Labour Migration

Far-sighted approach to migrant rights
The Indonesian government is much more interested in its own citizens abroad than Filipino migrant workers under its nose
Roadside medicine men
Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure
A room of one’s own
Mobile libraries and writers clubs reveal a rich reading and writing culture among Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong
Double-storey modern house funded by a migrant in Hong Kong - Carol Chan
Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker
Bridging the divide after conflict
A recent visit to Ambon shows that trade is helping to bridge the divide in a religiously segregated society
Indonesian migrant workers hone their activist sensibilities at a protest in Hong Kong - istolethetv at flickr.com
Former migrant workers are finding new empowerment in the bureaucratic jungle of legal aid
Wasted talent
Returned migrant workers have much to offer, but have trouble achieving recognition for the skills they’ve developed abroad
Passports optional
Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia
A matter of luck
Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives
American dreams
Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia
Token gestures
Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered
Leaving Indonesia
As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple
Learning to lead
Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong
Costly inducements
Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price
Tangguh goes onstream
BP’s massive LNG project is due to begin operations in late 2008, despite social and environmental costs
Brothers in arms
Papuan footballers score goals against HIV.
Rulers in their own country?
Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians
Inventing Papua
Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

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