Thailand as well as other Asia-Pacific countries have encountered the phenomenon of
international migration in the globalisation era. The liberalisation of trade, investment and
capital has brought about simultaneously the flows of labour forces. But, ironically, while the
flows of trades, investments and capitals are taking place without much constraints, population
movements are highly controlled, causing attempts to migrate irregularly. Concurrently, the end
of the cold war era does not imply the end of political conflicts in many Southeast Asian
countries. People uprise and protest in Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar and
even Laos confirm that there still exists some ideological differences and conflicts due to either
economic or political problems or both. Such circumstances have rendered the Southeast Asian
region, once a land of peace and tranquility, a soil of potential undesirable violences and
discriminations.