The cross-regional movement of people, including migrants and refugees, has in recent years emerged as an increasingly important issue both in academic discourse and in broader society. This symposium aims to re-examine, through interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives the social and political impacts of the inter-regional movement of populations across Asia. In collaboration between Filipino and Japanese scholars, this event facilitates a discussion on the ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and socio-economic challenges that have constrained the freedom of mobility and other human rights of people crossing between regions of Asia.
| 2026/09/22 | ||
| 13:00 - 13:05 | Opening Remarks | Joefe B. Santarita(UP Asian Center) |
| 13:05 - 13:15 | Opening Remarks | Ikuya TOKORO(ILCAA) |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | “Migration between the Philippines and the Middle East/ East Malaysia (Sab)” | Naomi Hosoda(Nagasaki University) |
| 13:45 - 14:15 | "Between (Ir)regular Labor Migration and Diplomacy: Understanding Cooperative Migration Diplomacy in the Philippine-Gulf Migration Corridor " | Froilan Malit, Jr.(American University) |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Q&A | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Break | |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | “Inter-Asia Connections: Assessing East Asian Student Mobility to Southeast Asia” | Noel Christian A. Moratilla(UP Asian Center) |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | “Education as Mobility Strategy under Uncertainty: Japanese Intermarried Families in the Philippines and Thailand” | Yukinori Watanabe(Sagami Women’s University) |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Open Forum | |
| 16:00 - 16:05 | Closing Remarks | Jocelyn O. Celero(University of the Philippines Diliman) |