title: Migrants in a maelstrom.
abstract: "The first victims of Asia's economic crisis are the millions of migrant workers whose labour is no longer required by the region's erstwhile ¿tigers'. Their repatriation raises serious political, economic and social issues for citizens and states in both home and host countries.... The issue of economic migration needs to be assessed if the possible socio-economic consequences of the present crisis are to be fully understood."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Economic Recession; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrant Workers; Migration; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Return Migration; Socioeconomic Factors