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
Salman Rafi Sheikh | 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
Manzoor Ali | Nov 17, 2023
The quintessential prey
Care, coexistence and predation in a recent Hindi film on human-animal relations.
Megnaa Mehtta | Jul 26, 2021
A woman is her own country
The Making of a Refugee: Part 3 – A series on Afghans in Germany
Taran N Khan | Mar 27, 2019
A map of arriving
The Making of a Refugee: Part 1 – A series on Afghans in Germany
Taran N Khan | Mar 21, 2019
Far from home
A photo essay on Nepali women migrants in India.
Sarita Ramamoorthy and Laxmi Murthy | Jan 21, 2019
Domestic flights
Risks and opportunities for women migrant labourers from Nepal.
Weena Pun | Mar 23, 2017
Far from truth
On the policing of sexuality of migrant workers’ wives in Nepal.
Weena Pun | Dec 23, 2015
ASEAN at sea
The Rohingya crisis exposes ASEAN’s institutional constraints.
Mathew Davies | Jul 03, 2015
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