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Global Migration and Social Protection Rights

The Social and Economic Security of Cross-Border Students in Australia

Simon Marginson

Chris Nyland

Gaby Ramia

Erlenawati Sawir

Monash University, Australia

A growing number of students cross national borders for their studies. An expanding global market in higher education has been created. Yet significant gaps exist in the governance of international students' rights. As well as being educational service beneficiaries, cross-border students are migrants, workers, consumers and human beings. A broader view of students, as individuals deserving of ‘social and economic security’, is superior to that which treats them as social protection subjects. Recognizing this multiple status, and utilizing in-depth data from 200 interviews with international students in Australia, the article finds that the existing social protection regime falls significantly short of recognizing students' rights. Problems are located in relation to language acquisition, social integration, finances, work and personal safety. The article argues that, as well as law and policy, a student security regime should incorporate better university practices and more integrated civil society networks and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and intergovernmental organization (IGO) coverage.

Key Words: foreign students • global education markets • migration • social protection • student security • temporary

Global Social Policy, Vol. 5, No. 3, 329-352 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1468018105057415


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