Our Aim

As a network of research institutes and think tanks in Asia. NTS-Asia aims to do the following :

  1. Develop further the process of networking among scholars and analysts working on NTS issues in the region
  2. To build long-term and sustainable regional capacity for research on NTS issues, and
  3. Mainstream and advance the field of non-traditional security studies in Asia.

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Sub-regional Workshop on Migration & Remittances: Non-Traditional Issues in Asian Security Discourse

22-23 August 2008
BRAC CDM, Rajendrapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) of the University of Dhaka, with the Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia) organised a two-day training workshop on MIgration and Remittances: Non-Traditional Issues in Asian Security Discourse at BRAC CDM, Rajendrapur, Dhaka from 22-23 August 2008.

The workshop was designed to impart a sound understanding of governance of migration and remittance in regional and international frameworks. It was envisaged to work as a platform for South and Southeast Asian young policymakers, academics and researchers to share their views and thoughts on the issue and develop a functional network among themselves. Furthermore, the workshop aimed at equipping these young professionals with necessary conceptual frameworks and measures to desecuritise migration and remittance and building development-friendly migration and remittance regimes.

Twenty participants from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines and Ghana with diverse backgrounds took part in the workshop while as many as eight experts from home and abroad participated as resource persons. The workshop highlighted the importance of migration as a livelihood strategy, the developmental impact of global remittance and likely consequences of security migration and remittance. Themes included global migration, importance of remittances, labour migration scenario of South and Southeast Asian countries. Securitisation of migration and global remittance regime after 9/11.