International Journal of Research & Review (www.ijrrjournal.com) 413 Vol.6; Issue: 12; December 2019 International Journal of Research and Review www.ijrrjournal.com E-ISSN: 2349-9788; P-ISSN: 2454-2237 Review Article A Review of Theory and Research on Migration, Politics and Security Romzi Ationg, Nurul Ain Zulhaimi, Nur Safiekah Sapan, Madiyem Layapan Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia Corresponding Author: Romzi Ationg ABSTRACT This paper reviews and evaluates major theories and research on labour migration. It summarises the major issues often raised and analysed by scholars and researchers. Based on the summary, the ideas for expansion of labour migration studies are discussed by suggesting that it is important to consider labour migration role in political development and security issues, and vice versa. It is hoped that such an idea provides opportunity for more comprehensive study on labour migration-politics-security in relation to the emerging scholars and researchers, which have thus put us in a better position to appreciate labour migration impacts towards politics and security issues. Key Words: Labour Migration; Politics; Security; Theory and Research on Migration INTRODUCTION The study of labour migration has been an important and the central part of the literature on political economy for several decades. Several books, articles and papers have been published on this topic. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature on labour migration emphasising on analysis trends. Accordingly, the existing theories will be described briefly as to identify the missing or given less attention by scholars and researchers. This, in turn, should contribute to the improvement of labour migration studies. The concept of labour migration is examined and discussed in the following section. The Labour Migration The concept of migration in the anthropological sense refers to human migration or the movement of large numbers of people across borders of states or countries. From this perspective, labour migration is defined as human movement from one physical location to another for employment purposes (Castles, 2000; Jenissen, 2007; Hugo, 2005). Labour migration flow by extension, is described by Asare (2013) as the process of shifting a work force from one area to another due to various reason such as the interest of job seekers or because of a business has instigated a move that required labours to also move in order to keep their job. This movement process of persons from one country or locality to another can be classified into two types of migration, namely, internal labour migration and external or international labour migration. The internal or domestic labour migration is a movement to a new home within a state, country, or continent for employment (Castles, 2000; Xiang Biao, 2005). External or international labour migration, on the other hand, is a movement to a new home in a different state, country, or continent for a certain minimum period for similar reasons