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Children of international migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines: a review of evidence and policies

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John Bryant

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This paper considers three groups of children affected by international migration: (i) children left behind by international labour migrants from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand; (ii) children of Thai nationals in Japan; and (iii) children brought along by irregular migrants in Malaysia and Thailand. Based on the limited data available from published sources, the paper constructs preliminary estimates of numbers of children involved. It then synthesizes available evidence on problems and opportunities faced by the children, and on policies towards them. [...more]

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Paper provided by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in its series Innocenti Working Papers with number inwopa05/31.

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Date of creation: 2005
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Keywords: child poverty migrant children social policy

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F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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