By Alpa Shah, LSE, & Jens Lerche, SOAS If there is anything positive that has come out of the multiple … More
Tag: Migration
Survival infrastructures under covid-19
By Ayona Datta, University College London, UK I grew up hearing stories of Calcutta during the Bengal Famine of 1943 … More
Coronavirus pandemic could hit the billions migrant workers send home in cash
How richer nations respond to the current crisis will have significant economic ramifications for countries dependent on remittances. Richer nations must adopt inclusive economic policies which both protect the livelihoods of migrants and reduce the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.
What waiting bodies can tell us about Singapore’s maids
By Kellynn Wee, National University of Singapore, Singapore Maid agencies frequently hit the headlines in Singapore for the most appalling … More
When do we move, and how far?
By Frances Darlington-Pollock (University of Liverpool), Nik Lomax, and Paul Norman (University of Leeds) Many of us will move house multiple … More
Mobilising affinity ties for humanitarianism at the war-torn China-Myanmar border
By Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho, National University of Singapore A few days after Christmas 2016, a social media post caught my eye. It … More
Wildfires and burning management
By Joseph J. Bailey, University of Nottingham, UK. Wildfires often occur as part of a natural cycle and they are … More
Housing Refugees: Prejudice and the Potentials of Encounter
This summer the British media opened its eyes, cleared its collective throat, and eventually gave voice to a global refugee crisis that has been growing for years…
Captive Bodies: Migrant kidnapping and deportation in Mexico
By Jeremy Slack, University of Texas, El Paso The massacre of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico in 2014, and … More
Geography of Sport
By Catherine Waite The Geography of Sport is a topic close to my heart as it is the theme of … More
