This chapter examines the impact of recruitment fees and debt in intra-Asian labour migration. It explores the connection between financial decisions taken during recruitment at origin and the legal protection of migrants at destination. The link between these temporal and spatial dimensions is often overlooked in literature, particularly from a legal perspective. The chapter analyses data on Asian countries to characterize existing recruitment models and the policy responses to address them. The purpose is to design a comprehensive response to the negative externalities of the prevalent recruitment model in Asia. The chapter presents legal perspectives and conceptualizations applied to recruitment fees in literature. It identifies the recruitment fees’ structure and presents the typology of fees charged to migrant workers. It analyses the consequences of migration financing methods in the creation of a cycle of debt. Finally, it reflects on how migration-related debt is shaped and which forces contribute to its lastingness. In its concluding remarks, the chapter advocates a holistic approach, encompassing the legal and economic features of the recruitment process.