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Hundreds of thousands of children are migrating within the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) and beyond in East and South-East Asia. Many have been exploited. Many are invisible to the public. Yet children’s migration has drawn little attention. The report, Children on the Move in South East Asia: Why Protection Systems are Needed provides an overview of children’s migration in the region, including some of the problems of exploitation, abuse and violence those children experience. Migration is increasing in the region, but most of the focus and literature concerns adult labour migration, even though children’s movements are more complex.To understand children’s migration it is necessary to take account of the diversity of childhood, children’s agency and notions of filial responsibilities.This report argues that systematic approaches to child protection are needed for both migrant and non-migrant children in all places across the region, and that children’s participation should be a key component of these approaches.