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Safe Migration, Dilettante Brokers and the Appropriation of Legality

Lao-Thai "Trafficking" in the Context of Regulating Labour Migration

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ID2850503
AuthorsMolland (0000-0002-4510-1951, Australian National University, corresponding author), Sverre Molland
Year2012
Volume85
Issue1
Pages117-136
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/2012851117
OpenAlexW2045428101
LanguageEN
Citations received26

This paper sets out to explore the interrelations between safeguarding migration flows between Laos and Thailand and dual models of migrant brokers' subjectivity. Within the anti-trafficking community in the Mekong region there is a tacit dual imagery of

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Highly citedNo
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