Unequal Borders

Indonesian Transnational Migrants at Immigration Control

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3948713
AutoresRachel Silvey (0000-0003-4604-7122, University of Toronto, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume12
Fascículo2
Páginas265-279
Data de publicação2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650040601168917
OpenAlexW2025409449
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34

This article analyses the Indonesian state's efforts to manage returning overseas migrant labourers. It examines state practices in the airport terminal for returning transnational migrant labourers (“Terminal 3”) in Jakarta. “Terminal 3” segregates returning overseas migrant contract workers, separating them out from the other travelers who pass through the “regular” terminal to enter into Indonesia. The article explores the spatial politics of the terminal through interviews with government officials and observations made at the airport terminal. Located in the context of long-term research on Indonesian migration, the case study illustrates specific ways in which the Indonesian state, through its selective and irregular application of regulatory procedures at the point of immigration, reproduces social inequalities through the repatriation process. In addition, it demonstrates the place-based nature of efforts to govern the transnational labouring class

Deportation · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Indonesian · Migrant workers · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Repatriation · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Engineering · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Socioeconomic Development in Asia