German-Georgian Migration agreement: Germany must take a close look Published: 20 December 2024 Commentary The migration agreement between Germany and Georgia has been in place since December 2023, and Georgia has been considered a safe country of origin for just as long. However, the increasingly repressive policies in Tbilisi make it necessary to rethink the German view of the country. By Dr. Sonja Katharina Schiffers and Kirsten Krampe
ASEAN’s Double Vision of Migration Published: 4 February 2018 Although ASEAN’s new consensus document on migration is a giant step towards safeguarding the rights of migrant workers, it still sticks to putting skilled professionals and lower-skilled migrants in separate silos. By Johanna Son
Work and nutrition: the significance of labor migration for European agriculture Published: 6 July 2017 We all come into contact with it, especially when shopping for fresh fruit and vegetables, hardly anyone is aware of it: many hours of ‘invisible’ labor – often by migrant workers from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe toiling in agriculture in the Mediterranean region. By Prof. Dr. Jörg Gertel
Labour Migration in the ASEAN Region Published: 23 November 2015 Migrant workers in the Asean Region live and work under inhumane conditions. To improve this situation policies, the migration industry and the accountability of employers must all get a lot more attention. By Ashley William Gois
Movement of People in the ASEAN Region: Nomenclature and Concepts Published: 18 November 2015 In times of increased ASEAN economic integration the official rhetoric around migration is one of free labour markets, opportunities and exchange. However, there are indications that ASEAN's migration management is in fact a "politics of return". By Sverre Molland
Three Years on the High Seas Published: 11 March 2015 This is the story of one Cambodian fisherman whose case stands for those of thousands of other men being forced to work on fishing trawlers. By Manfred Hornung
Just a tiny contribution Published: 9 February 2015 Wei Chen dropped out of school and embarked to work at a construction site in Inner Mongolia. He stayed there for eight years: It was like living in a black-and-white film, he says – no colors, only desert.