Migration

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • May 26, 2020 • 9 min read

Human trafficking Cracks widen during virus for Vietnam’s most vulnerable – trafficked women

By Ashley Lampard • May 26, 2020
In northern Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of workers cross the Chinese border each year in search of work, among them women lured on false pretences and trafficked into marriage or sex work. As Vietnam's economy has slowed in recent months, these women are more vulnerable than ever

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • May 25, 2020 • 10 min read

Tales of the Pandemic Humanitarian outreach for migrants on the Thai-Myanmar border

By Wayland Blue • May 25, 2020
Mae Sot, a town on the Thai-Myanmar frontier home to a large Burmese migrant worker and refugee community, was hit hard in February when borders shut and supply routes were interrupted. Wayland Blue of the Shade Tree Foundation was part of an outreach team trying to mitigate these effects through a community outreach programme

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • May 25, 2020 • 2 min read

Migrant workers Filipina domestic worker commits suicide in Lebanon says embassy

By Agence France-Presse • May 25, 2020
A Filipina domestic workers committed suicide after jumping from the roof of a shelter run by her embassy in Lebanon. Already harsh conditions for migrant workers in the Middle East have only been made worse in recent months as the Covid-19 crisis causes currencies to depreciate and wages drop

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • May 19, 2020 • 6 min read

Art in Singapore Discussing life, colonialism and migration with poet Theophilus Kwek

By Miriam Deprez • May 19, 2020
Ahead of the release of his upcoming book of poetry Moving House, award-winning Singaporean writer Theophilus Kwek sits down with the Globe to discuss the themes of colonialism, politics, racism and migration that all served as inspiration for his latest work

Migration • May 15, 2020 • 4 min read
Cox's Bazar

First Covid-19 case found in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi officials announced on May 15 that a first person tested positive in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. The world's largest refugee settlement and home to one million people living in overcrowded conditions, fears are that it will rapidly spread
By Shafiqul Alam and Sam Jahan/AFP • May 15, 2020

Migration • May 13, 2020 • 7 min read
Refugee rights

Once a safe haven, anti-Rohingya sentiment in Malaysia is growing

Malaysia, once a safe haven for thousands of Rohingya, is witnessing a shift in attitude towards the persecuted and displaced minority group from Myanmar. Fuelled by misinformation and government rhetoric, anti-Rohingya sentiment is growing online
By Andrew Haffner • May 13, 2020

Migration • May 12, 2020 • 10 min read
Sport

Karen national football team playing for victory away from home

In the US state of Minnesota, the newly established Karen Football Association is aiming to provide a platform to promote the struggles of the ethnic group back in Myanmar, as well as foster a sense of community and identity for future generations in their new home
By Alexi Demetriadi • May 12, 2020

Migration • May 08, 2020 • 10 min read
Covid-19

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

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
By Toh Ee Ming and Kelly Ng • May 08, 2020

Migration • May 04, 2020 • 4 min read
Vietnamese refugees

Convicted Vietnam refugee fights deportation after 30 years in Hong Kong

Vo Van Hung is one of the last remaining Vietnamese "boat people" in Hong Kong. Three decades after he landed on its shores as a child refugee, he is fighting efforts to deport him to Vietnam now that he has finished a 22-year jail sentence for murder
By Su Xinqi / AFP • May 04, 2020

Migration • Apr 22, 2020 • 10 min read
Myanmar conflict

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

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
By Maggi Quadrini • Apr 22, 2020

Migration • Apr 13, 2020 • 9 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

The view from inside Singapore’s migrant dorms

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
By Md Sharif Uddin • Apr 13, 2020

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