About Us
Who we are
The Migrant Recruitment Research Network – Asia Pacific (MiRRNAP) is a global interdisciplinary network of individuals and institutions engaged in applied research on the recruitment of low-wage migrant workers in the Asia Pacific region.
Purpose and functions
The network facilitates the development and application of research to improve migrant worker protection and private sector accountability within recruitment in the Asia Pacific region. It provides a platform for research to inform, and be informed by, policy and practice.
The network supports the work of civil society organisations, intergovernmental organisations, governments, donors, and others working on recruitment reform by enabling stakeholders to:
- identify research that has been completed or is being undertaken in relation to a particular aspect of migrant recruitment in the Asia Pacific region, or in a particular country, region or migration corridor
- identify experts and resource persons for consultations, dialogues, conferences and other forums
- engage collectively with researchers to incorporate empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives into law and policy development, civil society advocacy, and education and training.
The research network strengthens its members’ research on migrant recruitment in the Asia Pacific region by enabling members to:
- Share research as it emerges
- Engage in substantive discussion about recruitment reform based on emerging research
- Exchange information on current and future research plans and discuss opportunities for future collaboration
- Exchange information about research opportunities as well as about future meetings, events and opportunities to apply research in the context of policy development, civil society advocacy, education and training, or law reform initiatives
Origins, operation and membership
MiRRNAP arose out of the Ingram Workshop on Migrant Worker Recruitment in the Asia Pacific Region at UNSW Law in October 2014.
It is hosted at UNSW Law, and is overseen by Bassina Farbenblum (UNSW Law), Nicola Piper (Sydney University) and Katharine Jones (Global Migrant Rights Research). To facilitate active research-focused discussions membership of MiRRNAP is limited to researchers working on migrant recruitment in Asia, or in exceptional cases, researchers in adjacent areas. The network operates via a google group list.