1. Opening of the Seminar

2. Election of officers

3. Adoption of the agenda

4. Recent trends and patterns in international migration in Asia and the Pacific

1. Migration Trends and Patterns in South Asia and Management Approaches and Initiatives (PDF, 235 KB)
2. Recent Trends in International Migration in the Asia-Pacific (PDF, 112 KB)

5. Labour migration policies and programmes

1. Transnational Politics and the Organising or Migrant Labour in Southeast Asia– NGO and Trade Union Perspectives (PDF, 114 KB)
2. Social Issues in the Management of Labour Migration in Asia and Pacific (PDF, 242 KB)
3. Labour Migration Policies and Programmes (PDF, 180 KB)

6. Migration and health

1. UNFPA and Health of the Foreign Migrants in Thailand

7. Social and economic implications of international migration

1. Enhancing the Development Impact of Migrant Remittances and Diaspora: The Case of Viet Nam (PDF, 152 KB)
2. Migration and development (PDF, 181 KB)
3. Gender aspects of migration
4. Children and families of migrants (PDF, 196 KB)

8. Trafficking and smuggling of migrants

1. Ambiguities and Confusions in the Migration-Trafficking Nexus: A Development Challenge (PDF, 174 KB)
2. Raising Our Own Awareness: Getting to Grips with Trafficking in Persons and Related Problems in South-East Asia and Beyond (PDF, 331 KB)

9. Recommendations for action

• Meeting Report (PDF, 195 KB)