African Migration to Thailand: Race, Mobility, and Integration

Edited by: Elżbieta M. Goździak, Supang Chantavanich

Examines the experiences of African migrants in Thailand, with a focus on race, mobility, and social integration. Studies ethnographic research, highlighting challenges faced by labor migrants and forced migrants, including Somali asylum seekers, working in niche sectors such as gem trading, football, and garment wholesale. Includes theoretical concepts such as precarity, human security, invisibility, and othering to analyze discrimination and exclusion. Discusses Thailand’s migration policy landscape and the difficulties faced by both African migrants and Thai institutions in responding to this emerging migration trend.