Syndicate Marriage or Trafficking? The Travails of Asian Migrant Women

Abstract

Migration is a phenomenon that has come to stay. It cuts across all nations in the world. People migrate for different purposes such as education, marriage, labour, job opportunity or employment and shelter for refugees. Migration occurs through various mediums which could be self, family members, friends, or other intermediaries such as brokers. This research applied the pure library-based research method to highlight the activities of brokers in migration in Asia and examine the ordeals of women victims in cross-border migration. It was discovered that activities of these illegal brokers, that is also known as syndicates, are not different from human trafficking. The women victims, whose desires are to change their status, soon got trapped in uncertainty with shattered dreams, hence the suggestion that Asian countries enter into bilateral agreement to enable favourable and a less strict migration procedures for their member states. In addition, the contracting states should enact strict legislation to curb syndicate marriage and check the accesses of these illegal brokers.
 
 Received: 13 October 2021 / Accepted: 21 November 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022

Human Trafficking: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

“…Future research can measure how multicultural legal and policy frameworks can protect and respect illegal migrant women who are victims of forced marriages. Second, the extent of agreements and international legal frameworks for male customers/their partners, for women who have been bought so that they can have the same rights and opportunities as wives, and thirdly the effectiveness of laws and regulations that can punish illegal intermediaries/brokers to eliminate marriages syndicate (Said et al, 2022).…”