Migration

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 20, 2019 • 8 min read

North Korean refugees The long way South

By Jared Ferrie • Dec 20, 2019
Top read: As countries across Southeast Asia prepare to expel all North Korean migrant workers this weekend to comply with UN Resolution 2375, we return to a piece from 2011 looking at the then-growing trend of North Korean refugees fleeing oppression and abject poverty to seek refuge in Thailand

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 27, 2019 • 8 min read
In Partnership with 1

Youth unemployment Working things out

By Samantha McCabe • Nov 27, 2019
Cambodia has a shortage of candidates with the necessary soft skills key to propelling them towards better jobs. We speak to the community organisations trying to expand opportunities for vulnerable youth.

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 25, 2019 • 15 min read

Urban Myanmar No place like home

By Will Buckingham • Oct 25, 2019
When one of Yangon's many new immigrants tries to reach out to a taciturn neighbour, he nearly ends up biting off more than he can chew

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 18, 2019 • 11 min read

Poverty in Cambodia Houses divided

By Veng Sonita • Sep 18, 2019
Single-income families must endure a precarious dependence, with penury, divorce and emigration looming when things go wrong for a breadwinner

Migration • Jul 26, 2019 • 13 min read
Aged care

The lost generation

Jobs are scarce in rural Cambodia, forcing hundreds of thousands of young parents to emigrate – and leave their young children in the hands of hard-pressed grandparents who get little help from the government
By Thomas Brent

Migration • Jul 18, 2019 • 10 min read
Poverty

Living on the edge

Scraping through the refuse of Yangon’s slums for scraps to sell, children and adults alike find themselves caught between economic crisis in the countryside and a rapidly developing city that threatens to swallow their makeshift homes
By Lorcan Lovett

Migration • Jan 25, 2019 • 10 min read
Singapore

The desperation of migrant workers

Southeast Asia Globe speaks with foreign workers and the aid organisations that help them get back on their feet after on-the-job injuries force them to battle with employers. A new law that takes effect in April could change the game
By Silvia Boccardi

Migration • Aug 14, 2018 • 3 min read
Social Enterprise

Food for thought

Using the culinary expertise of refugees, a catering project in Malaysia is hoping to not only improve lives, but also to break down barriers and change discriminatory attitudes
By Thomas Brent

Migration • Mar 12, 2018 • 7 min read
Rohingya crisis

Refugees’ uncertain road to repatriation

A campaign of state-orchestrated violence has seen Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing their homes into neighbouring Bangladesh. The countries are talking of repatriating the refugees, but is such a move feasible?
By Musaazi Namiti

Migration • Feb 21, 2018 • 7 min read
Rohingya refugees

Letters from Arakan

A collection of touching personal accounts by Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh
By Adib Chowdhury

Migration • Feb 19, 2018 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Caught at the crossroads

The country with arguably the world's worst traffic is having to rely on civilians to manage congestion, but not everyone thinks Indonesia's freelance traffic organisers are helping
By Aisyah Llewellyn

Migration • Jul 27, 2017 • 7 min read
Pactics

Why it pays to pay more

The only way forward for Cambodia's garment sector is good wages, worker empowerment and a focus on sustainability, according to the founder of this unconventional textile factory in Siem Reap
By Claire Knox