[asia-apec 508] Impact of Asian Crisis on Migrants

[Isis International-Manila]

>From: jane kelsey <j.kelsey at auckland.ac.nz>
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>Subject: [asia-apec 507] Impact of Asian Crisis on Migrants
>Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1904 21:40:22 +0000
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>John, could you check when sending messages that you're not sending 
>them to the whole network? Thanks.
>On Wed, 01 Jul 1998 22:08:13 -0700 John Price <joprice at unixg.ubc.ca> 
>wrote:
>
>> Dear Rex: Could you please e-mail me your 10 page report on migrant
>> workers, I am presenting a report on the Asian crisis for July 23 and would
>> like to include a section on migrant workers.  
>> 
>> Sincerely
>> John Price
>> Vancouver
>> At 07:41 PM 6/29/98 +0800, you wrote:
>> >29 June 1998
>> >
>> >Dear Friends,
>> >
>> >The Asian Migrant Centre (AMC) will release next week the maiden issue of
>> >our Asian Migrant Yearbook (AMY) 1998. AMY 98 is a 170-page yearbook which
>> >contains reports on the situation of migrant workers in 16 Asian countries.
>> >It also has special sections on globalisation and migration, violence
>> >against women migrants, trafficking, churches' response, and the impact of
>> >the Asian crisis on migrants. For subscription information, email us at
>> ><amc at hk.super.net>.
>> >
>> >One section of AMY 98 will be "A Year After: Surveying the Impact of the
>> >Asian Crisis on Migrant Workers". This is a 10-page report on the effects
>> >of the ongoing crisis on migrants. It highlights some of the quatitative
>> >effects on workers and migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, South
>> >Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, etc. Our analysis is that the ongoing turmoil
>> >is not simply a "financial" or "currency" crisis, but a comprehensive
>> >economic and social crisis which has become more vicious and widespread
>> >because of the unrelenting drive of these countries towards neoliberal
>> >global economic integration.
>> >
>> >Please email us if you want an advance file copy (in MS Word 6.0 format) of
>> >the Asian crisis paper.
>> >
>> >You can also visit our (recently launched) website at
>> ><http://www.hk.super.net/~mrhr> for additional information on Asian migrant
>> >workers.
>> >
>> >Thank you very much.
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >
>> >Rex Varona
>> >Asian Migrant Centre
>> >4 Jordan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
>> >Tel: (852) 2312-0031   Fax: (852) 2992-0111
>> >Email: amc at hk.super.net   web: http://www.hk.super.net/~mrhr
>> >
>> John Price
>> University of Victoria 
>> Currently in Vancouver (April-August)
>> Tel. 604 437-5866  Fax 604 437-7014
>
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>jane kelsey
>j.kelsey at auckland.ac.nz
>
>
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