The contributors engage with a range of critical and contemporary issues of two key societies in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and Malaysia. These include foreign policy and national security; multiculturalism and citizenship; the middle class; global governance; migrants and international students.

This book is focused on the experiences of temporary migrants in the Asia-Pacific region. The economic, political, cultural and geographic complexity of the region makes it vital that new, 'fluid' migration patterns are contextualised. Through case studies, the book explores temporary migrants through their everyday experiences as 'living labour'.

This timely Handbook brings together leading international scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geopolitical perspectives to interrogate the intersections between migration and global justice. It explores how cross-border mobility and migration have been affected by rapid economic, cultural and technological globalisation, addressing the pressing questions of global justice that arise as governments respond to unprecedented levels of global migration. Chapters analyse the key issues arising from tensions between international and national priorities, duties and laws,...