Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 21, 2018 • 7 min read
Rohingya refugees Letters from Arakan
By Adib Chowdhury • Feb 21, 2018
A collection of touching personal accounts by Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh
Migration
Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 20, 2018 • 3 min read
Migrant workers Duterte to attend murdered maid’s wake as Southeast Asia struggles with mistreatment of its workers
By Thomas Brent • Feb 20, 2018
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte lashes out at abuse of Southeast Asian domestic workers after Filipino maid's body is found in Kuwaiti freezer
Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 19, 2018 • 8 min read
Indonesia Caught at the crossroads
By Aisyah Llewellyn • Feb 19, 2018
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
Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 27, 2017 • 7 min read
Pactics Why it pays to pay more
By Claire Knox • Jul 27, 2017
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
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 • Apr 04, 2017
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 • Oct 21, 2016
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 • Sep 09, 2016
Migration • May 13, 2016 • 3 min read
Cambodia
My cemetery, my home
When sand dredging led to the collapse of their riverbank houses, inhabitants of one Phnom Penh community chose to move to a ghostly new home
By David Hutt and Sam Jam • May 13, 2016
Migration • Apr 07, 2016 • 9 min read
War on Drugs
Mexico’s feared drug cartels are infiltrating the region
Notorious for beheading rivals and massacring civilians, Mexican drug cartels are expanding into Southeast Asia
By David Hutt • Apr 07, 2016