ASEAN migrant workers

Migrant laborers were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The region needs a long-term plan to support them.

Workers, most of them from the Philippines, reported being subject to threats, intimidation, and invasion of privacy.

As the case of Cambodia shows, the bloc’s new framework agreement fails to address the factors driving undocumented migration in Southeast Asia.

The Taiwanese government has not paid sufficient consideration to migrant workers.

Only three of the region's nations have signed the relevant U.N. conventions on refugees and asylum seekers.

COVID-19 has imposed a particularly heavy burden on Southeast Asia's thousands of undocumented migrant workers.

The millions of migrant children in Asia are among the planet’s most vulnerable people.

Businesses are reopening for the first time since the lockdown began on March 18, but critics worry the move has come too soon.

In Thailand and Singapore, a public health crisis is challenging the typical delineations of citizenship.

The execution of Indonesian migrant workers highlights the need for new protections, both abroad and at home.

A small step forward on migrant labor rights in ASEAN.