Migration Archives – Page 3 of 9

Kalimantan’s Warning: The Intertwined Dynamics of Environmental Degradation and Internal Migration

For 150 years, migration has helped drive environmental degradation in Kalimantan. But now, in a cruel, reverse twist of fate, environmental degradati…

Lengga Pradipta 18 October 2022

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The Higher Education Labyrinth for Refugee Learners in Peninsular Malaysia

The issue of primary and secondary school access for refugee learners in Peninsular Malaysia has received some public attention. But with a minority o…

Bonnibel Rambatan 10 October 2022

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In Need of Cleaning

The promise of high wages draws Indonesian migrant workers to Singapore. However, exploitative practices by agents such as deducting monthly salaries …

Muhammad Harir 22 April 2022

Venerable Serey Vothnak, a Khmer Krom Buddhist monk, at the Khmer Krom-led Samaki Raingsey pagoda in Phnom Penh in March 2022. Roun Ry

Khmer Krom Monks Cross Borders to Learn Their History

Frustrated by Vietnam’s suppression of their language, history and faith, Khmer Krom monks are forced to migrate to Cambodia to pursue an unrestrict…

Paul Millar 28 March 2022

Singapore’s Migration Laws Trap Women With Abusers

For foreign spouses trying to escape domestic abuse or their marriage altogether, Singapore’s migration laws and exclusion of foreigners from some s…

Weilee Yap 24 February 2022

Photo collage of an image supplied by SNK of a young girl and a dog sitting next the Moei River along the Myanmar-Thailand border on 26 December 2021. Behind them are a pile of multicoloured sacks of supplies and two women, one seated, and one standing and holding a baby. The image is stylised with a photo of paint texture by Steve Johnson on Unsplash. Charis Loke

“Nowhere Is Safe”: Myanmar Bombing Shatters “Peace Town”

In Kayin State, recent fighting between the Myanmar military and anti-junta forces has displaced thousands from a Karen village built as a symbol of p…

Allegra Mendelson 2 February 2022

An illustration in colour pencil and watercolour, divided into one large central image and three panels on the left and right sides. In the centre, a woman in a t-shirt and skirt bows her head and reaches out to her partner, a man in a t-shirt and slacks who is wiping tears off his face. A Malaysian flag hangs in the background, red and white stripes forming bars behind the couple. In the six panels, three on the left and three on the right, the same couple stand at a counter, speaking to different immigration officers in each panel. There are small Malaysian flags on the countertop. The first officer looks stern; the second holds up their paperwork, laughing at it; the third shakes a form at the man angrily; the fourth beckons to another officer; the fifth looks apprehensively at another set of documents; the sixth points to a counter off in the distance, directing them into another series of altercations.

Amid Tourism Push, Malaysia Keeps Binational Families Apart

Pandemic travel and immigration rules in Malaysia have left many binational families stressed, strained and separated for months, with officials deemi…

Liani MK 21 January 2022