NEAT Working Group Meeting on East Asian Labor Migration was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 5-6 December 2007. This Conference was jointly hosted by NEAT Malaysia and NEAT Philippines. Scholars and experts from 8 ASEAN member countries (Brunei and Cambodia were absent) and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea participated in the Conference. There were 5 panels:
- Recent Studies on Labour Migration in East Asia
- Recruitment of migrant workers: Policies & best practices
- Safety & welfare of migrant workers: Policies & best practices
- Undocumented Workers in East Asia
- Repatriation of migrant workers: Policies & best practices