migrant labor
Ex-Migrant Laborers from Sulawesi Tell Us the Stories Behind Their Tattoos
From 1970 to early 1990s, thousands of young Sulawesi natives left their hometown hoping to find better opportunities. Their experiences, good and bad, are marked forever on their skin.
A Ban on Sending Migrant Workers to Malaysia Won't Fix Anything
We need jobs at home, not a moratorium that will push even more vulnerable Indonesians into the arms of people smugglers.
What a World Without Female Migrant Workers Would Look Like
Around the world, female migrant workers perform the bulk of domestic labor in households that are not their own—but their work is often invisible. An expert explains what would happen if these women did not exist.
Migrant Workers Are Still Being Abused In Qatar
The country with the world's highest per capita GDP has indefinitely delayed implementation of reforms that would insure migrant workers constructing its 2022 World Cup facilities would receive their paychecks on time and regularly.