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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Structure of the Book -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Border Spaces -- Political Space of the Border: The Fold -- Location: Definition of the Border -- Legality: Ambiguity of Jurisdiction -- Logistics: Supply-Chain and Contractual Complexity -- Legibility: Obscurity of Information -- Liberal Humanitarianism -- Border Imperialism -- Regional Integration in Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Leaving Home -- Migration Trends in Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- Deciding to Depart -- Seeking Livelihoods-Migrant Workers -- The Philippines -- Myanmar -- Vietnam -- Indonesia -- Other States in Southeast Asia -- Pacific States -- Forced Displacement-Refugees and Asylum Seekers -- Myanmar -- Other Sources of Displacement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- Refugees from Outside the Region -- Deciding Where to Go -- Malaysia -- Thailand -- Indonesia -- Singapore -- Brunei -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Deciding How to Travel -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Framing Threats -- Framing Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling as Global Threats -- Framing Trafficking -- Quantifying Trafficking: The Politics of Large Numbers -- Framing Smuggling -- Framing Threats in Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- Trafficking -- People Smuggling -- Mechanisms of Persuasion -- Policy Templates -- Inter-agency Cooperation and Data Sharing -- Training and Capacity Building -- Incentives and Sanctions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Screening Migrants -- Modes of Migration Control -- Regionalisation of Australia's Border Security Regime -- Screening Asylum Seekers -- Screening Workers -- Australia -- Thailand -- Malaysia -- Singapore -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Carceral Responses

This book explores the regional coordination and impact of state responses to irregular migration in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The main argument is that regional and international trends of securitisation and criminalisation of irregular migration, often associated with framing the issue in terms of migrant smuggling and human trafficking, have intensified carceral border regimes and produced greater precarity for migrants. Bilateral and multilateral processes of regional coordination at multiple levels of government are analysed with a focus on the impact on asylum seekers and migrant workers in major destination and transit countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. The book will be of interest to a wide academic audience interested in the interdisciplinary field of Border Studies, as well as general readers concerned with the treatment of refugees and migrant workers who cross borders in search of safety, security, and a better life.--