migrants

Disillusioned with the Taliban, Pakistan reverses its four-decade Afghan policy

As Kabul refuses to act against the TTP and Baloch militant groups, Pakistan is ending the support it has extended to the Taliban since 1994 and its welcome to refugees from Afghanistan since the 1980s

| Nov 27, 2023

Pakistan brings down the axe on Afghan migrants

A crackdown on undocumented migrants is forcing thousands back to uncertain fates in Afghanistan, and ratcheting up tensions between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban

| Nov 17, 2023

The quintessential prey

Care, coexistence and predation in a recent Hindi film on human-animal relations.

| Jul 26, 2021

A woman is her own country

The Making of a Refugee: Part 3 – A series on Afghans in Germany

| Mar 27, 2019

A map of arriving

The Making of a Refugee: Part 1 – A series on Afghans in Germany

| Mar 21, 2019

Far from home

A photo essay on Nepali women migrants in India.

Domestic flights

Risks and opportunities for women migrant labourers from Nepal.

| Mar 23, 2017

Undocumented in Europe

Southasian face of Europe’s migration crisis.

| Jun 15, 2016

Far from truth

On the policing of sexuality of migrant workers’ wives in Nepal.

| Dec 23, 2015

ASEAN at sea

The Rohingya crisis exposes ASEAN’s institutional constraints.

| Jul 03, 2015

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