Migration

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • May 08, 2020 • 10 min read

Covid-19 As migrant mental health suffers in Singapore dorms, aid groups rally

By Toh Ee Ming and Kelly Ng • May 08, 2020
As Singapore enters its 5th week of "circuit breaker" mode, the migrant workers quarantined in the city-state's dormitories are suffering under the psychological toll of isolation in squalid conditions and the ever-looming threat of contracting the virus

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 22, 2020 • 10 min read

Myanmar conflict As donor priorities shift, Myanmar’s refugees are left wanting

By Maggi Quadrini • Apr 22, 2020
As donor priorities shift against the backdrop of Myanmar’s democratic transition, funding for refugee camps along the Thai border has dropped in recent years. Today, the sustainability of projects easing the country's decades-long refugee crisis are in major doubt

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 13, 2020 • 9 min read

Tales of the Pandemic The view from inside Singapore’s migrant dorms

By Md Sharif Uddin • Apr 13, 2020
In April, Singapore put several dormitories housing 20,000 migrant workers under lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, prompting criticism about conditions. Writer and Bangladeshi migrant worker Md Sharif Uddin gives his account from inside

Migration • Apr 09, 2020 • 10 min read
Singapore inequality

‘We shouldn’t need Covid-19 to see migrant workers’ humanity’

As Singapore's divide between rich and poor is amplified by the Covid-19 crisis, columnist Yong Han Poh argues that it shouldn't take a pandemic to acknowledge the humanity of those who labour, unseen and unheard, to build the city-state
By Yong Han Poh • Apr 09, 2020

Migration • Apr 01, 2020 • 4 min read
Refugees and the displaced

Jan Egeland: Humanitarian work must adapt to dangers of Covid-19

Jan Egeland has been Secretary General of humanitarian group the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013, overseeing projects in more than 30 countries globally. He spoke with the Globe this week about how Covid-19 has, overnight, dramatically changed the way the industry works with refugees and the displaced
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 01, 2020

Migration • Mar 19, 2020 • 10 min read
Refugee camps and COVID-19

When social distancing isn’t an option

As the world locks down and social distancing goes into full effect to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh don’t hold such a luxury. What happens if the virus takes hold in the world’s most vulnerable communities?
By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Mar 19, 2020

Migration • Feb 28, 2020 • 8 min read
Cambodian Refugees

Memories of a refugee childhood

In 1991, sixteen Khmer families from Cambodian refugee camps received asylum in the Netherlands. Chhay Lin Lim's family was one of them. Lin Lim was born in the camp in 1986. Now, he's sharing his early memories of camp life.
By Chhay Lin Lim • Feb 28, 2020

Migration • Feb 20, 2020 • 9 min read
Burmese art

A light in the darkness

Maung spent his childhood in the midst of civil war in eastern Myanmar. Now a migrant in Thailand, he uses art to soothe painful memories and shine a light on the ongoing suffering of his people
By Zachary Frye • Feb 20, 2020

Migration • Dec 20, 2019 • 8 min read
North Korean refugees

The long way South

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
By Jared Ferrie • Dec 20, 2019

Migration • Nov 27, 2019 • 8 min read
Youth unemployment

Working things out

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.
By Samantha McCabe • Nov 27, 2019

Migration • Oct 25, 2019 • 15 min read
Urban Myanmar

No place like home

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
By Will Buckingham • Oct 25, 2019