Migration

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 • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 26, 2019 • 13 min read

Aged care The lost generation

By Thomas Brent • Jul 26, 2019
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

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 18, 2019 • 10 min read

Poverty Living on the edge

By Lorcan Lovett • Jul 18, 2019
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

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 25, 2019 • 10 min read

Singapore The desperation of migrant workers

By Silvia Boccardi • Jan 25, 2019
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

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

Migration • Apr 04, 2017 • 9 min read
Citizenship

Forever lost: the Rohingya who sacrificed their identity

At the heart of the Rohingya’s decades-long struggle in Myanmar lies a question of identity, along with a desire for citizenship and the basic rights that come with it. But even for those Muslims that can now call themselves Myanmar citizens, life remains a constant struggle
By Carlos Sardiña Galache

Migration • Oct 21, 2016 • 9 min read
Cambodia

Race to the bottom

In the beginning was the word, torn from the throat of a man who would soon see a minor traffic accident descend into murder: yuon. In February 2014, ten men beat the life from a Cambodian man of Vietnamese descent as he came to the aid of his younger brother…
By Paul Millar

Migration • Sep 09, 2016 • 7 min read
Cambodia

15 years underground

A new book describes the untold story of the Cambodian families who emerged from the jungle after many years hiding from the Khmer Rouge
By Corinne Purtill