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Over the last few decades, youth migration for education has emerged as an important component of population movements in Asia. This trend not only affects young people’s ‘identities, educational resilience, sense of belonging and sense of self’ (Mazzucato & Haagsman, Citation2022, p. 2473), but also contributes to the development goals of both sending and receiving countries. Rooted in the long history of migration between China and Southeast Asia, international student mobilities in the region is deeply shaped by geopolitical and socio-economic developments (Man & Fong, Citation2021). In recent years, this form of youth migration has seen rising trends and more varied patterns with the launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013.

From ARI Conference, “Migrations and Mobilities along the Belt and Road: Emergent Geographies in Asia and Beyond”, 11-12 Jan 2024.