Report
Transnational migrant families, child statelessness, and decisions about birth registration: Implications for policy and practice in Indonesia
University of Victoria, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives
2015
Abstract
This is a four-page summary of the final CAPI Field Research Report for the project "Stateless Children, Parents and Undocumented Migration: An Indonesia Pilot Study".
Findings of a study of transnational migrant families in Indonesia shed light on factors influencing family decision-making about whether to seek birth registration for children who would otherwise be effectively stateless. The study found links among an entrenched pattern of unauthorized transnational labour migration, low birth registration, and difficult access to registration services. The findings demonstrate the value of listening to families' perceptions of multiple barriers to birth registration. Families need policies to recognize accessibility issues for mobile populations, and to offer effective support with childrearing as a means to counteract the potential long-term debilitating effects of statelessness in transnational migrant families. Families also need access to alternative income development initiatives to reduce dependency on migration for future generations.
Details
- Title
- Transnational migrant families, child statelessness, and decisions about birth registration: Implications for policy and practice in Indonesia
- Authors
- Leslie Butt (Author)Jessica Ball (Author)Harriot Beazley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social Sciences
- Publisher
- University of Victoria, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives
- Date published
- 2015
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450839002621
- Output Type
- Report
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