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African Migration to Thailand: Race, Mobility, and Integration book cover

1st Edition

African Migration to Thailand Race, Mobility, and Integration

Edited By Elżbieta M. Goździak, Supang Chantavanich Copyright 2023
144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book, based on exploratory ethnographic research, analyzes the experiences of African migrants in Thailand. Thailand has always been a regional migration hub with Africans being the most recent. Sitting at the intersection of race and migration studies, this book focuses on the challenges Black and labor migrants face trying to integrate into a society that has had very limited contact... Read more

1. Africans in Thailand Elżbieta M. Goździak and Supang Chantavanich 2. Africans in Thailand: Mobility, race, and integration Elżbieta M. Goździak 3. ‘Good guys in, bad guys out’: Thailand’s immigration policy and perceptions of African immigrants Supang Chantavanich and Waranya Jitpong 4. Somali asylum seekers in Bangkok: Coping strategies of the (in)visible and (in)secure Fatma Issa 5. Escaping Al-Shabaab and seeking safety in Thailand: Somalis in Bangkok George Kiarie  6. Being Black and trying to survive in a niche economy: Nigerian traders in Bangkok Anthony Unor and Naruemon Thabchumpon 7. African gems traders in Chanthaburi province Premjai Vungsiriphisal 8. Following the ball: Thailand, the new frontier for African footballers Gabriela Romero and Nithis Thammasaengadipha 9. Looking forward Elżbieta M. Goździak and Supang Chantavanich

Biography

Elżbieta M. Goździak is a former visiting professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, (2018–20) and Research Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University (2002–18) and Editor-in-Chief of International Migration. In 2016, she was the George Soros Chair of Public Policy at the Central European University in Budapest.

Supang Chantavanich is Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University. She was the first Chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN). Her research covers a wide range of topics, including forced displacement and labor migration.

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