ABSTRACT
This chapter starts with a background on migration in Cambodia and an overview of the country's historical make-up, before explaining the main migration management policies between Cambodia and Thailand. Movement in Cambodia is mostly internal and is predominantly rural-urban and rural-rural migration. In the last four decades, the border situation between Cambodia and Thailand has undergone tremendous change both politically and economically. Governments in the region have stepped up their efforts to develop policies and international guidelines to better manage and regulate migration-related issues, from labour supply and demand to migrant protection and prevention of human trafficking. Located in Banteay Manchey Province on the main axis between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, the PoipetAranyaprathet border checkpoint officially opened as a crossing point in 1993. The dynamic nature of the Poipet-Aranyaprathet border area and its ongoing history of cross-border mobility blurs any distinction between spaces of belonging and spaces of difference.
