ASEAN Migration Outlook
Year of publication
2022
Specific thematic area
Migration
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border, Labour
Type of environmental driver
Disaster-related events, Generic references to climate
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Regional instruments Member countries
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Viet Nam
Sub-region
South-eastern Asia
Region
South-eastern Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Relevant GCM objective
- 2 - Minimize adverse drivers21 - Dignified return and reintegration
Child marker
B
Gender marker
B
Human rights marker
B
Other factors could also drive future intra-ASEAN migration, such as environmental and political factors. Several AMS rank high in exposure and vulnerability to extreme weather events, which are linked to climate change. From 2000 to 2019, Myanmar ranked 2nd, the Philippines 4th, Thailand 9th, Viet Nam 13th, and Cambodia 14th out of 180 countries the Global Climate Risk Index, which ranks countries based on the extent to which they have are affected by climate-related extreme weather events (Eckstein, Kunzel, and Shafer, 2021). It is possible climate change can influence migration from these countries to other less vulnerable AMS.
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