Migration

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 13, 2018 • 8 min read

Urban migration Brunei’s troubled heart

By Pete Ford • Jun 13, 2018
The once-populous district of Kampong Ayer, a community of stilted homes and wooden walkways, is a shell of what it once was in its heyday as residents drift to the city

Migration • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 12, 2018 • 7 min read

Rohingya crisis Refugees’ uncertain road to repatriation

By Musaazi Namiti • Mar 12, 2018
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?

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 • 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 • Feb 19, 2018

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 • Jul 27, 2017

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