Tag: Migration
Documenting the Undocumented: The Struggle for a Legal Identity
One out of three people in Sabah is struggling for a legal identity, fundamentally affecting their access to various rights and opportunities. This is…
Myths & Migration
Bonnibel Rambatan talks to Lengga Pradipta, New Naratif's migration researcher, about her work on the intersection of migration and environmental issu…
Agency Amidst Structures in Migration: Stories of Filipina Domestic Workers in Dubai
Stories from three female domestic workers from the Philippines who tried to survive abuse at the hands of their employers in the UAE allows for a bal…
Reclaiming Dignity, Reasserting Agency: Female Labour Migration in Indonesia
Understanding labour migration in purely economic terms fails to adequately capture why Indonesian women choose to migrate: for some, it is a way to r…
The Philippines’ Dangerous Dependence on the Exploitation of its People
While it started labour export as a stop-gap measure, the Philippine government now aggressively exports Filipinos. Labour migration has helped addres…
Don’t Let Them Kill My Mother: Confusion
Devy Christa receives a call from a friend on a Sunday morning who urges her to look at the television news. It turns out all the news is about her mo…
Don’t Let Them Kill My Mother: Fragments
Devy Christa remembers fragments of her memory with her mother. Her mother went away for quite a long time to become a migrant worker to provide money…
Don’t Let Them Kill My Mother: Scapegoat
Devy Christa discovers the details about the case of her mother, Merry Utami, the same week the state plans to execute her. Her mother was manipulated…
Don’t Let Them Kill My Mother: Wishes
President Jokowi may have cancelled Merry Utami's execution that day, but he never gave the clemency. To this day, Merry can still be executed at any …