Asian Migration Policy: A Comparative Analysis

This paper addresses migration policy of major receiving countries in Asia from a comparative perspective. The paper identifies seven interwoven, underlying features that underscore the edifice of migration policy in the region. The study elaborates these salient features with an emphasis on three major international migration flows: low-skilled labour, skilled labour and student. Despite each individual country’s policy-making initiatives that prioritize one’s own national needs and interests, this paper reports that migration policy converges in core principles and practices throughout the region and the exclusionary principles accentuate this convergence in Asia migration policy.