Crossing national borders: human migration issues in Northeast Asia
This book addresses the issues raised by cross-border migration following crisis of economic collapse, food shortage, and natural calamities in Northeast Asian countries (including flooding and droughts in the 1990s in North Korea), and assesses how governments and societies are responding to the related political, diplomatic, and humanitarian problems. It shows the diversity of issues, including human security and resulting risks, that the cross-border movement of people presents to migrants and other individuals and to affected communities and also national policy-makers in Northeast Asia.
In this study, experts on China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Russia examine the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of the interaction between border-crossing individuals and host communities, highlighting the challenges that face national and local leaders in each country and suggesting needed changes in national and international policies. The authors analyse population trends and migration patterns in each country: Chinese migration to the Russian Far East, Chinese, Koreans, and Russians in Japan, North Koreans in China, and migration issues in South Korea and Mongolia. The book introduces a wealth of empirical material and insight to both international migration studies and Northeast Asian area studies.