Journal article
Debt and (un)freedoms: The case of transnational labour migration from Vietnam
LA Hoang
Geoforum | Elsevier | Published : 2020
Abstract
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Transnational labour migration in Asia is largely organised by sophisticated networks of commercial brokers who thrive on highly restrictive migration regimes and disparities in the distribution of labour and employment across the region. The commercialisation of migration brokerage has important implications for migrants’ mobility and wellbeing, not least because of the inflated cost of migration and the increased financial pressure on migrant families as a result. While there is growing attention to debt in the migration scholarship, broader debates on the migration and development nexus continue to underestimate the significance of the issue. Drawing on qualitative res..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust, UK [grant numbers GR079946/B/06/Z and GR079946/Z/06Z]. I would like to thank Geoforum's anonymous reviewers who provided constructive and insightful comments on an earlier version of this article, which has helped me sharpen my argument and improve my analysis. Thanks to Nguy.n Th. Thu Huy.n, Nguy.n D.c Tuy.n and Nguy.n Thanh Chung, without whose assistance this research would not have been possible. I am grateful to the Vietnamese migrant women and their families who have graciously shared stories of their lives with me.