Statelessness, human rights and gender : irregular migrant workers from Burma in Thailand

Lay Lee Tang

This book explores the developing relationship between statelessness and migration. Migration law is setting the new parameters for international protection. Irregular migration is producing new forms of statelessness. International conventions on statelessness, refugees and migrant workers and international human rights instruments do not provide effective protection for these contemporary groups of stateless persons. The case study of Burmese irregular migrant workers in Thailand demonstrate that women and children are among the most unprotected because of the gendered construction of statel

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Tang, Lay Lee
Publisher:	Leiden : Nijhoff Leiden : Brill
Subject:	Thailand \| Menschenrechte \| Human rights \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Myanmar \| Illegale Migration \| Illegal immigration \| Geschlecht \| Gender \| Geschlechterdiskriminierung \| Gender discrimination
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xii, 285 p) 25 cm
Series:	Refugees and human rights ; v. 9 Refugees and Human Rights Ser. ; v.v. 9
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; CHAPTER ONE Statelessness and Migration; CHAPTER TWO The International Law of Statelessness: Contemporary Issues; CHAPTER THREE Stateless Persons, Refugees and Irregular Migrant Workers: Merging Categories of Unprotected Persons; CHAPTER FOUR Stateless Persons, Refugees and Irregular Migrant Workers: Protection and Human Rights; CHAPTER FIVE Gender Discrimination and Statelessness; CHAPTER SIX Burma and Thailand: Interface Between Domestic and International Law CHAPTER SEVEN Gendered Aspects of Statelessness and Irregular Migrant Workers from Burma in ThailandCHAPTER EIGHT Conclusions; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	90-04-14648-2 ; 978-90-04-14648-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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