This open access IMISCOE Regional Reader explores the issues faced by migrant groups in
Southeast Asia and the challenges of getting of their human rights recognized. It analyses the
different responses or lack thereof of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to
these highly complex situations which are shaped by contemporary debates around borders and
concepts of states migrants' rights as well as access to citizenship and how these concepts
and paradigms are intertwined with issues such as agency and resilience of migrants. Crucial
attention is given to the region's lesser known populations and issues such as the Vietnamese
in Thailand people of Indonesian descent (PIDs) in Southern Philippines independent child
migrants across the region and the vulnerabilities of migrant workers facing the COVID-19
pandemic. With its unique regional focus this book provides a valuable resource to those
studying human rights and migration issues policy makers and researchers and students.
