cent), 1999-2008 91 Figure 10.1 The MoU Box 199 Acknowledgements We wish to thank the Australian National University’s College of Arts and Social Sciences for funding this project during the period 2010-2013. We are grateful for the support of Professor Jacqueline Lo and the ANU Centre for European Studies, which hosted several international workshops on global and regional migration flows. We thank Professor Timothy Hatton and Professor Ellen Percy Kraly for reading several chapters and provid- ing advice on various aspects of international migration and population movements, specifically within the European context. We acknowledge the helpful input of Richard Towle of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at an early stage in this project. We also acknowledge the contributors to this book, all of whom demonstrated unwavering support, which is unusual for long-term enterprises such as this. We much appreciate Martina van den Haak, Mary Lynn van Dijk and especially Paul van der Velde from the International Institute for Asian Studies for their ongoing support, guidance and encouragement in preparing this manuscript for publication. A warm thanks to Rachel Salmond for her final editing of our manuscript. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the anonymous reviewers at the Amsterdam University Press for their critical comments and valuable suggestions, all of which have much improved this project. 1 Introduction The comparative study of migration flows Juliet Pietsch Scholars and other commentators working within the field of comparative migration studies have long been evaluating the many national and regional trends of regular and irregular migration. Comparative studies of migration in the East and in the West, however, have been less prominent. Within a comparative East-West framework, this volume takes a multidisciplinary approach to the key issues relating to migration, in particular new migration trends, regional integration and citizenship, regional labour standards, irregular migration and human rights protections for refugees, with a particular focus on Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. Why examine new migration flows at this particular moment in time? With increasing integration of trade, peoples and cultures both within and across regions, the acceptance and integration of new migrants and refugees are now pressing issues in Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia, where a number of national and regional frameworks on immigration have been implemented. The movement of refugees and asylum seekers, in particular, has become a heavily politicised issue as Western countries not only tighten their borders