Regional Support Office of the Bali Process
@baliprocessrso.bsky.social
Strengthening cooperation and dialogue among 49 Bali Process Members to address people smuggling, trafficking in persons, and related transnational crime.
Thailand’s central role in the Bali Process, as both host of the RSO and as a regional hub, makes it a natural leader in shaping these responses.
Discussions were productive and solutions-focused, with opportunities for future collaboration, cooperation and knowledge sharing agreed moving forward.
Discussions were productive and solutions-focused, with opportunities for future collaboration, cooperation and knowledge sharing agreed moving forward.
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thailand’s central role in the Bali Process, as both host of the RSO and as a regional hub, makes it a natural leader in shaping these responses.
Discussions were productive and solutions-focused, with opportunities for future collaboration, cooperation and knowledge sharing agreed moving forward.
Discussions were productive and solutions-focused, with opportunities for future collaboration, cooperation and knowledge sharing agreed moving forward.
🛠 Piloting frontline tools like the Screening and Referral Toolkit in airports.
🤝 Expanding secondments and peer-to-peer exchanges.
🛜 Creating platforms like the Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) Initiative to support whole-of-route action.
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🛠 Piloting frontline tools like the Screening and Referral Toolkit in airports.
🤝 Expanding secondments and peer-to-peer exchanges.
🛜 Creating platforms like the Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) Initiative to support whole-of-route action.
At the 5th Australia–Thailand Immigration Forum (ATIF) in Chiang Rai, convened by the Royal Thai Government – Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau and the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs, David Scott, RSO Co-Manager (Australia) outlined new ways the RSO is working with Thailand:
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
At the 5th Australia–Thailand Immigration Forum (ATIF) in Chiang Rai, convened by the Royal Thai Government – Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau and the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs, David Scott, RSO Co-Manager (Australia) outlined new ways the RSO is working with Thailand:
Challenges in addressing irregular migration, people smuggling and human trafficking challenges are growing in scale and complexity. With challenges, come opportunities to enhance regional cooperation and innovation.
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Challenges in addressing irregular migration, people smuggling and human trafficking challenges are growing in scale and complexity. With challenges, come opportunities to enhance regional cooperation and innovation.
📢Closing on Monday
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant–Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant–Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
September 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📢Closing on Monday
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant–Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant–Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
📢One week left to apply
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant – Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 Sept: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant – Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 Sept: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
September 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢One week left to apply
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant – Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 Sept: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant – Executive & Administrative Support. This key role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 Sept: buff.ly/6WaHIWc
The RSO held a series of courtesy visits with government counterparts in Manila, the Philippines—exploring opportunities to collaborate and coordinate activities ahead of the Philippines’ 2026 Chairmanship for ASEAN.
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The RSO held a series of courtesy visits with government counterparts in Manila, the Philippines—exploring opportunities to collaborate and coordinate activities ahead of the Philippines’ 2026 Chairmanship for ASEAN.
Last week, the RSO took part in the 14th Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration (ADFM) in Bangkok, Thailand.
With 123 million people displaced globally and humanitarian needs in the region continuing to grow, the dialogue underscored the urgency of innovative and practical solutions to displacement.
With 123 million people displaced globally and humanitarian needs in the region continuing to grow, the dialogue underscored the urgency of innovative and practical solutions to displacement.
August 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Last week, the RSO took part in the 14th Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration (ADFM) in Bangkok, Thailand.
With 123 million people displaced globally and humanitarian needs in the region continuing to grow, the dialogue underscored the urgency of innovative and practical solutions to displacement.
With 123 million people displaced globally and humanitarian needs in the region continuing to grow, the dialogue underscored the urgency of innovative and practical solutions to displacement.
🤝🌏 The RSO was in Jakarta last week for the RSO Member State Spotlight—Indonesia; a week-long series of capacity building and policy dialogue activities, bringing together regional counterparts across a range of priority issues.
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🤝🌏 The RSO was in Jakarta last week for the RSO Member State Spotlight—Indonesia; a week-long series of capacity building and policy dialogue activities, bringing together regional counterparts across a range of priority issues.
As transnational organised crime groups continue to exploit online platforms, generative AI, and other emerging technologies to facilitate trafficking in persons into cyber-scam centres, law enforcement needs to adapt to keep pace and effectively disrupt transnational organised crime groups.
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
As transnational organised crime groups continue to exploit online platforms, generative AI, and other emerging technologies to facilitate trafficking in persons into cyber-scam centres, law enforcement needs to adapt to keep pace and effectively disrupt transnational organised crime groups.
📢 New job alert
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant– Executive & Administrative Support. This role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September GMT+7 hours: rb.gy/iompvq
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant– Executive & Administrative Support. This role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September GMT+7 hours: rb.gy/iompvq
August 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
📢 New job alert
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant– Executive & Administrative Support. This role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September GMT+7 hours: rb.gy/iompvq
The RSO is recruiting for a Consultant– Executive & Administrative Support. This role will support the RSO Co-Managers in coordinating meetings, managing travel, liaising w/ stakeholders, & ensuring smooth operations across the office.
Apply 08 September GMT+7 hours: rb.gy/iompvq
🚨 NEW RESEARCH
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨 NEW RESEARCH
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
The RSO extends its gratitude to the Royal Thai Government Department of International Organizations for extending an invitation to discuss the RSO 2024-26 Work Plan and opportunities for synergy and cooperation in months ahead.
July 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The RSO extends its gratitude to the Royal Thai Government Department of International Organizations for extending an invitation to discuss the RSO 2024-26 Work Plan and opportunities for synergy and cooperation in months ahead.
🌏 The Bali Process Tabletop Exercise (TTX) has officially kicked off, bringing together all working groups in a demonstration of regional collaboration and shared responsibility to addressing people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime.
June 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌏 The Bali Process Tabletop Exercise (TTX) has officially kicked off, bringing together all working groups in a demonstration of regional collaboration and shared responsibility to addressing people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime.
🌍 In an interconnected world, natural and humanitarian disasters are not isolated events. For people already facing hardship in uncertain environments, the shock of a crisis can force a difficult but necessary move to seek refuge elsewhere.
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🌍 In an interconnected world, natural and humanitarian disasters are not isolated events. For people already facing hardship in uncertain environments, the shock of a crisis can force a difficult but necessary move to seek refuge elsewhere.
David Scott, RSO Co-Manager (Australia), met with colleagues at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Viet Nam on the sidelines of the Border Control Agency Management Programme (BCAMP) held over 11–12 June in Hanoi.
June 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
David Scott, RSO Co-Manager (Australia), met with colleagues at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Viet Nam on the sidelines of the Border Control Agency Management Programme (BCAMP) held over 11–12 June in Hanoi.
🇻🇳 The RSO was in Hanoi this week for the Border Control Agency Management Program (BCAMP). RSO Co-Manager David Scott met w/ Vietnamese partners, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Immigration Department, & People's Police Academy (PPA)
June 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🇻🇳 The RSO was in Hanoi this week for the Border Control Agency Management Program (BCAMP). RSO Co-Manager David Scott met w/ Vietnamese partners, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Immigration Department, & People's Police Academy (PPA)
Malaysia's economic and political stability and established diaspora communities make it a key destination country in Southeast Asia, hosting between 1.23–1.46 million migrant workers in irregular situations and 190,370 registered refugees and asylum seekers. 🇲🇾
June 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Malaysia's economic and political stability and established diaspora communities make it a key destination country in Southeast Asia, hosting between 1.23–1.46 million migrant workers in irregular situations and 190,370 registered refugees and asylum seekers. 🇲🇾
💡Empowering frontline immigration officials with the knowledge, skills, & networks they need is key to address irregular migration & protecting people on the move. Marking 15 years of #BCAMP, David Scott, RSO Co-Manager (Australia) presented on realities of trafficking in persons & people smuggling
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
💡Empowering frontline immigration officials with the knowledge, skills, & networks they need is key to address irregular migration & protecting people on the move. Marking 15 years of #BCAMP, David Scott, RSO Co-Manager (Australia) presented on realities of trafficking in persons & people smuggling
💡In order to develop information campaigns & public messaging to prevent individuals from undertaking dangerous #irregular journeys, it is crucial to understand how persons at risk of #irregular migration & their origin communities perceive (irregular) migration, & their #informationneeds
June 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
💡In order to develop information campaigns & public messaging to prevent individuals from undertaking dangerous #irregular journeys, it is crucial to understand how persons at risk of #irregular migration & their origin communities perceive (irregular) migration, & their #informationneeds
📢 One week left to apply!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
June 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
📢 One week left to apply!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
An op-ed by RSO Co-Managers Fuad Adriansyah (Indonesia) and David Scott (Australia) published in the @Diplomat_APAC today discusses the devastating human cost of legal invisibility for individuals, and champions the momentum for change in #SoutheastAsia.
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
May 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
An op-ed by RSO Co-Managers Fuad Adriansyah (Indonesia) and David Scott (Australia) published in the @Diplomat_APAC today discusses the devastating human cost of legal invisibility for individuals, and champions the momentum for change in #SoutheastAsia.
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
The event featured a powerful performance by artist Fairuz Sulamain, providing a window into one individual’s experience of forced displacement through irregular migration channels, and interactions with people smugglers. The performance highlighted the human stories behind migration challenges.
May 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The event featured a powerful performance by artist Fairuz Sulamain, providing a window into one individual’s experience of forced displacement through irregular migration channels, and interactions with people smugglers. The performance highlighted the human stories behind migration challenges.
The RSO 2025 Members' Engagement Function in Kuala Lumpur brought together regional actors from government, civil society and international organisations in Malaysia’s Chairmanship Year for #ASEAN, strengthening connections across those working to address people smuggling & transnational crime.
May 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The RSO 2025 Members' Engagement Function in Kuala Lumpur brought together regional actors from government, civil society and international organisations in Malaysia’s Chairmanship Year for #ASEAN, strengthening connections across those working to address people smuggling & transnational crime.
📢 New job alert!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June 2025, Bangkok time: rso.baliprocess.net/rso-networks...
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June 2025, Bangkok time: rso.baliprocess.net/rso-networks...
May 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
📢 New job alert!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June 2025, Bangkok time: rso.baliprocess.net/rso-networks...
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June 2025, Bangkok time: rso.baliprocess.net/rso-networks...