Geography Migration- Laos
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- Created on: 02-12-20 11:14
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- LAOS
- Key facts
- Net migration of -1.1
- 1.3 million live abroad mainly in Thailand
- 20,000 foreign born live in Laos
- Many work in construction and mining
- Reasons they move to Thailand
- Laos= substitute farming
- Daily wage in Thi= 300bhat compared to 80 in Laos
- No education and low skilled jobs in high demand
- Language is familiar
- Interdependence with Thailand
- dominated numerically by the outward flow of unskilled labour
- Remittances assist development
- Funded large health services
- members of COMMIT to help combat human trafficking
- Limited influence on global migration system
- Nobody has an accurate record due to lack of investment in border control
- Lots of human trafficking means that it is only estimates
- Opportunities
- The migrant corridor is the largest in ASEAN and has helped stimulate political and economic cooperation
- Bilateral relations extend beyond reciprocal labour migration
- Vietnam- 400 investment projects ab migrant remittances as 22% live below poverty line
- Challenges
- Most migrants are low skilled with limited education
- Many travel illegally and more vulnerable to human trafficking
- Its growth depends on the conditions of the working environment
- Key facts
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