Migration

Governments in Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea routinely detain migrants in closed custodial institutions.

Countries need to come together to stem the effects of climate migration in the coming years and decades.

With economic diversification critical for oil-dependent Timor-Leste, it’s time to take a close look at the effects of migration.

How India’s National Register of Citizens alienates Assam’s Bengali-speaking Muslims.

Internal migratory trends within India deserve greater attention.

How did modern Anatolia come to be occupied by the Turks? The historical story may surprise you.

Russian officials have mused openly about the prospects of a de facto takeover of the country’s Far East by Chinese immigrants (legal and illegal alike) reports Joshua Kucera. But a booming Chinese economy and disaffection with Moscow might actually be pushing Russians the other way.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard received widespread criticism from human rights groups for his ‘Pacific Solution’ to an influx of refugees. But is Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s ‘Indonesian Solution’ any better? Joe Cochrane meets the refugees of West Java who fear that they are simply being forgotten.

Two months after docking in Indonesia, a boat full of Sri Lankan refugees still don’t know if they will be allowed to reach their intended destination of Australia. Susan Merrell looks at how the debate has unfolded in Australia and visits a New South Wales town with direct experience of the issue.

As Singapore emerges from its sharpest and most protracted recession, the city-state’s policymakers have been keen to emphasize the importance of immigrants to the country’s future well-being. But as Jeya Segaram discovers, the downturn has exacerbated simmering tensions over an immigration policy that some Singaporeans believe is too lax.

Nepalese citizens are increasingly moving abroad — particularly to Gulf countries — to find work. Will their rights be protected?