Southeast Asia is certainly a region on the move. Internal and international migratory flows are a key feature in this geographical context. On the one hand, Southeast Asia is home to important work-related migration flows to other countries in the region that require labor, but also to areas of international immigration, such as North America, the European Union and the Persian Gulf. On the other hand, Southeast Asia also attracts immigration, especially intra-regional immigration. Intraregional migration is usually temporary and irregular, which has meant a great challenge for governments in managing migration in their territories. In addition to countries of origin and destination, some Asian countries are discovering a new role as transit countries for migrants. Without having to implement migration policies, they face significant challenges arising from the presence of people who, on their migratory journey, reside in their territory before heading towards their final destination in another country. Resurreccion explains (in Devasahayam, 2009, p. 31) that women are playing an increasingly important role in this context. Some of the reasons are the emergence of employment opportunities for women in the service sector and tourism industry in the region, as well as their employment in the textile and clothing industries across national borders (ibid). However, as Piper (2004, p. 217 ) points out, foreign female workers are still directed towards "low-paid and low-skilled jobs in the service sector, which from a socio-legal point of view are not recognized as work". Some of these legal conditions lead to vulnerability. According to the United Nations, vulnerability can be structural (when it arises from the existence of a power structure in which only some people participate) or cultural (and...... middle of paper ......social isolation. Vulnerability is a growing threat for migrant women. However, this phenomenon also affects men in low-skilled jobs who have reached the receiving country clandestinely facing salary reductions or even lack of payments, mistreatment or violation of employment contracts, or the ability to do so. The positive aspect is that NGOs have sought to protect migrants by creating networks that can strengthen their social resilience. Asian countries are now facing the challenge of managing migration in an increasingly global and interconnected context Migration is expected to be important to the political and social agenda of Southeast Asian governments in the coming decades. The links of migration policy with social and economic development policies confirm its crucial status.